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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 May 24, 2002. As indicated in this table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $69,194 as of the end of that week, compared to $68,916 million as of the end of the prior week.

I. Official U.S. Reserve Assets(in US millions)
TOTALMay 17, 2002May 24, 2002
68,91669,194
1. Foreign Currency Reserves 1EuroYenTOTALEuroYenTOTAL
a. Securities5,17410,57716,2915,73610,33017,066
Of which, issuer headquartered in the U.S.  0  0
b. Total deposits with:
b.i. Other central banks and BIS9,6604,41014,0709,6813,81513,496
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  16,344  16,390
3. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 2  11,167  11,199
4. Gold Stock 3  11,044  11,044
5. Other Reserve Assets  0  0

II. Predetermined Short-Term Drains on Foreign Currency Assets
 May 3, 2002May 10, 2002
EuroYenTOTALEuroYenTOTAL

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
 May 3, 2002May 10, 2002
EuroYenTOTALEuroYenTOTAL
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:

11/ 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.