[Economic Report of the President (2000)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
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Table B-109.--International reserves, selected years, 1952-99
[Millions of SDRs; end of period]
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1999
Area and country                         1952     1962     1972      1982      1992       1997        1998    ---------------------
Oct        Nov
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All countries.............................................   49,388   62,851   146,658   361,239   752,566   1,284,101   1,279,543   1,308,401  ........

Industrial countries\1\...................................   39,280   53,502   113,362   214,025   424,229     603,332     581,081     560,152  ........

United States...........................................   24,714   17,220    12,112    29,918    52,995      52,817      59,379  ..........  ........
Canada..................................................    1,944    2,561     5,572     3,439     8,662      13,317      16,640      19,060    20,778

Euro area\1\............................................
.......  .......  ........  ........  ........  ..........  ..........     197,568  ........
Austria.............................................      116    1,081     2,505     5,544     9,703      14,903      22,661      11,397  ........
Belgium.............................................    1,133    1,753     3,564     4,757    10,914      12,535      13,310       8,244  ........
Finland.............................................      132      237       664     1,420     3,862       6,294       6,955       5,738  ........
France..............................................      686    4,049     9,224    17,850    22,522      25,788      35,054      31,424  ........
Germany.............................................      960    6,958    21,908    43,909    69,489      60,835      56,737      47,519  ........
Ireland.............................................      318      359     1,038     2,390     2,514       4,849       6,690       3,667  ........
Italy...............................................      722    4,068     5,605    15,108    22,438      43,644      24,144      18,996  ........
Netherlands.........................................      953    1,943     4,407    10,723    17,492      19,376      16,395       8,334  ........
Portugal............................................      603      680     2,129     1,179    14,474      12,169      11,942       6,765  ........
Spain...............................................      134    1,045     4,618     7,450    33,640      51,241      39,929      24,836  ........

Australia...............................................      920    1,168     5,656     6,053     8,429      12,575      11,032      13,769    15,293
Japan...................................................    1,101    2,021    16,916    22,001    52,937     163,641     153,878     197,277   198,564
New Zealand.............................................      183      251       767       577     2,239       3,299       2,986       2,849  ........
Denmark.................................................      150      256       787     2,111     8,090      14,233      10,916      16,865    16,655
Greece..................................................       94      287       950       916     3,606       9,462      12,526      14,024    13,438

Iceland.................................................        8       32        78       133       364         286         305         347  ........
Norway..................................................      164      304     1,220     6,273     8,725      17,385      13,256      13,258    13,696
Sweden..................................................      504      802     1,453     3,397    16,667       8,188      10,178      11,248    13,227
Switzerland.............................................    1,667    2,919     6,961    16,930    27,100      31,840      32,169      28,797    28,203
United Kingdom..........................................    1,956    3,308     5,201    11,904    27,300      24,596      23,682  ..........  ........

Developing countries: Total\2\............................    9,648    9,349    33,295   147,213   328,337     680,768     698,463     748,248  ........

By area:

Africa................................................    1,786    2,110     3,962     7,737    13,044      29,042      30,365      31,528  ........
Asia\2\...............................................    3,793    2,772     8,130    44,490   190,363     384,420     413,058     458,622  ........
Europe................................................      269      381     2,680     5,359    16,006      72,914      72,608      77,377  ........
Middle East...........................................    1,183    1,805     9,436    64,039    44,149      68,465      70,059      69,982  ........
Western Hemisphere....................................    2,616    2,282     9,089    25,563    64,774     125,927     114,362     110,739  ........

Memo:

Oil-exporting countries...............................    1,699    2,030     9,956    67,108    46,144      63,751      67,471      70,549  ........
Non-oil developing countries\2\.......................    7,949    7,319    23,339    80,105   282,193     617,017     630,991     677,699  ........
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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; 1997--1.3493; 1998--1.4080; October 1999--
1.3807; and November 1999--1.3696.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.