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Statistical Supplement | March 2006

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, March 2006
3.15  Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2003 2004 2004 2005 2006
June6 June6 Dec Octr Novr Decr Janp
1 Total1 1,445,526 1,909,034 1,665,335 1,780,503 1,909,034 1,976,834 1,994,587 2,000,811 2,030,558
 
  By type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States2 189,824 270,387 234,553 234,553 270,387 288,995 285,811 294,662 295,655
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates3 212,032 245,199 248,862 248,862 245,199 199,801 214,852 201,863 210,459
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 719,302 986,454 844,444 910,456 986,454 1,036,636 1,040,367 1,045,977 1,054,378
5 Nonmarketable4 2,613 1,630 1,569 1,569 1,630 936 942 948 954
6 U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities5 321,755 405,364 335,907 385,063 405,364 450,466 452,615 457,361 469,112
 
  By area  
7 Europe1 306,272 357,317 334,000 340,412 357,317 377,653 380,831 381,475 391,094
8 Canada 5,112 7,806 6,578 7,631 7,806 8,137 7,683 8,061 7,619
9 Latin America and Caribbean 72,869 112,605 98,106 104,911 112,605 114,775 122,557 118,045 124,437
10 Asia 1,034,751 1,388,410 1,201,702 1,296,622 1,388,410 1,435,472 1,439,327 1,447,877 1,460,912
11 Africa 8,857 10,843 10,187 10,812 10,843 10,958 14,047 16,241 17,836
12 Other countries 17,652 31,864 14,749 19,926 31,864 29,650 29,953 28,923 28,471

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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