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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 July 20, 2001. As indicated in this table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $65,634 as of July 20, up from $64,845 million as of July 13, 2001.

(in US millions)

I. Official U.S. Reserve Assets

July 13, 2001

July 20, 2001

TOTAL

64,845

65,634

1. Foreign Currency Reserves 1

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

a. Securities

5,128

10,656

15,692

5,252

10,728

15,979

Of which, issuer headquartered in the U.S.

 

 

0

 

 

0

b. Total deposits with:

b.i. Other central banks and BIS

8,677

4,574

13,251

8,874

4,645

13,519

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

 

 

14,424

 

 

14,561

3. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 2

 

 

10,433

 

 

10,532

4. Gold Stock 3

 

 

11,044

 

 

11,044

5. Other Reserve Assets

 

 

0

 

 

0

II. Predetermined Short-Term Drains on Foreign Currency Assets

 

July 13, 2001

July 20, 2001

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

 

July 13, 2001

July 20, 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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/ 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 IMF data for July 13 are final. The entries in the table above for July 20 (shown in italics) reflect any necessary adjustments, including revaluation, by the U.S. Treasury to the prior week’s IMF data.

3/ Gold stock is valued monthly at $42.2222 per fine troy ounce. Values shown are as of May 31, 2001. The April 30, 2001 value was $11,046 million.