国际货币基金组织首次公布全球人民币外储

 　　The International Monetary¹ Fund (IMF) released data about the world's holdings of the Chinese currency, the renminbi, denominated foreign exchange reserves for the first time.

　　国际货币基金组织(IMF)日前首次公布了全球人民币外汇储备持有情况。

　　This move recognized the continuing internationalization of the renminbi, the IMF said.

　　IMF表示，此举是对人民币不断国际化的认可。

　　By the end of December 2016, forex reserves that were identified in the renminbi reached 84.51 billion U.S. dollars, accounting² for 1.07% of the world's total forex reserves, according to the data on the currency composition of official foreign exchange reserves (COFER), which was released by the IMF quarterly.

　　IMF日前公布的官方外汇储备货币构成(COFER)季度数据显示，截至2016年12月底，人民币外汇储备达845.1亿美元，占全球外储总资产的1.07%。

　　国际货币基金组织首次公布全球人民币外储

　　Previously³, the currencies identified in COFER were the US dollar, pound sterling⁴, Japanese yen⁵, Swiss francs, Canadian dollar, Australian dollar and euro.

　　此前，COFER列出的货币有美元、英镑、日元、瑞士法郎、加元、澳元和欧元。

　　The IMF announced in last March that it would separately identify the RMB in its quarterly survey of the COFER from Oct. 1, 2016, and would publish the first data with the separate identification of RMB-denominated reserves at the end of March 2017.

　　IMF于去年三月宣布，将从2016年10月1日开始，在COFER的季度调查中单独列出人民币，并将在2017年3月底首次发布人民币外汇储备持有情况的数据。

　　By the end of 2016, the U.S. dollar-denominated forex reserves reached 5,052.94 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 63.96 percent of the world's total; the euro-denominated forex reserves ranked the second, with their share at 19.74 percent.

　　截止2016年，美元的外汇储备达到了50529.4亿美元，占全球外储总资产的63.96%。而欧盟的外汇储备则排名第二，占总资产的19.74%。

1 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

2 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

3 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

4 sterling   

adj.英币的(纯粹的，货真价实的)；n.英国货币(英镑)

参考例句：

• Could you tell me the current rate for sterling, please?能否请您告诉我现行英国货币的兑换率？
• Sterling has recently been strong,which will help to abate inflationary pressures.英国货币最近非常坚挺，这有助于减轻通胀压力。

5 yen   

n. 日元；热望

参考例句：

• He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
• He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。