Release Date: November 2024
U.S. Reserve Assets (Table 3.12) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset 2021 2022 2023 Apr 2024 May 2024 Jun 2024 Jul 2024 Aug 2024 Sep 2024 Oct 2024/p
1 Total 251,238 243,758 245,152 241,602 243,056 242,120 245,221 249,094 250,619 243,925
 
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 3 163,629 160,537 166,498 165,500 167,026 166,212 168,395 171,650 172,895 169,742
4 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund2 5 35,832 34,970 30,296 29,746 29,231 29,625 29,428 29,085 28,878 26,805
5 Foreign Currencies4 40,736 37,209 37,316 35,316 35,758 35,243 36,357 37,318 37,805 36,337
  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-October 2024 there were $150.8 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: November 29, 2024