2004-12-21-10-40-25-19862: 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 $86,526 million as of the end of that week, compared to $85,998 million as of the end of the prior week.

I. Official U.S. Reserve Assets (in US millions)
*TOTAL*	December 10, 2004			December 17, 2004
*TOTAL*	85,998			86,526
1. Foreign Currency Reserves ¹	Euro	Yen	TOTAL	Euro	Yen	TOTAL
a. Securities	12,076	14,917	26,993	12,131	15,084	27,215
Of which, issuer headquartered in the U.S.			0			0
b. Total deposits with:
b.i. Other central banks and BIS	11,841	2,998	14,839	11,910	3,032	14,942
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			19,861			19,982
3. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) ²			13,262			13,343
4. Gold Stock ³			11,043			11,043
5. Other Reserve Assets			0			0

II. Predetermined Short-Term Drains on Foreign Currency Assets
	December 10, 2004			December 17, 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 10, 2004			December 17, 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.