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Statistical Supplement | October 2006

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, October 2006
3.15  Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2004 2005r 2005 2006
June6 June6 Decr Mayr Juner Julyr Augp
1 Total1 1,909,034 2,165,852 1,954,620 2,109,144 2,165,852 2,239,473 2,252,031 2,272,890 2,289,688
 
  By type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States2 270,387 296,647 288,792 288,792 296,647 320,364 337,765 336,779 318,171
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates3 245,199 201,863 204,912 204,912 201,863 195,085 187,962 187,098 192,378
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 986,454 1,076,908 1,030,763 1,052,742 1,076,908 1,086,018 1,081,581 1,089,821 1,107,186
5 Nonmarketable4 1,630 948 911 911 948 980 986 993 999
6 U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities5 405,363 589,486 429,242 561,787 589,486 637,026 643,737 658,199 670,953
 
  By area  
7 Europe1 357,322 368,516 364,413 350,973 368,516 395,864 400,954 401,552 389,581
8 Canada 7,806 7,211 7,569 6,679 7,211 7,932 6,813 7,341 7,084
9 Latin America and Caribbean 112,608 128,006 113,245 122,989 128,006 141,585 148,097 150,320 158,331
10 Asia 1,388,409 1,615,397 1,417,229 1,575,240 1,615,397 1,637,310 1,641,176 1,657,798 1,680,425
11 Africa 10,843 17,214 14,551 15,247 17,214 17,786 18,665 19,275 19,455
12 Other countries 31,866 29,502 37,433 38,010 29,502 38,990 36,320 36,598 34,806

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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