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This paper has been devoted to the presentation of the results of the analysis of changes in the global foreign exchange market in the period of time between year 2000 and 2010. The main thesis is as follows: mounting indebtedness of advances economies and rising power of newly industrialized countries implicate the increase of international role of the currencies of large emerging countries. The main conclusion drawn from the results is still a minor significance of the analysed currencies in the world economy. Major reasons of the situation are: an incomplete liberalization of the flows of these currencies and financial instruments denominated in them; instabilities of these currencies and low confidence in the macroeconomic policies of the analysed countries.