FRB: U.S. Reserve Assets and Foreign Official Assets Held at Federal Reserve Banks--September 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, September 2007

3.12 U.S. Reserve Assets
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset		2004	2005	2006	2007
Asset		2004	2005	2006	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug^p
1	Total	86,824	65,127	65,895	65,063	66,082	66,551	66,720	66,008	66,127	67,029	67,508

2	Gold stock¹	11,045	11,043	11,041	11,041	11,041	11,041	11,041	11,041	11,041	11,041	11,041
3	Special drawing rights²^, ³	13,582	8,210	8,870	8,786	8,915	8,948	9,030	9,002	9,018	9,111	9,157
4	Reserve position in International Monetary Fund²	19,479	8,036	5,040	4,855	4,874	4,846	4,553	4,481	4,573	4,369	4,388
5	Foreign currencies⁴	42,718	37,838	40,943	40,381	41,251	41,716	42,095	41,483	41,495	42,508	42,922

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
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset		2004	2005	2006	2007
Asset		2004	2005	2006	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug^p
1	Deposits	80	83	98	90	91	91	95	93	197	94	94

	Held in custody
2	U.S. Treasury securities²	1,041,215	1,069,014	1,133,969	1,146,680	1,168,109	1,181,783	1,195,672	1,198,639	1,211,812	1,226,784	1,173,166
3	Earmarked gold³	8,967	8,967	8,967	8,967	8,967	8,913	8,872	8,832	8,825	8,791	8,764

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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