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Statistical Supplement | January 2006

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, January 2006
3.15  Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2002 2003 2004 2005
June6 June6 Dec Aug Sept Octr Novp
1 Total1 1,161,907 1,445,526 1,665,335 1,780,503 1,909,034r 1,964,902r 1,963,208r 1,980,026 1,997,779
 
  By type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States2 144,646 189,824 234,553 234,553 270,387r 285,540 289,559r 288,972 285,788
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates3 190,444 212,032 248,862 248,862 245,199r 205,404 195,367 199,801 214,852
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 569,891 719,302 844,444 910,456 986,454 1,034,594r 1,033,460r 1,038,356 1,042,087
5 Nonmarketable4 2,769 2,613 1,569 1,569 1,630 924 929 936 942
6 U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities5 254,157 321,755 335,907 385,063 405,364 438,440 443,893 451,961 454,110
 
  By area  
7 Europe1 283,512 306,272 334,000 340,412 357,317r 369,048r 368,206r 378,193 381,371
8 Canada 5,962 5,112 6,578 7,631 7,806 8,436 7,605 8,137 7,683
9 Latin America and Caribbean 87,261 72,869 98,106 104,911 112,605 113,619r 111,874r 115,317 123,099
10 Asia 760,012 1,034,751 1,201,702 1,296,622 1,388,410r 1,427,057 1,435,694 1,437,605 1,441,460
11 Africa 9,355 8,857 10,187 10,812 10,843r 11,935 10,914 10,958 14,047
12 Other countries 15,835 17,652 14,749 19,926 31,864 34,618 28,726 29,627 29,930

1. 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 2004 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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