International Summary Statistics

Release Date: December 2017
U.S. Reserve Assets (Table 3.12) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset 2014 2015 2016 May 2017 Jun 2017 Jul 2017 Aug 2017 Sep 2017 Oct 2017 Nov 2017/p
1 Total 130,090 117,581 117,332 121,706 122,015 123,690 124,516 123,863 122,632 123,429
 
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 51,941 49,688 48,883 50,363 50,620 51,215 51,447 51,443 51,130 51,546
4 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund2 5 25,164 17,609 18,385 18,919 18,846 18,719 19,121 19,040 18,630 18,275
5 Foreign Currencies4 41,944 39,242 39,023 41,383 41,508 42,714 42,908 42,339 41,831 42,567
  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-November 2017 there were $35 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: December 29, 2017