Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1

L.200 U.S. Official Reserve Assets and SDR Allocations (1)

2016:Q4 Release Date: March 9, 2017

Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted


Description		 Series code 2014
2015
2016
2015
Q3		 2015
Q4		 2016
Q1		 2016
Q2		 2016
Q3		 2016
Q4
Line
All sectors; U.S. official reserve assets; liability FL893111005 170.0 155.4 153.7 158.6 155.4 158.3 158.4 160.6 153.7 1
Federal government; special drawing rights (SDRs) allocations; liability FL313111303 51.2 48.9 47.5 49.6 48.9 49.8 49.4 49.3 47.5 2
Rest of the world; U.S. official reserve assets; liability FL263111005 118.9 106.4 106.2 109.0 106.4 108.5 109.0 111.3 106.2 3
Federal government; special drawing rights (SDRs) holdings; asset FL313011303 51.9 49.7 48.9 50.3 49.7 50.5 50.2 50.1 48.9 4
Rest of the world; reserve position in IMF (net); liability FL263111403 25.2 17.6 18.4 18.9 17.6 16.7 16.7 18.3 18.4 5
Rest of the world; other U.S. reserve assets (total); liability FL263111503 41.8 39.1 38.9 39.8 39.1 41.3 42.1 42.9 38.9 6
All sectors; U.S. official reserve assets FL893011005 181.1 166.4 164.7 169.7 166.4 169.3 169.5 171.6 164.7 7
Federal government; U.S. official reserve assets FL313011005 98.0 86.9 86.9 89.2 86.9 88.0 88.1 90.0 86.9 8
Federal government; monetary gold; asset(2) FL313011205 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9
Federal government; special drawing rights (SDRs) holdings; asset FL313011303 51.9 49.7 48.9 50.3 49.7 50.5 50.2 50.1 48.9 10
Federal government; reserve position in IMF (net); asset FL313011405 25.3 17.7 18.7 19.0 17.7 16.9 17.0 18.6 18.7 11
Federal government; other reserves; asset FL313011505 20.7 19.5 19.3 19.8 19.5 20.5 20.9 21.3 19.3 12
Federal government; special drawing rights (SDRs) allocations; liability FL313111303 51.2 48.9 47.5 49.6 48.9 49.8 49.4 49.3 47.5 13
Monetary authority; U.S. official reserve assets FL713011005 32.0 30.5 30.4 30.9 30.5 31.6 32.0 32.4 30.4 14
Monetary authority; monetary gold; asset(2) FL713011203 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 15
Monetary authority; reserve position in IMF (net); asset FL713011405 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 16
Monetary authority; foreign currency denominated assets FL713011505 21.1 19.6 19.6 20.0 19.6 20.9 21.2 21.6 19.6 17
Instrument discrepancies; U.S. official reserve assets FL903011005 -11.0 -11.0 -11.0 -11.0 -11.0 -11.0 -11.0 -11.0 -11.0 18

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NOTES

  1. Includes federal government liability to IMF for special drawing rights (SDRs) allocations and accrued interest.
  2. By international accounting standards, monetary gold is a financial asset for which there is no corresponding liability.
Last update: March 9, 2017