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Statistical Supplement | February 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, February 2008
3.15  Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2006 2007 2006 2007
June6 June6 Dec Sept Oct Nov Decp
1 Total1 2,585,038 2,905,251 2,256,633 2,490,430 2,585,038 2,761,800 2,804,732 2,851,470r 2,905,251
 
  By type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States2 284,827 397,898 308,842 308,842 284,827 341,913 360,862 390,992r 397,898
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates3 176,829 196,163 184,847 184,847 176,829 178,083 180,239 185,075 196,163
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 1,271,174 1,274,168 1,112,617 1,211,819 1,271,174 1,258,830 1,262,810 1,263,188 1,274,168
5 Nonmarketable4 1,026 1,111 986 986 1,026 1,089 1,096 1,103 1,111
6 U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities5 851,182 1,035,912 649,341 783,937 851,182 981,886 999,725 1,011,112 1,035,912
 
  By area  
7 Europe1 435,062 529,353 366,044 414,986 435,062 467,239 502,562 528,168 529,353
8 Canada 7,078 7,648 6,952 7,859 7,078 6,857 6,928 6,918 7,648
9 Latin America and Caribbean 175,746 250,145 148,878 159,444 175,746 241,403 241,980 250,584r 250,145
10 Asia 1,915,375 2,072,672 1,679,435 1,851,832 1,915,375 1,995,414 2,005,039 2,022,186 2,072,672
11 Africa 12,422 20,045 18,664 15,955 12,422 18,406 19,670 19,702 20,045
12 Other countries 39,354 25,388 36,654 40,354 39,354 32,481 28,552 23,911 25,388

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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