[Economic Report of the President (2003)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-111.--International reserves, selected years, 1962-2002
[Millions of SDRs; end of period]
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2002
Area and country                              1962     1972     1982      1992      2000       2001    -----------------------
Aug        Sept
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All countries.......................................................   62,851  146,658   361,239   752,566  1,581,17   1,732,843   1,831,975   1,855,046
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Industrial countries \1\............................................   53,502  113,362   214,025   424,229   678,199     710,768     742,676     754,198

United States.....................................................   17,220   12,112    29,918    52,995    52,598      55,030      57,784      58,175
Canada............................................................    2,561    5,572     3,439     8,662    24,544      27,061      27,790      27,521

Euro area:

Austria.........................................................    1,081    2,505     5,544     9,703    11,414      10,345       9,647       9,555
Belgium.........................................................    1,753    3,564     4,757    10,914     7,961       9,255       8,950       9,186
Finland.........................................................      237      664     1,420     3,862     6,178       6,408       6,706       6,974
France..........................................................    4,049    9,224    17,850    22,522    31,831      28,667      26,133      25,992
Germany.........................................................    6,958   21,908    43,909    69,489    47,567      44,717      42,593      43,165
Greece..........................................................      287      950       916     3,606    10,452       4,239       5,591       5,790
Ireland.........................................................      359    1,038     2,390     2,514     4,120       4,452       3,866       3,947
Italy...........................................................    4,068    5,605    15,108    22,438    22,382      22,190      21,165      22,986
Luxembourg......................................................  .......  .......  ........  ........        61          87         118         117
Netherlands.....................................................    1,943    4,407    10,723    17,492     8,427       8,184       8,892       8,637
Portugal........................................................      680    2,129     1,179    14,474     7,520       8,374       8,759       9,002
Spain...........................................................    1,045    4,618     7,450    33,640    24,373      24,128      24,465      25,129

Australia.........................................................    1,168    5,656     6,053     8,429    13,996      14,377      14,836      15,111
Japan.............................................................    2,021   16,916    22,001    52,937   273,251     315,292     338,615     343,164
New Zealand.......................................................      251      767       577     2,239     2,555       2,394       1,939       2,223
Denmark...........................................................      256      787     2,111     8,090    11,671      13,690      19,130      19,910
Iceland...........................................................       32       78       133       364       301         271         310         421
Norway............................................................      304    1,220     6,273     8,725    15,518      12,366      13,358      13,416
Sweden............................................................      802    1,453     3,397    16,667    11,616      11,330      12,874      12,620
Switzerland.......................................................    2,919    6,961    16,930    27,100    27,492      27,936      29,333      30,670
United Kingdom....................................................    3,308    5,201    11,904    27,300    34,236      30,067      30,885      31,128

Developing countries: Total \2\.....................................    9,349   33,295   147,213   328,337   902,975   1,022,075   1,089,299   1,100,848

By area:

Africa..........................................................    2,110    3,962     7,737    13,044    42,633      52,309      53,754      54,262
Asia \2\........................................................    2,772    8,130    44,490   190,363   547,584     631,039     690,326     697,066
Europe..........................................................      381    2,680     5,359    16,006    98,637     112,275     131,551     134,322
Middle East.....................................................    1,805    9,436    64,039    44,149    93,328      99,498      96,674      97,077
Western Hemisphere..............................................    2,282    9,089    25,563    64,774   120,792     126,954     116,993     118,120

Memo:

Oil-exporting countries.........................................    2,030    9,956    67,108    46,144   103,734     111,826     108,991     109,437
Non-oil developing countries \2\................................    7,319   23,339    80,105   282,193   799,240     910,249     980,308     991,411
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\1\ Includes data for Luxembourg 1962-92. 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; 2000--1.3029; 2001--1.2567; August 2002--1.3275;
and September 2002--1.3227.

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.