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Release Date: December 9, 2013
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L.212 Corporate and Foreign Bonds
Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted
| Description |
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2012 Q1 |
2012 Q2 |
2012 Q3 |
2012 Q4 |
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| All sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 11654.2 | 11857.9 | 12151.7 | 12919.7 | 12352.0 | 12344.4 | 12671.0 | 12919.7 | 13035.2 | 13023.4 | 13222.7 | 1 |
| Nonfinancial corporate business; corporate bonds; liability | 4366.2 | 4804.8 | 5215.6 | 5795.2 | 5346.4 | 5452.9 | 5599.7 | 5795.2 | 5939.7 | 6082.4 | 6264.7 | 2 |
| Rest of the world; bonds; liability | 1570.3 | 1731.3 | 1939.9 | 2140.7 | 1960.5 | 1946.5 | 2052.0 | 2140.7 | 2174.6 | 2088.8 | 2110.2 | 3 |
| Financial business; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 5717.7 | 5321.8 | 4996.2 | 4983.9 | 5045.1 | 4945.0 | 5019.3 | 4983.9 | 4920.9 | 4852.3 | 4847.9 | 4 |
| U.S.-chartered depository institutions; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 176.3 | 436.8 | 415.8 | 415.8 | 427.2 | 414.4 | 409.9 | 415.8 | 413.9 | 411.5 | 406.5 | 5 |
| Issuers of asset-backed securities; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 2994.7 | 2110.7 | 1887.9 | 1682.4 | 1826.5 | 1778.1 | 1715.6 | 1682.4 | 1627.5 | 1584.6 | 1550.8 | 6 |
| Finance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 837.5 | 1078.2 | 1038.8 | 957.5 | 1030.1 | 1007.6 | 1005.1 | 957.5 | 952.5 | 949.0 | 955.1 | 7 |
| Real estate investment trusts; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 129.8 | 129.7 | 145.1 | 171.2 | 152.6 | 158.9 | 163.5 | 171.2 | 173.1 | 179.5 | 187.3 | 8 |
| Security brokers and dealers; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 92.9 | 129.7 | 91.8 | 90.2 | 98.0 | 102.1 | 85.8 | 90.2 | 89.1 | 103.1 | 96.1 | 9 |
| Holding companies; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 1028.7 | 982.2 | 890.6 | 1105.3 | 982.3 | 951.2 | 1081.9 | 1105.3 | 1093.8 | 1059.2 | 1071.3 | 10 |
| Funding corporations; corporate and foreign bonds where the proceeds are down-streamed to broker-dealer subsidiaries by investment banks that are holding-company parents; liability | 457.8 | 454.6 | 526.2 | 561.5 | 528.4 | 532.7 | 557.4 | 561.5 | 571.0 | 565.4 | 580.8 | 11 |
| All sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 11654.2 | 11857.9 | 12151.7 | 12919.7 | 12352.0 | 12344.4 | 12671.0 | 12919.7 | 13035.2 | 13023.4 | 13222.7 | 12 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 2310.7 | 2292.5 | 2425.8 | 2639.7 | 2428.1 | 2419.6 | 2542.0 | 2639.7 | 2596.1 | 2575.5 | 2660.2 | 13 |
| State and local governments, excluding employee retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 156.1 | 163.5 | 159.6 | 151.5 | 157.5 | 157.6 | 156.1 | 151.5 | 152.7 | 154.5 | 151.7 | 14 |
| Federal government; corporate bonds issued by commercial banking under TARP; asset | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 15 |
| Rest of the world; U.S. corporate bonds; asset | 2465.3 | 2524.0 | 2484.0 | 2621.3 | 2522.3 | 2473.5 | 2572.8 | 2621.3 | 2663.0 | 2631.3 | 2662.6 | 16 |
| Rest of the world; U.S. mortgage-backed securities and other U.S. asset-backed bonds; asset | 484.8 | 441.4 | 415.5 | 387.4 | 407.2 | 404.4 | 393.4 | 387.4 | 382.4 | 370.2 | 365.9 | 17 |
| Rest of the world: U.S. corporate bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 1980.5 | 2082.6 | 2068.5 | 2234.0 | 2115.1 | 2069.1 | 2179.4 | 2234.0 | 2280.7 | 2261.1 | 2296.7 | 18 |
| U.S.-chartered depository institutions, including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 668.2 | 550.5 | 553.0 | 551.6 | 533.2 | 529.6 | 543.7 | 551.6 | 547.6 | 550.1 | 562.3 | 19 |
| U.S.-chartered depository institutions; private MBS and CMOs; asset | 262.9 | 174.9 | 150.1 | 149.1 | 137.1 | 151.6 | 151.1 | 149.1 | 146.3 | 145.8 | 147.5 | 20 |
| U.S.-chartered depository institutions; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding private MBS and CMOs; asset | 404.1 | 374.0 | 401.8 | 401.6 | 395.2 | 377.2 | 391.5 | 401.6 | 400.7 | 403.6 | 414.1 | 21 |
| Foreign banking offices in the U.S., including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 247.6 | 238.2 | 236.7 | 230.5 | 218.7 | 218.4 | 226.0 | 230.5 | 211.9 | 202.8 | 203.0 | 22 |
| Banks in U.S.-affiliated areas; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 2.0 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 23 |
| Credit unions; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 22.3 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 24 |
| Credit unions; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 3.6 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 25 |
| Credit unions; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 18.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 26 |
| Property-casualty insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 298.3 | 322.6 | 363.1 | 379.8 | 366.1 | 369.3 | 373.9 | 379.8 | 382.0 | 383.0 | 384.7 | 27 |
| Property-casualty insurance companies; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 0.0 | 0.0 | 71.3 | 74.0 | 71.9 | 72.6 | 73.3 | 74.0 | 74.4 | 74.7 | 74.8 | 28 |
| Property-casualty insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 298.3 | 322.6 | 291.8 | 305.8 | 294.2 | 296.7 | 300.6 | 305.8 | 307.6 | 308.4 | 309.9 | 29 |
| Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 1927.2 | 2030.2 | 2117.7 | 2150.6 | 2140.6 | 2113.9 | 2141.2 | 2150.6 | 2167.0 | 2179.5 | 2186.2 | 30 |
| Life insurance companies; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 0.0 | 0.0 | 434.9 | 410.6 | 427.4 | 421.7 | 416.1 | 410.6 | 413.1 | 413.4 | 414.0 | 31 |
| Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 1927.2 | 2030.2 | 1682.8 | 1740.0 | 1713.3 | 1692.1 | 1725.1 | 1740.0 | 1754.0 | 1766.1 | 1772.2 | 32 |
| Private pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 360.0 | 443.4 | 488.0 | 440.2 | 472.1 | 465.1 | 452.6 | 440.2 | 430.1 | 431.6 | 423.4 | 33 |
| State and local government employee retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 382.8 | 388.5 | 363.7 | 303.5 | 348.0 | 331.6 | 312.8 | 303.5 | 295.7 | 290.2 | 299.8 | 34 |
| Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 5.7 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 35 |
| Money market mutual funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 169.9 | 154.2 | 105.1 | 102.1 | 102.9 | 97.3 | 93.0 | 102.1 | 103.0 | 90.7 | 89.1 | 36 |
| Mutual funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 1120.7 | 1243.0 | 1413.4 | 1719.4 | 1489.9 | 1550.0 | 1633.4 | 1719.4 | 1816.6 | 1868.5 | 1957.6 | 37 |
| Closed-end funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 55.6 | 59.8 | 57.4 | 65.0 | 59.1 | 59.9 | 62.5 | 65.0 | 71.6 | 77.5 | 78.3 | 38 |
| Exchange-traded funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 55.4 | 74.1 | 107.7 | 155.3 | 123.4 | 135.7 | 147.1 | 155.3 | 162.3 | 164.9 | 170.4 | 39 |
| Government-sponsored enterprises; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 296.0 | 266.5 | 235.7 | 185.7 | 227.7 | 208.1 | 199.6 | 185.7 | 179.9 | 168.6 | 139.1 | 40 |
| Government-sponsored enterprises; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 288.2 | 241.6 | 209.5 | 178.3 | 203.6 | 193.1 | 186.0 | 178.3 | 172.7 | 161.5 | 132.1 | 41 |
| Government-sponsored enterprises; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 7.9 | 24.8 | 26.2 | 7.4 | 24.1 | 14.9 | 13.6 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 42 |
| Finance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 198.6 | 84.1 | 85.0 | 78.7 | 84.9 | 86.9 | 85.3 | 78.7 | 78.1 | 73.7 | 72.8 | 43 |
| Real estate investment trusts; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 15.5 | 20.8 | 22.1 | 32.2 | 25.6 | 27.6 | 30.6 | 32.2 | 37.1 | 36.6 | 35.8 | 44 |
| Security brokers and dealers; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 154.4 | 189.5 | 104.5 | 140.0 | 149.3 | 130.8 | 139.3 | 140.0 | 148.0 | 134.8 | 138.2 | 45 |
| Holding companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 31.1 | 38.3 | 18.3 | 79.9 | 84.6 | 94.3 | 86.0 | 79.9 | 80.3 | 79.8 | 78.0 | 46 |
| Funding corporations; corporate and foreign bonds, including financial stabilization programs; asset | 710.2 | 760.1 | 792.4 | 871.9 | 798.4 | 855.4 | 852.7 | 871.9 | 890.0 | 907.8 | 908.0 | 47 |
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