F.213 Corporate and Foreign Bonds
Billions of dollars; quarterly figures are seasonally adjusted annual rates
Description Series code 2018 2019 2020 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2020 Q1 2020 Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4 Line
All sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FA893163005 363.6 486.7 996.3 616.9 336.0 836.0 2550.7 222.7 375.9 1
Nonfinancial corporate business; corporate bonds; liability FA103163003 148.1 257.0 741.5 367.5 -2.4 753.7 1758.5 346.1 107.6 2
Domestic financial sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FA793163005 76.4 155.4 266.2 234.9 1.1 685.5 440.2 -193.8 132.9 3
U.S.-chartered depository institutions; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FA763163005 12.3 -18.7 26.1 -41.2 1.1 46.5 19.3 16.6 21.9 4
Issuers of asset-backed securities; corporate and foreign bonds; liability (1) FA673163005 -3.7 72.8 24.8 142.6 65.2 170.2 -39.6 -18.5 -12.8 5
Finance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FA613163005 51.6 -42.7 2.7 43.0 -73.6 103.1 2.3 -111.9 17.4 6
Real estate investment trusts; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FA643163005 31.0 69.3 46.6 75.6 71.8 -39.8 147.7 32.5 45.9 7
Security brokers and dealers; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FA663163003 -1.7 -10.0 9.9 -90.1 -37.4 331.7 -308.7 -57.2 73.8 8
Holding companies; corporate and foreign bonds; liability FA733163003 -48.4 41.0 132.3 -18.7 -97.2 371.8 276.9 -146.2 26.8 9
Other financial business; corporate and foreign bonds where the proceeds are down-streamed to broker-dealer subsidiaries by investment banks that are holding-company parents; liability FA503163005 35.3 43.7 23.8 123.8 71.1 -298.0 342.4 90.8 -40.1 10
Rest of the world; bonds; liability (2) FA263163005 139.0 74.3 -11.4 14.5 337.4 -603.2 351.9 70.4 135.3 11
All sectors; corporate and foreign bonds; asset (3) FA893063005 363.6 486.7 996.3 616.9 336.0 836.0 2550.7 222.7 375.9 12
Households and nonprofit organizations; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA153063005 75.7 55.9 -56.6 5.0 71.8 497.2 427.1 -888.0 -262.7 13
Federal government; corporate bonds issued by commercial banking under TARP; asset FA313063763 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14
State and local governments; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA213063003 14.6 -3.3 6.8 -2.4 2.9 30.9 24.0 -30.3 2.5 15
U.S.-chartered depository institutions, including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA763063005 -37.9 44.1 2.1 20.6 -6.5 -134.5 134.4 130.8 -122.6 16
U.S.-chartered depository institutions; private MBS and CMOs; asset FA763063605 -5.2 6.3 3.8 7.1 4.3 22.6 6.9 -8.3 -6.0 17
U.S.-chartered depository institutions, including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding private MBS and CMOs; asset FA763063095 -32.7 37.8 -1.7 13.4 -10.7 -157.0 127.6 139.1 -116.5 18
Foreign banking offices in the U.S., including IBFs; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA753063005 -0.6 -29.1 6.8 -13.1 -62.6 145.9 -85.4 -15.9 -17.4 19
Banks in U.S.-affiliated areas; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA743063005 -0.1 7.7 3.8 12.9 -0.9 13.9 -4.0 -0.2 5.4 20
Credit unions; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA473063005 0.4 1.1 2.6 0.5 1.0 10.6 -1.7 1.7 -0.2 21
Credit unions; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset FA473063605 0.2 1.2 2.5 0.4 1.2 10.2 -1.5 1.5 0.0 22
Credit unions; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset FA473063095 0.2 -0.0 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.4 -0.1 0.2 -0.2 23
Property-casualty insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds, including those held by U.S. residual market reinsurers; asset FA513063005 56.6 34.7 61.5 54.2 -2.9 66.4 59.4 57.2 63.0 24
Property-casualty insurance companies; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds, including those held by U.S. residual market reinsurers; asset FA513063605 12.9 8.0 15.2 12.5 -0.7 15.5 13.9 13.4 18.2 25
Property-casualty insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset FA513063095 43.7 26.7 46.3 41.7 -2.2 50.9 45.5 43.9 44.8 26
Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA543063005 123.7 137.6 254.2 186.5 23.4 316.2 232.2 287.8 180.6 27
Life insurance companies, general accounts; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds, including those held by U.S. captive reinsurers; asset FA543063675 23.1 23.4 43.7 28.6 8.9 42.2 37.6 43.4 51.7 28
Life insurance companies; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset FA543063095 100.5 114.2 210.5 157.9 14.5 274.0 194.7 244.4 128.9 29
Private pension funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA573063005 48.6 39.6 82.8 94.9 82.6 7.3 142.9 67.5 113.6 30
Federal government retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA343063005 0.2 1.3 1.1 1.6 1.2 -4.5 3.1 3.5 2.2 31
State and local government employee defined benefit retirement funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA223063045 -7.5 -103.4 4.9 7.8 -112.2 95.3 91.2 -49.9 -117.0 32
Money market funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA633063005 -1.1 11.0 -5.9 17.6 9.6 -19.0 -4.2 14.4 -14.8 33
Mutual funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset (market value) FA653063005 115.2 64.0 258.1 4.5 65.0 -82.3 480.7 407.7 226.3 34
Closed-end funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA553063003 0.5 2.0 0.2 1.9 0.7 6.1 -1.3 -0.6 -3.2 35
Exchange-traded funds; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA563063003 33.6 93.7 155.0 95.5 111.9 -42.4 295.1 194.8 172.6 36
Government-sponsored enterprises; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA403063005 -6.0 -2.7 -2.3 -3.0 -2.9 -4.5 0.1 -2.9 -2.2 37
Government-sponsored enterprises; mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset FA403063605 -5.6 -2.3 -2.1 -2.6 -2.5 -4.1 0.5 -2.6 -2.2 38
Government-sponsored enterprises; corporate and foreign bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset FA403063095 -0.4 -0.4 -0.2 -0.4 -0.4 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.0 39
Finance companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA613063003 -4.5 -0.5 8.9 10.4 12.5 7.4 16.4 9.8 2.0 40
Real estate investment trusts; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA643063005 11.4 -3.4 -24.6 -6.3 12.7 -54.9 -29.0 -15.9 1.3 41
Security brokers and dealers; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA663063005 0.5 -22.0 4.2 36.0 -56.6 34.2 -32.0 61.8 -47.1 42
Holding companies; corporate and foreign bonds; asset FA733063003 4.5 5.0 -3.2 8.3 -4.0 -0.6 11.3 -26.1 2.6 43
Other financial business; corporate and foreign bonds, including financial stabilization programs; asset FA503063005 -1.9 0.2 12.4 3.5 -12.4 23.4 8.5 -2.0 19.5 44
Rest of the world; corporate bonds; asset (4) FA263063005 -62.2 153.1 223.7 80.1 201.8 -76.1 781.9 17.4 171.6 45
Rest of the world; U.S. mortgage-backed securities and other U.S. asset-backed bonds; asset FA263063603 -2.7 -1.9 30.9 -12.2 7.9 -32.7 -12.0 54.4 114.0 46
Rest of the world: U.S. corporate bonds, excluding mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed bonds; asset FA263063095 -59.6 154.9 192.8 92.3 193.9 -43.4 793.9 -37.0 57.6 47

NOTES

  1. Net issuance less net acquisition of corporate bonds held as assets.
  2. Net purchases of foreign issues by U.S. residents.
  3. For some sectors, purchases of MBS and other ABS are shown separately. MBS and other ABS include privately issued mortgage-backed securities and other privately issued asset-backed bonds.
  4. Net purchases of U.S. issues by foreign residents.
Last Update: March 11, 2021