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Release Date: March 7, 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 | 11192.5 | 11674.8 | 11828.7 | 11885.5 | 11950.0 | 11973.0 | 11984.1 | 12143.8 | 12125.4 | 12337.9 | 12510.6 | 1 |
| Nonfinancial corporate business; corporate bonds; liability | 3954.5 | 4366.2 | 4804.8 | 4912.4 | 5034.3 | 5121.4 | 5215.6 | 5346.4 | 5452.9 | 5599.7 | 5795.2 | 2 |
| Rest of the world; bonds; liability | 1237.3 | 1570.3 | 1689.5 | 1727.2 | 1757.3 | 1774.6 | 1763.8 | 1745.3 | 1717.9 | 1717.8 | 1756.1 | 3 |
| Financial business; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 6000.7 | 5738.3 | 5334.4 | 5245.9 | 5158.5 | 5077.0 | 5004.7 | 5052.0 | 4954.6 | 5020.4 | 4959.4 | 4 |
| U.S.-chartered depository institutions; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 184.8 | 176.3 | 436.8 | 433.5 | 432.7 | 429.4 | 415.8 | 427.2 | 414.4 | 409.9 | 415.8 | 5 |
| Issuers of asset-backed securities; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 3564.5 | 3015.3 | 2123.0 | 2034.0 | 1993.9 | 1931.7 | 1895.4 | 1832.1 | 1785.4 | 1714.5 | 1666.3 | 6 |
| Finance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 924.5 | 837.5 | 1078.4 | 1060.0 | 1054.9 | 1054.5 | 1039.8 | 1031.4 | 1009.9 | 1007.3 | 961.1 | 7 |
| Real estate investment trusts; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 171.0 | 129.8 | 129.7 | 141.3 | 141.5 | 139.2 | 145.1 | 152.6 | 158.9 | 163.5 | 159.3 | 8 |
| Security brokers and dealers; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 97.1 | 92.9 | 129.7 | 128.2 | 110.1 | 99.2 | 91.8 | 98.0 | 102.1 | 85.8 | 90.2 | 9 |
| Holding companies; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 638.9 | 1028.7 | 982.2 | 984.4 | 934.3 | 912.7 | 890.6 | 982.3 | 951.2 | 1081.9 | 1105.2 | 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 | 464.5 | 491.1 | 510.4 | 526.2 | 528.4 | 532.7 | 557.4 | 561.5 | 11 |
| All sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 11192.5 | 11674.8 | 11828.7 | 11885.5 | 11950.0 | 11973.0 | 11984.1 | 12143.8 | 12125.4 | 12337.9 | 12510.6 | 12 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 1968.1 | 2256.7 | 2270.6 | 2280.5 | 2308.0 | 2319.9 | 2284.0 | 2230.0 | 2208.4 | 2313.8 | 2325.8 | 13 |
| State and local governments, excluding employee retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 137.8 | 140.6 | 142.1 | 140.5 | 138.8 | 136.3 | 135.2 | 134.1 | 132.9 | 131.2 | 127.5 | 14 |
| Federal government; corporate bonds issued by commercial banking under TARP; asset | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 15 |
| Rest of the world; U.S. corporate bonds; asset | 2354.0 | 2465.3 | 2523.3 | 2509.8 | 2487.4 | 2481.2 | 2509.8 | 2496.9 | 2458.7 | 2458.7 | 2477.7 | 16 |
| U.S.-chartered depository institutions; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 650.5 | 667.1 | 548.9 | 532.0 | 525.1 | 544.6 | 551.8 | 532.3 | 528.8 | 542.6 | 551.7 | 17 |
| Foreign banking offices in the U.S.; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 401.6 | 244.9 | 233.9 | 220.6 | 229.5 | 255.7 | 234.5 | 216.4 | 216.6 | 223.9 | 213.3 | 18 |
| Banks in U.S.-affiliated areas; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.2 | 19 |
| Credit unions; corporate and foreign bonds held by Corporate Credit Unions; asset | 25.7 | 18.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 20 |
| Property-casualty insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 267.5 | 298.3 | 322.6 | 330.2 | 335.4 | 343.7 | 361.0 | 358.9 | 359.5 | 360.0 | 362.8 | 21 |
| Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 1817.0 | 1927.2 | 2030.2 | 2063.1 | 2081.8 | 2107.4 | 2123.6 | 2153.3 | 2124.6 | 2144.8 | 2177.6 | 22 |
| Private pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 400.1 | 442.9 | 440.1 | 438.8 | 439.2 | 441.4 | 440.9 | 439.2 | 437.7 | 438.3 | 441.5 | 23 |
| State and local government employee retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 485.1 | 382.8 | 388.5 | 394.4 | 394.8 | 374.6 | 360.4 | 343.1 | 325.1 | 304.9 | 291.2 | 24 |
| Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 25 |
| Money market mutual funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 228.0 | 169.9 | 154.2 | 154.9 | 154.4 | 107.1 | 105.1 | 102.9 | 97.3 | 93.0 | 102.1 | 26 |
| Mutual funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 956.2 | 1120.7 | 1243.0 | 1284.3 | 1330.4 | 1371.0 | 1413.4 | 1489.9 | 1550.0 | 1633.4 | 1726.5 | 27 |
| Closed-end funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 49.4 | 55.5 | 59.6 | 62.0 | 61.6 | 58.7 | 57.7 | 59.7 | 60.6 | 63.2 | 65.5 | 28 |
| Exchange-traded funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 27.7 | 55.4 | 74.1 | 79.9 | 86.6 | 95.1 | 107.7 | 123.4 | 135.7 | 147.1 | 155.3 | 29 |
| Government-sponsored enterprises; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 386.6 | 310.8 | 293.9 | 284.7 | 270.0 | 264.3 | 260.5 | 253.9 | 227.1 | 221.2 | 214.2 | 30 |
| Finance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 192.4 | 198.6 | 83.9 | 84.2 | 85.9 | 88.4 | 84.8 | 84.7 | 86.7 | 85.1 | 78.5 | 31 |
| Real estate investment trusts; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 11.7 | 15.5 | 20.8 | 24.6 | 26.2 | 27.1 | 22.1 | 25.6 | 27.6 | 30.6 | 32.2 | 32 |
| Security brokers and dealers; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 123.8 | 154.4 | 189.5 | 202.4 | 187.4 | 133.7 | 104.5 | 149.3 | 130.8 | 139.3 | 147.0 | 33 |
| Holding companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 35.8 | 31.1 | 38.3 | 40.5 | 40.6 | 22.0 | 18.3 | 84.6 | 94.3 | 86.0 | 79.9 | 34 |
| Funding corporations; corporate and foreign bonds, including financial stabilization programs; asset | 667.3 | 710.2 | 760.1 | 741.5 | 750.4 | 784.5 | 792.4 | 848.4 | 905.4 | 902.7 | 921.9 | 35 |
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