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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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2004
2005
2006
2007
2007   Q1
2007   Q2
2007   Q3
2007   Q4
2008   Q1
2008   Q2
2008   Q3
LineAll domestic sectors U.S. reserves asset
	-2.8
	-14.1
	-2.4
	0.1
	0.3
	-0.1
	0.2
	0.1
	1.1
	5.1
	-0.8
	1All domestic sectors U.S. gold stocks and SDRs asset
	0.4
	-4.5
	0.2
	0.2
	0.2
	0.2
	0.1
	0.1
	0.1
	0.1
	0.1
	2Federal government exchange stabilization fund asset
	0.4
	-4.5
	0.2
	0.2
	0.2
	0.2
	0.1
	0.1
	0.1
	0.1
	0.1
	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
	-3.2
	-9.6
	-2.6
	-0.0
	0.1
	-0.3
	0.1
	-0.1
	1.0
	5.0
	-0.8
	5Rest of the world official foreign currency holdings liability (BOP)
	0.6
	0.6
	0.7
	1.0
	1.0
	0.9
	1.0
	1.1
	1.4
	1.2
	1.1
	6Federal government official foreign currency holdings asset
	0.3
	0.3
	0.4
	0.5
	0.5
	0.5
	0.5
	0.5
	0.7
	0.6
	0.6
	7Monetary authority official foreign currency holdings asset
	0.3
	0.3
	0.4
	0.5
	0.5
	0.5
	0.5
	0.5
	0.7
	0.6
	0.6
	8Rest of the world net IMF position liability (BOP)
	-3.8
	-10.2
	-3.3
	-1.0
	-0.8
	-1.2
	-0.9
	-1.1
	-0.4
	3.8
	-1.9
	9Federal government net IMF position asset
	-3.8
	-10.2
	-3.3
	-1.0
	-0.8
	-1.2
	-0.9
	-1.1
	-0.4
	3.8
	-1.9
	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. reserves asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|All domestic sectors U.S. gold stocks and SDRs asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|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 (BOP)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|Federal government official foreign currency holdings asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|Monetary authority official foreign currency holdings asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|Rest of the world net IMF position liability (BOP)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|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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