The Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF) is an emergency reserve fund of the United States Treasury Department, normally used for foreign exchange intervention. This arrangement (as opposed to having the central bank intervene directly) allows the US government to influence currency exchange rates without affecting domestic money supply.

As of October, 2009, the fund held assets worth $105 billion, including $58.1 billion in Special Drawing Rights (SDR) from the International Monetary Fund.

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Cabinet Grants UAH 275 Million From Stabilization Fund To Support Agrarians 15 12 Tuesday July 28 2009

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will fall to 26 rubles per dollar If oil prices go down then despite the Euro s growth the ruble s rate is unlikely to change it will probably be set at 26 5 27 rubles per dollar Due to the recent changes Russia hasn t lost a lot as the Central Bank and the Stabilization Fund of Russia possess the foreign exchanges reserves formed not only by dollars but Euro

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