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International Summary Statistics

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: March 2009

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Selected Foreign Official Assets Held at Federal Reserve Banks (3.13) 1
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset 2005 2006 2007 Aug 2008 Sep 2008 Oct 2008 Nov 2008 Dec 2008 Jan 2009 Feb 2009/p
1 Deposits 83 98 96 99 121 184 187 1,365 134 1,370
 
  Held in custody  
2 U.S. Treasury securities2 1,069,015 1,133,969 1,191,706 1,397,692 1,443,421 1,521,446 1,555,961 1,621,768 1,658,180 1,707,611
3 U.S. government agency securities3 429,740 602,651 828,653 964,497 965,507 905,908 866,981 812,995 824,374 818,720
4 Earmarked gold4 8,967 8,967 8,710 8,487 8,440 8,426 8,412 8,412 8,412 8,412
  1. Except for earmarked gold, excludes items 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. Debt securities of U.S. government corporations and federally sponsored agencies, measured at face value.  Return to table
  4. 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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Last update: March 27, 2009