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By the end of the 1990s, reserves reached approximately $30 billion. The 2000s saw rapid growth in reserves due to strong economic growth, trade surpluses, and rising foreign direct investment (FDI). By 2008, reserves had surged to about $310 billion. Reserves continued to grow, reaching around $400 billion by 2014.
Today, ASX has an average daily turnover of A$4.685 billion and a market capitalisation of around A$1.6 trillion, making it one of the world's top 20 listed exchange groups, and the largest in the southern hemisphere. ASX Clear is the clearing house for all shares, structured products, warrants and ASX Equity Derivatives.
Currency quotations use the abbreviations for currencies that are prescribed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in standard ISO 4217.The major currencies and their designation in the foreign exchange market are the US dollar (USD), Euro (EUR), Japanese yen (JPY), British pound (GBP), Australian dollar (AUD), Canadian dollar (CAD), and the Swiss franc (CHF).
The Trillion dollar club is an unofficial classification of the world's major economies with a gross domestic product (nominal GDP) of more than US$1 trillion per year. [1] [2] As of 2023, it included 19 countries.
The biggest Mega Millions jackpot to date was $1.602 billion in August 2023. There was one winning ticket, sold in Florida. Here is a list of the other top jackpot totals, courtesy of Mega Millions:
There is a market convention that rules the notation used to communicate the fixed and variable currencies in a quotation. For example, in a conversion from EUR to AUD, EUR is the fixed currency, AUD is the variable currency and the exchange rate indicates how many Australian dollars would be paid or received for 1 euro.
Map of Africa by 2020 nominal GDP (billions USD): ... (Billion US$) [1] Per Capita (US$) [1] 1
The market convention is to quote most exchange rates against the USD with the US dollar as the base currency (e.g. USDJPY, USDCAD, USDCHF). The exceptions are the British pound (GBP), Australian dollar (AUD), the New Zealand dollar (NZD) and the euro (EUR) where the USD is the counter currency (e.g. GBPUSD, AUDUSD, NZDUSD, EURUSD).