"Table B-104.--International reserves, selected years, 1952-92"																																		
[Millions of SDRs; end of period]						       																												
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-																									
								     1992																										
Area and country	1952	1962	1972	1982	1989	  1990	  1991	-	-																									
								October	November																									
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-																									
All countries	"49,388 "	"62,851 "	"146,658 "	"361,253 "	"624,122 "	"670,727 "	"704,977 "	"731,351 "																										
							     																											
Industrial countries(1)	"39,280 "	"53,502 "	"113,362 "	"214,014 "	"410,113 "	"441,924 "	"428,417 "	"417,488 "																										
																																		
      United States	"24,714 "	"17,220 "	"12,112 "	"29,918 "	"57,525 "	"59,958 "	"55,769 "	"54,082 "	"53,529 "																									
      Canada	"1,944 "	"2,561 "	"5,572 "	"3,428 "	"12,781 "	"13,060 "	"11,816 "	"9,349 "	"7,466 "																									
      Australia	920 	"1,168 "	"5,656 "	"6,053 "	"10,763 "	"11,710 "	"11,837 "	"8,241 "	"8,246 "																									
      Japan	"1,101 "	"2,021 "	"16,916 "	"22,001 "	"64,735 "	56027 	"51,224 "	"51,592 "	"52,644 "																									
      New Zealand	183 	251 	767 	577 	"2,303 "	"2,902 "	"2,062 "	      																										
																																		
      Austria	116 	"1,081 "	"2,505 "	"5,544 "	"7,266 "	"7,305 "	"7,924 "	"9,635 "	"9,455 "																									
      Belgium	"1,133 "	"1,753 "	"3,564 "	"4,757 "	"9,250 "	"9,599 "	"9,573 "	"9,055 "																										
      Denmark	150 	256 	787 	"2,111 "	"4,925 "	"7,502 "	"5,234 "	"6,630 "	"6,361 "																									
      Finland	132 	237 	664 	"1,420 "	"3,959 "	"6,849 "	"5,389 "	"4,778 "	"5,138 "																									
      France	686 	"4,049 "	"9,224 "	"17,850 "	"21,592 "	"28,716 "	"24,735 "	      																										
																																		
      Germany	960 	"6,958 "	"21,908 "	"43,909 "	"49,527 "	"51,060 "	"47,375 "	"47,375 "	"65,360 "																									
      Greece	94 	287 	950 	916 	"2,572 "	"2,517 "	"3,747 "	"3,747 "	"3,380 "																									
      Iceland	8 	32 	78 	133 	258 	308.0 	316.0 	316.0 	393.0 																									
      Ireland	318 	359 	"1,038 "	"2,390 "	"3,100 "	"3,684 "	"4,026 "	"4,026 "	"2,479 "																									
      Italy	722 	"4,068 "	"5,605 "	"15,108 "	"37,884 "	"46,565 "	"36,365 "	"36,365 "	"21,163 "																									
      Netherlands	953 	"1,943 "	"4,407 "	"10,723 "	"14,100 "	"13,827 "	"13,980 "	"13,980 "	"16,152 "																									
						     																												
      Norway	164 	304 	"1,220 "	"6,272 "	"10,531 "	"10,819 "	"9,292 "	"9,292 "	     																									
      Portugal	603 	680 	"2,129 "	"1,179 "	"8,135 "	"10,736 "	"14,977 "	"14,977 "	"15,087 "																									
      Spain	134 	"1,045 "	"4,618 "	"7,450 "	"32,104 "	"36,555 "	"46,562 "	"46,562 "	"31,409 "																									
      Sweden	504 	802 	"1,453 "	"3,397 "	"7,487 "	"12,856 "	"13,028 "	"13,028 "																										
      Switzerland	"1,667 "	"2,919 "	"6,961 "	"16,930 "	"22,148 "	"23,456 "	"23,191 "	"23,191 "	"24,304 "																									
      United Kingdom	"1,956 "	"3,308 "	"5,201 "	"11,904 "	"27,121 "	"25,864 "	"29,948 "	"29,948 "	"27,910 "																									
																																		
Developing countries:  Total(2)	"9,648 "	"9,349 "	"33,295 "	"147,239 "	"214,009 "	"228,802 "	"276,560 "	"276,560 "																										
  By area:																																		
																																		
																																		
      Africa	"1,786 "	"2,110 "	"3,962 "	"7,734 "	"9,439 "	"12,053 "	"14,586 "	"14,586 "																										
      Asia(2)	"3,793 "	"2,772 "	"8,129 "	"44,490 "	"121,690 "	"128,826 "	"157,535 "	"157,535 "																										
      Europe	269 	381 	"2,680 "	"5,359 "	"14,931 "	"15,535 "	"15,634 "	"15,634 "																										
      Middle East	"1,183 "	"1,805 "	"9,436 "	"64,094 "	"42,288 "	"38,011 "	"41,859 "	"41,859 "																										
      Western Hemisphere	"2,616 "	"2,282 "	"9,089 "	"25,563 "	"25,660 "	"34,376 "	"46,946 "	"46,946 "																										
																																		
																																		
  Memo:																																																																												
      Oil-exporting  countries	"1,699 "	"2,030 "	"9,956 "	"67,163 "	"44,363 "	"43,930 "	"48,938 "	"48,938 "																																																																				
      Non-oil developing countries(2)	"7,949 "	"7,319 "	"23,339 "	"80,076 "	"169,645 "	"184,872 "	"227,621 "	"227,621 "																																																																				
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1/   Includes data for Luxembourg.																																																																					/xn Enter number...~~							
2/   Includes data for Taiwan Province of China																																																																					"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"						alt f	/fsa{bs}{bs}{bs}{bs}c:\table\tableb
																																																																					"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"							
Note:     International reserves is comprised of																																																																					/xn Enter number...~~							
          monetary authorities' holdings of gold (at SDR																																																																					"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"							
"          35 per ounce), special drawing rights (SDRS),"																																																																					/xn Enter number...~~							
          reserve positions in the International																																																																					"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"							
"          Monetary Fund, and foreign exchange.  Data"																																																																					/xn Enter number...~~							
"          exclude U.S.S.R., other Eastern European"																																																																					"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"							
"          countries, and Cuba (after 1960)."																																																																					/xn Enter number...~~							
																																																																					"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"							
          U.S. dollars per SDR (end of period) are: 1952																																																																					/xn Enter number...~~
          and 1962 - 1.00000; 1972 - 1.08571; 1982 -																																																																					"/rf,1~~{r}{r}"
          1.10311; 1988 - 1.34570; 1989 - 1.31416; 1990																																																																					/xn Enter number...~~
          - 1.42266; November 1991 - 1.38072; 1991 - 1.43043;																																																																					"/rf,1~~{end}{l}{d}{r}{r}"
          October 1992 - 1.40595; and November 1992 - 1.37896																																																																					{branch loop}

"Source:   International Monetary Fund, International"																																																																					
          Financial Statistics.