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Statistical Supplement | March 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, March 2008

3.15  Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2006 2007r 2006 2007 2008
June6 June6 Dec Octr Novr Decr Janp
1 Total1 2,585,038 ... 2,256,633 2,490,430 2,585,038 ... ... ... ...
 
  By type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States2 284,827 397,958 308,842 308,842 284,827 361,257 391,401 397,958 413,275
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates3 176,829 196,344 184,847 184,847 176,829 180,419 185,256 196,344 204,980
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 1,271,174 ... 1,112,617 1,211,819 1,271,174 ... ... ... ...
5 Nonmarketable4 1,026 1,111 986 986 1,026 1,096 1,103 1,111 1,118
6 U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities5 851,182 ... 649,341 783,937 851,182 ... ... ... ...
 
  By area  
7 Europe1 435,062 ... 366,044 414,986 435,062 ... ... ... ...
8 Canada 7,078 ... 6,952 7,859 7,078 ... ... ... ...
9 Latin America and Caribbean 175,746 ... 148,878 159,444 175,746 ... ... ... ...
10 Asia 1,915,375 ... 1,679,435 1,851,832 1,915,375 ... ... ... ...
11 Africa 12,422 ... 18,664 15,955 12,422 ... ... ... ...
12 Other countries 39,354 ... 36,654 40,354 39,354 ... ... ... ...

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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