International Summary Statistics

Release Date: February 2022
U.S. Reserve Assets (Table 3.12) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset 2018 2019 2020 Jul 2021 Aug 2021 Sep 2021 Oct 2021 Nov 2021 Dec 2021 Jan 2022/p
1 Total 125,798 129,479 144,890 140,555 253,217 250,080 252,430 250,226 251,238 250,372
 
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 50,803 50,749 52,942 52,531 165,664 163,874 164,631 163,210 163,629 163,482
4 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund2 5 22,016 26,153 36,370 34,363 34,093 33,889 35,481 35,159 35,832 35,496
5 Foreign Currencies4 41,938 41,536 44,537 42,619 42,419 41,276 41,276 40,816 40,736 40,353
  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-January 2022 there were $263.5 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: February 25, 2022