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

Statistical Supplement | October 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, October 2007

3.15 Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item		2005	2006^r	2006			2007
Item		2005	2006^r	June⁶	June⁶	Dec^r	May^r	June^r	July^r	Aug^p
1	Total¹	2,191,423	2,587,472	2,256,427	2,490,224	2,587,472	2,694,092	2,728,228	2,768,593	2,749,373

	By type
2	Liabilities reported by banks in the United States²	296,647	284,862	308,636	308,636	284,862	313,634	331,736	352,415	353,636
3	U.S. Treasury bills and certificates³	201,863	176,829	184,847	184,847	176,829	172,500	160,745	176,036	179,837
	U.S. Treasury bonds and notes
4	Marketable	1,102,333	1,273,366	1,112,617	1,211,819	1,273,366	1,276,829	1,283,262	1,276,337	1,246,652
5	Nonmarketable⁴	948	1,026	986	986	1,026	1,060	1,067	1,075	1,082
6	U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities⁵	589,632	851,389	649,341	783,937	851,389	930,069	951,418	962,731	968,167

	By area
7	Europe¹	368,516	437,366	366,044	414,986	437,366	430,832	435,587	444,293	453,548
8	Canada	7,211	7,078	6,952	7,859	7,078	8,680	8,019	8,360	7,521
9	Latin America and Caribbean	128,006	175,773	148,757	159,323	175,773	210,285	225,741	239,671	238,376
10	Asia	1,640,968	1,915,316	1,679,350	1,851,747	1,915,316	1,978,521	1,991,663	2,008,796	1,991,754
11	Africa	17,214	12,443	18,664	15,955	12,443	18,635	18,827	19,712	19,319
12	Other countries	29,502	39,495	36,654	40,354	39,495	47,138	48,390	47,760	38,855

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 2006 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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