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International Summary Statistics

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: January 2009

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U.S. Reserve Assets (3.12) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset 2005 2006 2007 Jun 2008 Jul 2008 Aug 2008 Sep 2008 Oct 2008 Nov 2008 Dec 2008/p
1 Total 65,127 65,895 70,565 75,740 74,832 72,560 71,834 69,763 73,378 77,648
 
2 Gold stock1 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 8,210 8,870 9,476 9,849 9,772 9,494 9,418 9,001 9,023 9,340
4 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund2 8,036 5,040 4,244 5,237 4,930 4,774 4,750 4,433 7,344 7,683
5 Foreign Currencies4 37,838 40,943 45,804 49,613 49,089 47,252 46,626 45,288 45,970 49,584
  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 holdings of Treasury and Federal Reserve System; beginning November 1978, these are valued at current market exchange rates or, where appropriate, at such other rates as may be agreed upon by the parties to the transactions. Excludes outstanding reciprocal currency swaps with foreign central banks. At end-December 2008 swaps outstanding were $553.728 billion: $291.352 billion with the European Central Bank, $25.175 billion with the Swiss National Bank, $33.08 billion with the Bank of England, $122.716 billion with the Bank of Japan, $22.830 billion with the Reserve Bank of Australia, $25 billion with the Bank of Sweden, $15 billion with the National Bank of Denmark, $8.225 billion with the Bank of Norway and $10.350 with the Bank of Korea.  Return to table
  4. Includes holdings of Treasury and Federal Reserve System beginning November 1978, these are valued at current market exchange rates or, where appropriate, at such other rates as may be agreed upon by the parties to the transactions. Excludes outstanding reciprocal currency swaps with foreign central banks. At end-September 2008 swaps outstanding were $162 billion with the European Central Bank, $28.9 billion with the Swiss National Bank, $50.9 billion with the Bank of England, $29.6 billion with the Bank of Japan,$10 billion with the Reserve Bank of Australia, and $5 billion with the National Bank of Denmark.  Return to table
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Last update: February 6, 2009