International Summary Statistics

Release Date: January 2020
U.S. Reserve Assets (Table 3.12) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset 2016/r 2017/r 2018/r Jun 2019/r Jul 2019/r Aug 2019/r Sep 2019/r Oct 2019/r Nov 2019/r Dec 2019/p
1 Total 117,332 123,313 125,798 128,338 128,845 128,526 127,595 128,812 127,938 129,479
 
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 48,883 51,864 50,803 50,898 50,357 50,161 49,976 50,566 50,385 50,749
4 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund2 5 18,385 17,633 22,016 24,375 26,077 25,896 25,632 25,720 25,547 26,153
5 Foreign Currencies4 39,023 42,775 41,938 42,024 41,370 41,428 40,946 41,485 40,966 41,536
  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-December 2019 there were $3728.4 million 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: January 31, 2020