FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
October 24, 2000LS-972
The Treasury Department today released U.S. reserve assets data for the week ending October 20, 2000. As indicated in this table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $65,349 million as of October 20, 2000, down from $65,881 million as of October 13, 2000.
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(in US millions) |
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I. Official U.S. Reserve Assets |
October 13, 2000 |
October 20, 2000 |
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TOTAL |
65,881 |
65,349 |
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1. Foreign Currency Reserves 1 |
Euro |
Yen |
TOTAL |
Euro |
Yen |
TOTAL |
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a. Securities |
4,943 |
7,813 |
12,756 |
4,848 |
7,716 |
12,564 |
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Of which, issuer headquartered in the U.S. |
0 |
0 |
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b. Total deposits with: |
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b.i. Other central banks and BIS |
8,422 |
9,696 |
18,117 |
8,264 |
9,574 |
17,838 |
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b.ii. Banks headquartered in the U.S. |
0 |
0 |
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b.ii. Of which, banks located abroad |
0 |
0 |
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b.iii. Banks headquartered outside the U.S. |
0 |
0 |
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b.iii. Of which, banks located in the U.S. |
0 |
0 |
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2. IMF Reserve Position 2 |
13,673 |
13,639 |
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3. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 2 |
10,288 |
10,262 |
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4. Gold Stock 3 |
11,046 |
11,046 |
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5. Other Reserve Assets |
0 |
0 |
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II. Predetermined Short-Term Drains on Foreign Currency Assets |
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October 13, 2000 |
October 20, 2000 |
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1. Foreign currency loans and securities |
0 |
0 |
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2. Aggregate short and long positions in forwards and futures in foreign currencies vis-à-vis the U.S. dollar: |
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2.a. Short positions |
0 |
0 |
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2.b. Long positions |
0 |
0 |
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3. Other |
0 |
0 |
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III. Contingent Short-Term Net Drains on Foreign Currency Assets |
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October 13, 2000 |
October 20, 2000 |
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1. Contingent liabilities in foreign currency |
0 |
0 |
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1.a. Collateral guarantees on debt due within 1 year |
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1.b. Other contingent liabilities |
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2. Foreign currency securities with embedded options |
0 |
0 |
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3. Undrawn, unconditional credit lines |
0 |
0 |
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3.a. With other central banks |
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3.b. With banks and other financial institutions |
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Headquartered in the U.S. |
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3.c. With banks and other financial institutions |
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Headquartered outside the U.S. |
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4. Aggregate short and long positions of options in foreign |
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Currencies vis-à-vis the U.S. dollar |
0 |
0 |
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4.a. Short positions |
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4.a.1. Bought puts |
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4.a.2. Written calls |
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4.b. Long positions |
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4.b.1. Bought calls |
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4.b.2. Written puts |
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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 October 13 are final. The entries in the table above for October 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 August 31, 2000. The July 31, 2000 value was $11,046 million.