L.200 U.S. Official Reserve Assets and SDR Allocations (1)
Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted
Description Series code 2017 2018 2018 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2019 Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 Line
All sectors; U.S. official reserve assets; liability LM893111005 162.4 163.7 166.5 163.6 161.8 163.7 163.0 166.3 164.6 1
Federal government; special drawing rights (SDRs) allocations; liability LM313111303 50.3 49.1 51.3 49.7 49.3 49.1 49.0 49.1 48.1 2
Rest of the world; U.S. official reserve assets; liability LM263111005 112.1 114.6 115.2 113.9 112.6 114.6 114.0 117.2 116.4 3
Federal government; special drawing rights (SDRs) holdings; asset LM313011303 51.9 50.8 53.0 51.3 50.9 50.8 50.8 50.9 50.0 4
Rest of the world; reserve position in IMF (net); liability LM263111403 17.6 22.0 17.9 20.5 20.0 22.0 22.1 24.4 25.6 5
Rest of the world; other U.S. reserve assets (total); liability LM263111503 42.6 41.8 44.3 42.2 41.6 41.8 41.1 41.9 40.8 6
All sectors; U.S. official reserve assets FL893011005 173.4 174.8 177.6 174.6 172.9 174.8 174.1 177.3 175.6 7
Federal government; U.S. official reserve assets FL313011005 91.0 93.9 93.1 93.0 91.9 93.9 93.6 96.4 96.2 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 LM313011303 51.9 50.8 53.0 51.3 50.9 50.8 50.8 50.9 50.0 10
Federal government; reserve position in IMF (net); asset LM313011405 17.9 22.3 18.2 20.7 20.3 22.3 22.4 24.6 25.9 11
Federal government; other reserves; asset LM313011505 21.2 20.8 21.9 21.0 20.7 20.8 20.5 20.9 20.3 12
Federal government; special drawing rights (SDRs) allocations; liability LM313111303 50.3 49.1 51.3 49.7 49.3 49.1 49.0 49.1 48.1 13
Monetary authority; U.S. official reserve assets FL713011005 32.2 31.8 33.1 31.9 31.7 31.8 31.4 31.8 31.3 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 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 16
Monetary authority; foreign currency denominated assets LM713011505 21.4 21.0 22.3 21.2 20.9 21.0 20.7 21.0 20.5 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

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: December 12, 2019