International Summary Statistics

Release Date: December 2020
U.S. Reserve Assets (Table 3.12) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset 2017 2018 2019 May 2020 Jun 2020 Jul 2020 Aug 2020 Sep 2020 Oct 2020 Nov 2020/p
1 Total 123,313 125,798 129,479 132,239 133,890 139,971 140,388 138,961 139,478 141,191
 
2 Gold stock1 11,041 11,041 11,041 11,041 11,041 11,041 11,041 11,041 11,041 11,041
3 Special drawing rights2 3 51,864 50,803 50,749 50,421 50,556 51,930 52,150 51,733 51,883 52,568
4 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund2 5 17,633 22,016 26,153 29,390 30,631 33,754 33,690 33,135 33,497 33,854
5 Foreign Currencies4 42,775 41,938 41,536 41,387 41,662 43,247 43,506 43,052 43,057 43,728
  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 SDR's in the Special Drawing Account in the International Monetary Fund, plus or minus transactions in SDR's.   Return to table
  4. Includes holdings of Treasury and Federal Reserve System; consistent with the Quarterly Report on Treasury and Federal Reserve Foreign Exchange Operations, foreign currency denominated assets are shown not at market value but rather at amortized cost revalued at current foreign currency market exchange rates in order to report these assets in U.S. dollars. Excludes outstanding reciprocal currency swaps with foreign central banks. As of end-November 2020 there were $8438.7 million swaps outstanding.   Return to table
  5. IMF data include the reserve tranche position and, as of May 2011, New Arrangements to Borrow.   Return to table
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Last Update: December 23, 2020