2005-1-4-12-9-7-8125: U.S. International Reserve Position

The Treasury Department today released U.S. reserve assets data for the latest week. As indicated in this table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $87,104 million as of the end of that week, compared to $87,534 million as of the end of the prior week.

I. Official U.S. Reserve Assets (in US millions)
*TOTAL*	December 24, 2004			December 31, 2004
*TOTAL*	87,534			87,104
1. Foreign Currency Reserves ¹	Euro	Yen	TOTAL	Euro	Yen	TOTAL
a. Securities	12,359	15,176	27,535	12,354	15,319	27,673
Of which, issuer headquartered in the U.S.			0			0
b. Total deposits with:
b.i. Other central banks and BIS	12,130	3,050	15,180	12,137	3,079	15,216
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			20,210			19,544
3. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) ²			13,566			13,628
4. Gold Stock ³			11,043			11,043
5. Other Reserve Assets			0			0

II. Predetermined Short-Term Drains on Foreign Currency Assets
	December 24, 2004			December 31, 2004
	Euro	Yen	TOTAL	Euro	Yen	TOTAL
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 24, 2004			December 31, 2004
	Euro	Yen	TOTAL	Euro	Yen	TOTAL
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. Foreign Currency Reserves for the latest week may be subject to revision. Foreign Currency Reserves for the prior week are final.

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 reflect any necessary adjustments, including revaluation, by the U.S. Treasury to IMF data for the prior month end.

3/ Gold stock is valued monthly at $42.2222 per fine troy ounce.