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Statistical Supplement | May 2006

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, May 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 Dec Jan Feb Marp
1 Total1 1,445,526 1,909,034 1,665,335 1,780,503 1,909,034 2,000,603r 2,031,517r 2,039,873r 2,049,887
 
  By type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States2 189,824 270,387 234,553 234,553 270,387 294,662 297,721 284,453 293,461
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates3 212,032 245,199 248,862 248,862 245,199 201,863 210,460 216,047 215,489
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 719,302 986,454 844,444 910,456 986,454 1,045,756r 1,053,837r 1,064,951r 1,058,676
5 Nonmarketable4 2,613 1,630 1,569 1,569 1,630 948 954 966 967
6 U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities5 321,755 405,364 335,907 385,063 405,364 457,374r 468,545r 473,456r 481,294
 
  By area  
7 Europe1 306,272 357,317 334,000 340,412 357,317 381,567r 391,011r 395,222r 403,378
8 Canada 5,112 7,806 6,578 7,631 7,806 8,061 7,618 7,266 7,918
9 Latin America and Caribbean 72,869 112,605 98,106 104,911 112,605 117,997 124,744 125,910 126,108
10 Asia 1,034,751 1,388,410 1,201,702 1,296,622 1,388,410 1,447,625 1,461,652 1,461,795 1,466,063
11 Africa 8,857 10,843 10,187 10,812 10,843 16,241 17,832 19,540 14,578
12 Other countries 17,652 31,864 14,749 19,926 31,864 28,923 28,471 29,951 31,653

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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