International Monetary Fund
United States: Reserve Tranche Position
as of December 31, 2012

In exchange for the reserve asset portion of its quota payment, an IMF member acquires a liquid claim on the IMF-much like a demand deposit in a commercial bank. This claim is called the member's Reserve Tranche Position, and it is equal to the member's quota minus the IMF's holdings of the member's currency (excluding currency holdings that stem from the member's own use of credit). The reserve tranche position is part of the member country's external reserves.


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Date SDR Amount
  December 31, 2012         14,673,746,491
  December 31, 2011         14,841,922,995
  December 31, 2010         8,111,627,107
  December 31, 2009         7,262,528,028
  December 31, 2008         4,988,117,432
  December 31, 2007         2,685,639,899
  December 31, 2006         3,350,379,733
  December 31, 2005         5,622,368,965
  December 31, 2004         12,584,666,903
  December 31, 2003         15,164,907,306
  December 31, 2002         16,166,483,620
  December 31, 2001         14,218,952,454
  December 31, 2000         11,377,309,086
  December 31, 1999         13,092,901,142
  December 31, 1998         16,144,501,546
  December 31, 1997         13,393,384,716
  December 31, 1996         10,733,760,881
  December 31, 1995         9,854,721,958
  December 31, 1994         8,240,791,705
  December 31, 1993         8,589,015,548
  December 31, 1992         8,552,255,757
  December 31, 1991         6,632,801,714
  December 31, 1990         6,379,748,448
  December 31, 1989         6,845,881,208
  December 31, 1988         7,054,363,033
  December 31, 1987         7,582,165,987
  December 31, 1986         8,814,564,365
  December 31, 1985         9,774,753,845
  December 31, 1984         10,458,621,830

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United States: Financial Position in the Fund