Profits and Balance Sheet Developments at U.S. Commercial Banks in 2006
Figure 15. Notional amounts of credit derivatives for which banks were beneficiaries or guarantors, 2000-06. Data plotted as curves. The amount for which banks were beneficiaries begins in 2000 at about $0.2 trillion and rises gradually through the end of 2003 to reach about $0.5 trillion. It then increases rapidly to reach about $3.1 trillion at the end of 2006. The amount for which banks were guarantors begins in 2000 at about $0.2 trillion and rises gradually through the end of 2003 to reach about $0.5 trillion. It then increases rapidly to reach about $4.5 trillion at the end of 2006.
NOTE: The data are quarterly.