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International Summary Statistics

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Release Date: February 2015

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U.S. Reserve Assets (3.12) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset 2011 2012 2013 Jul 2014 Aug 2014 Sep 2014 Oct 2014 Nov 2014 Dec 2014/r Jan 2015/p
1 Total 147,953 150,175 144,575 142,916 141,318 137,054 136,285 133,641 130,090 126,603
 
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 54,955 55,050 55,184 54,889 54,432 53,148 52,996 52,494 51,941 50,543
4 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund2 5 30,080 34,161 30,750 29,701 29,288 28,358 28,312 27,287 25,164 24,516
5 Foreign Currencies4 51,878 49,922 47,599 47,285 46,557 44,506 43,935 42,818 41,944 40,504
  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-January 2015 there were no 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: February 27, 2015