According to the IMF data for the fourth quarter of 2025, the US dollar accounts for about 56.8 percent of the world's foreign exchange reserves, marking the lowest figure since 1994. Economist and chairman of the board of the Center for Economic Integration and Sustainable Development Roman Komyza told about it in his author's blog on Dengi.ua .
According to him, the growth came mainly to the euro (approximately 20-21%), as well as to the yen, pound, yuan (approximately 2%), and smaller currencies such as the Canadian dollar, Australian dollar, and Swiss franc.
The expert noted that against the backdrop of global changes, central banks are also diversifying their reserves by investing in gold, the share of which in the world's gold and currency reserves has almost doubled in a quarter of a century: from about 10% to 19.8%. At the same time, according to the IMF, by the beginning of 2026, the world's reserves have grown to $13 trillion.
As Roman Komyza writes, the fall of the US dollar in world reserves has increased fears that the dollar may not retain its central position in the global monetary and financial system, but its dominance in global financial transactions still remains.
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