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FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

January 3, 2002
PO-916

U.S. International Reserve Position

The Treasury Department today released U.S. reserve assets data for the week ending January 4, 2002. As indicated in this table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $68,635 as of January 4, compared to $69,175 million as of December 28, 2001.

(in US millions)

I. Official U.S. Reserve Assets

December 28, 2001

January 4, 2002

TOTAL

69,175

68,635

1. Foreign Currency Reserves 1

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

a. Securities

5,426

10,609

16,035

5,506

10,631

16,035

Of which, issuer headquartered in the U.S.

 

 

0

 

 

0

b. Total deposits with:

b.i. Other central banks and BIS

9,143

3,775

12,919

9,278

3,784

13,062

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

 

 

17,862

 

 

17,862

3. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 2

 

 

10,774

 

 

10,774

4. Gold Stock 3

 

 

11,045

 

 

11,045

5. Other Reserve Assets

 

 

0

 

 

0

 

II. Predetermined Short-Term Drains on Foreign Currency Assets

 

December 28, 2001

January 4, 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

 

December 28, 2001

January 4, 2002

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

3/ Gold stock is valued monthly at $42.2222 per fine troy ounce. Values shown are as of November 30, 2001. The October 31, 2001 value was $11,045 million.