FRB: U.S. Reserve Assets and Foreign Official Assets Held at Federal Reserve Banks--September 2006

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, September 2006

3.12 U.S. Reserve Assets
Asset		2003	2004	2005	2006
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset		2003	2004	2005	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug^p
1	Total	85,938	86,824	65,127	65,594	65,364	65,354	66,846	67,706	67,935	67,559	66,606

2	Gold stock¹	11,043	11,045	11,043	11,044	11,044	11,043	11,041	11,041	11,041	11,041	11,041
3	Special drawing rights²^, ³	12,638	13,582	8,210	8,302	8,310	8,344	8,518	8,704	8,618	8,644	8,726
4	Reserve position in International Monetary Fund²	22,535	19,479	8,036	7,639	7,638	7,376	7,219	7,219	7,906	7,460	6,715
5	Foreign currencies⁴	39,722	42,718	37,838	38,609	38,372	38,592	40,068	40,742	40,370	40,414	40,124

Note: The data presented in this table are available in the monthly statistical release "U.S. Reserve Assets; Foreign Official Assets Held at Federal Reserve Banks."

1. Gold held "under earmark" at Federal Reserve Banks for foreign and international accounts is not included in the gold stock of the United States; see table 3.13, line 3. Gold stock is valued at $42.22 per fine troy ounce. Return to table

2. Special drawing rights (SDRs) are valued according to a technique adopted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in July 1974. Values are based on a weighted average of exchange rates for the currencies of member countries. From July 1974 through December 1980, sixteen currencies were used; since January 1981, five currencies have been used. U.S. SDR holdings and reserve positions in the IMF have also been valued on this basis since July 1974. Return to table

3. Includes allocations of SDRs by the International Monetary Fund on Jan. 1 of the year indicated, as follows: 1970--$867 million; 1971--$717 million; 1972--$710 million; 1979--$1,139 million; 1980--$1,152 million; 1981--$1,093 million; plus net transactions in SDRs. Return to table

4. Valued at current market exchange rates. Return to table

3.13 Foreign Official Assets Held at Federal Reserve Banks¹
Asset		2003^r	2004^r	2005^r	2006
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset		2003^r	2004^r	2005^r	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug^p
1	Deposits	162	80	83	83	82	84	86	86	142	88	89

	Held in custody
2	U.S. Treasury securities²	845,080	1,041,215	1,069,014	1,080,198	1,105,178	1,103,810	1,097,103	1,093,393	1,089,512	1,095,248	1,116,941
3	Earmarked gold³	8,971	8,967	8,967	8,967	8,967	8,967	8,967	8,967	8,967	8,967	8,967

Note: The data presented in this table are available in the monthly statistical release "U.S. Reserve Assets; Foreign Official Assets Held at Federal Reserve Banks."

1. Excludes deposits and U.S. Treasury securities held for international and regional organizations. Return to table

2. Marketable U.S. Treasury bills, notes, and bonds and nonmarketable U.S. Treasury securities, in each case measured at face (not market) value. Return to table

3. Held in foreign and international accounts and valued at $42.22 per fine troy ounce; not included in the gold stock of the United States. Return to table

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