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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 week ending March 29, 2002. As indicated in this table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $67,695 as of the end of that week, compared to $67,740 million as of the end of the prior week.

(in US millions)

I. Official U.S. Reserve Assets

March 22, 2002

March 29, 2002

TOTAL

67,740

67,695

1. Foreign Currency Reserves 1

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

a. Securities

5,333

 

 

 

10,032

 

 

 

15,365

5,296

10,045

15,341

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

b. Total deposits with:

b.i. Other central banks and BIS

9,180

4,182

13,362

9,107

4,188

13,295

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,173

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,195

3. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,796

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,842

4. Gold Stock 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,045

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,044

5. Other Reserve Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

II. Predetermined Short-Term Drains on Foreign Currency Assets

 

 

 

March 22, 2002

March 29, 2002

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

 

 

 

March 22, 2002

March 29, 2001

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.

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 (shown in italics in the table above) reflect any necessary adjustments, including revaluation, by the U.S. Treasury to the prior week’s IMF data.   The IMF data for the prior week are final.

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