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Release Date: December 11, 2014
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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 | 10337.1 | 10424.7 | 10919.4 | 11109.6 | 10929.0 | 10815.6 | 10977.1 | 11109.6 | 11235.6 | 11461.5 | 11441.4 | 1 |
| Nonfinancial corporate business; corporate bonds; liability | 3376.6 | 3538.3 | 3862.6 | 4140.9 | 3940.7 | 3983.4 | 4090.5 | 4140.9 | 4212.1 | 4270.0 | 4323.0 | 2 |
| Rest of the world; bonds; liability | 1677.6 | 1913.6 | 2186.5 | 2250.4 | 2205.8 | 2140.5 | 2207.2 | 2250.4 | 2309.8 | 2446.0 | 2384.0 | 3 |
| Financial business; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 5282.9 | 4972.8 | 4870.3 | 4718.3 | 4782.5 | 4691.7 | 4679.4 | 4718.3 | 4713.7 | 4745.5 | 4734.5 | 4 |
| U.S.-chartered depository institutions; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 377.1 | 379.4 | 295.9 | 221.0 | 267.4 | 244.0 | 225.2 | 221.0 | 214.2 | 211.7 | 208.7 | 5 |
| Issuers of asset-backed securities; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 2115.7 | 1893.0 | 1682.4 | 1401.3 | 1628.5 | 1456.5 | 1425.5 | 1401.3 | 1356.7 | 1337.5 | 1324.4 | 6 |
| Finance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 1078.2 | 1038.8 | 957.5 | 961.9 | 952.5 | 949.0 | 955.1 | 961.9 | 959.3 | 968.9 | 969.2 | 7 |
| Real estate investment trusts; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 145.4 | 152.9 | 179.6 | 353.2 | 182.4 | 316.7 | 325.4 | 353.2 | 382.1 | 395.9 | 395.6 | 8 |
| Security brokers and dealers; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 129.7 | 91.8 | 90.2 | 112.4 | 89.1 | 103.1 | 96.1 | 112.4 | 122.0 | 113.4 | 123.9 | 9 |
| Holding companies; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 982.2 | 890.6 | 1103.2 | 1095.6 | 1091.7 | 1057.1 | 1071.3 | 1095.6 | 1107.6 | 1129.4 | 1125.9 | 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 | 454.6 | 526.2 | 561.5 | 572.9 | 571.0 | 565.4 | 580.8 | 572.9 | 571.7 | 588.8 | 586.7 | 11 |
| All sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 10337.1 | 10424.7 | 10919.4 | 11109.6 | 10929.0 | 10815.6 | 10977.1 | 11109.6 | 11235.6 | 11461.5 | 11441.4 | 12 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 1362.3 | 1352.0 | 1242.3 | 1011.7 | 1115.8 | 983.9 | 975.5 | 1011.7 | 963.4 | 978.9 | 919.2 | 13 |
| State and local governments, excluding employee retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 164.6 | 164.1 | 170.2 | 172.6 | 173.5 | 173.7 | 172.6 | 172.6 | 175.1 | 168.5 | 165.1 | 14 |
| Federal government; corporate bonds issued by commercial banking under TARP; asset | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 15 |
| Rest of the world; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 2523.1 | 2491.0 | 2617.6 | 2734.0 | 2635.3 | 2589.7 | 2680.4 | 2734.0 | 2818.7 | 2884.5 | 2843.8 | 16 |
| Rest of the world; U.S. mortgage-backed securities and other U.S. asset-backed bonds; asset | 441.4 | 415.5 | 403.9 | 394.9 | 407.2 | 403.3 | 398.9 | 394.9 | 393.3 | 392.6 | 383.0 | 17 |
| Rest of the world: U.S. corporate bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 2081.7 | 2075.6 | 2213.6 | 2339.1 | 2228.1 | 2186.4 | 2281.5 | 2339.1 | 2425.4 | 2491.9 | 2460.8 | 18 |
| U.S.-chartered depository institutions, including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 550.5 | 553.0 | 544.0 | 559.2 | 540.5 | 543.2 | 555.8 | 559.2 | 540.2 | 540.7 | 522.6 | 19 |
| U.S.-chartered depository institutions; private MBS and CMOs; asset | 174.9 | 150.1 | 149.1 | 147.7 | 146.3 | 145.8 | 147.4 | 147.7 | 141.9 | 143.1 | 139.1 | 20 |
| U.S.-chartered depository institutions, including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding private MBS and CMOs; asset | 375.6 | 402.9 | 394.9 | 411.4 | 394.3 | 397.4 | 408.3 | 411.4 | 398.3 | 397.6 | 383.6 | 21 |
| Foreign banking offices in the U.S., including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 238.2 | 236.7 | 230.5 | 196.4 | 211.9 | 202.8 | 203.1 | 196.4 | 200.5 | 200.8 | 197.7 | 22 |
| Banks in U.S.-affiliated areas; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 0.6 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 23 |
| Credit unions; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 8.8 | 24 |
| Credit unions; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 25 |
| Credit unions; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 26 |
| Property-casualty insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 322.6 | 363.1 | 382.7 | 406.9 | 388.9 | 395.1 | 401.2 | 406.9 | 407.0 | 408.4 | 414.8 | 27 |
| Property-casualty insurance companies; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 0.0 | 71.3 | 74.5 | 83.2 | 76.3 | 78.1 | 80.0 | 83.2 | 83.1 | 83.1 | 83.9 | 28 |
| Property-casualty insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 322.6 | 291.8 | 308.2 | 323.7 | 312.7 | 316.9 | 321.2 | 323.7 | 323.9 | 325.2 | 330.9 | 29 |
| Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 2030.2 | 2117.3 | 2162.2 | 2223.0 | 2181.2 | 2198.3 | 2205.5 | 2223.0 | 2248.0 | 2269.9 | 2294.9 | 30 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 0.0 | 434.9 | 410.6 | 419.7 | 412.9 | 415.1 | 417.4 | 419.7 | 425.2 | 429.7 | 432.8 | 31 |
| Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 2030.2 | 1682.3 | 1751.6 | 1803.3 | 1768.4 | 1783.1 | 1788.1 | 1803.3 | 1822.8 | 1840.2 | 1862.1 | 32 |
| Private pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 438.5 | 483.0 | 566.8 | 572.0 | 558.7 | 565.3 | 569.5 | 572.0 | 567.3 | 576.7 | 582.5 | 33 |
| State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; domestic corporate bonds; asset | 397.0 | 386.1 | 356.8 | 386.4 | 357.6 | 372.2 | 370.2 | 386.4 | 395.6 | 421.7 | 433.4 | 34 |
| Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 5.9 | 7.3 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 35 |
| Money market mutual funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 154.2 | 105.1 | 102.1 | 102.1 | 102.9 | 90.7 | 89.1 | 102.1 | 88.8 | 66.4 | 71.1 | 36 |
| Mutual funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 1243.0 | 1413.4 | 1719.4 | 1998.8 | 1816.6 | 1868.5 | 1947.3 | 1998.8 | 2067.5 | 2180.8 | 2232.3 | 37 |
| Closed-end funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 59.7 | 57.3 | 64.8 | 79.4 | 71.5 | 77.5 | 78.4 | 79.4 | 78.7 | 78.7 | 77.8 | 38 |
| Exchange-traded funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 74.1 | 107.7 | 155.3 | 174.8 | 162.3 | 164.9 | 170.4 | 174.8 | 183.2 | 190.7 | 194.7 | 39 |
| Government-sponsored enterprises; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 266.5 | 235.7 | 185.7 | 126.3 | 179.9 | 168.6 | 139.1 | 126.3 | 120.1 | 109.4 | 101.4 | 40 |
| Government-sponsored enterprises; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 241.6 | 209.5 | 178.3 | 119.4 | 172.7 | 161.5 | 132.1 | 119.4 | 113.4 | 102.9 | 95.1 | 41 |
| Government-sponsored enterprises; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 24.8 | 26.2 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 42 |
| Finance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 84.1 | 85.0 | 78.7 | 67.9 | 75.0 | 70.1 | 70.0 | 67.9 | 71.8 | 72.5 | 69.9 | 43 |
| Real estate investment trusts; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 23.2 | 27.0 | 36.5 | 36.3 | 39.8 | 39.7 | 40.0 | 36.3 | 37.8 | 37.2 | 36.9 | 44 |
| Security brokers and dealers; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 189.5 | 104.5 | 140.0 | 128.9 | 148.0 | 134.8 | 134.1 | 128.9 | 128.1 | 135.3 | 139.1 | 45 |
| Holding companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 38.3 | 18.3 | 72.7 | 31.5 | 71.8 | 71.7 | 71.1 | 31.5 | 29.8 | 31.2 | 37.6 | 46 |
| Funding corporations; corporate and foreign bonds, including financial stabilization programs; asset | 163.4 | 105.8 | 69.6 | 78.4 | 75.0 | 82.4 | 81.3 | 78.4 | 90.4 | 85.9 | 84.6 | 47 |
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