FRB: March 2007 Statistical Supplement--Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions

Statistical Supplement | March 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, March 2007

3.15 Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item		2005	2006	2005			2006			2007
Item		2005	2006	June⁶	June⁶	Dec	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan^p
1	Total¹	2,166,212	2,312,692^r	1,954,620	2,109,144	2,166,212	2,268,630^r	2,280,274^r	2,312,692^r	2,341,610

	By type
2	Liabilities reported by banks in the United States²	296,647	282,494^r	288,792	288,792	296,647	267,276^r	264,711^r	282,494^r	294,590
3	U.S. Treasury bills and certificates³	201,863	176,829	204,912	204,912	201,863	178,474	186,164	176,829	181,356
	U.S. Treasury bonds and notes
4	Marketable	1,077,122	1,139,652	1,030,763	1,052,742	1,077,122	1,132,544	1,133,560	1,139,652	1,134,377
5	Nonmarketable⁴	948	1,026	911	911	948	1,013	1,019	1,026	1,033
6	U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities⁵	589,632	712,691	429,242	561,787	589,632	689,323	694,820	712,691	730,254

	By area
7	Europe¹	368,516	385,832^r	364,413	350,973	368,516	365,281^r	373,905^r	385,832^r	379,512
8	Canada	7,211	6,117	7,569	6,679	7,211	6,536	6,956	6,117	6,527
9	Latin America and Caribbean	128,006	164,429^r	113,245	122,989	128,006	158,404	164,007	164,429^r	174,988
10	Asia	1,615,757	1,705,699	1,417,229	1,575,240	1,615,757	1,690,259	1,684,006	1,705,699	1,726,099
11	Africa	17,214	15,151	14,551	15,247	17,214	15,634	17,824	15,151	17,364
12	Other countries	29,502	35,458	37,433	38,010	29,502	32,510	33,570	35,458	37,114

1. For data before June 2006, 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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