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L.200 Gold and Official Foreign Exchange Holdings1
   Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
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1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003   Q1
2003   Q2
2003   Q3
2003   Q4
2004   Q1
2004   Q2
LineAll domestic sectors U.S. reserves asset
	81.8
	71.5
	67.6
	68.7
	79.0
	80.0
	81.7
	84.4
	85.9
	85.2
	82.7
	1All domestic sectors U.S. gold stocks and SDRs asset
	21.6
	21.4
	21.6
	21.8
	23.2
	22.4
	22.8
	23.1
	23.7
	23.7
	23.7
	2Federal government exchange stabilization fund asset
	10.6
	10.3
	10.5
	10.8
	12.2
	11.4
	11.7
	12.1
	12.6
	12.7
	12.7
	3Monetary authority monetary gold asset
	11.0
	11.0
	11.0
	11.0
	11.0
	11.0
	11.0
	11.0
	11.0
	11.0
	11.0
	4Rest of the world U.S. official foreign currency holdings and net IMF position liability
	60.1
	50.1
	46.1
	46.8
	55.8
	57.6
	58.9
	61.3
	62.3
	61.5
	58.9
	5Rest of the world official foreign currency holdings liability
	36.0
	32.2
	31.2
	29.0
	33.8
	34.8
	35.7
	37.3
	39.7
	39.8
	38.9
	6Federal government official foreign currency holdings asset
	16.2
	16.0
	15.6
	14.4
	16.9
	17.4
	17.8
	18.6
	19.9
	19.9
	19.4
	7Monetary authority official foreign currency holdings asset
	19.8
	16.1
	15.7
	14.6
	16.9
	17.4
	17.8
	18.6
	19.9
	19.9
	19.4
	8Rest of the world net IMF position liability
	24.1
	18.0
	14.8
	17.9
	22.0
	22.9
	23.2
	24.1
	22.5
	21.6
	20.1
	9Federal government net IMF position asset
	24.2
	18.0
	14.9
	17.9
	22.1
	23.0
	23.3
	24.2
	22.6
	21.7
	20.2
	10Monetary authority net IMF position asset
	-0.1
	-0.1
	-0.1
	-0.1
	-0.1
	-0.1
	-0.1
	-0.1
	-0.1
	-0.1
	-0.1
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|Federal government exchange stabilization fund asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Monetary authority monetary gold asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|Rest of the world U.S. official foreign currency holdings and net IMF position liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Rest of the world official foreign currency holdings liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|Federal government official foreign currency holdings asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Monetary authority official foreign currency holdings asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Rest of the world net IMF position liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|Federal government net IMF position asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|Monetary authority net IMF position asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|FOOTNOTES    

1. Lines 1, 2, and 3 include increases in SDRs through allocations, which occurred at various dates beginning January 1970.  Also included in the table are revaluations of      foreign currency holdings, gold, SDRs, and IMF position.  These allocations and revaluations are excluded from tables on flows. Return to text
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