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Statistical Supplement | July 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, July 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 Feb Mar Apr Mayp
1 Total1 2,191,423 2,585,073r 2,256,427r 2,490,224r 2,585,073r 2,646,390r 2,676,512r 2,692,553r 2,691,591
 
  By type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States2 296,647 284,862r 308,636r 308,636r 284,862r 316,301r 312,527r 320,204r 313,199
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates3 201,863 176,829 184,847 184,847 176,829 181,798 194,914 177,958 172,500
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 1,102,333 1,271,174 1,112,617 1,211,819 1,271,174 1,268,092 1,269,469 1,278,833 1,274,243
5 Nonmarketable4 948 1,026 986 986 1,026 1,040 1,047 1,053 1,060
6 U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities5 589,632 851,182 649,341 783,937 851,182 879,160 898,556 914,505 930,589
 
  By area  
7 Europe1 368,516 435,062 366,044r 414,986r 435,062 431,817 436,895 430,294r 428,042
8 Canada 7,211 7,078 6,952 7,859 7,078 6,895 7,705 8,210 8,680
9 Latin America and Caribbean 128,006 175,683r 148,757r 159,323r 175,683r 196,026r 196,195r 207,110r 210,189
10 Asia 1,640,968 1,915,307 1,679,350 1,851,747 1,915,307 1,958,809 1,979,785 1,984,484 1,978,871
11 Africa 17,214 12,434 18,664 15,955 12,434 14,093 14,538 16,310 18,628
12 Other countries 29,502 39,508 36,654 40,354 39,508 38,749 41,394 46,144 47,180

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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