International Summary Statistics

Release Date: September 2023
U.S. Reserve Assets (Table 3.12) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset 2020 2021 2022 Feb 2023 Mar 2023 Apr 2023 May 2023 Jun 2023 Jul 2023 Aug 2023/p
1 Total 144,890 251,238 243,758 243,476 246,990 246,686 243,014 244,008 245,008 243,803
 
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 52,942 163,629 160,537 161,246 163,241 163,455 161,430 162,206 163,774 163,902
4 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund2 5 36,370 35,832 34,970 34,585 35,142 34,563 34,084 34,118 33,079 32,411
5 Foreign Currencies4 44,537 40,736 37,209 36,605 37,566 37,628 36,459 36,644 37,114 36,449
  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-August 2023 there were $232.3 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: September 29, 2023