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Statistical Supplement | February 2006

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, February 2006

3.15  Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2003 2004 2004 2005
June6 June6 Dec Sept Oct Nov Decp
1 Total1 1,445,526 1,909,034 1,665,335 1,780,503 1,909,034 1,963,231r 1,980,049r 1,997,802r 2,004,021
 
  By type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States2 189,824 270,387 234,553 234,553 270,387 289,582r 288,995r 285,811r 294,657
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates3 212,032 245,199 248,862 248,862 245,199 195,367 199,801 214,852 201,863
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 719,302 986,454 844,444 910,456 986,454 1,033,460 1,038,356 1,042,087 1,047,697
5 Nonmarketable4 2,613 1,630 1,569 1,569 1,630 929 936 942 948
6 U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities5 321,755 405,364 335,907 385,063 405,364 443,893 451,961 454,110 458,856
 
  By area  
7 Europe1 306,272 357,317 334,000 340,412 357,317 368,206 378,193 381,371 382,015
8 Canada 5,112 7,806 6,578 7,631 7,806 7,605 8,137 7,683 8,061
9 Latin America and Caribbean 72,869 112,605 98,106 104,911 112,605 111,874 115,317 123,099 118,602
10 Asia 1,034,751 1,388,410 1,201,702 1,296,622 1,388,410 1,435,694 1,437,605 1,441,460 1,450,010
11 Africa 8,857 10,843 10,187 10,812 10,843 10,914 10,958 14,047 16,241
12 Other countries 17,652 31,864 14,749 19,926 31,864 28,749r 29,650r 29,953r 28,903

1. Includes the Bank for International Settlements.   Return to table

2. Principally demand deposits, time deposits, bankers acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable time certificates of deposit, and borrowings under repurchase agreements.   Return to table

3. Includes nonmarketable certificates of indebtedness and Treasury bills issued to official institutions of foreign countries.   Return to table

4. Excludes notes issued to foreign official nonreserve agencies. Includes current value of zero-coupon Treasury bond issues to foreign governments as follows: Mexico, beginning March 1990, 30-year maturity issue; Venezuela, beginning December 1990, 30-year maturity issue; Argentina, beginning April 1993, 30-year maturity issue.   Return to table

5. Debt securities of U.S. government corporations and federally sponsored agencies, and U.S. corporate stocks and bonds.   Return to table

6. Data in the two columns shown for this date reflect different benchmark bases for foreigners' holdings of selected U.S. long-term securities. Figures in the first column are comparable to those for earlier dates; figures in the second column are based in part on a benchmark survey as of end-June 2004 and are comparable to those shown for the following dates.   Return to table

Source. Based on U.S. Department of the Treasury data and on data reported to the Treasury by banks (including Federal Reserve Banks) and securities dealers in the United States, and in periodic benchmark surveys of foreign portfolio investment in the United States.

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