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FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

November 20, 2001
PO-811

U.S. International Reserve Position

The Treasury Department today released U.S. reserve assets data for the week ending November 16, 2001. As indicated in this table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $69,183 as of November 16, down from $69,815 million as of November 9, 2001.

(in US millions)

I. Official U.S. Reserve Assets

November 9, 2001

November 16, 2001

TOTAL

69,815

69,183

1. Foreign Currency Reserves 1

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

a. Securities

5,517

11,584

17,100

5,444

10,459

15,902

Of which, issuer headquartered in the U.S.

0

0

b. Total deposits with:

b.i. Other central banks and BIS

9,217

4,122

13,339

9,135

4,937

14,072

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

17,407

17,304

3. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 2

10,924

10,860

4. Gold Stock 3

11,045

11,045

5. Other Reserve Assets

0

0

II. Predetermined Short-Term Drains on Foreign Currency Assets

November 9, 2001

November 16, 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

November 9, 2001

November 16, 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 November 9 are final. The entries in the table above for November 16 (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 September 30, 2001. The August 31, 2001 value was $11,044 million.