[Economic Report of the President (1997)]
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Table B-109.--International reserves, selected years, 1952-96
[Millions of SDRs; end of period]
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1996
Area and country                           1952     1962     1972      1982      1992      1994      1995   ---------------------
Oct        Nov
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All countries.................................................   49,388   62,851   146,658   361,239   725,852   855,932   980,846   1,100,535  ........

Industrial countries\1\.......................................   39,280   53,502   113,362   214,025   424,229   460,700   514,121     577,923  ........

United States...............................................   24,714   17,220    12,112    29,918    52,995    52,510    59,467      53,763  ........
Canada......................................................    1,944    2,561     5,572     3,439     8,662     8,552    10,243      13,849    13,920
Australia...................................................      920    1,168     5,656     6,053     8,429     8,007     8,279       9,455     9,520
Japan.......................................................    1,101    2,021    16,916    22,001    52,937    87,062   124,125     149,503   150,271
New Zealand.................................................      183      251       767       577     2,239     2,540     2,967       4,313  ........

Austria.....................................................      116    1,081     2,505     5,544     9,703    12,165    13,020      16,042    15,902
Belgium.....................................................    1,133    1,753     3,564     4,757    10,914    10,382    11,601      12,812    12,706
Denmark.....................................................      150      256       787     2,111     8,090     6,260     7,468      10,471    10,005
Finland.....................................................      132      237       664     1,420     3,862     7,374     6,809       5,014     4,973
France......................................................      686    4,049     9,224    17,850    22,522    20,851    20,930      21,459  ........

Germany.....................................................      960    6,958    21,908    43,909    69,489    56,325    60,517      62,690    63,105
Greece......................................................       94      287       950       916     3,606    10,045    10,064      12,676    13,468
Iceland.....................................................        8       32        78       133       364       202       209         259  ........
Ireland.....................................................      318      359     1,038     2,390     2,514     4,201     5,818       7,167     6,122
Italy.......................................................      722    4,068     5,605    15,108    22,438    24,435    25,815      37,847    35,722
Netherlands.................................................      953    1,943     4,407    10,723    17,492    24,872    23,897      20,756    20,521

Norway......................................................      164      304     1,220     6,273     8,725    13,074    15,190      21,187  ........
Portugal....................................................      603      680     2,129     1,179    14,474    11,189    11,225      11,467  ........
Spain.......................................................      134    1,045     4,618     7,450    33,640    29,006    23,746      38,095    39,630
Sweden......................................................      504      802     1,453     3,397    16,667    16,141    16,348      15,375  ........
Switzerland.................................................    1,667    2,919     6,961    16,930    27,100    26,704    27,411      26,924    26,691
United Kingdom..............................................    1,956    3,308     5,201    11,904    27,300    28,739    28,910  ..........  ........

Developing countries: Total\2\................................    9,648    9,349    33,295   147,213   301,623   395,231   466,725     522,611  ........

By area:

Africa....................................................    1,786    2,110     3,962     7,737    12,874    16,530    17,490      19,528  ........
Asia\2\...................................................    3,793    2,772     8,130    44,490   164,472   229,514   253,464     286,656  ........
Europe....................................................      269      381     2,680     5,359    15,354    30,695    57,397      61,139  ........
Middle East...............................................    1,183    1,805     9,436    64,039    44,149    46,339    50,750      54,551  ........
Western Hemisphere........................................    2,616    2,282     9,089    25,563    64,774    72,152    87,623     100,737  ........

Memo:

Oil-exporting countries...................................    1,699    2,030     9,956    67,108    46,144    44,445    44,689      51,411  ........
Non-oil developing countries\2\...........................    7,949    7,319    23,339    80,105   255,480   350,786   422,036     471,200  ........
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\1\Includes data for Luxembourg.
\2\Includes data for Taiwan Province of China.

Note.--International reserves is comprised of monetary authorities' holdings of gold (at SDR 35 per ounce), special drawing rights (SDRs), reserve
positions in the International Monetary Fund, and foreign exchange.
U.S. dollars per SDR (end of period) are: 1952 and 1962--1.00000; 1972--1.08571; 1982--1.10311; 1992--1.37500; 1994--1.45985; 1995--1.48649; October
1996--1.44623; and November 1996--1.44462.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.