3.12 U.S. RESERVE ASSETS

Millions of dollars, end of period

Asset 2005 2006 2007

2008

Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov.p

1 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,127 65,895 70,565 74,372 75,170 75,740 74,832 72,560 71,834 69,763 73,378

2 Gold stock1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,043 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,210 8,870 9,476 9,767 9,771 9,849 9,772 9,494 9,418 9,001 9,023

4 Reserve position in International Monetary

Fund2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,036 5,040 4,244 4,253 5,111 5,237 4,930 4,774 4,750 4,433 7,344

5 Foreign currencies4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37,838 40,943 45,804 49,311 49,247 49,613 49,089 47,252 46,626 45,288 45,970

NOTE: The data presented in this table are available in the monthly statistical release ‘‘U.S.

Reserve Assets; Foreign Official Assets Held at Federal Reserve Banks,’’ on the Board’s

website at www.federalreserve.gov/releases.

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.

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.

3. Includes allocations of SDRs by the International Monetary Fund on Jan. 1 of the year

indicated, as follows: 1970—$867 million; 1971—$717 million; 1972—$710 million; 1979—

$1,139 million; 1980—$1,152 million; 1981—$1,093 million; plus net transactions in SDRs.

4. Valued at current market exchange rates. Excludes outstanding reciprocal currency

swaps with foreign central banks. At end-November 2008 swaps outstanding were $506.818

billion: $264.113 billion with the European Central Bank, $20.851 billion with the Swiss

National Bank, $54.295 billion with the Bank of England, $96.990 billion with the Bank of

Japan, $21.620 billion with the Reserve Bank of Australia, $25 billion with the Bank of

Sweden, $15 billion with the National Bank of Denmark, and $8.950 billion with the Bank of

Norway.

3.13 FOREIGN OFFICIAL ASSETS HELD AT FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS1

Millions of dollars, end of period

Asset 2005 2006 2007

2008

Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov.p

1 Deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 98 96 105 99 211 103 99 121 184 187

Held in custody

2 U.S. Treasury securities2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,069,014 1,133,969 1,191,706 1,310,649 1,315,616 1,348,988 1,375,199 1,397,692 1,443,421 1,521,445 1,555,961

3 Earmarked gold3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,967 8,967 8,710 8,548 8,534 8,521 8,494 8,487 8,440 8,426 8,412

NOTE: The data presented in this table are available in the monthly statistical release ‘‘U.S.

Reserve Assets; Foreign Official Assets Held at Federal Reserve Banks,’’ on the Board’s

website at www.federalreserve.gov/releases.

1. Excludes deposits and U.S. Treasury securities held for international and regional

organizations.

2. Marketable U.S. Treasury bills, notes, and bonds and nonmarketable U.S. Treasury

securities, in each case measured at face (not market) value.

3. 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.