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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 June 2, 2000.

As indicated in the following table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $67,224 million as of June 2, 2000, up from $67,039 million as of May 26, 2000.

(in US millions)
I. Official U.S. Reserve Assets
TOTAL
1. Foreign Currency Reserves1
a. Securities
Of which, issuer headquartered in the U.S.
b. Total deposits with:
b.i. Other central banks and BIS
b.ii. Banks headquartered in the U.S.
b.ii. Of which, banks located abroad
b.iii. Banks headquartered outside the U.S.
b.iii. Of which, banks located in the U.S.
2. IMF Reserve Position2
3. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs)2
4. Gold Stock3
5. Other Reserve Assets
II. Predetermined Short-Term Drains on Foreign Currency Assets
1. Foreign currency loans and securities
2. Aggregate short and long positions in forwards andfutures in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the U.S. dollar:
2.a. Short positions
2.b. Long positions
3. Other
III. Contingent Short-Term Net Drains on Foreign Currency Assets
1. Contingent liabilities in foreign currency
1.a. Collateral guarantees on debt due within 1 year
1.b. Other contingent liabilities
2. Foreign currency securities with embedded options
3. Undrawn, unconditional credit lines
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
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 May 26, 2000 are final. Data for SDR holdings and the reserve position in the IMF shown as of June 2, 2000 (in italics) reflect preliminary adjustments by the Treasury to the May 26, 2000 IMF data.

  3. Gold stock is valued monthly at $42.2222 per fine troy ounce. Values shown are as of April 30, 2000. The March 31, 2000 value was $11,048 million.