Release Date: April 2023
Selected Foreign Official Assets Held at Federal Reserve Banks (Table 3.13) 1
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset 2019 2020 2021 Sep 2022 Oct 2022 Nov 2022 Dec 2022 Jan 2023 Feb 2023 Mar 2023/p
1 Deposits 5,182 21,838 9,331 7,437 7,437 7,437 8,935 9,436 9,438 9,681
 
  Held in custody  
2 U.S. Treasury securities2 2,948,866 3,037,585 3,007,681 2,908,957 2,884,833 2,891,350 2,907,701 2,907,777 2,932,604 2,880,332
3 U.S. government agency securities3 357,066 352,178 315,389 320,043 327,063 327,817 325,589 324,481 325,462 337,898
4 Earmarked gold4 7,794 7,794 7,789 7,789 7,789 7,789 7,789 7,789 7,789 7,789
  1. Excludes items held for international and regional organizations, except for earmarked gold.   Return to table
  2. Marketable U.S. Treasury bills, notes, and bonds and nonmarketable U.S. Treasury securities, in each case measured at face (not market) value. Includes inflation compensation on TIPS.   Return to table
  3. Face value of debt securities of U.S. government corporations and federally sponsored agencies, and current face value of mortgage-backed securities, which is the remaining principal balance of the securities.   Return to table
  4. Held in foreign and international accounts and valued at $42.22 per fine troy ounce; not included in the gold stock of the United States.   Return to table
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Last Update: April 28, 2023