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U.S. International Reserve Position

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The Treasury Department today released U.S. reserve assets data for the latest week. As indicated in this table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $82,720 million as of the end of that week, compared to $82,339 million as of the end of the prior week.

I. Official U.S. Reserve Assets (in US millions)

TOTAL

August 13, 2004

August 20, 2004

82,339

82,720

1. Foreign Currency Reserves 1

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

a. Securities

11,127

14,213

25,340

11,104

14,388

25,492

Of which, issuer head-
quartered in the U.S.

 

 

0

 

 

0

b. Total deposits with:

b.i . Other central banks and BIS

10,990

2,856

13,846

10,968

2,892

13,860

b.ii . Banks head-
quartered in the U.S.

 

 

0

 

 

0

b.ii. Of which, banks located abroad

 

 

0

 

 

0

b.iii . Banks head-
quartered outside the U.S.

 

 

0

 

 

0

b.iii. Of which, banks located in the U.S.

 

 

0

 

 

0

2. IMF Reserve Position 2

 

 

19,472

 

 

19,602

3. Special Drawing Rights ( SDRs) 2

 

 

12,638

 

 

12,722

4. Gold Stock 3

 

 

11,044

 

 

11,044

5. Other Reserve Assets

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

II. Predetermined Short-Term Drains on Foreign Currency Assets

 

August 13, 2004

August 20, 2004

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

1. Foreign currency loans and securities

 

 

0

 

 

0

2. Aggregate short and long positions in forwards and futures in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the U.S. dollar:

2.a. Short positions

 

 

0

 

 

0

2.b. Long positions

 

 

0

 

 

0

3. Other

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

III. Contingent Short-Term Net Drains on Foreign Currency Assets

 

August 13, 2004

August 20, 2004

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

1. Contingent liabilities in foreign currency

 

 

0

 

 

0

1.a. Collateral guarantees on debt due within 1 year

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.b. Other contingent liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Foreign currency securities with embedded options

 

 

0

 

 

0

3. Undrawn, unconditional credit lines

 

 

0

 

 

0

3.a. With other central banks

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.b. With banks and other financial institutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

head-
quartered in the U.S.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.c. With banks and other financial institutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

head-
quartered outside the U.S.

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Aggregate short and long positions of options in foreign

 

 

 

 

 

 

Currencies vis-à-vis the U.S. dollar

 

 

0

 

 

0

4.a. Short positions

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.a.1. Bought puts

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.a.2. Written calls

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.b. Long positions

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.b.1. Bought calls

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.b.2. Written puts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.   Foreign Currency Reserves for the latest week may be subject to revision.   Foreign Currency Reserves for the prior week are final.

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.