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August 28, 2002 PO-3376
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 $74,669 million
as of the end of that week, compared to $75,453 million as of the end of the
prior week.
I.
Official U.S. Reserve Assets (in US millions) |
TOTAL
|
August
16, 2002 |
August
23, 2002 |
75,453 |
74,669 |
1. Foreign Currency Reserves 1 |
Euro |
Yen |
TOTAL |
Euro |
Yen |
TOTAL |
a. Securities |
6,251 |
12,705 |
18,957 |
6,183 |
12,491 |
18,673 |
Of which, issuer headquartered in
the U.S. |
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|
0 |
|
|
0 |
b. Total deposits with: |
b.i. Other central banks and BIS |
10,381 |
3,368 |
13,749 |
10,271 |
3,311 |
13,582 |
b.ii. Banks headquartered in the
U.S. |
|
|
0 |
|
|
0 |
b.ii. Of which, banks located abroad |
|
|
0 |
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|
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 |
|
|
20,007 |
|
|
19,823 |
3. Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) 2 |
|
|
11,697 |
|
|
11,546 |
4. Gold Stock 3 |
|
|
11,044 |
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|
11,044 |
5. Other Reserve Assets |
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|
0 |
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|
0 |
II.
Predetermined Short-Term Drains on Foreign Currency Assets |
|
August
16, 2002 |
August
23, 2002 |
Euro |
Yen |
TOTAL |
Euro |
Yen |
TOTAL |
1. Foreign currency loans and securities |
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|
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 |
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|
0 |
2.b. Long positions |
|
|
0 |
|
|
0 |
3. Other |
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|
0 |
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|
0 |
III.
Contingent Short-Term Net Drains on Foreign Currency Assets |
|
August
16, 2002 |
August
23, 2002 |
Euro |
Yen |
TOTAL |
Euro |
Yen |
TOTAL |
1. Contingent liabilities in foreign
currency |
|
|
0 |
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|
0 |
1.a. Collateral guarantees on debt
due within 1 year |
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|
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1.b. Other contingent liabilities |
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2. Foreign currency securities with
embedded options |
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0 |
|
|
0 |
3. Undrawn, unconditional credit lines |
|
|
0 |
|
|
0 |
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 |
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0 |
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0 |
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 entries for the latest week (shown in italics in the table above)
reflect any necessary adjustments, including revaluation, by the U.S. Treasury
to the prior week’s IMF data. The IMF data for the prior week are final.
3/ Gold stock is valued monthly at $42.2222 per fine troy ounce.
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