U.S. International Reserve Position - Mar 29, 2019

The Treasury Department today released U.S. reserve assets data for the latest week. As indicated in this table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $125,320 million as of the end of that week, compared to $125,749 million as of the end of the prior week.

 

I. Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets (approximate market value, in US millions)

March 29, 2019

A. Official reserve assets (in US millions unless otherwise specified) 1

125,320

(1) Foreign currency reserves (in convertible foreign currencies)

Euro

Yen

Total

(a) Securities

11,845

2,274

14,119

of which: issuer headquartered in reporting country but located abroad

 

 

  

(b) total currency and deposits with:

 

 

 

(i) other national central banks, BIS and IMF

12,765

14,622

27,387

ii) banks headquartered in the reporting country

 

 

  

of which: located abroad

 

 

  

(iii) banks headquartered outside the reporting country

 

 

  

of which: located in the reporting country

 

 

  

 

 

(2) IMF reserve position 2

 

  

22,006

 

 

(3) SDRs 2

 

  

50,767

 

 

(4) gold (including gold deposits and, if appropriate, gold swapped) 3

 

  

11,041

--volume in millions of fine troy ounces

  

 

261.499

 

 

(5) other reserve assets (specify)

  

--financial derivatives

 

--loans to nonbank nonresidents

 

--other (foreign currency assets invested through reverse repurchase agreements)

  

B. Other foreign currency assets (specify)

 

--securities not included in official reserve assets

 

--deposits not included in official reserve assets

 

--loans not included in official reserve assets

 

--financial derivatives not included in official reserve assets

 

--gold not included in official reserve assets

 

--other

 

 

 

II. Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value)
 

 

Maturity breakdown (residual maturity)

 

Total

Up to 1 month

More than 1 and up to 3 months

More than 3 months and up to 1 year

1. Foreign currency loans, securities, and deposits

 

 

 

 

--outflows (-) Principal

 

 

 

 

--outflows (-) Interest

 

 

 

 

--inflows (+) Principal

 

 

 

 

--inflows (+) Interest

 

 

 

 

2. Aggregate short and long positions in forwards and futures in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency (including the forward leg of currency swaps)

 

 

 

 

(a) Short positions ( - ) 4

-1,365

-1365

  

 

(b) Long positions (+)

  

 

 

 

3. Other (specify)

 

 

 

 

--outflows related to repos (-)

 

 

 

 

--inflows related to reverse repos (+)

 

 

 

 

--trade credit (-)

 

 

 

 

--trade credit (+)

 

 

 

 

--other accounts payable (-)

 

 

 

 

--other accounts receivable (+)

 

 

 

 

 

 

IV. Memo items

Amount

(1) To be reported with standard periodicity and timeliness:

 

(a) short-term domestic currency debt indexed to the exchange rate

 

(b) financial instruments denominated in foreign currency and settled by other means (e.g., in domestic currency) 

 

--nondeliverable forwards

 

   --short positions

 

   --long positions

 

--other instruments

 

(c) pledged assets

 

--included in reserve assets

 

--included in other foreign currency assets

 

(d) securities lent and on repo

  

--lent or repoed and included in Section I

 

--lent or repoed but not included in Section I

 

--borrowed or acquired and included in Section I

 

--borrowed or acquired but not included in Section I

  

(e) financial derivative assets (net, marked to market)

 

--forwards

 

--futures

 

--swaps

 

--options

 

--other

 

(f) derivatives (forward, futures, or options contracts) that have a residual maturity greater than one year, which are subject to margin calls.

 

--aggregate short and long positions in forwards and futures in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency (including the forward leg of currency swaps)

 

(a) short positions ( – )

 

(b) long positions (+)

 

--aggregate short and long positions of options in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the domestic currency

 

(a) short positions

 

(i) bought puts

 

(ii) written calls

 

(b) long positions

 

(i) bought calls

 

(ii) written puts

 

(2) To be disclosed less frequently:

 

(a) currency composition of reserves (by groups of currencies)

41,506

--currencies in SDR basket

41,506

2--currencies not in SDR basket

 

--by individual currencies (optional)

 

 

 

Notes:

1/ Includes holdings of the Treasury's Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF) and the Federal Reserve's System Open Market Account (SOMA), valued at current market exchange rates. Foreign currency holdings listed as securities reflect marked-to-market values, and deposits reflect carrying values. 

2/ The items, "2. IMF Reserve Position" and "3. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs)," are based on data provided by the IMF and are valued in dollar terms at the official SDR/dollar exchange rate for the reporting date. The entries for the latest week reflect any necessary adjustments, including revaluation, by the U.S. Treasury to IMF data for the prior month end. 

3/ Gold stock is valued monthly at $42.2222 per fine troy ounce.

4/ The short positions reflect foreign exchange acquired under reciprocal currency arrangements with certain foreign central banks.  The foreign exchange acquired is not included in Section I, "official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets," of the template for reporting international reserves.  However, it is included in the broader balance of payments presentation as "U.S. Government assets, other than official reserve assets/U.S. foreign currency holdings and U.S. short-term assets."