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Statistical Supplement | November 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, November 2008
3.15  Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2006 2007 2006 2008
June6 June6 Dec Juner Julyr Augr Septp
1 Total1 2,585,038 3,239,548 2,490,430 2,490,430 2,585,038 3,396,402 3,417,979 3,418,207 3,437,113
 
  By type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States2 284,827 398,233 308,842 308,842 284,827 344,240 364,821 362,166 354,681
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates3 176,829 196,344 184,847 184,847 176,829 226,625 232,464 245,562 276,781
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 1,271,174 1,443,691 1,211,819 1,211,819 1,271,174 1,523,888 1,533,956 1,538,804 1,543,748
5 Nonmarketable4 1,026 1,111 986 986 1,026 1,155 1,163 1,171 1,179
6 U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities5 851,182 1,200,169 783,937 783,937 851,182 1,300,493 1,285,574 1,270,503 1,260,724
 
  By area  
7 Europe1 435,062 602,976 414,986 414,986 435,062 636,205 646,714 639,144 623,415
8 Canada 7,078 11,370 7,859 7,859 7,078 11,529 11,340 11,264 11,336
9 Latin America and Caribbean 175,746 267,443 159,444 159,444 175,746 299,051 289,400 289,799 284,757
10 Asia 1,915,375 2,292,778 1,851,832 1,851,832 1,915,375 2,376,104 2,392,984 2,408,081 2,444,700
11 Africa 12,422 25,262 15,955 15,955 12,422 30,462 33,968 31,409 32,899
12 Other countries 39,354 39,719 40,354 40,354 39,354 43,051 43,573 38,509 40,006

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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