Russian international reserves since the beginning of the year have grown by 13.5%

From May 10 to May 16, 2008, international (gold and foreign exchange) reserves increased by $ 4 billion or about 0.7% to a new record level - 540.8 billion dollars increased, the Central Bank said. Since the beginning of the year, their volume has increased by 13.5%. The larger countries in the world have in large gold and foreign exchange reserves today: China and Japan are approximately 1.68 trillion and $ 1 trillion, respectively.