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FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

April 12, 2000
LS-539

U.S. International Reserve Position

The Treasury Department today released U.S. reserve data for the week ending April 7, 2000.

As indicated in the following table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $70,318 million as of April 7, 2000, down from $70,801 million as of March 31, 2000.

(in US millions)

I. Official U.S. Reserve Assets

March 31, 2000

April 7, 2000

TOTAL

70,801

70,318

1. Foreign Currency Reserves 1

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

a. Securities

4,873

5,927

10,800

4,887

5,781

10,668

Of which, issuer headquartered in the U.S.

0

0

b. Total deposits with:

b.i. Other central banks and BIS

8,329

12,417

20,746

8,348

12,111

20,459

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

17,871

17,831

3. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 2

10,335

10,312

4. Gold Stock 3

11,048

11,048

5. Other Reserve Assets

0

0

II. Predetermined Short-Term Drains on Foreign Currency Assets

March 31, 2000

April 7, 2000

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

March 31, 2000

April 7, 2000

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) SDR holdings and the reserve position in the IMF are based on IMF data and revalued in dollar terms at the official SDR/dollar exchange rate. Consistent with current reporting practices, IMF data for March 31, 2000 are final. Data for SDR holdings and the reserve position in the IMF shown as of April 7, 2000 (in italics) reflect preliminary adjustments by the Treasury to the March 31, 2000 IMF data.

3) Gold stock is valued monthly at $42.2222 per fine troy ounce. Values shown are as of February 29, 2000. The January 31, 2000 value was $11,048 million.