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Release Date: September 25, 2013
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L.212 Corporate and Foreign Bonds
Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted
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| All sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 11169.7 | 11654.0 | 11857.9 | 12152.6 | 12922.2 | 12353.0 | 12346.1 | 12671.9 | 12922.2 | 13030.0 | 13026.2 | 1 |
| Nonfinancial corporate business; corporate bonds; liability | 3954.5 | 4366.2 | 4804.8 | 5215.6 | 5795.2 | 5346.4 | 5452.9 | 5599.7 | 5795.2 | 5937.7 | 6077.4 | 2 |
| Rest of the world; bonds; liability | 1237.3 | 1570.3 | 1731.3 | 1939.9 | 2140.7 | 1960.5 | 1946.5 | 2052.0 | 2140.7 | 2174.6 | 2088.8 | 3 |
| Financial business; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 5977.9 | 5717.5 | 5321.8 | 4997.1 | 4986.4 | 5046.1 | 4946.7 | 5020.2 | 4986.4 | 4917.7 | 4860.0 | 4 |
| U.S.-chartered depository institutions; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 184.8 | 176.3 | 436.8 | 415.8 | 415.8 | 427.2 | 414.4 | 409.9 | 415.8 | 413.9 | 411.5 | 5 |
| Issuers of asset-backed securities; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 3541.7 | 2994.5 | 2110.7 | 1888.0 | 1681.1 | 1826.5 | 1777.8 | 1714.5 | 1681.1 | 1620.6 | 1588.5 | 6 |
| Finance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 924.5 | 837.5 | 1078.2 | 1039.5 | 961.2 | 1031.1 | 1009.6 | 1007.1 | 961.2 | 956.1 | 952.8 | 7 |
| Real estate investment trusts; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 171.0 | 129.8 | 129.7 | 145.1 | 171.2 | 152.6 | 158.9 | 163.5 | 171.2 | 173.1 | 179.5 | 8 |
| Security brokers and dealers; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 97.1 | 92.9 | 129.7 | 91.8 | 90.2 | 98.0 | 102.1 | 85.8 | 90.2 | 89.1 | 103.1 | 9 |
| Holding companies; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 638.9 | 1028.7 | 982.2 | 890.6 | 1105.3 | 982.3 | 951.2 | 1081.9 | 1105.3 | 1093.8 | 1059.2 | 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 | 419.9 | 457.8 | 454.6 | 526.2 | 561.5 | 528.4 | 532.7 | 557.4 | 561.5 | 571.0 | 565.4 | 11 |
| All sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 11169.7 | 11654.0 | 11857.9 | 12152.6 | 12922.2 | 12353.0 | 12346.1 | 12671.9 | 12922.2 | 13030.0 | 13026.2 | 12 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 1952.7 | 2299.2 | 2270.8 | 2399.6 | 2556.6 | 2347.0 | 2343.3 | 2460.8 | 2556.6 | 2522.5 | 2472.0 | 13 |
| State and local governments, excluding employee retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 153.2 | 156.5 | 163.9 | 159.5 | 150.5 | 157.2 | 156.8 | 155.3 | 150.5 | 151.4 | 150.8 | 14 |
| Federal government; corporate bonds issued by commercial banking under TARP; asset | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 15 |
| Rest of the world; U.S. corporate bonds; asset | 2353.5 | 2465.3 | 2524.0 | 2484.0 | 2623.4 | 2522.3 | 2473.5 | 2572.6 | 2623.4 | 2663.9 | 2631.6 | 16 |
| Rest of the world; U.S. mortgage-backed securities and other U.S. asset-backed bonds; asset | 584.0 | 484.8 | 441.4 | 415.5 | 387.4 | 407.2 | 404.4 | 393.4 | 387.4 | 382.4 | 370.2 | 17 |
| Rest of the world: U.S. corporate bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 1769.5 | 1980.5 | 2082.6 | 2068.5 | 2236.0 | 2115.1 | 2069.1 | 2179.2 | 2236.0 | 2281.6 | 2261.4 | 18 |
| U.S.-chartered depository institutions; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 650.5 | 667.1 | 548.9 | 551.8 | 550.7 | 532.3 | 528.8 | 542.6 | 550.7 | 547.0 | 549.4 | 19 |
| U.S.-chartered depository institutions; private MBS and CMOs; asset | 314.6 | 262.9 | 174.9 | 150.1 | 149.1 | 137.1 | 151.6 | 151.1 | 149.1 | 146.3 | 145.8 | 20 |
| U.S.-chartered depository institutions; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding private MBS and CMOs; asset | 335.9 | 404.1 | 374.0 | 401.8 | 401.6 | 395.2 | 377.2 | 391.5 | 401.6 | 400.7 | 403.6 | 21 |
| Foreign banking offices in the U.S.; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 401.6 | 244.9 | 233.9 | 234.5 | 228.7 | 216.4 | 216.6 | 223.9 | 228.7 | 210.4 | 201.0 | 22 |
| Banks in U.S.-affiliated areas; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 23 |
| Credit unions; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 28.9 | 22.3 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 24 |
| Credit unions; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 3.3 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 25 |
| Credit unions; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 25.7 | 18.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 26 |
| Property-casualty insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 267.5 | 298.3 | 322.6 | 363.1 | 379.8 | 366.1 | 369.3 | 373.9 | 379.8 | 382.0 | 383.0 | 27 |
| Property-casualty insurance companies; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 71.3 | 74.0 | 71.9 | 72.6 | 73.3 | 74.0 | 74.4 | 74.7 | 28 |
| Property-casualty insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 267.5 | 298.3 | 322.6 | 291.8 | 305.8 | 294.2 | 296.7 | 300.6 | 305.8 | 307.6 | 308.4 | 29 |
| Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 1817.0 | 1927.2 | 2030.2 | 2123.6 | 2167.4 | 2150.1 | 2126.1 | 2155.9 | 2167.4 | 2188.2 | 2206.6 | 30 |
| Life insurance companies; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 434.9 | 410.6 | 427.4 | 421.7 | 416.1 | 410.6 | 413.1 | 413.4 | 31 |
| Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 1817.0 | 1927.2 | 2030.2 | 1688.7 | 1756.8 | 1722.7 | 1704.4 | 1739.8 | 1756.8 | 1775.2 | 1793.2 | 32 |
| Private pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 374.6 | 360.0 | 443.4 | 488.0 | 440.2 | 472.1 | 465.1 | 452.6 | 440.2 | 430.1 | 431.6 | 33 |
| State and local government employee retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 485.1 | 382.8 | 388.5 | 363.7 | 303.5 | 348.0 | 331.6 | 312.8 | 303.5 | 295.7 | 295.7 | 34 |
| Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 35 |
| Money market mutual funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 228.0 | 169.9 | 154.2 | 105.1 | 102.1 | 102.9 | 97.3 | 93.0 | 102.1 | 103.0 | 90.7 | 36 |
| Mutual funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 956.2 | 1120.7 | 1243.0 | 1413.4 | 1719.4 | 1489.9 | 1550.0 | 1633.4 | 1719.4 | 1816.6 | 1882.5 | 37 |
| Closed-end funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 49.4 | 55.5 | 59.6 | 57.2 | 65.2 | 59.2 | 60.0 | 62.7 | 65.2 | 71.7 | 77.5 | 38 |
| Exchange-traded funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 27.7 | 55.4 | 74.1 | 107.7 | 155.3 | 123.4 | 135.7 | 147.1 | 155.3 | 162.3 | 164.9 | 39 |
| Government-sponsored enterprises; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 386.6 | 310.8 | 293.9 | 260.5 | 205.9 | 253.9 | 227.1 | 221.2 | 205.9 | 192.3 | 193.2 | 40 |
| Government-sponsored enterprises; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 309.1 | 302.9 | 269.0 | 234.3 | 198.5 | 229.8 | 212.2 | 207.6 | 198.5 | 185.0 | 186.0 | 41 |
| Government-sponsored enterprises; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 77.5 | 7.9 | 24.8 | 26.2 | 7.4 | 24.1 | 14.9 | 13.6 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 42 |
| Finance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 192.4 | 198.6 | 84.1 | 85.0 | 78.7 | 84.9 | 86.9 | 85.3 | 78.7 | 78.0 | 73.4 | 43 |
| Real estate investment trusts; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 11.7 | 15.5 | 20.8 | 22.1 | 32.2 | 25.6 | 27.6 | 30.6 | 32.2 | 37.1 | 37.9 | 44 |
| Security brokers and dealers; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 123.8 | 154.4 | 189.5 | 104.5 | 140.0 | 149.3 | 130.8 | 139.3 | 140.0 | 148.0 | 137.3 | 45 |
| Holding companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 35.8 | 31.1 | 38.3 | 18.3 | 79.9 | 84.6 | 94.3 | 86.0 | 79.9 | 80.3 | 79.8 | 46 |
| Funding corporations; corporate and foreign bonds, including financial stabilization programs; asset | 667.3 | 710.2 | 760.1 | 792.4 | 921.9 | 848.4 | 905.4 | 902.7 | 921.9 | 927.5 | 945.3 | 47 |
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