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U.S. International Reserve Position

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The Treasury Department today released U.S. reserve data for the week ending December 31, 1999.

As indicated in the following table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $72,028 million as of December 31, 1999, up from $72,002 million as of December 24, 1999.

(in US millions)

I. Official U.S. Reserve Assets

December 24,1999

December 31, 1999

TOTAL

72,002

72,028

1. Foreign Currency Reserves 1

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

a. Securities

5,104

6,232

11,336

5,067

6,283

11,351

Of which, issuer headquartered in the U.S.

 

 

0

 

 

0

b. Total deposits with:

b.i. Other central banks and BIS

8,736

12,068

20,803

8,691

12,161

20,852

b.ii. Banks headquartered in the U.S.

 

 

0

 

 

0

b.ii. Of which, banks located abroad

 

 

0

 

 

0

b.iii. Banks headquartered outside the U.S.

 

 

0

 

 

0

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

 

 

0

 

 

0

2. IMF Reserve Position 2

 

 

18,453

 

 

18,430

3. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 2

 

 

10,360

 

 

10,347

4. Gold Stock 3

 

 

11,049

 

 

11,049

5. Other Reserve Assets

 

 

0

 

 

0

II. Predetermined Short-Term Drains on Foreign Currency Assets

 

December 24, 1999

December 31, 1999

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

 

December 24, 1999

December 31, 1999

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Headquartered in the U.S.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.c. With banks and other financial institutions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Headquartered 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.

2) SDR holdings and the reserve position in the IMF are based on IMF data and revalued in dollar terms at the official SDR/dollar exchange rate. Consistent with current reporting practices, IMF data for December 24, 1999 are final. Data for SDR holdings and the reserve position in the IMF shown as of December 31, 1999 (in italics) reflect preliminary adjustments by the Treasury to the December 24, 1999 IMF data.

3) Gold stock is valued monthly at $42.2222 per fine troy ounce. Values shown are as of November 30, 1999. The October 31, 1999 value was $11,049 million.