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fiat money ranked by broad money (m2-style aggregates) with indicative daily fx turnover — central banks as issuers, regions as liquidity pools.

currencies 30
combined m2 (usd) ~$118T
fx spot + swap / day ~$7.5T
top reserve usd · ~58%
30 shown · illustrative
all g10 asia-pacific em carry

regions

where fx turnover clusters

bars approximate share of daily spot + forward activity that touches each macro region — london/new york still dominate pipes, asia-pacific grows as a block.

share of modeled daily fx flow

europe + uk
43%
americas
28%
asia-pacific
21%
middle east & africa
5%
other / local
3%

bespoke blend of bis-style geography splits — rounded for the page, not a data vendor pull.

m2 concentration — top 5 issuers

usd bloc
$21.0T
cny
~$42T*
eur
~$17.4T
jpy
~$8.4T
inr
~$5.0T

*cny shown in native units converted at an indicative spot — policy and reporting differences mean “m2” is not strictly comparable across borders.

top 30 · broad money vs. modeled daily turnover

# code issuer m2 (indic.) fx vol / day region
1USDunited states (federal reserve)$21.0T$1.9Tamericas
2CNYchina (pboc)¥301T (~$42.1T)$0.42Tasia-pacific
3EUReuro area (ecb)€16.2T (~$17.4T)$1.1Teurope
4JPYjapan (boj)¥1.26qd (~$8.4T)$0.62Tasia-pacific
5GBPunited kingdom (boe)£3.1T (~$3.9T)$0.82Teurope
6INRindia (rbi)₹417L cr (~$5.0T)$0.19Tasia-pacific
7CADcanada (boc)C$2.4T (~$1.8T)$0.21Tamericas
8AUDaustralia (rba)A$2.3T (~$1.5T)$0.35Tasia-pacific
9CHFswitzerland (snb)CHF 1.1T (~$1.2T)$0.27Teurope
10KRWsouth korea (bok)₩2.9qd (~$2.2T)$0.31Tasia-pacific
11BRLbrazil (bcb)R$ 4.9T (~$0.98T)$0.11Tamericas
12MXNmexico (banxico)MX$ 15T (~$0.88T)$0.09Tamericas
13RUBrussia (cbr)₽ 72T (~$0.78T)$0.05Temea
14TRYtürkiye (tcmb)₺ 23T (~$0.72T)$0.08Temea
15IDRindonesia (bi)Rp 9.1qd (~$0.58T)$0.06Tasia-pacific
16SARsaudi arabia (sama)SAR 2.6T (~$0.69T)$0.07Temea
17PLNpoland (nbp)zł 2.2T (~$0.55T)$0.10Teurope
18SEKsweden (riksbank)kr 4.1T (~$0.38T)$0.12Teurope
19SGDsingapore (mas)S$ 860B (~$0.64T)$0.15Tasia-pacific
20NOKnorway (norges bank)kr 3.2T (~$0.30T)$0.09Teurope
21ZARsouth africa (sarb)R 4.8T (~$0.26T)$0.07Temea
22HKDhong kong (hkma)HK$ 2.1T (~$0.27T)$0.18Tasia-pacific
23THBthailand (bot)฿ 23T (~$0.64T)$0.05Tasia-pacific
24MYRmalaysia (bnm)RM 2.1T (~$0.45T)$0.04Tasia-pacific
25PHPphilippines (bsp)₱ 19T (~$0.34T)$0.03Tasia-pacific
26CZKczech republic (cznb)Kč 8.1T (~$0.35T)$0.06Teurope
27ILSisrael (boi)₪ 1.2T (~$0.33T)$0.05Temea
28CLPchile (bcch)CL$ 210T (~$0.22T)$0.03Tamericas
29COPcolombia (banrep)COL$ 920T (~$0.23T)$0.02Tamericas
30ARSargentina (bcra)ARS 44qd (~$0.11T)$0.02Tamericas

macro illustration only — not trading advice. m2 definitions differ by country; fx turnover is a modeled daily stack, not a live feed.