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Statistical Supplement | December 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, December 2007

3.15  Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2005 2006 2006 2007
June6 June6 Dec July Augr Septr Octp
1 Total1 2,191,423 2,587,437 2,256,633 2,490,430 2,587,437 2,768,593 2,749,040 2,764,428 2,807,364
 
  By type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States2 296,647 284,827 308,842 308,842 284,827 352,415 353,303 341,909 360,862
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates3 201,863 176,829 184,847 184,847 176,829 176,036 179,837 178,083 180,239
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 1,102,333 1,273,366 1,112,617 1,211,819 1,273,366 1,276,337 1,246,652 1,261,272 1,265,252
5 Nonmarketable4 948 1,026 986 986 1,026 1,075 1,082 1,089 1,096
6 U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities5 589,632 851,389 649,341 783,937 851,389 962,731 968,167 982,076 999,915
 
  By area  
7 Europe1 368,516 437,366 366,044 414,986 437,366 444,293 453,645 469,543 504,866
8 Canada 7,211 7,078 6,952 7,859 7,078 8,360 7,521 6,857 6,928
9 Latin America and Caribbean 128,006 175,836 148,878 159,444 175,836 239,671 238,683 241,477 242,054
10 Asia 1,640,968 1,915,384 1,679,435 1,851,832 1,915,384 2,008,796 1,991,794 1,995,668 2,005,297
11 Africa 17,214 12,443 18,664 15,955 12,443 19,712 18,541 18,427 19,691
12 Other countries 29,502 39,329 36,654 40,354 39,329 47,760 38,856 32,456 28,527

1. For data before June 2006, 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 2006 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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