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Statistical Supplement | September 2006

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, September 2006
3.15  Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2004 2005 2005 2006
June6 June6 Dec Apr May June Julyp
1 Total1 1,909,034 2,166,951 1,954,620 2,109,144 2,166,951 2,227,127 2,242,204 2,254,634r 2,281,029
 
  By type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States2 270,387 296,650 288,792 288,792 296,650 301,338 320,366 337,571r 342,121
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates3 245,199 201,863 204,912 204,912 201,863 197,456 195,085 187,962 187,098
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 986,454 1,077,631 1,030,763 1,052,742 1,077,631 1,102,074 1,088,439 1,084,002 1,092,242
5 Nonmarketable4 1,630 948 911 911 948 973 980 986 993
6 U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities5 405,363 589,859 429,242 561,787 589,859 625,286 637,334 644,113 658,575
 
  By area  
7 Europe1 357,322 368,519 364,413 350,973 368,519 384,120 395,866 401,022 405,449
8 Canada 7,806 7,211 7,569 6,679 7,211 7,038 7,932 6,813 7,341
9 Latin America and Caribbean 112,608 128,006 113,245 122,989 128,006 139,290 141,585 148,097 151,040
10 Asia 1,388,409 1,616,493 1,417,229 1,575,240 1,616,493 1,644,216 1,640,039 1,643,905 1,661,320
11 Africa 10,843 17,214 14,551 15,247 17,214 16,723 17,786 18,665 19,275
12 Other countries 31,866 29,502 37,433 38,010 29,502 35,734 38,990 36,126r 36,598

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 2005 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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