Corporate report

Exchange Equalisation Accounts 2017 to 2018

This document contains the Exchange Equalisation Account (EEA) report and accounts for 2017 to 2018.

From:
HM Treasury
Published
19 July 2018

Documents

Exchange Equalisation Account: Report and Accounts 2017-18 (web)

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-0586-1, 2186, HC 1437

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Exchange Equalisation Account: Report and Accounts 2017-18 (print)

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-0586-1, 2186, HC 1437

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Details

The Exchange Equalisation Account (EEA) is the account that holds the UK’s reserves of gold, foreign currencies and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). It was established in 1932 to provide a fund which could be used for checking undue fluctuations in the exchange value of sterling. Legislation since has extended the possible use of this fund; and under the consolidating Exchange Equalisation Account Act 1979, it may also be used:

  • to secure the conservation or disposition in the national interest of making payments abroad

  • for certain purposes arising out of the UK’s membership of the IMF, including the holding, purchase and sale of SDRs

Published 19 July 2018

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