L.213 Corporate and Foreign Bonds
Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted

Description Series code 2015 2016 2017 2018 2018 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2019 Q1 Line
All sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FL893163005 11985.4 12383.3 13061.7 13251.2 13208.8 13208.5 13290.2 13251.2 13502.6 1
Nonfinancial corporate business; corporate bonds; liability FL103163003 4855.3 5126.4 5401.2 5524.8 5456.9 5460.7 5503.6 5524.8 5600.6 2
Domestic financial sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FL793163005 4706.0 4725.8 4717.5 4768.1 4712.9 4724.3 4759.7 4768.1 4817.3 3
U.S.-chartered depository institutions; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FL763163005 198.7 182.7 147.7 157.6 155.2 158.1 162.9 157.6 155.4 4
Issuers of asset-backed securities; corporate and foreign bonds; liability (1) FL673163005 1265.6 1151.0 1103.6 1076.7 1090.4 1090.8 1083.8 1076.7 1074.5 5
Finance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FL613163005 886.6 814.9 763.0 814.6 766.0 785.6 813.6 814.6 808.7 6
Real estate investment trusts; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FL643163005 395.5 417.3 439.0 469.8 440.7 439.2 448.3 469.8 482.1 7
Security brokers and dealers; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FL663163003 131.3 129.1 185.7 184.0 175.6 167.4 175.9 184.0 181.9 8
Holding companies; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FL733163003 1206.9 1373.5 1444.2 1395.8 1432.1 1413.8 1405.9 1395.8 1434.4 9
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 FL503163005 621.4 657.2 634.4 669.7 652.9 669.5 669.4 669.7 680.3 10
Rest of the world; bonds; liability (2) LM263163005 2424.1 2531.1 2943.0 2958.4 3038.9 3023.4 3027.0 2958.4 3084.7 11
All sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; asset (3) FL893063005 11855.2 12324.8 13126.5 12815.6 13009.2 12851.6 12940.7 12815.6 13428.4 12
Households and nonprofit organizations; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM153063005 1282.9 1148.3 1057.8 1158.4 1055.5 1051.3 1000.5 1158.4 1201.3 13
Federal government; corporate bonds issued by commercial banking under TARP; asset FL313063763 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 14
State and local governments, excluding employee retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FL213063003 186.4 187.9 184.8 173.0 179.8 182.0 184.1 173.0 170.4 15
U.S.-chartered depository institutions, including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM763063005 506.9 506.4 493.0 451.8 485.6 478.9 489.4 451.8 498.6 16
U.S.-chartered depository institutions; private MBS and CMOs; asset LM763063605 126.0 100.4 83.0 77.1 79.4 78.3 75.4 77.1 80.0 17
U.S.-chartered depository institutions, including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding private MBS and CMOs; asset LM763063095 380.9 406.1 409.9 374.7 406.2 400.5 414.0 374.7 418.6 18
Foreign banking offices in the U.S., including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM753063005 172.5 157.9 160.2 150.9 152.2 149.6 147.6 150.9 143.7 19
Banks in U.S.-affiliated areas; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM743063005 5.6 6.7 7.0 0.1 6.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 20
Credit unions; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM473063005 10.8 11.5 10.7 10.4 10.9 10.6 9.9 10.4 10.1 21
Credit unions; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset LM473063605 10.6 11.3 10.4 9.9 10.6 10.3 9.6 9.9 9.6 22
Credit unions; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset LM473063095 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.5 23
Property-casualty insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds, including those held by U.S. residual market reinsurers; asset LM513063005 451.8 470.3 482.2 531.6 476.7 489.8 512.3 531.6 564.1 24
Property-casualty insurance companies; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds, including those held by U.S. residual market reinsurers; asset LM513063605 98.3 100.6 104.3 122.2 104.4 108.9 115.4 122.2 129.6 25
Property-casualty insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset LM513063095 353.5 369.7 377.9 409.5 372.3 380.9 396.9 409.5 434.5 26
Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM543063005 2429.1 2583.3 2735.0 2708.8 2681.4 2654.7 2675.3 2708.8 2851.3 27
Life insurance companies, general accounts; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset LM543063675 453.2 472.3 482.0 498.3 476.5 477.8 488.2 498.3 525.4 28
Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset LM543063095 1975.9 2111.0 2253.0 2210.5 2204.9 2176.9 2187.1 2210.5 2325.9 29
Private pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM573063005 691.2 715.4 744.9 724.1 725.8 718.2 729.6 724.1 761.2 30
Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM343063005 12.6 13.5 14.1 12.8 13.6 13.4 13.5 12.8 13.7 31
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM223063045 558.0 514.5 546.4 502.0 573.5 556.8 571.3 502.0 528.3 32
Money market funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FL633063005 64.4 6.6 8.5 7.5 7.8 7.5 10.1 7.5 8.7 33
Mutual funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset (market value) LM653063005 1737.3 1861.9 2037.6 2016.6 2079.1 2090.1 2113.3 2016.6 2129.5 34
Closed-end funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM553063003 67.0 71.4 74.2 68.9 73.4 73.1 74.2 68.9 73.2 35
Exchange-traded funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM563063003 242.2 309.6 403.6 420.5 402.1 410.2 424.5 420.5 460.9 36
Government-sponsored enterprises; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FL403063005 64.3 41.1 24.1 18.1 23.8 21.7 20.8 18.1 17.8 37
Government-sponsored enterprises; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset FL403063605 58.9 36.4 19.8 14.3 19.6 17.6 16.9 14.3 14.1 38
Government-sponsored enterprises; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset FL403063095 5.4 4.7 4.3 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 39
Finance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM613063003 62.7 73.1 63.8 55.3 62.7 60.0 61.4 55.3 52.9 40
Real estate investment trusts; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FL643063005 39.2 40.2 42.3 51.8 45.5 48.0 52.7 51.8 49.1 41
Security brokers and dealers; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FL663063005 92.1 80.0 71.4 63.0 76.4 75.0 75.0 63.0 60.6 42
Holding companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset LM733063003 21.5 23.9 17.7 21.0 17.9 18.2 17.9 21.0 22.6 43
Funding corporations; corporate and foreign bonds, including financial stabilization programs; asset FL503063005 73.0 69.0 72.6 70.7 72.6 71.9 72.7 70.7 72.3 44
Rest of the world; corporate bonds; asset (4) LM263063005 3083.3 3431.7 3874.1 3597.8 3785.8 3670.0 3684.0 3597.8 3737.5 45
Rest of the world; U.S. mortgage-backed securities and other U.S. asset-backed bonds; asset LM263063603 383.3 364.1 370.4 360.6 364.8 363.4 362.5 360.6 357.3 46
Rest of the world: U.S. corporate bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset LM263063095 2700.1 3067.6 3503.6 3237.3 3421.0 3306.6 3321.5 3237.3 3380.2 47
Instrument discrepancies; corporate and foreign bonds (level) (5) LM903063003 130.2 58.6 -64.8 435.6 199.6 356.9 349.5 435.6 74.2 48


NOTES

  1. Liabilities net of assets.
  2. Holdings of foreign issues by U.S. residents.
  3. For some sectors, holdings of MBS and other ABS are shown separately. MBS and other ABS include privately issued mortgage-backed securities and other privately issued asset-backed bonds.
  4. Holdings of U.S. issues by foreign residents.
  5. The accumulated valuation difference between issuance and holdings.
Last Update: June 6, 2019