Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Financial Accounts of the United States - Z.1

L.200 U.S. Official Reserve Assets and SDR Allocations

2016:Q3 Release Date: December 8, 2016

Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted


Description		 Series code 2014
2015
2015
Q1		 2015
Q2		 2015
Q3		 2015
Q4		 2016
Q1		 2016
Q2		 2016
Q3
Line
All sectors; U.S. official reserve assets; liability FL893111005 170.0 155.4 156.8 158.8 158.6 155.4 158.3 158.4 160.6 1
Federal government; special drawing rights (SDRs) allocations; liability FL313111303 51.2 48.9 48.7 49.7 49.6 48.9 49.8 49.4 49.3 2
Rest of the world; U.S. official reserve assets; liability FL263111005 118.9 106.4 108.1 109.2 109.0 106.4 108.5 109.0 111.3 3
Federal government; special drawing rights (SDRs) holdings; asset FL313011303 51.9 49.7 49.5 50.4 50.3 49.7 50.5 50.2 50.1 4
Rest of the world; reserve position in IMF (net); liability FL263111403 25.2 17.6 19.8 19.2 18.9 17.6 16.7 16.7 18.3 5
Rest of the world; other U.S. reserve assets (total); liability FL263111503 41.8 39.1 38.8 39.5 39.8 39.1 41.3 42.1 42.9 6
All sectors; U.S. official reserve assets FL893011005 181.1 166.4 167.8 169.9 169.7 166.4 169.3 169.5 171.6 7
Federal government; U.S. official reserve assets FL313011005 98.0 86.9 88.7 89.5 89.2 86.9 88.0 88.1 89.9 8
Federal government; monetary gold; asset FL313011205 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9
Federal government; special drawing rights (SDRs) holdings; asset FL313011303 51.9 49.7 49.5 50.4 50.3 49.7 50.5 50.2 50.1 10
Federal government; reserve position in IMF (net); asset FL313011405 25.3 17.7 19.9 19.4 19.0 17.7 16.9 17.0 18.6 11
Federal government; other reserves; asset FL313011505 20.7 19.5 19.3 19.7 19.8 19.5 20.5 20.9 21.3 12
Federal government; special drawing rights (SDRs) allocations; liability FL313111303 51.2 48.9 48.7 49.7 49.6 48.9 49.8 49.4 49.3 13
Monetary authority; U.S. official reserve assets FL713011005 32.0 30.5 30.4 30.7 30.9 30.5 31.6 32.0 32.4 14
Monetary authority; monetary gold; asset FL713011203 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 15
Monetary authority; reserve position in IMF (net); asset FL713011405 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 16
Monetary authority; foreign currency denominated assets FL713011505 21.1 19.6 19.5 19.8 20.0 19.6 20.9 21.2 21.6 17
Instrument discrepancies; U.S. official reserve assets FL903011005 -11.0 -11.0 -11.0 -11.0 -11.0 -11.0 -11.0 -11.0 -11.0 18

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NOTES

  1. Includes federal government liability to IMF for special drawing rights (SDRs) allocations and accrued interest.
  2. By international accounting standards, monetary gold is a financial asset for which there is no corresponding liability.
Last update: December 8, 2016