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Statistical Supplement | December 2006

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, December 2006
3.15  Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2004 2005 2005 2006
June6 June6 Dec July Augr Septr Octp
1 Total1 1,909,034 2,172,004 1,954,620 2,115,296 2,172,004 2,251,976r 2,265,051 2,278,663 2,273,287
 
  By type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States2 270,387 296,647 288,792 288,792 296,647 309,493r 289,314 296,758 266,973
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates3 245,199 201,863 204,912 204,912 201,863 186,321 189,963 179,394 178,474
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 986,454 1,081,647 1,030,763 1,057,481 1,081,647 1,094,295 1,111,181 1,118,887 1,137,350
5 Nonmarketable4 1,630 948 911 911 948 993 999 1,006 1,013
6 U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities5 405,363 590,899 429,242 563,200 590,899 660,874 673,593 682,618 689,477
 
  By area  
7 Europe1 357,322 368,516 364,413 350,973 368,516 373,086 360,790 357,781 364,993
8 Canada 7,806 7,211 7,569 6,679 7,211 7,441r 7,184 6,505 6,536
9 Latin America and Caribbean 112,608 128,006 113,245 122,989 128,006 150,320 154,597 157,166 158,394
10 Asia 1,388,409 1,615,397 1,417,229 1,575,240 1,615,397 1,659,098 1,682,168 1,700,628 1,689,062
11 Africa 10,843 17,214 14,551 15,247 17,214 19,275 19,433 18,823 15,634
12 Other countries 31,866 29,502 37,433 38,010 29,502 36,598 34,721 31,602 32,510

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 2005 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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