Reserve
An accounting entry that properly reflects the contingent liabilities. |
Similar financial terms
Reserve requirementsThe percentage of different types of deposits that member banks are required to hold on deposit at the Fed.
Reserve ratios
Specified percentages of deposits, established by the Federal Reserve Board, that banks must keep in a non-interest-bearing account at one of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks.
Reserve currency
A foreign currency held by a central bank or monetary authority for the purposes of exchange intervention and the settlement of inter-governmental claims.
Required reserves
The dollar amounts based on reserve ratios that banks are required to keep on deposit at a Federal Reserve Bank.
Official reserves
Holdings of gold and foreign currencies by official monetary institutions.
