FRB: June 2008 Statistical Supplement--Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions

Statistical Supplement | June 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, June 2008

3.15 Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item		2006	2007	2006			2008
Item		2006	2007	June⁶	June⁶	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr^p
1	Total¹	2,585,038	3,239,273	2,490,430	2,490,430	2,585,038	3,318,744	3,312,278	3,326,247	3,359,732

	By type
2	Liabilities reported by banks in the United States²	284,827	397,958	308,842	308,842	284,827	413,882	403,472	372,416	350,863
3	U.S. Treasury bills and certificates³	176,829	196,344	184,847	184,847	176,829	207,123	204,319	201,279	215,051
	U.S. Treasury bonds and notes
4	Marketable	1,271,174	1,443,691	1,211,819	1,211,819	1,271,174	1,479,792	1,476,198	1,504,209	1,526,507
5	Nonmarketable⁴	1,026	1,111	986	986	1,026	1,118	1,125	1,133	1,140
6	U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities⁵	851,182	1,200,169	783,937	783,937	851,182	1,216,828	1,227,163	1,247,209	1,266,170

	By area
7	Europe¹	435,062	602,738	414,986	414,986	435,062	621,691	608,552	617,299	632,945
8	Canada	7,078	11,370	7,859	7,859	7,078	11,258	11,815	11,274	11,361
9	Latin America and Caribbean	175,746	267,443	159,444	159,444	175,746	274,140	283,570	276,004	278,177
10	Asia	1,915,375	2,292,741	1,851,832	1,851,832	1,915,375	2,345,090	2,339,280	2,352,672	2,366,540
11	Africa	12,422	25,262	15,955	15,955	12,422	26,590	26,831	26,810	27,561
12	Other countries	39,354	39,719	40,354	40,354	39,354	39,975	42,230	42,187	43,148

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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