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Can you name the four countries with the largest number of central bank assets?

Can you name the four countries with the largest number of central bank assets?

August 22, 2022

They are the Federal Reserve System of the United States, Japan, China, and Germany, with the United States' assets being about 3 trillion more than second place - Japan.

Investopedia defines a central bank as follows:  A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a state or formal monetary union, and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central bank possesses a monopoly on increasing the monetary base.

The oldest central bank award goes to Sweden which was founded in 1668.