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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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|Description
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008   Q1
2008   Q2
2008   Q3
2008   Q4
2009   Q1
2009   Q2
LineAll domestic sectors U.S. reserves asset
	85.9
	86.8
	65.1
	65.9
	70.6
	75.8
	75.7
	71.8
	77.6
	75.0
	81.7
	1All domestic sectors U.S. gold stocks and SDRs asset
	23.7
	24.6
	19.3
	19.9
	20.5
	20.9
	20.9
	20.5
	20.4
	20.1
	20.5
	2Federal government exchange stabilization fund asset
	12.6
	13.6
	8.2
	8.9
	9.5
	9.9
	9.9
	9.4
	9.3
	9.1
	9.4
	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
	62.3
	62.2
	45.9
	46.0
	50.0
	54.8
	54.9
	51.4
	57.3
	54.8
	61.2
	5Rest of the world official foreign currency holdings liability (BOP)
	39.7
	42.7
	37.8
	40.9
	45.8
	50.5
	49.6
	46.6
	49.6
	46.6
	49.1
	6Federal government official foreign currency holdings asset
	19.9
	21.4
	18.9
	20.5
	22.5
	24.9
	23.8
	23.3
	24.8
	23.0
	24.5
	7Monetary authority official foreign currency holdings asset
	19.9
	21.4
	18.9
	20.5
	23.3
	25.6
	25.8
	23.3
	24.8
	23.6
	24.6
	8Rest of the world net IMF position liability (BOP)
	22.5
	19.5
	8.0
	5.0
	4.2
	4.3
	5.2
	4.8
	7.7
	8.2
	12.1
	9Federal government net IMF position asset
	22.7
	19.6
	8.1
	5.2
	4.4
	4.4
	5.4
	4.8
	7.8
	8.3
	12.2
	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
	11
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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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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|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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