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F.200 Gold and Official Foreign Exchange Holdings1
   Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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2001
2002
2003
2004
2004   Q1
2004   Q2
2004   Q3
2004   Q4
2005   Q1
2005   Q2
2005   Q3
LineAll domestic sectors U.S. reserves asset
	4.9
	3.7
	-1.5
	-2.8
	-2.2
	-4.5
	-1.7
	-2.8
	-21.3
	3.2
	-14.2
	1All domestic sectors U.S. gold stocks and SDRs asset
	0.6
	0.5
	-0.6
	0.4
	0.4
	0.4
	0.4
	0.4
	-6.9
	0.4
	-6.0
	2Federal government exchange stabilization fund asset
	0.6
	0.5
	-0.6
	0.4
	0.4
	0.4
	0.4
	0.4
	-6.9
	0.4
	-6.0
	3Monetary authority monetary gold asset
	-0.0
	-0.0
	0.0
	0.0
	0.0
	-0.0
	-0.0
	0.0
	-0.0
	0.0
	0.0
	4Rest of the world U.S. official foreign currency holdings and net IMF position liability
	4.3
	3.2
	-0.9
	-3.2
	-2.6
	-4.8
	-2.1
	-3.2
	-14.5
	2.8
	-8.2
	5Rest of the world official foreign currency holdings liability
	0.7
	0.6
	0.6
	0.6
	0.6
	0.5
	0.6
	0.7
	0.6
	0.5
	0.5
	6Federal government official foreign currency holdings asset
	0.3
	0.3
	0.3
	0.3
	0.3
	0.3
	0.3
	0.4
	0.3
	0.3
	0.2
	7Monetary authority official foreign currency holdings asset
	0.3
	0.3
	0.3
	0.3
	0.3
	0.3
	0.3
	0.4
	0.3
	0.3
	0.2
	8Rest of the world net IMF position liability
	3.6
	2.6
	-1.5
	-3.8
	-3.3
	-5.4
	-2.7
	-4.0
	-15.1
	2.3
	-8.7
	9Federal government net IMF position asset
	3.6
	2.6
	-1.5
	-3.8
	-3.3
	-5.4
	-2.7
	-4.0
	-15.1
	2.3
	-8.7
	10Monetary authority net IMF position asset
	0.0
	0.0
	0.0
	0.0
	0.0
	0.0
	0.0
	0.0
	0.0
	0.0
	0.0
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|All domestic sectors U.S. gold stocks and SDRs asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Federal government exchange stabilization fund asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
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|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 exclude increases in SDRs through allocations, which have occurred at various dates beginning January 1970.  Transactions in SDRs are included.  Also excluded from the table     are revaluations of foreign currency holdings, gold, SDRs, and IMF position.  Allocations and revaluations are included in tables on outstandings. Return to text
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