FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
December 26, 2000LS-1101
The Treasury Department today released U.S. reserve assets data for the week ending December 22, 2000. As indicated in this table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $66,626 as of December 15, up from $66,064 million as of December 15, 2000.
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(in US millions) |
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I. Official U.S. Reserve Assets |
December 15, 2000 |
December 22, 2000 |
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TOTAL |
66,064 |
66,626 |
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1. Foreign Currency Reserves 1 |
Euro |
Yen |
TOTAL |
Euro |
Yen |
TOTAL |
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a. Securities |
5,256 |
10,332 |
15,588 |
5,408 |
11,146 |
16,554 |
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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 |
8,900 |
6,424 |
15,323 |
9,155 |
5,580 |
14,735 |
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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 |
13,635 |
13,740 |
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3. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 2 |
10,472 |
10,553 |
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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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December 15, 2000 |
December 22, 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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December 15, 2000 |
December 22, 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 December 15 are final. The entries in the table above for December 22 (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, 2000. The August 31, 2000 value was $11,046 million.