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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 September 22, 2000.

As indicated in the following table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $64,859 million as of September 22, 2000, up from $64,448 million as of September 15, 2000.

(in US millions)

I. Official U.S. Reserve Assets

September 15, 2000

September 22, 2000

TOTAL

64,448

64,859

1. Foreign Currency Reserves 1

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

a. Securities

4,439

6,032

10,471

4,563

5,998

10,561

Of which, issuer headquartered in the U.S.

 

 

0

 

 

0

b. Total deposits with:

b.i. Other central banks and BIS

7,591

11,529

19,120

7,794

11,464

19,258

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

 

 

13,585

 

 

13,689

3. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 2

 

 

10,226

 

 

10,305

4. Gold Stock 3

 

 

11,046

 

 

11,046

5. Other Reserve Assets

 

 

0

 

 

0

II. Predetermined Short-Term Drains on Foreign Currency Assets

 

September 15, 2000

September 22, 2000

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

 

September 15, 2000

September 22, 2000

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 September 15, 2000 are final. Data for SDR holdings and the reserve position in the IMF shown as of September 22, 2000 (in italics) reflect preliminary adjustments by the Treasury to the September 22, 2000 IMF data.

3) Gold stock is valued monthly at $42.2222 per fine troy ounce. Values shown are as of July 31, 2000. The June 30, 2000 value was $11,046 million.