International Summary Statistics
Release Date: February 2023
U.S. Reserve Assets(Table 3.12)
Millions of dollars, end of period
| Asset | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Jul 2022 | Aug 2022 | Sep 2022 | Oct 2022 | Nov 2022 | Dec 2022 | Jan 2023/p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Total | 129,479 | 144,890 | 251,238 | 238,034 | 234,112 | 230,153 | 232,852 | 239,667 | 243,758 | 247,104 |
| 2 | Gold stock1 | 11,041 | 11,041 | 11,041 | 11,041 | 11,041 | 11,041 | 11,041 | 11,041 | 11,041 | 11,041 |
| 3 | Special drawing rights23 | 50,749 | 52,942 | 163,629 | 158,147 | 155,563 | 153,175 | 154,212 | 158,607 | 160,537 | 163,338 |
| 4 | Reserve position in International Monetary Fund25 | 26,153 | 36,370 | 35,832 | 32,899 | 32,409 | 32,001 | 33,777 | 34,399 | 34,970 | 34,970 |
| 5 | Foreign Currencies4 | 41,536 | 44,537 | 40,736 | 35,947 | 35,099 | 33,935 | 33,821 | 35,620 | 37,209 | 37,755 |
- Gold held "under earmark" at Federal Reserve Banks for foreign and international accounts is not included in the gold stock of the United States; see table 3.13, line 3. Gold stock is valued at $42.22 per fine troy ounce. Return to table
- Special drawing rights(SDRs) are valued according to a technique adopted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in July 1974. Values are based on a weighted average of exchange rates for the currencies of member countries. From July 1974 through December 1980, sixteen currencies were used; since January 1981, five currencies have been used. U.S. SDR holdings and reserve positions in the IMF have also been valued on this basis since July 1974. Return to table
- Includes allocations of SDR's in the Special Drawing Account in the International Monetary Fund, plus or minus transactions in SDR's. Return to table
- Includes holdings of Treasury and Federal Reserve System; consistent with the Quarterly Report on Treasury and Federal Reserve Foreign Exchange Operations, foreign currency denominated assets are shown not at market value but rather at amortized cost revalued at current foreign currency market exchange rates in order to report these assets in U.S. dollars. Excludes outstanding reciprocal currency swaps with foreign central banks. As of end-January 2023 there were $427.0 million swaps outstanding. Return to table
- IMF data include the reserve tranche position and, as of May 2011, New Arrangements to Borrow. Return to table
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Last Update: February 24, 2023
FAQs
U.S. Reserve Assets, February 2023? ›
The Treasury Department today released U.S. reserve assets data for the latest week. As indicated in this table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $246,899 million as of the end of that week, compared to $246,491 million as of the end of the prior week.
What is the US foreign reserves in 2023? ›Foreign Exchange Reserves in the United States is expected to be 37000.00 USD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the United States, Foreign Exchange Reserves are the foreign assets held or controlled by the country central bank.
How much money does the Federal Reserve have in assets now? ›Basic Info. US Total Assets Held by All Federal Reserve Banks is at a current level of 8.593T, down from 8.615T last week and down from 8.965T one year ago. This is a change of -0.25% from last week and -4.15% from one year ago.
How much money is in USA Reserve? ›Official reserve assets U.S. 2000-2022
In 2022, the official reserve assets of the United States totaled to about 706.91 billion U.S. dollars. This is an increase from the year 2000, when the Federal Reserve's assets came to 128.4 billion U.S. dollars.
As of 2021, the U.S. gold reserves total 8,134 metric tons. The next highest holdings were Germany's, whose gold reserves were 3,364 metric tons.