[Economic Report of the President (2001)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-111.--International reserves, selected years, 1962-2000
[Millions of SDRs; end of period]
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2000
Area and country                              1962     1972     1982      1992      1998       1999    -----------------------
Aug        Sept
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All countries.......................................................   62,851  146,658   361,239   752,566  1,276,63   1,399,168   1,517,250   1,535,758
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Industrial countries \1\............................................   53,502  113,362   214,025   424,229   573,895     614,649     656,063     665,277

United States.....................................................   17,220   12,112    29,918    52,995    59,379      53,238      50,762  ..........
Canada............................................................    2,561    5,572     3,439     8,662    16,640      20,556      23,226      23,425

Euro area \1\.....................................................
.......  .......  ........  ........  ........     201,431     204,288     205,337
Austria.........................................................    1,081    2,505     5,544     9,703    22,661      11,475      11,611      11,481
Belgium.........................................................    1,753    3,564     4,757    10,914    13,310       8,259       7,346       7,719
Finland.........................................................      237      664     1,420     3,862     6,955       6,035       6,326       6,062
France..........................................................    4,049    9,224    17,850    22,522    35,054      32,329      32,890      31,703
Germany.........................................................    6,958   21,908    43,909    69,489    56,737      48,375      45,612      48,399
Ireland.........................................................      359    1,038     2,390     2,514     6,690       3,855       3,856       4,019
Italy...........................................................    4,068    5,605    15,108    22,438    24,144      19,095      22,137      22,913
Luxembourg......................................................  .......  .......  ........  ........  ........          59          61          61
Netherlands.....................................................    1,943    4,407    10,723    17,492    16,395       8,462       8,407       8,675
Portugal........................................................      680    2,129     1,179    14,474    11,942       7,130       7,248       7,251
Spain...........................................................    1,045    4,618     7,450    33,640    39,929      24,716      25,955      25,908

Australia.........................................................    1,168    5,656     6,053     8,429    10,487      15,545      11,765      11,761
Japan.............................................................    2,021   16,916    22,001    52,937   153,878     209,893     259,943     264,541
New Zealand.......................................................      251      767       577     2,239     2,986       3,246       2,457       2,445
Denmark...........................................................      256      787     2,111     8,090    10,916      16,313  ..........  ..........
Greece............................................................      287      950       916     3,606    12,526      13,352  ..........  ..........

Iceland...........................................................       32       78       133       364       305         351         323         316
Norway............................................................      304    1,220     6,273     8,725    13,256      14,905      15,690      16,590
Sweden............................................................      802    1,453     3,397    16,667    10,178      11,151      10,815      11,019
Switzerland.......................................................    2,919    6,961    16,930    27,100    32,169      29,378      25,962      26,039
United Kingdom....................................................    3,308    5,201    11,904    27,300    23,682      26,854      28,690      29,920

Developing countries: Total \2\.....................................    9,349   33,295   147,213   328,337   702,737     784,519     861,187     870,481

By area:

Africa..........................................................    2,110    3,962     7,737    13,044    28,780      32,709      35,610      35,837
Asia \2\........................................................    2,772    8,130    44,490   190,363   413,579     481,244     532,721     537,367
Europe..........................................................      381    2,680     5,359    16,006    72,717      78,977      93,512      95,008
Middle East.....................................................    1,805    9,436    64,039    44,149    72,827      79,080      83,697      84,250
Western Hemisphere..............................................    2,282    9,089    25,563    64,774   114,833     112,509     115,647     118,019

Memo:

Oil-exporting countries.........................................    2,030    9,956    67,108    46,144    70,650      80,512      91,555      92,895
Non-oil developing countries \2\................................    7,319   23,339    80,105   282,193   632,087     704,007     769,632     777,587
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\1\ Includes data for Luxembourg 1962-98. Includes data for European Central Bank (ECB) beginning 1999. Detail does not add to totals shown.
\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: 1962--1.00000; 1972--1.08571; 1982--1.10311; 1992--1.37500; 1998--1.4080; 1999--1.3725; August 2000--1.3048;
and September 2000--1.2979.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.