F.213 Corporate and Foreign Bonds
Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates
Description Series code 2017 2018 2018 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2019 Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 Line
All sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FA893163005 600.7 325.0 549.7 300.1 424.6 25.7 411.6 625.8 747.5 1
Nonfinancial corporate business; corporate bonds; liability FA103163003 280.3 134.1 234.3 27.5 163.0 111.4 366.9 303.1 380.9 2
Domestic financial sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FA793163005 28.2 76.0 43.5 93.0 132.7 34.9 192.4 158.2 166.1 3
U.S.-chartered depository institutions; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FA763163005 -35.0 12.3 42.1 12.0 19.9 -25.0 -23.9 -10.7 -41.7 4
Issuers of asset-backed securities; corporate and foreign bonds; liability (1) FA673163005 -32.3 -3.8 -3.2 48.5 -36.9 -23.6 53.7 5.2 100.4 5
Finance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FA613163005 -51.9 51.6 12.3 78.2 112.1 3.9 -80.2 -82.0 23.5 6
Real estate investment trusts; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FA643163005 21.6 30.7 6.9 -6.0 35.6 86.4 52.0 73.4 69.0 7
Security brokers and dealers; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FA663163003 56.5 -1.7 -40.3 -33.0 34.2 32.4 -8.5 95.9 -90.1 8
Holding companies; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FA733163003 92.2 -48.4 -48.4 -73.3 -31.6 -40.4 157.1 138.5 -18.7 9
Other financial business; corporate and foreign bonds where the proceeds are down-streamed to broker-dealer subsidiaries by investment banks that are holding-company parents; liability FA503163005 -22.9 35.3 74.0 66.6 -0.5 1.3 42.1 -62.2 123.8 10
Rest of the world; bonds; liability (2) FA263163005 292.3 114.9 271.9 179.6 128.8 -120.6 -147.6 164.5 200.6 11
All sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; asset (3) FA893063005 600.7 325.0 549.7 300.1 424.6 25.7 411.6 625.8 747.5 12
Households and nonprofit organizations; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA153063005 -34.1 -4.6 -168.8 -24.7 -243.9 418.9 -227.0 21.7 -107.6 13
Federal government; corporate bonds issued by commercial banking under TARP; asset FA313063763 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14
State and local governments, excluding employee retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA213063003 1.7 -14.7 -34.3 3.0 2.9 -30.4 3.9 -4.1 -4.9 15
U.S.-chartered depository institutions, including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA763063005 -16.1 -37.9 -24.9 -26.4 46.1 -146.3 178.5 -15.4 23.9 16
U.S.-chartered depository institutions; private MBS and CMOs; asset FA763063605 -18.8 -5.2 -12.7 -3.7 -11.4 7.0 8.1 6.5 10.5 17
U.S.-chartered depository institutions, including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding private MBS and CMOs; asset FA763063095 2.7 -32.7 -12.3 -22.8 57.5 -153.3 170.3 -21.9 13.4 18
Foreign banking offices in the U.S., including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA753063005 -0.5 -0.6 -10.8 0.3 -7.9 16.0 -50.3 9.4 -13.1 19
Banks in U.S.-affiliated areas; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA743063005 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.7 12.9 20
Credit unions; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA473063005 -1.0 0.4 2.2 -0.2 -3.0 2.5 3.5 -0.6 0.5 21
Credit unions; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset FA473063605 -1.1 0.2 2.1 -0.4 -2.8 2.0 3.5 -0.4 0.4 22
Credit unions; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset FA473063095 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 -0.2 0.5 0.0 -0.2 0.1 23
Property-casualty insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds, including those held by U.S. residual market reinsurers; asset FA513063005 12.2 56.7 19.8 69.4 62.8 74.7 42.7 44.9 54.2 24
Property-casualty insurance companies; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds, including those held by U.S. residual market reinsurers; asset FA513063605 2.5 13.0 4.2 15.9 14.4 17.3 9.8 10.3 12.5 25
Property-casualty insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset FA513063095 9.7 43.7 15.6 53.5 48.5 57.3 32.9 34.6 41.7 26
Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA543063005 73.6 123.7 96.2 109.5 84.9 204.0 119.7 165.3 163.7 27
Life insurance companies, general accounts; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset FA543063675 2.2 23.1 15.9 21.4 18.2 37.1 26.5 29.8 28.6 28
Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset FA543063095 71.4 100.5 80.3 88.1 66.7 167.0 93.2 135.6 135.1 29
Private pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA573063005 70.0 83.0 85.2 91.6 96.6 58.5 64.4 60.0 46.1 30
Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA343063005 0.5 0.1 -0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 1.3 1.1 1.0 31
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA223063045 -25.4 -2.0 79.7 -121.2 39.4 -5.8 17.8 46.9 54.6 32
Money market funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA633063005 1.9 -1.1 -2.8 -1.2 10.3 -10.6 4.8 12.1 17.6 33
Mutual funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset (market value) FA653063005 139.4 115.2 443.0 215.0 95.0 -292.2 113.3 73.2 146.7 34
Closed-end funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA553063003 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.2 3.0 2.5 1.0 35
Exchange-traded funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA563063003 89.3 33.6 20.4 51.8 57.8 4.5 93.9 73.4 95.5 36
Government-sponsored enterprises; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA403063005 -17.0 -6.0 -1.4 -8.3 -3.4 -10.9 -2.0 -2.8 -3.0 37
Government-sponsored enterprises; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset FA403063605 -16.6 -5.6 -0.9 -7.9 -3.0 -10.5 -1.6 -2.5 -2.6 38
Government-sponsored enterprises; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset FA403063095 -0.5 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.5 -0.4 -0.4 -0.3 -0.4 39
Finance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA613063003 -10.6 -4.5 3.9 -5.8 5.6 -21.7 -13.9 -11.0 -2.6 40
Real estate investment trusts; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA643063005 2.1 9.3 12.8 8.5 19.1 -3.3 -11.0 -0.8 -3.7 41
Security brokers and dealers; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA663063005 -8.6 -8.4 20.0 -5.4 -0.1 -48.1 -9.5 -17.4 46.3 42
Holding companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA733063003 -2.7 4.5 3.3 2.8 -1.3 13.2 3.0 12.8 8.3 43
Other financial business; corporate and foreign bonds, including financial stabilization programs; asset FA503063005 3.6 -1.9 -0.3 -2.6 3.2 -8.0 6.1 3.5 3.5 44
Rest of the world; corporate bonds; asset (4) FA263063005 321.5 -20.2 6.7 -56.5 159.8 -190.7 69.5 132.4 206.6 45
Rest of the world; U.S. mortgage-backed securities and other U.S. asset-backed bonds; asset FA263063603 -10.5 -8.5 -17.4 -5.7 -3.4 -7.7 -17.5 -6.6 -23.4 46
Rest of the world: U.S. corporate bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset FA263063095 332.0 -11.7 24.0 -50.7 163.1 -183.0 87.0 139.1 230.0 47

NOTES

  1. Net issuance less net acquisition of corporate bonds held as assets.
  2. Net purchases of foreign issues by U.S. residents.
  3. For some sectors, purchases 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. Net purchases of U.S. issues by foreign residents.
Last Update: December 12, 2019