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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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2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007   Q1
2007   Q2
2007   Q3
2007   Q4
2008   Q1
LineAll domestic sectors U.S. reserves asset
	68.7
	79.0
	85.9
	86.8
	65.1
	65.9
	66.6
	66.1
	69.1
	70.6
	75.8
	1All domestic sectors U.S. gold stocks and SDRs asset
	21.8
	23.2
	23.7
	24.6
	19.3
	19.9
	20.0
	20.1
	20.3
	20.5
	20.9
	2Federal government exchange stabilization fund asset
	10.8
	12.2
	12.6
	13.6
	8.2
	8.9
	9.0
	9.0
	9.3
	9.5
	9.9
	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
	46.8
	55.8
	62.3
	62.2
	45.9
	46.0
	46.6
	46.1
	48.7
	50.0
	54.8
	5Rest of the world official foreign currency holdings liability
	29.0
	33.8
	39.7
	42.7
	37.8
	40.9
	41.7
	41.5
	44.3
	45.8
	50.5
	6Federal government official foreign currency holdings asset
	14.4
	16.9
	19.9
	21.4
	18.9
	20.5
	20.8
	20.7
	22.1
	22.5
	27.9
	7Monetary authority official foreign currency holdings asset
	14.6
	16.9
	19.9
	21.4
	18.9
	20.5
	20.9
	20.8
	22.1
	23.3
	22.6
	8Rest of the world net IMF position liability
	17.9
	22.0
	22.5
	19.5
	8.0
	5.0
	4.8
	4.6
	4.5
	4.2
	4.3
	9Federal government net IMF position asset
	17.9
	22.1
	22.6
	19.6
	8.1
	5.1
	4.9
	4.7
	4.6
	4.3
	4.4
	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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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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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