International Summary Statistics

Release Date: November 2018
U.S. Reserve Assets (Table 3.12) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Asset 2015 2016 2017 Apr 2018 May 2018 Jun 2018 Jul 2018 Aug 2018 Sep 2018 Oct 2018/p
1 Total 117,581 117,332 123,313 124,540 122,844 125,099 124,694 124,529 123,729 123,572
 
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 49,688 48,883 51,864 52,402 51,656 51,288 51,226 51,142 50,918 50,439
4 Reserve position in International Monetary Fund2 5 17,609 18,385 17,633 17,708 17,556 20,476 20,253 20,281 20,024 20,891
5 Foreign Currencies4 39,242 39,023 42,775 43,389 42,591 42,293 42,174 42,065 41,745 41,201
  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 2018 there were 79.7 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 30, 2018