As a result of this fundamentally sound balance of payments situation, the gross gold and other foreign reserves of the country have increased substantially. At the end of 1998 the total foreign reserves of the country amounted to R42.1 billion, which was equivalent to the value of about 10 weeks’ imports of goods and services.
2  "Risk-Based Capital: Bank Regulators Need to Improve Transparency and Overcome Impediments to Finalizing the Proposed Basel II Framework (1.6 MB PDF)," Government Accountability Office, February 2007. 6  BIS Review 81/2007