Federal Reserve Bulletin

Profits and Balance Sheet Developments at U.S. Commercial Banks in 2005

Figure 15. Notional amounts of credit derivatives for which banks were beneficiaries or guarantors, 2000-05. Data plotted as curves. The amount for which banks were beneficiaries begins in 2000 at about $0.2 trillion and rises gradually through the end of 2003 to reach about $0.5 trillion. It then rises increasingly rapidly to reach about $3.1 trillion at the end of 2005. The amount for which banks were guarantors begins in 2000 at about $0.2 trillion and rises gradually through the end of 2003 to reach about $0.5 trillion. It then rises increasingly rapidly to reach about $2.7 trillion at the end of 2005.

Note: The data are as of quarter-end.  Return to article