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Statistical Supplement | March 2004

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, March 2004
3.15  Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2001 2002 2002 2003
June6 Dec Julyr Augr Septr Octr Novp
1 Total1 984,713 1,041,076 1,126,797 1,161,907 1,265,906 1,274,625 1,302,034 1,318,462 1,343,133
 
  By type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States2 120,571 151,859 151,859 144,646 165,295 165,573 188,866 183,154 179,306
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates3 161,719 176,231 176,231 190,444 205,897 214,275 206,857 206,093 213,698
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 454,306 451,163 559,599 569,891 622,460 621,497 629,573 649,024 667,907
5 Nonmarketable4 3,411 3,000 3,000 2,769 2,894 2,913 2,931 2,951 2,969
6 U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities5 244,706 258,823 236,108 254,157 269,360 270,367 273,807 277,240 279,253
 
  By area  
7 Europe1 243,307 254,868 270,174 283,512 296,061 293,202 295,933 291,062 289,798
8 Canada 13,440 11,135 5,977 5,962 4,633 5,254 5,265 4,798 4,321
9 Latin America and Caribbean 71,103 65,190 88,918 87,261 97,005 97,039 95,587 95,147 95,166
10 Asia 632,466 683,692 739,078 760,012 841,926 853,225 880,221 897,977 925,371
11 Africa 15,167 15,102 9,119 9,355 9,805 9,729 8,948 8,817 8,927
12 Other countries 9,228 11,087 13,531 15,805 16,476 16,176 16,080 20,661 19,550

1. 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 2002 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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