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Gold Reserves (USD)

Quantity of gold held by the central bank as part of its foreign exchange reserves, measured in value terms.

Category: Monetary Policy

API Endpoint

/api/v1/announcements/usd/gold_reserves

Use the production OpenAPI schema for the authoritative REST route metadata.

https://fxmacrodata.com/api/openapi.json

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About Gold Reserves (USD)

United States's gold reserves are the quantity of gold held by the Federal Reserve as part of its total foreign reserves. Gold is the traditional 'reserve of last resort' and its level signals the Federal Reserve's diversification strategy.

Why FX traders watch it

Central bank gold purchases have become a significant market driver for gold prices. Rising gold reserves indicate the Federal Reserve is diversifying away from traditional reserve currencies—a trend that can provide support during dollar weakness.

How to interpret the data

Rising gold reserves may reflect a sovereign diversification strategy or hedging against reserve currency risk. For gold markets, large central bank purchases are a demand signal that supports gold prices.

Historical Gold Reserves (USD)

Source: US Treasury FiscalData  ·  Monthly  ·  USD bn

Chart data not available. Access the full historical series via the API endpoint above.

Data provided by FXMacroData via the /api/v1/announcements/usd/gold_reserves endpoint. For access, see pricing.

Data Source

Primary Source

US Treasury FiscalData

Official Series ID

gold_reserve

Data Format and Properties

Data Frequency

Monthly

Unit of Measure

USD bn

JSON Response Structure

The endpoint returns a chronological list of observations in JSON format. 

{
    "currency": "USD",
    "indicator": "gold_reserves",
    "has_official_forecast": false,
    "start_date": "2023-01-01",
    "end_date": "2023-12-31",
    "data": [
        {
            "date": "2024-07-01",
            "val": 4.2,
            "announcement_datetime": 1722456000
        }
    ]
}

Request Parameters & Usage

Parameter Required Format Description
start_date NO YYYY-MM-DD Optional lower bound for the requested history.
end_date NO YYYY-MM-DD Optional upper bound. Defaults to the current date.
api_key CONDITIONAL string Required for non-USD announcement requests. USD announcement requests are public without an API key.

Example Usage

To retrieve Gold Reserves data for USD from 2023: 

GET https://fxmacrodata.com/api/v1/announcements/usd/gold_reserves?start_date=2023-01-01&end_date=2023-12-31