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Assets: Other: Gold Certificate Account: Wednesday Level (WGCAL)

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2025-04-02: 11,037
Updated: Apr 4, 2025 11:46 AM CDT
2025-04-02:  11,037  
2025-03-26:  11,037  
2025-03-19:  11,037  
2025-03-12:  11,037  
2025-03-05:  11,037  

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Not Seasonally Adjusted

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Bar 1 - Assets: Other: Gold Certificate Account: Wednesday Level Vintage: 2025-03-27
Bar 1
(a) Assets: Other: Gold Certificate Account: Wednesday Level, Millions of U.S. Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted (WGCAL)
The gold certificate account reflects the receipts issued to the Reserve Banks by the Treasury against its gold holdings. In return, the Reserve Banks issue an equal value of credits to the general account of the Treasury, computed at the statutory price of $42.22 per troy ounce. Because nearly all of the gold held by the Treasury has been monetized in this fashion, the Federal Reserve Banks' gold certificate account of $11 billion represents the nation's entire official gold stock.

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    Bar 1 - Assets: Other: Gold Certificate Account: Wednesday Level Vintage: 2025-03-27
    Bar 2
    (a) Assets: Other: Gold Certificate Account: Wednesday Level, Millions of U.S. Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted (WGCAL)
    The gold certificate account reflects the receipts issued to the Reserve Banks by the Treasury against its gold holdings. In return, the Reserve Banks issue an equal value of credits to the general account of the Treasury, computed at the statutory price of $42.22 per troy ounce. Because nearly all of the gold held by the Treasury has been monetized in this fashion, the Federal Reserve Banks' gold certificate account of $11 billion represents the nation's entire official gold stock.

    Select a date that will equal 100 for your custom index:
      Enter date as YYYY-MM-DD
    to

    Write a custom formula to transform one or more series or combine two or more series.

    You can begin by adding a series to combine with your existing series.

    Type keywords to search for data

      Now create a custom formula to combine or transform the series.

      For example, invert an exchange rate by using formula 1/a, where “a” refers to the first FRED data series added to this line. Or calculate the spread between 2 interest rates, a and b, by using the formula a - b.

      Use the assigned data series variables (a, b, c, etc.) together with operators (+, -, *, /, ^, etc.), parentheses and constants (1, 1.5, 2, etc.) to create your own formula (e.g., 1/a, a-b, (a+b)/2, (a/(a+b+c))*100). As noted above, you may add other data series to this line before entering a formula.

      Finally, you can change the units of your new series.

      Select a date that will equal 100 for your custom index:
          Enter date as YYYY-MM-DD

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      Assets: Other: Gold Certificate Account: Wednesday Level Vintage: 2025-03-27
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      Assets: Other: Gold Certificate Account: Wednesday Level Vintage: 2025-04-03
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      Title Release Dates
      Assets: Gold Certificate Account 2011-07-07 2019-08-20
      Assets: Other: Gold Certificate Account: Wednesday Level 2019-08-21 2025-04-03
       
      Source    
      Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (US) 2011-07-07 2025-04-03
       
      Release    
      H.4.1 Factors Affecting Reserve Balances 2011-07-07 2025-04-03
       
      Units    
      Millions of Dollars 2011-07-07 2019-08-20
      Millions of U.S. Dollars 2019-08-21 2025-04-03
       
      Frequency    
      Weekly, As of Wednesday 2011-07-07 2025-04-03
       
      Seasonal Adjustment    
      Not Seasonally Adjusted 2011-07-07 2025-04-03
       
      Notes    
      The gold certificate account reflects the receipts issued to the Reserve Banks by the Treasury against its gold holdings. In return, the Reserve Banks issue an equal value of credits to the general account of the Treasury, computed at the statutory price of $42.22 per troy ounce. Because nearly all of the gold held by the Treasury has been monetized in this fashion, the Federal Reserve Banks' gold certificate account of $11 billion represents the nation's entire official gold stock.

      		2011-07-07 2025-04-03

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