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Release Date: March 12, 2015
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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 | 10424.6 | 10919.0 | 11108.9 | 11569.1 | 10977.9 | 11108.9 | 11235.7 | 11459.5 | 11517.5 | 11569.1 | 1 |
| Nonfinancial corporate business; corporate bonds; liability | 3376.6 | 3538.2 | 3862.2 | 4140.3 | 4408.1 | 4090.6 | 4140.3 | 4211.5 | 4269.6 | 4322.0 | 4408.1 | 2 |
| Financial business; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 5282.9 | 4972.8 | 4870.3 | 4718.2 | 4748.5 | 4680.1 | 4718.2 | 4714.4 | 4743.0 | 4736.5 | 4748.5 | 3 |
| U.S.-chartered depository institutions; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 377.1 | 379.4 | 295.9 | 221.0 | 209.0 | 225.2 | 221.0 | 214.2 | 211.7 | 208.7 | 209.0 | 4 |
| Issuers of asset-backed securities; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 2115.7 | 1893.0 | 1682.4 | 1401.2 | 1316.3 | 1426.2 | 1401.2 | 1357.4 | 1334.9 | 1326.1 | 1316.3 | 5 |
| Finance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 1078.2 | 1038.8 | 957.5 | 961.9 | 981.8 | 955.1 | 961.9 | 959.3 | 968.9 | 969.6 | 981.8 | 6 |
| Real estate investment trusts; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 145.4 | 152.9 | 179.6 | 353.2 | 399.4 | 325.4 | 353.2 | 382.1 | 395.9 | 395.6 | 399.4 | 7 |
| Security brokers and dealers; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 129.7 | 91.8 | 90.2 | 112.4 | 123.9 | 96.1 | 112.4 | 122.7 | 113.4 | 123.9 | 123.9 | 8 |
| Holding companies; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 982.2 | 890.6 | 1103.2 | 1095.6 | 1123.1 | 1071.3 | 1095.6 | 1107.6 | 1129.4 | 1125.9 | 1123.1 | 9 |
| 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 | 595.1 | 580.8 | 572.9 | 571.0 | 588.8 | 586.7 | 595.1 | 10 |
| Rest of the world; bonds; liability | 1677.6 | 1913.6 | 2186.5 | 2250.4 | 2412.5 | 2207.2 | 2250.4 | 2309.8 | 2446.9 | 2459.0 | 2412.5 | 11 |
| All sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; liability | 10337.1 | 10424.6 | 10919.0 | 11108.9 | 11569.1 | 10977.9 | 11108.9 | 11235.7 | 11459.5 | 11517.5 | 11569.1 | 12 |
| Households and nonprofit organizations; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 1361.5 | 1352.9 | 1245.4 | 1014.4 | 949.2 | 979.5 | 1014.4 | 966.9 | 982.2 | 981.8 | 949.2 | 13 |
| Federal government; corporate bonds issued by commercial banking under TARP; asset | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 14 |
| State and local governments, excluding employee retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 165.5 | 163.1 | 166.7 | 169.2 | 169.3 | 169.3 | 169.2 | 171.7 | 170.1 | 168.1 | 169.3 | 15 |
| U.S.-chartered depository institutions, including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 550.5 | 553.0 | 544.0 | 559.2 | 521.7 | 555.8 | 559.2 | 540.2 | 540.7 | 520.1 | 521.7 | 16 |
| U.S.-chartered depository institutions; private MBS and CMOs; asset | 174.9 | 150.1 | 149.1 | 147.7 | 139.1 | 147.4 | 147.7 | 141.9 | 143.1 | 139.1 | 139.1 | 17 |
| 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 | 382.6 | 408.3 | 411.4 | 398.3 | 397.6 | 381.0 | 382.6 | 18 |
| Foreign banking offices in the U.S., including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 238.2 | 236.7 | 230.5 | 196.4 | 197.3 | 203.1 | 196.4 | 200.5 | 200.8 | 198.9 | 197.3 | 19 |
| Banks in U.S.-affiliated areas; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 0.6 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 20 |
| Credit unions; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 21 |
| Credit unions; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 9.7 | 22 |
| 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 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 23 |
| Property-casualty insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 322.6 | 363.1 | 382.7 | 406.9 | 416.0 | 401.2 | 406.9 | 407.0 | 408.4 | 414.8 | 416.0 | 24 |
| Property-casualty insurance companies; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 0.0 | 71.3 | 74.5 | 83.2 | 83.9 | 80.0 | 83.2 | 83.1 | 83.1 | 83.9 | 83.9 | 25 |
| 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 | 332.0 | 321.2 | 323.7 | 323.9 | 325.2 | 330.9 | 332.0 | 26 |
| Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 2030.2 | 2117.3 | 2162.2 | 2223.0 | 2316.2 | 2205.5 | 2223.0 | 2248.0 | 2269.9 | 2294.3 | 2316.2 | 27 |
| Life insurance companies, general accounts; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 0.0 | 434.9 | 410.6 | 419.7 | 436.4 | 417.4 | 419.7 | 425.2 | 429.7 | 432.8 | 436.4 | 28 |
| 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 | 1879.9 | 1788.1 | 1803.3 | 1822.8 | 1840.2 | 1861.5 | 1879.9 | 29 |
| Private pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 438.5 | 483.0 | 566.8 | 572.3 | 585.3 | 569.7 | 572.3 | 567.6 | 577.0 | 582.8 | 585.3 | 30 |
| Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 5.9 | 7.3 | 9.0 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 31 |
| State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; domestic corporate bonds; asset | 397.0 | 386.1 | 356.8 | 386.3 | 428.5 | 370.1 | 386.3 | 395.5 | 421.5 | 418.9 | 428.5 | 32 |
| Money market mutual funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 154.2 | 105.1 | 102.1 | 102.0 | 78.3 | 89.1 | 102.0 | 88.8 | 66.4 | 71.1 | 78.3 | 33 |
| Mutual funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 1243.0 | 1413.4 | 1719.4 | 1998.8 | 2311.7 | 1947.3 | 1998.8 | 2067.5 | 2180.8 | 2240.9 | 2311.7 | 34 |
| Closed-end funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 59.7 | 57.3 | 64.8 | 79.4 | 75.2 | 78.4 | 79.4 | 78.7 | 78.7 | 77.8 | 75.2 | 35 |
| Exchange-traded funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 74.1 | 107.7 | 155.3 | 174.8 | 209.6 | 170.4 | 174.8 | 183.2 | 190.7 | 194.7 | 209.6 | 36 |
| Government-sponsored enterprises; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 266.5 | 235.7 | 185.7 | 126.3 | 97.4 | 139.1 | 126.3 | 120.1 | 109.4 | 101.4 | 97.4 | 37 |
| Government-sponsored enterprises; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset | 241.6 | 209.5 | 178.3 | 119.4 | 90.7 | 132.1 | 119.4 | 113.4 | 102.9 | 95.1 | 90.7 | 38 |
| 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 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 39 |
| Finance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 84.1 | 85.0 | 78.7 | 67.9 | 74.0 | 70.0 | 67.9 | 71.8 | 72.5 | 69.9 | 74.0 | 40 |
| Real estate investment trusts; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 23.2 | 27.0 | 36.5 | 36.3 | 37.8 | 40.0 | 36.3 | 37.8 | 37.2 | 36.9 | 37.8 | 41 |
| Security brokers and dealers; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 189.5 | 104.5 | 140.0 | 128.9 | 122.2 | 134.1 | 128.9 | 128.1 | 135.2 | 134.1 | 122.2 | 42 |
| Holding companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 38.3 | 18.3 | 72.7 | 31.5 | 34.1 | 71.1 | 31.5 | 29.8 | 31.2 | 37.6 | 34.1 | 43 |
| Funding corporations; corporate and foreign bonds, including financial stabilization programs; asset | 163.4 | 105.8 | 69.6 | 78.4 | 83.1 | 81.3 | 78.4 | 90.4 | 85.9 | 84.6 | 83.1 | 44 |
| Rest of the world; corporate and foreign bonds; asset | 2523.1 | 2491.0 | 2617.6 | 2734.0 | 2839.4 | 2680.4 | 2734.0 | 2818.7 | 2877.6 | 2866.9 | 2839.4 | 45 |
| 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 | 385.3 | 398.9 | 394.9 | 393.3 | 392.6 | 383.0 | 385.3 | 46 |
| 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 | 2454.1 | 2281.5 | 2339.1 | 2425.4 | 2484.9 | 2483.9 | 2454.1 | 47 |
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