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FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

August 7, 2001
PO-536

U.S. International Reserve Position

The Treasury Department today released U.S. reserve assets data for the week ending August 3, 2001. As indicated in this table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $66,276 as of August 3, up from $66,087 million as of July 27, 2001.

(in US millions)

I. Official U.S. Reserve Assets

July 27, 2001

August 3, 2001

TOTAL

66,087

66,276

1. Foreign Currency Reserves 1

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

Euro

Yen

TOTAL

a. Securities

5,282

10,690

15,972

5,344

10,675

16,019

Of which, issuer headquartered in the U.S.

0

0

b. Total deposits with:

b.i. Other central banks and BIS

8,918

4,628

13,546

9,022

4,622

13,643

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

14,995

15,021

3. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 2

10,530

10,549

4. Gold Stock 3

11,044

11,044

5. Other Reserve Assets

0

0

II. Predetermined Short-Term Drains on Foreign Currency Assets

July 27, 2001

August 3, 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

July 27, 2001

August 3, 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 July 27 are final. The entries in the table above for August 3 (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 June 30, 2001. The May 31, 2001 value was $11,044 million.