foreign exchange reserves; foreign currency reserves
Economic term for a country's holdings of foreign currencies and assets, used to manage exchange rates and international payments.
Japan's foreign exchange reserves are among the largest in the world.
The central bank uses foreign currency reserves to conduct exchange rate intervention.
外貨 means 'foreign currency' in general, while 外貨準備 specifically refers to the reserves held by a country or central bank.
準備 means 'preparation' or 'reserves' in a broad sense; 外貨準備 is a specific compound for foreign exchange reserves.
foreign exchange reserves; total foreign currency reserves
Compound of 外貨 (がいか, 'foreign currency') and 準備 (じゅんび, 'reserves, preparation').