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

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, February 2006

3.12 U.S. Reserve Assets
Asset		2002	2003	2004	2005							2006
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset		2002	2003	2004	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan^p
1	Total	79,006	85,938	86,824	76,594	74,620	72,243	71,273	70,218	68,773	65,125	65,593

2	Gold stock¹	11,043	11,043	11,045	11,041	11,041	11,041	11,041	11,041	11,041	11,043^r	11,043
3	Special drawing rights²^, ³	12,166	12,638	13,582	11,243	11,206	8,304	8,245	8,224	8,180	8,210	8,302
4	Reserve position in International Monetary Fund²	21,979	22,535	19,479	15,274	13,438	13,336	13,245	12,720	12,097	8,036	7,639
5	Foreign currencies⁴	33,818	39,722	42,718	39,036	38,935	39,563	38,742	38,234	37,445	37,839	38,609

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		2002	2003	2004	2005							2006
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset		2002	2003	2004	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan^p
1	Deposits	136	162	80	103	83	81	96	88	82	83	83

	Held in custody
2	U.S. Treasury securities²	678,106	845,080	1,041,215	1,058,972	1,070,625	1,075,098	1,056,594	1,060,857	1,073,710	1,069,014	1,080,198
3	Earmarked gold³	9,045	8,971	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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