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International Summary Statistics

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Release Date: October 2012

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U.S. Reserve Assets (3.12) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset 2009 2010 2011 Mar 2012 Apr 2012 May 2012 Jun 2012 Jul 2012 Aug 2012/r Sep 2012/p
1 Total 130,760 132,433 147,953 149,078 152,463 148,865 149,830 149,384 151,501 153,075
 
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 57,814 56,824 54,955 55,460 55,512 54,079 54,341 54,011 54,510 55,232
4 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund2 5 11,385 12,492 30,080 31,436 34,234 33,449 33,930 34,039 35,131 35,248
5 Foreign Currencies4 50,520 52,075 51,878 51,141 51,675 50,295 50,519 50,293 50,819 51,554
  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-September 2012 total swaps outstanding were $12.55 billion with the European Central Bank.   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: October 26, 2012