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Statistical Supplement | February 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, February 2007

3.15  Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2005 2006 2005 2006
June6 June6 Dec Septr Octr Novr Decp
1 Total1 2,166,212r 2,312,731 1,954,620 2,109,144r 2,166,212r 2,273,704 2,268,318 2,279,330 2,312,731
 
  By type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States2 296,647 282,533 288,792 288,792 296,647 296,759 266,964 263,767 282,533
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates3 201,863 176,829 204,912 204,912 201,863 179,394 178,474 186,164 176,829
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 1,077,122r 1,139,652 1,030,763 1,052,742r 1,077,122r 1,114,081 1,132,544 1,133,560 1,139,652
5 Nonmarketable4 948 1,026 911 911 948 1,006 1,013 1,019 1,026
6 U.S. securities other than U.S. Treasury securities5 589,632r 712,691 429,242 561,787r 589,632r 682,464 689,323 694,820 712,691
 
  By area  
7 Europe1 368,516 385,895 364,413 350,973 368,516 357,767 364,969 372,961 385,895
8 Canada 7,211 6,117 7,569 6,679 7,211 6,505 6,536 6,956 6,117
9 Latin America and Caribbean 128,006 164,405 113,245 122,989 128,006 157,176 158,404 164,007 164,405
10 Asia 1,615,757 1,705,699 1,417,229 1,575,240 1,615,757 1,701,825 1,690,259 1,684,006 1,705,699
11 Africa 17,214 15,151 14,551 15,247 17,214 18,823 15,634 17,824 15,151
12 Other countries 29,502 35,458 37,433 38,010 29,502 31,602 32,510 33,570 35,458

1. For data before June 2006, 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 2005 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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