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International Summary Statistics

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Release Date: February 2012

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U.S. Reserve Assets (3.12) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset 2008 2009 2010 Jul 2011 Aug 2011 Sep 2011 Oct 2011 Nov 2011 Dec 2011/r Jan 2012/p
1 Total 77,648 130,760 132,433 149,704 150,654 148,487 150,695 148,028 147,953 149,280
 
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 9,340 57,814 56,824 57,182 57,583 55,875 56,744 55,538 54,955 55,521
4 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund2 5 7,683 11,385 12,492 26,845 27,096 28,804 29,327 28,765 30,080 30,438
5 Foreign Currencies4 49,584 50,520 52,075 54,635 54,933 52,766 53,583 52,684 51,878 52,279
  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. Recent allocations are as follows: August 2009--$43,069 million; September 2009--$4,529 million.   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 2012 total swaps outstanding were $104.5 billion: $84.5 billion with the European Central Bank, $475 million with the Swiss National Bank, and $19.5 billion with the Bank of Japan.   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 24, 2012