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BULLETIN

MARCH 2009

FEATURES
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Contents
FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
PROFILE OF THE ECONOMY
Analysis.—Summary of Economic Indicators....................................................................................................................... 3
FEDERAL FISCAL OPERATIONS
Introduction.—Federal Fiscal Operations.............................................................................................................................. 8
Analysis.—Budget Results and Financing of the U.S. Government and First-Quarter Receipts by Source ......................... 9
FFO-A.—Chart: Monthly Receipts and Outlays ................................................................................................................ 11
FFO-B.—Chart: Budget Receipts by Source....................................................................................................................... 11
FFO-1.—Summary of Fiscal Operations ............................................................................................................................. 12
FFO-2.—On-Budget and Off-Budget Receipts by Source .................................................................................................. 13
FFO-3.—On-Budget and Off-Budget Outlays by Agency .................................................................................................. 15
FFO-4.—Summary of U.S. Government Receipts by Source and Outlays by Agency ....................................................... 17
ACCOUNT OF THE U.S. TREASURY
Introduction.— Source and Availability of the Balance in the Account of the U.S. Treasury ............................................ 18
UST-1.—Elements of Change in Federal Reserve and Tax and Loan Note Account Balances .......................................... 18
FEDERAL DEBT
Introduction.—Federal Debt................................................................................................................................................ 20
FD-1.—Summary of Federal Debt ...................................................................................................................................... 21
FD-2.—Debt Held by the Public ......................................................................................................................................... 22
FD-3.—Government Account Series................................................................................................................................... 23
FD-4.—Interest-Bearing Securities Issued by Government Agencies................................................................................. 24
FD-5.—Maturity Distribution and Average Length of Marketable Interest-Bearing Public Debt Held by
Private Investors .................................................................................................................................................... 25
FD-6.—Debt Subject to Statutory Limit.............................................................................................................................. 26
FD-7.—Treasury Holdings of Securities Issued by Government Corporations and Other Agencies .................................. 27
PUBLIC DEBT OPERATIONS
Introduction.—Public Debt Operations ............................................................................................................................... 29
TREASURY FINANCING ................................................................................................................................................. 30
PDO-1.—Offerings of Regular Weekly Treasury Bills....................................................................................................... 36
PDO-2.—Offerings of Marketable Securities Other than Regular Weekly Treasury Bills ................................................. 37
OWNERSHIP OF FEDERAL SECURITIES
Introduction.—Ownership of Federal Securities ................................................................................................................. 38
OFS-1.—Distribution of Federal Securities by Class of Investors and Type of Issues ....................................................... 39
OFS-2.—Estimated Ownership of U.S. Treasury Securities ............................................................................................... 40
MARKET YIELDS
Introduction.—Market Yields.............................................................................................................................................. 41
MY-1.—Treasury Market Bid Yields at Constant Maturities: Bills, Notes, and Bonds...................................................... 41
U.S. CURRENCY AND COIN OUTSTANDING AND IN CIRCULATION
Introduction.—U.S. Currency and Coin Outstanding and in Circulation ............................................................................ 42
USCC-1.—Amounts Outstanding and in Circulation; Currency, Coins.............................................................................. 42
USCC-2.—Amounts Outstanding and in Circulation; by Denomination, Per Capita Comparative Totals ......................... 43

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INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS
Introduction.—International Financial Statistics ................................................................................................................. 47
IFS-1.—U.S. Reserve Assets............................................................................................................................................... 47
IFS-2.—Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreigners .................................................................................................................. 48
IFS-3.—Nonmarketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes Issued to Official Institutions and Other
Residents of Foreign Countries.............................................................................................................................. 49
CAPITAL MOVEMENTS
Introduction.—Capital Movements ..................................................................................................................................... 50
SECTION I.—Liabilities to Foreigners Reported by Banks in the United States
CM-I-1.—Total Liabilities by Type and Holder.................................................................................................................. 53
CM-I-2.—Total Liabilities by Country................................................................................................................................ 54
CM-I-3.—Total Liabilities by Type and Country................................................................................................................ 56
CM-A.—Chart: U.S. Liabilities to Foreigners Reported by U.S. Banks, Brokers, and Dealers
with Respect to Selected Countries...................................................................................................................... 58
SECTION II.—Claims on Foreigners Reported by Banks in the United States
CM-II-1.—Total Claims by Type ........................................................................................................................................ 59
CM-II-2.—Total Claims by Country ................................................................................................................................... 60
CM-II-3.—Total Claims on Foreigners by Type and Country ............................................................................................ 62
CM-B.—Chart: U.S. Claims on Foreigners Reported by U.S. Banks, Brokers, and Dealers
with Respect to Selected Countries...................................................................................................................... 64
SECTION III.—Liabilities to, and Claims on, Foreigners Reported by Nonbanking Business Enterprises
in the United States
CM-III-1.—Total Liabilities and Claims by Type............................................................................................................... 65
CM-III-2.—Total Liabilities to Unaffiliated Foreigners by Country................................................................................... 66
CM-III-3.—Total Claims on Unaffiliated Foreigners by Country....................................................................................... 68
CM-III-4.—Total Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners, by Type and Country ........................................ 70
SECTION IV.—U.S. International Transactions in Long-Term Securities
CM-IV-1.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic Securities by Type ............................................ 72
CM-IV-2.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Foreign Securities by Type ............................................... 73
CM-IV-3.—Net Foreign Transactions in Long-Term Domestic Securities by Type and Country...................................... 74
CM-IV-4.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic and Foreign Securities, by Type
and Country, during (fourth quarter)................................................................................................................. 76
CM-IV-5.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic and Foreign Securities, by Type
and Country, during (calendar year) ................................................................................................................. 78
CM-C.—Chart: Net Purchases of Long-Term Domestic Securities by Foreigners, Selected Countries ............................. 80
CM-D.—Chart: Net Purchases of Long-Term Foreign Securities by U.S. Investors .......................................................... 81
SECTION V.—Holdings of, and Transactions in, Derivatives Contracts with Foreigners Reported by
Businesses in the United States
CM-V-1.—Gross Totals of Holdings with Positive and Negative Fair Values by Type of Contract .................................. 82
CM-V-2.—Gross Total of Holdings with Negative Fair Values, by Country ..................................................................... 83
CM-V-3.—Gross Total of Holdings with Positive Fair Values, by Country....................................................................... 84
CM-V-4.—Net Cash Settlements Received by U.S. Residents from Foreign Residents, by Type of Contract................... 85
CM-V-5.—Net Cash Settlements Received by U.S. Residents from Foreign Residents, by Type of Country .................. 86

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Contents
FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS
Introduction.—Foreign Currency Positions......................................................................................................................... 87
SECTION I.—Canadian Dollar Positions
FCP-I-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants.................................................................................................... 88
FCP-I-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants .................................................................................................. 89
FCP-I-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants ................................................................................................. 89
SECTION II.—Japanese Yen Positions
FCP-II-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants................................................................................................... 90
FCP-II-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants ................................................................................................. 91
FCP-II-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants ................................................................................................ 91
SECTION III.—Swiss Franc Positions
FCP-III-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants ................................................................................................. 92
FCP-III-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants................................................................................................ 93
FCP-III-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants............................................................................................... 93
SECTION IV.—Sterling Positions
FCP-IV-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants ................................................................................................. 94
FCP-IV-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants................................................................................................ 95
FCP-IV-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants............................................................................................... 95
SECTION V.—U.S. Dollar Positions
FCP-V-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants .................................................................................................. 96
FCP-V-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants ................................................................................................. 97
FCP-V-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants................................................................................................ 97
SECTION VI.—Euro Positions
FCP-VI-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants ................................................................................................. 98
FCP-VI-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants................................................................................................ 99
FCP-VI-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants............................................................................................... 99
EXCHANGE STABILIZATION FUND
Introduction.—Exchange Stabilization Fund..................................................................................................................... 100
ESF-1.—Balance Sheet ..................................................................................................................................................... 100
ESF-2.—Income and Expense ........................................................................................................................................... 101

SPECIAL REPORTS
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, EXCERPT
Introduction.—Financial Report Excerpt........................................................................................................................... 105
Financial Report Excerpt ................................................................................................................................................... 106
TRUST FUNDS
Introduction.—Airport and Airway Trust Fund................................................................................................................. 119
TF-1.—Airport and Airway Trust Fund ............................................................................................................................ 120
Introduction.—Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund....................................................... 121
TF-2.—Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund................................................................... 122
Introduction.—Black Lung Disability Trust Fund............................................................................................................. 123
TF-3.—Black Lung Disability Trust Fund ........................................................................................................................ 123
Introduction.—Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund ............................................................................................................... 125

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Contents
TF-4.—Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund ........................................................................................................................... 125
Introduction.—Hazardous Substance Superfund............................................................................................................... 127
TF-5.—Hazardous Substance Superfund........................................................................................................................... 127
Introduction.—Highway Trust Fund ................................................................................................................................. 129
TF-6.—Highway Trust Fund ............................................................................................................................................. 130
Introduction.—Inland Waterways Trust Fund ................................................................................................................... 133
TF-7.—Inland Waterways Trust Fund............................................................................................................................... 133
Introduction.—Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund....................................................................................... 134
TF-8.—Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund .................................................................................................. 134
Introduction.—Nuclear Waste Fund.................................................................................................................................. 135
TF-9.—Nuclear Waste Fund.............................................................................................................................................. 135
TF-A.—Chart: Major Trust Funds, Interest on Investments.............................................................................................. 136
TF-B.—Chart: Major Trust Funds, Receipts and Expenses .............................................................................................. 136
Introduction.—Reforestation Trust Fund........................................................................................................................... 137
TF-10.—Reforestation Trust Fund .................................................................................................................................... 137
Introduction.— Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Safety Trust Fund............................................................................ 138
TF-11.—Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Safety Trust Fund....................................................................................... 139
Introduction.—Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.................................................................................................................... 141
TF-12.—Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund ............................................................................................................................. 142
Introduction.—Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund ................................................................................................ 143
TF-13.—Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund .......................................................................................................... 143
Introduction.—Wool Research, Development, and Promotion Trust Fund....................................................................... 144
TF-14.—Wool Research, Development, and Promotion Trust Fund................................................................................. 144
RESEARCH PAPER SERIES........................................................................................................................................... 145
GLOSSARY ...................................................................................................................................................................... 147
ORDER FORM FOR TREASURY PUBLICATIONS ............................................................................... Inside back cover
NOTES: Definitions for words shown in italics can be found in the glossary; Figures may not add to totals because of
rounding; p = Preliminary; n.a. = Not available; r = Revised.

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Nonquarterly Tables and Reports
For the convenience of the “Treasury Bulletin” user, nonquarterly tables and reports
are listed below along with the issues in which they appear.

March

Issues
June
Sept.

Dec.

Federal Fiscal Operations
FFO-5.—Internal Revenue Receipts by State...........................................................

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FFO-6.—Customs and Border Protection Collection of Duties, Taxes and Fees
by Districts and Ports...............................................................................

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Special Reports
Financial Report of the United States Government excerpt......................................

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Trust Fund Reports:
Airport and Airway Trust Fund ........................................................................

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Black Lung Disability Trust Fund ....................................................................

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Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund .......................................................................

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Hazardous Substance Superfund.......................................................................

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Highway Trust Fund .........................................................................................

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Inland Waterways Trust Fund...........................................................................

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Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund ..............................................

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Nuclear Waste Fund..........................................................................................

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Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund ...........................................................................

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Reforestation Trust Fund ..................................................................................

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Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund................................................

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Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund...............

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Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund ........................................................

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Wool Research, Development, and Promotion Trust Fund...............................

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OPERATIONS
Profile of the Economy
Federal Fiscal Operations
Account of the U.S. Treasury
Federal Debt
Public Debt Operations
U.S. Savings Bonds and Notes
Ownership of Federal Securities
Market Yields
U.S. Currency and Coin Outstanding
and in Circulation

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Profile of the Economy
[Source: Office of Macroeconomic Analysis]
As of February 6, 2009

Introduction

Growth of Real GDP
(Quarterly percent change at annual rate)

In early December 2008, the National Bureau of
Economic Research (NBER) announced its determination
that the U.S. economy had been in recession since December
2007, notwithstanding the positive growth in real gross
domestic product (GDP) registered during the first two
quarters of 2008. The December 2007 business cycle peak
marked the end of a 73-month expansion that began in
November 2001. The previous expansion, which began in
March 1991 and peaked in March 2001, had lasted 120
months.
Growth in the U.S. economy had been on a slower path
since late 2007, but turned slightly negative in the third
quarter of 2008, and steeply negative in the fourth quarter.
Labor market conditions, consumer spending, and business
investment have all declined sharply, and export growth,
once a bright spot in the economy, has also slowed
dramatically with falling demand in global markets.
Headline inflation, which peaked in July 2008 on the back of
rising energy and other commodity prices, retreated sharply
during the latter half of last year, and most recently, the
headline consumer price level has fallen sharply. Core
inflation (a measure excluding food and energy) has
remained relatively contained, falling to the lower end of
recent ranges last December. Conditions in housing and
financial markets continued to deteriorate, but very late in
2008 and in early 2009, credit conditions showed some signs
of improvement. Stock market indexes dropped significantly
in 2008 and have continued to trend downwards early this
year. Private analysts predict that the economy will remain
very weak in the first half of 2009, but start to pick up in the
third and fourth quarters.

Growth
Growth in the U.S. economy stalled in the fourth quarter
of 2007, the quarter in which the NBER dated the start of the
current recession. Still, the economy grew by a quarterly
average of nearly 1.9 percent during the first two quarters of
2008, fueled in part by a significant improvement in net
exports as well as fiscal stimulus-supported personal
consumption. It contracted in the final two quarters, and
edged down 0.2 percent over the whole year, the first fourquarter decline since 1991. In the third quarter of 2008, real
GDP fell by 0.5 percent at an annual rate, due to a drop in
consumer spending. In the fourth quarter of last year, real
GDP fell by 3.8 percent–the largest quarterly decline since
1982. In that quarter, consumer spending declined and
residential investment fell for the 12th straight quarter, while
business investment fell sharply. Net exports declined

10.0
8.0
6.0

3.6
3.8
3.5
3.02.6
4.0 3.0
2.5
1.3

2.0

4.8

4.8 4.8
2.7
1.5
0.8

2.8
0.9

0.1

0.0
-0.2

-2.0
-4.0

-0.5

-3.8

-6.0
2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

slightly, and government spending grew modestly. The only
sizeable offset to widespread weakening came from a large
inventory build in the fourth quarter.
Growth of consumer spending–which accounts for about
70 percent of GDP–began to slow in the spring of 2007.
Spending growth averaged about 1 percent at an annual rate
in the first half of 2008, but turned sharply negative in the
latter half of last year, declining by 3.8 percent in the third
quarter and by 3.5 percent in the fourth quarter–these were
the first declines in consumer spending since the 1990-91
recession. The decline in consumer spending subtracted 2.5
percentage points from real GDP growth in the fourth
quarter. Over the entire year, consumption fell 1.3 percent,
marking the largest four-quarter drop since 1974.
Residential
investment–mostly
residential
homebuilding–accounts for only about 3-1/2 percent of
GDP, but the ongoing decline in this sector has been a
significant drag on real GDP growth since early 2006. In the
fourth quarter of 2008, residential investment plunged 23.6
percent, the 12th straight quarterly decline, and subtracted 0.8
percentage point from real GDP growth, roughly matching
the average quarterly subtraction from this component since
the start of 2006. In 2009, the housing market is expected to
weigh further on real GDP growth. Home sales remain
sluggish, and inventories of unsold homes are at historically
high levels. Housing starts and building permits are down
sharply. Single-family starts and permits plunged to record
lows in December 2008. The level of permits remained
below starts for the 23rd straight month, suggesting further
declines in new residential construction lie ahead.
Homebuilder optimism is at an all-time low.

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PROFILE OF THE ECONOMY

House prices continued to fall, weighed down by the
elevated inventory of homes on the market. According to the
Federal Housing Financing Authority, prices for purchased
homes fell 8.7 percent over the year ending in November
2008. Other measures, such as the Standard & Poor’s
(S&P)/Case-Shiller indexes, indicate that home prices are
declining in most major U.S. cities. The Case-Shiller 20-city
index is down 18 percent over the year through November
2008, and is 25 percent below its mid-2006 peak.
Mortgage delinquencies rose to an all-time high in the
third quarter, although the nationwide foreclosure rate
flattened out at a record level of 1.2 percent. Subprime
adjustable rate mortgages remain largely responsible for the
record foreclosure rate; however, foreclosure starts on prime
loans have continued to rise as credit difficulties have spilled
over to high-quality loans.
Business activity outside of homebuilding also slowed in
2008 compared with 2007. After growing by 6.4 percent in
2007 and by roughly 2.5 percent at an annual rate in the first
half of 2008, nonresidential fixed investment–about 10
percent of GDP–declined by 1.7 percent in the third quarter
and then dropped by about 19 percent in the fourth quarter.
The fourth quarter plunge was the largest since the mid1970s, and reflected the first decline in outlays for business
structures in almost 3 years, and the largest decline in
spending on equipment and software since 1958. Inventory
investment contributed 0.8 percentage point to the third
quarter real GDP growth and a more substantial 1.3 percent
in the fourth quarter. Nonetheless, the fourth quarter
inventory build may have reflected an unintended
accumulation due to falling consumption and investment,
which would point to lower growth or a steeper decline in
the first quarter of this year.
Export growth had been a key driver of growth for the
six quarters prior to the final quarter of last year, when the
contribution of this component declined significantly. The
latter trend is expected to continue this year, given slowing
growth and recession in overseas markets. Exports account
for about 12 percent of GDP, while imports, which are
subtracted from GDP, account for about 17 percent. Real
exports fell nearly 20 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008,

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year-over-year, after growing 3.0 percent in the third quarter
and 10 to 11 percent in the first two quarters of the year.
Real imports declined nearly 16 percent over the last four
quarters, the largest decline in imports since mid-1980. As a
result, net exports contributed only 0.1 percentage points to
fourth quarter growth in real GDP–far less than the boosts of
roughly 1 to 3 percent in the previous three quarters.
Public sector purchases–which account for roughly 20
percent of GDP–grew 1.9 percent at an annual rate in the
fourth quarter, slowing from the third quarter’s 5.8 percent
rate and contributing only 0.4 percent to real GDP growth.
Federal spending grew 5.8 percent in the fourth quarter,
slowing considerably from the 13.8 percent pace of the
previous quarter. State and local government finances
continued to deteriorate, with spending down 0.5 percent in
the final quarter of last year, after growing by an average of
nearly 2 percent in the previous two quarters.

Labor Markets
Labor market conditions have weakened noticeably since
late 2007–since the recession began in December 2007, a
total of 3.6 million jobs have been lost. On a percentage
basis, the 13-month decline is the largest since 1982.
Nonfarm payrolls fell by an average of 180,000 per month
during the first three quarters of 2008, then plunged by an
average of 518,000 per month in the final quarter. Job losses
have been spread broadly across most sectors.
Manufacturing has lost two million jobs since December
2007, and construction has cut 781,000 jobs. However, a few
sectors have continued to see job growth, including health
care and education, which together added about 573,000
jobs to payrolls between December 2007 and January 2009.
The unemployment rate has trended higher, with more
noticeable increases over the past 6 months: unemployment
jumped to 7.6 percent in January 2009, the highest rate since
September 1992, and was 3.2 percentage points above the
March 2007 low of 4.4 percent. Payroll employment fell by
598,000 in January 2009, the largest 1-month decline since
December 1974.

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5

Payroll Employment
(Average monthly change in thousands
from end of quarter to end of quarter)

Unemployment Rate
(Percent)

400
257

300

230

200 151

206

8.0

255

206
151
88

100

7.5
109 105

71 80

Jan. 2009
7.6%

7.0
6.5

0
-100

-113

-200

6.0
-153

5.5

-208

-300

5.0

-400

4.5

-500
-518

-600

4.0
3.5

-700
I

II III IV I
2005

II III IV
2006

I

II III IV I
2007

00

II III IV

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

2008

Inflation
Rising food prices and the energy price surge through the
middle of last year boosted headline inflation, which peaked
at 5.6 percent in the 12 months through July 2008 and has
since retreated sharply. Headline consumer prices rose 0.1
percent in the year ending December 2008, plummeting
from the 4.1 percent year-earlier pace and representing the
smallest yearly rise since 1955. Fluctuations in headline
consumer prices have mainly reflected changes in energy
and food prices, which are volatile, and more recently,
slowing consumer and business spending as well. In fact,
for the 3 months ending in December 2008, headline
consumer prices fell by 12.7 percent at an annual rate. Core
consumer prices (excluding food and energy) rose by 1.8
percent in the latest year, slowing from the 2.4 percent pace
in 2007. This was the smallest increase in the core measure
since 2003. In the 3 months ending in December 2008, core
prices declined by 0.3 percent. The personal consumption
expenditures (PCE) price deflator rose 0.6 percent in the
year ending in December 2008, down significantly from the
3.5 percent rate posted a year earlier. The core PCE price
deflator also slowed, rising 1.7 percent in the 12 months
through December 2008, below its year-earlier increase of
2.3 percent.
Energy prices reached record highs in mid-summer, but
have fallen sharply since then. The retail price of regular
gasoline–which hit a record of $4.11 per gallon in early
July–stood at $1.84 per gallon in the week ended January

26–a level not seen since early 1994. The front-month
futures price for West Texas Intermediate crude oil traded to
a record $147 per barrel in mid-July, but has since dropped
by more than $100 to roughly $42 per barrel in late January.
Compared with 1 year ago, oil prices are now about $45 per
barrel lower.

Consumer Prices
(Percent change from a year earlier)

7
Food

6
5
4
3
2
1
Excluding food and energy

Total

0
98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

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Food prices began rising much more rapidly in early
2007 and continued to accelerate in 2008, remaining above
the overall inflation rate. Consumer food prices rose by 5.9
percent in the 12 months through December, above the 4.9
percent increase of a year-earlier, which itself was markedly
above the 2.1 percent increase for the year ending December
2006. Most recently, however, food prices edged down 0.1
percent in December 2008, the first decline since April 2006.

Federal Budget
The federal budget deficit widened to $455 billion in
fiscal year 2008 (3.2 percent of GDP), following 3 years of
improvement that had trimmed the deficit to $162 billion
(1.2 percent of GDP) in fiscal year 2007. Stimulus payments
associated with the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 as well
as the weak economy were partly responsible for the
increase in the fiscal year 2008 deficit.
The budget deficit will continue to grow in fiscal year
2009 as expenditures rise sharply and receipts are depressed
by falling employment and income as well as declining asset
values. The increase in federal spending due to the Troubled
Assets Relief Program (TARP) outlays, and expenditures
associated with a new stimulus package, are expected to
push the federal deficit to a record level in fiscal year 2009,
both in absolute terms and as a share of GDP. In early
January 2009, the Congressional Budget Office estimated
that the fiscal year 2009 deficit will exceed $1.2 trillion,
equivalent to more than 8 percent of GDP.

Financial Markets
Financial markets came under unprecedented stress last
fall, but a wide range of measures have been taken as part of
the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, enacted
in early October. For example, the Capital Purchase Program
has allocated nearly $195 billion in funds from the TARP to
a broad array of financial institutions. Several additional
programs have been put in place to help normalize credit
markets and prevent disruption in financial markets and the
broader economy.
Partly in response to rising financial market stress as well
as signs of more slowing in the broader economy, the
Federal Reserve began easing monetary policy in August
2007, and has since cut the federal funds rate target by 525
basis points. That amount represents the lower bound of the
range of 0 percent to 0.25 percent set at the December 2008
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, which
brought the target to its lowest level in history. The target
range was maintained at the FOMC’s most recent meeting in
late January, when the Committee observed downside risks
to inflation as well as growth. In addition, the Federal
Reserve has greatly expanded its tools to increase liquidity
in credit markets and ease lending terms to sectors that need
a temporary injection. These include the Asset-Backed
Commercial Paper Monetary Market Mutual Fund Liquidity
Facility, the Commercial Paper Funding Facility, the Money

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Market Investor Funding Facility, the Primary Dealer Credit
Facility, and the Term Securities Lending Facility. Although
these facilities were set to expire this Spring, the Federal
Reserve extended the programs through October 30, 2009.
The expiration date of the Term Asset-Backed Securities
Loan Facility remains until December 31, 2009, and other
liquidity facilities, such as the Term Auction Facility, do not
have a fixed expiration date. Finally, last October, the
Federal Reserve announced that it would pay interest on
member banks’ required reserves.
Equity market indexes fell very sharply last year, and
volatility rose to record levels. The S&P 500 index declined
38.5 percent last year, compared with a 3.5 percent gain in
2007. The loss was the largest since 1931, when an earlier
version of the index (containing only 90 stocks) dropped 47
percent. As of early February, the S&P was down another 5
percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) declined
33.8 percent in 2008, after rising by 6.4 percent in 2007. So
far this year, the DJIA has declined by about 8 percent. The
S&P stock market volatility index (VIX), often used as a
measure of financial market uncertainty, surged to an alltime high of 80 percent in late October, after hovering in a
range of 20 to 30 percent for most of 2008. The VIX remains
elevated, but has since retreated to about 43 percent as of
early February.
Long-term Treasury interest rates have been buffeted by
a variety of factors, including flight-to-quality flows in
response to financial market pressures as well as concerns
about the increase in supply that will be necessary to fund
the Treasury’s emergency support programs. For most of last
year, the 10-year Treasury note yield traded in a fairly
narrow range of 3.5 to 4.5 percent. The yield then dropped
off sharply starting in mid-November, reaching 2.1 percent
in late December. Since then, the 10-year note yield has
traded higher, reaching 3.0 percent as of early February. The
3-month Treasury bill yield, by contrast, generally trended
lower throughout 2008 under the relatively steady influence
of safe-haven demand for short-term liquid assets. The yield
reached an all-time low of slightly above zero by the end of
December, but has risen relatively rapidly since, to about 0.3
percent as of early February. The 2- to 10-year Treasury
yield spread, one measure of the steepness of the yield
curve, has widened noticeably since mid-2007. A steepening
yield curve may suggest rising uncertainty about long-term
prospects. Key interest rates on private securities have risen
sharply relative to Treasury rates, reflecting an increase in
financial risk and concerns by financial market participants
about short-term liquidity difficulties facing a number of
institutions. The spread between the 3-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and the 3-month Treasury bill
rate (the TED spread, a measure of inter-bank liquidity and
credit risk) had averaged less than 50 basis points in 2006
and much of 2007. Starting in August 2007, however, this
spread started to widen sharply, reaching an all-time high of
nearly 460 basis points in early October 2008. In very recent
months, though, perceptions of credit market risks have

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Long-Term Interest Rate Spreads

7

Short-Term Interest Rate Spreads

(Percent)

(Percent)

7.0

6.0
TED Spread

6.0

5.0

5.0
Corporate Baa to
Treasury Ten-Year Yield Spread

4.0

4.0

3.0

3.0
2.0
1.0

Libor-OIS Spread

2.0
Treasury Two-Year
to Ten-Year Yield Spread

1.0

0.0
-1.0
2006

2007

2008

2009

improved, and as of early February, while remaining
elevated, the TED spread had narrowed considerably to
about 100 basis points. The spread between the Baa
corporate bond yield and the 10-year Treasury yield, another
measure of investor risk appetite, averaged 170 basis points
through most of 2007, before the financial market turmoil
emerged. This spread also trended upward starting in August
2007 and peaked at nearly 620 basis points last December.
Since then, this spread has narrowed only a bit, to about 530
basis points as of early February–still very high by historical
standards. Finally, the spread between LIBOR and the 3month overnight indexed swap rate (OIS)–a measure of what
banks perceive as the credit risk in lending to one another–
was roughly 9 basis points prior to mid-2007, but by October
2008, had peaked at 365 basis points. As of early February,
this spread had narrowed substantially, to about 100 basis
points, but remains quite high relative to its pre-crisis range.
Rates for conventional mortgages have trended lower in
recent months, but jumbo mortgage rates have continued to
rise. The interest rate for a 30-year conventional fixed-rate
mortgage touched a 2008 high of 6.6 percent in July, but fell
to an all-time low of 4.96 percent this year in mid-January.
The conventional rate is currently about 5.25 percent. The
jumbo-conventional spread had widened to 215 basis points
by the end of last year, well up from the more typical 20 to
25 basis point spread seen prior to the onset of the housing
and credit market problems. This spread has since narrowed
somewhat, to about 180 basis points as of early February.

Foreign Trade and Exchange Rates
Although the U.S. trade balance (which measures trade
in goods and services) and current account (which also
includes investment income flows and unilateral transfers)
remain in deficit, both deficits have narrowed appreciably in

0.0
2006

2007

2008

2009

recent years, largely due to an improvement in the trade
balance. The merchandise trade deficit reached $838 billion
in 2006, but declined to $819 billion in 2007. Data for the
first 11 months of 2008 show that the merchandise trade
deficit has narrowed further, mainly reflecting the lower
value–and to a small extent, lower volume–of oil imports in
the latter half of the year. The current account balance has
been in deficit almost continuously since the early 1980s,
and in 2006, reached a record $788 billion, equivalent to 6.0
percent of GDP. In 2007, the deficit narrowed to $731
billion, or 5.3 percent of GDP. Through the third quarter of
2008, the current account deficit had narrowed to $696.4
billion at an annual rate (equivalent to 4.8 percent of GDP).
The value of the U.S. dollar compared with the
currencies of seven major trading partners (the euro area
countries, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia,
Sweden, and Switzerland) has depreciated significantly from
its peak in February 2002, but most recently, has begun to
stabilize. Between February 2002 and January 2009, the
exchange value of the dollar compared to an index of these
currencies fell by about 28 percent. Between January 2007
and January 2009, however, the dollar appreciated by 1.4
percent against these currencies. Over the longer timeframe,
the dollar depreciated by 33 percent against the yen, and by
34 percent against the euro, but over the past 2 years, the
dollar has depreciated by about 25 percent against the yen
and by roughly 2 percent against the euro. The dollar has
also begun to stabilize against an index of currencies of 19
other important trading partners (including China, India, and
Mexico). Between February 2002 and January 2009, the
dollar appreciated by about 1 percent against this basket of
currencies, and over the past 2 years, firmed by nearly 5
percent.

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INTRODUCTION: Federal Fiscal Operations
Budget authority usually takes the form of appropriations
that allow obligations to be incurred and payments to be
made. Reappropriations are Congressional actions that
extend the availability of unobligated amounts that have
expired or would otherwise expire. These are counted as
new budget authority in the fiscal year of the legislation in
which the reappropriation act is included, regardless of when
the amounts were originally appropriated or when they
would otherwise lapse.
Obligations generally are liquidated by the issuance of
checks or the disbursement of cash—outlays. Obligations
may also be liquidated (and outlays recorded) by the accrual
of interest on public issues of Treasury debt securities
(including an increase in redemption value of bonds
outstanding); or by the issuance of bonds, debentures, notes,
monetary credits, or electronic payments.
Refunds of collections generally are treated as reductions
of collections, whereas payments for earned-income tax
credits in excess of tax liabilities are treated as outlays.
Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of
obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year.
Outlays, therefore, flow in part from unexpended balances of
prior year budget authority and from budget authority
provided for the year in which the money is spent. Total
outlays include both budget and off-budget outlays and are
stated net of offsetting collections.
Receipts are reported in the tables as either budget
receipts or offsetting collections. They are collections from
the public, excluding receipts offset against outlays. These,
also called governmental receipts, consist mainly of tax
receipts (including social insurance taxes), receipts from
court fines, certain licenses, and deposits of earnings by the
Federal Reserve system. Refunds of receipts are treated as
deductions from gross receipts. Total Government receipts
are compared with total outlays in calculating the budget
surplus or deficit.
Offsetting collections from other Government accounts
or the public are of a business-type or market-oriented
nature. They are classified as either collections credited to
appropriations or fund accounts, or offsetting receipts (i.e.,
amounts deposited in receipt accounts). The former normally
can be used without an appropriation act by Congress. These
occur in two instances: (1) when authorized by law, amounts
collected for materials or services are treated as
reimbursements to appropriations. For accounting purposes,
earned reimbursements are also known as revenues. These
offsetting collections are netted against gross outlays in
determining net outlays from such appropriations; and (2) in
the three types of revolving funds (public enterprise,
intragovernmental, and trust); offsetting collections are
netted against spending, and outlays are reported as the net
amount.

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Offsetting receipts in receipt accounts cannot be used
without appropriation. They are subdivided into three
categories: (1) proprietary receipts, or collections from the
public, offset against outlays by agency and by function; (2)
intragovernmental transactions, or payments into receipt
accounts from governmental appropriation or fund accounts.
They finance operations within and between Government
agencies and are credited with collections from other
Government accounts; and (3) offsetting governmental
receipts that include foreign cash contributions.
Intrabudgetary transactions are subdivided into three
categories: (1) interfund transactions—payments are from
one fund group (either Federal funds or trust funds) to a
receipt account in the other fund group; (2) Federal intrafund
transactions—payments and receipts both occur within the
Federal fund group; and (3) trust intrafund transactions—
payments and receipts both occur within the trust fund
group.
Offsetting receipts are generally deducted from budget
authority and outlays by function, subfunction, or agency.
There are four types of receipts, however, that are deducted
from budget totals as undistributed offsetting receipts. They
are: (1) agencies’ payments (including payments by offbudget Federal entities) as employers into employees’
retirement funds; (2) interest received by trust funds; (3)
rents and royalties on the Outer Continental Shelf lands; and
(4) other interest (i.e., that collected on Outer Continental
Shelf money in deposit funds when such money is
transferred into the budget).
The Government has used the unified budget concept set
forth in the “Report of the President’s Commission on
Budget Concepts” as a foundation for its budgetary analysis
and presentation since 1969. The concept calls for the
budget to include all of the Government’s fiscal transactions
with the public. Since 1971, however, various laws have
been enacted removing several Federal entities from (or
creating them outside of) the budget. Other laws have moved
certain off-budget Federal entities onto the budget. Under
current law, the off-budget Federal entities consist of the two
Social Security trust funds, Federal Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund,
and the Postal Service.
Although an off-budget Federal entity’s receipts, outlays,
and surplus or deficit ordinarily are not subject to targets set
by the Congressional resolution, the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 [commonly known
as the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act as amended by the
Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (2 United States Code 900922)] included off-budget surplus or deficit in calculating
deficit targets under that act and in calculating excess deficit.
Partly for this reason, attention has focused on both on- and
off-budget receipts, outlays and deficit of the Government.

FEDERAL FISCAL OPERATIONS

Tables FFO-1, FFO-2, and FFO-3 are published
quarterly and cover 5 years of data, estimates for 2 years,
detail for 13 months, and fiscal year-to-date data. They
provide a summary of data relating to Federal fiscal
operations reported by Federal entities and disbursing
officers, and daily reports from the FRBs. They also detail
accounting transactions affecting receipts and outlays of the
Government and off-budget Federal entities and their related
effect on assets and liabilities of the Government. Data are
derived from the “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts
and Outlays of the United States Government.”

• Table FFO-1 summarizes the amount of total
receipts, outlays, and surplus or deficit, as well as
transactions in Federal securities, monetary assets, and
balances in Treasury operating cash.
• Table FFO-2 includes on- and off-budget receipts
by source. Amounts represent income taxes, social insurance
taxes, net contributions for other insurance and retirement,
excise taxes, estate and gift taxes, customs duties, and net
miscellaneous receipts.
• Table FFO-3 details on- and off-budget outlays by
agency.

9

• Table FFO-4 summarizes on- and off-budget
receipts by source and outlays by function as reported to
each major fund group classification for the current fiscal
year to date and prior fiscal year to date.
• Table FFO-5 summarizes internal revenue receipts
by states and by type of tax. Amounts reported are
collections made in a fiscal year. They span several tax
liability years because they consist of prepayments
(estimated tax payments and taxes withheld by employers
for individual income and Social Security taxes), payments
made with tax returns and subsequent payments made after
tax returns are due or are filed (that is, payments with
delinquent returns or on delinquent accounts).
Amounts are reported based on the primary filing
address provided by each taxpayer or reporting entity. For
multistate corporations, the address may reflect only the
district where such a corporation reported its taxes from a
principal office rather than other districts where income was
earned or where individual income and Social Security taxes
were withheld. In addition, an individual may reside in one
district and work in another.
• Table FFO-6 includes customs collection of duties,
taxes, and fees by districts and ports.

Budget Results and Financing of the U.S. Government
and First-Quarter Receipts by Source
[Source: Office of Tax Analysis, Office of Tax Policy]

First-Quarter Receipts
The following capsule analysis of budget
receipts, by source, for the first quarter of fiscal
year 2009 supplements fiscal data reported in the
December issue of the “Treasury Bulletin.” At the
time of that issue’s release, not enough data were
available to analyze adequately collections for the
quarter.
Individual income taxes—Individual income tax
receipts, net of refunds, were $255.3 billion for the first
quarter of fiscal year 2009. This is a decrease of $18.4
billion over the comparable prior year quarter. Withheld
receipts decreased by $10.6 billion and non-withheld
receipts decreased by $1.4 billion during this period.
Refunds increased by $6.4 billion over the comparable fiscal
year 2008 quarter. There was an increase of $5.8 billion in
accounting adjustments between individual income tax
receipts and the Social Security and Medicare trust funds
over the comparable quarter in fiscal year 2008.
Corporate income taxes—Net corporate income tax
receipts were $50.4 billion for the first quarter of fiscal year
2009. This is a decrease of $42.2 billion compared to the
prior year first quarter. The $42.2 billion change is

comprised of a decrease of $39.9 billion in estimated and
final payments, and an increase of $2.3 billion in corporate
refunds.
Employment taxes and contributions—Employment
taxes and contributions receipts for the first quarter of fiscal
year 2009 were $193.7 billion, an increase of $2.3 billion
over the comparable prior year quarter. Receipts to the
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, Federal Disability
Insurance, and Federal Hospital Insurance trust funds
changed by $0.7 billion, $0.1 billion, and $1.5 billion
respectively. There was a -$7.8 billion accounting
adjustment for prior years employment tax liabilities made
in the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, while there was a
-$2.0 billion adjustment in the first quarter of fiscal year
2008.
Unemployment insurance—Unemployment insurance
receipts, net of refunds, for the first quarter of fiscal year
2009 were $5.2 billion, a decrease of $0.4 billion over the
comparable quarter of fiscal year 2008. Net State taxes
deposited in the U.S. Treasury decreased by $0.4 billion to
$4.5 billion. Net Federal Unemployment Tax Act taxes
decreased by $0.1 billion to $0.8 billion.

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10

Budget Results and Financing of the U.S. Government
and First-Quarter Receipts by Source, con.
Contributions for other insurance and retirement—
Contributions for other retirement were $1.1 billion for the
first quarter of fiscal year 2009. This was a negligible
change from the comparable quarter of fiscal year 2008.
Excise taxes—Net excise tax receipts for the first
quarter of fiscal year 2009 were $14.4 billion, a decrease of
$1.6 billion over the comparable prior year quarter. Total
excise tax refunds for the quarter were $0.4 billion, a
decrease of $0.1 billion over the comparable prior year
quarter.
Estate and gift taxes—Net estate and gift tax receipts
were $6.6 billion for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009.

These receipts represent a decrease of $0.4 billion over the
same quarter in fiscal year 2008.
Customs duties—Customs duties net of refunds were
$6.9 billion for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009. This is a
decrease of $0.2 billion over the comparable prior year
quarter.
Miscellaneous receipts—Net miscellaneous receipts
for the first quarter of fiscal year 2009 were $13.9 billion, an
increase of $2.1 billion over the comparable prior year
quarter. This change is due in part to deposits of earnings by
Federal Reserve banks increasing by $2.0 billion.

Total On- and Off-Budget Results and Financing of the U.S. Government
[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”]

First quarter
Oct. - Dec.
Total on- and off-budget results:
Total receipts ...............................................................
On-budget receipts ..................................................
Off-budget receipts ..................................................
Total outlays.................................................................
On-budget outlays....................................................
Off-budget outlays....................................................
Total surplus or deficit (-) .............................................
On-budget surplus or deficit (-)................................
Off-budget surplus or deficit (-)................................
Means of financing:
Borrowing from the public ............................................
Reduction of operating cash........................................
Other means ................................................................
Total on- and off-budget financing...........................

Actual fiscal
year to date 2009

547,440
403,414
144,026
1,032,638
941,184
91,453
-485,198
-537,771
52,573

547,440
403,414
144,026
1,032,638
941,184
91,453
-485,198
-537,771
52,573

560,894
4,961
-80,657
485,198

560,894
4,961
-80,657
485,198

First-Quarter Net Budget Receipts by Source, Fiscal Year 2009
[In billions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”]

Source
Individual income taxes......................................................
Corporate income taxes.....................................................
Employment and general retirement..................................
Unemployment insurance ..................................................
Contributions for other insurance and retirement ..............
Excise taxes .......................................................................
Estate and gift taxes ..........................................................
Customs duties ..................................................................
Miscellaneous receipts.......................................................
Total budget receipts .....................................................
Note.—Detail may not add to totals due to independent rounding.

March 2009

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

86.3
0.1
62.3
2.0
0.4
3.9
2.1
2.6
5.1
164.8

60.1
2.0
67.2
3.0
0.3
5.3
2.3
2.2
2.4
144.8

108.9
48.3
64.2
0.2
0.4
5.2
2.2
2.0
6.4
237.8

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CHART FFO-A.—
Monthly Receipts and Outlays, 2007-2008
(In billions of dollars)
400

On-budget
receipts

350
300

Off-budget
receipts

250

On-budget
outlays

200
150

Off-budget
outlays

100
50
0
-50
D

J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

O

N

D

CHART FFO-B.—
Budget Receipts by Source, Fiscal Year to Date, 2007-2008
(In billions of dollars)

300
2008

250

2007 *
200
150
100
50
0
Individual
income
taxes

Social
insurance
and
retirement
receipts

Corporate Excise taxes
income
taxes

Misc.
receipts

Customs
duties

Estate/gift
taxes

* Prior-year data are for the comparable year.

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12

TABLE FFO-1.—Summary of Fiscal Operations
[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”]

On-budget
surplus or
deficit (-)
(8)

Means of
financing
– net transactions
Borrowing from
the public–
Off-budget Federal securities
surplus or
Public debt
deficit (-)
securities
(9)
(10)

-412,986
-318,298
-248,197
r -161,527
r -454,795

-568,219
-493,562
-434,510
r -342,978
r -638,081

155,233
175,265
186,313
181,452
r 183,286

595,064
551,329
546,436
499,976
1,035,015

Total on-budget and off-budget results

Fiscal year
or month
2004 ............................
2005 ............................
2006 ............................
2007 ............................
2008 ............................

Total receipts
(1)

Onbudget
receipts
(2)

Off-budget
receipts
(3)

1,879,784 1,345,040
2,153,350 1,575,874
2,406,675 1,798,293
r 2,567,672 r 1,932,584
r 2,523,638 r 1,865,593

Total
outlays
(4)

534,744 2,292,770
577,475 2,471,647
608,382 2,654,873
635,088 r 2,729,199
658,045 r 2,978,433

On-budget
outlays
(5)

Off-budget
outlays
(6)

1,913,259
2,069,437
2,232,804
r 2,275,562
r 2,503,674

379,512
402,210
422,069
453,636
r 474,759

Total
surplus or
deficit (-)
(7)

2009 - Est.................... 2,651,363

1,968,990

682,373

3,133,202

2,631,725

501,477

-481,839

-662,735

180,896

814,784

2007- Dec....................
2008 - Jan ...................
Feb ..................
Mar ..................
Apr...................
May..................
June.................
July ..................
Aug ..................
Sept .................
Oct...................
Nov ..................
Dec ..................

276,982
255,217
105,723
178,816
403,751
124,272
259,912
160,494
157,016
r 272,224
164,846
144,782
237,811

227,125
191,181
53,495
120,840
333,059
70,392
199,010
110,050
106,449
r 218,141
117,998
94,377
191,039

49,857
64,036
52,229
57,976
70,692
53,880
60,902
50,444
50,567
54,083
46,849
50,405
46,772

228,721
237,379
281,287
227,028
244,469
290,199
226,365
263,261
268,930
r 226,487
402,024
309,179
321,435

235,395
193,589
232,181
177,070
199,021
239,019
228,631
217,179
218,692
r 169,526
354,566
258,676
327,942

-6,674
43,790
49,106
49,958
45,448
51,180
-2,266
46,082
50,237
r 56,961
47,457
50,503
-6,507

48,261
17,839
-175,563
-48,212
159,282
-165,927
33,547
-102,767
-111,914
r 45,737
-237,177
-164,397
-83,624

-8,270
-2,408
-178,686
-56,230
134,038
-168,628
-29,621
-107,129
-112,243
r 48,614
-236,569
-164,299
-136,903

56,531
20,246
3,123
8,018
25,244
2,700
63,168
4,362
330
r -2,877
-608
-98
53,279

79,026
11,103
119,605
82,503
-59,357
25,284
103,474
91,775
60,044
376,498
546,654
88,115
41,709

Fiscal year 2009 to date ...

547,439

403,414

144,026

1,032,638

941,184

91,453

-485,198

-537,771

52,573

676,478

Other
(18)

Transactions
not applied
to year’s
surplus or
deficit
(19)

Total
Financing
(20)

Means of financing—net transactions, con.
Borrowing from the publicFederal securities, con.

Cash and monetary assets (deduct)
Reserve
position on the
U.S. quota in
U.S. Treasury Special
operating
the
Total
drawing
rights
Other
cash
IMF (deduct)
10+11-12
(13)
(17)
(15)
(16)
(14)

Agency
securities
(11)

Investments
of
Government
accounts
(12)

2004 ......................................
2005 ......................................
2006 ......................................
2007 ......................................
2008 ......................................

-1,769
-547
-245
-433
r 145

213,677
254,096
309,215
293,218
267,438

379,618
296,687
236,975
206,325
r 767,722

1,390
-669
16,447
23,110
r 296,371

720
-4,537
410
646
r 117

-23,669
-182
196
1,314
1,552

-4,630
-6,195
-6,626
-2,157
r 286

6,517
9,250
20,983
-22,667
-15,354

662
778
666
782
759

412,986
318,298
248,197
r 161,527
r 454,795

2009 - Est..............................

226

277,302

537,707

-

*

*

*

-55,868

*

481,839

2007 - Dec ............................
2008 - Jan .............................
Feb ............................
Mar ............................
Apr.............................
May ...........................
June ..........................
July............................
Aug............................
Sept...........................
Oct.............................
Nov............................
Dec............................

47
-43
-124
486
-302
8
356
-183
-101
-139
2,465
-2,317
100

88,048
14,724
-8,106
6,685
28,843
-8,422
97,463
-24,999
-15,069
41,472
54,614
-5,478
66,695

-8,975
-3,664
127,587
76,304
-88,501
33,713
6,367
116,591
75,012
334,887
494,505
91,276
-24,887

48,431
13,296
-59,244
35,111
94,569
-126,805
39,414
8,240
-54,683
364,735
243,350
-112,502
-135,809

-60
90
121
204
-125
4
78
-77
-278
-77
-417
23
317

-86
-219
31
730
90
240
305
320
-176
509
440
-28
577

-172
-7
43
21
-48
859
125
-304
-159
-25
-314
2,908
339

8,727
-1,015
-11,073
7,749
23,705
6,512
-107
-5,645
-18,418
-15,777
-14,269
-36,478
-26,255

100
225
115
24
295
190

-48,261
-17,839
175,563
48,212
-159,282
165,927
-33,547
102,767
111,914
r -45,737
237,177
164,397
83,624

Fiscal year 2009 to date .......

248

115,831

560,894

-4,961

-77

989

2,933

-77,002

190

485,198

Fiscal year
or month

Note.—These estimates are based on the Fiscal Year 2009 “Budget of the U.S. Government,”
released by the Office of Management and Budget on July 28, 2008.

March 2009

Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

FEDERAL FISCAL OPERATIONS

13

TABLE FFO-2.—On-Budget and Off-Budget Receipts by Source
[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”]

Social insurance
and retirement receipts
Employment and general retirement
Old-age, disability, and
hospital insurance

Income taxes
Corporation

Individual
Fiscal year
or month

Withheld
(1)

Other
(2)

Refunds
(3)

Net
(4)

Gross
(5)

Refunds
(6)

Net
(7)

Net income
taxes
(8)

Gross
(9)

Refunds
(10)

Net
(11)

2004 ..................
2005 ..................
2006 ..................
2007 ..................
2008 ..................

753,260
786,559
848,954
r 928,583
970,195

243,324
320,942
387,307
r 437,668
455,398

187,626
180,279
192,354
202,779
279,845

808,958
927,222
1,043,908
1,163,472
r 1,145,748

230,619
307,095
380,925
395,534
354,293

41,250
28,814
27,010
25,292
49,947

189,370
278,281
353,915
370,243
304,346

998,328
1,205,503
1,397,823
1,533,715
1,450,093

686,313
746,129
788,024
822,216
854,485

980
2,585
2,213
2,220
2,461

685,333
743,544
785,810
819,996
852,024

2009 - Est..........

1,250,360

-

-

1,250,360

304,063

-

304,063

1,554,423

876,697

-

876,697

2007 - Dec.........
2008 - Jan .........
Feb ........
Mar ........
Apr.........
May........
June.......
July ........
Aug ........
Sept .......
Oct.........
Nov ........
Dec ........

106,925
87,249
88,645
89,041
75,392
71,492
73,436
76,858
70,653
76,035
79,525
67,870
103,431

7,338
65,071
4,022
11,008
214,619
7,805
54,806
6,581
4,611
59,089
14,554
3,663
8,187

1,606
3,483
68,267
43,417
45,985
57,645
19,688
17,314
5,001
3,527
7,756
11,437
2,738

112,657
148,838
24,400
56,632
244,025
21,651
108,554
66,124
70,263
131,597
86,323
60,095
108,880

87,770
10,579
4,995
37,997
48,105
8,784
61,970
12,492
5,466
58,537
9,926
4,209
51,345

3,891
4,519
6,687
5,428
6,433
1,737
3,642
2,210
1,549
4,906
9,845
2,215
3,052

83,879
6,060
-1,692
32,569
41,672
7,046
58,328
10,282
3,917
53,631
81
1,994
48,293

196,536
154,898
22,708
89,201
285,697
28,697
166,882
76,406
74,180
185,228
86,404
62,089
157,173

66,595
82,287
67,066
73,443
91,281
68,472
78,458
64,842
65,051
73,309
61,916
66,825
63,790

2,461
-

66,595
82,287
67,066
73,443
91,281
68,472
78,458
64,842
65,051
70,848
61,916
66,825
63,790

Fiscal year 2009
to date................

250,826

26,404

21,931

255,298

65,480

15,112

50,368

305,666

192,531

-

192,531

Fiscal year
or month

Social insurance and retirement receipts, con.
Employment and general retirement, con.
Unemployment insurance
Net employment
Net unRailroad retirement
and general
employment
Gross
Refunds
Gross
Refunds
Net
retirement
insurance
(16)
(17)
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(18)

Net for other insurance and retirement
Federal
Other
employees
retirement
Total
retirement
(21)
(20)
(19)

2004 ............................
2005 ............................
2006 ............................
2007 ............................
2008 ............................

4,030
4,123
4,234
4,263
4,445

5
3
2
2
r 12

4,026
4,119
4,231
4,261
r 4,433

689,359
747,663
790,042
824,257
856,457

39,582
42,120
43,559
41,216
r 39,642

129
119
139
125
r 115

39,453
42,001
43,420
41,091
r 39,527

4,545
4,409
4,308
4,207
4,121

51
50
50
51
r 44

4,596
4,460
4,358
4,258
4,165

2009 - Est....................

4,303

-

4,303

881,000

45,672

-

45,672

4,752

26

4,778

2007 - Dec ..................
2008 - Jan ...................
Feb ..................
Mar ..................
Apr...................
May .................
June ................
July..................
Aug..................
Sept.................
Oct...................
Nov..................
Dec..................

394
394
454
439
383
418
-68
436
389
459
388
383
369

1
*
*
*
2
*
1
*
*
*
*

393
394
454
439
380
418
-68
435
389
459
388
383
368

66,989
82,681
67,520
73,882
91,661
68,890
78,390
65,277
65,440
71,307
62,304
67,208
64,158

265
2,143
2,993
366
7,682
12,759
696
2,827
4,500
r2
2,014
2,980
245

6
4
3
14
18
13
10
12
13
9
6
4
3

259
2,139
2,989
353
7,663
12,746
686
2,815
4,487
r -7
2,007
2,976
242

345
366
322
321
321
391
318
384
316
323
391
319
391

4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
3

349
370
327
325
325
394
322
387
320
327
394
322
394

Fiscal year 2009 to date....

1,140

*

1,139

193,670

5,239

13

5,225

1,101

9

1,110

See footnote at end of table.

March 2009

FEDERAL FISCAL OPERATIONS

14

TABLE FFO-2.—On-Budget and Off-Budget Receipts by Source, con.
[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”]

Social
insurance
and retirement
receipts, con.
Net social
insurance and Airport and Airway Trust Fund
retirement
receipts
Gross
Refunds
Net
(22)
(23)
(24)
(25)

Fiscal year
or month
2004............................
2005............................
2006............................
2007............................
2008............................

Excise taxes
Black Lung Disability
Trust Fund
Gross Refunds
(26)
(27)

Highway Trust Fund

Net
(28)

Gross
(29)

Refunds
(30)

Miscellaneous
Net
(31)

Gross
(32)

Refunds
(33)

Net
(34)

733,408
794,123
837,820
869,607
r 900,150

9,230
10,415
10,531
11,535
r 12,048

56
101
105
67
56

9,174
10,314
10,425
11,468
r 11,992

566
610
607
639
653

-

566
610
607
639
653

35,725
38,897
39,433
40,402
r 37,441

1,014
1,007
891
1,040
r 1,057

34,711
37,890
38,543
39,362
r 36,385

26,260
25,272
25,509
18,734
r 19,742

856
994
1,123
5,134
r 1,438

25,404
24,278
24,386
13,600
r 18,304

2009 - Est ................... 931,450

12,217

-

12,217

653

-

653

38,659

-

38,659

16,308

-

16,308

2007 - Dec .................. 67,597
2008 - Jan................... 85,190
Feb.................. 70,836
Mar.................. 74,560
Apr .................. 99,649
May ................. 82,030
June ................ 79,398
July.................. 68,479
Aug.................. 70,247
Sept................. r 71,626
Oct .................. 64,706
Nov.................. 70,506
Dec.................. 64,794

945
870
1,062
864
901
947
1,074
1,054
1,143
1,764
265
942
898

30
9
12
5
-

945
870
1,062
834
901
938
1,074
1,054
1,131
1,759
265
942
898

54
49
78
58
60
45
54
53
32
100
14
53
50

-

54
49
78
58
60
45
54
53
32
100
14
53
50

3,407
3,134
3,162
3,170
3,298
2,160
3,251
3,190
2,689
5,574
912
3,171
3,021

335
294
289
138
-

3,407
3,134
3,162
2,835
3,298
1,865
3,251
3,190
2,400
5,436
912
3,171
3,021

1,445
1,049
1,112
1,518
1,458
2,554
1,669
1,701
1,955
515
2,782
1,293
1,384

133
69
492
-256
82
140
107
65
134
126
63
137
169

1,312
979
619
1,773
1,376
2,413
1,562
1,637
1,821
389
2,720
1,155
1,216

Fiscal year 2009 to date.. 200,006

2,105

-

2,105

117

-

117

7,104

-

7,104

5,459

369

5,091

Net miscellaneous receipts

Fiscal year
or month

Excise
taxes, con.
Net excise
taxes
(35)

2004 ....................... 69,855
2005 ....................... 73,093
2006 ....................... 73,962
2007 ....................... 65,069
2008 ....................... r 67,334

Estate and gift taxes
Gross
(36)

Refunds
(37)

Customs duties

Net
(38)

Gross
(39)

Refunds
(40)

Net
(41)

Deposits of Universal
earnings by service fund
and all
Federal
Total
Reserve banks other
(42)
(43)
(44)

Total receipts
On-budget
(45)

Off-budget
(46)

25,579
25,606
28,688
26,978
r 29,824

749
841
811
934
r 980

24,831
24,764
27,877
26,044
28,844

21,806
24,198
25,701
27,548
r 28,537

723
820
891
1,538
r 969

21,083
23,378
24,810
26,010
r 27,568

19,652
19,297
29,945
32,043
r 33,598

12,628
13,190
14,439
r 15,185
r 16,049

32,280
32,487
44,384
47,228
r 49,647

1,345,040
1,575,874
1,798,293
r 1,932,584
r 1,8 65,593

534,744
577,475
608,382
635,088
658,045

2009 -Est................

67,837

26,074

-

26,074

28,297

-

28,297

27,087

16,195

43,282

1,968,990

682,373

2007 - Dec..............
2008 - Jan .............
Feb .............
Mar .............
Apr..............
May ............
June ...........
July.............
Aug.............
Sept............
Oct..............
Nov.............
Dec.............

5,718
5,032
4,921
5,500
5,636
5,262
5,942
5,933
5,384
7,684
3,911
5,321
5,185

2,527
2,395
1,890
2,510
4,735
2,089
2,371
2,605
1,930
2,140
2,181
2,387
2,293

66
60
69
105
105
95
73
69
79
96
85
112
107

2,460
2,336
1,820
2,405
4,630
1,994
2,298
2,536
1,851
2,044
2,097
2,274
2,186

2,211
2,295
2,280
2,172
2,177
2,223
2,397
2,732
2,306
2,585
2,727
2,310
2,165

84
61
57
102
101
65
91
54
80
102
94
85
127

2,127
2,234
2,223
2,070
2,075
2,158
2,306
2,678
2,226
2,483
2,633
2,225
2,038

1,486
4,125
2,063
3,801
4,802
2,990
1,952
2,995
1,233
1,917
3,607
1,333
4,826

1,058
1,403
1,151
1,278
1,261
1,140
1,134
1,466
1,895
r 1,241
1,489
1,033
1,609

2,545
5,529
3,214
5,079
6,063
4,130
3,086
4,461
3,128
r 3,158
5,097
2,366
6,435

227,125
191,181
53,495
120,840
333,059
70,392
199,010
110,050
106,449
r 218,141
117,998
94,377
191,039

49,857
64,036
52,229
57,976
70,692
53,880
60,902
50,444
50,567
54,083
46,849
50,405
46,772

Fiscal year 2009
to date........................

14,417

6,861

304

6,557

7,202

306

6,896

9,766

4,131

13,898

403,414

144,026

Note.—These estimates are based on the Fiscal Year 2009 “Budget of the U.S.
Government,” released by the Office of Management and Budget on July 28, 2008.

* Less than $500,000.
Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

March 2009

FEDERAL FISCAL OPERATIONS

15

TABLE FFO-3.—On-Budget and Off-Budget Outlays by Agency
[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”]

Department of
Agriculture
(3)

Department of
Depart- DepartDepartment of Defense,
ment of ment of
Commerce military Education Energy
(4)
(6)
(7)
(5)

Department of
Homeland
Security
(9)

Department of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
(10)

Department of
the
Interior
(11)

Department of
Justice
(12)

542,812
581,463
614,313
672,036
r 700,501

26,802
38,717
69,100
39,172
40,683

44,989
42,448
42,434
45,559
r 49,086

8,615
9,288
9,063
r 10,497
r 9,880

29,576
22,366
23,320
23,351
r 26,544

56,679
46,943
43,139
47,543
r 58,840

Department of
Health
and
Human
Services
(8)

Department of
Labor
(13)

Legislative
branch
(1)

Judicial
branch
(2)

2004 .......................
2005 .......................
2006 .......................
2007 .......................
2008 .......................

3,900
3,995
4,129
r 4,307
r 4,429

5,393
5,543
5,820
6,008
6,341

71,572
85,333
93,533
r 84,427
r 90,786

5,829
6,147
6,374
6,479
r 7,726

437,043
474,374
499,350
r 528,590
r 594,680

2009 - Est ...............

4,962

6,981

100,547

9,821

656,722

64,624

24,448

739,241

46,087

45,501

9,847

26,791

69,001

2007 - Dec..............
2008 - Jan ..............
Feb .............
Mar .............
Apr..............
May.............
June............
July .............
Aug .............
Sept ............
Oct..............
Nov .............
Dec .............

323
406
342
353
512
351
352
359
345
389
378
343
706

487
502
511
469
509
602
560
520
529
546
706
473
528

9,931
9,269
7,269
7,345
5,276
5,972
6,085
5,762
6,872
6,271
14,704
8,064
11,518

691
608
599
525
511
643
r 887
670
719
671
748
745
1,119

49,174
44,309
48,199
44,512
48,986
51,253
45,880
51,475
51,647
52,024
66,078
45,627
60,484

4,501
7,581
7,055
4,907
4,572
8,758
4,542
3,853
4,630
5,549
5,609
4,286
6,042

2,209
1,243
1,859
1,059
2,384
2,390
1,073
1,823
553
4,522
2,184
1,620
2,027

44,631
56,579
68,807
46,289
62,436
73,706
45,114
62,356
71,118
46,577
76,469
44,875
63,502

2,949
3,202
3,196
3,427
3,173
3,126
3,918
3,203
3,388
4,169
5,060
4,419
5,907

4,206
3,890
3,545
3,755
3,687
7,316
3,873
3,654
3,536
r 3,411
3,884
3,685
4,145

1,001
912
827
825
575
711
869
1,011
437
r 978
889
880
988

2,296
2,412
1,919
2,140
2,187
2,006
2,255
2,278
1,993
2,296
2,292
2,262
2,570

4,995
5,302
4,695
3,854
5,895
6,870
3,801
5,745
5,863
r 5,528
6,492
5,566
8,913

Fiscal year 2009 to
date .........................

1,427

1,707

34,286

2,612

172,189

15,937

5,831

184,846

15,386

11,714

2,757

7,124

20,971

Fiscal year
or month

Fiscal year
or month

Department of
State
(14)

2004 ....................... 10,925
2005 ....................... 12,754
2006 ....................... 12,957
2007 ....................... 13,749
2008 ....................... r 17,505

62,779 19,894
72,857 21,274
93,427 19,653
66,372 20,117
r 65,957 r 21,404

Department
of the
Treasury,
interest on
Treasury
DepartDepartment of
debt
ment
Transpor- securities
of the
tation
(gross) Treasury, other
(17)
(15)
(16)

Department of
Veterans
Affairs
(18)

Corps of
Engineers
(19)

54,872
56,597
60,141
61,701
r 64,945

321,566
352,350
405,872
429,978
r 451,154

54,330
57,927
58,873
60,623
r 97,665

59,585
69,844
69,808
72,820
r 84,783

4,732
4,720
6,946
3,918
r 5,077

Environmental
Protection
Agency
(21)

Executive
Office
of the
President
(22)

41,732
43,484
44,435
47,112
r 45,784

8,329
7,911
8,322
8,258
r 7,938

3,349
7,689
5,378
2,957
1,172

-452
17
22
32
342

13,660
15,034
13,945
12,764
r 11,403

Other
Defense,
civil
programs
(20)

InterGeneral
national
Services
Admin- Assistance
Program
istration
(23)
(24)

2009 - Est...............

22,872

70,479

449,070

66,055

94,084

10,258

52,210

7,999

703

722

16,757

2007 - Dec .............
2008 - Jan ..............
Feb .............
Mar .............
Apr..............
May ............
June ...........
July.............
Aug.............
Sept............
Oct..............
Nov.............
Dec.............

1,806
1,295
1,154
1,357
r 668
2,244
1,220
1,284
1,892
1,347
2,372
1,697
2,037

5,282
4,076
4,091
4,935
4,406
5,428
5,965
6,521
6,169
6,881
6,606
5,318
6,253

106,138
24,687
20,037
23,024
22,362
22,388
110,973
24,068
29,937
19,883
18,984
18,559
97,775

2,576
5,088
32,303
13,084
9,523
19,226
15,380
2,000
1,806
r -5,771
116,733
91,285
53,764

6,704
3,511
9,943
4,141
7,058
11,017
3,372
7,261
10,236
4,284
11,568
4,059
10,969

437
507
447
376
333
371
364
483
500
487
634
629
906

4,021
4,193
4,010
3,993
3,232
3,771
3,864
3,948
3,074
3,875
3,922
5,238
5,683

714
687
630
713
576
675
637
570
697
695
645
653
743

152
140
110
92
93
80
72
82
272
-130
82
40
55

38
29
17
189
-12
135
24
-4
-97
-34
20
-73
65

800
3,647
644
341
1,784
-331
1,015
1,244
542
r 2,282
2,344
2,215
-175

Fiscal year 2009 to
date .........................

6,106

18,177

135,318

261,782

26,596

2,169

14,843

2,041

177

12

4,384

See footnote at end of table.

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TABLE FFO-3.—On-Budget and Off-Budget Outlays by Agency, con.
[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”]

Fiscal year
or month

National
Aeronautics
and
National Office of
Space
Science Personnel
AdminisFounManagetration
dation
ment
(25)
(26)
(27)

Small
Business
Administration
(28)

Social
Security
Administration
(29)

Independent
agencies
(30)

Undistributed offsetting receipts
Rents
and
royalties
Employer
on the
share,
Interest
Outer
employee
received Continenretireby trust
tal Shelf
ment
funds
lands
Other
(31)
(32)
(33)
(34)

Total outlays
OnOffbudget
budget
(35)
(36)

2004 ..................

15,150

5,116

56,545

4,077

530,209

5,686

-53,430

-153,986

-5,105

*

1,913,259

379,512

2005 ..................

15,600

5,432

59,500

2,503

561,333

14,419

-58,919

-160,992

-6,144

-160

2,069,437

402,210

2006 ..................

15,125

5,541

62,400

905

585,742

12,351

-60,856

-169,295

-7,282

-113

2,232,803

422,069

2007 .................. r 15,861

5,529

r 58,431

1,175

621,761

18,271

-61,774

-177,963

-6,762

-13,700

r 2,275,562

453,636

2008 ..................

17,834

r 5,848

64,393

527

r 657,799

r 45,196

-66,178

r -191,537

-18,285

r-1,790

r 2,503,674

r 474,759

2009 - Est..........

18,186

6,439

68,461

876

699,976

31,873

-68,308

-201,717

-13,953

-4,413

2,631,725

501,477

2007 - Dec ........

1,548

451

5,352

73

53,638

2,341

-4,084

-85,937

-721

*

235,395

-6,674

2008 - Jan .........

1,216

394

5,987

78

50,648

1,843

-4,472

-1,180

-1,208

-1

193,589

43,790

Feb ........

1,264

429

5,843

-268

57,598

2,369

-4,316

-1,509

-2,328

-5

232,181

49,106

Mar ........

1,486

463

6,061

66

51,620

1,841

-4,201

-720

-1,288

*

177,070

49,958

Apr.........

1,541

396

6,390

61

54,759

484

-4,094

-2,931

-2,863

-1

199,021

45,448

May .......

1,593

440

5,331

69

59,244

2,226

-4,591

-1,543

-1,279

*

239,019

51,180

June ......

1,618

513

5,432

79

55,573

-1,560

-4,285

-88,768

-2,555

-1,780

228,631

-2,266

July........

1,550

658

6,039

63

55,137

17,865

-4,537

-1,560

-2,119

-1

r 217,179

46,082

Aug........

1,446

609

6,206

89

58,821

3,528

-4,506

-3,114

-809

*

218,692

50,237

Sept.......

1,872

570

400

75

52,131

r 11,560

-4,407

-1,030

-1,413

*

r 169,526

r 56,961

Oct.........

1,483

477

6,008

82

59,153

6,380

-18,701

-1,906

-357

*

354,566

47,457

Nov........

1,426

492

5,604

81

52,073

10,777

-4,260

52

-144

-9,389

258,676

50,503

Dec........

1,810

452

5,335

101

58,693

304

-4,968

-86,222

-594

-

327,942

-6,507

Fiscal year 2009
to date ...............

4,719

1,421

16,947

264

169,919

17,461

-27,929

-88,076

-1,095

-9,389

941,184

91,453

Note.—These estimates are based on the Fiscal Year 2009 “Budget of the U.S.
Government,” released by the Office of Management and Budget on July 28, 2008.

* Less than $500,000.
Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

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TABLE FFO-4.—Summary of U.S. Government Receipts by Source and Outlays by Agency,
December 2008 and Other Periods
[In millions of dollars. Source: Financial Management Service]

Classification
Budget receipts:
Individual income taxes...............................................
Corporation income taxes ...........................................
Social insurance and retirement receipts:
Employment and general retirement (off-budget)...
Employment and general retirement (on-budget)...
Unemployment insurance .......................................
Other retirement ......................................................
Excise taxes ................................................................
Estate and gift taxes ...................................................
Customs duties ...........................................................
Miscellaneous receipts................................................
Total receipts.......................................................
(On-budget).....................................................
(Off-budget).....................................................
Budget outlays:
Legislative branch .......................................................
Judicial branch ............................................................
Department of Agriculture ...........................................
Department of Commerce...........................................
Department of Defense-military ..................................
Department of Education ............................................
Department of Energy.................................................
Department of Health and Human Services ...............
Department of Homeland Security..............................
Department of Housing and Urban Development.......
Department of the Interior ...........................................
Department of Justice .................................................
Department of Labor ...................................................
Department of State....................................................
Department of Transportation.....................................
Department of the Treasury:
Interest on the public debt.......................................
Other .......................................................................
Department of Veterans Affairs ..................................
Corps of Engineers .....................................................
Other defense civil programs......................................
Environmental Protection Agency...............................
Executive Office of the President................................
General Services Administration ................................
International Assistance Program...............................
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ........
National Science Foundation......................................
Office of Personnel Management ...............................
Small Business Administration ...................................
Social Security Administration ....................................
Other independent agencies.......................................
Undistributed offsetting receipts:
Interest ....................................................................
Other .......................................................................
Total outlays........................................................
(On-budget).....................................................
(Off-budget).....................................................
Surplus or deficit (-).............................................
(On-budget).....................................................
(Off-budget).....................................................

- No transactions.
* Less than $500,000.

General
funds
(1)

This fiscal year to date
Management,
consolidated,
Trust
revolving and
funds
special funds
(2)
(3)

Total
funds
(4)

General
funds
(5)

Prior fiscal year to date
Management,
consolidated,
revolving and
Trust
special funds
funds
(6)
(7)

Total
funds
(8)

255,292
50,368

6
-

-

255,298
50,368

273,659
92,532

4
-

-

273,663
92,532

4,316
6,557
4,222
10,128
330,882
330,882
-

273
2,273
3,526
6,079
6,079
-

144,026
49,645
5,225
1,110
9,828
402
243
210,479
66,453
144,026

144,026
49,645
5,225
1,110
14,417
6,557
6,897
13,898
547,439
403,414
144,026

4,825
6,930
4,611
8,324
390,882
390,882
-

188
2,114
3,089
5,395
5,395
-

143,236
48,172
5,657
1,069
11,026
389
387
209,936
66,700
143,236

143,236
48,172
5,657
1,069
16,040
6,930
7,114
11,799
606,212
462,976
143,236

1,104
1,380
23,625
2,197
170,480
15,941
6,320
129,377
13,505
11,821
2,665
6,543
6,876
5,864
2,668

318
313
10,357
416
1,702
-7
-489
*
1,812
-106
-54
650
279
111
-157

5
14
303
*
8
3
*
55,470
69
*
147
-69
13,816
131
15,665

1,427
1,707
34,285
2,613
172,189
15,937
5,831
184,846
15,385
11,714
2,757
7,125
20,970
6,106
18,177

1,032
1,460
20,101
1,797
153,005
14,514
5,860
120,314
10,308
12,719
2,325
6,609
2,843
4,547
3,814

-9
121
10,130
96
3,340
-9
-1,362
60
-479
-297
304
475
-610
321
-136

-2
12
433
*
51
3
*
47,144
52
-2
106
-26
9,055
178
12,794

1,021
1,593
30,663
1,893
156,396
14,509
4,499
167,517
9,881
12,420
2,735
7,058
11,288
5,046
16,472

135,318
262,129
26,968
1,938
61,812
2,290
177
49
5,113
4,723
1,384
2,216
265
16,782
3,288

-526
-587
201
-8,220
-71
*
-36
-152
-4
27
-623
*
-13
3,895

179
215
30
-38,749
-178
-577
*
11
15,355
*
153,151
10,277

135,318
261,782
26,596
2,169
14,843
2,041
177
13
4,384
4,719
1,422
16,947
265
169,920
17,461

153,794
4,961
24,239
1,237
59,141
2,055
361
29
3,775
4,252
1,349
2,223
223
18,154
2,741

-78
-465
28
-12,104
-10
*
66
-295
-3
21
-520
-9
*
723

142
187
-58
-35,211
14
*
-3,246
*
4
15,002
*
144,115
1,577

153,794
5,025
23,961
1,207
11,825
2,059
361
95
234
4,249
1,374
16,704
214
162,269
5,040

-846
923,972
923,863
109
-593,090
-592,981
-109

-20,283
-11,249
-10,845
-404
17,328
16,923
404

-88,076
-17,285
119,915
28,166
91,749
90,564
38,287
52,277

-88,076
-38,413
1,032,638
941,184
91,453
-485,198
-537,771
52,572

-2,174
637,606
637,606
-246,724
-246,724
-

-11,746
-12,448
-11,285
-1,163
17,843
16,679
1,163

-89,181
-15,272
87,871
2,443
85,428
122,065
64,256
57,809

-89,181
-29,193
713,028
628,764
84,264
-106,816
-165,788
58,972

Note.—Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

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INTRODUCTION: Source and Availability of the
Balance in the Account of the U.S. Treasury
The Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury’s) operating
cash is maintained in accounts with the Federal Reserve
banks (FRBs) and branches, as well as in tax and loan
accounts in other financial institutions. Major information
sources include FRBs, Treasury Regional Financial Centers,
Internal Revenue Service Centers, Bureau of the Public
Debt, and various electronic systems. As the FRB accounts
are depleted, funds are called in (withdrawn) from thousands
of tax and loan accounts at financial institutions throughout
the country.
Under authority of Public Law 95-147 (codified at 31
United States Code 323), Treasury implemented a program
on November 2, 1978, to invest a portion of its operating
cash in obligations of depositaries maintaining tax and loan
accounts. Under the Treasury tax and loan (TT&L)
investment program, depositary financial institutions select
the manner in which they will participate. Financial
institutions wishing to retain funds deposited into their tax

and loan accounts in interest-bearing obligations can
participate. The program permits Treasury to collect funds
through financial institutions and to leave the funds in TT&L
depositaries and in the financial communities in which they
arise until Treasury needs the funds for its operations. In this
way, Treasury is able to neutralize the effect of its
fluctuating operations on TT&L financial institution reserves
and on the economy. Likewise, those institutions wishing to
remit the funds to the Treasury account at FRBs do so as
collector depositaries.
Deposits to tax and loan accounts occur as customers of
financial institutions deposit tax payments that the financial
institutions use to purchase Government securities. In most
cases, this involves a transfer of funds from a customer’s
account to the tax and loan account in the same financial
institution. Also, Treasury can direct the FRBs to invest
excess funds in tax and loan accounts directly from the
Treasury account at the FRBs.

TABLE UST-1.—Elements of Change in Federal Reserve
and Tax and Loan Note Account Balances 1
[In millions of dollars. Source: Financial Management Service]

Credits and withdrawals

Fiscal year or month

Federal Reserve accounts
Credits 2
Received through
remittance option tax
Received directly
and loan depositaries
(1)
(2)

Withdrawals 3
(3)

Tax and loan note accounts
Withdrawals
(transfers to Federal
Taxes 4
Reserve accounts)
(4)
(5)

2004 ................................................
2005 ................................................
2006 ................................................
2007 ................................................
2008 ................................................

7,094,904
7,485,532
7,839,784
8,455,356
9,947,954

469,641
468,563
501,945
528,724
530,425

7,565,782
7,955,702
8,340,659
8,983,992
10,151,438

1,168,663
1,339,363
1,478,945
1,571,322
1,602,823

1,166,036
1,338,425
1,463,568
1,548,300
1,633,393

2007 - Dec.......................................
2008 - Jan .......................................
Feb ......................................
Mar ......................................
Apr.......................................
May......................................
June.....................................
July ......................................
Aug ......................................
Sept .....................................

680,387
746,426
863,418
770,080
940,794
898,793
822,259
785,812
781,045
1,248,995

59,953
44,251
37,176
45,335
53,189
37,593
49,684
40,315
36,826
48,868

728,889
801,024
901,942
814,287
994,580
936,721
871,584
825,849
818,446
970,065

199,675
128,702
120,623
152,098
154,020
108,037
156,942
111,929
102,232
152,727

162,694
105,059
178,518
118,114
58,854
234,507
117,886
103,966
156,341
115,790

Oct.......................................
Nov ......................................
Dec ......................................

1,513,643
801,868
799,185

40,509
35,649
55,150

1,283,783
939,874
989,379

108,703
101,651
161,413

135,722
111,797
162,177

See footnotes at end of table.

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19

TABLE UST-1.—Elements of Change in Federal Reserve
and Tax and Loan Note Account Balances, con. 1
[In millions of dollars. Source: Financial Management Service]

Balances

Fiscal year or month

End of period
Tax and loan
Federal
note
Reserve
accounts
(6)
(7)

High
Federal
Reserve
(8)

Tax and loan
note
accounts
(9)

During period
Low
Tax and loan
Federal
note
Reserve
accounts
(10)
(11)

Average
Tax and loan
note
Federal
accounts
Reserve
(13)
(12)

2004 ......................................

5,987

30,362

7,900

51,834

1,592

19

5,341

14,464

2005 ......................................

4,381

31,300

9,849

78,251

3,159

30

5,025

19,819

2006 ......................................

5,451

46,676

7,507

93,784

2,637

78

5,019

20,614

2007 ......................................

5,539

69,698

29,504

98,264

3,239

75

5,216

23,961

2008 ......................................

32,988

39,129

32,988

135,752

2,973

-

5,181

17,751

2007 - Dec.............................

16,120

40,855

16,120

60,329

3,924

671

5,867

24,354

2008 - Jan .............................

5,773

64,498

16,120

64,498

4,262

2,734

5,525

19,670

Feb ............................

4,424

6,603

6,052

50,127

2,992

94

4,830

13,358

Mar ............................

5,552

40,587

6,590

40,587

4,346

6,603

5,150

17,731

Apr.............................

4,955

135,752

7,417

135,752

3,437

-

5,328

26,304

May............................

4,620

9,282

6,342

98,302

2,973

-

4,766

32,453

June...........................

4,978

48,338

7,413

48,338

4,167

124

5,020

16,190

July ............................

5,256

56,300

6,720

56,300

4,024

241

5,070

9,714

Aug ............................

4,681

2,192

5,658

25,373

4,275

830

4,806

7,745

Sept ...........................

32,988

39,129

32,988

39,129

3,899

1,177

5,757

16,359

Oct.............................

43,998

12,109

136,672

79,897

3,987

8,172

33,898

24,884

Nov ............................

66,385

1,964

91,193

12,109

17,355

1,722

55,834

5,209

Dec ............................

106,123

1,199

132,738

2,181

41,646

1,199

90,197

1,912

1

This report does not include Supplementary Financing Program balances.
Represents transfers from tax and loan note accounts, proceeds from sales of securities other
than Government account series, and taxes.
3
Represents checks paid, wire transfer payments, drawdowns on letters of credit, redemptions
of securities other than Government account series, and investment (transfer) of excess funds
out of this account to the tax and loan note accounts.
4
Taxes eligible for credit consist of those deposited by taxpayers in the tax and loan depositaries
2

as follows: withheld income taxes beginning March 1948; taxes on employers and
employees under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act beginning January 1950
and under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act beginning July 1951; a number of excise
taxes beginning July 1953; estimated corporation income taxes beginning April
1967; all corporation income taxes due on or after March 15, 1968; Federal
Unemployment Tax Act taxes beginning April 1970; and individual estimated income
taxes beginning October 1988.

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INTRODUCTION: Federal Debt
Treasury securities (i.e., public debt securities) comprise
most of the Federal debt, with securities issued by other
Federal agencies accounting for the rest. Tables in this
section of the “Treasury Bulletin” reflect the total. Further
detailed information is published in the “Monthly Statement
of the Public Debt of the United States.” Likewise,
information on agency securities and on investments of
Federal Government accounts in Federal securities is
published in the “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts
and Outlays of the United States Government.”
Treasury’s Financial Management Service (FMS)
compiles data in the “Treasury Bulletin” tables FD-2 and
FD-6 from the “Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the
United States.”
• Table FD-1 summarizes the Federal debt by listing
public debt and agency securities held by the public,
including the Federal Reserve. It also includes debt held by
Federal agencies, largely by the Social Security and other
Federal retirement trust funds. The net unamortized
premium and discount also are listed by total Federal
securities, securities held by Government accounts and
securities held by the public. The difference between the
outstanding face value of the Federal debt and the net
unamortized premium and discount is classified as the
accrual amount. (For greater detail on holdings of Federal
securities by particular classes of investors, see the
ownership tables, OFS-1 and OFS-2.)
• Table FD-2 categorizes by type, that is, marketable
and nonmarketable, the total public debt securities
outstanding that are held by the public.
• In table FD-3, nonmarketable Treasury securities
held by U.S. Government accounts are summarized by
issues to particular funds within Government. Many of the
funds invest in par value special series nonmarketables at
interest rates determined by law. Others invest in marketbased special Treasury securities whose terms mirror those
of marketable securities.
• Table FD-4 presents interest-bearing securities
issued by Government agencies. Federal agency borrowing

March 2009

has declined in recent years, in part because the Federal
Financing Bank has provided financing to other Federal
agencies. (Federal agency borrowing from Treasury is
presented in the “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts
and Outlays of the United States Government.”)
• Table FD-5 illustrates the average length of
marketable interest-bearing public debt held by private
investors and the maturity distribution of that debt.
In March 1971, Congress enacted a limited exception to
the amount of bonds with rates greater than 4-1/4 percent
that could be held by the public. This permitted Treasury to
offer securities maturing in more than 7 years at current
market interest rates for the first time since 1965. In March
1976, the definition of a bond was changed to include those
securities longer than 10 years to maturity. This exception
has expanded since 1971, authorizing Treasury to continue
to issue long-term securities. The ceiling on Treasury bonds
was repealed on November 10, 1988.
The volume of privately held Treasury marketable
securities by maturity class reflects the remaining period to
maturity of Treasury bills, notes and bonds. The average
length is comprised of an average of remaining periods to
maturity, weighted by the amount of each security held by
private investors. In other words, computations of average
length exclude Government accounts and the FRBs.
• In table FD-6, the debt ceiling is compared with the
outstanding debt subject to limitation by law. The other debt
category includes Federal debt Congress has designated as
being subject to the debt ceiling.
• Table FD-7 details Treasury holdings of securities
issued by Government corporations and other agencies.
Certain Federal agencies are authorized to borrow money
from the Treasury, largely to finance direct loan programs.
In addition, agencies such as the Bonneville Power
Administration are authorized to borrow from the Treasury
to finance capital projects. Treasury, in turn, finances these
loans by selling Treasury securities to the public.

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21

TABLE FD-1.—Summary of Federal Debt
[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”]

End of fiscal
year or month

Total
(1)

Amount outstanding
Public debt
securities
(2)

Agency
securities
(3)

Total
(4)

Securities held by
Government accounts
Public debt
Agency
Total
securities
securities
(6)
(7)
(5)

The public
Public debt
securities
(8)

Agency
securities
(9)

2004 ...............................
2005 ...............................
2006 ...............................
2007 ...............................
2008 ...............................

7,403,236
7,956,346
8,530,366
9,030,612
10,047,828

7,379,053
7,932,710
8,506,974
9,007,653
10,024,725

24,183
23,637
23,392
22,959
23,104

3,075,687
3,331,333
3,663,773
3,958,417
4,210,491

3,075,687
3,331,332
3,663,766
3,958,411
4,210,485

1
1
7
6
6

4,327,549
4,625,013
4,866,593
5,072,195
5,837,337

4,303,366
4,601,378
4,843,208
5,049,242
5,814,240

24,182
23,636
23,385
22,953
23,098

2007 - Dec .....................
2008 - Jan......................
Feb.....................
Mar.....................
Apr .....................
May ....................
June ...................
July.....................
Aug.....................
Sept....................
Oct .....................
Nov.....................
Dec.....................

9,252,317
9,261,110
9,381,029
9,461,058
9,400,719
9,411,969
9,515,532
9,608,823
9,668,997
10,047,828
10,599,663
10,684,427
10,723,156

9,229,172
9,238,008
9,358,051
9,437,594
9,377,557
9,388,798
9,492,006
9,585,479
9,645,755
10,024,725
10,574,094
10,661,175
10,699,805

23,145
23,102
22,978
23,464
23,163
23,170
23,527
23,344
23,243
23,104
25,569
23,252
23,352

4,092,890
4,105,795
4,098,349
4,103,552
4,133,040
4,110,207
4,206,987
4,182,264
4,166,662
4,210,491
4,266,386
4,260,586
4,327,160

4,092,884
4,105,789
4,098,344
4,103,546
4,133,034
4,110,201
4,206,981
4,182,258
4,166,656
4,210,485
4,266,380
4,260,581
4,327,154

6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6

5,159,427
5,155,315
5,282,680
5,357,506
5,267,679
5,301,762
5,308,545
5,426,559
5,502,335
5,837,337
6,333,277
6,423,841
6,395,996

5,136,288
5,132,219
5,259,707
5,334,048
5,244,523
5,278,597
5,285,025
5,403,221
5,479,099
5,814,240
6,307,714
6,400,594
6,372,651

23,139
23,096
22,972
23,458
23,157
23,164
23,521
23,338
23,237
23,098
25,563
23,246
23,346

Federal debt securities
Net
Amount
unamortized
outstanding
premium
Accrual
face value
and discount
amount
(10)
(11)
(12)

Securities held by Government accounts
Net
Amount
unamortized
Accrual
outstanding
premium
amount
face value
and discount
(14)
(15)
(13)

Securities held by the public
Net
Amount
unamortized
Accrual
outstanding
premium
amount
face value
and discount
(17)
(18)
(16)

2004 ...............................
2005 ...............................
2006 ...............................
2007 ...............................
2008 ...............................

7,403,236
7,956,346
8,530,366
9,030,612
10,047,828

51,219
53,546
81,375
82,078
64,135

7,352,017
7,902,800
8,448,991
8,948,534
9,983,694

3,075,687
3,331,333
3,663,773
3,958,417
4,210,491

16,596
18,145
41,370
42,796
27,432

3,059,091
3,313,188
3,622,403
3,915,621
4,183,059

4,327,550
4,625,013
4,866,593
5,072,195
5,837,337

34,623
35,401
40,005
39,282
36,703

4,292,926
4,589,612
4,826,588
5,032,913
5,800,635

2007 - Dec .....................
2008 - Jan ......................
Feb .....................
Mar .....................
Apr......................
May ....................
June ...................
July.....................
Aug.....................
Sept....................
Oct......................
Nov.....................
Dec.....................

9,252,317
9,261,110
9,381,029
9,461,058
9,400,719
9,411,969
9,515,532
9,608,823
9,668,997
10,047,828
10,599,663
10,684,427
10,723,156

79,511
77,244
77,682
74,722
74,042
60,000
59,733
61,431
61,663
64,135
66,851
65,816
62,737

9,172,806
9,183,866
9,303,347
9,386,336
9,326,677
9,351,969
9,455,799
9,547,392
9,607,334
9,983,694
10,532,813
10,618,610
10,660,419

4,092,890
4,105,795
4,098,349
4,103,552
4,133,040
4,110,207
4,206,987
4,182,264
4,166,662
4,210,491
4,266,386
4,260,586
4,327,160

42,422
40,603
41,264
39,782
40,427
26,016
25,332
25,608
25,075
27,432
28,713
28,392
28,271

4,050,468
4,065,192
4,057,086
4,063,771
4,092,613
4,084,192
4,181,655
4,156,656
4,141,587
4,183,059
4,237,672
4,232,194
4,298,889

5,159,427
5,155,315
5,282,680
5,357,506
5,267,679
5,301,762
5,308,545
5,426,559
5,502,335
5,837,337
6,333,277
6,423,841
6,395,996

37,089
36,641
36,418
34,940
33,615
33,984
34,401
35,823
36,588
36,703
38,138
37,424
34,466

5,122,338
5,118,674
5,246,261
5,322,565
5,234,064
5,267,777
5,274,145
5,390,736
5,465,748
5,800,635
6,295,140
6,386,416
6,361,529

End of fiscal
year or month

March 2009

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TABLE FD-2.—Debt Held by the Public
[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the United States”]

Marketable
End of fiscal
year or month

Total public debt
securities
outstanding
(1)

Total
(2)

Bills
(3)

Notes
(4)

Bonds
(5)

Treasury
inflation-protected
securities
(6)

Nonmarketable
Total
(7)

2004 ..................................
2005 ..................................
2006 ..................................
2007 ..................................
2008 ..................................

4,307,345
4,601,239
4,843,121
5,049,306
5,808,692

3,845,855
4,066,053
4,283,804
4,428,405
5,210,151

961,449
910,323
908,474
954,607
1,484,332

2,109,494
2,328,213
2,445,307
2,456,100
2,623,364

551,904
520,507
534,473
560,922
578,504

223,008
307,011
395,550
456,776
523,951

461,490
535,186
559,317
620,900
598,540

2007 - Dec ........................
2008 - Jan .........................
Feb ........................
Mar ........................
Apr.........................
May .......................
June ......................
July........................
Aug........................
Sept.......................
Oct.........................
Nov........................
Dec........................

5,136,303
5,132,265
5,259,804
5,334,116
5,244,195
5,278,699
5,285,064
5,403,382
5,479,100
5,808,692
6,302,794
6,396,591
6,369,319

4,516,792
4,513,092
4,641,684
4,712,665
4,622,476
4,665,461
4,676,573
4,802,224
4,881,685
5,210,151
5,704,139
5,798,435
5,774,190

999,547
980,012
1,120,975
1,153,879
1,020,681
1,114,547
1,055,697
1,130,970
1,221,987
1,484,332
1,904,060
1,998,226
1,861,187

2,487,368
2,502,767
2,477,293
2,513,108
2,539,859
2,475,730
2,542,526
2,573,863
2,555,609
2,623,364
2,685,691
2,673,928
2,791,514

558,447
558,445
571,736
571,738
571,760
580,983
580,995
580,982
582,815
578,504
578,915
591,492
591,867

471,430
471,868
471,680
473,940
490,175
494,202
497,355
516,410
521,274
523,951
535,472
534,789
529,622

619,510
619,173
618,120
621,451
621,719
613,238
608,490
601,158
597,415
598,540
598,655
598,156
595,129

U.S. savings
securities
(8)

Depositary
compensation
securities
(9)

Nonmarketable, con.
End of fiscal
year or month

Foreign series
(10)

Government
account series
(11)

State and local
government series
(12)

Domestic
series
(13)

Other
(14)

2004 .......................................
2005 .......................................
2006 .......................................
2007 .......................................
2008 .......................................

204,201
203,645
203,656
197,126
194,253

-

5,881
3,086
2,986
2,986
2,986

58,528
67,961
78,129
88,153
107,498

158,214
225,283
238,835
296,513
260,238

29,995
29,995
29,995
29,995
29,995

4,669
5,214
5,715
6,126
3,569

2007 - Dec .............................
2008 - Jan ..............................
Feb .............................
Mar .............................
Apr..............................
May ............................
June ...........................
July.............................
Aug.............................
Sept............................
Oct..............................
Nov.............................
Dec.............................

196,452
195,690
195,583
195,425
195,327
195,225
195,003
194,753
194,467
194,253
194,236
194,216
194,075

-

2,986
5,886
5,286
4,886
4,886
3,286
3,086
2,986
2,986
2,986
3,986
3,986
3,986

91,189
95,757
97,088
99,903
100,366
100,448
100,989
103,836
104,441
107,498
112,814
113,884
115,117

293,239
286,451
284,921
286,344
286,818
280,017
275,203
265,534
261,553
260,238
254,564
253,455
249,318

29,995
29,995
29,995
29,995
29,995
29,995
29,995
29,995
29,995
29,995
29,995
29,995
29,995

5,648
5,392
5,247
4,897
4,326
4,265
4,214
4,053
3,972
3,569
3,058
2,618
2,637

March 2009

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TABLE FD-3.—Government Account Series
[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the United States”]

End of fiscal
year or month

Total
(1)

Airport and
Airway
Trust Fund
(2)

Deposit
Insurance
Fund
(3)

Employees
Life Insurance
Fund
(4)

Exchange
Stabilization
Fund
(5)

Federal
Disability
Insurance
Trust Fund
(6)

Federal
employees
retirement
funds
(7)

Federal
Hospital
Insurance
Trust Fund
(8)

Federal
Federal
Old-Age and
Housing
Survivors
Adminis- Insurance Trust
Fund
tration
(10)
(9)

2004 ..............
2005 ..............
2006 ..............
2007 ..............
2008 ..............

3,129,990
3,380,605
3,722,747
4,026,772
4,297,677

9,892
10,047
7,893
7,931
7,674

32,089
32,733
46,216
47,515
29,937

28,107
29,485
31,282
32,965
34,397

10,319
15,238
15,711
16,436
16,847

182,769
193,263
202,178
213,830
216,487

631,749
660,109
689,812
702,043
729,705

264,375
277,268
302,186
319,377
318,741

23,325
22,646
22,036
22,410
19,093

1,452,599
1,616,159
1,793,129
1,968,262
2,150,651

2007 - Dec.....
2008 - Jan .....
Feb ....
Mar ....
Apr.....
May....
June ..
July....
Aug....
Sept...
Oct.....
Nov....
Dec....

4,164,266
4,181,707
4,175,632
4,183,685
4,213,642
4,190,825
4,288,079
4,266,035
4,250,862
4,297,677
4,358,403
4,353,747
4,421,658

10,357
9,073
9,676
9,696
9,892
9,405
7,361
7,466
7,714
7,674
8,432
7,593
7,855

47,562
47,723
48,222
48,441
48,579
47,860
47,778
33,671
32,182
29,937
29,519
24,611
25,496

33,517
33,561
33,742
33,753
33,765
34,184
34,205
34,234
34,375
34,397
34,494
34,963
35,032

16,603
16,650
16,672
16,699
16,729
16,746
16,776
16,805
16,833
16,847
17,184
17,179
17,661

215,046
215,942
214,979
214,556
216,189
215,358
220,133
218,802
217,423
216,487
214,667
213,094
215,810

710,949
707,547
703,967
699,976
696,704
693,556
708,884
705,751
702,187
729,705
726,483
722,953
738,870

326,096
328,005
321,962
323,477
330,969
323,086
337,668
322,707
314,158
318,741
310,991
316,700
321,910

22,737
22,758
23,019
23,132
23,104
18,725
18,770
18,834
19,081
19,093
19,244
19,379
19,415

2,024,392
2,042,616
2,046,490
2,054,564
2,076,763
2,081,808
2,140,243
2,145,094
2,147,096
2,150,651
2,151,971
2,153,752
2,203,404

End of fiscal
year or month

Federal
Savings and
Loan
Corporation,
Resolution
Fund
(11)

Federal
Supplementary
Medical
Insurance Trust
Fund
(12)

Highway
Trust Fund
(13)

National
Service Life
Insurance
Fund
(14)

Postal
Service Fund
(15)

Railroad
Retirement
Account
(16)

Treasury
deposit
funds
(17)

Unemployment Trust
Fund
(18)

Other
(19)

2004 .....................
2005 .....................
2006 .....................
2007 .....................
2008 .....................

3,013
3,123
3,029
3,182
3,320

17,439
17,204
33,061
39,248
59,090

10,212
8,271
10,998
12,205
12,811

10,949
10,597
10,189
9,752
9,272

1,283
1,218
4,233
979
1,605

627
570
477
596
624

-

45,239
54,806
66,213
74,923
72,432

406,004
427,868
484,104
555,118
614,991

2007 - Dec ...........
2008 - Jan ............
Feb ...........
Mar ...........
Apr............
May ..........
June .........
July...........
Aug...........
Sept..........
Oct............
Nov...........
Dec...........

3,257
3,266
3,273
3,278
3,303
3,298
3,304
3,311
3,316
3,320
3,320
3,319
3,325

42,716
43,358
40,010
46,939
47,217
42,827
50,137
58,847
54,265
59,090
54,795
59,364
59,850

11,247
11,606
12,319
11,578
13,055
10,659
9,979
8,831
7,026
12,811
10,906
10,804
10,386

9,810
9,722
9,626
9,530
9,437
9,355
9,535
9,453
9,380
9,272
9,186
9,119
9,294

1,200
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,200
1,200
1,000
1,000
1,605
1,200
1,200
1,200

356
487
636
489
522
463
451
457
461
624
561
367
364

-

73,563
70,471
70,538
66,964
66,208
79,931
79,108
76,487
77,310
72,432
68,300
67,362
61,805

614,858
617,922
619,501
619,613
620,206
602,364
602,547
604,285
607,055
614,991
697,150
691,988
689,981

Note.—Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

March 2009

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TABLE FD-4.—Interest-Bearing Securities Issued by Government Agencies
[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”]

Total
outstanding
(1)

Department of
Housing and
Urban
Development
Federal Housing
Administration
(2)

Farm Credit
System Financial
Assistance
Corporation
(3)

Other
independent
Tennessee
Valley Authority
(4)

2004 ............................

24,183

200

325

23,253

243

163

2005 ............................

23,637

146

-

23,097

235

159

2006 ............................

23,392

112

-

22,899

225

156

2007 ............................

22,959

85

-

22,506

215

153

2008 ............................

23,104

69

-

22,680

204

150

2007 - Dec ..................

23,145

84

-

22,690

215

156

2008 - Jan ...................

23,102

68

-

22,662

215

157

Feb ...................

22,978

69

-

22,550

210

149

Mar ...................

23,464

69

-

23,035

210

150

Apr....................

23,163

66

-

22,735

210

151

May...................

23,170

67

-

22,741

210

152

June..................

23,527

65

-

23,101

210

151

July ...................

23,344

69

-

22,910

210

155

Aug ...................

23,243

69

-

22,820

204

149

Sept ..................

23,104

69

-

22,680

204

150

Oct....................

25,569

69

-

25,146

204

149

Nov ...................

23,252

69

-

22,828

204

151

Dec ...................

23,352

69

-

22,926

204

151

End of fiscal
year or month

Note.—Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

March 2009

National Archives
and Records
Administration
(5)

Other
(6)

FEDERAL DEBT

25

TABLE FD-5.—Maturity Distribution and Average Length of Marketable
Interest-Bearing Public Debt Held by Private Investors
[In millions of dollars. Source: Office of Debt Management, Office of the Under Secretary for Domestic Finance]

Maturity classes
End of fiscal
year or month

Amount outstanding
privately held
(1)

Within
1 year
(2)

1-5 years
(3)

5-10 years
(4)

10-20 years
(5)

20 years
or more
(6)

Average length
(7)

2004 ...............................

3,145,244

1,127,850

1,150,979

414,728

243,036

208,652

4 yrs.

11 mos.

2005 ...............................

3,334,411

1,100,783

1,279,646

499,386

281,229

173,367

4 yrs.

10 mos.

2006 ...............................

3,496,359

1,140,553

1,295,589

589,748

290,733

179,736

4 yrs.

11 mos.

2007 ...............................

3,634,666

1,176,510

1,309,871

677,905

291,963

178,417

4 yrs.

10 mos.

2008 ...............................

4,745,256

2,042,003

1,468,455

719,347

352,430

163,022

4 yrs.

1 mo.

2007 - Dec......................

3,781,877

1,295,981

1,309,642

700,562

310,814

164,878

4 yrs.

9 mos.

2008 - Jan ......................

3,805,408

1,315,046

1,295,456

710,580

319,185

165,140

4 yrs.

9 mos.

Feb .....................

3,933,939

1,451,105

1,294,886

691,672

319,156

174,120

4 yrs.

8 mos.

Mar .....................

4,127,033

1,607,155

1,323,534

702,527

319,481

174,336

4 yrs.

5 mos.

Apr......................

4,079,776

1,509,658

1,366,837

709,124

338,330

155,827

4 yrs.

6 mos.

May.....................

4,162,323

1,618,739

1,329,756

718,171

333,602

162,056

4 yrs.

6 mos.

June....................

4,203,532

1,580,568

1,396,177

730,327

334,145

162,224

4 yrs.

6 mos.

July .....................

4,328,809

1,668,784

1,439,791

716,694

364,351

162,453

4 yrs.

5 mos.

Aug .....................

4,386,440

1,774,790

1,390,479

706,395

351,906

162,870

4 yrs.

5 mos.

Sept ....................

4,745,256

2,042,003

1,468,455

719,347

352,430

163,022

4 yrs.

1 mo.

Oct......................

5,238,827

2,462,352

1,496,698

764,782

352,076

162,919

3 yrs.

10 mos.

Nov .....................

5,312,125

2,540,826

1,490,667

761,948

355,148

163,536

3 yrs.

10 mos.

Dec .....................

5,307,633

2,406,537

1,607,484

776,147

354,202

163,262

3 yrs.

10 mos.

Note.—Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

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TABLE FD-6.—Debt Subject to Statutory Limit
[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the United States”]

Other debt 1
(4)

Public debt
(5)

Other debt
(6)

Securities
not subject
to limit
(7)

7,333,166

184

7,379,053

184

45,887

7,871,040

7,870,911

130

7,932,710

130

61,799

8,965,000

8,420,278

8,420,183

96

8,506,974

96

86,792

2007 ................................................

9,815,000

8,921,343

8,921,274

69

9,007,653

69

86,379

2008 ................................................

10,615,000

9,959,850

9,959,799

51

10,024,725

51

64,926

2007 - Dec.......................................

9,815,000

9,144,715

9,144,647

68

9,229,173

68

84,525

2008 - Jan .......................................

9,815,000

9,155,842

9,155,791

52

9,238,008

52

82,218

Feb ......................................

9,815,000

9,275,683

9,275,631

53

9,358,051

53

82,421

Mar ......................................

9,815,000

9,358,135

9,358,082

53

9,437,594

53

79,512

Apr.......................................

9,815,000

9,298,567

9,298,517

50

9,377,557

50

79,041

May......................................

9,815,000

9,324,137

9,324,086

51

9,388,799

51

64,714

June.....................................

9,815,000

9,427,901

9,427,850

51

9,492,006

51

64,156

July ......................................

10,615,000

9,520,220

9,520,169

51

9,585,480

51

65,310

Aug ......................................

10,615,000

9,580,508

9,580,457

51

9,645,755

51

65,299

Sept .....................................

10,615,000

9,959,850

9,959,799

51

10,024,725

51

64,926

Oct.......................................

11,315,000

10,504,702

10,504,651

51

10,574,094

51

69,444

Nov ......................................

11,315,000

10,595,725

10,595,674

51

10,661,175

51

65,502

Dec ......................................

11,315,000

10,640,274

10,640,223

51

10,699,805

51

59,583

Debt subject to limit

Statutory debt
limit
(1)

Total
(2)

2004 ................................................

7,384,000

7,333,350

2005 ................................................

8,184,000

2006 ................................................

End of fiscal
year or month

1

Consists of guaranteed debt issued by the Federal Housing Administration.

March 2009

Public debt
(3)

Securities outstanding

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TABLE FD-7.—Treasury Holdings of Securities Issued
by Government Corporations and Other Agencies
[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”]

Department of Agriculture
Rural Business
and Cooperative
Development
Service
(5)

Foreign
Agricultural
Service
(6)

Total
(1)

Farm-Service
Agency
(2)

Rural Utilities
Service
(3)

Rural Housing
and Community
Development Service
(4)

2004 ................................................
2005 ................................................
2006 ................................................
2007 ................................................
2008 ................................................

213,321
211,763
228,065
219,079
252,783

15,956
26,851
22,578
10,662
9,691

16,560
18,489
20,432
22,803
24,789

11,937
12,608
12,911
13,803
14,780

474
461
485
420
479

1,897
1,979
1,358
1,448
1,456

2007 - Dec.......................................
2008 - Jan .......................................
Feb ......................................
Mar ......................................
Apr.......................................
May .....................................
June ....................................
July......................................
Aug......................................
Sept.....................................
Oct.......................................
Nov......................................
Dec......................................

224,572
229,879
231,100
230,254
229,880
233,312
229,296
234,242
240,154
252,783
298,445
326,003
357,973

10,918
12,614
12,808
12,820
12,287
11,960
11,555
9,101
9,167
9,691
16,067
18,862
9,673

23,084
23,331
23,538
23,447
23,613
23,878
23,959
23,703
24,588
24,789
25,003
25,155
25,659

14,198
14,321
14,475
14,354
14,478
14,621
14,624
14,789
14,686
14,780
14,908
15,022
15,171

431
435
439
440
442
444
447
447
467
479
484
488
490

1,448
1,448
1,448
1,448
1,448
1,448
1,448
1,448
1,456
1,456
1,456
1,456
1,456

End of fiscal
year or month

End of fiscal
year or month

Department of
Education
(7)

Department
of Energy
Bonneville Power
Administration
(8)

Department of Housing
and Urban Development
Federal Housing
Other Housing
Administration
programs
(9)
(10)

Department
of the Treasury
Federal
Financing Bank
(11)

2004 ................................................
2005 ................................................
2006 ................................................
2007 ................................................
2008 ................................................

96,530
104,471
105,522
103,973
128,331

2,900
2,777
2,482
2,241
2,186

7,635
7,548
6,258
4,573
4,832

1,203
239
-

29,305
12,413
16,618
17,609
21,957

2007 - Dec ......................................
2008 - Jan .......................................
Feb ......................................
Mar ......................................
Apr.......................................
May .....................................
June ....................................
July......................................
Aug......................................
Sept.....................................
Oct.......................................
Nov......................................
Dec......................................

109,587
113,250
113,250
115,120
115,120
115,894
116,026
123,152
129,383
128,331
144,402
145,018
145,131

2,221
2,201
2,201
2,201
2,100
2,200
2,200
2,240
2,200
2,186
2,186
2,151
2,151

4,573
4,573
4,573
4,573
4,573
4,573
4,573
4,573
4,573
4,832
4,832
4,832
4,832

-

16,284
15,418
15,090
14,430
13,746
14,913
15,156
14,567
13,664
21,957
23,148
22,948
22,868

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TABLE FD-7.—Treasury Holdings of Securities Issued by Government
Corporations and Other Agencies, con.
[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”]

Export-Import
Bank of the
United States
(12)

Railroad
Retirement
Board
(13)

Small Business
Administration
(14)

Other
(15)

2004 ......................................

7,237

2,962

8,546

10,179

2005 ......................................

5,848

2,973

7,695

7,411

2006 ......................................

4,911

2,958

9,303

22,249

2007 ......................................

4,364

2,945

11,366

22,872

2008 ......................................

2,929

3,096

9,463

28,793

2007 - Dec ............................

4,364

3,768

11,366

22,331

2008 - Jan .............................

4,364

4,064

11,366

22,495

Feb ............................

4,364

4,312

11,901

22,701

Mar ............................

4,364

4,597

9,133

23,327

Apr.............................

4,364

4,881

9,133

23,696

May ...........................

4,364

5,149

9,138

24,728

June ..........................

3,552

2,221

9,138

24,397

July............................

3,573

2,518

9,138

24,993

Aug............................

2,768

2,796

9,463

24,942

Sept...........................

2,929

3,096

9,463

28,793

Oct.............................

2,929

3,394

9,463

50,174

Nov............................

2,929

3,683

9,463

73,996

Dec............................

3,151

3,990

9,463

113,939

End of fiscal
year or month

Note.—Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

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INTRODUCTION: Public Debt Operations
Chapter 31 of Title 31 of the United States Code allows
the Secretary of Treasury to borrow money by issuing
Treasury securities. The Secretary determines the terms and
conditions of issue, conversion, maturity, payment, and
interest rate. New issues of Treasury notes mature in 2 to 10
years. Bonds mature in more than 10 years from the issue
date. Each outstanding marketable security is listed in the
“Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the United States.”
The information in this section of the “Treasury Bulletin”
pertains only to marketable Treasury securities.
• Table PDO-1 presents the results of weekly auctions
of 4-, 13-, and 26-week bills. Treasury bills mature each
Thursday. Issues of 4- and 13-week bills are reopenings of
26-week bills. High yields on accepted tenders and the dollar
value of total bids are presented, with the dollar value of
awards made on both competitive and noncompetitive bases.
To encourage the participation of individuals and smaller
institutions, Treasury accepts noncompetitive tenders of up to
$5 million for bills and $5 million for notes and bonds in each
auction of securities.

• Table PDO-2 lists the results of auctions of
marketable securities, other than weekly bills, in
chronological order over the past 2 years. Issues of cash
management bills also are presented.
Note: Additional information, including maturity
schedules of interest-bearing marketable public debt securities
other than regular weekly and 52-week Treasury bills
outstanding, can now be found on the Bureau of Public Debt’s
website at http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/ reports/pd/pd_
pdotables_downloadable_files.htm.
Note: On April 30, 2008, Treasury announced the
reintroduction of the 52-week bill. The first auction of this
security took place on June 3, 2008.
Note: Cash managements bills that are identified below
are issued as part of the Supplementary Financing Program
(SFP). For more details about the SFP, visit www.treasury.gov/
press/releases/hp1144.htm or call 202-622-2960.

TREASURY FINANCING: OCTOBER-DECEMBER
[Source: Bureau of the Public Debt, Office of Financing]

OCTOBER
Cash Management Bills
On September 29, 2008, Treasury announced it would
auction $45,000 million of 15-day bills. They were issued
October 1 and matured October 16. The issue was to raise
new cash and was part of the Supplementary Financing
Program (SFP). Treasury auctioned the bills on September 30.
Tenders totaled $89,355 million; Treasury accepted $45,000
million. The high bank discount rate was 0.990 percent.
On September 29, Treasury announced it would auction
$50,000 million of 42-day bills. They were issued October 2
and matured November 13. The issue was to raise new cash
and was part of the SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on
October 1. Tenders totaled $139,806 million; Treasury
accepted $50,000 million. The high bank discount rate was
1.100 percent.
On September 29, Treasury announced it would auction
$45,000 million of 56-day bills. They were issued October 3
and matured November 28. The issue was to raise new cash
and was part of the SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on
October 2. Tenders totaled $128,538 million; Treasury
accepted $45,000 million. The high bank discount rate was
0.770 percent.
On October 2, Treasury announced it would auction
$30,000 million of 72-day bills. They were issued October 7

and matured December 18. The issue was to raise new cash
and was part of the SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on
October 6. Tenders totaled $89,706 million; Treasury
accepted $30,000 million. The high bank discount rate was
0.500 percent.
On October 6, Treasury announced it would auction
$30,000 million of 79-day bills. They were issued October 8
and matured December 26. The issue was to raise new cash
and was part of the SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on
October 7. Tenders totaled $86,005 million; Treasury
accepted $30,000 million. The high bank discount rate was
1.190 percent.
On October 6, Treasury announced it would auction
$40,000 million of 63-day bills. They were issued October 9
and matured December 11. The issue was to raise new cash
and was part of the SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on
October 8. Tenders totaled $110,595 million; Treasury
accepted $40,000 million. The high bank discount rate was
0.770 percent.
On October 6, Treasury announced it would auction
$30,000 million of 97-day bills. They were issued October 10
and will mature January 15, 2009. The issue was to raise new
cash and was part of the SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on
October 9. Tenders totaled $98,890 million; Treasury
accepted $30,000 million. The high bank discount rate was
0.800 percent.

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TREASURY FINANCING: OCTOBER-DECEMBER, con.
On October 14, Treasury announced it would auction
$45,000 million of 63-day bills. They were issued October 16
and matured December 18. The issue was to raise new cash
and was part of the SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on
October 15. Tenders totaled $98,315 million; Treasury
accepted $45,000 million. The high bank discount rate was
0.490 percent.
On October 15, Treasury announced it would auction
$30,000 million of 74-day bills. They were issued October 20
and will mature January 2, 2009. The issue was to raise new
cash and was part of the SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on
October 17. Tenders totaled $76,664 million; Treasury
accepted $30,000 million. The high bank discount rate was
0.800 percent.
On October 14, Treasury announced it would auction
$35,000 million of 191-day bills. They were issued October
20 and will mature April 29, 2009. The issue was to raise new
cash. Treasury auctioned the bills on October 16. Tenders
totaled $84,054 million; Treasury accepted $35,000 million.
The high bank discount rate was 1.350 percent.
On October 14, Treasury announced it would auction
$35,000 million of 247-day bills. They were issued October
20 and will mature June 24, 2009. The issue was to raise new
cash. Treasury auctioned the bills on October 16. Tenders
totaled $69,541 million; Treasury accepted $35,000 million.
The high bank discount rate was 1.350 percent.
On October 15, Treasury announced it would auction
$30,000 million of 94-day bills. They were issued October 20
and will mature January 22, 2009. The issue was to raise new
cash and was part of the SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on
October 17. Tenders totaled $70,074 million; Treasury
accepted $30,000 million. The high bank discount rate was
0.930 percent.
On October 16, Treasury announced it would auction
$35,000 million of 225-day bills. They were issued October
22 and will mature June 4, 2009. The issue was to raise new
cash. Treasury auctioned the bills on October 20. Tenders
totaled $66,476 million; Treasury accepted $35,000 million.
The high bank discount rate was 1.600 percent.
On October 20, Treasury announced it would auction
$40,000 million of 98-day bills. They were issued October 23
and will mature January 29, 2009. The issue was to raise new
cash and was part of the SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on
October 22. Tenders totaled $86,684 million; Treasury
accepted $40,000 million. The high bank discount rate was
1.240 percent.
On October 27, Treasury announced it would auction
$40,000 million of 64-day bills. They were issued October 30
and will mature January 2, 2009. The issue was to raise new
cash and was part of the SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on
October 29. Tenders totaled $115,642 million; Treasury
accepted $40,000 million. The high bank discount rate was
0.700 percent.

March 2009

Auction of 6-Year 7-Month 4-1/8 Percent Notes
On October 8, 2008, Treasury announced that it would
auction $10,000 million of 6-year 7-month 4-1/8 percent notes
of Series C-2015. The issue was to refund $15,022 million of
securities maturing October 15 and to raise new cash of
approximately $30,978 million.
The notes of Series C-2015 were dated May 15 and
issued October 15. They are due May 15, 2015, with interest
payable on November 15 and May 15 until maturity.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 11:00 a.m.
eastern time (e.t.) for noncompetitive tenders and before 11:30
a.m. e.t. for competitive tenders on October 8. Tenders totaled
$12,155 million; Treasury accepted $10,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 3.310 percent with an
equivalent price of $104.781927. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 3.310 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 15.10 percent. The
median yield was 2.899 percent, and the low yield was 2.780
percent. There were no noncompetitive tenders. Competitive
tenders accepted from private investors totaled $10,000
million. Accrued interest of $17.15014 per $1,000 must be
paid for the period from May 15 to October 15. The minimum
par amount required for STRIPS of notes of Series C-2015 is
$100.
Auction of 6-Year 10-Month 4-1/4 Percent Notes
On October 8, 2008, Treasury announced that it would
auction $10,000 million of 6-year 10-month 4-1/4 percent
notes of Series E-2015. The issue was to refund $15,022
million of securities maturing October 15 and to raise new
cash of approximately $30,978 million.
The notes of Series E-2015 were dated August 15 and
issued October 15. They are due August 15, 2015, with
interest payable on February 15 and August 15 until maturity.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon
e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for
competitive tenders on October 8. Tenders totaled $21,142
million; Treasury accepted $10,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 3.440 percent with an
equivalent price of $104.888494. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 3.440 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 91.40 percent. The
median yield was 3.290 percent, and the low yield was 3.145
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $2,000. Competitive
tenders accepted from private investors totaled $10,000
million. Accrued interest of $7.04484 per $1,000 must be paid
for the period from August 15 to October 15. The minimum
par amount required for STRIPS of notes of Series E-2015 is
$100.

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TREASURY FINANCING: OCTOBER-DECEMBER, con.
Auction of 6-Year 4-Month 4 Percent Notes
On October 8, 2008, Treasury announced that it would
auction $10,000 million of 6-year 4-month 4 percent notes of
Series B-2015. The issue was to refund $15,022 million of
securities maturing October 15 and to raise new cash of
approximately $30,978 million.
The notes of Series B-2015 were dated August 15 and
issued October 15. They are due February 15, 2015, with
interest payable on February 15 and August 15 until maturity.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 11:00 a.m.
e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 11:30 a.m. e.t. for
competitive tenders on October 9. Tenders totaled $23,733
million; Treasury accepted $10,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 3.228 percent with an
equivalent price of $104.384130. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 3.228 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 75.84 percent. The
median yield was 3.150 percent, and the low yield was 2.400
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $2 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$9,998 million. Accrued interest of $6.63043 per $1,000 must
be paid for the period from August 15 to October 15. The
minimum par amount required for STRIPS of notes of Series
B-2015 is $100.
Auction of 9-Year 4-Month 3-1/2 Percent Notes
On October 8, 2008, Treasury announced that it would
auction $10,000 million of 9-year 4-month 3-1/2 percent notes
of Series B-2018. The issue was to refund $15,022 million of
securities maturing October 15 and to raise new cash of
approximately $30,978 million.
The notes of Series B-2018 were dated August 15 and
issued October 15. They are due February 15, 2018, with
interest payable on February 15 and August 15 until maturity.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 11:00 a.m.
e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 11:30 a.m. e.t. for
competitive tenders on October 9. Tenders totaled $23,086
million; Treasury accepted $10,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 3.790 percent with an
equivalent price of $97.730424. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 3.790 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 73.69 percent. The
median yield was 3.719 percent, and the low yield was 3.640
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $1 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$9,999 million. Accrued interest of $5.80163 per $1,000 must
be paid for the period from August 15 to October 15. The
minimum par amount required for STRIPS of notes of Series
B-2018 is $100.

Auction of 9-Year 9-Month 1-3/8 Percent Treasury
Inflation Protected Security (TIPS)
On October 6, 2008, Treasury announced it would
auction $6,000 million of 9-year 9-month 1-3/8 percent TIPS.
The issue was to refund $15,022 million of securities
maturing October 15 and to raise new cash of approximately
$30,978 million.
The 9-year 9-month TIPS of Series D-2018 were dated
July 15 and issued October 15. They are due July 15, 2018,
with interest payable on January 15 and July 15 until maturity.
Treasury received tenders for the TIPS before 12:00 noon
e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for
competitive tenders on October 8. Tenders totaled $13,318
million; Treasury accepted $6,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 2.850 percent with an
equivalent adjusted price of $89.111177. Treasury accepted in
full all competitive tenders at yields lower than 2.850. Tenders
at the high yield were allotted 73.90 percent. The median yield
was 2.650 percent, and the low yield was 2.359 percent.
Noncompetitive tenders totaled $78 million. Competitive
tenders accepted from private investors totaled $5,922 million.
Adjusted accrued interest of $3.50010 per $1,000 must be
paid for the period from July 15 to October 15. Both the
unadjusted price of $87.517484 and the unadjusted accrued
interest of $3.43750 were adjusted by an index ratio of
1.01821, for the period from July 15 to October 15.
In addition to the $6,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $974 million from
Federal Reserve banks (FRBs) for their own accounts. The
minimum par amount required for STRIPS of TIPS of Series
D-2018 is $100.
52-Week Bills
On October 16, 2008, Treasury announced it would
auction $21,000 million of 364-day Treasury bills. They were
issued October 23, and will mature October 22, 2009. The
issue was to refund $114,017 million of all maturing bills and
raise new cash of approximately $24,983 million. Treasury
auctioned the bills on October 21. Tenders totaled $65,304
million; Treasury accepted $21,000 million. That included
$178 million of noncompetitive tenders from the public. The
high bank discount rate was 1.720 percent.
Auction of 2-Year Notes
On October 23, 2008, Treasury announced it would
auction $34,000 million of 2-year notes of Series AD-2010.
The issue was to refund $19,892 million of securities
maturing October 31 and to raise new cash of approximately
$44,108 million.

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TREASURY FINANCING: OCTOBER-DECEMBER, con.
The notes of Series AD-2010 were dated and issued
October 31. They are due October 31, 2010, with interest
payable on April 30 and October 31 until maturity. Treasury
set an interest rate of 1-1/2 percent after determining which
tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon
e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for
competitive tenders on October 28. Tenders totaled $84,609
million; Treasury accepted $34,001 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 1.600 percent with the
equivalent price of $99.803937. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 1.600 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 93.81 percent. The
median yield was 1.575 percent, and the low yield was 1.400
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $529 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$33,447 million.
In addition to the $34,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $1,506 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for Separate Trading of Registered Interest and
Principal Securities (STRIPS) of notes of Series AD-2010 is
$100.
Auction of 4-Year 6-Month 0-5/8 Percent TIPS
On October 23, 2008, Treasury announced it would
auction $6,000 million of 4-year 6-month 0-5/8 percent TIPS.
The issue was to refund $19,892 million of securities
maturing October 31 and to raise new cash of approximately
$44,108 million.
The 4-year 6-month TIPS of Series J-2013 were dated
October 15 and issued October 31. They are due April 15,
2013, with interest payable on April 15 and October 15 until
maturity.
Treasury received tenders for the TIPS before 12:00 noon
e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for
competitive tenders on October 27. Tenders totaled $10,884
million; Treasury accepted $6,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 3.270 percent with an
equivalent adjusted price of $92.380436. Treasury accepted in
full all competitive tenders at yields lower than 3.270 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 0.49 percent. The
median yield was 3.000 percent, and the low yield was 2.850
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $123 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$5,877 million. Adjusted accrued interest of $0.28480 per
$1,000 must be paid for the period from October 15 to
October 31. Both the unadjusted price of $89.113534 and the
unadjusted accrued interest of $0.27473 were adjusted by an
index ratio of 1.03666, for the period from April 15 to
October 31.

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In addition to the $6,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $266 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of TIPS of Series J-2013 is $100.
Auction of 5-Year Notes
On October 23, 2008, Treasury announced it would
auction $24,000 million of 5-year notes of Series R-2013. The
issue was to refund $19,892 million of securities maturing
October 31 and to raise new cash of approximately $44,108
million.
The notes of Series R-2013 were dated and issued
October 31. They are due October 31, 2013, with interest
payable on April 30 and October 31 until maturity. Treasury
set an interest rate of 2-3/4 percent after determining which
tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon
e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for
competitive tenders on October 30. Tenders totaled $54,650
million; Treasury accepted $24,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 2.825 percent with an
equivalent price of $99.652559 Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 2.825 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 5.01 percent. The
median yield was 2.759 percent, and the low yield was 2.570
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $82 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$23,793 million.
In addition to the $24,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $1,063 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of notes of Series R-2013 is $100.

NOVEMBER
Cash Management Bills
On November 3, 2008, Treasury announced it would
auction $40,000 million of 238-day bills. They were issued
November 6 and will mature July 2, 2009. The issue was to
raise new cash. Treasury auctioned the bills on November 4.
Tenders totaled $93,423 million; Treasury accepted $40,000
million. The high bank discount rate was 1.330 percent.
On November 3, Treasury announced it would auction
$30,000 million of 77-day bills. They were issued November
6 and will mature January 22, 2009. This issue was to raise
new cash and was part of the SFP. Treasury auctioned the
bills on November 5. Tenders totaled $88,605 million;
Treasury accepted $30,000 million. The high bank discount
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On November 10, Treasury announced it would auction
$40,000 million of 182-day bills. They were issued November
14 and will mature May 15, 2009. The issue was to raise new
cash. Treasury auctioned the bills on November 13. Tenders
totaled $91,772 million; Treasury accepted $40,000 million.
The high bank discount rate was 0.990 percent.
On November 13, Treasury announced it would auction
$35,000 million of 254-day bills. They were issued November
18 and will mature July 30, 2009. The issue was to raise new
cash. Treasury auctioned the bills on November 17. Tenders
totaled $93,728 million; Treasury accepted $35,000 million.
The high bank discount rate was 1.050 percent.
On November 24, Treasury announced it would auction
$35,000 million of 328-day bills. They were issued November
28 and will mature October 22, 2009. The issue was to raise
new cash. Treasury auctioned the bills on November 25.
Tenders totaled $78,860 million; Treasury accepted $35,000
million. The high bank discount rate was 1.000 percent.
November Quarterly Financing
On November 5, 2008, Treasury announced it would
auction $25,000 million of 3-year notes of Series S-2011,
$20,000 million of 10-year notes of Series F-2018 and
$10,000 million of 29-year 6-month 4-1/2 percent Bonds of
May 2038 to refund $54,940 million of Treasury securities
maturing on November 15 and to raise new cash of
approximately $60 million.
The 3-year notes of Series S-2011 were dated November
15 and issued November 17. They are due November 15,
2011, with interest payable on May 15 and November 15 until
maturity. Treasury set an interest rate of 1-3/4 percent after
determining which tenders were accepted on a yield auction
basis.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 11:00 a.m.
e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 11:30 a.m. e.t. for
competitive tenders on November 10. Tenders totaled $76,830
million; Treasury accepted $25,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 1.800 percent with an
equivalent price of $99.854788. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 1.800. Tenders at the
high yield were allotted 21.59 percent. The median yield was
1.743 percent, and the low yield was 1.600 percent.
Noncompetitive tenders totaled $20 million. Competitive
tenders accepted from private investors totaled $24,955
million. Accrued interest of $0.09669 per $1,000 must be paid
for the period from November 15 to November 17.
In addition to the $25,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $4,443 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of Series S-2011 is $100.

The 10-year notes of Series F-2018 were dated November
15 and issued November 17. They are due November 15,
2018, with interest payable on May 15 and November 15 until
maturity. Treasury set an interest rate of 3-3/4 percent after
determining which tenders were accepted on a yield auction
basis.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon
e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for
competitive tenders on November 12. Tenders totaled $44,007
million; Treasury accepted $20,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 3.783 percent with an
equivalent price of $99.727098. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 3.783. Tenders at the
high yield were allotted 59.39 percent. The median yield was
3.710 percent, and the low yield was 3.550 percent.
Noncompetitive tenders totaled $199 million. Competitive
tenders accepted from private investors totaled $19,756
million. Accrued interest of $0.20718 per $1,000 must be paid
for the period from November 15 to November 17.
In addition to the $20,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $3,554 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of Series F-2018 is $100.
The 29-year 6-month 4-1/2 percent Bonds of May 2038
were dated November 15 and issued November 17. They are
due May 15, 2038, with interest payable on May 15 and
November 15 until maturity.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon
e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for
competitive tenders on November 13. Tenders totaled $20,715
million; Treasury accepted $10,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 4.310 percent with an
equivalent price of $103.154521. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 4.310. Tenders at the
high yield were allotted 83.20 percent. The median yield was
4.204 percent, and the low yield was 4.095 percent.
Noncompetitive tenders totaled $22 million. Competitive
tenders accepted from private investors totaled $9,978 million.
Accrued interest of $0.24862 per $1,000 must be paid for the
period from November 15 to November 17.
In addition to the $10,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $1,777 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of Bonds of May 2038 is $100.
52-Week Bills
On November 13, 2008, Treasury announced it would
auction $22,000 million of 364-day Treasury bills. They were
issued November 20, and will mature November 19, 2009.
The issue was to refund $108,015 million of all maturing bills
and pay down approximately $15 million. Treasury auctioned

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the bills on November 18. Tenders totaled $67,237 million;
Treasury accepted $22,000 million, which included $197
million of noncompetitive tenders from the public. The high
bank discount rate was 1.040 percent.

DECEMBER
Cash Management Bills
On December 8, 2008, Treasury announced it would
auction $20,000 million of 278-day bills. They were issued
December 11 and will mature September 15, 2009. The issue
was to raise new cash. Treasury auctioned the bills on
December 10. Tenders totaled $64,442 million; Treasury
accepted $20,000 million. The high bank discount rate was
0.390 percent.
Auction of 2-Year Notes
On November 20, 2008, Treasury announced it would
auction $36,000 million of 2-year notes of Series AE-2010.
The issue was to refund $20,000 million of securities
maturing November 30 and to raise new cash of
approximately $42,000 million.
The notes of Series AE-2010 were dated November 30
and issued December 1. They are due November 30, 2010,
with interest payable on May 31 and November 30 until
maturity. Treasury set an interest rate of 1-1/4 percent after
determining which tenders were accepted on a yield auction
basis.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon
e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for
competitive tenders on November 24. Tenders totaled $74,834
million; Treasury accepted $36,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 1.269 percent with an
equivalent price of $99.962624. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 1.269 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 21.59 percent. The
median yield was 1.185 percent, and the low yield was 1.034
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $431 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$35,569 million. Accrued interest of $0.03434 per $1,000
must be paid for the period from November 30 to December 1.
In addition to the $36,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $2,519 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of notes of Series AE-2010 is $100.
Auction of 5-Year Notes
On November 20, 2008, Treasury announced it would
auction $26,000 million of 5-year notes of Series S-2013. The
issue was to refund $20,000 million of securities maturing

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November 30 and to raise new cash of approximately $42,000
million.
The notes of Series S-2013 were dated November 30 and
issued December 1. They are due November 30, 2013, with
interest payable on May 31 and November 30 until maturity.
Treasury set an interest rate of 2 percent after determining
which tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon
e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for
competitive tenders on November 25. Tenders totaled $63,437
million; Treasury accepted $26,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 2.110 percent with an
equivalent price of $99.480824. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 2.110 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 76.52 percent. The
median yield was 2.096 percent, and the low yield was 1.980
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $101 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$25,899 million. Accrued interest of $0.05495 per $1,000
must be paid for the period from November 30 to December 1.
In addition to the $26,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $1,819 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of notes of Series S-2013 is $100.
Auction of 3-Year Notes
On December 8, 2008, Treasury announced it would
auction $28,000 million of 3-year notes of Series T-2011. The
issue was to refund $14,678 million of securities maturing
December 15 and to raise new cash of approximately $29,322
million.
The notes of Series T-2011 were dated and issued
December 15. They are due December 15, 2011, with interest
payable on June 15 and December 15 until maturity. Treasury
set an interest rate of 1-1/8 percent after determining which
tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon
e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for
competitive tenders on December 10. Tenders totaled $60,275
million; Treasury accepted $28,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 1.245 percent with the
equivalent price of $99.647715. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 1.245 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 64.62 percent. The
median yield was 1.149 percent, and the low yield was 0.960
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $56 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
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In addition to the $28,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $841 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of notes of Series T-2011 is $100.
Auction of 9-Year 11-Month 3-3/4 Percent Notes
On December 8, 2008, Treasury announced that it would
auction $16,000 million of 9-year 11-month 3-3/4 percent
notes of Series F-2018. The issue was to refund $14,678
million of securities maturing December 15 and to raise new
cash of approximately $29,322 million.
The notes of Series F-2018 were dated November 15 and
issued December 15. They are due November 15, 2018, with
interest payable on May 15 and November 15 until maturity.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon
e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for
competitive tenders on December 11. Tenders totaled $39,054
million; Treasury accepted $16,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 2.670 percent with an
equivalent price of $109.352316. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 2.670 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 59.96 percent. The
median yield was 2.590 percent, and the low yield was 2.000
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $33 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$15,927 million. Accrued interest of $3.10773 per $1,000
must be paid for the period from November 15 to December
15.
In addition to the $16,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $481 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of notes of Series F-2018 is $100.
52-Week Bills
On December 11, 2008, Treasury announced it would
auction $22,000 million of 364-day Treasury bills. They were
issued December 18, 2008, and will mature December 17,
2009. The issue was to refund $159,012 million of all
maturing bills and pay down approximately $58,012 million.
Treasury auctioned the bills on December 16. Tenders totaled
$56,549 million; Treasury accepted $22,000 million. That
included $166 million of noncompetitive tenders from the
public. The high bank discount rate was 0.590 percent.
Auction of 2-Year Notes
On December 18, 2008, Treasury announced it would
auction $38,000 million of 2-year notes of Series AF-2010.
The issue was to refund $20,000 million of securities
maturing December 31 and to raise new cash of
approximately $46,000 million.

The notes of Series AF-2010 were dated and issued
December 31. They are due December 31, 2010, with interest
payable on June 30 and December 31 until maturity. Treasury
set an interest rate of 0-7/8 percent after determining which
tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon
e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for
competitive tenders on December 22. Tenders totaled $80,925
million; Treasury accepted $38,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 0.922 percent with an
equivalent price of $99.907073. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 0.922 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 97.81 percent. The
median yield was 0.834 percent, and the low yield was 0.750
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $343 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$37,657 million.
In addition to the $38,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $2,773 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of notes of Series AF-2010 is $100.
Auction of 5-Year Notes
On December 18, 2008, Treasury announced it would
auction $28,000 million of 5-year notes of Series T-2013. The
issue was to refund $20,000 million of securities maturing
December 31 and to raise new cash of approximately $46,000
million.
The notes of Series T-2013 were dated and issued
December 31. They are due December 31, 2013, with interest
payable on June 30 and December 31 until maturity. Treasury
set an interest rate of 1-1/2 percent after determining which
tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon
e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for
competitive tenders on December 23. Tenders totaled $57,817
million; Treasury accepted $28,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 1.539 percent with an
equivalent price of $99.813005. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 1.539 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 16.89 percent. The
median yield was 1.459 percent, and the low yield was 1.300
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $37 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$27,963 million.
In addition to the $28,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $2,043 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of notes of Series T-2013 is $100.

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TABLE PDO-1.—Offerings of Regular Weekly Treasury Bills
[In millions of dollars. Source: Bureau of the Public Debt, Office of Financing]

On total competitive bids accepted
Description of new issue
Amount
Number
of bids
of days to
Maturity date
tendered
maturity 1
(1)
(2)
(3)

Issue date

Amounts of bids accepted
On
On nonTotal
competitive
competitive
basis
basis 3
amount 2
(6)
(4)
(5)

High
price per
hundred
(7)

High
discount
rate
(percent)
(8)

High investment rate
(percent) 4
(9)

99.921444
99.718889
99.221444
99.947111
99.883722
99.443889
99.992222
99.873611
99.443889
99.945556
99.684028
99.090000
99.964556
99.772500
99.292222
99.975111
99.866028
99.443889
99.994556
99.910264
99.499500
99.992222
99.962083
99.575333
99.996111
99.962500
99.753639
99.996778
99.987361
99.782611
100.000000
99.998736
99.848333
100.000000
99.987361
99.863500
100.000000
99.990000
99.856708

1.010
1.100
1.540
0.680
0.460
1.100
0.100
0.500
1.100
0.700
1.250
1.800
0.440
0.900
1.400
0.320
0.530
1.100
0.070
0.355
0.990
0.100
0.150
0.840
0.050
0.150
0.490
0.040
0.050
0.430
0.000
0.005
0.300
0.000
0.050
0.270
0.000
0.040
0.285

1.025
1.118
1.574
0.690
0.467
1.122
0.101
0.508
1.122
0.710
1.271
1.842
0.446
0.915
1.430
0.325
0.538
1.122
0.071
0.360
1.009
0.101
0.152
0.855
0.051
0.152
0.498
0.041
0.051
0.437
0.000
0.005
0.305
0.000
0.051
0.274
0.000
0.041
0.289

Regular weekly:
(4 week, 13 week, and 26 week)
2008 - Oct. 02 ..................

Oct. 09..................

Oct. 16..................

Oct. 23..................

Oct. 30..................

Nov. 06 .................

Nov. 13 .................

Nov. 20 .................

Nov. 28 .................

Dec. 04 .................

Dec. 11 .................

Dec. 18 .................

Dec. 26 .................

1

2008 - Oct. 30
2009 - Jan. 02
Apr. 02
2008 - Nov. 06
2009 - Jan. 08
Apr. 09
2008 - Nov. 13
2009 - Jan. 15
Apr. 16
2008 - Nov. 20
2009 - Jan. 22
Apr. 23
2008 - Nov. 28
2009 - Jan. 29
Apr. 30
2008 - Dec. 04
2009 - Feb. 05
May 07
2008 - Dec. 11
2009 - Feb. 12
May 14
2008 - Dec. 18
2009 - Feb. 19
May 21
2008 - Dec. 26
2009 - Feb. 26
May 28
2009 - Jan. 02
Mar. 05
June 04
Jan. 08
Mar. 12
June 11
Jan. 15
Mar. 19
June 18
Jan. 22
Mar. 26
June 25

28
92
182
28
91
182
28
91
182
28
91
182
29
91
182
28
91
182
28
91
182
28
91
182
28
90
181
29
91
182
28
91
182
28
91
182
27
90
181

73,875.4
85,244.4
81,496.5
87,827.8
73,502.8
65,481.5
83,357.3
82,994.0
68,774.6
73,079.1
62,279.1
52,134.1
78,752.9
74,806.2
82,026.8
98,107.3
77,230.8
71,497.6
105,342.4
89,580.6
85,191.3
94,778.8
84,734.2
91,377.4
88,349.2
67,424.2
78,237.1
119,941.0
85,205.3
78,533.9
128,455.4
89,977.0
71,017.4
97,690.2
75,560.4
73,266.5
100,856.0
78,245.2
72,223.0

28,781.5
26,000.1
27,000.1
31,285.1
26,000.0
27,000.0
29,418.1
25,000.3
27,000.1
32,938.1
25,000.1
26,000.0
30,781.6
25,000.2
25,000.2
40,285.1
27,000.1
27,000.1
36,418.1
27,000.0
27,000.1
37,938.1
27,000.1
27,000.1
35,781.6
28,000.0
28,000.1
42,285.3
28,000.0
28,000.0
32,421.0
27,000.0
27,000.2
30,941.3
27,000.0
27,000.0
25,783.2
27,000.1
27,000.1

All 4-week and 13-week bills represent additional issues of bills with an original maturity
of 26 weeks or 52 weeks. Certain 26-week bills represent additional issues of bills with an
original maturity of 52 weeks.
2
Includes amount awarded to the Federal Reserve System.

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24,220.2
23,655.6
25,133.4
24,420.0
23,854.4
25,206.9
26,442.5
22,748.2
25,229.5
26,604.2
23,145.7
24,466.9
26,302.7
22,395.0
22,835.9
33,488.7
25,261.0
25,472.6
33,546.4
25,431.4
25,599.5
31,394.3
25,432.2
25,564.2
31,363.9
25,792.2
25,917.2
35,613.5
26,558.6
26,696.8
29,453.3
25,565.0
25,835.2
24,686.3
25,691.6
26,134.0
20,877.1
24,932.6
25,383.3

779.8
2,144.5
1,666.6
580.0
2,045.7
1,493.1
557.5
2,052.1
1,377.1
395.9
1,839.3
1,193.1
446.4
1,766.5
1,261.3
411.3
1,489.1
1,152.6
453.6
1,468.6
1,125.6
337.1
1,517.9
1,161.0
410.9
1,444.3
1,291.3
386.6
1,341.4
1,053.3
447.9
1,335.0
1,065.0
317.0
1,308.4
866.0
402.5
1,398.6
967.6

3
Tenders for $1 million or less from any one bidder are accepted in full at the high
price of accepted competitive bids. However, as of September 21, 2004, the limit was
raised to $5 million. All Treasury marketable auctions are conducted in a single-price
format as of November 2, 1998.
4
Equivalent coupon-issue yield.

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37

TABLE PDO-2.—Offerings of Marketable Securities
Other than Regular Weekly Treasury Bills
[In millions of dollars. Source: Bureau of the Public Debt, Office of Financing]

Auction date

Issue date
(1)

Description of securities 1
(2)

09/30/08
10/01/08
10/02/08
10/06/08
10/07/08
10/08/08
10/09/08
10/08/08
10/08/08
10/08/08
10/09/08
10/09/08
10/15/08
10/16/08
10/16/08
10/17/08
10/17/08
10/20/08
10/21/08
10/22/08
10/29/08
10/27/08
10/28/08
10/30/08
11/04/08
11/05/08
11/13/08
11/10/08
11/12/08
11/13/08
11/17/08
11/18/08
11/25/08
11/24/08
11/25/08
12/10/08
12/10/08
12/11/08
12/16/08
12/22/08
12/23/08

10/01/08
10/02/08
10/03/08
10/07/08
10/08/08
10/09/08
10/10/08
10/15/08
10/15/08
10/15/08
10/15/08
10/15/08
10/16/08
10/20/08
10/20/08
10/20/08
10/20/08
10/22/08
10/23/08
10/23/08
10/30/08
10/31/08
10/31/08
10/31/08
11/06/08
11/06/08
11/14/08
11/17/08
11/17/08
11/17/08
11/18/08
11/20/08
11/28/08
12/01/08
12/01/08
12/11/08
12/15/08
12/15/08
12/18/08
12/31/08
12/31/08

0.990% bill—10/16/08
1.100% bill—11/13/08
0.770% bill—11/28/08
0.500% bill—12/18/08
1.190% bill—12/26/08
0.770% bill—12/11/08
0.800% bill—01/15/09
4-1/8% note—05/15/15-C
4-1/4%note—08/15/15-E
1-3/8% TIPS—07/15/18-D
4% note—02/15/15-B
3-1/2% note—02/15/18-B
0.490% bill—12/18/08
1.350% bill—04/29/09
1.350% bill—06/24/09
0.800% bill—01/02/09
0.930% bill—01/22/09
1.600% bill—06/04/09
1.720% bill—10/22/09
1.240% bill—01/29/09
0.700% bill—01/02/09
0-5/8% TIPS—04/15/13-J
1-1/2% note—10/31/10-AD
2-3/4% note—10/31/13-R
1.330% bill—07/02/09
0.420% bill—01/22/09
0.990% bill—05/15/09
1-3/4% note—11/15/11-S
3-3/4% note—11/15/18-F
4-1/2% bond—05/15/38
1.050% bill—07/30/09
1.040% bill—11/19/09
1.000% bill—10/22/09
1-1/4% note—11/30/10-AE
2% note—11/30/13-S
0.390% bill—09/15/09
1-1/8% note—12/15/11-T
3-3/4% note—11/15/18-F
0.590% bill—12/17/09
0-7/8% note—12/31/10-AF
1-1/2% note—12/31/13-T

Period to final maturity
(years, months, days) 2
(3)
15d
42d
56d
72d
79d
63d
97d
6y
6y
9y
6y
9y

7m
10m
9m
4m
4m
63d
191d
247d
74d
94d
225d
364d
98d
64d

4y
2y
5y

6m
238d
77d
182d

3y
10y
29y

6m
254d
364d
328d

2y
5y
278d
3y
9y

11m
364d

2y
5y

Amount
tendered
(4)
89,355
139,806
128,538
89,706
86,005
110,595
98,890
12,155
21,142
14,292
23,733
23,086
98,315
84,054
69,541
76,664
70,074
66,476
65,304
86,684
115,642
11,149
86,115
55,713
93,423
88,605
91,772
81,273
47,561
22,492
93,728
67,237
78,860
77,353
65,256
64,442
61,117
39,535
56,549
83,698
59,860

Amount
accepted 3, 4
(5)
45,000
50,000
45,000
30,000
30,000
40,000
30,000
10,000
10,000
6,974
10,000
10,000
45,000
35,000
35,000
30,000
30,000
35,000
21,000
40,000
40,000
6,266
35,507
25,063
40,000
30,000
40,000
29,443
23,554
11,777
35,000
22,000
35,000
38,519
27,819
20,000
28,842
16,481
22,000
40,773
30,044

Accepted yield and
equivalent price
for notes and
bonds
(6)

3.310 - 104.781927
3.440 - 104.888494
2.850 - 89.111177
3.228 - 104.384130
3.790 - 97.730424

3.270 - 92.380436
1.600 - 99.803937
2.825 - 99.652559

1.800 - 99.854788
3.783 - 99.727098
4.310 - 103.154521

1.269 - 99.962624
2.110 - 99.480824
1.245 - 99.647715
2.670 - 109.352316
0.922 - 99.907073
1.539 - 99.813005

1

4
Currently, all issues are sold at auction. For bill issues, the rate shown is the high bank
Includes securities issued to the Federal Reserve System; and to foreign and international
discount rate. For note and bond issues, the rate shown is the interest rate. For details of bill monetary authorities, whether in exchange for maturing securities or for new cash.
offerings, see table PDO-2. As of October 1, 1997, all Treasury issues of notes and bonds
are eligible for STRIPS.
Note.—Amounts listed as tendered and accepted are amounts tendered and awarded on
2
From date of additional issue in case of a reopening.
auction day.
3
In reopenings, the amount accepted is in addition to the amount of original offerings.

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38

INTRODUCTION: Ownership of Federal Securities
Federal securities presented in the following tables are
public debt securities such as savings bonds, bills, notes, and
bonds that the Treasury issues. The tables also detail debt
issued by other Federal agencies under special financing
authorities. [See the Federal debt (FD) tables for a more
complete description of the Federal debt.]
Effective January 1, 2001, Treasury’s Bureau of the
Public Debt revised formats, titles, and column headings in
the “Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the United
States,” Table I: Summary of Treasury Securities
Outstanding and Table II: Statutory Debt Limit. These
changes should reduce confusion and bring the publication
more in line with the public’s use of terms.
Treasury’s Financial Management Service (FMS)
compiles data in the “Treasury Bulletin” table OFS-1 from
the “Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the United
States.” Effective June 2001, FMS revised procedures and
categories in this table to agree with the Bureau of the Public
Debt’s publication changes.

March 2009

• Table OFS-1 presents Treasury marketable and
nonmarketable securities and debt issued by other Federal
agencies held by Government accounts, the FRBs, and
private investors. Social Security and Federal retirement
trust fund investments comprise much of the Government
account holdings.
The FRBs acquire Treasury securities in the market as a
means of executing monetary policy.
• Table OFS-2 presents the estimated ownership of
U.S. Treasury securities. Information is primarily obtained
from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Flow of Funds
data, Table L209. State, local, and foreign holdings include
special issues of nonmarketable securities to municipal
entities and foreign official accounts. They also include
municipal, foreign official, and private holdings of
marketable Treasury securities. (See footnotes to the table
for description of investor categories.)

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39

TABLE OFS-1.—Distribution of Federal Securities by Class of Investors and Type of Issues
[In millions of dollars. Source: Financial Management Service]

End of
fiscal year
or month

Total
Federal
securities
outstanding
(1)

Public debt securities
Held by U.S. Government accounts
Total
outstanding
(2)

Total
(3)

Marketable
(4)

Nonmarketable
(5)

Public issues
held by Federal
Reserve banks
(6)

2004 ................................................
2005 ................................................
2006 ................................................
2007 ................................................
2008 ................................................

7,403,236
7,956,346
8,530,366
9,030,612
10,047,828

7,379,053
7,932,710
8,506,974
9,007,653
10,024,725

3,075,687
3,331,333
3,663,773
3,958,417
4,210,491

142
1
1
1
-

3,075,545
3,331,332
3,663,772
3,958,416
4,210,491

698,207
733,439
764,828
774,913
484,486

2007 - Dec.......................................
2008 - Jan .......................................
Feb ......................................
Mar ......................................
Apr.......................................
May......................................
June.....................................
July ......................................
Aug ......................................
Sept .....................................
Oct.......................................
Nov ......................................
Dec ......................................

9,252,317
9,261,110
9,381,029
9,461,058
9,400,719
9,411,969
9,515,532
9,608,823
9,668,997
10,047,828
10,599,663
10,684,427
10,723,156

9,229,172
9,238,008
9,358,051
9,437,594
9,377,557
9,388,798
9,492,006
9,585,479
9,645,755
10,024,725
10,574,094
10,661,175
10,699,805

4,092,890
4,105,795
4,098,349
4,103,552
4,133,040
4,110,207
4,206,987
4,182,264
4,166,662
4,210,491
4,266,386
4,260,586
4,327,160

1
1
1
1
1
-

4,092,889
4,105,794
4,098,348
4,103,551
4,133,039
4,110,207
4,206,987
4,182,264
4,166,662
4,210,491
4,266,386
4,260,586
4,327,160

735,735
708,807
708,806
586,473
543,805
481,632
473,303
473,303
473,303
484,486
483,606
477,868
489,694

Public debt securities, con.
Held by private investors
End of
fiscal year
or month

Agency securities
Held by
private
investors
(11)

Total
(7)

Marketable
(8)

Nonmarketable
(9)

Total
outstanding
(10)

2004 ....................................................................
2005 ....................................................................
2006 ....................................................................
2007 ....................................................................
2008 ....................................................................

3,605,159
3,867,938
4,078,373
4,274,323
5,329,748

3,147,752
3,351,440
3,538,210
3,673,220
4,751,490

457,407
516,498
540,163
601,103
578,258

24,183
23,637
23,392
22,959
23,104

24,183
23,637
23,392
22,959
23,104

2007 - Dec...........................................................
2008 - Jan ...........................................................
Feb ..........................................................
Mar ..........................................................
Apr...........................................................
May..........................................................
June.........................................................
July ..........................................................
Aug ..........................................................
Sept .........................................................
Oct...........................................................
Nov ..........................................................
Dec ..........................................................

4,400,548
4,423,406
4,550,896
4,747,569
4,700,712
4,796,960
4,811,716
4,929,913
5,005,790
5,329,748
5,824,102
5,922,721
5,882,951

3,800,849
3,824,078
3,952,580
4,145,887
4,098,756
4,203,552
4,223,123
4,348,820
4,428,587
4,751,490
5,245,754
5,344,797
5,307,950

599,698
599,328
598,316
601,682
601,956
593,408
588,594
581,092
577,203
578,258
578,348
577,924
575,001

23,145
23,102
22,978
23,464
23,163
23,170
23,527
23,344
23,243
23,104
25,569
23,252
23,352

23,145
23,102
22,978
23,464
23,163
23,170
23,527
23,344
23,243
23,104
25,569
23,252
23,352

March 2009

OWNERSHIP OF FEDERAL SECURITIES

40

TABLE OFS-2.—Estimated Ownership of U.S. Treasury Securities
[In billions of dollars. Source: Office of Debt Management, Office of the Under Secretary for Domestic Finance]

End of month

Total
public
debt 1
(1)

1997 - Mar......... 5,380.9
June ....... 5,376.2
Sept........ 5,413.1
Dec......... 5,502.4
1998 - Mar......... 5,542.4
June ....... 5,547.9
Sept........ 5,526.2
Dec......... 5,614.2
1999 - Mar......... 5,651.6
June ....... 5,638.8
Sept........ 5,656.3
Dec......... 5,776.1
2000 - Mar......... 5,773.4
June ....... 5,685.9
Sept........ 5,674.2
Dec......... 5,662.2
2001 - Mar......... 5,773.7
June ....... 5,726.8
Sept........ 5,807.5
Dec......... 5,943.4
2002 - Mar......... 6,006.0
June ....... 6,126.5
Sept........ 6,228.2
Dec......... 6,405.7
2003 - Mar......... 6,460.8
June ....... 6,670.1
Sept........ 6,783.2
Dec......... 6,998.0
2004 - Mar......... 7,131.1
June ....... 7,274.3
Sept........ 7,379.1
Dec......... 7,596.1
2005 - Mar......... 7,776.9
June ....... 7,836.5
Sept........ 7,932.7
Dec......... 8,170.4
2006 - Mar......... 8,371.2
June ....... 8,420.0
Sept........ 8,507.0
Dec......... 8,680.2
2007 - Mar......... 8,849.7
June ....... 8,867.7
Sept........ 9,007.7
Dec......... 9,229.2
2008 - Mar......... 9,437.6
June ....... 9,492.0
Sept........ 10,024.7
Dec......... 10,699.8
1

Federal
Reserve and
Intragovernmental
Holdings 2
(2)
1,928.7
1,998.9
2,011.5
2,087.8
2,104.9
2,198.6
2,213.0
2,280.2
2,324.1
2,439.6
2,480.9
2,542.2
2,590.6
2,698.6
2,737.9
2,781.8
2,880.9
3,004.2
3,027.8
3,123.9
3,156.8
3,276.7
3,303.5
3,387.2
3,390.8
3,505.4
3,515.3
3,620.1
3,628.3
3,742.8
3,772.0
3,905.6
3,921.6
4,033.5
4,067.8
4,199.8
4,257.2
4,389.2
4,432.8
4,558.1
4,576.6
4,715.1
4,738.0
4,833.5
4,694.7
4,685.8
4,692.7
4,806.4

Pension funds 3
U.S.
Total
privately Depository savings
held
institutions 3, 4 bonds 5
(4)
(5)
(3)
3,452.2
3,377.3
3,401.6
3,414.6
3,437.5
3,349.3
3,313.2
3,334.0
3,327.5
3,199.2
3,175.4
3,233.9
3,182.8
2,987.3
2,936.3
2,880.4
2,892.8
2,722.6
2,779.7
2,819.5
2,849.2
2,849.8
2,924.8
3,018.5
3,069.9
3,164.7
3,268.0
3,377.9
3,502.8
3,531.5
3,607.0
3,690.6
3,855.4
3,803.0
3,864.9
3,970.6
4,114.0
4,030.8
4,074.2
4,122.1
4,273.1
4,152.6
4,269.7
4,395.7
4,742.9
4,806.2
5,332.0
5,893.4

317.3
300.2
292.8
300.3
308.3
290.9
244.5
237.4
247.4
240.6
241.2
248.7
237.7
222.2
220.5
201.5
188.0
188.1
189.1
181.5
187.6
204.7
209.3
222.6
153.6
145.4
147.0
153.3
162.9
158.7
138.5
125.0
141.8
127.0
125.4
117.2
115.4
117.4
113.8
115.1
119.9
110.6
119.8
129.9
127.4
114.9
133.0
n.a.

186.5
186.3
186.2
186.5
186.2
186.0
185.9
186.6
186.5
186.5
186.2
186.4
185.3
184.6
184.3
184.8
184.8
185.5
186.4
190.3
191.9
192.7
193.3
194.9
196.9
199.1
201.5
203.8
204.4
204.6
204.1
204.4
204.2
204.2
203.6
205.1
206.0
205.2
203.7
202.4
200.3
198.6
197.1
196.5
195.4
195.0
194.3
194.1

Source: “Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the United States (MSPD).” Face
value.
2
Sources: Federal Reserve Bulletin, table 1.18, Federal Reserve banks, statement of
condition, for System Open Market Accounts; and the U. S. Treasury MSPD for
intragovernmental holdings. Federal Reserve holdings exclude Treasury securities
held under repurchase agreements.
3
Source: Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Flow of Funds Table L.209.
4
Includes commercial banks, savings institutions, and credit unions.
5
Source: “Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the United States.” Current
accrual value.
6
Includes U.S. Treasury securities held by the Federal Employees Retirement System
Thrift Savings Plan "G Fund."

March 2009

Private 6
(6)
141.7
142.1
143.0
144.1
141.3
139.0
135.5
133.2
135.5
142.9
150.9
153.0
150.2
149.0
147.9
145.0
153.4
148.5
149.9
144.6
150.6
149.0
151.4
150.8
162.9
167.3
164.6
169.2
167.0
170.2
170.6
170.5
174.3
177.5
180.9
181.2
183.0
188.4
195.2
204.2
216.5
224.2
237.9
255.6
273.1
282.0
290.2
n.a.
7

State and Insurance
local
compagovernments
nies 3
(7)
(8)
211.1
214.9
223.5
219.0
212.1
213.2
207.8
212.6
211.5
213.8
204.8
198.8
196.9
194.9
185.5
179.1
177.3
183.1
166.8
155.1
163.3
153.9
156.3
158.9
162.1
161.3
155.5
148.6
143.6
134.9
140.8
151.0
158.0
171.3
164.8
153.8
153.0
150.9
151.6
153.0
155.1
156.1
161.4
164.5
165.0
164.7
166.2
n.a.

181.8
183.1
186.8
176.6
169.5
160.6
151.4
141.7
137.5
133.6
128.0
123.4
120.0
116.5
113.7
110.2
109.1
108.1
106.8
105.7
114.0
122.0
130.4
139.7
139.5
138.7
137.4
136.5
141.0
144.1
147.4
149.7
152.4
155.0
159.0
160.4
161.3
161.2
160.6
159.0
150.8
142.1
133.4
123.3
123.4
123.4
130.0
n.a.

Mutual
funds 3, 7
(9)

State and
local
governments 3
(10)

221.6
216.4
221.3
232.3
234.6
230.8
231.7
257.6
245.0
228.1
222.5
228.7
222.3
205.4
207.8
225.7
225.3
221.0
234.1
261.9
266.1
253.8
256.8
281.0
296.6
302.3
287.1
280.8
280.8
258.7
255.0
254.1
261.1
248.7
244.7
251.3
248.7
244.2
235.7
250.7
264.2
267.2
306.2
362.7
464.7
460.8
621.3
n.a.

248.1
243.3
235.2
239.3
238.1
258.5
271.8
280.8
288.4
298.6
299.2
304.5
306.3
309.3
307.9
310.0
316.9
324.8
321.2
328.4
327.6
333.6
338.6
354.7
350.0
347.9
357.7
364.2
374.1
381.2
381.7
389.1
412.0
444.0
467.6
481.4
486.1
499.4
502.1
516.9
535.0
550.3
541.4
531.5
523.6
522.2
535.7
n.a.

Foreign
Other
and international 8 investors 9
(11)
(12)
1,157.6
1,182.7
1,230.5
1,241.6
1,250.5
1,256.0
1,224.2
1,278.7
1,272.3
1,258.8
1,281.4
1,268.7
1,106.9
1,082.0
1,057.9
1,034.2
1,029.9
1,000.5
1,005.5
1,051.2
1,067.1
1,135.4
1,200.8
1,246.8
1,286.3
1,382.8
1,454.2
1,533.0
1,677.1
1,739.6
1,798.7
1,853.4
1,956.3
1,879.6
1,930.6
2,036.0
2,084.5
1,979.8
2,027.3
2,105.0
2,196.7
2,193.9
2,237.2
2,352.9
2,507.5
2,634.2
2,848.2
3,125.0

786.5
708.2
682.3
674.9
696.9
614.4
660.3
605.4
603.4
496.3
461.1
521.7
657.2
523.5
510.8
490.0
508.1
363.1
419.8
400.8
381.0
304.6
287.9
269.2
322.0
320.0
363.1
388.4
351.9
339.5
370.1
393.3
395.2
395.8
388.2
384.1
475.9
484.2
484.2
415.8
434.5
309.6
335.2
278.8
362.7
308.9
413.2
n.a.

Includes money market mutual funds, mutual funds, and closed-end investment
companies.
Source: Federal Reserve Board Treasury International Capital Survey. Includes
nonmarketable foreign series, Treasury securities, and Treasury deposit funds. Excludes
Treasury securities held under repurchase agreements in custody accounts at the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York. Estimates reflect the 1989 benchmark to 1994, the 1994
benchmark to September 2001, the March 2000 benchmark to September 2002, the June
2002 benchmark to December 2003, the June 2003 benchmark to March 2004, the June
2004 benchmark to March 2005, the June 2005 benchmark to February 2006, and the
June 2006 benchmark to February 2007. For additional information see:
http://www.treas.gov/tic/ticsec2.shtml.
9
Includes individuals, Government-sponsored enterprises, brokers and dealers, bank
personal trusts and estates, corporate and non-corporate businesses, and other investors.

8

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INTRODUCTION: Market Yields
The table in this section presents yields on Treasury
marketable securities for maturities ranging from 1 month to
30 years.
Table MY-1 lists Treasury market bid yields at constant
maturities for bills, notes, and bonds. These Constant
Maturity Treasury rates (CMTs) are interpolated from the
Treasury yield curve and published daily at Treasury’s
Domestic Finance web site, www.ustreas.gov/offices/domesticfinance/debt-management/interest-rate/yield.shtml. The
yield curve is fitted daily using a hermite cubic spline. For
inputs, Treasury primarily uses the bid yields of the on-therun securities (most recently auctioned Treasury securities in
all maturity tranches that Treasury currently auctions) as

quoted in the secondary bond market as of approximately
3:30 p.m. each trading day. CMT yields are based on
semiannual interest payments and are read at constant
maturity points to develop a consistent data series.
The quotations used by Treasury to calculate the bid
yields and fit the yield curve are obtained by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York. The Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System also publishes the Treasury constant
maturity data series in its weekly Statistical Release H.15.
Treasury discontinued the 30-year constant maturity
yield during the time period February 18, 2002, through
February 8, 2006. Thus, 30-year yields for that time frame
are not available.

TABLE MY-1.—Treasury Market Bid Yields at Constant Maturities:
Bills, Notes, and Bonds*
[In percentages. Source: Office of Debt Management, Office of the Under Secretary for Domestic Finance]

1-mo.
(1)

3-mo.
(2)

6-mo.
(3)

1-yr.
(4)

2-yr.
(5)

3-yr.
(6)

5-yr.
(7)

7-yr.
(8)

10-yr.
(9)

20-yr.
(10)

30-yr.
(11)

Monthly average:
2008 - Jan......................................
Feb.....................................
Mar.....................................
Apr .....................................
May ....................................
June ...................................
July ....................................
Aug ....................................
Sept ...................................
Oct .....................................
Nov ....................................
Dec ....................................

2.74
2.27
1.35
1.07
1.76
1.72
1.60
1.68
0.89
0.29
0.09
0.03

2.82
2.17
1.28
1.31
1.76
1.89
1.66
1.75
1.15
0.69
0.19
0.03

2.84
2.10
1.51
1.58
1.86
2.19
1.98
1.97
1.64
1.23
0.74
0.26

2.71
2.05
1.54
1.74
2.06
2.42
2.28
2.18
1.91
1.42
1.07
0.49

2.48
1.97
1.62
2.05
2.45
2.77
2.57
2.42
2.08
1.61
1.21
0.82

2.51
2.19
1.80
2.23
2.69
3.08
2.87
2.70
2.32
1.86
1.51
1.07

2.98
2.78
2.48
2.84
3.15
3.49
3.30
3.14
2.88
2.73
2.29
1.52

3.31
3.21
2.93
3.19
3.46
3.73
3.60
3.46
3.25
3.19
2.82
1.89

3.74
3.74
3.51
3.68
3.88
4.10
4.01
3.89
3.69
3.81
3.53
2.42

4.35
4.49
4.36
4.44
4.60
4.74
4.62
4.53
4.32
4.45
4.27
3.18

4.33
4.52
4.39
4.44
4.60
4.69
4.57
4.50
4.27
4.17
4.00
2.87

End of month:
2008 - Jan......................................
Feb.....................................
Mar.....................................
Apr .....................................
May ....................................
June ...................................
July ....................................
Aug ....................................
Sept ...................................
Oct .....................................
Nov ....................................
Dec ....................................

1.64
2.07
1.22
1.17
1.98
1.60
1.55
1.63
1.02
0.12
0.02
0.11

1.96
1.85
1.38
1.43
1.89
1.90
1.68
1.72
0.92
0.46
0.01
0.11

2.07
1.83
1.51
1.64
2.01
2.17
1.89
1.97
1.60
0.94
0.44
0.27

2.11
1.77
1.55
1.85
2.22
2.36
2.27
2.17
1.78
1.34
0.90
0.37

2.17
1.65
1.62
2.29
2.66
2.63
2.52
2.36
2.00
1.56
1.00
0.76

2.27
1.87
1.79
2.49
2.93
2.91
2.81
2.60
2.28
1.80
1.27
1.00

2.82
2.50
2.46
3.03
3.41
3.34
3.25
3.10
2.98
2.80
1.93
1.55

3.19
2.96
2.88
3.34
3.68
3.61
3.56
3.45
3.38
3.29
2.35
1.87

3.67
3.53
3.45
3.77
4.06
3.99
3.99
3.83
3.85
4.01
2.93
2.25

4.35
4.37
4.30
4.49
4.74
4.59
4.63
4.47
4.43
4.74
3.71
3.05

4.35
4.41
4.30
4.49
4.72
4.53
4.59
4.43
4.31
4.35
3.45
2.69

Period

* Rates are from the Treasury yields curve.

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INTRODUCTION: U.S. Currency and Coin Outstanding and in Circulation
The U.S. Currency and Coin Outstanding and in
Circulation (USCC) statement informs the public of the total
face value of currency and coin used as a medium of
exchange that is in circulation at the end of a given
accounting month. The statement defines the total amount of
currency and coin outstanding and the portion deemed to be
in circulation. It includes some old and current rare issues
that do not circulate or that may do so to a limited extent.
Treasury includes them in the statement because the issues
were originally intended for general circulation.

The USCC statement provides a description of the
various issues of paper money. It also gives an estimated
average of currency and coin held by each individual, using
estimates of population from the Bureau of the Census.
USCC information has been published by Treasury since
1888, and was published separately until 1983, when it was
incorporated into the “Treasury Bulletin.” The USCC comes
from monthly reports compiled by Treasury offices, U.S.
Mint offices, the Federal Reserve banks (FRBs), and the
Federal Reserve Board.

TABLE USCC-1.—Amounts Outstanding and in Circulation, December 31, 2008
[Source: Financial Management Service]

Currency
Amounts outstanding ..............................

Total
currency
and coin
(1)

Total currency
(2)

Federal Reserve notes 1
(3)

U.S. notes
(4)

Currency no
longer issued
(5)

$1,061,523,382,683

$1,023,336,654,780

$1,022,849,431,368

$242,165,766

$245,057,646

The Treasury.......................................

268,121,155

7,181,372

7,156,698

7,505

17,169

FRBs ...................................................

171,370,083,161

169,681,830,702

169,681,821,446

-

9,256

Amounts in circulation.............................

$889,885,178,367

$853,647,642,706

$853,160,453,224

$242,158,261

$245,031,221

Less amounts held by:

Total
(1)

Dollars 3
(2)

Fractional
coins
(3)

$38,186,727,903

$3,505,529,008

$34,681,198,895

The Treasury.......................................

260,939,783

199,706,792

61,232,991

FRBs ...................................................

1,688,252,459

580,326,294

1,107,926,165

Amounts in circulation.............................

$36,237,535,661

$2,725,495,922

$33,512,039,739

Coins 2
Amounts outstanding ..............................
Less amounts held by:

See footnotes following table USCC-2.

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43

TABLE USCC-2.—Amounts Outstanding and in Circulation, December 31, 2008
[Source: Financial Management Service]

Currency in circulation by denomination
$1 ................................................................................

Total
(1)

U.S. notes
(3)

Currency no
longer issued
(4)

$9,333,994,305

$143,503

$142,789,123

Federal Reserve notes 1
(2)

$9,476,926,931

$2 ................................................................................

1,664,966,010

1,532,830,864

132,122,518

12,628

$5 ................................................................................

11,029,794,255

10,894,067,815

108,798,010

26,928,430

$10 ..............................................................................

16,287,189,690

16,266,182,690

6,300

21,000,700

$20 ..............................................................................

125,119,302,520

125,099,191,900

3,840

20,106,780

$50 ..............................................................................

64,727,257,900

64,715,752,450

500

11,504,950

$100 ............................................................................

625,028,920,800

625,005,840,700

1,073,000

22,007,100

$500 ............................................................................

142,317,000

142,107,500

5,500

204,000

$1,000 .........................................................................

165,667,000

165,415,000

5,000

247,000

$5,000 .........................................................................

1,780,000

1,710,000

-

70,000

$10,000 .......................................................................

3,520,000

3,360,000

-

160,000

Fractional notes 4 ........................................................

600

-

90

510

Total currency .........................................................

$853,647,642,706

$853,160,453,224

$242,158,261

$245,031,221

Amounts (in millions)
(1)

Per capita 5
(2)

Dec. 31, 2008.......................................................................................

$889,885

$2,853

Nov. 31, 2008.......................................................................................

872,308

2,853

Oct. 31, 2008........................................................................................

859,107

2,810

Sept. 30, 2005......................................................................................

766,487

2,578

Sept. 30, 2000......................................................................................

568,614

2,061

Sept. 30, 1995......................................................................................

409,272

1,553

Sept. 30, 1990......................................................................................

278,903

1,105

Sept. 30, 1985......................................................................................

187,337

782

Sept. 30, 1980......................................................................................

129,916

581

June 30, 1975 ......................................................................................

81,196

380

June 30, 1970 ......................................................................................

54,351

265

June 30, 1965 ......................................................................................

39,719

204

June 30, 1960 ......................................................................................

32,064

177

June 30, 1955 ......................................................................................

30,229

183

Comparative totals of currency and coins in circulation—selected dates

1

4

2

5

Issued on or after July 1, 1929.
Excludes coins sold to collectors at premium prices.
3
Includes $481,781,898 in standard silver dollars.

Represents value of certain fractional denominations not presented for redemption.
Based on Bureau of the Census’ estimates of population.

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International Financial Statistics
Capital Movements
Foreign Currency Positions
Exchange Stabilization Fund

47

INTRODUCTION: International Financial Statistics
The tables in this section provide statistics on U.S.
Government reserve assets, liabilities to foreigners, and its
international financial position. All monetary figures are in
dollars or dollar equivalents.

• Table IFS-1 shows reserve assets of the United
States, including its gold stock, special drawing rights held
in the Special Drawing Account in the International
Monetary Fund (IMF), holdings of convertible foreign
currencies and reserve position in the IMF.

• Table IFS-2 contains statistics on liabilities to
foreign official institutions, and selected liabilities to all
other foreigners, which are used in the U.S. balance of
payments statistics.
• Table IFS-3 shows nonmarketable bonds and notes
that the Treasury issues to official institutions and other
residents of foreign countries.

TABLE IFS-1.—U.S. Reserve Assets
[In millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Total reserve
assets 1
(1)

Gold stock 2
(2)

Special drawing
rights 1, 3
(3)

Foreign
currencies 4
(4)

Reserve
position in
International
Monetary
Fund 1, 5
(5)

2004 ...................................................................................

85,938

11,043

12,638

39,722

22,535

2005 ...................................................................................

86,824

11,045

13,582

42,718

19,479

2006 ...................................................................................

65,127

11,043

8,210

37,838

8,036

2007 ...................................................................................

65,895

11,041

8,870

40,943

5,040

2008 - Jan ..........................................................................

72,017

11,041

9,566

47,173

4,237

Feb .........................................................................

73,404

11,041

9,688

48,395

4,280

Mar .........................................................................

75,764

11,041

9,892

50,529

4,302

Apr..........................................................................

74,372

11,041

9,767

49,311

4,253

May.........................................................................

75,170

11,041

9,771

49,247

5,111

June........................................................................

75,740

11,041

9,849

49,613

5,237

July .........................................................................

74,832

11,041

9,772

49,089

4,930

Aug .........................................................................

72,560

11,041

9,494

47,252

4,774

Sept ........................................................................

71,834

11,041

9,418

46,626

4,750

Oct..........................................................................

69,763

11,041

9,001

45,288

4,433

Nov .........................................................................

73,378

11,041

9,023

45,970

7,344

Dec .........................................................................

77,648

11,041

9,340

49,584

7,683

2009 - Jan ..........................................................................

75,364

11,041

9,047

47,595

7,680

End of calendar
year or month

1

Beginning July 1974, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) adopted a technique for valuing
the special drawing right (SDR) based on a weighted average of exchange rates for the
currencies of selected member countries. The U.S. SDR holdings and reserve position in the
IMF also are valued on this basis beginning July 1974.
2
Treasury values its gold stock at $42.2222 per fine troy ounce and pursuant to 31 United
States Code 5117 (b) issues gold certificates to the Federal Reserve at the same rate against
all gold held.
3
Includes allocations of SDRs in the Special Drawing Account in the IMF, plus or minus
transactions in SDRs.

4

Includes holdings of Treasury and Federal Reserve System; beginning November
1978, these are valued at current market exchange rates or, where appropriate, at
such other rates as may be agreed upon by the parties to the transactions. Excludes
outstanding reciprocal currency swaps with the foreign central banks. At end-January
2009 swaps outstanding were $387.448 billion: $206.373 billion with the European
Central Bank, $20.380 billion with the Swiss National Bank, $23.453 billion with the
Bank of England, $84.582 billion with the Bank of Japan, $10.160 billion with the
Federal Reserve Bank of Australia, $10 billion with the Bank of Sweden, $9.1 billion
with the National Bank of Denmark, $7.05 billion with the Bank of Norway, and
$16.350 billion with the Bank of Korea.
5
The United States has the right to purchase foreign currencies equivalent to its
reserve position in the IMF automatically if needed. Under appropriate conditions, the
United States could purchase additional amounts related to the U.S. quota.
Note.—Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

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INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS

48

TABLE IFS-2.—Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreigners
[In millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Liabilities to foreign countries
Official institutions 1

End of
calendar
year or
month

Liabilities
reported
by
banks in
United
States
(3)

Marketable
U.S.
Treasury
bonds
and
notes 2
(4)

Nonmarketable
U.S.
Other
Treasury
bonds
readily
and
marketable
notes 3 liabilities 2, 4
(5)
(6)

Liabilities
to
banks 5
(7)

Liabilities to other foreigners
Liabilities Marketable
U.S.
reported
Treasury
by banks
bonds
in the
and
United
Total
notes 2, 6
States
(10)
(8)
(9)

Liabilities
to nonmonetary
international and
regional
organizations 7
(11)

Total
(1)

Total
(2)

2000 - Mar. 8 ..........
Series Break...........
2000 .......................
2001 .......................
2002 - June 8 .........
Series Break...........
2002 .......................
2003 - June 8 ..........
Series Break...........
2003 .......................
2004 - June 8 .........
Series Break ..........
2004 .......................
2005 - June 8 ........
Series Break ..........
2005 .......................
2006 - June 8 .........
Series Break ..........
2006 .......................
2007 - June 8 ..........
Series Break ..........

2,585,384
2,445,944
2,565,942
2,724,292
3,002,222
3,003,380
3,235,231
3,586,765
3,603,925
3,863,508
4,469,769
4,407,294
4,819,747
5,071,533
5,066,404
5,371,689
6,067,606
6,056,316
6,500,815
7,095,223
7,206,880

807,303
900,117
916,095
923,501
981,627
1,039,702
1,075,034
1,169,600
1,233,261
1,340,497
1,559,686
1,648,167
1,775,080
1,821,338
1,957,191
2,012,633
2,070,222
2,275,684
2,372,146
2,515,167
2,795,998

301,358
301,358
297,603
282,290
328,090
328,090
335,090
379,114
379,114
401,856
483,415
483,415
515,586
493,704
493,704
498,510
493,689
493,689
461,656
495,176
495,176

431,184
490,145
475,866
479,340
476,197
556,603
566,895
601,767
650,336
719,302
844,444
910,456
986,454
1,030,763
1,077,953
1,102,333
1,112,617
1,211,819
1,271,174
1,281,070
1,450,593

5,734
5,734
5,348
3,411
3,000
3,000
2,769
2,876
2,876
2,613
1,569
1,569
1,630
911
911
948
986
986
1,026
1,067
1,067

69,027
102,880
137,278
158,460
174,340
152,009
170,280
185,843
200,935
216,726
230,258
252,727
271,409
295,960
384,623
410,842
462,930
569,190
638,290
737,854
849,161

933,296
933,296
1,049,619
1,125,812
1,299,551
1,299,551
1,382,628
1,431,589
1,431,589
1,439,484
1,559,518
1,559,518
1,677,951
1,791,611
1,791,611
1,895,920
2,189,215
2,189,215
2,415,205
2,607,127
2,607,127

813,312
586,996
581,302
653,367
696,781
642,437
750,877
957,712
911,398
1,057,446
1,326,934
1,169,285
1,336,538
1,424,082
1,272,697
1,415,705
1,747,236
1,536,930
1,663,272
1,922,800
1,756,192

196,440
196,440
228,332
284,671
296,705
296,705
325,764
452,617
452,617
518,962
666,476
666,476
805,483
776,836
776,836
769,564
1,041,237
1,041,237
1,102,362
1,257,884
1,257,884

616,872
390,556
352,970
368,696
400,076
345,732
425,113
505,095
458,781
538,484
660,458
502,809
531,055
647,246
495,861
646,141
705,999
495,693
560,910
664,916
498,308

31,473
25,535
18,926
21,612
24,263
21,690
26,692
27,864
27,677
26,081
23,631
30,324
30,178
34,502
44,905
47,431
60,933
54,487
50,192
50,129
47,563

2007- Dec. r ...........
2008 - Jan. r...........
Feb. r ..........
Mar. r ..........
Apr. r...........
May r...........
June r..........
July .............
Aug .............
Sept ............
Oct ..............
Nov. p .........
Dec. p .........

7,676,097
7,786,089
7,877,666
7,876,664
7,904,939
7,863,434
7,760,608
7,761,133
7,808,290
7,808,094
8,045,569
7,996,668
7,877,123

2,960,682
3,026,966
3,014,409
3,028,218
3,061,337
3,079,202
3,096,073
3,116,242
3,118,077
3,137,768
3,152,262
3,144,329
3,152,008

596,660
623,519
608,986
574,751
567,040
568,497
571,012
597,093
607,728
632,294
663,873
694,707
707,856

1,443,691
1,479,792
1,476,198
1,504,209
1,526,507
1,522,783
1,523,888
1,533,956
1,538,804
1,543,748
1,542,664
1,516,459
1,520,310

1,111
1,118
1,125
1,133
1,140
1,148
1,155
1,163
1,171
1,179
1,187
1,194
1,203

919,220
922,536
928,099
948,124
966,649
986,773
1,000,017
984,029
970,373
960,546
944,538
931,968
922,639

2,769,850
2,741,442
2,759,533
2,733,258
2,681,487
2,587,530
2,528,835
2,477,911
2,481,414
2,567,451
2,834,696
2,819,710
2,683,349

1,901,789
1,970,682
2,057,747
2,069,751
2,120,001
2,151,341
2,093,385
2,123,573
2,164,072
2,062,622
2,018,066
1,983,339
1,989,619

1,311,466
1,379,650
1,450,990
1,440,161
1,436,131
1,461,904
1,377,376
1,383,252
1,395,559
1,278,592
1,199,559
1,164,999
1,159,451

590,323
591,032
606,757
629,590
683,870
689,437
716,009
740,321
768,513
784,030
818,507
818,340
830,168

43,776
46,999
45,977
45,437
42,114
45,362
42,315
43,407
44,727
40,254
40,545
49,290
52,147

1

Includes Bank for International Settlements.
Derived by applying reported transactions to benchmark data.
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. Also, see footnotes to table IFS-3.
4
Includes debt securities of U.S. Government corporations, federally-sponsored agencies
and private corporations.
5
Includes liabilities payable in dollars to foreign banks and liabilities payable in foreign
currencies to foreign banks and to “other foreigners.”
6
Includes marketable U.S. Government bonds and notes held by foreign banks.
7
Principally the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the InterAmerican Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank.
2
3

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Data on the two lines shown for this date reflect different benchmark bases for foreigners’
holdings of selected U.S. long-term securities. Figures on the first line are comparable to
those for earlier dates; figures on the second line are based in part on benchmark surveys
as of end-March 2000, end-June 2002, end-June 2003, end-June 2004, end-June 2005,
end-June 2006 and end-June 2007 respectively, and are comparable to those shown for
the following dates.
Note.—Table is based on Treasury data and on data reported to the Treasury by banks,
other depository institutions and brokers in the United States. Data generally correspond to
statistics following in this section and in the “Capital Movements” section. Table excludes
International Monetary Fund “holdings of dollars” and holdings of U.S. Treasury letters of
credit and nonnegotiable noninterest-bearing special U.S. notes held by international and
regional organizations.

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TABLE IFS-3.—Nonmarketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes Issued
to Official Institutions and Other Residents of Foreign Countries
[In millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Payable in dollars
End of calendar
year or month

Grand total
(1)

Total
(2)

2003 ..............................................................................

2,613

2,613

2004 ..............................................................................

1,630

2005 ..............................................................................

Mexico 2
(4)

Venezuela 3
(5)

768

1,102

743

1,630

825

-

805

948

948

77

-

871

2006 ..............................................................................

1,026

1,026

82

-

944

2007 - Dec.....................................................................

1,111

1,111

88

-

1,022

2008 - Jan .....................................................................

1,118

1,118

89

-

1,029

Feb.....................................................................

1,125

1,125

89

-

1,036

Mar.....................................................................

1,133

1,133

90

-

1,043

Apr .....................................................................

1,140

1,140

91

-

1,050

May ....................................................................

1,148

1,148

91

-

1,057

June ...................................................................

1,155

1,155

92

-

1,064

July ....................................................................

1,163

1,163

92

-

1,071

Aug ....................................................................

1,171

1,171

93

-

1,078

Sept ...................................................................

1,179

1,179

93

-

1,086

Oct .....................................................................

1,187

1,187

94

-

1,093

Nov ....................................................................

1,194

1,194

94

-

1,100

Dec ....................................................................

1,203

1,203

95

-

1,108

1

Beginning April 1993, includes current value (principal and accrued interest) of zerocoupon, 30-year maturity Treasury bond issue to the government of Argentina. Remaining
face value of issue is $264 million.
2
Beginning March 1990, indicates current value of zero-coupon, 30-year maturity issue to
the government of Mexico. Note.—This issue was paid off in full and retired on January 29,
2004.

Argentina 1
(3)

3
Beginning December 1990, indicates current value of zero-coupon, 30-year maturity
Treasury bond issue to the Republic of Venezuela. Remaining face value of issue is
$2,721 million.

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INTRODUCTION: Capital Movements
Background

Basic definitions

Data relating to U.S. international transactions in
financial instruments and to other portfolio capital
movements between the United States and foreign countries
have been collected in some form since 1935. This
information is necessary for compiling the U.S. balance of
payments accounts, for calculating the U.S. international
investment position, and for use in formulating U.S.
international financial and monetary policies.
From the beginning, reporting under the Treasury data
collection program has been mandatory. Under the current
Treasury International Capital (TIC) reporting system, an
assortment of monthly and quarterly reports are filed with
district Federal Reserve banks by commercial banks,
securities dealers, other financial institutions, and
nonbanking enterprises in the United States. These data are
centrally processed and maintained at the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York, which, along with the district banks, acts
as fiscal agent for Treasury. Beginning in late 1998, the
Federal Reserve Board also undertakes services on behalf of
Treasury in support of the TIC data collection system. The
TIC reports of individual respondents are treated as
confidential, and access to the respondent level data is
strictly limited to specific staff of Treasury and the Federal
Reserve System.
Data derived from Treasury reports are published in the
Capital Movements section of this quarterly Treasury Bulletin
and are posted monthly on the TIC website,
http://www.ustreas.gov/tic. (See NOTE at the end of the
INTRODUCTION text for additional website information.)
TIC data aggregates are also published in the Federal Reserve
Bulletin and are used in the U.S. international transactions and
investment position compilations published by the
Department of Commerce in the Survey of Current Business.
Forms and instructions are developed with the
cooperation of other Government agencies and the Federal
Reserve System and in consultation with representatives of
banks, securities firms, and nonbanking enterprises.
Requests for public comments on proposed changes are
published in the Federal Register, and any further
modifications are based on the comments received. The most
recent revisions to selected reporting forms and instructions
were effective June 30, 2006. The reporting forms and
instructions may be downloaded from the TIC website.
Copies of the reporting forms and instructions also may be
obtained from the Global Economics Group, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Treasury,
Washington, D.C. 20220; the International Finance Division,
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
Washington, D.C. 20551; or district Federal Reserve banks.

The term “foreigner” as used in TIC reporting covers all
institutions and individuals resident outside the United
States, including: U.S. citizens domiciled abroad; the foreign
branches, subsidiaries and offices of U.S. banks and business
concerns; the central governments, central banks, and other
official institutions of foreign countries, wherever located;
and international and regional organizations, wherever
located. The term “foreigner” also includes persons in the
United States to the extent that they are known by reporting
institutions to be acting on behalf of foreigners.
In general, information is reported opposite the country or
geographical area where the foreigner is located, as shown on
records of reporting institutions. This information may not
always reflect the ultimate ownership of assets. Reporting
institutions are not required to go beyond addresses shown on
their records and may not be aware of the actual country of
domicile of the ultimate beneficiary.
Transactions with branches or agencies of foreign official
institutions, wherever located, are reported opposite the
country that has sovereignty over the institutions. Transactions
with international and regional organizations are not reported
opposite any single country, but are accounted for in regional
groupings of such organizations. Effective beginning with
data for June 2006, information pertaining to the Bank for
International Settlements is now included with data for
international organizations, and information for the European
Central Bank is distributed across the individual euro-area
countries. For prior dates, information for these organizations
is included in “Other Europe”.
“Short-term” refers to obligations payable on demand or
having an original maturity of one year or less. “Long-term”
refers to obligations having an original maturity of more
than one year and includes securities having no maturity.

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Reporting coverage
TIC reports are required from banks and other depository
institutions, bank/financial holding companies (BHCs/FHCs),
securities brokers and dealers, and nonbanking concerns in
the United States, including the branches, agencies,
subsidiaries, and other affiliates in the United States of
foreign banking and nonbanking firms. Institutions with total
reportable liabilities, claims, or securities transactions below
specified reporting thresholds are exempt from reporting.
Beginning in February 2003, substantial revisions to the
coverage and formats of the TIC B-series and C-series forms
were introduced. The reasons for the changes were to
comply with new and expanded international standards for
reporting data on portfolio investment; to reduce reporting
burden; to clarify reporting concepts and instructions; and to
improve the quality of the series by closing known gaps in
the data.

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Banks, other depository institutions, and securities brokers
and dealers file monthly B-series reports covering their dollar
liabilities to and dollar claims on foreigners in a number of
countries. Quarterly reports are filed for liabilities and claims
denominated in foreign currencies and for claims on
foreigners held for respondents’ domestic customers. All
positions are exclusive of long-term securities. Beginning
January 2001, the exemption level applicable to the banking
reports was raised from $15 million to $50 million. This
exemption level is also subject to the provision that reportable
amounts for any one country do not exceed $25 million.
Banks and other depository institutions, securities
brokers and dealers, and other entities report their
transactions with foreigners by country in long-term
securities on monthly Form S. Respondents must report
securities transactions with foreigners if their aggregate
purchases or their aggregate sales amount to at least $50
million during the covered month.
TIC Form D is filed quarterly by all U.S. resident banks,
securities dealers, and other firms with worldwide holding of
derivatives in their own and in their customers’ accounts
exceeding $100 billion in notional value. Data from this
information collection was first released on May 15, 2007,
with data on holdings beginning from end-December 2005,
and data on net settlements beginning from the first quarter
of 2006.
Quarterly reports are also filed by exporters, importers,
industrial and commercial concerns, financial institutions
(other than banks, other depository institutions, and
securities firms), and other nonbanking enterprises on their
liabilities and claims positions with unaffiliated foreigners.
Separate reports are filed for financial balances and for
commercial balances. Effective for reports filed as of March
31, 2003, the threshold applicable to Form CQ-1 for
reporting financial liabilities to, and claims on, foreigners is
$50 million, up from $10 million. At the same time, the
reporting threshold for Form CQ-2, which covers
commercial liabilities and claims positions with foreigners,
was raised from $10 million to $25 million.
Effective with the reports filed for June 2006, the country
coverage of the monthly TIC forms was expanded
significantly and the semiannual reports, which covered the
smaller market economies, were discontinued. Country
coverage was also expanded for the quarterly banking forms,
the Form S, the Form D, and the Forms CQ-1 and CQ-2,
effective with reports filed for June 2006.
The data in these tables do not cover all types of reported
capital movements between the United States and other
countries. Except as noted in Section IV in “Description of
statistics” below, the principal exclusions are the
intercompany capital transactions of nonbanking business
enterprises in the United States with their own branches and
subsidiaries abroad or with their foreign parent companies
(own foreign offices) and capital transactions of the U.S.
Government. Consolidated data on all types of international

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capital transactions are published by the Department of
Commerce in its regular reports on the U.S. balance of
payments.

Description of statistics
Data collected on the TIC forms are published in the
“Capital Movements” tables in four sections. Each section
contains all the data relevant to the same statistical series,
with tables showing time series by type and country, and
detailed breakdowns of the latest available data. The
expansion of the country coverage on the standard report
forms allows for publication of additional country detail for
data beginning as of June 2006. As a result, the former
Capital Movements Section III, which listed bank-reported
claims and liabilities of selected countries from the
semiannual reports, has been discontinued.
• Section I covers liabilities to foreigners reported by
banks, other depository institutions, and securities brokers
and dealers in the United States. BHCs/FHCs also report for
all domestic nonbank, non-securities firm affiliates, other
than their insurance affiliates, which report separately on the
C-series forms. Dollar-denominated liabilities are reported
monthly on Forms BL-1 and BL-2. Liabilities denominated
in foreign currencies are reported quarterly on Form BQ-2.
Respondents report certain of their own liabilities and a wide
range of their custody liabilities to foreigners. Effective with
reports filed as of February 28, 2003, coverage was
broadened to cover the positions of U.S. broker-dealer
respondents with their affiliated foreign offices. (Depository
institutions and BHCs/FHCs already reported such
positions.) The scope of the reports was also extended to
include cross-border brokerage balances as well as offshore
sweep accounts and loans to U.S. residents in “managed”
foreign offices of U.S. reporting institutions. Additionally, in
a new Part 2, Form BQ-2 was expanded to include the
foreign currency-denominated liabilities held by respondents
for their domestic customers. Further, banks’ own positions
have been defined to be consistent with regulatory reports
such as the FR 2950/2951 to include all amounts in the
respondent’s “due to/due from” accounts, unless in an
instrument that is specifically excluded. Finally, the columns
for demand deposits and non-transactions accounts are now
combined, as are short-term U.S. agency securities and other
negotiable and readily transferable instruments.
• Section II presents claims on foreigners reported
by banks, other depository institutions, and securities
brokers and dealers in the United States. BHCs/FHCs also
report for their domestic nonbank and non-securities firm
affiliates, other than their insurance affiliates, which report
separately on the C-series forms. Data on respondents’ own
dollar claims are collected monthly on Form BC.
Information on claims held for domestic customers as well
as on claims denominated in foreign currencies is collected
on a quarterly basis only on Forms BQ-1 and BQ-2,
respectively. Effective with reports filed as of February 28,

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CAPITAL MOVEMENTS

2003, reporting coverage was expanded as outlined in
Section I. Additionally, columns were added for separate
reporting of issued by foreigners. Further, the foreigner
category, negotiable CDs and other short-term negotiable
instruments issued by foreigners. Further, the foreigner
category, “foreign official institutions,” replaced the former,
broader category, “foreign public borrowers,” for
consistency with the liabilities reporting on this sector.
• Section III (formerly reported as Section IV)
shows the liabilities to, and claims on, unaffiliated foreigners
of exporters, importers, industrial and commercial concerns,
financial institutions (other than banks, other depository
institutions, and securities brokers and dealers), and other
nonbanking enterprises in the United States. Data exclude
claims on foreigners held by banks in the United States.
Historically, the TIC reports CQ-1 and CQ-2 exclude
accounts of nonbanking enterprises in the United States with
their own branches and subsidiaries abroad or with their
foreign parent companies. Such accounts with foreign
affiliates are reported by business enterprises to Commerce
on its direct investment forms. There was an exception when
reporting of foreign affiliate positions of insurance
underwriting subsidiaries and financial intermediaries was
included in Section B of Form CQ-1 for reports between
end-March 2003 and end-March 2006. That reporting
requirement was discontinued with the reports beginning as
of June 2006.
• Section IV (formerly Section V) contains
information on transactions with foreigners in long-term
domestic and foreign securities as reported by banks,
securities brokers and dealers, and other entities in the
United States. The data cover transactions executed in the
United States for the accounts of foreigners and transactions
executed abroad for the accounts of reporting institutions
and their domestic customers. This includes transactions in
newly-issued securities as well as transactions in, and
redemptions of, outstanding issues. However, the data do not
include nonmarketable Treasury bonds and notes shown in
Table IFS-3.
The geographical allocation of the transactions data
indicates the country of location of the foreign buyers and
sellers who deal directly with reporting institutions in the
United States. The data do not necessarily indicate the
country of beneficial owner or issuer, or the currency of
denomination of securities. For instance, a U.S. purchaser’s
order for Japanese securities may be placed directly with an
intermediary in London. In this instance, the transaction for
Form S reporting purposes would be recorded opposite the
United Kingdom and not opposite Japan. Similarly,
purchases and sales of U.S. securities for the account of an
Italian resident may be placed, for example, in the Swiss

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market. In that case, the trades would be reported opposite
Switzerland and not opposite Italy.

• Section V presents quarterly data on holdings and
net cash settlements of cross-border derivatives contracts
reported by banks, securities brokers, dealers, and
nonfinancial companies in the U.S. with sizable holdings of
derivatives contracts. Total holdings are divided between
those contracts with positive fair values and those contracts
with negative fair values from the perspective of the
reporter. The fair (market) value is generally defined as the
amount for which a derivative contract could be exchanged
in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in
a forced or liquidation sale.
The data on U.S. net settlements with foreign residents
include all cash receipts and payments made during the
quarter for the acquisition, sale, or final closeout of
derivatives, including all settlement payments under the
terms of derivatives contracts such as the periodic settlement
under a swap agreement and the daily settlement of an
exchange-traded contract. In calculating net settlements,
U.S. receipts of cash from foreign persons are positive
amounts (+), and U.S. payments of cash to foreign persons
are negative amounts (-). Items excluded from net
settlements are: (a) collateral including initial and
maintenance margins, whether or not in the form of cash;
and (b) purchases of underlying commodities, securities, or
other noncash assets. (e.g., the purchase/sale by foreigners of
a long-term security is reported on TIC Form S).
The gross fair (market) values and net settlement
payments on derivatives are reported by type of derivative
and by country based on the residence of the direct foreign
counterparty. Positions of foreign customers on U.S.
exchanges are reported opposite the country in which the
foreign counterparty resides. In the case of U.S. residents’
futures contracts on foreign exchanges, the country of the
exchange is reported as the country of the foreign
counterparty.
NOTE: Current and historical data on United States
transactions with foreigners in long-term securities on the
gross foreign liabilities and claims reported by banks and
nonbanks in the United States and on derivatives contracts
with foreigners are available on the TIC website:
http://www.ustreas.gov/tic. These data may be downloaded
as separate time series for each country or geographical area
regularly shown in the capital movements tables. Also
available on this website are other series, including a table
on “Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities,” showing
estimated total holdings of U.S. Treasury bills, bonds and
notes for current and recent periods. All data series on the
TIC website are updated monthly.

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SECTION I.—Liabilities to Foreigners Reported by Banks
in the United States
Table CM-I-1.—Total Liabilities by Type and Holder
[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Type of Liability

Total liabilities to all foreigners...............................
Payable in dollars...............................................
Foreign official institutions .............................
Deposits, excluding negotiable CDs ..........
U.S. Treasury bills and certificates ............
Other short-term negotiable securities,
negotiable CDs, and other custody
liabilities...................................................
Other liabilities............................................
Foreign banks (including own foreign
offices) and other foreigners ........................
Deposits, excluding negotiable CDs ..........
U.S. Treasury bills and certificates ............
Other short-term negotiable securities,
negotiable CDs, and other custody
liabilities...................................................
Other liabilities............................................
International and regional organizations 1 .....
Deposits, excluding negotiable CDs ..........
U.S. Treasury bills and certificates ............
Other short-term negotiable securities,
negotiable CDs, and other custody
liabilities...................................................
Other liabilities............................................
Payable in foreign currencies 2 ..........................
Sector:
Banks and other foreigners........................
International and regional organizations 1 ......
Major currencies:
Canadian dollars ........................................
Euro............................................................
United Kingdom pounds sterling................
Japanese yen.............................................
Memoranda:
Respondents’ own liabilities payable in
dollars...........................................................
Liabilities to own foreign offices.....................
Liabilities collaterized by repurchase
agreements .............................................
Foreign official institutions .....................
Foreign banks and other foreigners.......
International and regional organizations 1.....
Reported by IBFs .......................................
Respondents’ own liabilities payable in
foreign currencies 2 ......................................
Reported by IBFs .......................................
Liabilities held in custody for domestic
customers and selected other liabilities 3 ....
Payable in dollars.......................................
of which: other short-term negotiable
securities and negotiable CDs............
of which: short-term U.S.
Government
agency securities ............................
of which: negotiable CDs ....................
Payable in foreign currencies 2 ..................

Calendar
Year
2007 r

June r

July

4,706,310
4,426,409
596,660
49,872
198,378

4,503,580
4,252,866
571,012
44,817
226,625

4,486,073
4,235,359
597,093
51,079
232,464

182,061
166,349

152,886
146,684

3,802,509
1,474,307
101,872

2008
Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec. p

4,514,041
4,263,327
607,728
50,701
245,562

4,502,928
4,265,382
632,294
53,973
276,781

4,723,530
4,485,984
663,873
54,820
360,550

4,713,004
4,475,458
694,707
54,503
427,152

4,587,805
4,350,259
707,856
60,756
457,876

159,154
154,396

151,040
160,425

142,690
158,850

104,797
143,706

80,747
132,305

62,665
126,559

3,657,156
1,408,676
147,691

3,612,108
1,361,126
146,310

3,627,918
1,303,426
164,911

3,609,416
1,409,079
224,748

3,797,628
1,610,065
280,696

3,748,082
1,669,216
289,010

3,606,173
1,632,547
282,482

638,532
1,587,798
27,240
17,784
288

642,036
1,458,753
24,698
13,397
1,073

641,246
1,463,426
26,158
16,161
547

640,087
1,519,494
27,681
15,892
435

570,754
1,404,835
23,672
12,346
286

552,691
1,354,176
24,483
6,838
7,929

546,074
1,243,782
32,669
9,079
15,076

540,831
1,150,313
36,230
9,066
16,196

4,023
5,145
279,901

5,169
5,059
250,714

5,885
3,565
250,714

5,781
5,573
250,714

5,577
5,463
237,546

6,132
3,584
237,546

5,819
2,695
237,546

5,939
5,029
237,546

278,807
1,094

249,055
1,659

249,055
1,659

249,055
1,659

236,627
919

236,627
919

236,627
919

236,627
919

18,855
153,143
18,176
49,098

15,204
127,876
11,064
57,674

15,204
127,876
11,064
57,674

15,204
127,876
11,064
57,674

13,428
121,559
11,219
59,310

13,428
121,559
11,219
59,310

13,428
121,559
11,219
59,310

13,428
121,559
11,219
59,310

3,301,255
2,021,262

3,077,386
1,873,015

3,049,753
1,836,712

3,055,511
1,816,561

3,044,546
1,928,588

3,173,189
2,153,260

3,111,580
2,121,945

2,984,270
2,000,804

1,109,129
154,617
950,367
4,145
481,998

988,998
140,821
844,360
3,817
468,814

997,299
149,164
845,602
2,533
485,825

1,028,203
153,119
871,283
3,801
463,544

896,042
146,211
747,062
2,769
471,792

753,845
128,621
623,316
1,908
592,037

657,822
119,177
536,812
1,833
624,017

577,823
116,275
458,372
3,176
608,868

261,508
69,985

233,449
72,597

233,449
72,597

233,449
72,597

225,859
58,261

225,859
58,261

225,859
58,261

225,859
58,261

1,143,547
1,125,154

1,192,745
1,175,480

1,202,871
1,185,606

1,225,081
1,207,816

1,232,523
1,220,836

1,324,482
1,312,795

1,375,565
1,363,878

1,377,676
1,365,989

503,938

482,762

489,478

486,532

432,149

375,991

348,714

337,176

201,286
94,664
18,393

170,795
107,999
17,265

163,923
107,231
17,265

154,520
115,149
17,265

156,136
100,729
11,687

131,585
90,717
11,687

116,188
86,416
11,687

102,088
87,853
11,687

1
Principally the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) and
the Inter-American Development Bank.

Aug.

2

Data may be as of preceding quarter-end for most recent month shown in table.
Selected other liabilities are primarily the liabilities of the customers of banks to U.S.
managed foreign offices and other foreign institutions.
3

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TABLE CM-I-2.—Total Liabilities by Country
[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Country
Europe:
Austria .................................................
Belgium ...............................................
Bulgaria ...............................................
Cyprus 1 ..............................................
Czech Republic....................................
Denmark ..............................................
Finland.................................................
France .................................................
Germany..............................................
Greece.................................................
Hungary ...............................................
Iceland 1 ..............................................
Ireland..................................................
Italy......................................................
Kazakhstan 1 .......................................
Luxembourg ........................................
Monaco 1 ............................................
Netherlands .........................................
Norway ................................................
Poland .................................................
Portugal ...............................................
Romania ..............................................
Russia .................................................
Serbia and Montenegro 2 ....................
Spain ...................................................
Sweden................................................
Switzerland ..........................................
Turkey..................................................
Ukraine 1 .............................................
United Kingdom ...................................
Channel Islands ..................................
All other Europe 1 .................................
Total Europe ....................................
Memo: Euro Area 3 .............................................
Memo: European Union 4 ...................
Canada ....................................................
Latin America:
Argentina .............................................
Belize 5 ................................................
Bolivia 5 ...............................................
Brazil....................................................
Chile ....................................................
Colombia .............................................
Costa Rica 5 ........................................
Ecuador ...............................................
El Salvador 5 .......................................
Guatemala ...........................................
Guyana 5 .............................................
Honduras 5 ..........................................
Mexico .................................................
Nicaragua 5 .........................................
Panama ...............................................
Paraguay 5 ..........................................
Peru.....................................................
Suriname 5 ..........................................
Uruguay ...............................................
Venezuela............................................
All other Latin America 5 ......................
Total Latin America..........................
Caribbean:
Anguilla 6 ............................................
Antigua and Barbuda 6 ........................
Aruba 6 ................................................
Bahamas .............................................
Barbados 6 ..........................................
Bermuda ..............................................
British Virgin Islands 6 .........................
Cayman Islands ..................................
Cuba....................................................
Dominican Republic 6 ..........................
French West Indies 6 ...........................
Haiti 6 ..................................................
Jamaica ...............................................
Netherlands Antilles.............................
See footnotes at end of table.

March 2009

2005

Calendar year
2006

2007 r

Aug.

Sept.

2008
Oct.

Nov.

Dec. p

3,607
17,105
139
n.a.
1,446
1,544
3,767
76,016
70,867
1,212
527
n.a.
68,669
8,149
n.a.
62,804
n.a.
16,460
27,927
6,340
2,883
565
101,355
119
10,060
4,796
141,498
10,006
n.a.
590,505
29,737
23,540
1,281,643
341,599
n.a.
38,051

3,934
15,595
88
634
1,353
969
3,362
83,606
92,815
1,488
820
431
84,414
9,301
6,145
73,989
380
26,781
42,401
7,475
2,720
492
62,736
295
9,805
3,890
63,546
10,457
919
926,069
33,857
3,852
1,574,620
407,811
1,349,799
49,396

3,575
22,437
148
1,068
1,433
791
1,456
73,355
145,955
1,357
1,219
667
123,913
10,421
5,945
108,463
206
26,125
48,309
19,651
2,999
581
104,741
532
13,022
7,723
58,468
12,139
1,392
1,051,764
25,391
4,897
1,880,143
533,078
1,619,013
68,274

5,852
13,249
104
611
2,300
4,284
1,508
67,247
162,914
1,346
602
352
171,168
9,248
11,059
106,316
128
40,422
36,404
29,936
2,098
966
87,094
293
14,679
3,259
41,686
22,785
1,869
919,194
13,871
5,837
1,778,680
596,886
1,558,013
74,190

3,367
14,312
89
938
1,093
3,983
1,684
84,549
164,713
1,030
431
273
147,400
12,214
10,679
99,198
226
42,987
23,936
20,906
2,214
381
79,192
144
16,548
12,374
47,191
20,049
2,050
822,454
13,460
5,462
1,655,527
591,393
1,453,558
74,285

3,308
12,987
100
820
1,019
3,978
1,615
83,604
159,024
2,104
658
487
150,370
11,650
12,553
98,105
396
45,594
21,438
12,846
1,956
563
77,292
161
20,384
5,213
60,682
17,284
2,411
789,949
14,459
6,593
1,619,602
591,960
1,406,967
85,394

1,566
12,200
99
885
957
4,477
1,691
72,493
150,498
1,818
1,848
1,034
160,869
13,083
11,975
94,436
373
42,340
22,897
9,604
2,100
626
60,555
182
16,042
4,178
56,891
18,177
5,372
725,360
14,045
7,366
1,516,038
570,714
1,318,690
71,223

2,458
15,867
118
758
686
4,502
1,597
54,568
144,211
1,963
808
1,074
177,139
10,006
13,747
118,797
316
34,893
17,929
4,729
2,131
638
72,392
182
16,800
3,625
57,327
20,298
4,041
667,684
11,748
7,923
1,470,956
581,509
1,265,227
77,150

9,775
n.a.
n.a.
12,898
9,045
6,521
n.a.
3,426
n.a.
1,660
n.a.
n.a.
44,738
n.a.
5,334
n.a.
3,062
n.a.
4,976
27,535
8,595
137,565

10,628
484
2,123
16,271
16,926
11,702
2,967
3,431
1,964
1,444
98
2,594
45,846
238
7,183
672
4,281
128
6,139
22,883
8
158,010

12,090
307
2,559
24,887
15,731
11,038
2,502
3,296
2,352
1,851
141
2,162
53,234
215
7,062
693
5,286
128
6,503
23,588
15
175,640

11,805
358
3,136
24,626
14,207
11,440
2,782
3,413
2,611
1,740
96
1,799
62,102
241
6,979
672
6,520
150
5,627
26,601
41
186,946

13,459
385
3,516
18,328
14,847
12,248
2,628
3,731
2,692
1,695
160
1,791
57,539
296
7,687
679
5,471
178
5,736
26,787
40
179,893

13,145
339
4,336
21,057
17,016
12,129
2,521
3,788
2,663
1,797
173
1,733
66,991
245
8,122
699
5,971
124
6,064
28,409
20
197,342

13,076
311
4,458
18,571
16,331
10,951
2,288
3,738
2,576
1,982
286
1,557
62,901
265
8,677
690
4,688
125
6,749
27,725
48
187,993

12,834
298
4,573
17,708
15,892
10,376
2,009
3,593
2,923
1,865
276
1,546
68,332
300
10,718
666
4,610
157
7,582
26,814
48
193,120

n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
213,833
n.a.
52,361
n.a.
922,518
120
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
970
6,398

3,149
186
408
257,200
18,680
55,502
22,082
1,316,517
82
3,895
19
495
1,056
8,503

13,065
217
265
286,669
21,602
49,865
35,092
1,488,182
80
3,813
35
555
1,358
10,131

7,954
217
489
281,370
17,905
46,605
42,764
1,389,107
94
3,409
54
658
1,354
5,519

12,718
133
470
301,259
17,667
46,163
43,296
1,416,970
94
3,271
34
735
1,184
4,781

15,695
137
538
289,218
17,466
48,493
42,322
1,540,320
93
2,992
30
619
996
5,182

13,231
122
686
305,429
16,761
46,627
41,213
1,574,822
89
3,006
27
478
922
5,686

9,910
118
737
334,377
17,018
46,898
38,288
1,449,370
89
3,097
26
539
1,025
6,505

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TABLE CM-I-2.—Total Liabilities by Country, con.
[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Country
Caribbean, con.
St. Kitts and Nevis 6 ..........................
Trinidad and Tobago.........................
Turks and Caicos Islands 6 ...............
All other Caribbean 6 ........................
Total Caribbean ............................
Asia:
Bangladesh 7 ....................................
China, Mainland ...............................
Hong Kong........................................
India..................................................
Indonesia ..........................................
Israel.................................................
Japan................................................
Jordan 7 ............................................
Korea, South.....................................
Laos 7 ..............................................
Lebanon............................................
Malaysia ...........................................
Pakistan............................................
Philippines ........................................
Singapore .........................................
Syria .................................................
Taiwan..............................................
Thailand............................................
Yemen 7 ...........................................
Oil exporting countries 8 ....................
All other Asia 7 .................................
Total Asia .....................................
Africa:
Botswana 9 .......................................
Egypt ................................................
Ghana...............................................
Kenya 9 ............................................
Liberia...............................................
Mauritius 9 ........................................
Morocco............................................
Mozambique 9 ..................................
South Africa ......................................
Tanzania 9 ........................................
Uganda 9 ..........................................
Zambia 9 ..........................................
Zimbabwe 9 ......................................
Oil exporting countries 10 ..................
All other Africa 9 ...............................
Total Africa ...................................
Other countries:
Australia............................................
New Zealand ....................................
French Polynesia 11 .........................
All other 11 ........................................
Total other ...................................
All countries ..........................................
International and regional orgs:
International organizations...............
Regional organizations 12 ................
Total international and
regional organizations................
Grand total................................
1

2005

Calendar year
2006

2008
2007 r

Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec. p

n.a.
2,836
n.a.
32,620
1,231,656

90
3,354
165
157
1,691,540

122
3,389
213
189
1,914,842

135
3,329
213
198
1,801,374

131
3,958
237
186
1,853,287

150
3,467
206
162
1,968,086

150
4,060
209
162
2,013,680

138
3,959
224
170
1,912,488

n.a.
46,466
35,246
13,860
4,213
9,828
161,951
n.a.
27,200
n.a.
797
2,287
1,768
3,780
20,291
28
23,287
9,966
n.a.
50,659
7,258
418,885

824
44,474
44,639
18,813
4,386
7,327
141,655
2,146
28,099
120
1,168
3,847
1,282
3,857
30,831
25
22,952
8,319
179
70,314
5,893
441,150

889
94,369
47,133
18,257
5,223
7,812
190,122
1,179
35,215
380
1,032
2,852
1,464
4,927
38,704
24
25,952
14,189
202
80,593
5,052
575,570

1,421
73,224
42,651
17,539
6,562
8,750
191,446
1,165
20,448
176
881
2,616
1,631
3,712
35,436
26
22,553
18,009
217
125,391
6,707
580,561

1,412
124,737
54,224
18,347
8,287
11,551
202,360
1,320
16,684
68
1,169
2,294
2,127
4,119
32,351
24
30,134
14,369
159
121,832
8,275
655,843

2,086
183,615
63,033
21,607
6,084
14,938
219,030
1,849
14,539
48
901
2,329
1,252
6,470
36,629
23
33,807
18,732
425
126,043
8,115
761,555

2,386
234,750
52,805
23,393
6,748
15,633
229,989
2,159
15,423
42
1,174
2,227
2,226
8,361
44,231
32
30,734
19,956
296
125,549
6,513
824,627

3,472
223,743
55,014
28,975
9,979
21,059
226,722
2,244
15,536
66
1,434
2,211
4,175
9,016
44,913
65
30,340
18,735
212
118,592
7,101
823,604

n.a.
4,953
572
n.a.
217
n.a.
138
n.a.
3,054
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
6,880
4,313
20,127

236
2,252
389
234
469
641
198
87
1,565
363
926
143
78
4,457
2,981
15,019

925
3,683
346
612
422
6,436
180
126
1,649
407
1,233
190
105
6,131
3,443
25,888

781
3,857
320
282
357
1,268
243
54
3,007
305
910
179
75
4,328
5,791
21,757

641
7,321
386
306
328
880
532
60
2,978
320
794
142
71
3,979
6,279
25,017

519
10,536
237
333
454
1,373
542
89
3,185
574
474
216
70
4,365
6,911
29,878

425
8,661
289
310
436
983
458
121
2,653
776
284
147
87
3,882
7,471
26,983

375
9,396
316
341
420
925
378
141
2,937
681
329
140
81
4,374
6,446
27,280

18,427
3,028
n.a.
14,612
36,067
3,163,994

26,178
4,543
63
18,704
49,488
3,979,223

14,891
3,190
83
19,455
37,619
4,677,976

18,283
4,807
118
17,985
41,193
4,484,701

18,005
4,082
110
12,288
34,485
4,478,337

19,213
4,632
127
12,299
36,271
4,698,128

22,421
3,931
122
12,398
38,872
4,679,416

29,728
3,888
123
12,319
46,058
4,550,656

17,598
5,153

26,862
4,274

24,236
4,098

24,827
4,513

19,124
5,467

21,395
4,007

30,079
3,509

32,418
4,731

22,751
3,186,745

31,136
4,010,359

28,334
4,706,310

29,340
4,514,041

24,591
4,502,928

25,402
4,723,530

33,588
4,713,004

37,149
4,587,805

Before June 2006, data for Cyprus, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Monaco, and Ukraine are included
in “All other Europe.”
2
On February 4, 2003, Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro. Data for
other entities of the former Yugoslavia recognized as independent states by the United States
are reported under “All other Europe” as follows: Beginning in December 1992 for Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia; and beginning in June 1994 for the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia.
3
Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also includes Cyprus,
Malta, and Slovenia.
4
As of May 2004, the European Union includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and
the United Kingdom. Data available beginning June 2006. As of January 2007, also includes
Bulgaria and Romania.

5
Before June 2006, data for the Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guyana, Honduras,
Nicaragua, Paraguay, and Suriname are included in “All other Latin America.”
6
Before June 2006, data for Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, the British
Virgin Islands, the Dominican Republic, the French West Indies (primarily Guadeloupe and
Martinique), Haiti, St. Kitts and Nevis, and the Turks and Caicos Islands are included in “All
other Caribbean.”
7
Before June 2006, data for Bangladesh, Jordan, Laos, and Yemen are included in “All other Asia.”
8
Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates
(Trucial States).
9
Before June 2006, data for Botswana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda,
Zambia, and Zimbabwe are included in “All other Africa.”
10
Includes Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.
11
Before June 2006, data for French Polynesia are included in “All other.”
12
Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East regional
organizations.

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TABLE CM-I-3.—Total Liabilities by Type and Country, December 31, 2008, Preliminary
[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Liabilities payable in dollars
Non-negotiable
deposits and
brokerage balances 1

Country

Total
liabilities
Total
payable in
dollars and liabilities
payable in
foreign
dollars
currency
(2)
(1)

Europe:
Austria ..............................
2,458
2,457
Belgium.............................
15,867
15,450
Cyprus ..............................
758
758
Czech Republic.................
686
679
Denmark ...........................
4,502
4,495
Finland..............................
1,597
1,464
France ..............................
54,568
51,833
Germany........................... 144,211
75,064
Greece..............................
1,963
1,963
Hungary ............................
808
756
Ireland............................... 177,139
176,967
Italy...................................
10,006
7,436
Kazakhstan.......................
13,747
13,510
Luxembourg...................... 118,797
117,308
Monaco.............................
316
314
Netherlands ......................
34,893
33,410
Norway .............................
17,929
17,814
Poland ..............................
4,729
4,714
Portugal ............................
2,131
2,119
Romania ...........................
638
633
Russia...............................
72,392
72,354
Spain ................................
16,800
15,262
Sweden.............................
3,625
3,476
Switzerland .......................
57,327
54,491
Turkey...............................
20,298
20,226
Ukraine .............................
4,041
4,041
United Kingdom ................ 667,684
623,419
Channel Islands ................
11,748
11,586
9,297
9,237
All other Europe..................
Total Europe .................. 1,470,956 1,343,237
581,509
501,767
Memo: Euro Area 4 ........
77,150
70,738
Canada ...................................
Latin America:
Argentina ............................
12,834
12,680
Belize..................................
298
298
Bolivia.................................
4,573
4,461
Brazil...................................
17,708
17,374
Chile ...................................
15,892
15,519
Colombia ............................
10,376
10,325
Costa Rica..........................
2,009
1,995
Ecuador ..............................
3,593
3,557
El Salvador.........................
2,923
2,921
Guatemala..........................
1,865
1,812
Honduras............................
1,546
1,529
Mexico ................................
68,332
66,921
Panama..............................
10,718
10,655
Paraguay............................
666
665
Peru....................................
4,610
4,535
Uruguay..............................
7,582
7,429
Venezuela ..........................
26,814
26,133
781
781
All other Latin America.......
193,120
189,590
Total Latin America........
Caribbean:
Aruba..................................
737
737
Bahamas ............................
334,377
333,987
Barbados............................
17,018
16,973
Bermuda.............................
46,898
45,440
See footnotes at end of table.

March 2009

Negotiable CDs and short-term
negotiable securities

Other
Miscellaneous
liabilities 2

Held by
Total
foreign
custody
official
liabilities institutions Held by all
payable in and foreign
other
dollars
banks
foreigners
(4)
(6)
(5)

Held by
Of which:
Of which: other shortforeign
short-term
official
term
U.S.
negotiable Of which: institutions Held by all
Treasury
other
securities negotiable and foreign
obligations (excl. CDs)
banks
foreigners
CDs
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(11)

Total
liabilities
payable in
foreign
currency 3
(12)

326
11,477
20
401
631
1,077
5,078
16,100
72
440
133,704
2,536
9,840
80,106
253
12,752
5,331
2,463
138
121
46,252
2,541
1,454
35,570
16,375
41
20,994
4,494
1,350
411,936
265,928
16,423

1,445
2,897
242
201
659
122
8,660
31,795
1,275
189
18,792
3,055
1,404
7,292
12
4,874
984
437
1,478
33
13,415
6,688
567
11,953
2,292
1,791
184,263
5,257
2,530
314,602
88,677
6,451

282
497
489
51
80
108
2,514
2,295
496
77
2,842
1,002
11
21,432
49
3,243
226
303
465
56
2,057
2,165
387
2,605
263
102
29,258
1,206
851
75,412
37,972
6,162

126
2,855
16
401
372
491
2,969
9,173
47
388
36,889
2,155
9,840
40,969
245
2,978
5,032
628
37
120
42,683
1,655
249
27,165
16,338
37
11,273
1,786
1,197
218,113
100,360
5,823

40
3,108
125
5
1,733
4,617
12
18
69,402
7
22,812
8
6,973
161
1,832
92
3,564
656
124
7,335
20
4
3,303
1,905
91
127,947
109,457
4,300

12
5,512
4
53
533
171
1,321
13
3
23,849
66
15,137
1,972
138
3
9
1
5
149
642
1,060
15
2,306
658
45
53,677
48,749
5,320

534
279
7
26
3,206
170
16,894
25,619
121
60
11,472
1,146
2,255
2,233
8,935
11,273
1,511
35
423
10,575
3,859
1,505
3,075
1,296
2,107
205,403
335
4,521
318,875
71,373
39,588

17
302
35
18,893
244
21
13,721
6
7,433
4,435
3
55
90
2
1,298
2
187,613
439
2
234,611
45,179
3,094

1
417
7
7
133
2,735
69,147
52
172
2,570
237
1,489
2
1,483
115
15
12
5
38
1,538
149
2,836
72
44,265
162
60
127,719
79,742
6,412

10,468 2,212
258
40
1,587 2,874
15,861 1,513
8,614 6,905
5,178 5,147
1,336
659
3,176
381
1,444 1,477
1,400
412
1,446
83
45,607 21,314
8,316 2,339
627
38
3,131 1,404
5,890 1,539
24,551 1,582
752
29
139,642 49,948

616
48
459
6,399
3,814
1,075
615
695
431
164
711
21,066
3,389
97
1,487
652
7,240
176
49,134

9,406
137
1,087
4,972
3,383
3,676
599
2,280
540
1,127
642
19,018
4,589
509
1,312
2,498
16,208
444
72,427

1,677
6
1,705
1,014
2,423
3,832
82
214
838
270
18
17,193
1,557
15
93
924
289
1
32,151

70
972
356
3,635
903
506
32
574
81
7
2,693
483
9
1,257
206
739
8
12,531

454
34
197
74
817
412
71
85
65
61
58
1,384
295
14
52
340
554
20
4,987

312
73
37
3,988
1,396
401
114
150
471
102
91
5,302
310
13
330
2,610
827
128
16,655

145
4
571
51
26
8
101
2
7
2
265
32
8
4
199
276
4
1,705

154
112
334
373
51
14
36
2
53
17
1,411
63
1
75
153
681
3,530

679
58
331,423 2,564
3,270 13,703
12,841 32,599

227
268,206
2,580
594

356
5,925
536
9,999

12
1,734
5,802
18,021

19
305
5,577
13,563

27
244
2,315
761

11
55,927
105
106

85
1,646
58
2,396

390
45
1,458

Total own
liabilities
payable in
dollars
(3)

2,131
3,973
738
278
3,864
387
46,755
58,964
1,892
316
43,263
4,901
3,670
37,202
61
20,658
12,483
2,251
1,981
512
26,102
12,721
2,022
18,921
3,851
4,000
602,425
7,092
7,887
931,301
235,839
54,315

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TABLE CM-I-3.—Total Liabilities by Type and Country, December 31, 2008, Preliminary, con.
[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Liabilities payable in dollars
Non-negotiable
deposits and
brokerage balances 1

Country

Grand total ...................... 4,587,805

36,951
16,523
1,423,474 1,087,293
3,077
2,857
539
487
994
963
6,441
4,398
3,758
2,607
9,827
9,624
1,882,198 1,472,965

20,428
336,181
220
52
31
2,043
1,151
203
409,233

35
503,143
582
162
331
1,574
1,749
168
779,351

223,737
53,303
28,829
9,963
20,756
174,399
2,243
15,305
2,210
4,175
9,002
43,465
30,283
18,730
130,888
767,288

54,242
22,776
6,700
5,489
7,852
103,713
1,426
7,822
1,958
3,890
8,243
31,683
27,320
1,689
45,892
330,695

169,495
30,527
22,129
4,474
12,904
70,686
817
7,483
252
285
759
11,782
2,963
17,041
84,996
436,593

20,912
11,065
2,527
2,224
1,574
49,864
966
2,384
1,556
432
2,231
22,846
8,322
1,117
15,846
143,866

9,396
316
341
415
378
2,926
13,278
27,050

4,032
316
326
289
349
2,477
10,359
18,148

5,364
15
126
29
449
2,919
8,902

1,266
114
197
1
284
1,870
5,360
9,092

29,404
20,188
9,216
9,902
3,796
2,252
1,544
1,108
728
669
59
172
33,928
23,109
10,819
11,182
4,314,029 2,970,175 1,343,854 1,313,678
31,598
4,632

10,634
3,461

20,964
1,171

-

36,230

14,095

22,135

-

4,350,259 2,984,270 1,365,989 1,313,678

Excludes negotiable certificates of deposit.
Includes both banks' own liabilities and banks' customer liabilities to foreigners primarily in
the form of loans, including loans associated with repurchase agreements, and nonnegotiable short-term securities.
3
Foreign currency data are as of the previous quarter-end.
2

Other
Miscellaneous
liabilities 2

Total
Held by
Held by
Of which:
Total
foreign
Of which: other shortTotal
liabilities
foreign
Total
Total own
custody
payable in
official
short-term
official
liabilities
term
liabilities
liabilities institutions Held by all
dollars and liabilities
U.S.
negotiable Of which: institutions Held by all payable in
payable in payable in payable in and foreign
Treasury securities negotiable and foreign
foreign
foreign
other
other
dollars
dollars
dollars
currency
banks
foreigners obligations (excl. CDs)
banks
foreigners currency 3
CDs
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(12)
(9)
(11)
(1)
(8)
(10)

Caribbean, con.
British Virgin Islands ................
38,288
Cayman Islands ....................... 1,449,370
Dominican Republic.................
3,097
Haiti ..........................................
539
Jamaica....................................
1,025
Netherlands Antilles.................
6,505
Trinidad and Tobago................
3,959
10,675
All other Caribbean
Total Caribbean.................. 1,912,488
Asia:
China, Mainland....................... 223,743
Hong Kong...............................
55,014
India .........................................
28,975
Indonesia .................................
9,979
Israel ........................................
21,059
Japan ....................................... 226,722
Jordan ......................................
2,244
Korea, South............................
15,536
Malaysia...................................
2,211
Pakistan ...................................
4,175
Philippines................................
9,016
Singapore.................................
44,913
Taiwan......................................
30,340
Thailand ...................................
18,735
All other Asia............................ 130,942
Total Asia............................. 823,604
Africa:
Egypt ........................................
9,396
Ghana ......................................
316
Kenya.......................................
341
Liberia ......................................
420
Morocco ...................................
378
South Africa .............................
2,937
13,492
All other Africa..........................
27,280
Total Africa...........................
Other countries:
Australia ...................................
29,728
New Zealand............................
3,888
12,442
All other ....................................
46,058
Total other...........................
All countries.................................. 4,550,656
International and regional orgs:
International organizations.......
32,418
4,731
Regional organizations5 ...........
Total International and
37,149
regional organizations ......

1

Negotiable CDs and short-term
negotiable securities

16,017
130,056
1,964
281
346
666
245
8,550
174,941

17,589
53,766
55
15
14
1,908
826
113
99,855

1,817
23,282
124
11
11
20
238
38
45,005

802
4,559
41
26
6
97
10
52
8,940

86
600,245
299
41
285
891
613
7
658,616

605
108,423
12
3
1
1,285
77
899
115,490

1,337
25,896
20
31
64
201
848
30,290

18,527 165,169
5,426 15,847
1,687 12,596
244
2,201
1,810 12,290
7,597 58,392
60
709
710
720
124
156
193
193
642
709
1,309 11,215
6,492
2,199
315 16,958
1,843 71,760
46,979 371,114

3,926
13,415
9,118
2,237
400
9,395
1
4,947
74
53
5
346
137
45
8,389
52,488

311
1,148
15
36
214
507
107
1,740
17
10
45
217
592
17
4,836
9,812

14,831
6,016
2,763
3,010
4,460
47,507
400
4,561
279
3,270
5,292
7,365
12,526
274
28,082
140,636

61
386
123
11
8
1,137
243
4
24
78
167
15
4
132
2,393

6
1,711
146
16
303
52,323
1
231
1
14
1,448
57
5
54
56,316

5,194
11
64
4
411
2,879
8,563

59
1
59
15
18
39
191

111
3
2
3
20
1
140

2,633
152
51
98
23
414
3,954
7,325

1
7
14
20
42

5
11
214
230

1,550
3,215
170
1,511
287
13
2,007
4,739
379,625 740,358

4,456
21
5
4,482
246,944

1,365
6,101
11
969
41
207
1,417
7,277
84,293 1,188,972

2,815
6
3
2,824
360,159

324
92
11,714
12,130
236,627

3,398
1,631

820
99

133
50
78
190
42
179
1,025
1,697

7,236
1,830

15,694
502

1,766
613

9,066

16,196

2,379

388,691 756,554

249,323

3,504
56

-

3,560

-

5,029

919

87,853 1,188,972

365,188

237,546

4
Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also includes Cyprus,
Malta, and Slovenia.
5
Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East regional
organizations.

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CHART CM-A.—U.S. Liabilities to Foreigners
Reported by U.S. Banks, Brokers, and Dealers with Respect to Selected Countries
2000
(In billions of dollars)

1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
2004

2005

2006

2007

Dec. 2008

United Kingdom

All other Europe

Caribbean banking centers

Japan

All other Asia

All other countries

[In millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Calendar years
Country

2004

2005

2006

2007

Dec. 2008

United Kingdom........................

501,721

590,505

926,069

1,051,764

667,684

All other Europe .......................

611,774

691,138

648,551

828,379

803,272

Caribbean banking centers 1 ..... 1,186,221

1,200,444

1,666,987

1,877,001

1,886,156

173,872
260,142

161,951
256,934

141,655
299,495

190,122
385,448

226,722
596,882

Subtotal .................................. 2,733,730
All other countries .................... 284,143

2,900,972

3,682,757

4,332,714

4,180,716

285,773

327,602

373,596

407,089

Grand total ............................. 3,017,873

3,186,745

4,010,359

4,706,310

4,587,805

Japan........................................
All other Asia ............................

1
Includes Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Netherlands Antilles, and Panama. For data beginning June 2006, also
includes the British Virgin Islands.

March 2009

U.S. liabilities to foreigners
reported by U.S. banks
were recorded at $4.6
trillion in December 2008,
a decrease of $119 billion
from yearend 2007. U.S.
banking liabilities include
foreign holdings of U.S.
short-term securities but
exclude foreign holdings of
U.S. long-term securities.
U.S. banking liabilities
increased about $696
billion in 2007, about $824
billion in 2006, and about
$169 billion in 2005.
However, much of the
increase in liabilities to
foreigners in 2006 reflects
changes in coverage in the
bank-reported data in the
first and second quarters of
2006. Between June and
December of 2006, when
data were reported on a
consistent basis, banking
liabilities increased about
$250 billion.
U.S. banking liabilities are
concentrated in
international financial
centers. The data on this
page show that almost 60
percent of U.S. banking
liabilities is currently
recorded against the United
Kingdom and banking
centers in the Caribbean.
These financial centers
have recorded most of the
growth in banking
liabilities in recent years
and the United Kingdom
recorded much of the
decline in banking
liabilities in 2008.
Foreigners domiciled in the
rest of Europe and in Asia
account for about one-third
of U.S. banking liabilities.

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SECTION II.—Claims on Foreigners Reported by Banks in the United States
TABLE CM-II-1.—Total Claims by Type
[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Calendar
Year
2006

Sept.

Dec. r

Mar. r

2008
June

Sept. p

Total claims..............................................................

3,140,564

3,681,499

3,792,775

4,021,318

3,796,875

3,643,518

Payable in dollars..................................................

2,944,476

3,451,699

3,547,969

3,752,665

3,555,835

3,428,615

Own claims on foreigners...................................

2,291,340

2,680,735

2,791,032

3,002,990

2,857,135

2,786,730

Foreign official institutions ...............................

98,010

86,799

107,062

99,766

94,038

75,405

Foreign banks, including own foreign
offices ...........................................................

1,662,805

1,963,625

2,068,427

2,242,633

2,138,571

2,122,114

Type of Claim

2007

All other foreigners ..........................................

530,525

630,311

615,543

660,591

624,526

589,211

Claims of domestic customers..............................

653,136

770,964

756,937

749,675

698,700

641,885

Payable in foreign currencies ..................................

196,088

229,800

244,806

268,653

241,040

214,903

Own claims on foreigners .....................................

131,530

149,605

170,113

184,354

160,377

142,508

Canadian dollars ..............................................

16,024

35,419

32,718

31,010

27,741

22,905

Euros................................................................

65,947

56,535

75,137

81,239

62,854

52,145

United Kingdom pounds sterling......................

18,871

14,728

15,804

17,965

12,512

10,697

Japanese yen...................................................

14,463

19,463

23,911

27,717

29,661

28,855

Claims of domestic customers..............................

64,558

80,195

74,693

84,299

80,663

72,395

of which:

of which:
Canadian dollars ..............................................

4,814

4,873

3,008

2,703

3,019

4,637

Euros................................................................

47,468

62,161

60,501

67,014

60,000

53,310

United Kingdom pounds sterling......................

7,068

3,925

3,160

5,197

6,058

6,450

Japanese yen...................................................

1,676

2,739

2,817

3,109

5,975

2,799

Total own claims on foreigners .............................

2,422,870

2,830,340

2,961,145

3,187,344

3,017,512

2,929,238

Non-negotiable deposits ....................................

983,110

991,664

1,057,794

1,208,487

1,176,880

1,076,217

15,508

39,876

48,082

44,879

42,383

42,331

664,373

808,378

769,509

821,916

747,197

751,879

759,879

990,422

1,085,760

1,112,062

1,051,052

1,058,811

1,639,474

1,808,249

1,929,030

2,118,986

1,987,536

1,959,268

562,430

615,052

686,623

646,189

527,208

520,261

524,907

578,337

644,202

608,557

488,712

493,385

37,523

36,715

42,421

37,632

38,496

26,876

717,694

851,159

831,630

833,974

779,363

714,280

312,635

389,057

444,306

440,261

389,854

349,272

Short-term negotiable instruments
(payable in dollars) ........................................

353,438

399,862

340,734

346,228

343,831

317,909

Other .....................................................................

51,621

62,240

46,590

47,485

45,678

47,099

Memoranda:

Short-term negotiable instruments
(payable in dollars) ..........................................
Resale agreements ............................................
Other...................................................................
Claims on own foreign offices...............................
Claims reported by IBFs .......................................
Payable in dollars ...............................................
Payable in foreign currencies.............................
Total claims held for domestic customers ............
Non-negotiable deposits ....................................

March 2009

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TABLE CM-II-2.—Total Claims by Country
[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Country
Europe:
Austria ....................................................
Belgium...................................................
Bulgaria ..................................................
Czech Republic ......................................
Denmark.................................................
Finland....................................................
France ....................................................
Germany.................................................
Greece....................................................
Hungary..................................................
Ireland.....................................................
Italy .........................................................
Kazakhstan 1 ...........................................
Luxembourg ...........................................
Netherlands ............................................
Norway ...................................................
Poland ....................................................
Portugal ..................................................
Romania .................................................
Russia.....................................................
Spain ......................................................
Sweden...................................................
Switzerland.............................................
Turkey.....................................................
United Kingdom......................................
Channel Islands......................................
All other Europe 1 ....................................
Total Europe ........................................
Memo: Euro Area 2 ....................................
Memo: European Union 3 ..........................
Canada......................................................
Latin America:
Argentina ................................................
Bolivia 4 ...................................................
Brazil.......................................................
Chile .......................................................
Colombia ................................................
Costa Rica 4 ............................................
Ecuador ..................................................
El Salvador 4 ...........................................
Guatemala..............................................
Honduras 4 ..............................................
Mexico ....................................................
Nicaragua ...............................................
Panama ..................................................
Paraguay 4 ..............................................
Peru ........................................................
Uruguay..................................................
Venezuela ..............................................
All other Latin America 4 .........................
Total Latin America..............................
Caribbean:
Anguilla 5 ................................................
Bahamas ................................................
Barbados 5 ..............................................
See footnotes at end of table.

March 2009

Calendar
year
2006

Mar.

2007
June

Sept.

Dec. r

Mar. r

2008
June

Sept. p

8,563
20,258
38
3,546
2,770
10,360
165,030
45,429
1,081
157
62,881
41,462
510
16,033
38,723
35,117
1,115
1,988
290
4,254
15,969
29,377
112,020
5,429
938,123
45,533
4,193
1,610,249
427,777
1,404,001
106,662

8,309
33,993
39
3,232
5,699
14,933
190,458
59,267
1,421
185
71,841
38,332
725
17,679
45,310
28,204
1,842
2,245
217
1,819
32,377
28,572
170,752
3,754
974,980
48,523
3,501
1,788,209
516,165
1,532,513
109,057

8,572
43,167
38
3,604
1,757
15,143
199,784
71,143
1,442
187
70,771
34,782
863
26,823
60,364
25,101
3,454
2,506
209
1,777
25,154
31,026
183,080
3,678
1,043,097
56,782
3,689
1,917,993
559,651
1,644,892
134,332

9,189
23,449
37
2,113
2,393
24,206
189,346
86,617
1,409
252
68,598
43,098
754
22,636
73,708
28,281
3,999
2,840
200
3,334
26,085
37,603
191,231
3,718
1,137,811
42,882
3,689
2,029,478
571,182
1,757,330
141,301

8,083
26,646
30
4,049
10,314
30,533
202,757
79,122
1,658
378
80,906
51,856
688
27,017
63,711
29,105
8,242
3,113
195
1,869
32,753
34,964
201,003
3,735
1,108,747
35,468
3,632
2,050,574
608,155
1,776,738
140,166

7,980
28,017
52
2,666
10,984
27,748
235,583
92,792
1,963
248
100,575
63,530
732
25,112
72,195
27,315
17,109
3,672
178
1,638
56,322
28,652
184,125
3,989
1,182,691
20,459
3,418
2,199,743
716,944
1,959,559
160,939

9,371
36,465
56
2,276
10,789
32,299
223,540
96,442
1,835
222
107,009
63,963
665
21,455
75,430
25,063
17,276
2,988
202
2,315
62,332
36,386
133,876
4,055
1,067,090
18,074
3,180
2,054,653
734,438
1,868,758
138,419

8,665
24,683
55
273
8,477
29,103
207,384
86,050
1,465
336
92,874
61,795
544
20,815
66,473
31,173
11,678
2,392
159
2,629
55,669
30,423
123,053
4,159
1,126,991
15,908
3,199
2,016,426
658,414
1,836,897
146,441

2,977
157
20,454
7,152
2,915
733
612
872
1,055
433
17,936
89
2,556
41
1,474
361
2,477
37
62,331

2,880
139
22,354
6,120
4,104
780
581
871
1,135
461
19,257
89
2,670
60
1,416
1,119
2,651
147
66,834

3,631
172
25,578
6,489
4,287
782
777
901
1,108
417
19,824
82
3,525
79
2,250
341
2,791
34
73,068

4,197
166
32,740
7,887
6,208
797
896
801
1,235
606
23,028
74
3,456
92
2,150
1,083
3,013
63
88,492

4,251
169
31,500
9,829
4,972
1,028
993
831
1,348
494
24,582
83
4,118
108
3,092
415
2,580
70
90,463

4,346
172
28,278
10,267
4,953
1,217
886
797
1,358
493
26,844
93
4,794
130
4,487
403
2,152
194
91,864

4,547
166
38,984
11,378
4,779
1,304
801
772
1,433
484
25,560
131
5,286
148
4,978
393
2,107
52
103,303

5,074
190
32,058
11,873
4,653
1,234
843
801
1,411
506
26,665
112
5,083
161
4,963
407
2,022
50
98,106

5,281
194,510
471

2,575
200,268
372

3,479
196,649
794

3,140
205,312
352

6,493
238,924
445

7,796
271,848
557

8,035
209,972
594

12,996
213,724
684

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TABLE CM-II-2.—Total Claims by Country, con.
[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Country
Caribbean, con.
Bermuda......................................
British Virgin Islands 5 ..................
Cayman Islands...........................
Dominican Republic 5 ..................
Haiti 5............................................
Jamaica .......................................
Netherlands Antilles ....................
Trinidad and Tobago ...................
All other Caribbean 5 ...................
Total Caribbean ........................
Asia:
China, Mainland. .........................
Hong Kong ..................................
India.............................................
Indonesia.....................................
Israel............................................
Japan...........................................
Jordan 6 ........................................
Korea, South ...............................
Lebanon.......................................
Malaysia ......................................
Pakistan.......................................
Philippines ...................................
Singapore ....................................
Taiwan .........................................
Thailand.......................................
Asian oil exporters 7 ....................
All other Asia 6 .............................
Total Asia..................................
Africa:
Cameroon 8 ..................................
Egypt ...........................................
Ghana..........................................
Liberia..........................................
Morocco.......................................
South Africa.................................
African oil exporters 9 ..................
All other Africa 8 ...........................
Total Africa ...............................
Other countries:
Australia.......................................
New Zealand ...............................
All other .......................................
Total other countries.................
Total foreign countries ...........
International and regional orgs:
International organizations ..........
Regional organizations 10 ............
Total international
and regional organizations............
Grand total .............................
1

Calendar
year
2006

June

Sept.

Dec. r

Mar. r

June

Sept. p

21,721
4,270
835,646
650
50
695
2,686
1,055
383
1,067,418

29,321
5,934
884,896
615
56
768
2,897
1,034
563
1,129,299

18,845
7,420
948,695
571
67
592
2,634
680
627
1,181,053

20,419
5,190
932,175
630
56
666
4,877
524
584
1,173,925

12,378
4,857
961,957
686
46
687
4,624
673
770
1,232,540

19,442
6,012
971,352
720
52
751
5,085
724
786
1,285,125

15,740
6,779
994,336
787
76
848
4,288
809
672
1,242,936

15,224
6,922
906,900
754
76
832
3,726
592
555
1,162,985

15,915
8,300
3,209
559
6,568
157,671
21
25,258
20
947
29
1,020
5,519
3,607
6,585
11,789
424
247,441

19,326
6,500
3,209
549
6,390
136,611
21
24,841
27
627
42
1,094
5,347
3,880
6,131
13,281
614
228,490

20,709
7,506
3,514
525
7,680
130,634
33
26,815
39
1,104
105
1,123
6,163
6,140
5,607
15,470
929
234,096

18,104
7,472
4,563
583
6,451
106,578
49
14,392
53
1,914
218
1,233
5,687
3,864
2,369
15,403
723
189,656

19,359
10,263
4,588
1,030
5,031
97,856
54
28,247
51
1,989
164
1,271
6,662
1,641
5,978
23,932
799
208,915

16,672
10,566
4,620
1,089
4,902
111,232
21
28,398
52
1,166
64
1,835
7,867
3,065
2,483
14,672
1,554
210,258

20,335
10,022
5,984
1,243
4,907
89,066
24
20,482
48
1,114
115
1,517
7,393
2,027
1,194
13,996
1,023
180,490

11,162
14,720
6,182
1,168
3,588
83,006
30
14,741
66
695
195
930
7,151
2,351
203
11,436
1,052
158,676

20
1,833
13
296
84
640
414
251
3,551

16
1,692
19
266
77
416
326
269
3,081

16
1,331
8
322
85
438
295
388
2,883

12
1,713
31
371
47
431
321
424
3,350

11
1,488
30
331
50
730
453
6,570
9,663

9
1,773
42
338
45
620
1,301
13,594
17,722

10
1,940
53
266
55
520
834
16,880
20,558

10
2,014
62
327
30
1,021
1,123
1,377
5,964

26,600
4,147
242
30,989
3,128,641

32,769
2,929
364
36,062
3,361,032

36,902
2,838
335
40,075
3,583,500

42,739
2,170
357
45,266
3,671,468

43,465
4,541
316
48,322
3,780,643

36,569
6,125
486
43,180
4,008,831

43,749
6,104
425
50,278
3,790,637

40,533
6,133
526
47,192
3,635,790

11,279
644

10,236
570

9,779
475

9,371
660

10,930
1,202

11,444
1,043

5,516
722

5,513
2,215

11,923
3,140,564

10,806
3,371,838

10,254
3,593,754

10,031
3,681,499

12,132
3,792,775

12,487
4,021,318

6,238
3,796,875

7,728
3,643,518

Before June 2006, data for Kazakhstan are included in “All other Europe.”
Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also
includes Cyprus, Malta, and Slovenia.
3
As of May 2004, the European Union includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Data available beginning June 2006.
As of January 2007, also includes Bulgaria and Romania.
4
Before June 2006, data for Bolivia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, and Paraguay
are included in “All other Latin America.”
2

2008

2007
Mar.

5
Before June 2006, data for Anguilla, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, Dominican
Republic, and Haiti are included in “All other Caribbean.”
6
Before June 2006, data for Jordan are included in “All other Asia.”
7
Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab
Emirates (Trucial States).
8
Before June 2006, data for Cameroon are included in “All other Africa.”
9
Includes Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.
10
Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East
organizations.

March 2009

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TABLE CM-II-3.—Total Claims on Foreigners by Type and Country, September 30, 2008
[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Respondents’ own claims

Country

Total
claims
(1)

Europe:
Austria ...............................................
8,665
Belgium..............................................
24,683
Czech Republic .................................
273
Denmark............................................
8,477
Finland...............................................
29,103
France ...............................................
207,384
Germany............................................
86,050
Greece...............................................
1,465
Hungary.............................................
336
Ireland................................................
92,874
Italy ....................................................
61,795
Kazakhstan........................................
544
Luxembourg ......................................
20,815
Netherlands .......................................
66,473
Norway ..............................................
31,173
Poland ...............................................
11,678
Portugal .............................................
2,392
Romania ............................................
159
Russia................................................
2,629
Spain .................................................
55,669
Sweden..............................................
30,423
Switzerland........................................
123,053
Turkey................................................
4,159
United Kingdom................................. 1,126,991
Channel Islands ..................................
15,908
3,254
All other Europe ................................
Total Europe ................................... 2,016,426
658,414
Memo: Euro Area 1 ...............................
146,441
Canada.................................................
Latin America:
Argentina ...........................................
5,074
Bolivia 3 ..............................................
190
Brazil..................................................
32,058
Chile ..................................................
11,873
Colombia ...........................................
4,653
Costa Rica ........................................
1,234
Ecuador .............................................
843
El Salvador .......................................
801
Guatemala.........................................
1,411
Honduras ..........................................
506
Mexico ...............................................
26,665
Panama .............................................
5,083
Peru ...................................................
4,963
Uruguay.............................................
407
Venezuela .........................................
2,022
323
All other Latin America .....................
98,106
Total Latin America.........................
See footnotes at end of table.

March 2009

Total
own
claims
(2)

Total own
claims
payable in
dollars
(3)

4,642
4,624
22,073
21,730
266
255
2,516
2,321
25,864
25,807
180,635
171,980
57,975
49,751
502
149
336
287
64,358
63,668
53,424
49,844
520
516
12,492
11,508
48,555
46,498
24,090
23,916
11,580
11,461
1,375
1,370
159
136
2,571
2,518
48,650
46,326
8,848
7,920
115,891
107,339
4,154
3,782
975,910
947,947
4,832
4,356
2,246
1,769
1,674,464 1,607,778
521,270
493,788
112,593
94,168
4,986
190
31,836
11,866
4,599
1,234
836
801
1,411
506
26,565
5,068
4,695
405
1,907
323
97,228

4,816
177
31,086
11,078
3,770
1,185
831
801
1,355
505
25,444
4,842
4,540
333
1,805
323
92,891

Foreign
official
institutions
and foreign
banks
(4)

Claims
on all
other
foreigners
(5)

Payable in
foreign
currencies
(6)

1,712
20,503
255
1,443
25,232
141,512
42,138
85
16
51,144
49,652
419
3,575
16,098
22,612
11,458
865
1
1,939
45,922
6,928
100,979
2,908
745,147
2,407
1,212
1,296,162
398,784
78,188

2,912
1,227
878
575
30,468
7,613
64
271
12,524
192
97
7,933
30,400
1,304
3
505
135
579
404
992
6,360
874
202,800
1,949
557
311,616
95,004
15,980

18
343
11
195
57
8,655
8,224
353
49
690
3,580
4
984
2,057
174
119
5
23
53
2,324
928
8,552
372
27,963
476
477
66,686
27,482
18,425

4,023
2,610
7
5,961
3,239
26,749
28,075
963
28,516
8,371
24
8,323
17,918
7,083
98
1,017
58
7,019
21,575
7,162
5
151,081
11,076
1,008
341,962
137,144
33,848

2,935
585
1
5,780
2,582
15,609
15,241
3
24,964
1,480
7,945
14,431
6,951
117
58
3,064
20,961
7,060
4
141,606
9,949
892
282,217
89,256
29,233

1,088
2,025
6
181
657
11,141
12,835
960
3,552
6,891
24
378
3,488
132
98
900
3,955
614
102
1
9,475
1,127
116
59,745
47,888
4,615

1,305
14
17,861
5,595
2,001
294
266
307
679
191
1,137
3,797
1,973
31
260
113
35,824

3,511
163
13,225
5,483
1,769
891
565
494
676
314
24,307
1,045
2,567
302
1,545
210
57,067

170
13
750
788
829
49
5
56
1
1,121
226
155
72
102
4,337

88
222
7
54
7
100
15
268
2
115
878

62
195
5
51
7
15
15
19
2
115
486

26
27
2
3
85
249
392

Claims of domestic customers
Total
Payable
Payable in
foreign
customer
in
currencies
claims
dollars
(9)
(7)
(8)

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TABLE CM-II-3.—Total Claims on Foreigners by Type and Country, September 30, 2008, con.
[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Respondents’ own claims

Country

Total
claims
(1)

Caribbean:
Bahamas ...........................................
213,724
Bermuda............................................
15,224
British Virgin Islands .........................
6,922
Cayman Islands.................................
906,900
Dominican Republic .........................
754
Jamaica .............................................
832
Netherlands Antilles ..........................
3,726
Trinidad and Tobago .........................
592
14,311
All other Caribbean ...........................
Total Caribbean .............................. 1,162,985
Asia:
China, Mainland ................................
11,162
Hong Kong ........................................
14,720
India...................................................
6,182
Indonesia...........................................
1,168
Israel..................................................
3,588
Japan.................................................
83,006
Korea, South .....................................
14,741
Malaysia ............................................
695
Pakistan.............................................
195
Philippines .........................................
930
Singapore ..........................................
7,151
Taiwan ...............................................
2,351
Thailand.............................................
203
12,584
All other Asia .....................................
158,676
Total Asia........................................
Africa:
Egypt .................................................
2,014
Ghana................................................
62
Liberia................................................
327
Morocco.............................................
30
South Africa.......................................
1,021
All other Africa ...................................
2,510
Total Africa .....................................
5,964
Other countries:
Australia.............................................
40,533
New Zealand .....................................
6,133
526
All other .............................................
47,192
Total other countries.......................
Total foreign countries ................. 3,635,790
International and regional orgs:
International organizations ................
5,513
2,215
Regional organizations 2 ....................
Total international and regional
7,728
organizations ..................................
Grand total ................................... 3,643,518

Total
own
claims
(2)

Total own
claims
payable in
dollars
(3)

Foreign
official
institutions
and foreign
banks
(4)

142,499
14,725
6,823
674,476
721
832
3,647
592
14,289
858,604

141,424
13,178
5,324
641,308
708
808
3,400
592
13,324
820,066

134,956
76
58
511,951
234
203
153
194
217
648,042

6,468
13,102
5,266
129,357
474
605
3,247
398
13,107
172,024

1,075
1,547
1,499
33,168
13
24
247
965
38,538

71,225
499
99
232,424
33
79
22
304,381

71,195
497
99
230,822
33
79
22
302,747

30
2
1,602
1,634

11,097
14,554
5,970
1,154
3,032
78,345
13,878
451
195
905
7,029
2,130
131
12,447
151,318

10,497
13,908
5,882
1,111
2,879
70,776
13,775
423
194
864
5,622
1,954
90
11,842
139,817

9,757
12,151
4,876
849
2,719
60,242
13,148
335
185
742
3,995
1,575
72
9,286
119,932

740
1,757
1,006
262
160
10,534
627
88
9
122
1,627
379
18
2,556
19,885

600
646
88
43
153
7,569
103
28
1
41
1,407
176
41
605
11,501

65
166
212
14
556
4,661
863
244
25
122
221
72
137
7,358

45
24
182
1
547
3,152
220
2
3
9
9
13
101
4,308

20
142
30
13
9
1,509
643
242
22
113
212
59
36
3,050

402
62
327
27
975
2,285
4,078

397
62
327
8
908
2,279
3,981

205
60
2
7
859
982
2,115

192
2
325
1
49
1,297
1,866

5
19
67
6
97

1,612
3
46
225
1,886

30
3
25
104
162

1,582
21
121
1,724

22,899
2,117
526
25,542
2,923,827

21,276
817
525
22,618
2,781,319

16,747
505
4
17,256
2,197,519

4,529
312
521
5,362
583,800

1,623
1,300
1
2,924
142,508

17,634
4,016
21,650
711,963

16,543
4,005
20,548
639,701

1,091
11
1,102
72,262

4,757
654

4,757
654

-

4,757
654

-

756
1,561

696
1,488

60
73

5,411
2,929,238

5,411
2,786,730

2,197,519

5,411
589,211

142,508

2,317
714,280

2,184
641,885

133
72,395

Claims
on all
other
foreigners
(5)

Payable in
foreign
currencies
(6)

Claims of domestic customers
Total
Payable in
Payable
in
customer
foreign
claims
dollars
currencies
(8)
(7)
(9)

1

Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. As of January 2008, also includes Cyprus, Malta,
and Slovenia.
2
Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East regional
organizations.

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CHART CM-B.—U.S. Claims on Foreigners
Reported by U.S. Banks, Brokers, and Dealers with Respect to Selected Countries
1400
(In billions of dollars)

In September 2008, U.S. claims
on foreigners reported by U.S.
banks amounted to about $3.6
trillion, a decrease of $149
billion from that recorded at
yearend 2007. U.S. banking
claims include holdings of
foreign short-term securities but
exclude holdings of foreign
long-term securities. U.S.
banking claims increased $652
billion in 2007 and $640 billion
in 2006, but part of the latter
increase reflects changes in
coverage in the bank-reported
data in the first and second
quarters of 2006. Between June
and December of 2006, when
data were reported on a
consistent basis, banking claims
increased about $209 billion.
Banking claims increased $312
billion in 2005.

1200

1000

800

600

400

200

0
2004

2005

2006

2007

Sept. 2008

United Kingdom

All other Europe

Caribbean banking centers

Japan

All other Asia

All other countries

[In millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Calendar years
Country

2004

2005

2006

2007

Sept. 2008

United Kingdom............................
All other Europe ...........................
Caribbean banking centers 1 ........
Japan............................................
All other Asia ................................
Subtotal ......................................
All other countries ........................
Grand total .................................

567,001
527,615
755,954
102,859
70,601
2,024,030
164,411
2,188,441

627,105
604,908
870,441
114,713
92,387
2,309,554
190,845
2,500,399

938,123
672,126
1,061,389
157,671
89,770
2,919,079
221,485
3,140,564

1,108,747
941,827
1,226,858
97,856
111,059
3,486,347
306,428
3,792,775

1,126,991
889,435
1,151,579
83,006
75,670
3,326,681
316,837
3,643,518

1

Includes Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Netherlands Antilles, and Panama. For data beginning June 2006, also
includes the British Virgin Islands.

March 2009

As with U.S. banking liabilities,
U.S. banking claims on
foreigners are concentrated in
international financial centers.
About 60 percent of these
claims are reported opposite the
United Kingdom and banking
centers in the Caribbean. The
share of claims against
foreigners domiciled in Asia
has declined over the past
decade from about 20 percent at
the end of 1996 to less than 5
percent currently.

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SECTION III.—Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners
Reported by Nonbanking Business Enterprises
in the United States
TABLE CM-III-1.—Total Liabilities and Claims by Type
[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Type of liability or claim
Total liabilities ................................................
Payable in dollars.......................................
Financial.................................................
Short-term negotiable securities........
Other ..................................................
Commercial............................................
Trade payables ..................................
Advance receipts and other...............
Payable in foreign currencies ....................
By major foreign currency:
Canadian dollars ................................
Euros..................................................
United Kingdom pounds sterling........
Japanese yen.....................................
Other ..................................................
By type of liability:
Financial.............................................
Short-term negotiable securities....
Other ..............................................
Commercial........................................
Trade payables ..............................
Advance receipts and other...........
Total claims....................................................
Payable in dollars.......................................
Financial.................................................
Non-negotiable deposits ....................
Negotiable CDs and short-term
negotiable instruments.....................
Other ..................................................
Commercial............................................
Trade receivables ..............................
Advance payments and other............
Payable in foreign currencies ....................
By major foreign currency:
Canadian dollars ................................
Euros..................................................
United Kingdom pounds sterling........
Japanese yen.....................................
Other ..................................................
By type of claim:
Financial.............................................
Non-negotiable deposits ................
Short-term negotiable securities....
Other ..............................................
Commercial........................................
Trade receivables ..........................
Advance payments and other........

2004

Calendar year
2005

2006

Sept.

2007
Dec. r

Mar. r

2008
June

Sept. p

92,009
55,386
29,575
1,410
28,165
25,811
16,705
9,106
36,623

76,710
58,728
24,003
3,248
20,755
34,725
21,751
12,974
17,982

89,217
72,331
35,033
8,266
26,767
37,298
24,101
13,197
16,886

112,853
84,072
29,103
3,016
26,087
54,969
27,961
27,008
28,781

103,835
79,161
26,474
1,983
24,491
52,687
26,261
26,426
24,674

111,287
85,117
23,995
2,391
21,604
61,122
29,874
31,248
26,170

107,533
86,712
21,646
3,338
18,308
65,066
36,257
28,809
20,821

103,044
87,341
23,021
3,020
20,001
64,320
32,167
32,153
15,703

2,623
10,125
19,041
1,860
2,974

2,525
5,041
3,640
2,326
4,450

3,536
5,239
4,494
1,770
1,847

1,500
13,488
4,307
3,673
5,813

2,162
9,075
4,267
3,908
5,262

2,655
10,496
4,261
4,249
4,509

1,790
9,624
4,589
2,597
2,221

1,895
5,751
3,348
2,948
1,761

33,272
10,349
22,923
3,351
1,476
1,875
143,232
94,884
67,445
42,005

15,246
5,802
9,444
2,736
1,299
1,437
144,950
105,700
75,802
42,140

13,679
3,351
10,328
3,207
1,572
1,635
126,032
100,031
66,871
28,380

25,948
1,647
24,301
2,833
1,361
1,472
144,477
105,282
65,146
25,583

21,445
2,940
18,505
3,229
1,605
1,624
136,416
110,070
66,726
28,393

22,180
5,360
16,820
3,990
2,398
1,592
138,809
114,989
72,084
32,439

17,639
3,036
14,603
3,182
1,515
1,667
146,367
123,173
75,228
41,538

13,037
3,143
9,894
2,666
1,249
1,417
118,962
97,506
52,911
21,654

9,739
16,314
27,439
24,778
2,661
48,348

12,888
20,774
29,898
26,080
3,818
39,250

2,624
35,867
33,160
29,388
3,772
26,001

1,235
38,328
40,136
33,345
6,791
39,195

1,168
37,165
43,344
37,108
6,236
26,346

1,282
38,363
42,905
35,739
7,166
23,820

1,276
32,414
47,945
40,875
7,070
23,194

857
30,400
44,595
38,599
5,996
21,456

1,841
22,212
10,805
7,583
5,907

9,829
10,643
8,341
3,724
6,713

9,194
6,951
4,675
1,027
4,154

5,024
16,622
4,274
9,398
3,877

5,371
10,833
4,210
1,378
4,554

5,751
8,962
3,612
1,139
4,356

4,911
9,846
4,036
1,064
3,337

5,380
7,507
3,499
1,088
3,982

43,072
5,878
153
37,041
5,276
4,451
825

35,592
8,009
292
27,291
3,658
3,151
507

21,775
3,529
120
18,126
4,226
3,414
812

35,638
11,237
109
24,292
3,557
3,175
382

21,305
1,498
77
19,730
5,041
4,684
357

19,754
1,613
72
18,069
4,066
3,797
269

20,059
1,464
111
18,484
3,135
2,900
235

19,661
1,566
93
18,002
1,795
1,691
104

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66

TABLE CM-III-2.—Total Liabilities to Unaffiliated Foreigners by Country
[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Calendar year
Country
Europe:
Austria ..................................
Belgium ................................
Bulgaria ................................
Czech Republic....................
Denmark...............................
Finland .................................
France ..................................
Germany ..............................
Greece .................................
Hungary................................
Ireland ..................................
Italy.......................................
Luxembourg .........................
Netherlands..........................
Norway .................................
Poland ..................................
Portugal................................
Romania...............................
Russia ..................................
Serbia and Montenegro
(formerly Yugoslavia).......
Spain ....................................
Sweden ................................
Switzerland ..........................
Turkey ..................................
United Kingdom ...................
Channel Islands and
Isle of Man .......................
Other Europe .......................
Total Europe ....................
Canada.....................................
Latin America:
Argentina..............................
Brazil ....................................
Chile .....................................
Colombia..............................
Ecuador................................
Guatemala ...........................
Mexico..................................
Panama................................
Peru......................................
Uruguay................................
Venezuela ............................
Other Latin America.............
Total Latin America .............
Caribbean:
Bahamas..............................
Bermuda...................................
Cayman Islands ...................
Cuba.....................................
Jamaica................................
Netherlands Antilles.............
Trinidad and Tobago............
Other Caribbean ..................
Total Caribbean ...............
See footnotes at end of table.

March 2009

2007

2003

2004

2005

2006

82
163
3
6
67
47
4,443
4,386
474
11
856
1,154
705
668
445
26
7
30
71

146
74
2
34
41
38
2,368
3,935
248
14
1,070
795
824
668
1,365
151
22
33
74

68
73
17
78
20
2,631
3,646
401
12
1,636
1,174
378
895
3,537
229
39
4
64

91
181
44
14
132
140
2,562
12,391
182
18
316
1,040
977
1,709
545
330
27
9
110

1,068
656
1,884
302
26,911

2
591
800
1,078
180
32,878

4
399
747
1,237
137
15,093

188
44,653
3,405

2
286
47,720
4,578

125
475
60
118
21
15
1,332
52
15
4
332
98
2,647
14
1,224
3,154
2
17
3
16
564
4,994

Sept.

2008
Dec. r

Mar. r

June

Sept. p

350
197
26
21
1,030
38
3,133
8,325
197
18
475
1,375
483
1,171
327
412
404
7
305

230
492
36
25
937
63
3,165
4,977
187
46
1,569
1,196
235
1,194
721
385
205
6
306

90
308
34
52
269
69
3,296
3,127
199
16
925
1,106
197
1,036
517
371
122
10
411

115
1,194
6
48
156
160
2,173
2,912
348
21
1,315
448
168
1,417
1,129
359
41
42
498

78
872
4
34
164
192
2,637
3,056
300
24
1,265
1,377
366
968
474
350
37
57
523

1
269
952
1,070
261
17,339

4
627
951
1,580
642
27,475

3
533
438
1,705
754
23,350

6
754
237
2,027
754
25,261

2
692
271
2,834
749
22,946

1
771
264
2,983
675
17,540

501
250
33,271
4,905

15
421
41,146
7,694

117
455
50,145
7,503

208
539
43,505
7,767

149
505
41,848
7,329

117
466
40,627
7,237

120
622
35,754
7,241

59
321
91
84
26
10
1,968
7
17
2
451
113
3,149

148
288
387
106
10
23
2,234
56
8
2
681
105
4,048

138
264
406
208
89
25
2,150
57
6
13
353
24
3,733

133
448
388
327
300
10
2,963
107
54
25
602
26
5,383

156
940
546
356
33
10
2,848
85
36
20
575
106
5,711

173
1,168
647
372
128
8
3,112
196
11
7
886
97
6,805

158
1,113
605
360
140
8
4,200
87
113
26
1,187
73
8,070

111
1,107
435
391
142
10
2,631
104
57
13
1,338
50
6,389

32
9,230
7,279
24
14
15
729
17,323

70
1,704
6,522
14
13
44
936
9,303

70
777
12,804
20
2
25
761
14,459

129
1,161
14,722
21
4
108
1,214
17,359

89
707
15,969
18
4
74
803
17,664

180
1,322
15,830
21
5
100
514
17,972

163
1,103
13,494
26
5
93
894
15,778

108
728
14,490
35
4
72
778
16,215

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67

TABLE CM-III-2.—Total Liabilities to Unaffiliated Foreigners by Country, con.
[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Country
Asia:
China, Mainland. ....................
Hong Kong .............................
India........................................
Indonesia................................
Israel.......................................
Japan......................................
Korea, South ..........................
Lebanon .................................
Malaysia .................................
Pakistan..................................
Philippines..............................
Singapore...............................
Syria .......................................
Taiwan....................................
Thailand..................................
Oil-exporting countries 1 .........
Other Asia ..............................
Total Asia ...........................
Africa:
Congo (formerly Zaire)...........
Egypt ......................................
Ghana.....................................
Liberia.....................................
Morocco..................................
South Africa............................
Oil-exporting countries 2 .........
Other Africa ............................
Total Africa .........................
Other countries:
Australia .................................
New Zealand ..........................
All other ..................................
Total other countries ..........
Total foreign countries ...
International and regional orgs:
International organizations.....
Regional organizations 3 ........
Total international and
regional organizations......
Grand total .....................

1

2003

Calendar year
2004

2007
2005

2006

Sept.

Dec. r

Mar. r

2008
June

Sept. p

1,129
583
86
60
519
6,196
1,331
13
188
233
139
1,436
2
441
34
3,184
284
15,858

3,983
668
103
74
302
5,869
723
35
256
171
117
822
21
491
79
2,946
303
16,963

3,825
746
158
89
613
7,354
1,743
42
335
230
109
1,823
4
1,010
212
4,159
298
22,750

1,297
564
418
57
385
7,210
1,350
11
471
171
95
2,839
8
1,093
599
3,955
156
20,679

3,653
1,068
1,255
141
291
7,152
1,516
7
399
282
47
4,007
8
1,166
561
7,380
344
29,277

857
981
1,447
172
293
6,888
1,213
9
562
172
89
4,255
8
1,019
380
7,158
377
25,880

4,041
845
1,350
250
264
8,030
1,348
5
566
50
89
4,445
8
975
392
10,068
424
33,150

4,746
922
1,289
253
280
6,374
1,235
18
555
62
91
2,279
8
877
341
12,304
247
31,881

5,374
971
1,261
414
310
7,528
1,508
11
348
71
116
4,482
2
797
383
10,070
304
33,950

86
28
4
41
52
464
230
905

132
2
14
44
36
518
332
1,078

119
1
1
42
950
590
210
1,913

132
6
3
42
35
283
379
880

1
247
6
1
103
33
763
325
1,479

280
12
6
190
52
655
294
1,489

259
1
63
210
83
1,069
544
2,229

291
18
75
124
68
1,108
332
2,016

143
2
85
120
68
743
529
1,690

1,053
71
98
1,222
73,684

1,047
51
98
1,196
92,007

397
38
83
518
76,708

560
36
15
611
89,202

1,581
77
16
1,674
112,820

1,658
91
25
1,774
103,790

1,824
80
32
1,936
111,269

1,784
75
31
1,890
107,499

1,648
78
33
1,759
102,998

16

2

2

15

3
30

2
43

1
17

34

46

16

2

2

15

33

45

18

34

46

73,700

92,009

76,710

89,217

112,853

103,835

111,287

107,533

103,044

Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab
Emirates (Trucial States).
2
Includes Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.

3

Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East regional
organizations.

March 2009

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68

TABLE CM-III-3.—Total Claims on Unaffiliated Foreigners by Country
[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Country
Europe:
Austria .......................................
Belgium .....................................
Bulgaria .....................................
Czech Republic.........................
Denmark....................................
Finland ......................................
France .......................................
Germany ...................................
Greece ......................................
Hungary.....................................
Ireland .......................................
Italy............................................
Luxembourg ..............................
Netherlands...............................
Norway ......................................
Poland .......................................
Portugal.....................................
Romania....................................
Russia .......................................
Serbia and Montenegro
(formerly Yugoslavia)............
Spain .........................................
Sweden .....................................
Switzerland ...............................
Turkey .......................................
United Kingdom ........................
Channel Islands and
Isle of Man ............................
Other Europe ............................
Total Europe .........................
Canada..........................................
Latin America:
Argentina...................................
Brazil .........................................
Chile ..........................................
Colombia...................................
Ecuador.....................................
Guatemala ................................
Mexico.......................................
Panama.....................................
Peru...........................................
Uruguay.....................................
Venezuela .................................
Other Latin America..................
Total Latin America ...................
Caribbean:
Bahamas...................................
Bermuda.........................................
Cayman Islands ........................
Cuba..........................................
Jamaica.....................................
Netherlands Antilles..................
Trinidad and Tobago.................
Other Caribbean .......................
Total Caribbean ....................
See footnotes at end of table.

March 2009

2003

Calendar year
2004
2005

2006

Sept.

1,752
523
14
54
716
176
5,865
4,132
204
53
423
4,069
115
3,184
315
104
161
25
118

1,816
2,307
37
64
494
617
3,713
6,787
199
46
1,672
2,434
127
7,883
229
57
146
47
157

13
1,803
779
2,538
474
15,366

2007
Dec. r

Mar. r

2008
June

Sept. p

2,159
1,822
29
49
341
336
5,063
4,238
380
57
795
3,702
391
3,387
402
58
60
22
359

2,031
419
3
50
149
591
3,420
10,148
163
45
858
2,337
352
3,570
366
99
64
36
774

2,014
1,071
4
127
208
528
4,822
9,256
142
174
1,007
2,442
1,567
4,435
289
160
82
37
1,029

2,039
807
6
134
184
805
6,061
4,926
250
153
968
2,515
919
3,989
325
153
89
60
1,326

1,990
3,335
9
128
193
627
5,546
5,833
218
163
781
3,024
777
2,772
355
146
75
51
1,329

1,992
2,683
7
93
677
971
5,281
8,760
260
165
2,357
2,217
577
4,674
602
167
116
41
664

2,452
3,034
6
93
159
415
3,282
5,195
242
107
2,790
1,572
469
2,739
309
165
82
57
711

14
1,242
648
2,506
594
27,699

17
2,032
503
1,876
638
24,772

10
1,425
652
1,424
420
17,483

18
1,634
632
1,768
540
26,085

15
1,625
689
2,143
732
23,662

23
2,080
1,157
2,020
548
21,777

17
2,070
548
2,100
604
24,074

13
2,074
497
1,592
587
19,174

546
43,522
8,381

25
607
62,171
8,429

16
1,315
54,820
16,122

19
1,267
48,175
17,520

116
965
61,152
14,803

109
1,465
56,149
16,418

115
1,157
56,229
15,302

102
931
62,750
16,057

91
2,159
50,066
15,376

398
2,735
382
234
117
76
2,968
232
73
16
361
427
8,019

406
2,758
346
295
86
90
3,756
177
95
13
474
504
9,000

350
2,972
303
299
95
100
4,108
198
117
5
539
485
9,571

470
2,927
299
349
119
116
3,242
266
164
12
481
376
8,821

495
2,409
411
431
96
173
3,413
273
228
17
624
413
8,983

463
2,682
404
449
160
200
3,505
323
196
33
669
431
9,515

563
2,666
805
565
166
198
3,539
302
239
30
695
553
10,321

596
2,823
641
496
250
218
4,354
463
278
74
671
480
11,344

473
2,632
628
548
245
181
3,975
439
327
109
591
444
10,592

1,075
1,024
20,067
16
84
32
100
951
23,349

1,631
5,358
36,320
8
67
37
120
1,085
44,626

1,631
2,238
36,416
12
70
42
119
1,721
42,249

3,949
1,734
26,051
2
60
30
125
1,264
33,215

2,493
2,925
23,487
2
98
92
124
1,369
30,590

2,200
1,704
16,987
10
106
118
172
1,518
22,815

1,909
1,776
28,363
92
187
146
1,609
34,082

1,650
1,793
26,742
82
46
111
1,711
32,135

353
1,851
15,093
86
62
92
1,260
18,797

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TABLE CM-III-3.—Total Claims on Unaffiliated Foreigners by Country, con.
[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Country
Asia:
China, Mainland. ....................
Hong Kong .............................
India .......................................
Indonesia................................
Israel ......................................
Japan .....................................
Korea, South ..........................
Lebanon .................................
Malaysia.................................
Pakistan .................................
Philippines..............................
Singapore...............................
Syria .......................................
Taiwan....................................
Thailand .................................
Oil-exporting countries 1.........
Other Asia ..............................
Total Asia ...........................
Africa:
Congo (formerly Zaire)...........
Egypt ......................................
Ghana ....................................
Liberia ....................................
Morocco .................................
South Africa ...........................
Oil-exporting countries 2.........
Other Africa............................
Total Africa.........................
Other countries:
Australia .................................
New Zealand..........................
All other ..................................
Total other countries ..........
Total foreign countries ...
International and regional orgs :
International organizations.....
Regional organizations 3 ........
Total international and
regional organizations......
Grand total .....................

2003

Calendar year
2004
2005

2006

1,066
832
668
170
749
2,951
1,456
34
497
34
743
1,162
6
783
250
1,046
222
12,669

3,688
701
643
393
482
2,848
1,569
15
549
43
503
1,600
14
892
326
1,208
309
15,783

4,958
941
413
445
403
2,696
1,244
22
536
57
275
1,944
6
853
295
1,800
408
17,296

1,772
1,009
654
231
360
3,349
1,143
19
270
86
109
1,811
10
972
312
1,814
328
14,249

2
176
8
109
27
247
150
336
1,055

1
159
4
102
33
193
162
281
935

1
194
16
98
23
1,075
295
419
2,121

3,619
208
83
3,910
100,905

1,588
441
245
2,274
143,218

1
10

3
11

2007
Sept.

Dec. r

Mar. r

2008
June

Sept. p

1,866
9,224
781
167
563
4,343
1,235
18
344
54
128
1,938
10
1,098
346
2,225
425
24,765

1,913
8,762
812
206
601
5,518
1,272
19
362
115
109
2,809
1
1,240
416
2,552
513
27,220

1,883
1,288
707
259
620
5,247
1,237
22
303
83
105
1,985
3
1,397
491
2,070
446
18,146

2,155
2,044
824
258
610
5,309
1,215
26
307
67
131
2,187
2
1,172
440
2,081
183
19,011

2,110
1,141
885
330
579
5,231
1,223
34
263
48
80
2,215
1,088
372
2,793
193
18,585

11
165
3
73
21
221
332
411
1,237

6
335
7
62
34
307
293
331
1,375

6
296
8
54
21
254
350
400
1,389

6
315
4
54
30
267
352
724
1,752

5
302
10
51
30
320
396
736
1,850

5
265
3
53
21
311
379
708
1,745

2,144
420
207
2,771
144,950

2,365
351
76
2,792
126,009

2,584
148
49
2,781
144,449

2,467
145
37
2,649
136,155

2,566
154
30
2,750
138,582

2,709
151
17
2,877
146,024

3,430
157
17
3,604
118,765

-

4
19

17
11

150
111

209
18

231
112

23
174

11

14

-

23

28

261

227

343

197

100,916

143,232

144,950

126,032

144,477

136,416

138,809

146,367

118,962

1
Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United
Arab Emirates (Trucial States).
2
Includes Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.

3

Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East regional
organizations.

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TABLE CM-III-4.—Total Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners, by Type and
Country, September 30, 2008, Preliminary
[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Country
Europe:
Austria ...........................................
Belgium ........................................
Bulgaria .........................................
Czech Republic .............................
Denmark........................................
Finland...........................................
France ...........................................
Germany........................................
Greece...........................................
Hungary.........................................
Ireland ...........................................
Italy................................................
Luxembourg .................................
Netherlands...................................
Norway ..........................................
Poland ...........................................
Portugal.........................................
Romania........................................
Russia ..........................................
Serbia and Montenegro
(formerly Yugoslavia) ...............
Spain .............................................
Sweden .........................................
Switzerland....................................
Turkey ...........................................
United Kingdom.............................
Channel Islands and
Isle of Man ................................
Other Europe.................................
Total Europe..............................
Canada..............................................
Latin America:
Argentina.......................................
Brazil .............................................
Chile ..............................................
Colombia .......................................
Ecuador.........................................
Guatemala.....................................
Mexico ...........................................
Panama.........................................
Peru...............................................
Uruguay.........................................
Venezuela .....................................
Other Latin America .....................
Total Latin America .......................
Caribbean:
Bahamas .......................................
Bermuda.............................................
Cayman Islands ..............................
Cuba..............................................
Jamaica.........................................
Netherlands Antilles ......................
Trinidad and Tobago.....................
Other Caribbean ...........................
Total Caribbean.........................
See footnotes at end of table.

March 2009

Total liabilities
(1)

Liabilities
Financial
(2)

Commercial
(3)

Total claims
(4)

Claims
Financial
(5)

Commercial
(6)

78
872
4
34
164
192
2,637
3,056
300
24
1,265
1,377
366
968
474
350
37
57
523

29
581
1
8
17
590
1,739
29
8
141
15
120
238
62
1
5
88

49
291
4
33
156
175
2,047
1,317
271
16
1,124
1,362
246
730
412
349
32
57
435

2,452
3,034
6
93
159
415
3,282
5,195
242
107
2,790
1,572
469
2,739
309
165
82
57
711

2,409
2,836
5
73
179
1,069
2,862
129
59
2,268
176
416
2,343
184
44
1
13
373

43
198
6
88
86
236
2,213
2,333
113
48
522
1,396
53
396
125
121
81
44
338

1
771
264
2,983
675
17,540

78
6
112
25
13,845

1
693
258
2,871
650
3,695

13
2,074
497
1,592
587
19,174

1,506
263
756
418
14,375

13
568
234
836
169
4,799

120
622
35,754
7,241

119
52
17,909
1,311

1
570
17,845
5,930

91
2,159
50,066
15,376

86
1,835
34,678
10,992

5
324
15,388
4,384

111
1,107
435
391
142
10
2,631
104
57
13
1,338
50
6,389

10
37
14
2
77
15
13
1
169

101
1,070
421
391
140
10
2,554
89
57
13
1,325
49
6,220

473
2,632
628
548
245
181
3,975
439
327
109
591
444
10,592

39
1,508
105
60
14
44
1,267
254
52
1
177
121
3,642

434
1,124
523
488
231
137
2,708
185
275
108
414
323
6,950

108
728
14,490
35
4
72
778
16,215

65
13,743
6
3
110
13,927

108
663
747
29
4
69
668
2,288

353
1,851
15,093
86
62
92
1,260
18,797

296
710
14,633
6
48
436
16,129

57
1,141
460
80
62
44
824
2,668

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TABLE CM-III-4.—Total Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners, by Type and
Country, September 30, 2008, Preliminary, con.
[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Country
Asia:
China, Mainland ............................
Hong Kong ....................................
India...............................................
Indonesia.......................................
Israel..............................................
Japan.............................................
Korea, South .................................
Lebanon ........................................
Malaysia ........................................
Pakistan.........................................
Philippines.....................................
Singapore......................................
Syria ..............................................
Taiwan...........................................
Thailand.........................................
Other Asia .....................................
Total Asia ....................................
Africa:
Congo (formerly Zaire)..................
Egypt .............................................
Ghana............................................
Liberia............................................
Morocco.........................................
South Africa...................................
Other Africa ...................................
Total Africa ................................
Other countries:
Australia ........................................
New Zealand ................................
All other .........................................
Total other countries .................
Total foreign countries ..........
International and regional orgs:
International organizations............
Regional organizations 1 ...............
Total international and
regional organizations.............
Grand total ............................

Total liabilities
(1)

Liabilities
Financial
(2)

Commercial
(3)

Total claims
(4)

Claims
Financial
(5)

Commercial
(6)

5,374
971
1,261
414
310
7,528
1,508
11
348
71
116
4,482
2
797
383
304
33,950

90
261
57
16
22
1,640
184
2
3
3
5
155
6
6
40
2,578

5,284
710
1,204
398
288
5,888
1,324
9
345
68
111
4,327
2
791
377
264
31,372

2,110
1,141
885
330
579
5,231
1,223
34
263
48
80
2,215
1,088
372
193
18,585

625
304
231
220
38
1,097
400
2
54
9
157
28
237
35
3,616

1,485
837
654
110
541
4,134
823
32
209
48
71
2,058
1,060
135
158
14,969

143
2
85
120
68
529
1,690

1
61
14
23
103

143
1
24
120
54
506
1,587

5
265
3
53
21
311
708
1,745

5
8
1
49
9
176
215
529

257
2
4
12
135
493
1,216

1,648
78
33
1,759
102,998

57
2
2
61
36,058

1,591
76
31
1,698
66,940

3,430
157
17
3,604
118,765

2,884
95
2
2,981
72,567

546
62
15
623
46,198

46

-

46

23
174

5
-

18
174

46

-

46

197

5

192

103,044

36,058

66,986

118,962

72,572

46,390

1

Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East
regional organizations.

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SECTION IV.—U.S. International Transactions in Long-Term Securities
TABLE CM-IV-1.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic Securities by Type
[In millions of dollars; negative figures indicate net sales by foreigners to U.S. residents or a net outflow of capital from the United States.
Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Marketable Treasury bonds and notes
Net foreign purchases
Foreign countries
Gross
Official
Other
International
foreign
institutions foreigners
and regional purchases
(4)
(2)
(3)
(5)

Gross
foreign
sales
(6)

U.S. Government corporations and
federally-sponsored agencies
Gross foreign
Net foreign
Gross foreign
purchases
sales
purchases
(8)
(9)
(7)

Calendar
year or month

Total
(1)

2004 .........................................
2005 .........................................
2006 .........................................
2007 r .......................................
2008 - Jan. - Dec. p..................

352,079
338,112
195,536
197,967
316,020

201,140
68,689
69,639
2,994
76,619

150,220
266,471
125,075
196,021
239,845

719
2,952
822
-1,048
-444

8,936,045
10,051,248
10,957,936
15,127,526
14,627,532

8,583,966
9,713,136
10,762,400
14,929,559
14,311,512

226,401
219,256
286,464
218,979
-37,764

1,209,381
1,097,458
1,572,160
2,050,451
2,588,900

982,980
878,202
1,285,696
1,831,472
2,626,664

2007 - Dec. r ............................
2008 - Jan. r .............................
Feb. r ............................
Mar. r ............................
Apr. r.............................
May r ............................
June r ...........................
July r.............................
Aug. ..............................
Sept. .............................
Oct................................
Nov. p ...........................
Dec. p ...........................

423
36,763
12,240
51,003
76,592
1,790
28,011
34,012
32,837
20,737
32,873
-25,813
14,975

10,980
36,101
-3,594
28,011
22,298
-3,724
1,105
10,068
4,848
4,944
-1,084
-26,205
3,851

-10,832
709
15,725
22,833
54,280
5,567
26,572
24,312
28,192
15,517
34,477
-167
11,828

275
-47
109
159
14
-53
334
-368
-203
276
-520
559
-704

1,000,665
1,487,597
1,485,680
1,459,154
1,202,021
1,156,223
1,375,650
1,274,643
1,022,035
1,628,400
1,179,175
689,317
667,637

1,000,242
1,450,834
1,473,440
1,408,151
1,125,429
1,154,433
1,347,639
1,240,631
989,198
1,607,663
1,146,302
715,130
652,662

-7,259
15,722
33,566
16,134
12,190
25,506
29,358
-42,066
-24,189
6,171
-50,217
-22,493
-37,446

227,714
258,286
279,910
332,852
259,359
255,882
227,298
173,505
155,794
190,743
201,845
140,987
112,439

234,973
242,564
246,344
316,718
247,169
230,376
197,940
215,571
179,983
184,572
252,062
163,480
149,885

Corporate and other securities
Bonds *
Calendar
year or month

Net foreign
purchases
(10)

Stocks

Gross foreign
purchases
(11)

Gross foreign
sales
(12)

Net foreign
purchases
(13)

Gross foreign
purchases
(14)

Gross foreign
sales
(15)

2004 ..............................................................................
2005 ..............................................................................
2006 ..............................................................................
2007 ..............................................................................
2008 - Jan. - Dec. p.......................................................

309,500
372,222
510,806
393,355
93,528

1,171,415
1,277,006
1,678,464
1,913,307
1,467,059

861,915
904,784
1,167,658
1,519,952
1,373,531

28,476
81,950
150,415
195,522
40,751

3,862,043
4,731,749
6,868,571
10,639,316
11,990,636

3,833,567
4,649,799
6,718,156
10,443,794
11,949,885

2007 - Dec.....................................................................
2008 - Jan. r ..................................................................
Feb. r .................................................................
Mar ....................................................................
Apr.....................................................................
May....................................................................
June...................................................................
July ....................................................................
Aug. ...................................................................
Sept ...................................................................
Oct.....................................................................
Nov. p ................................................................
Dec. p ................................................................

37,299
3,394
19,267
-4,691
25,003
59,842
4,685
-4,138
-13,130
-8,438
-13,063
-16,205
41,002

140,595
125,084
138,092
140,391
164,754
189,665
124,990
97,810
80,587
93,860
91,137
81,421
139,268

103,296
121,690
118,825
145,082
139,751
129,823
120,305
101,948
93,717
102,298
104,200
97,626
98,266

33,461
17,872
2,052
11,376
-11,569
15,980
-1,817
-5,778
-982
11,519
-6,205
4,437
3,866

944,625
1,261,143
1,009,448
1,134,086
958,436
997,461
1,066,125
1,273,558
905,531
1,168,913
1,019,917
634,878
561,140

911,164
1,243,271
1,007,396
1,122,710
970,005
981,481
1,067,942
1,279,336
906,513
1,157,394
1,026,122
630,441
557,274

* Data include transactions in directly placed issues abroad by U.S. corporations and issues of
States and municipalities.

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TABLE CM-IV-2.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Foreign Securities by Type
[In millions of dollars; negative figures indicate net sales by foreigners to U.S. residents or a net outflow of capital from the United States.
Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Net foreign purchases of foreign securities
from U.S.
(1)

Net foreign
purchases from
U.S.
(2)

Foreign bonds
Gross foreign
purchases from
U.S.
(3)

Gross foreign
sales to U.S.
(4)

Net foreign
purchases from
U.S.
(5)

2004 .....................................................

-152,842

-67,872

1,459,043

1,526,915

-84,970

1,664,076

1,749,046

2005 .....................................................

-172,391

-45,095

1,459,882

1,504,977

-127,296

2,240,104

2,367,400

2006 .....................................................

-250,907

-144,452

1,879,713

2,024,165

-106,455

3,636,185

3,742,640

2007 r ...................................................

-229,223

-133,923

2,971,803

3,105,726

-95,300

5,215,764

5,311,064

2008 - Jan. - Dec. p..............................

102,050

81,980

2,263,622

2,181,642

20,070

5,431,013

5,410,943

2007 - Dec. r ........................................

-15,729

-15,726

168,636

184,362

-3

430,970

430,973

2008 - Jan. r .........................................

-21,542

-19,261

247,486

266,747

-2,281

523,407

525,688

Feb. r. .......................................

-14,326

3,954

241,387

237,433

-18,280

442,265

460,545

Mar. r ........................................

-2,545

377

264,947

264,570

-2,922

487,580

490,502

Apr. r.........................................

9,367

9,612

193,225

183,613

-245

505,496

505,741

May r ........................................

-28,806

-10,700

182,056

192,756

-18,106

494,660

512,766

June r .......................................

-11,121

-12,683

188,259

200,942

1,562

499,993

498,431

July r.........................................

32,356

15,462

158,503

143,041

16,894

560,901

544,007

Aug ...........................................

20,217

17,366

157,238

139,872

2,851

428,218

425,367

Sept ..........................................

35,332

37,810

227,068

189,258

-2,478

482,944

485,422

Oct............................................

36,259

14,570

177,287

162,717

21,689

468,014

446,325

Nov. p .......................................

34,483

13,176

122,939

109,763

21,307

288,699

267,392

Dec. p .......................................

12,376

12,297

103,227

90,930

79

248,836

248,757

Calendar
year or month

Foreign stocks
Gross foreign
purchases from
U.S.
(6)

Gross foreign
sales to U.S.
(7)

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TABLE CM-IV-3.—Net Foreign Transactions in Long-Term Domestic Securities
by Type and Country
[In millions of dollars; negative figures indicate net sales by foreigners to U.S. residents or a net outflow of capital from the United States.
Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Country
Europe:
Austria.............................
Belgium...........................
Bulgaria...........................
Cyprus 1 ..........................
Czech Republic...............
Denmark .........................
Finland............................
France.............................
Germany .........................
Greece ............................
Hungary ..........................
Ireland.............................
Italy .................................
Kazakhstan 1 ...................
Luxembourg....................
Monaco 1 .........................
Netherlands ....................
Norway............................
Poland.............................
Portugal ..........................
Romania .........................
Russia.............................
Serbia and Montenegro 2...
Spain...............................
Sweden...........................
Switzerland .....................
Turkey.............................
Ukraine 1 .........................
United Kingdom ..............
Channel Islands ..............
All other Europe 1 ............
Total Europe ...............
Memo: Euro Area 3 ..............
Memo: European Union 4 ....
Canada ...............................
Latin America:
Argentina ........................
Brazil...............................
Chile ...............................
Colombia.........................
Ecuador ..........................
Costa Rica 5 ....................
Guatemala ......................
Mexico ............................
Panama ..........................
Peru ................................
Uruguay ..........................
Venezuela.......................
All other Latin America 5 ...
Total Latin America .....
See footnotes at end of table.

March 2009

Marketable Treasury
bonds and notes
2008
Jan.
Oct.
Calendar
year
through
through
Dec.
Dec. p
2007 r
(2)
(3)
(1)

U.S. Government corporations
and Federal agency bonds
2008
Jan.
Oct.
Calendar
year
through through
Dec.
Dec. p
2007 r
(5)
(6)
(4)

Corporate bonds
2008
Jan.
Oct.
Calendar
through
year
through
Dec.
Dec. p
2007
(8)
(9)
(7)

Corporate stocks
2008
Oct.
Jan.
Calendar
year
through through
Dec.
Dec. p
2007 r
(11)
(12)
(10)

97
-3,100
-28
-4
81
912
2
-7,827
-3,452
-566
-42
1,694
-1,472
857
-694
-302
1,471
-27,339
-111
1,293
-353
7,215
349
2,509
2,176
-2,617
-803
-138
208,578
-979
-69
177,338
-10,045
200,853
-1,945

-1,054
-1,941
8
64
-288
349
361
-15,360
722
181
-237
-4,251
756
1,644
-7,093
-102
-4,790
32,812
5,857
1,091
-219
11,193
-96
-7,921
-3,136
1,159
-1,650
-1,658
188,559
1,368
222
196,551
-39,181
151,662
-5,908

-36
-412
1
5
12
-277
80
-2,121
427
113
58
7,376
3,206
94
-1,372
83
-1,130
5,178
592
-71
-473
-1,572
-210
-2,335
-1,080
2,490
405
-2,080
15,672
515
-177
22,961
3,710
17,856
-8,411

-339
-1,808
-30
-9
-426
-268
69
4,285
219
-9
-438
1,080
-96
-594
-11,386
37
-631
8,221
-202
-477
466
18,303
4
-21
-443
-2,246
131
187
59,585
4,791
-132
77,823
-9,114
49,189
2,968

-282
-1,601
-5
-24
-900
-1,883
-36
2,760
-3,389
103
42
-3,400
-1,245
-337
-26,743
94
-1,069
-6,496
1,091
55
-532
-3,582
-9
-946
-3,224
-1,949
690
-591
78,127
-1,561
-806
22,352
-35,843
35,954
5,434

-102
-341
-3
-3
-78
-18
-2,324
156
4
-30
-3,249
-201
15
-1,063
108
-55
-4,376
-69
-4
-10,705
3
-2,491
-826
111
-72
-18,977
-179
-611
-45,380
-7,197
-29,470
-629

-644
-7,413
12
167
89
1,496
56
4,261
5,419
7
-1,555
8,658
-121
-38
-14,650
18
-652
4,747
7
-261
32
378
-1,353
1,715
3,581
152
32
208,956
-6,717
1,104
207,482
-6,694
204,111
12,274

-344
-11,149
-13
33
-71
-513
-84
-1,991
4,953
56
-133
-15,326
157
-23
-9,453
166
-364
-1,559
-14
48
9
548
-1
-1,020
-519
11,895
12
95
31,931
-12,555
-609
-5,838
-34,621
-4,015
7,194

-45
-3,184
4
-20
-302
-47
953
-903
1
8
-6,911
125
-83
-2,647
87
762
-1,488
-9
46
-12
10
-171
11,270
15
71
6,752
-859
-32
3,391
-11,843
-5,608
2,347

-102
-1,168
1
175
41
1,378
251
19,521
600
88
113
28
-4,289
-32
-7,143
-1,440
6,887
6,120
-176
148
-15
104
-2
430
250
-2,977
36
2
69,473
877
82
89,259
15,249
86,576
8,086

419
-1,042
-7
137
174
392
-36
-7,189
-19,341
-493
163
838
-1,835
17
-7,658
-77
-1,469
7,486
-92
145
-4
48
2
-75
5,096
5,404
-7
-35
29,936
574
175
11,646
-37,465
-1,749
7,383

91
-11
-1
35
12
-822
-67
-1,896
-2,270
-233
19
236
-277
16
-1,662
-17
-2,193
1,540
40
-1
-5
-57
-2,644
2,206
9
1
4,869
-551
98
-3,535
-8,271
-6,815
693

195
77,066
4,202
833
203
-2
-75
1,454
-132
1,560
423
-197
330
85,860

-163
-10,225
4,706
1,356
204
11
-348
-7,057
140
3,566
739
-407
-751
-8,229

-251
-20,923
519
2,174
127
-9
-176
-4,812
27
345
284
-84
27
-22,752

-26
1,160
630
1,375
132
-21
-21
1,705
-275
1,100
55
151
378
6,343

-223
470
-1,015
1,731
269
-219
-7
5,024
277
527
-98
-2
12
6,746

-2
325
-165
110
281
-16
-2
43
13
192
104
-148
-288
447

84
780
317
783
281
261
-20
1,860
154
633
230
-298
32
5,097

422
742
121
368
5
-349
18
1,742
403
369
390
-20
31
4,242

53
419
-30
51
-34
-129
2
1,522
104
200
61
-21
-37
2,161

612
-1,768
1,147
320
-36
29
18
148
-279
189
337
56
7
780

373
1,438
808
-8
2
113
6
507
418
-24
210
257
40
4,140

-128
297
-104
51
-11
57
-3
-942
-51
98
-98
16
13
-805

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75

TABLE CM-IV-3.—Net Foreign Transactions in Long-Term Domestic Securities
by Type and Country, con.
[In millions of dollars; negative figures indicate net sales by foreigners to U.S. residents or a net outflow of capital from the United States.
Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Country
Caribbean:
Anguilla 6 ...................................
Bahamas ...................................
Barbados 6 .................................
Bermuda ....................................
British Virgin Islands 6 ................
Cayman Islands .........................
Cuba..........................................
Jamaica .....................................
Netherlands Antilles...................
Trinidad and Tobago..................
All other Caribbean 6 ..................
Total Caribbean .....................
Asia:
China, Mainland.........................
Hong Kong.................................
India...........................................
Indonesia ...................................
Israel..........................................
Japan.........................................
Korea, South..............................
Lebanon.....................................
Malaysia ....................................
Pakistan.....................................
Philippines .................................
Singapore ..................................
Syria ..........................................
Taiwan.......................................
Thailand.....................................
Oil exporting countries 7 .............
All other Asia..............................
Total Asia ..............................
Africa:
Egypt .........................................
Liberia........................................
Morocco.....................................
South Africa ...............................
Oil exporting countries 8 .............
All other Africa ...........................
Total Africa ............................
Other countries:
Australia.....................................
New Zealand..............................
All other countries ......................
Total other countries ..............
Total foreign countries .......
International and regional orgs:
International organizations.........
Regional organizations 9 ............
Total international and
regional organizations..............
Grand total.........................

Marketable Treasury
U.S. Government corporations
bonds and notes
and Federal agency bonds
2008
2008
Jan.
Oct.
Jan.
Oct. Calendar
Calendar
year
through
through
year
through
through
Dec.
Dec. p 2007 r
Dec.
Dec. p
2007 r
(3)
(4)
(6)
(1)
(2)
(5)

Corporate bonds
2008
Jan.
Oct.
Calendar
year
through through
Dec. p
Dec.
2007
(7)
(8)
(9)

Corporate stocks
2008
Jan.
Oct.
Calendar
year
through
through
Dec.
Dec. p
2007 r
(10)
(11)
(12)

640
9,429
622
-4,338
2,652
-2,786
3
-3,738
-372
176
2,288

-805
-12,705
-19
9,193
2,310
34,450
-11
-4,682
111
113
27,955

-651
-1,249
23
7,749
2,492
2,146
44
1,637
32
-30
12,193

-112
555
3,054
-26,028
-202
12,730
34
78
188
834
-8,869

-211
2,146
354
-37,961
582
-51,387
-232
593
198
-91
-86,009

-774
895
269
-286
-1,000
-35,419
-50
384
63
141
-35,777

-1,565
1,463
388
8,257
695
31,912
17
410
-84
201
41,694

-269
183
196
-394
-6,320
29,018
22
28
-6
84
22,542

27
215
124
-582
-4,166
6,640
18
-45
-6
-68
2,157

4,087
-136
73
5,432
1,570
40,191
45
-2,826
99
54
48,589

-2,229
-1,849
110
-1,155
-4,550
-29,153
20
-4,678
-24
55
-43,453

-1,907
-1,254
-66
-2,771
-1,751
-7,560
5
955
15
24
-14,310

-7,968
2,045
1,076
4,513
-2,739
-48,684
-17,924
-1
382
-171
3,054
2,454
-8,319
842
1,795
372
-69,273

84,743
6,242
2,048
-5,875
-2,112
6,077
-11,171
-26
-944
19
-2,118
-7,036
5,829
-2,869
24,923
1,170
98,900

4,233 73,170
-3,072 30,604
1,322
184
-3,133
-658
1,489
182
5,617 13,789
-8,908 12,042
-1
-1
-1,008
3,068
-14
-94
-715
185
1,689
-590
8,542
-1,040
726
544
11,360
8,221
-537
178
17,590 139,784

16,738
24,541
-326
146
-252
6,107
-16,239
-3
2,141
-1,264
14
-1,855
2,524
264
-14,468
-112
17,956

-10,418
1,375
-350
16
-153
-8,767
-10,588
-827
-16
16
-625
4,260
54
-1,049
-284
-27,356

41,675
12,780
17
441
75
39,565
11,277
109
2,052
-14
176
6,868
1,176
48
3,803
-58
119,990

29,598
7,006
97
19
587
22,256
630
-3
308
-72
83
-1,077
1,650
160
3,497
-103
64,636

3,179
1,699
2
1
475
-1,122
-1,890
1
-1
-3
-36
-1,015
202
-37
-1,128
-8
319

3,993
35,434
-460
-68
-287
-4,973
112
76
342
-4
30
-2,539
-3
94
-39
12,240
26
43,974

-706
27,462
1,344
-27
961
21,382
2,752
63
29
-5
-5
4,717
5
12
-13
7,277
60
65,308

268
3,005
-14
-21
191
12,691
39
-11
138
-1
-33
5,513
-315
-15
70
27
21,532

1,042
-59
-79
801
4,568
-146
6,127

1,093
-86
-269
-2,294
11,416
449
10,309

-453
9
-2
-813
3,731
122
2,594

72
19
-401
-40
-74
21
-403

-1,702
23
-2,289
-109
654
-92
-3,515

-55
-1
-660
-95
266
-15
-560

-3
-18
-50
-35
-63
-169

-22
-318
1
-66
152
67
-186

-4
-37
-9
153
-1
102

-34
-44
-16
12
-302
84
-300

5
-2,587
-4
333
-2,626
237
-4,642

1
-107
-2
26
-27
144
35

-1,351
1
-30
-1,380
199,015

-2,993
-153
32
-3,114
316,464

-1,588
103
10
-1,475
22,700

1,100
-151
5
954
218,600

-56
315
16
275
-36,761

-437
22
-20
-435
-109,690

5,030
695
15
5,740
392,108

319
3
2
324
92,914

480
28
2
510
10,987

4,826
300
47
5,173
195,561

340
-19
19
340
40,722

-1,382
-102
-27
-1,511
2,099

-358
-690

-191
-253

-486
-179

83
296

-141
-862

-156
-310

1,637
-390

613
1

419
328

-3
-37

17
12

-1

-1,048
197,967

-444
316,020

-665
379
22,035 218,979

-1,003
-37,764

-466
-110,156

1,247
393,355

614
93,528

747
11,734

-40
195,521

29
40,751

-1
2,098

1
Before June 2006, data for Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Monaco, and Ukraine are included in “All
other Europe.”
2
On February 4, 2003, Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro. Data
for other entities of the former Yugoslavia recognized as independent states by the United
States are reported under “All other Europe” as follows: Beginning in December 1992 for
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia; and beginning in December 1994 for the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
3
Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also includes Cyprus,
Malta, and Slovenia.
4
As of May 2004, the European Union includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,

Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Data available beginning June 2006. As
of January 2007, also includes Bulgaria and Romania.
5
Before June 2006, data for Costa Rica are included in “All other Latin America.”
6
Before June 2006, data for Anguilla, Barbados, and the British Virgin Islands are included
in “All other Caribbean.”
7
Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab
Emirates (Trucial States).
8
Includes Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.
9
Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East regional
organizations.

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76

TABLE CM-IV-4.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic
and Foreign Securities, by Type and Country, During Fourth Quarter 2008, Preliminary
[In millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Gross sales by foreigners to U.S. residents

Gross purchases by foreigners from U.S. residents
Domestic securities

Country

Marketable
Treasury
and
Federal
Financing
Bank bonds
Total
purchases and notes
(2)
(1)

Europe:
Austria.....................................
3,738
1,101
Belgium...................................
19,764
2,520
Bulgaria...................................
9
5
Cyprus 1 ..................................
1,024
10
Czech Republic.......................
847
501
Denmark .................................
5,986
597
Finland ....................................
2,362
581
France..................................... 964,619 369,916
Germany .................................
75,395
24,987
Greece ....................................
1,617
574
Hungary ..................................
551
70
Ireland.....................................
60,039
20,480
Italy .........................................
19,751
7,346
Kazakhstan 1 ...........................
1,346
854
Luxembourg ............................
26,195
2,520
Monaco 1 .................................
1,223
146
Netherlands.............................
55,977
4,620
Norway....................................
51,892
26,166
Poland.....................................
4,217
3,424
Portugal ..................................
1,926
175
Romania .................................
858
762
Russia.....................................
7,460
6,438
Serbia and Montenegro 2 ........
79
60
Spain.......................................
19,686
5,625
Sweden...................................
58,361
1,434
Switzerland .............................
68,888
9,787
Turkey.....................................
4,170
2,364
Ukraine 1 .................................
1,240
634
United Kingdom ...................... 2,112,831 1,062,355
Channel Islands ......................
32,235
19,528
3,181
1,055
All other Europe 1 ....................
Total Europe ....................... 3,607,466 1,576,635
Memo: Euro Area 3 ...................... 1,252,630 440,462
76,015
Canada ....................................... 292,861
Latin America:
Argentina ................................
3,792
223
Brazil.......................................
43,077
27,333
Chile........................................
12,460
6,078
Colombia.................................
9,794
6,227
Costa Rica 4 ............................
1,883
1,183
Ecuador ..................................
788
275
Guatemala ..............................
290
190
Mexico ....................................
34,314
10,284
Panama ..................................
3,679
535
Peru ........................................
3,230
937
Uruguay ..................................
4,663
2,320
Venezuela...............................
2,182
156
1,038
443
All other Latin America 4 ..........
56,184
Total Latin America ............. 121,190
Caribbean:
Anguilla 5 .................................
49,952
7,155
Bahamas.................................
98,315
42,450
Barbados 5 ..............................
3,578
633
See footnotes at end of table.

March 2009

Bonds
of U.S.
Gov’t
corps and
federallysponsored
agencies
(3)

Corporate and
other
Stocks
Bonds
(4)
(5)

Domestic securities

Foreign securities
Bonds
Stocks
(6)
(7)

Marketable
Treasury
and
Federal
Financing
Total Bank bonds
sales and notes
(9)
(8)

254
264
13
437
56
6,053
6,033
21
14,859
371
17
5,373
109
3,980
12,222
450
15
109
304
1,364
112
97,593
72
350
150,431
37,401
15,356

117
477
5
1
251
45
5,266
2,216
11
15
2,297
302
1,272
93
2,103
688
68
105
149
66
15,716
15
75
169,537
349
189
201,428
14,392
8,365

1,032
378
856
3,501
1,137
4,108
2,713
9,683
31,924
2,932
4
9
4
201
175
620
901
5
189
50
106
824
489
1,590
1,476
1,635
6,167
874
347
143
1,190
2,192
501
514,176 30,655 38,553 962,848 372,037
16,774 12,851 12,534
73,984
24,560
555
22
434
1,572
461
340
57
69
516
12
8,009
8,303
6,091
60,371
13,105
5,527
1,128
5,076
16,617
4,140
28
412
35
1,470
760
7,952
5,830
3,248
40,964
3,892
708
30
137
884
63
21,436
5,969 17,869
56,078
5,750
7,560
2,742
2,514
49,994
20,988
56
94
193
3,863
2,832
866
580
222
1,521
246
64
27
5
1,302
1,235
409
32
476
19,749
8,010
17
2
288
270
1,515
4,927
7,362
16,122
7,960
24,205
4,005 28,347
54,772
2,514
28,292
1,763 11,966
55,024
7,297
103
1,132
444
2,206
1,959
58
470
3
3,087
2,714
310,825 150,526 321,995 2,075,414 1,046,683
7,438
2,250
2,598
33,019
19,013
1,004
273
309
4,268
1,232
965,388 239,013 474,571 3,581,450 1,553,674
582,840 73,675 103,860 1,269,223 436,752
77,950 49,455 65,720 292,258
84,426

52
411
899
1,035
289
26
1,430
227
533
166
31
210
5,309

139
491
516
244
31
6
3
2,760
315
224
175
84
64
5,052

1,201
3,640
3,206
459
157
142
66
6,769
1,425
838
670
1,281
199
20,053

1,328
4,701
803
1,537
159
197
26
6,273
611
464
918
478
91
17,586

849
6,501
958
292
64
142
5
6,798
566
234
414
152
31
17,006

3,138
60,167
12,341
6,458
1,660
733
450
37,373
3,599
2,313
4,219
2,221
1,304
135,976

44
2,161
2,094

139
2,729
171

37,231
30,852
448

5
6,401
117

5,378
13,722
115

53,123
100,107
3,239

Bonds
of U.S.
Gov’t
corps and
federallysponsored
agencies
(10)

Corporate and
other
Bonds Stocks
(11)
(12)

Foreign securities
Bonds
Stocks
(13)
(14)

356
604
16
3
515
74
8,376
5,877
18
30
18,108
572
2
6,436
1
4,035
16,598
519
19
10,705
106
2,795
2,190
1
72
116,570
251
961
195,811
44,598
15,985

162
3,661
1
21
553
92
4,313
3,119
10
7
9,208
177
83
3,919
6
1,341
2,176
9
22
117
139
237
4,446
4
162,785
1,208
221
198,037
26,235
6,018

941
4,119
5
166
177
2,412
414
516,072
19,044
788
321
7,773
5,804
12
9,614
725
23,629
6,020
56
826
65
414
17
1,572
26,849
26,086
94
57
305,956
7,989
906
968,923
591,111
77,257

212
8,869
78
9
517
192
26,353
9,241
33
70
6,491
700
591
13,011
6
3,464
1,707
233
222
2
195
247
2,464
2,642
12
238
135,312
1,834
110
215,057
69,144
46,126

693
11,739
635
125
1,296
919
35,697
12,142
262
76
5,686
5,223
22
4,091
83
17,860
2,505
214
185
308
1
6,098
19,913
12,363
140
2
308,108
2,724
837
449,948
101,383
62,446

474
48,256
5,559
4,053
1,056
284
366
15,096
508
592
2,036
240
416
78,936

54
86
1,064
925
8
42
2
1,387
214
341
62
179
498
4,862

86
72
546
193
65
135
1
1,238
211
24
114
105
101
2,891

1,329
3,343
3,310
408
168
85
69
7,711
1,476
740
768
1,265
186
20,858

301
2,159
601
589
102
71
6
5,135
513
268
821
155
67
10,788

894
6,251
1,261
290
261
116
6
6,806
677
348
418
277
36
17,641

7,806
43,699
610

818
1,266
1,825

112
2,514
47

39,138
32,106
514

18
6,765
81

5,231
13,757
162

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77

TABLE CM-IV-4.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic
and Foreign Securities, by Type and Country, During Fourth Quarter 2008, Preliminary, con.
[In millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Gross sales by foreigners to U.S. residents

Gross purchases by foreigners from U.S. residents

Country

Marketable
Treasury
and
Federal
Financing
Total
Bank bonds
purchases and notes
(1)
(2)

Caribbean, con.
236,801
Bermuda ...................................
130,036
British Virgin Islands 5 ...............
Cayman Islands ........................ 1,608,795
Cuba .........................................
1,716
Jamaica ....................................
27,612
Netherlands Antilles ..................
1,041
Trinidad and Tobago.................
1,426
All other Caribbean 5 .................

Domestic securities
Bonds
of U.S.
Gov’t
corps and
Corporate and
federallyother
sponsored
Stocks
Bonds
agencies
(4)
(5)
(3)

33,935
14,273
373,828
1,428
6,677
182
228
480,789

12,079
393
194,547
91
700
307
388
212,804

52,053
Hong Kong............................
91,188
13,787
India......................................
10,854
4,502
Indonesia ..............................
2,396
968
Israel.....................................
47,242
35,712
Japan....................................
289,889
161,370
Korea, South.........................
21,072
7,371
Lebanon................................
262
Malaysia................................
4,216
451
Pakistan................................
99
Philippines ............................
2,564
1,444
Singapore .............................
54,669
11,724
Syria .....................................
18
Taiwan ..................................
34,488
18,167
Thailand................................
5,332
3,630
38,075
18,847
All other Asia.........................
330,026
676,758
Total Asia..........................
Africa:
Egypt ....................................
1,732
975
Liberia...................................
878
14
Morocco................................
170
134
South Africa ..........................
1,896
396
8,090
5,420
All other Africa ......................
6,939
12,766
Total Africa .......................
Other countries:
Australia................................
46,867
6,736
New Zealand.........................
1,651
125
182
10
All other ................................
48,700
6,871
Total other countries .........
Total foreign countries .. 6,919,013 2,533,459
International and regional orgs:
International organizations ....
5,803
2,410
3,347
260
Regional organizations 6 .......
Total international and
2,670
9,150
regional organizations....
Grand total.................... 6,928,163 2,536,129

8,609
5,761
441
1,158
16,956
3,721
360
7
104
12,808
6,319
253
7,761
64,258

5,188
2,867
7
2
885
4,747
617
8
134
10
25
1,329
809
596
17,224

23
7
105
274
409

1
47
159
207

Total Caribbean.................... 2,159,272
Asia:
74,394
China, Mainland. .......................

1

5,270
505
1
5,776
454,343
583
345
928
455,271

Foreign securities
Bonds
(6)

6,844
152,125
4,959
80,704
61,452
766,196
18
29
227
8,173
38
96
44
638
76,621 1,076,492

1,679
5,236
34,499
128
7,921
223
57
56,266

4,102 3,189
10,921 1,171
304
181
218
170
6,008
189
20,085 17,959
912 1,306
207
2
305 1,061
68
1
344
200
12,779 1,903
5
4,413
100
234
204
6,836 2,527
67,741 30,163
119
627
16
277
835
1,874

66
18
110
610
804

Total
sales
(8)

883
413

4
1

1,836
1,602

Domestic securities
Bonds
of U.S.
Gov’t
corps and
Corporate and
federallyother
sponsored
Stocks
Bonds
agencies
(11)
(12)
(10)

30,139
233,908
24,471
134,403
178,273 1,641,856
22
1,625
3,914
24,034
195
855
71
1,372
256,300 2,194,522

26,186
11,781
371,682
1,384
5,040
150
258
468,596

12,365
1,393
229,966
141
316
244
247
248,581

1,253
56,681
5,860
597
3,290
68,772
7,145
45
1,905
13
447
14,126
13
4,680
1,011
1,508
167,346

75,363
86,694
9,068
5,782
44,003
276,209
42,028
253
5,293
129
3,165
44,635
18
21,234
4,335
28,471
646,680

47,820
16,859
3,180
4,101
34,223
155,753
16,279
1
1,459
14
2,159
10,035
9,625
2,904
8,024
312,436

548
165
20
1,008
792
2,533

2,051
1,094
834
2,524
3,378
9,881

1,428
5
136
1,209
1,567
4,345

1,574
5,944 6,346
20,997
48,575
8,324
56
341
381
243
2,705
22
3
147
1
20
221
1,633
6,432 6,728
21,260
51,501
8,346
310,530 2,215,930 400,015 1,004,736 6,912,268 2,510,759
87
726

4,510
2,556

2,896
439

1,296
5 3,438
813
7,066
3,335
311,826 2,215,935 403,453 1,005,549 6,919,334 2,514,094

Before June 2006, data for Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Monaco, and Ukraine are in “All other Europe.”
On February 4, 2003, Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro. Data for other entities of
the former Yugoslavia recognized as independent states by the United States are reported under “All
other Europe” as follows: Beginning in December 1992 for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and
Slovenia; and beginning in December 1994 for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
3
Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also includes Cyprus, Malta, and
Slovenia.
2

Stocks
(7)

Marketable
Treasury
and
Federal
Financing
Bank bonds
and notes
(9)

Foreign securities
Bonds
(13)

Stocks
(14)

7,426
154,896
9,125
82,455
54,812
773,756
24
272
7,218
44
81
112
614
74,464 1,090,802

3,029
4,749
27,634
62
8,195
111
64
50,708

30,006
24,900
184,006
14
2,993
225
77
261,371

19,027
4,386
350
425
1,311
25,723
14,309
1,187
23
88
13,433
2,059
199
9,094
91,614

2,009
1,168
5
1
410
5,869
2,507
7
135
13
61
2,344
607
37
1,732
16,905

3,834
7,916
318
239
5,817
7,394
873
218
167
69
377
7,266
5
4,728
249
6,739
46,209

1,539
1,197
46
321
140
21,693
2,432
1
688
3
128
1,498
214
178
1,346
31,424

1,134
55,168
5,169
695
2,102
59,777
5,628
26
1,657
7
352
10,059
13
4,001
768
1,536
148,092

78
8
660
200
23
969

5
84
9
7
105

118
734
18
251
718
1,839

64
31
4
49
213
361

358
232
16
806
850
2,262

5,707
1,094
7,326
6,017
1,449
483
28
443
21
1
174
5
6,211
1,123
7,943
7,471
564,033 299,543 2,213,831 361,935

20,107
280
20
20,407
962,167

739
655

464
85

4
2

341
1,134

66
241

1,394
549
6
1,475
565,427 300,092 2,213,837 363,410

307
962,474

4

Before June 2006, data for Costa Rica are included in “All other Latin America.”
5
Before June 2006, data for Anguilla, Barbados, and the British Virgin Islands are included in ”All
other Caribbean.”
6
Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East regional
organizations.

March 2009

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78

TABLE CM-IV-5.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic
and Foreign Securities, by Type and Country, During Calendar Year 2008
[In millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Gross sales by foreigners to U.S. residents

Gross purchases by foreigners from U.S. residents
Domestic securities

Country

Markeable
Treasury
and
Federal
Financing
Bank bonds
Total
purchases and notes
(2)
(1)

Europe:
Austria...............................
23,639
Belgium.............................
71,504
Bulgaria.............................
68
Cyprus 1 ...........................
7,425
Czech Republic.................
6,625
Denmark ...........................
48,276
Finland ..............................
12,059
France............................... 4,633,835
Germany ...........................
430,334
Greece ..............................
11,207
Hungary ............................
3,061
Ireland...............................
783,943
Italy ...................................
78,234
Kazakhstan 1 ....................
11,446
Luxembourg ......................
150,568
Monaco 1 .........................
5,390
Netherlands.......................
307,427
Norway..............................
241,206
Poland...............................
23,617
Portugal.............................
9,577
Romania............................
4,387
Russia...............................
61,870
Serbia and Montenegro 2 ..
751
Spain.................................
91,473
Sweden.............................
235,668
Switzerland .......................
260,757
Turkey...............................
24,843
Ukraine 1 ..........................
5,341
United Kingdom................. 12,562,494
Channel Islands ................
93,123
16,469
All other Europe 1 ..............
Total Europe ................. 20,216,621
Memo: Euro Area 3 ................ 6,616,063
Canada ................................. 1,555,996
Latin America:
Argentina...........................
Brazil.................................
Chile..................................
Colombia...........................
Costa Rica 4 .....................
Ecuador.............................
Guatemala ........................
Mexico ..............................
Panama.............................
Peru ..................................
Uruguay ............................
Venezuela .........................
All other Latin America 4 ...
Total Latin America .......
See footnotes at end of table.

March 2009

21,938
214,346
73,675
39,353
7,876
3,559
1,567
172,020
16,843
14,769
18,571
9,649
4,236
598,402

Bonds
of U.S.
Gov’t
corps and
federallysponsored
agencies
(3)

Corporate and
other
Bonds
Stocks
(4)
(5)

Domestic securities

Foreign securities
Bonds
Stocks
(6)
(7)

Total
sales
(8)

Bonds
Marketable
of U.S.
Treasury
Gov’t
and
corps and
Federal
Financing federallyBank bonds sponsored
and notes agencies
(9)
(10)

Corporate and
other
Bonds
Stocks
(11)
(12)

Foreign securities
Bonds
Stocks
(13)
(14)

8,218
1,149
8,659
1,391
42
176
47
3,721
473
6,817
4,186
3,227
1,065
2,148,440 39,769
110,846 25,390
1,715
156
495
152
336,159 54,208
13,596
2,275
8,666
533
12,109 36,286
251
113
44,308 17,183
108,014 57,614
19,362
2,374
2,455
182
3,922
3
41,882 10,953
497
20,503
674
10,039 14,121
38,371
6,951
15,581
699
3,780
150
6,981,672 505,757
38,351
632
3,963
1,428
9,995,837 785,915

5,060
23,101
754
5,693
2,765
3,647
16,480
8,392
32,935
121,652
21
5
83
4,888
6,616
82
1,201
1,031
45
1,099
507
780
7,066
1,766
17,928
8,421
9,158
45,060
128
1,282
1,256
5,101
10,559
20,083 2,196,755
93,710 135,078 4,629,041
22,300 153,170
62,586
56,042
431,517
98
2,167
4,719
2,353
6,563
442
3,255
88
1,166
718
20,830
45,848 296,846
30,052
806,485
1,165
28,848
11,554
20,796
72,440
114
95
1,839
199
9,829
16,404
41,946
18,021
25,802
245,892
228
3,788
322
688
5,142
7,424 120,721
26,024
91,768
311,147
11,392
39,934
9,599
14,653
210,031
806
16,728
8
215
852
161
3,793
1,784
1,202
8,102
9
344
96
13
5,052
676
1,660
1,230
5,469
51,600
227
27
894
26,856
71,224
7,727
7,021
28,692
2,201
85,907
19,176 104,224
217,923
29,065 113,501
9,189
63,680
246,148
44
870
5,903
1,746
21,874
132
172
1,092
15
7,016
660,255 1,850,548 809,427 1,754,835 12,232,042
4,088
28,851
6,117
15,084
103,294
402
5,507
1,935
3,236
17,286
811,316 4,776,758 1,433,804 2,412,991 19,944,660

9,273
1,431
10,600
2,992
34
5
112
71
4,009
1,373
6,468
6,069
2,866
1,100
2,163,800 37,009
110,124 28,779
1,533
52
732
110
340,410 57,608
12,840
3,520
7,022
870
19,201 63,029
353
19
49,097 18,252
75,202 64,110
13,505
1,283
1,364
127
4,141
535
30,689 14,535
593
9
28,424
1,621
13,175 17,345
37,212
8,900
17,231
9
5,438
741
6,793,113 427,630
36,983
2,193
3,741
2,234
9,799,286 763,563

1,098
5,274
1,177
4,848
14,796
17,522
43,320
32,423
13
28
3
49
1,064
567
4,752
116
925
114
529
2,279
17,536
3,367
9,341
212
1,318
454
4,608
22,074 2,203,944
67,509
134,704
17,347 172,511
50,595
52,160
42
2,660
160
2,115
221
1,003
730
459
36,156
45,010 294,434
32,866
1,008
30,683
2,642
21,747
137
78
1,621
101
25,857
49,604
61,317
26,883
62
3,865
236
607
7,788 122,190
21,564
92,256
12,951
32,448
11,850
13,470
22
307
499
1,112
113
3,648
1,512
1,338
348
23
5
128
1,612
400
4,236
1
225
20
46
8,747
7,096
1,114
24,222
2,720
80,811
13,320
90,552
17,170 108,097
11,605
63,164
32
877
2,078
1,647
37
207
464
129
628,324 1,820,612 805,460 1,756,903
16,643
28,277
3,881
15,317
1,011
5,332
1,769
3,199
817,154 4,765,112 1,403,805 2,395,740

2,710,954 179,824

100,963 2,627,384

2,750,135 215,667

135,584 2,664,849

557,824

439,114

6,749,038

546,708

436,095

519,217

63,371

36,373

381,819

253,441

301,775

1,538,756

525,125

57,937

29,179

374,436

248,326

303,753

1,777
116,128
40,688
23,098
5,115
815
784
54,938
2,364
4,913
7,285
695
1,261
259,861

263
4,724
3,106
4,302
353
245
18
16,338
1,263
1,858
569
631
1,321
34,991

771
1,318
1,664
1,177
268
224
45
8,865
1,640
550
890
467
222
18,101

6,140
21,349
13,855
3,797
1,012
424
309
31,885
5,293
2,857
3,210
3,573
844
94,548

6,981
26,081
7,173
6,006
733
607
335
24,657
3,282
2,873
4,428
3,284
311
86,751

6,006
44,746
7,189
973
395
1,244
76
35,337
3,001
1,718
2,189
999
277
104,150

19,277
216,989
67,770
34,639
7,359
3,620
1,810
159,736
15,405
8,682
15,979
15,442
4,856
571,564

1,940
126,353
35,982
21,742
4,911
804
1,132
61,995
2,224
1,347
6,546
1,102
2,012
268,090

486
4,254
4,121
2,571
84
464
25
11,314
986
1,331
667
633
1,309
28,245

349
576
1,543
809
263
573
27
7,123
1,237
181
500
487
191
13,859

5,767
19,911
13,047
3,805
1,010
311
303
31,378
4,875
2,881
3,000
3,316
804
90,408

4,580
13,012
4,874
4,715
470
403
261
17,465
2,787
967
3,204
8,916
239
61,893

6,155
52,883
8,203
997
621
1,065
62
30,461
3,296
1,975
2,062
988
301
109,069

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TABLE CM-IV-5.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic
and Foreign Securities, by Type and Country, During Calendar Year 2008, con.
[In millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Gross sales by foreigners to U.S. residents

Gross purchases by foreigners from U.S. residents
Domestic securities

Country

Total
purchases
(1)

Caribbean:

Anguilla 5...............................
419,600
Bahamas ..............................
615,505
5
Barbados ............................
9,359
Bermuda ............................... 1,375,448
British Virgin Islands 5 ...........
791,830
Cayman Islands .................... 8,709,517
Cuba.....................................
Jamaica ................................
6,521
Netherlands Antilles..............
211,843
Trinidad and Tobago.............
4,683
6,011
All other Caribbean ...............
Total Caribbean................ 12,150,316

Asia:
China, Mainland ...............
Hong Kong ........................
India ..................................
Indonesia...........................
Israel .................................
Japan ................................
Korea, South .....................
Lebanon ............................
Malaysia............................
Pakistan ............................
Philippines.........................
Singapore..........................
Syria..................................
Taiwan ..............................
Thailand ............................
All other Asia .....................
Total Asia ......................
Africa:
Egypt.................................
Liberia ...............................
Morocco ............................
South Africa.......................
All other Africa...................
Total Africa....................
Other countries:
Australia ............................
New Zealand .....................
All other.............................
Total other countries......
Total foreign
countries ...............
International and regional orgs:
International organizations...
Regional organizations 6 .....
Total international and
regional organizations.......
Grand total...................

Market able
Treasury
and
Federal
Financing
Bank bonds
and notes
(2)

Bonds
of U.S.
Gov’t
corps and
federallysponsored
agencies
(3)

18,895
649
309,695
10,533
1,120
5,238
186,452
62,867
76,921
4,787
1,618,303 1,112,416
4,891
866
112,039
4,550
648
1,106
821
1,280
2,329,785 1,204,292

496,924
285,900
551,023
66,770
43,772
12,233
5,999
13,574
313,004
266,982
1,310,674
551,563
45,127
129,871
1,314
110
34,156
10,168
70
1,185
14,764
7,652
266,829
66,851
515
106,989
32,898
21,132
13,626
172,652
64,534
3,478,378 1,430,483

Domestic securities

Corporate and
other
Bonds
Stocks
(4)
(5)

Foreign securities
Bonds
Stocks
(6)
(7)

Bonds
of U.S.
Gov’t
corps and
federallysponsored
agencies
(10)

782
350,952
21,104
179,449
598
1,207
43,792
863,289
33,286
509,167
337,388 4,405,105
129
217
2,647
61,137
220
369
412
2,506
440,358 6,373,398

993
47,328
423,524
19,700
860
22,323
72,401
627,590
322,400
8,387
471
725
8,779
1,139
4,884
28,209
190,839 1,419,313
177,259
100,828
28,656
139,013
807,219
74,611
4,205
181,001 1,055,304 8,742,488 1,583,853 1,163,803
367
51
7,129
4,902
1,098
10,792
20,678
221,043
116,721
3,957
985
1,355
4,256
537
908
308
684
5,971
708
1,371
274,105 1,528,378 12,267,312 2,301,830 1,290,301

129,929
54,637
35
987
3,548
143,744
25,295
10,036
187
912
46,177
18,199
782
34,566
469,034

42,054
14,410
151
22
2,396
60,732
8,041
47
697
62
345
8,412
3,071
218
9,828
150,486

15,652
77,700
2,756
928
25,211
61,640
5,362
947
986
307
1,742
53,079
449
22,607
788
43,639
313,793

17,731
7,118
850
1,061
1,438
89,913
9,191
43
3,466
30
2,178
14,769
2,130
960
10,793
161,671

5,658
354,574
201,157
330,388
472,297
60,528
27,747
36,017
10,185
4,577
19,781
11,874
13,429
312,186
269,094
403,082 1,236,576
545,486
36,855
147,867
56,298
167
1,248
136
8,803
30,866
11,112
529
2,497
51
1,935
16,423
9,770
77,541
259,207
73,887
66
511
28,084
95,194
27,069
4,758
22,491
16,495
9,292
144,424
38,441
952,911 3,152,159 1,331,583

Corporate and
other
Bonds
Stocks
(11)
(12)

Foreign securities
Bonds
Stocks
(13)
(14)

1,051
353,181
20,921
181,298
402
1,097
44,186
864,444
39,606
513,717
308,370 4,434,258
107
197
2,619
65,815
226
393
328
2,451
417,816 6,416,851

1,127
47,605
22,403
72,181
472
785
43,172
189,424
28,868
146,212
163,086 1,089,118
779
46
10,744
21,187
762
1,430
373
740
271,786 1,568,728

113,191
30,096
361
841
3,800
137,637
41,534
3
7,895
1,451
898
48,032
15,675
518
49,146
451,078

12,456
7,404
54
3
1,809
38,476
7,411
50
389
134
262
9,489
1,421
58
6,434
85,850

16,358
50,238
1,412
955
24,250
40,258
2,610
884
957
312
1,747
48,362
444
22,595
801
36,302
248,485

5,499
6,073
493
1,401
568
93,251
7,386
10
2,231
31
1,969
7,277
1,829
585
6,622
135,225

5,913
317,958
23,512
4,707
12,665
381,468
32,628
165
8,282
518
1,777
72,160
67
26,605
4,034
7,479
899,938

12,984
3,568
574
11,489
35,724
64,339

8,606
47
280
4,769
18,374
32,076

157
38
88
302
888
1,473

12
127
3
23
277
442

439
2,361
127
1,358
6,937
11,222

448
161
34
1,242
5,520
7,405

3,322
834
42
3,795
3,728
11,721

13,134
6,345
3,187
15,765
22,661
61,092

7,513
133
549
7,063
6,509
21,767

1,859
15
2,377
411
326
4,988

34
445
2
89
58
628

434
4,948
131
1,025
9,326
15,864

142
58
20
3,015
981
4,216

3,152
746
108
4,162
5,461
13,629

260,087
7,908
824
268,819

50,433
576
71
51,080

22,562
2,625
102
25,289

7,981
177
16
8,174

36,928
1,522
483
38,933

27,446
1,495
20
28,961

114,737
1,513
132
116,382

274,308
18,021
1,145
293,474

53,426
729
39
54,194

22,618
2,310
86
25,014

7,662
174
14
7,850

36,588
1,541
464
38,593

38,589
11,762
29
50,380

115,425
1,505
513
117,443

38,332,871 14,618,339 2,584,365 1,465,250 11,990,471 2,246,138 5,428,308 37,829,017 14,301,875 2,621,126 1,372,336 11,949,749 2,175,631 5,408,300
14,898
20,993

6,833
2,360

2,270
2,265

1,238
571

115
50

4,113
13,371

329
2,376

13,802
11,358

7,024
2,613

2,411
3,127

625
570

98
38

3,431
2,580

213
2,430

35,891
9,193
4,535
1,809
165
17,484
2,705
25,160
9,637
5,538
1,195
136
6,011
2,643
38,368,762 14,627,532 2,588,900 1,467,059 11,990,636 2,263,622 5,431,013 37,854,177 14,311,512 2,626,664 1,373,531 11,949,885 2,181,642 5,410,943

1
Before June 2006, data for Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Monaco, and Ukraine are included in “All other
Europe.”
On February 4, 2003, Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro. Data for other entities
of the former Yugoslavia recognized as independent states by the United States are reported under “All
other Europe” as follows: Beginning in December 1992 for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and
Slovenia; and beginning in December 1994 for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

2

Total
sales
(8)

Marketable
Treasury
and
Federal
Financing
Bank bonds
and notes
(9)

3
Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also includes Cyprus, Malta, and Slovenia.
4
Before June 2006, data for Costa Rica are included in “All other Latin America.”
5
Before June 2006, data for Anguilla, Barbados, and the British Virgin Islands are included in “All other
Caribbean.”
6
Includes European, Latin America, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East regional organizations.

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CAPITAL MOVEMENTS

CHART CM-C.—Net Purchases of Long-Term
Domestic Securities by Foreigners, Selected Countries
900

(In billions of dollars)

800
700
600

Note: To facilitate comparison of net
purchases during 2008 w ith those in prior
years, the chart depicts data for all periods
at an annualized rate.

500
400
300
200
100
0
-100
-200
2005

2006

2007

2008

2008
Oct.-Dec.

United Kingdom

All other Europe

Caribbean banking centers

Japan

All other Asia

All other countries

[In millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Calendar years
Country
United Kingdom..........................
All other Europe .........................
Caribbean banking centers 1 .........
Japan..........................................
All other Asia ..............................
Subtotal ..................................
All other countries ......................
Grand total..............................
1

2008
Oct - Dec.

2005

2006

2007

2008

363,593
146,910
102,259
79,814
187,284
879,860
131,680

472,380
126,118
139,732
58,050
226,863
1,023,143
120,078

546,592
5,310
74,788
-303
234,778
861,165
144,657

328,553
-103,842
-75,093
55,822
190,978
396,418
16,117

8,316
-30,879
-32,877
8,419
3,666
-43,355
-30,934

1,011,540

1,143,221

1,005,822

412,535

-74,289

Includes Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Netherlands Antilles, and Panama. For data beginning June 2006, also
includes the British Virgin Islands.

March 2009

The data on this page represent foreign
investors’ purchases and sales of longterm U.S. securities (that is, U.S.
Treasury and Government agency
bonds and notes, and U.S. corporate
bonds and stocks) as reported to the
TIC reporting system. Foreign
investors also acquired U.S. equities
through mergers and reincorporations
that involve stock swaps. Net foreign
acquisitions of U.S. equities through
stock swaps have been modest,
amounting to $36 billion in 2004, $6
billion in 2005, $4 billion in 2006, $11
billion in 2007, and less than $1
billion in 2008. (Stock swaps data for
the most recent quarter are Federal
Reserve Board/Treasury estimates and
are subject to substantial revisions.)
These stock swaps are not reported
under the TIC reporting system, but
are available on the TIC Web site. The
TIC Website also provides estimates
from the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York on principal repayment
flows on foreign holdings of U.S.
government agency and corporate
asset-backed securities (ABS). These
repayments, also not reported under
the TIC system, are estimated to have
reduced foreign net purchases of U.S.
securities by $86 billion in 2004, $144
billion in 2005, $160 billion in 2006,
$235 billion in 2007, and $193 billion
in 2008.
Net foreign purchases of U.S.
securities first surpassed $100 billion
in 1993. In 2005, net foreign
acquisitions of U.S. securities
(including stock swaps and accounting
for ABS repayment flows) totaled
$873 billion. Net purchases reached a
new record of $987 billion in 2006,
but then slowed to $782 billion in
2007. Net acquisitions slowed further
to $219 billion in 2008, as foreign
investors acquired $364 billion in U.S.
securities in the first half of the year,
but on net sold U.S. securities in the
second half of the year. For the fourth
quarter, net sales (after accounting for
ABS repayments) were $110 billion.

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CHART CM-D.—Net Purchases of Long-Term
Foreign Securities by U.S. Investors*
500

(In billions of dollars)

400

Note: To facilitate comparison of net purchases during 2008
w ith those in prior years, the chart depicts data for all periods
at an annualized rate.

300
200
100
0
-100
-200
-300
-400

2004

2005

Foreign bonds

2006

2007

2008

Foreign stocks

2008
Oct.-Dec.

Total foreign securities

[In millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Calendar years
Type
Foreign bonds ...........
Foreign stocks...........
Total ........................

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2008
Oct - Dec.

67,872
84,970
152,842

45,095
127,296
172,391

144,452
106,455
250,907

133,923
95,300
229,223

-81,980
20,070
-102,050

-40,043
-43,075
-83,118

* Net purchases by U.S. investors equal net sales by foreigners, or gross sales minus gross purchases of securities.

The data on this page represent U.S.
investors’ purchases and sales of
long-term foreign securities as
reported to the TIC reporting system.
However, in the past several years,
U.S. investors also have acquired a
substantial amount of foreign stocks,
mostly European, through mergers
that involve stock swaps. In
addition, when foreign firms
reincorporate in the United States,
the associated stock swap reduces
U.S. holdings of foreign equity. Net
acquisitions through stock swaps
amounted to $80 billion in 2000, $47
billion in 2001, $3 billion in 2002,
$17 billion in 2003, -$12 billion in
2004, $4 billion in 2005, $19 billion
in 2006, $11 billion in 2007, and $4
billion in 2008. (Stock swaps data for
the most recent quarter are Federal
Reserve Board/Treasury estimates
and are subject to substantial
revisions.) These stock swaps are not
reported under the TIC reporting
system, but are available on the TIC
Web site.
Including the stock swaps, annual
U.S. net purchases of long-term
foreign securities averaged about
$100 billion from the mid-1990s
through 2000, without much
variation from year to year. U.S.
investors’ acquisitions of foreign
securities (including stock swaps)
then slowed over the 2001-2003
period before rebounding to $141
billion in 2004, $176 billion in 2005,
and $270 billion in 2006. The pace
of acquisition eased a bit in 2007, as
U.S. investors acquired $241 billion
in foreign securities. In 2008, U.S.
investors switched to net sales of $98
billion in foreign securities, with net
sales (after accounting for
acquisitions through stock swaps) of
$82 billion in the fourth quarter.

March 2009

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SECTION V.—Holdings of, and Transactions in, Financial Derivatives
Contracts with Foreigners Reported by Businesses in the United States
TABLE CM-V-1.—Gross Totals of Holdings with Positive and Negative Fair Values,
by Type of Contract
[Holdings at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

2006
Dec.

2007
Sept.

2008
Dec.

Mar.

June

Sept. p

Gross total of holdings with negative fair values ...........................

1,179,159

1,649,656

2,487,860

4,055,518

3,528,055

3,138,386

Total over-the-counter (OTC) contracts.....................................

1,156,241

1,621,385

2,456,093

4,015,089

3,469,018

3,092,038

Single-currency interest rate contracts ..................................

749,009

901,771

1,434,083

2,320,674

1,781,034

1,602,170

Forwards ............................................................................

541

1,483

1,410

3,554

4,586

8,046

Swaps ................................................................................

678,413

795,200

1,275,308

2,125,556

1,594,291

1,425,059

Options...............................................................................

70,055

105,088

157,365

191,564

182,157

169,065

Foreign exchange contracts ..................................................

151,046

242,717

240,138

367,553

294,743

325,466

Forwards ............................................................................

47,068

85,173

72,450

120,033

87,327

113,706

Swaps ................................................................................

78,390

115,327

115,889

172,489

151,177

160,807

Options...............................................................................

25,588

42,217

51,799

75,031

56,239

50,953

Other contracts ......................................................................

256,186

476,897

781,872

1,326,862

1,393,241

1,164,402

Total exchange-traded contracts ...............................................

22,918

28,271

31,767

40,429

59,037

46,348

Own contracts on foreign exchanges ....................................

4,042

3,799

4,101

6,033

5,837

5,158

U.S. customers’ contracts on foreign exchanges..................

2,738

3,337

3,658

4,019

6,110

5,561

Foreign counterparty contracts on U.S. exchanges ..............

16,138

21,135

24,008

30,377

47,090

35,629

Contracts with own foreign office...........................................

312,724

475,390

615,885

1,018,175

937,871

960,208

Contracts with foreign official institutions ..............................

9,586

13,916

14,495

15,166

13,152

12,094

Contracts of U.S. depository institutions with foreigners.......

391,948

511,518

790,580

1,409,843

997,078

1,180,178

Gross total of holdings with positive fair values.............................

1,238,995

1,720,605

2,559,332

4,186,275

3,638,417

3,240,318

Total over-the-counter (OTC) contracts.....................................

1,213,354

1,687,484

2,526,075

4,142,982

3,575,564

3,190,484

Single-currency interest rate contracts ..................................

793,057

936,941

1,463,086

2,363,064

1,825,236

1,655,033

Forwards ............................................................................

1,027

1,646

1,234

3,445

4,926

5,119

Swaps ................................................................................

702,386

815,722

1,288,685

2,146,969

1,619,634

1,463,033

Options...............................................................................

89,644

119,573

173,167

212,650

200,676

186,881

Foreign exchange contracts ..................................................

176,267

279,826

290,943

436,499

349,048

356,026

Memorandum items:

Forwards ............................................................................

44,941

79,290

73,894

123,941

82,668

118,693

Swaps ................................................................................

102,795

153,116

160,129

230,375

205,104

179,177

Options...............................................................................

28,531

47,420

56,920

82,183

61,276

58,156

Other contracts ......................................................................

244,030

470,717

772,046

1,343,419

1,401,280

1,179,425

Total exchange-traded contracts ...............................................

25,641

33,121

33,257

43,293

62,853

49,834
3,708

Own contracts on foreign exchanges ....................................

4,590

5,063

4,558

5,730

5,665

Customers’ contracts on foreign exchanges .........................

2,882

3,109

3,422

4,869

7,742

6,553

Foreign counterparty contracts on U.S. exchanges ..............

18,169

24,949

25,277

32,694

49,446

39,573

318,870

479,632

623,349

1,044,166

955,322

975,010

Memorandum items:
Contracts with own foreign office...........................................
Contracts with foreign official institutions ..............................

10,385

11,017

13,040

17,015

12,861

9,657

Contracts of U.S. depository institutions with foreigners.......

407,594

526,490

811,889

1,435,062

1,029,986

1,205,971

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TABLE CM-V-2.—Gross Total of Holdings with Negative Fair Values,
by Country
[Holdings at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

2006
Country

2007

Dec.

Sept.

2008
Dec.

Mar.

June

Sept. p

Europe:
Belgium ..........................................................................

9,338

9,699

12,803

16,305

17,750

12,470

France ............................................................................

67,056

87,513

130,795

215,113

194,366

164,518

Germany ........................................................................

85,235

110,814

175,390

276,936

255,611

177,000

Ireland ............................................................................

115,002

121,036

162,977

265,049

184,059

213,901

Italy.................................................................................

5,850

5,070

6,412

8,841

8,952

6,652

Netherlands....................................................................

21,114

26,644

31,659

60,808

58,928

39,964

Switzerland ....................................................................

28,036

42,079

61,915

104,751

97,204

77,780

United Kingdom .............................................................

632,362

963,006

1,535,536

2,594,941

2,251,499

2,056,285

All other Europe .............................................................

30,383

41,971

56,910

59,745

74,959

60,224

Total Europe ..............................................................

994,376

1,407,832

2,174,397

3,602,489

3,143,328

2,808,794

Memo: Euro Area ........................................................

323,436

387,989

549,170

879,490

757,354

645,097

Memo: European Union 2...............................................

963,045

1,360,096

2,095,271

3,488,499

3,022,261

2,712,917

Canada...............................................................................

27,239

39,513

43,759

58,898

58,529

50,780

Total Latin America ............................................................

13,299

13,908

13,764

18,827

17,092

13,013

1

Caribbean:
Cayman Islands .............................................................

57,234

82,005

110,074

144,650

122,194

105,342

All other Caribbean ........................................................

15,655

18,331

22,706

30,542

32,122

24,521

Total Caribbean .........................................................

72,889

100,336

132,780

175,192

154,316

129,863

Asia:
Japan ...........................................................................

37,077

40,878

67,577

101,660

66,700

62,813

All other Asia..................................................................

16,367

23,546

33,085

66,326

57,373

46,370

Total Asia ...................................................................

53,444

64,424

100,662

167,986

124,073

109,183

Total Africa.........................................................................

2,153

2,794

3,025

3,930

5,845

4,402

10,567

14,915

13,239

20,309

18,648

16,328

Other countries:
Australia .........................................................................

1

All other ..........................................................................

576

801

849

789

547

652

Total other countries ..................................................

11,143

15,716

14,088

21,098

19,195

16,980

Total foreign countries ...........................................

1,174,543

1,644,523

2,482,475

4,048,420

3,522,378

3,133,015

Total International and regional organizations ..................

4,616

5,135

5,389

7,097

5,677

5,372

Grand total .................................................................

1,179,159

1,649,656

2,487,860

4,055,518

3,528,055

3,138,386

Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. As of January 2007, the euro area
also includes Slovenia; however, separate data for Slovenia are not available.

2 As of May 2004, the European Union includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and
the United Kingdom. Data available beginning June 2006. As of January 2007, also includes
Bulgaria and Romania.

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TABLE CM-V-3.—Gross Total of Holdings with Positive Fair Values,
by Country
[Holdings at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Country

2006

2007

Dec.

Sept.

2008
Dec.

Mar.

June

Sept. p

Europe:
Belgium .....................................................................

9,806

9,314

13,329

18,708

19,872

14,308

France .......................................................................

73,478

93,953

139,382

226,062

204,125

173,382

Germany....................................................................

97,012

121,413

185,036

290,360

271,668

188,081

Ireland .......................................................................

120,433

126,251

163,883

275,417

193,358

222,010

Italy............................................................................

12,119

12,539

15,668

20,850

20,761

12,104

Netherlands...............................................................

23,547

30,090

36,044

66,908

63,412

41,475

Switzerland................................................................

29,175

47,315

69,586

111,750

103,906

86,565

United Kingdom.........................................................

658,948

997,074

1,558,496

2,639,440

2,272,620

2,095,015

All other Europe ........................................................

23,466

31,943

47,949

51,901

67,924

53,003

Total Europe..........................................................

1,047,984

1,469,891

2,229,373

3,701,396

3,217,646

2,885,943

Memo: Euro Area 1 ....................................................

349,741

409,853

572,162

925,817

801,150

673,406

Memo: European Union 2 ..........................................

1,015,511

1,418,452

2,144,029

3,581,027

3,090,441

2,780,637

Canada..........................................................................

31,611

45,346

51,648

71,569

74,917

55,752

Total Latin America .......................................................

14,278

16,055

16,037

21,763

20,120

15,338

Cayman Islands ........................................................

49,702

76,659

112,007

154,244

131,186

114,599

All other Caribbean ...................................................

17,461

17,114

21,305

30,145

28,070

25,422

Total Caribbean.....................................................

67,163

93,773

133,312

184,389

159,256

140,021

Caribbean:

Asia:
Japan.........................................................................

38,327

41,031

66,643

98,841

65,405

61,821

All other Asia .............................................................

19,560

26,414

36,647

73,158

64,837

54,199

Total Asia ..............................................................

57,887

67,445

103,290

171,999

130,242

116,020

Total Africa ....................................................................

3,088

3,579

4,260

4,987

6,155

4,722

Other countries:
Australia ....................................................................

13,509

20,397

17,356

25,327

25,666

18,402

All other .....................................................................

762

865

954

1,042

708

955

Total other countries .............................................

14,271

21,262

18,310

26,369

26,374

19,357

Total foreign countries ......................................

1,236,282

1,717,351

2,556,230

4,182,472

3,634,710

3,237,153

Total international and regional organizations..............

2,713

3,253

3,104

3,802

3,705

3,164

Grand total ............................................................

1,238,995

1,720,605

2,559,332

4,186,275

3,638,417

3,240,318

1

Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. As of January 2007, the euro
area also includes Slovenia; however, separate data for Slovenia are not available.

March 2009

2 As

of May 2004, the European Union includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and
the United Kingdom. Data available beginning June 2006. As of January 2007, also includes
Bulgaria and Romania.

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TABLE CM-V-4.—Net Cash Settlements Received by U.S. Residents from Foreign
Residents, by Type of Contract
[In millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

2007
Type of Derivatives Contract

Total

Total over-the-counter (OTC) contracts.................................................

6,851

Single-currency interest rate contracts ..............................................

2007
July - Sept.

2008
Oct. - Dec.

Jan. - Mar.

Apr. - June.

July - Sept. p.

5,001

-9,218

-4,221

-4,617

-6,443

11,030

4,365

-399

-6,127

-4

421

Foreign exchange contracts...............................................................

-3,814

-2,229

-824

-3,559

768

-5,564

Other contracts...................................................................................

-365

2,865

-7,995

5,465

-5,381

-1,300

Total exchange-traded contracts ...........................................................

-629

941

-4,290

-3,745

2,262

2,368

Own contracts on foreign exchanges ................................................

3,566

2,353

-1,095

1,709

7,227

971

U.S. customers’ contracts on foreign exchanges ..............................

2,634

-627

543

-648

1,185

-4,608

Foreign counterparty contacts on U.S. exchanges ...........................

-6,829

-785

-3,738

-4,806

-6,150

6,005

Total net cash settlements from foreigners ...........................................

6,222

5,942

-13,508

-7,966

-2,355

-4,075

872

-309

309

1,431

-1,198

768

Memorandum items:
Contracts with foreign official institutions.......................................

Note.—Negative figures indicate net cash payments or a net outflow of capital from the United States.

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TABLE CM-V-5.—Net Cash Settlements Received by U.S. Residents from Foreign
Residents, by Country
[In millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Country

2007
Total

2007
July - Sept. Oct. - Dec.

Jan. - Mar.

2008
Apr. - June

July - Sept. p

Europe:
Belgium .................................................................................

-2,380

381

-2,396

23

101

188

France ...................................................................................

-3,685

-1,175

-103

-156

-2,673

-3,983

Germany ...............................................................................

84

-1,804

338

-563

-2,746

1,310

Ireland ...................................................................................

-319

605

1,087

-1,061

-318

-789

Italy........................................................................................

730

641

303

-249

41

-1,004

Netherlands...........................................................................

516

-444

89

-594

-3,206

124

Switzerland ...........................................................................

6,498

2,080

-887

-5,085

-996

-2,907

United Kingdom ....................................................................

12,570

8,408

-6,129

-1,866

5,581

-10,318

All other Europe ....................................................................

2,114

1,432

-1,869

1,524

-4,209

6,199

Total Europe .....................................................................

16,128

10,123

-9,567

-8,027

-8,425

-11,180

Memo: Euro area ................................................................

-2,962

-1,018

-2,026

-2,367

-13,618

1,148

Memo: European Union ......................................................

9,750

8,190

-8,585

-2,906

-8,153

-9,461

Canada......................................................................................

-3,005

-625

-1,145

3,139

399

-2,375

Total Latin America ...................................................................

-1,329

1,346

-2,355

-330

260

-143

Cayman Islands ....................................................................

-1,159

-3,732

2,738

3,149

3,109

5,462

All other Caribbean ...............................................................

-250

-22

-1,117

-1,003

1,072

5,013

Total Caribbean ................................................................

-1,409

-3,754

1,621

2,146

4,181

10,475

Japan ....................................................................................

-2,703

511

-2,264

-4,730

2,998

-2,784

All other Asia.........................................................................

-12

-1,885

-363

-1,647

-1,642

196

Total Asia ..........................................................................

-2,715

-1,374

-2,627

-6,377

1,356

-2,588

Total Africa................................................................................

-264

329

-118

-146

36

137

Australia ................................................................................

-1,602

-36

1,095

1,352

35

1,758

All other .................................................................................

-230

-65

9

18

49

-69

Total other countries .........................................................

-1,832

-101

1,104

1,370

84

1,689

Total foreign countries ..................................................

5,574

5,944

-13,087

-8,225

-2,109

-3,985

Total international and regional organizations..........................

651

-2

-418

255

-247

-98

Grand total ........................................................................

6,222

5,942

-13,508

-7,966

-2,355

-4,075

1

2

Caribbean:

Asia:

Other countries:

1

Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Note.—Negative figures indicate net cash payments or a net outflow of capital from the United
the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. As of January 2007, the euro area also includes
States.
Slovenia; however, separate data for Slovenia are not available.
2
As of May 2004, the European Union includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Data available beginning June 2006. As of January 2007,
also includes Bulgaria and Romania.

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INTRODUCTION: Foreign Currency Positions
The “Treasury Bulletin” reports foreign currency
holdings of large foreign exchange market participants.
These reports provide information on positions in derivative
instruments, such as foreign exchange futures and options,
that are increasingly used in establishing foreign exchange
positions but were not covered in the old reports.
The information is based on reports of large foreign
exchange market participants on holdings of five major
foreign currencies (Canadian dollar, Japanese yen, Swiss
franc, pound sterling, and euro) and the U.S. dollar.
Positions in the U.S. dollar, which have been collected since
January 1999, are intended to approximate “all other”
currency positions of reporting institutions. U.S.-based
businesses file a consolidated report for their domestic and
foreign subsidiaries, branches, and agencies. U.S.
subsidiaries of foreign entities file only for themselves, not
for their foreign parents. Filing is required by law (31 United
States Code 5315; 31 Code of Federal Regulations 128,
Subpart C).
Weekly and monthly reports must be filed throughout the
calendar year by major foreign exchange market
participants, which are defined as market participants with
more than $50 billion equivalent in foreign exchange
contracts on the last business day of any calendar quarter
during the previous year (end March, June, September, or
December). Such contracts include the amounts of foreign
exchange spot contracts bought and sold, foreign exchange
forward contracts bought and sold, foreign exchange futures
bought and sold, and one half the notional amount of foreign
exchange options bought and sold.

A quarterly report must be filed throughout the calendar
year by each foreign exchange market participant that had
more than $5 billion equivalent in foreign exchange
contracts on the last business day of any quarter the previous
year (end March, June, September, or December).
This information is published in six sections
corresponding to each of the major currencies covered by the
reports. Tables I-1 through VI-1 present the currency data
reported weekly by major market participants. Tables I-2
through VI-2 present more detailed currency data of major
market participants, based on monthly Treasury reports.
Tables I-3 through VI-3 present quarterly consolidated
currency data reported by large market participants that do
not file weekly reports.
Principal exchanged under cross-currency interest rate
swaps is reported as part of purchases or sales of foreign
exchange. Such principal also was noted separately on
monthly and quarterly reports through December 1998,
when this practice was discontinued. The net options
position, or the net delta-equivalent value of an options
position, is an estimate of the relationship between an
option’s value and an equivalent currency hedge. The delta
equivalent value is defined as the product of the first partial
derivative of an option valuation formula (with respect to the
price of the underlying currency) multiplied by the notional
principal of the contract.

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SECTION I.—Canadian Dollar Positions
TABLE FCP-I-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants
[In millions of Canadian dollars. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy]

Report date

Spot, forward and future contracts
Purchased
Sold
(1)
(2)

Net options positions
(3)

Exchange
rate
(Canadian
dollars per
U.S. dollar)
(4)

07/09/08 ....................................................................

711,322

732,182

1,051

1.0108

07/16/08 ....................................................................

715,333

735,096

1,052

1.0020

07/23/08 ....................................................................

697,995

719,553

712

1.0088

07/30/08 ....................................................................

757,078

777,097

478

1.0240

08/06/08 ....................................................................

774,042

793,291

-15

1.0470

08/13/08 ....................................................................

784,424

804,575

-110

1.0658

08/20/08 ....................................................................

778,138

800,182

164

1.0627

08/27/08 ....................................................................

812,165

835,662

995

1.0483

09/03/08 ....................................................................

845,058

869,690

1,213

1.0610

09/10/08 ....................................................................

876,972

894,307

993

1.0735

09/17/08 ....................................................................

704,084

717,697

900

1.0788

09/24/08 ....................................................................

705,521

736,071

2,075

1.0351

10/01/08 ....................................................................

726,302

755,232

1,220

1.0607

10/08/08 ....................................................................

747,856

776,565

782

1.1246

10/15/08 ....................................................................

766,619

816,424

-19

1.1804

10/22/08 ....................................................................

779,982

813,210

-244

1.2496

10/29/08 ....................................................................

815,488

847,757

-170

1.2302

11/05/08 ....................................................................

798,069

831,975

-988

1.1590

11/12/08 ....................................................................

792,728

825,515

-999

1.2296

11/19/08 ....................................................................

783,997

823,234

-1,067

1.2370

11/26/08 ....................................................................

803,255

843,667

-1,038

1.2338

12/03/08 ....................................................................

805,182

844,188

-766

1.2573

12/10/08 ....................................................................

748,643

785,797

-454

1.2553

12/17/08 ....................................................................

682,878

712,787

-494

1.2058

12/24/08 ....................................................................

617,841

648,036

-726

1.2125

12/31/08 ....................................................................

630,632

661,410

-344

1.2240

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SECTION I.—Canadian Dollar Positions, con.
TABLE FCP-I-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants
[In millions of Canadian dollars. Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy]

Report date

Spot, forward
and future contracts
Purchased
Sold
(1)
(2)

Foreign currency
denominated
Assets
Liabilities
(3)
(4)

Options positions
Calls
Puts
Bought
Written
Bought
Written
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)

Exchange rate
(Canadian
Net delta
dollars per
equivalent
U.S. dollar)
(9)
(10)

2006 - Dec...................

579,771

588,986

160,820

146,721

74,389

68,162

90,305

94,040

6,142

1.1652

2007 - Dec...................

694,064

714,446

197,438

182,233

71,200

69,421

72,055

77,515

-522

0.9881

2008 - Jan ...................

776,057

792,881

192,919

172,864

73,674

69,899

80,493

84,503

-359

1.0018

Feb ..................

813,057

828,410

203,219

186,880

70,622

67,515

78,337

82,716

34

0.9796

Mar ..................

704,900

725,870

197,173

181,297

68,766

64,611

79,214

84,604

636

1.0275

Apr...................

792,511

811,750

204,674

182,754

72,251

61,955

78,321

86,569

446

1.0092

May..................

783,032

800,143

193,260

175,265

75,246

62,438

69,409

81,474

305

0.9938

June.................

708,422

723,727

195,618

177,698

73,064

62,946

66,938

77,223

550

1.0185

July ..................

762,144

783,370

203,718

183,997

60,370

57,570

60,852

65,535

311

1.0261

Aug ..................

813,975

835,396

210,772

192,626

62,405

62,211

68,050

67,675

1,002

1.0631

Sept .................

730,492

758,806

180,842

156,950

59,498

60,990

62,821

60,724

1,228

1.0597

Oct...................

817,607

846,772

191,668

164,583

52,351

53,220

61,117

59,599

-1,214

1.2158

Nov ..................

800,323

841,201

175,232

152,935

39,942

39,348

46,428

45,867

-1,401

1.2360

Dec ..................

634,789

666,685

175,405

154,246

34,361

32,641

36,089

37,162

-829

1.2240

TABLE FCP-I-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants
[In millions of Canadian dollars. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy]

Spot, forward
and future contracts

Bought
(7)

Written
(8)

Net delta
equivalent
(9)

Exchange rate
(Canadian
dollars per
U.S. dollar)
(10)

n.a.

2,157

660

n.a.

1.1656

662

824

2,870

905

-826

1.167

463

758

2,501

688

-700

1.115

460

2,269

882

-459

1.1151

456

1,536

844

n.a.

1.1652

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1.153

259

346

1,481

805

-174

1.0634

n.a.

256

1,450

n.a.

-192

0.9959

Foreign currency
denominated

Purchased
(1)

Sold
(2)

Assets
(3)

Liabilities
(4)

2005 - Dec...................

25,109

32,454

96,654

2006 - Mar...................

21,479

27,460

June .................

22,757

27,397

Sept..................

22,644

29,191

87,920

n.a.

419

Dec...................

20,327

26,745

65,076

34,842

833

2007 - Mar...................

13,129

21,573

67,774

32,113

444

June .................

10,551

16,894

94,501

65,451

Sept..................

10,062

16,161

92,670

69,270

Report date

Options positions
Puts

Calls
Bought
(5)

Written
(6)

n.a.

451

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Dec...................

9,864

17,299

90,515

74,923

n.a.

1,186

1,628

703

-300

0.9881

2008 - Mar...................

24,894

21,409

110,013

71,727

836

957

2,125

1,310

-470

1.0275

June..................

25,156

21,808

139,752

77,457

418

1,328

2,216

1,914

-422

1.0185

Sept ..................

23,453

26,995

126,375

74,937

n.a.

1,221

2,006

n.a.

-305

1.0597

March 2009

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90

SECTION II.—Japanese Yen Positions
TABLE FCP-II-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants
[In billions of Japanese yen. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy]

Spot, forward and future contracts
Purchased
(1)

Sold
(2)

07/09/08 ..................................................................

400,950

405,428

2,444

107.12

07/16/08 ..................................................................

409,473

413,657

2,508

104.64

07/23/08 ..................................................................

400,323

404,868

2,382

107.68

07/30/08 ..................................................................

408,004

412,602

2,696

108.17

08/06/08 ..................................................................

416,106

420,953

2,575

109.39

08/13/08 ..................................................................

425,314

431,597

2,638

108.71

08/20/08 ..................................................................

414,802

420,027

2,637

109.98

08/27/08 ..................................................................

427,108

432,054

2,527

109.72

09/03/08 ..................................................................

426,579

430,636

2,534

108.18

09/10/08 ..................................................................

451,295

452,551

2,684

107.86

09/17/08 ..................................................................

382,063

387,629

2,741

104.71

09/24/08 ..................................................................

389,166

392,787

2,662

106.03

10/01/08 ..................................................................

384,427

386,643

2,881

106.06

10/08/08 ..................................................................

393,429

397,678

3,085

99.73

10/15/08 ..................................................................

384,522

387,978

2,742

101.47

10/22/08 ..................................................................

382,081

385,793

2,908

98.63

10/29/08 ..................................................................

386,310

388,470

2,989

97.48

11/05/08 ..................................................................

382,229

384,211

2,749

98.95

11/12/08 ..................................................................

372,682

376,978

2,990

95.54

11/19/08 ..................................................................

372,567

375,593

2,892

96.75

11/26/08 ..................................................................

332,477

336,149

3,308

95.46

12/03/08 ..................................................................

361,131

364,740

3,080

93.25

12/10/08 ..................................................................

313,791

316,310

2,342

92.94

12/17/08 ..................................................................

325,864

330,318

3,229

87.84

12/24/08 ..................................................................

273,736

278,154

3,180

90.68

12/31/08 ..................................................................

295,748

300,266

3,279

90.79

Report date

March 2009

Net options positions
(3)

Exchange
rate
(Japanese
yen per
U.S. dollar)
(4)

FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS

91

SECTION II.—Japanese Yen Positions, con.
TABLE FCP-II-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants
[In billions of Japanese yen. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy]

Spot, forward
and future contracts
Report date

Purchased
(1)

Sold
(2)

Foreign currency
denominated
Assets
(3)

Liabilities
(4)

Options positions
Puts

Calls
Bought
(5)

Written
(6)

Bought
(7)

Written
(8)

Net delta
equivalent
(9)

Exchange rate
(Japanese yen
per U.S. dollar)
(10)

2006 - Dec..................

326,745

321,477

59,888

61,243

80,330

84,922

81,768

78,511

-1,538

119.0200

2007 - Dec..................

463,494

462,366

69,975

72,014

112,480

115,176

122,042

123,860

761

111.7100

2008 - Jan ..................

490,030

488,827

71,259

73,463

107,544

112,513

120,372

116,450

1,499

106.7400

Feb .................

495,368

494,130

69,639

71,944

101,084

108,656

122,855

117,542

1,301

104.1900

Mar .................

443,854

446,334

72,918

75,250

97,540

104,402

120,219

115,041

1,795

99.8500

Apr..................

466,324

469,942

65,225

64,829

99,022

105,469

126,044

116,971

1,886

104.5300

May.................

461,438

466,315

63,410

62,519

95,209

99,745

122,994

116,228

1,860

105.4600

June................

439,162

443,086

61,139

61,095

96,713

97,406

121,907

120,939

2,325

106.1700

July .................

441,716

446,651

60,836

61,555

88,992

83,603

108,585

111,919

2,760

108.1000

Aug .................

392,062

396,748

63,062

63,542

85,876

79,157

104,878

109,226

2,497

108.6900

Sept ................

423,091

425,131

50,022

53,276

74,504

66,723

89,868

94,721

2,867

105.9400

Oct..................

412,583

415,910

56,997

55,756

73,233

63,856

86,630

93,689

2,791

98.2800

Nov .................

381,547

385,268

54,011

53,231

68,158

58,087

79,887

87,524

3,307

95.4600

Dec .................

323,332

327,005

56,606

55,822

64,185

54,758

75,507

81,983

3,295

90.7900

TABLE FCP-II-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants
[In billions of Japanese yen. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy]

Report date

Spot, forward
and future contracts
Purchased
Sold
(1)
(2)

Foreign currency
denominated
Assets
Liabilities
(3)
(4)

Calls
Bought
(5)

Options positions
Puts
Written
Bought
Written
(6)
(7)
(8)

Net delta
equivalent
(9)

Exchange rate
(Japanese yen
per U.S. dollar)
(10)

2005 - Dec...................

8,359

8,965

7,360

3,943

462

469

929

501

-148

117.88

2006 - Mar...................

9,571

10,001

10,039

6,016

817

n.a.

1,041

n.a.

-78

117.48

June .................

8,718

8,903

7,932

4,224

1,061

n.a.

505

n.a.

198

114.51

Sept..................

8,643

9,325

6,821

3,439

n.a.

n.a.

782

n.a.

-57

117.99

Dec...................

9,336

9,825

6,913

4,069

n.a.

n.a.

1,001

n.a.

-239

119.02

2007 - Mar...................

4,623

5,036

6,174

2,904

910

n.a.

1,749

1,166

-325

117.56

June .................

4,408

5,575

7,442

3,064

n.a.

n.a.

2,210

n.a.

n.a.

123.39

Sept..................

5,039

6,234

6,558

2,808

1,170

518

1,005

587

n.a.

114.97

Dec...................

4,816

5,798

6,497

3,070

761

711

988

896

38

111.71

2008 - Mar...................

5,441

6,554

11,048

2,696

376

340

1,097

866

58

99.85

June..................

7,419

6,502

14,540

3,121

n.a.

364

1,027

549

18

106.17

Sept ..................

6,210

6,531

12,792

3,175

338

356

1,032

516

13

105.94

March 2009

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92

SECTION III.—Swiss Franc Positions
TABLE FCP-III-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants
[In millions of Swiss francs. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy]

Report date

Spot, forward and future contracts
Purchased
Sold
(1)
(2)

Net options positions
(3)

Exchange
rate (Swiss
francs per
U.S. dollar)
(4)

07/09/08 ..................................................................

909,518

912,942

5,034

1.0301

07/16/08 ..................................................................

956,480

961,463

5,450

1.0148

07/23/08 ..................................................................

945,664

950,069

5,126

1.0372

07/30/08 ..................................................................

984,538

989,975

5,376

1.0484

08/06/08 ..................................................................

971,702

975,739

n.a.

1.0602

08/13/08 ..................................................................

992,620

998,428

n.a.

1.0855

08/20/08 ..................................................................

997,669

1,005,873

4,913

1.1008

08/27/08 ..................................................................

1,026,016

1,033,517

4,426

1.1009

09/03/08 ..................................................................

1,045,545

1,053,547

4,756

1.1055

09/10/08 ..................................................................

1,097,185

1,100,484

2,268

1.1360

09/17/08 ..................................................................

865,195

872,129

3,341

1.1208

09/24/08 ..................................................................

841,059

844,977

4,387

1.0889

10/01/08 ..................................................................

883,586

884,744

3,200

1.1209

10/08/08 ..................................................................

900,125

903,661

3,460

1.1272

10/15/08 ..................................................................

909,460

910,234

1,222

1.1346

10/22/08 ..................................................................

921,676

924,984

1,182

1.1656

10/29/08 ..................................................................

903,735

907,328

1,376

1.1371

11/05/08 ..................................................................

895,349

894,256

392

1.1606

11/12/08 ..................................................................

887,579

888,223

521

1.1790

11/19/08 ..................................................................

889,482

888,491

-1,294

1.2103

11/26/08 ..................................................................

775,535

776,780

-1,355

1.2064

12/03/08 ..................................................................

867,127

868,053

-2,061

1.2142

12/10/08 ..................................................................

866,076

867,047

n.a.

1.1949

12/17/08 ..................................................................

745,495

743,722

-1,085

1.0852

12/24/08 ..................................................................

673,497

672,165

-1,072

1.0788

12/31/08 ..................................................................

642,442

640,373

-861

1.0673

March 2009

FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS

93

SECTION III.—Swiss Franc Positions, con.
TABLE FCP-III-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants
[In millions of Swiss francs. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy]

Report date
2006 - Dec...................

Foreign currency
denominated
Assets
Liabilities
(3)
(4)

Bought
(5)

Options positions
Puts
Written
Bought
Written
(6)
(7)
(8)

627,243

79,535

75,067

132,261

124,219

155,127

164,475

Spot, forward
and future contracts
Purchased
Sold
(1)
(2)
603,056

Calls

Exchange rate
Net delta (Swiss francs per
equivalent
U.S. dollar)
(9)
(10)
n.a.

1.2195

2007 - Dec...................

981,030

987,962

95,668

96,554

296,139

295,801

258,017

244,868

4,527

1.1329

2008 - Jan ...................

1,183,779

1,190,500

94,103

93,353

298,632

296,744

271,835

261,703

6,042

1.0845

Feb ..................

1,247,179

1,246,541

98,182

103,160

303,261

296,929

272,978

261,076

6,329

1.0435

Mar ..................

1,023,038

1,024,562

89,945

94,181

312,854

311,534

279,277

264,442

4,678

0.9921

Apr...................

1,066,288

1,070,771

90,352

95,096

321,797

313,672

288,797

276,183

9,454

1.0422

May..................

1,077,285

1,083,612

81,621

87,293

237,148

240,622

292,500

270,968

7,882

1.0426

June.................

961,572

965,153

78,608

85,377

240,478

248,576

288,702

261,523

4,852

1.0202

July ..................

1,023,986

1,028,303

81,469

84,695

236,083

228,418

256,053

248,205

4,984

1.0489

Aug ..................

912,341

918,638

80,549

87,292

235,362

n.a.

n.a.

241,288

3,827

1.1019

Sept .................

932,559

935,518

63,284

64,874

220,343

n.a.

n.a.

222,942

3,158

1.1189

Oct...................

937,246

948,889

75,393

78,075

196,983

184,747

191,872

194,011

-1,471

1.1669

Nov ..................

886,183

887,457

75,284

75,755

178,017

171,105

188,261

190,888

-2,266

1.2165

Dec ..................

685,168

683,919

65,440

69,021

162,230

158,197

175,827

178,706

-1,352

1.0673

TABLE FCP-III-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants
[In millions of Swiss francs. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy]

Report date

Spot, forward
and future contracts
Purchased
Sold
(1)
(2)

Foreign currency
denominated
Assets
Liabilities
(3)
(4)

Calls
Bought
(5)

Options positions
Puts
Written
Bought
Written
(6)
(7)
(8)

Net delta
equivalent
(9)

Exchange rate
(Swiss francs per
U.S. dollar)
(10)

2005 - Dec...................

13,695

23,402

42,747

10,432

745

n.a.

689

517

82

1.3148

2006 - Mar...................

19,986

28,587

41,674

11,025

n.a.

n.a.

745

575

n.a.

1.3025

June .................

17,463

20,886

45,077

11,561

n.a.

n.a.

623

479

n.a.

1.2247

Sept..................

16,524

23,319

44,741

11,124

n.a.

n.a.

1,099

590

n.a.

1.2504

Dec...................

19,099

26,282

46,317

11,031

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1.2195

2007 - Mar...................

23,188

25,040

47,552

13,441

1,819

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1.2126

June .................

16,511

23,187

46,886

14,061

855

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

1.224

Sept..................

20,823

24,139

46,837

13,612

2,422

n.a.

596

n.a.

136

1.1672

Dec...................

15,134

20,077

46,339

10,338

584

283

535

324

-69

1.1329

2008 - Mar...................

21,491

29,248

49,284

10,785

1,166

679

1,589

696

-16

0.9921

June..................

16,727

26,727

62,191

10,566

n.a.

n.a.

2,031

n.a.

-24

1.0202

Sept..................

15,914

28,874

62,698

12,101

n.a.

n.a.

1,025

518

-

1.1189

March 2009

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94

SECTION IV.—Sterling Positions
TABLE FCP-IV-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants
[In millions of pounds sterling. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy]

Report date

Spot, forward and future contracts
Purchased
Sold
(1)
(2)

Net options positions
(3)

Exchange
rate (U.S.
dollars per
pound)
(4)

07/09/08 ..................................................................

1,140,132

1,133,802

697

1.9812

07/16/08 ..................................................................

1,168,710

1,165,979

1,265

1.9995

07/23/08 ..................................................................

1,191,908

1,189,965

2,274

2.0021

07/30/08 ..................................................................

1,218,653

1,209,927

2,090

1.9810

08/06/08 ..................................................................

1,202,671

1,191,078

1,728

1.9479

08/13/08 ..................................................................

1,303,419

1,291,700

1,464

1.8682

08/20/08 ..................................................................

1,232,568

1,218,348

608

1.8603

08/27/08 ..................................................................

1,243,362

1,226,769

635

1.8318

09/03/08 ..................................................................

1,271,133

1,255,472

377

1.7795

09/10/08 ..................................................................

1,374,085

1,359,060

-443

1.7547

09/17/08 ..................................................................

1,170,684

1,161,230

-53

1.7895

09/24/08 ..................................................................

1,150,411

1,147,325

1,361

1.8502

10/01/08 ..................................................................

1,159,986

1,160,481

177

1.7804

10/08/08 ..................................................................

1,242,053

1,252,501

31

1.7310

10/15/08 ..................................................................

1,281,561

1,294,176

558

1.7432

10/22/08 ..................................................................

1,298,510

1,307,541

439

1.6174

10/29/08 ..................................................................

1,310,136

1,316,620

71

1.6298

11/05/08 ..................................................................

1,259,363

1,268,493

524

1.6156

11/12/08 ..................................................................

1,177,359

1,186,430

1,138

1.5012

11/19/08 ..................................................................

1,186,243

1,194,288

1,610

1.5095

11/26/08 ..................................................................

1,075,768

1,084,707

719

1.5218

12/03/08 ..................................................................

1,179,362

1,190,664

-443

1.4783

12/10/08 ..................................................................

1,099,673

1,110,567

-274

1.4830

12/17/08 ..................................................................

1,058,085

1,073,014

179

1.5457

12/24/08 ..................................................................

965,024

981,579

559

1.4673

12/31/08 ..................................................................

957,371

972,208

304

1.4619

March 2009

FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS

95

SECTION IV.—Sterling Positions, con.
TABLE FCP-IV-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants
[In millions of pounds sterling. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy]

Report date
2006 - Dec...................

Spot, forward
and future contracts
Purchased
Sold
(1)
(2)

Foreign currency
denominated
Assets
Liabilities
(3)
(4)

Bought
(5)

Options positions
Puts
Written
Bought
Written
(6)
(7)
(8)

Calls

813,178

846,452

400,194

350,140

81,276

73,370

78,380

80,387

Net delta
equivalent
(9)

Exchange rate
(U.S. dollars
per pound)
(10)

2,269

1.9586

2007 - Dec................... 1,106,323

1,121,684

450,883

372,556

80,197

69,881

93,248

103,301

3,400

1.9843

2008 - Jan ................... 1,220,025

1,231,394

463,681

374,928

76,989

66,042

110,200

119,264

1,464

1.9895

Feb .................. 1,245,182

1,249,918

471,218

368,666

78,323

67,643

114,945

125,253

1,878

1.9864

Mar .................. 1,173,412

1,179,272

474,291

375,421

80,102

69,629

124,441

139,517

1,339

1.9855

Apr................... 1,201,518

1,207,229

506,423

359,458

82,412

67,934

123,659

139,813

-310

1.9847

May.................. 1,246,155

1,248,506

479,557

332,747

84,379

68,920

111,410

126,483

-1,069

1.9793

June................. 1,172,121

1,168,789

470,463

331,253

72,241

58,749

91,843

104,769

-473

1.9906

July .................. 1,235,398

1,232,045

500,469

357,565

61,446

56,791

90,511

92,519

1,717

1.9806

Aug .................. 1,120,945

1,110,838

500,540

356,382

62,263

57,625

89,851

92,063

2,331

1.8190

Sept ................. 1,203,071

1,205,290

429,030

285,669

60,457

56,424

77,712

84,192

653

1.7804

Oct................... 1,356,523

1,365,196

448,584

319,184

61,870

58,802

76,430

79,670

678

1.6165

Nov .................. 1,206,138

1,217,492

500,194

347,609

51,130

51,199

64,123

63,733

850

1.5348

975,940

995,931

495,444

342,452

44,891

43,251

51,977

53,230

631

1.4619

Dec ..................

TABLE FCP-IV-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants
[In millions of pounds sterling. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy]

Report date

Spot, forward
and future contracts
Purchased
Sold
(1)
(2)

Foreign currency
denominated
Assets
Liabilities
(3)
(4)

Calls
Bought
(5)

Options positions
Puts
Written
Bought
Written
(6)
(7)
(8)

Net delta
equivalent
(9)

Exchange rate
(U.S. dollars
per pound)
(10)

2005 - Dec...................

23,489

37,615

50,161

23,561

408

359

n.a.

n.a.

-786

1.7188

2006 - Mar...................

19,284

50,266

56,236

25,296

409

336

2,413

714

146

1.7393

June .................

26,222

46,526

60,738

26,947

394

336

2,559

667

182

1.8491

Sept..................

23,238

32,069

52,940

20,660

n.a.

n.a.

2,244

722

176

1.8716

Dec...................

23,342

31,721

53,158

18,843

n.a.

n.a.

2,034

565

10

1.9586

2007 - Mar...................

12,787

20,170

60,460

22,609

267

69

n.a.

n.a.

-441

1.9685

June .................

9,617

19,167

61,316

24,253

n.a.

60

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

2.0063

Sept..................

10,145

20,745

75,325

30,537

154

n.a.

2,491

n.a.

n.a.

2.0389

Dec...................

11,365

22,642

76,423

26,918

139

159

3,733

n,a.

-1,292

1.9843

2008 - Mar...................

18,074

30,594

80,685

28,259

n.a.

90

1,956

883

-1,168

1.9855

June..................

17,970

31,267

94,886

26,549

n.a.

302

2,046

1,195

n.a.

1.9906

Sept ..................

18,814

32,337

94,107

31,132

127

184

4,010

924

n.a.

1.7804

March 2009

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SECTION V.—U.S. Dollar Positions
TABLE FCP-V-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants
[In millions of U.S. dollars. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy]

Report date

Spot, forward and future contracts
Purchased
Sold
(1)
(2)

Net options positions
(3)

Exchange
rate
(4)

07/09/08 ................................................................

17,058,331

17,074,878

-485

n.a.

07/16/08 ................................................................

17,450,721

17,469,346

-4,045

n.a.

07/23/08 ................................................................

17,402,864

17,411,829

-3,659

n.a.

07/30/08 ................................................................

18,164,102

18,157,419

-790

n.a.

08/06/08 ................................................................

18,013,902

18,028,375

1,966

n.a.

08/13/08 ................................................................

18,386,126

18,388,516

1,876

n.a.

08/20/08 ................................................................

18,147,207

18,145,537

4,086

n.a.

08/27/08 ................................................................

18,752,292

18,756,348

1,666

n.a.

09/03/08 ................................................................

18,568,911

18,595,390

3,175

n.a.

09/10/08 ................................................................

19,264,034

19,328,267

8,820

n.a.

09/17/08 ................................................................

16,747,673

16,767,152

1,765

n.a.

09/24/08 ................................................................

16,926,195

16,960,138

-1,367

n.a.

10/01/08 ................................................................

16,918,240

16,941,694

927

n.a.

10/08/08 ................................................................

16,854,256

16,846,608

-4,543

n.a.

10/15/08 ................................................................

17,104,175

17,036,148

-1,415

n.a.

10/22/08 ................................................................

17,060,742

17,002,001

-574

n.a.

10/29/08 ................................................................

17,198,746

17,202,489

-3,196

n.a.

11/05/08 ................................................................

16,800,142

16,821,389

-185

n.a.

11/12/08 ................................................................

16,297,587

16,305,861

-8,510

n.a.

11/19/08 ................................................................

16,221,372

16,233,754

-10,214

n.a.

11/26/08 ................................................................

14,984,715

14,978,506

-6,749

n.a.

12/03/08 ................................................................

16,100,460

16,108,665

-849

n.a.

12/10/08 ................................................................

14,612,817

14,660,571

-13,775

n.a.

12/17/08 ................................................................

14,796,433

14,949,879

-1,892

n.a.

12/24/08 ................................................................

13,447,582

13,572,731

-3,961

n.a.

12/31/08 ................................................................

13,526,183

13,675,411

-5,697

n.a.

March 2009

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SECTION V.—U.S. Dollar Positions, con.
TABLE FCP-V-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants
[In millions of U.S. dollars. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy]

Spot, forward
and future contracts

Foreign currency
denominated

Options positions
Puts

Calls

Exchange
rate
(10)

Sold
(2)

Assets
(3)

Liabilities
(4)

Bought
(5)

Written
(6)

Bought
(7)

Written
(8)

Net delta
equivalent
(9)

2006 - Dec.............. 10,523,993

10,613,502

-

-

1,877,190

1,921,370

2,004,037

2,251,079

-8,890

n.a.

2007 - Dec.............. 16,604,296

16,621,391

-

-

2,665,228

2,579,678

2,534,065

n.a.

794

n.a.

2008 - Jan .............. 18,485,177

18,506,856

-

-

2,713,748

2,515,460

2,553,416

n.a.

-3,773

n.a.

Feb ............. 19,347,277

19,391,890

-

-

3,566,916

2,868,568

2,622,890

n.a.

11,550

n.a.

Mar ............. 18,225,601

18,226,937

-

-

2,797,478

2,527,739

2,632,024

n.a.

5,332

n.a.

Apr.............. 18,600,434

18,653,717

-

-

2,736,978

2,700,906

2,651,712

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

May............. 18,987,815

19,043,557

-

-

3,287,386

3,803,175

3,285,883

6,608,679

12,071

n.a.

June............ 18,131,933

18,165,420

-

-

3,200,841

3,290,251

3,322,983

6,668,912

8,027

n.a.

July ............. 18,974,207

18,984,029

-

-

3,860,825

3,934,239

4,282,276

7,568,455

-3,425

n.a.

Aug ............. 16,998,976

17,015,504

-

-

3,954,792

6,134,109

6,286,505

7,529,433

5,708

n.a.

Sept ............ 17,880,214

17,888,232

-

-

3,901,764

6,099,109

6,360,121

7,365,021

5,066

n.a.

Oct.............. 18,023,570

18,010,589

-

-

3,639,554

3,715,441

4,001,058

3,962,748

996

n.a.

Nov ............. 16,897,006

16,899,403

-

-

3,309,641

3,404,580

3,790,897

3,753,138

4,806

n.a.

Dec ............. 14,157,193

14,295,305

-

-

3,216,341

3,311,971

3,750,439

3,700,270

-4,233

n.a.

Net delta
equivalent
(9)

Exchange
rate
(10)

12,692

3,155

n.a.

Report date

Purchased
(1)

TABLE FCP-V-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants
[In millions of U.S. dollars. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy]

Report date
2005 - Dec...................

Spot, forward
and future contracts
Purchased
Sold
(1)
(2)

Foreign currency
denominated
Assets
Liabilities
(3)
(4)

Calls
Bought
(5)

Written
(6)

Options positions
Puts
Bought
Written
(7)
(8)

419,932

398,823

-

-

22,061

14,840

12,765

2006 - Mar...................

444,770

436,861

-

-

21,312

18,906

18,612

20,083

2,115

n.a.

June..................

441,758

453,766

-

-

16,802

19,028

16,754

17,785

954

n.a.

Sept ..................

466,483

478,373

-

-

25,157

32,393

20,992

26,372

4,174

n.a.

Dec ...................

445,675

450,809

-

-

25,301

38,520

17,570

23,098

-278

n.a.

2007 - Mar...................

257,985

245,890

-

-

33,632

23,046

17,873

20,639

122

n.a.

June..................

271,790

230,303

-

-

36,519

32,361

21,051

n.a.

2,341

n.a.

Sept ..................

283,902

268,604

-

-

33,028

21,170

19,119

10,739

-1,325

n.a.

Dec ...................

297,212

291,395

-

-

29,007

22,828

13,464

10,454

2,111

n.a.

2008 - Mar...................

384,255

382,695

-

-

29,794

27,278

15,610

15,318

3,114

n.a.

June..................

340,324

342,590

-

-

30,279

25,934

15,361

11,644

2,745

n.a.

Sept ..................

347,122

328,592

-

-

27,044

23,503

19,379

13,640

-108

n.a.

March 2009

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SECTION VI.—Euro Positions
TABLE FCP-VI-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants
[In millions of euros. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy]

Report date

Spot, forward and future contracts
Purchased
Sold
(1)
(2)

Net options positions
(3)

Exchange
rate
(Euros per
U.S. dollar)
(4)

07/09/08 .............................................................................

4,214,517

4,110,285

7,214

0.6352

07/16/08 .............................................................................

4,305,963

4,206,081

6,543

0.6310

07/23/08 .............................................................................

4,276,810

4,177,857

5,464

0.6366

07/30/08 .............................................................................

4,457,183

4,368,957

3,999

0.6427

08/06/08 .............................................................................

4,396,092

4,307,828

6,931

0.6490

08/13/08 .............................................................................

4,528,388

4,444,347

6,902

0.6714

08/20/08 .............................................................................

4,556,240

4,469,099

8,350

0.6802

08/27/08 .............................................................................

4,770,207

4,692,264

8,433

0.6810

09/03/08 .............................................................................

4,710,165

4,634,602

7,462

0.6902

09/10/08 .............................................................................

4,893,921

4,813,895

5,870

0.7133

09/17/08 .............................................................................

4,267,569

4,195,538

4,756

0.7035

09/24/08 .............................................................................

4,316,597

4,226,857

2,583

0.6824

10/01/08 .............................................................................

4,363,095

4,293,458

3,832

0.7113

10/08/08 .............................................................................

4,410,407

4,341,551

-24

0.7310

10/15/08 .............................................................................

4,523,256

4,486,679

2,539

0.7371

10/22/08 .............................................................................

4,569,210

4,518,769

2,873

0.7791

10/29/08 .............................................................................

4,761,306

4,673,602

2,186

0.7782

11/05/08 .............................................................................

4,606,624

4,504,677

1,999

0.7669

11/12/08 .............................................................................

4,527,102

4,418,670

2,794

0.7963

11/19/08 .............................................................................

4,521,837

4,416,581

5,450

0.7940

11/26/08 .............................................................................

4,168,705

4,079,303

1,501

0.7795

12/03/08 .............................................................................

4,652,370

4,559,484

2,531

0.7893

12/10/08 .............................................................................

4,339,684

4,224,443

n.a.

0.7678

12/17/08 .............................................................................

4,299,787

4,201,991

3,186

0.6965

12/24/08 .............................................................................

3,871,157

3,785,724

4,269

0.7161

12/31/08 .............................................................................

3,812,241

3,725,174

3,393

0.7184

March 2009

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SECTION VI.—Euro Positions, con.
TABLE FCP-VI-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants
[In millions of euros. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy]

Report date

Spot, forward
and future contracts
Purchased
Sold
(1)
(2)

Foreign currency
denominated
Assets
Liabilities
(3)
(4)

Bought
(5)

Written
(6)

Calls

Options positions
Puts
Bought
Written
(7)
(8)

Net delta
equivalent
(9)

Exchange
rate
(10)

2006 - Dec................... 2,908,461

2,899,018

1,471,459

1,427,573

651,970

693,889

508,842

587,473

-14,933

0.7578

2007 - Dec................... 4,057,077

4,029,716

1,995,834

1,941,086

590,115

584,307

558,711

557,451

3,580

0.6848

2008 - Jan ................... 4,507,929

4,438,088

1,903,183

1,880,082

594,741

574,110

574,188

587,291

10,179

0.6738

Feb .................. 4,702,185

4,642,890

1,992,369

1,960,485

591,100

594,740

604,782

624,269

2,606

0.6585

Mar .................. 4,242,145

4,202,857

2,026,042

1,971,843

590,344

587,194

593,820

625,854

7,609

0.6327

Apr................... 4,480,698

4,386,596

1,805,029

1,783,161

610,838

603,295

593,853

645,204

4,393

0.6423

May.................. 4,578,782

4,466,296

1,721,464

1,714,719

568,784

565,827

590,647

639,306

4,569

0.6427

June................. 4,303,139

4,237,361

1,616,625

1,628,034

608,851

615,710

601,216

643,773

6,264

0.635

July .................. 4,522,842

4,439,793

1,631,461

1,651,507

622,705

618,268

576,367

602,236

5,726

0.6415

Aug .................. 4,123,736

4,058,301

1,687,561

1,634,104

619,280

640,618

609,921

623,728

7,810

0.6817

Sept ................. 4,477,807

4,418,145

1,355,892

1,343,229

538,382

572,137

578,251

583,413

642

0.7102

Oct................... 4,839,339

4,749,132

1,708,452

1,662,678

519,760

565,703

582,178

580,715

-639

0.7885

Nov .................. 4,709,541

4,624,402

1,853,674

1,816,912

494,904

534,155

533,471

538,819

-832

0.7878

Dec .................. 3,956,295

3,869,172

1,836,594

1,823,683

466,120

501,559

750,439

760,767

1,108

0.7184

TABLE FCP-VI-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants
[In millions of euros. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy]

Report date
2005 - Dec...................

Spot, forward
and future contracts
Purchased
Sold
(1)
(2)

Foreign currency
denominated
Assets
Liabilities
(3)
(4)

Bought
(5)

Calls

117,211

137,716

198,507

129,312

11,011

2006 - Mar...................

131,132

149,125

223,971

135,999

June .................

130,803

137,764

232,161

136,551

Sept..................

141,600

146,199

220,610

Dec...................

126,039

132,907

2007 - Mar...................

74,638

June .................
Sept..................

Options positions
Puts
Written
Bought
Written
(6)
(7)
(8)

Net delta
equivalent
(9)

Exchange
rate
(10)
0.8445

7,622

7,232

6,209

-867

10,580

6,100

6,992

5,441

-1,532

0.8238

6,763

3,575

7,462

4,729

-934

0.7825

154,973

7,614

3,680

7,305

5,329

-2,956

0.7882

207,774

150,191

8,664

2,967

7,494

4,987

-603

0.7578

81,811

188,261

118,068

9,318

3,549

11,618

4,045

-611

0.7477

68,711

81,208

204,447

125,902

7,443

3,408

10,670

3,743

-1,051

0.7396

82,783

79,080

218,344

139,178

9,967

3,207

6,648

2,948

699

0.7033

Dec...................

81,522

80,991

213,943

138,149

8,674

2,806

5,653

2,137

-1,362

0.6848

2008 - Mar...................

126,180

91,977

262,397

157,462

8,362

5,988

8,821

7,976

1,039

0.6327

June..................

116,332

88,752

272,427

119,914

9,806

3,601

10,018

5,693

3,067

0.6350

Sept ..................

87,960

94,583

246,486

113,016

10,431

5,295

8,896

9,632

1,653

0.7102

March 2009

100

INTRODUCTION: Exchange Stabilization Fund
To stabilize the exchange value of the dollar, the
Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF) was established pursuant
to chapter 6, section 10 of the Gold Reserve Act of January
30, 1934 (codified at 31 United States Code 5302), which
authorized establishment of a Treasury fund to be operated
under the exclusive control of the Secretary, with approval
of the President.
Subsequent amendment of the Gold Reserve Act
modified the original purpose somewhat to reflect
termination of the fixed exchange rate system.
Resources of the fund include dollar balances, partially
invested in U.S. Government securities, special drawing
rights (SDRs), and balances of foreign currencies. Principal
sources of income (+) or loss (-) for the fund are profits (+)
or losses (-) on SDRs and foreign exchange, as well as
interest earned on assets.

• Table ESF-1 presents the assets, liabilities, and
capital of the fund. The figures are in U.S. dollars or their
equivalents based on current exchange rates computed
according to the accrual method of accounting. The capital
account represents the original capital appropriated to the fund
by Congress of $2 billion, minus a subsequent transfer of $1.8
billion to pay for the initial U.S. quota subscription to the
International Monetary Fund. Gains and losses are reflected in
the cumulative net income (+) or loss (-) account.
• Table ESF-2 shows the results of operations by
quarter. Figures are in U.S. dollars or their equivalents
computed according to the accrual method. “Profit (+) or
loss (-) on foreign exchange” includes realized profits or
losses. “Adjustment for change in valuation of SDR holdings
and allocations” reflects net gain or loss on revaluation of
SDR holdings and allocations for the quarter.

TABLE ESF-1.—Balances as of June 30, 2008, and Sept. 30, 2008
[In thousands of dollars. Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Management]

June 30, 2008

July 1, 2008,
through
Sept. 30, 2008

16,776,279
9,849,155

33,150
70,564
-431,614

33,150
16,846,843
9,417,541

15,621,683
8,981,822
238,166

-1,492,820
38,135
257,986

14,128,863
9,019,957
496,152

51,467,105

-1,524,599

49,942,506

Liabilities and capital
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable.................................................................

39,362

-1,928

37,434

Total current liabilities ......................................................

39,362

-1,928

37,434

Other liabilities:
SDR certificates ...................................................................
SDR allocations ...................................................................
Unearned revenue ..............................................................

2,200,000
8,003,970
-

-374,324
292,795

2,200,000
7,629,646
292,795

Assets, liabilities, and capital
Assets
U.S. dollars:
Held with Treasury:
Fund Balance...................................................................
U.S. Government securities.............................................
Special drawing rights 1 ...........................................................
Foreign exchange and securities:
European euro .....................................................................
Japanese yen.......................................................................
Accounts receivable.................................................................
Total assets..........................................................................

Sept. 30, 2008

Total other liabilities .........................................................

10,203,970

-81,529

10,122,441

Capital:
Capital account ....................................................................
Net income (+) or loss (-) (see table ESF-2) .......................

200,000
41,023,773

-1,441,142

200,000
39,582,631

Total capital......................................................................

41,223,773

-1,441,142

39,782,631

Total liabilities and capital............................................

51,467,105

-1,524,599

49,942,506

See footnote on the following page.

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TABLE ESF-2.—Income and Expense
[In thousands of dollars. Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Management]

Current quarter
July 1, 2008,
through
Sept. 30, 2008

Fiscal year to date
Oct. 1, 2007,
through
Sept. 30, 2008

Income and expense

Profit (+) or loss (-) on:
Foreign exchange ........................................................................

-1,659,730

532,397

Adjustment for change in valuation
of SDR holdings and allocations 1 ..............................................

-87,698

-2,418

SDRs............................................................................................

13,300

55,281

U.S. Government securities.........................................................

80,534

459,247

Foreign exchange ........................................................................

167,407

647,136

Insurance premiums ....................................................................

45,045

45,045

Commissions ...............................................................................

-

-

Income from operations ...............................................................

-1,441,142

1,736,688

Net income (+) or loss (-).............................................................

-1,441,142

1,736,688

Interest (+) or net charges (-) on:

1

Beginning July 1974, the International Monetary Fund adopted a technique for valuing the
SDRs based on a weighted average of exchange rates for the currencies of selected
member countries. The U.S. SDR holdings and allocations are valued on this basis
beginning July 1974.

Note.— Annual balance sheets for fiscal years 1934 through 1940 appeared in the 1940
“Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury” and those for succeeding years
appeared in subsequent reports through 1980. Quarterly balance sheets beginning with
December 31, 1938, have been published in the “Treasury Bulletin.” Data from inception
to September 30, 1978, may be found on the statements published in the January 1979
“Treasury Bulletin.”

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Excerpt
Trust Funds

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INTRODUCTION: Financial Report of the United States Government
The following pages are excerpted from the 2008
Financial Report of the United States Government (Financial
Report). The report and accompanying information, prepared
and published annually by the Financial Management Service,
are modeled after corporate-type reports and are developed on
an accrual basis of accounting.
The excerpts represent some of the most noteworthy
information contained in the Financial Report. Data for the
Financial Report are compiled from Federal program agency

accounting systems Governmentwide. Treasury also presents
a management discussion and analysis, the customary notes
to the financial statements, a section on stewardship
information, and supplemental information in the complete
document.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is
required by law to audit the Financial Report. GAO’s report,
as well as the complete Financial Report, can be accessed
easily through the internet at www.fms.treas.gov/fr.

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Financial Statements
of the United States Government
for the Years Ended September 30, 2008,
and September 30, 2007
Statements of Net Cost
These statements present the net cost of fiscal years 2008 and 2007 Government1 operations, including the
operations related to earmarked funds (funds financed by specifically identified revenues, often supplemented by
other financing sources, which remain available over time). The Government’s fiscal year begins October 1 and
ends September 30. Costs are categorized on the Statement of Net Cost by significant entity. Costs and earned
revenues are generally presented by department on an accrual basis, while the budget presents costs and revenues by
obligations and outlays, generally on a cash basis. In the Statements of Net Cost, the costs and earned revenues are
divided between the corresponding departments and entities mentioned above, providing greater accountability by
showing the relationship of the agencies’ net cost to the Governmentwide net cost. The focus of the budget of the
United States is by agency. Budgets are prepared, defended, and monitored by agency. In reporting by agency, we
are assisting the external users in assessing the budget integrity, operating performance, stewardship, and systems
and control of the Government.
These statements contain the following three components:
• Gross cost—is the full cost of all the departments and entities. These costs are assigned on a cause-and-effect
basis, or reasonably allocated to the corresponding departments and entities.
• Earned revenue—is exchange revenue resulting from the Government providing goods and services to the public
at a price.
• Net cost—is computed by subtracting earned revenue from gross cost.
Net cost for Governmentwide reporting purposes includes the General Services Administration (GSA) and the
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) agency allocations, and is net of intragovernmental eliminations. For this
reason, individual agency net cost amounts will not agree with the agency’s financial statements. Because of their
specific functions, most of the costs originally associated with GSA and OPM have been allocated to the costs of
their user agencies for Governmentwide reporting purposes. The remaining costs for GSA and OPM on the
Statements of Net Cost are the administrative operating costs, the expenses from prior and past costs from health and
pension plan amendments, and the actuarial gains and losses for these agencies. The interest on securities issued by
the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and held by the public is reported on Treasury’s financial statements, but
because of its importance, and the dollar amounts, it is reported separately in these statements.

Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Position
These statements report the results of Government operations which include the results of earmarked fund
operations. They include non-exchange revenues that are generated principally by the Government’s sovereign
power to tax, levy duties, and assess fines and penalties. These statements also cover the cost of Government
operations, net of revenue earned from the sale of goods and services to the public (exchange revenue). They further
include certain adjustments and unreconciled transactions that affect the net position.

1

For purposes of this document, “Government” refers to the United States Government.

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107

Revenue
Individual income tax and tax withholdings include Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA)/SelfEmployment Contributions Act (SECA) taxes and other taxes including payroll taxes. These taxes are characterized
as non-exchange revenue.
Excise taxes consist of taxes collected for various items, such as airline tickets, gasoline products, distilled
spirits and imported liquor, tobacco, firearms, and others. These are also characterized as non-exchange revenue.
Miscellaneous earned revenues consist of earned revenues received from the public with virtually no
associated cost. Therefore, unlike other earned revenues on the Statement of Net Cost, miscellaneous earned
revenues are not subtracted from gross cost to derive net cost. It also includes rents and royalties on the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands resulting from the leasing and development of mineral resources on public lands.
Earmarked revenues are required by statute to be used for designated activities, benefits or purposes and must
be accounted for separately from the rest of the Government’s non-earmarked revenues. Refer to Note 21—
Earmarked Funds for detailed information.
Intragovernmental interest represents interest earned from the investment of surplus earmarked revenues,
which finance the deficit spending of non-earmarked operations. These investments are recorded as
intragovernmental debt holdings and are included in Note 11, in the table titled Intragovernmental Debt Holdings:
Federal Debt Securities Held as Investments by Government Accounts. These interest payments and the associated
investments are eliminated in the consolidation process.

Net Cost of Government Operations
The net cost of Government operations (which is gross cost less earned revenue) flows through from the
Statements of Net Cost. The net cost associated with earmarked activities is separately reported.

Intragovernmental Transfers
Intragovernmental transfers reflect amounts required by statute to be transferred from the General Fund of the
Treasury to earmarked funds (An example of which is the annual transfer to the Department of Health and Human
Services’(HHS) Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund (Medicare Parts B and D) which receives sufficient
funding from the General Fund to equal the annual costs incurred by these Medicare programs). Additionally, this
line item includes contributions to earmarked funds made by Federal agencies on behalf of their employees,
beneficiaries, or others.

Unmatched Transactions and Balances
Unmatched transactions and balances are adjustments needed to bring the change in net position into balance
due to unreconciled intragovernmental differences, agency reporting errors, and timing differences in the
consolidated financial statements. Refer to Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and the
Supplemental Information—Unmatched Transactions and Balances for detailed information.

Net Position, Beginning of Period
The net position, beginning of period, reflects the net position reported on the prior year’s balance sheet as of
the end of that fiscal year. The net position for earmarked funds is shown separately.
Prior period adjustments are revisions to adjust the beginning net position and balances presented on the prior
year financial statements. Refer to Note 1B—Basis of Accounting and Revenue Recognition, and Note 18—Prior
Period Adjustments for detailed information.

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Net Position, End of Period
The net position, end-of-period, amount reflects the net position as of the end of the fiscal year. The net
position for earmarked funds is shown separately.

Reconciliations of Net Operating Cost and Unified Budget
Deficit
These statements reconcile the results of operations (net operating cost) on the Statements of Operations and
Changes in Net Position to the unified budget deficit in the President’s budget. The premise of the reconciliation is
that the accrual and budgetary accounting bases share transaction data.
Receipts and outlays in the President’s budget are measured primarily on a cash basis and differ from the
accrual basis of accounting used in the Financial Report. These statements begin with the net results of operations
(net operating cost), where operating revenues are reported on a modified cash basis of accounting and the net cost
of Government operations on an accrual basis of accounting and reports activities where the bases of accounting for
the components of net operating cost and the unified budget deficit differed.

Components of Net Operating Cost Not Part of the
Budget Deficit
This information includes the operating components, such as the changes in benefits payable for veterans,
military and civilian employees, the environmental liabilities, and depreciation expense not included in the budget
results.

Components of the Budget Deficit Not Part of
Net Operating Cost
This information includes the budget components, such as capitalized fixed assets, changes in net inventory,
and increases in other assets not included in the operating results. These items impact the balance sheet only and are
not part of the operating results.

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109

Statements of Changes in Cash Balance from Unified
Budget and Other Activities
The primary purpose of these statements is to report how the annual unified budget deficit relates to the change
in the Government’s cash and other monetary assets and debt held by the public. It explains why the unified budget
deficit normally would not result in an equivalent change in the Government’s cash and other monetary assets.
These statements reconcile the unified budget deficit to the change in cash and other monetary assets during
the fiscal year and explain how the budget deficits (fiscal years 2008 and 2007) were financed. A budget deficit is
the result of outlays (expenditures) exceeding receipts (revenue) during a particular fiscal year.
The budget deficit is typically financed through borrowings from the public. Other transactions also require
cash disbursements and are not part of the repayments of the debt. These other transactions, such as the payment of
interest on debt held by the public, contributed to the use of cash. These statements show the differences between
accrual and cash budgetary basis, mainly because of timing differences in the financial statements.

Balance Sheets
The balance sheets show the Government’s assets, liabilities, and net position. When combined with
stewardship information, this information presents a more comprehensive understanding of the Government’s
financial position. The net position for earmarked funds is shown separately.

Assets
Assets included on the balance sheets are resources of the Government that remain available to meet future
needs. The most significant assets that are reported on the balance sheets are property, plant, and equipment; cash
and other monetary assets; inventories; and loans receivable. There are, however, other significant resources
available to the Government that extend beyond the assets presented in these financial statements. Those resources
include stewardship assets, including natural resources, and the Government’s sovereign powers to tax, regulate
commerce, set monetary policy and the power to print additional currency.

Liabilities and Net Position
Liabilities are obligations of the Government resulting from prior actions that will require financial resources.
The most significant liabilities reported on the balance sheets are Federal debt securities held by the public and
accrued interest and Federal employee and veteran benefits payable. Liabilities also include environmental and
disposal liabilities and social insurance benefits due and payable as of the reporting date.
As with reported assets, the Government’s responsibilities, policy commitments, and contingencies are much
broader than these reported balance sheet liabilities. They include the social insurance programs in the Statements of
Social Insurance and are disclosed in the Supplemental Information—Social Insurance section and a wide range of
other programs under which the Government provides benefits and services to the people of this Nation, as well as
certain future loss contingencies.
The magnitude and complexity of social insurance programs, coupled with the extreme sensitivity of
projections relating to the many assumptions of the programs, produce a wide range of possible results. Note 23—
Social Insurance describes the social insurance programs, reports long-range estimates that can be used to assess the
financial condition of the programs, and explains some of the factors that impact the various programs. Using this
information, readers can apply their own judgment as to the condition and sustainability of the individual programs.

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Each of the social insurance programs has an associated trust fund to account for its activity. The collection of
earmarked taxes and other earmarked revenue is credited to the corresponding trust fund that will use these funds to
meet a particular Government purpose. If the collections from taxes and other sources exceed the payments to the
beneficiaries, the excess revenue is invested in Treasury securities or “loaned” to the Treasury’s General Fund;
therefore, the trust fund balances do not represent cash. An explanation of the trust funds for social insurance and
many of the other large trust funds is included in Note 21—Earmarked Funds. That note also contains information
about trust fund receipts, disbursements, and assets.
The Government has entered into contractual commitments requiring the future use of financial resources and
has unresolved contingencies where existing conditions, situations, or circumstances create uncertainty about future
losses. Commitments, as well as contingencies that do not meet the criteria for recognition as liabilities on the
balance sheets, but for which there is at least a reasonable possibility that losses have been incurred, are disclosed in
Note 19—Contingencies and Note 20—Commitments.
Because of its sovereign power to tax and borrow, and the country’s wide economic base, the Government has
unique access to financial resources through generating tax revenues and issuing Federal debt securities. This
provides the Government with the ability to meet present obligations and those that are anticipated from future
operations and are not reflected in net position.

Statements of Social Insurance
The Statements of Social Insurance provide estimates of the status of the most significant social insurance
programs: Social Security, Medicare, Railroad Retirement, and Black Lung social insurance programs, which are
administered by the Social Security Administration, HHS, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), and the
Department of Labor, respectively. The estimates are actuarial present values2 of the projections and are based on
the economic and demographic assumptions representing the trustees’ best estimates as set forth in the relevant
Social Security and Medicare trustees’ reports and in the relevant agency performance and accountability reports for
the RRB and the Department of Labor (Black Lung).

2

Present values recognize that a dollar paid or collected in the future is worth less than a dollar today, because a dollar today could be invested
and earn interest. To calculate a present value, future amounts are thus reduced using an assumed interest rate, and those reduced amounts are
summed.

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United States Government
Statements of Net Cost
for the Years Ended September 30, 2008, and September 30, 2007
Gross
Cost
(In billions of dollars)

Department of Defense ............................... 767.6
Department of Health and Human
Services............................................................ 769.1
Social Security Administration ..................... 663.9
Department of Veterans Affairs ................... 434.6
Interest on Treasury Securities held by
the public................................................... 241.6
Department of the Treasury......................... 197.0
Department of Agriculture............................ 109.3
Department of Transportation......................
71.5
Department of Education.............................
66.9
Department of Labor....................................
60.6
Department of Housing and Urban
Development .............................................
60.6
Department of Homeland Security ..............
60.0
Department of Energy .................................
35.8
Department of Justice..................................
31.7
Office of Personnel Management ................
39.5
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation .......
24.3
Department of the Interior............................
23.4
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration ...........................................
20.4
Department of State ....................................
22.1
Railroad Retirement Board ..........................
20.7
Department of Commerce ...........................
11.9
Environmental Protection Agency ...............
10.1
Agency for International Development ........
9.1
Federal Communications Commission........
8.5
National Science Foundation.......................
6.0
Small Business Administration......................
1.9
Smithsonian Institution ................................
0.9
General Services Administration .................
1.0
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission .........
1.2
0.5
National Credit Union Administration...........
1.1
Securities and Exchange Commission ........
10.2
Tennessee Valley Authority.........................
Farm Credit System Insurance
Corporation ...............................................
0.4
Export-Import Bank of the United States.....
2.3
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation........
60.0
U.S. Postal Service......................................
45.9
All other entities ..............................................
Total .......................................................... 3,891.6

Earned
Revenue
2008

Net
Cost

Gross
Cost

Earned
Revenue
2007

26.8

740.8

689.6

25.1

664.5

56.4
0.3
4.2

712.7
663.6
430.4

718.6
626.4
63.1

51.8
0.3
3.7

666.8
626.1
59.4

12.4
9.8
0.8
5.0
-

241.6
184.6
99.5
70.7
61.9
60.6

238.9
86.9
98.6
66.2
66.3
50.1

6.3
12.1
0.5
4.5
-

238.9
80.6
86.5
65.7
61.8
50.1

0.8
7.9
4.2
1.1
16.0
1.7
2.1

59.8
52.1
31.6
30.6
23.5
22.6
21.3

54.0
51.1
67.5
28.8
36.2
1.7
18.6

0.9
7.1
4.3
1.0
15.5
0.9
2.0

53.1
44.0
63.2
27.8
20.7
0.8
16.6

0.2
2.6
4.2
2.0
0.5
(0.1)
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.8
0.1
1.0
10.1

20.2
19.5
16.5
9.9
9.6
9.2
8.1
6.0
1.5
0.9
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.1
0.1

16.3
18.4
15.7
9.6
10.0
9.7
7.9
5.7
1.3
0.7
0.6
1.0
0.3
1.0
10.9

0.1
3.4
10.3
1.9
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.1
1.5
10.4

16.2
15.0
5.4
7.7
9.6
9.4
7.5
5.7
0.9
0.7
0.1
0.4
0.2
(0.5)
0.5

0.5
1.5
60.1
23.5
3,157.3

0.1
0.9
6.1
73.7
0.7
247.8

(0.1)
(0.4)
(4.6)
(13.6)
22.8
2,909.5

0.2
0.7
3.5
73.7
0.6
250.9

(0.2)
(0.3)
(1.2)
(13.7)
45.3
3,640.7

Net
Cost

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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United States Government
Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Position
for the Years Ended September 30, 2008, and September 30, 2007
(Restated-See Note 21)

(In billions of dollars)

Revenue:
Individual income tax and tax withholdings ...
Corporation income taxes .............................
Unemployment taxes ....................................
Excise taxes..................................................
Estate and gift taxes .....................................
Customs duties .............................................
Other taxes and receipts ...............................
Miscellaneous earned revenues ...................
Intragovernmental interest ............................
Total revenue ................................................
Eliminations...................................................
Consolidated revenue ...................................
Net Cost:
Net cost.........................................................
Intragovernmental interest ............................
Total net cost ................................................
Eliminations...................................................
Consolidated net cost....................................

NonNonEarmarked Earmarked
Earmarked Earmarked
Funds
Funds
Consolidated Funds
Funds
Consolidated
2008
2007 (Restated)

1,210.0
299.7
15.3
28.8
27.3
50.7
29.9
1,661.7

2,186.4
201.0
2,387.4

868.4
39.4
51.8

34.3
5.8
201.0
1,200.7

1,454.3
1,454.3

2,078.4
299.7
39.4
67.1
28.8
27.3
85.0
35.7
201.0
2,862.4
(201.0)
2,661.4

1,164.4
367.2

3,640.7
201.0
3,841.7
(201.0)
3,640.7

1,653.1
192.7
1,845.8

1,659.4

35.2
4.4
192.7
1,160.6

1,256.4
1,256.4

2,909.5
192.7
3,102.2
(192.7)
2,909.5

(338.0)

Unmatched transactions and balances
(Note 1) ........................................................

(29.8)

Net operating (cost)/revenue ........................

(1,093.5)

84.4

(1,009.1)

(470.3)

194.8

(275.5)

Net position, beginning of period.................
Prior period adjustments – changes in
accounting principles (Note 18)..................
Net operating (cost)/revenue.........................
Net position, end of period ...........................

(9,826.0)

620.2

(9,205.8)

(9,340.7)

424.3

(8,916.4)

11.4
84.4 (1,009.1)
704.6 (10,203.5)

(15.0)
(470.3)
(9,826.0)

1.1
194.8
620.2

(13.9)
(275.5)
(9,205.8)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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(290.6)

39.3
53.6

1,999.8
367.2
39.3
67.5
26.0
18.2
79.6
29.7
192.7
2,820.0
(192.7)
2,627.3

Intragovernmental transfers .........................

11.4
(1,093.5)
(10,908.1)

338.0

13.9
26.0
18.2
44.4
25.3

835.4

(29.8)

290.6

6.7

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United States Government
Reconciliations of Net Operating Cost and Unified Budget Deficit
for the Years Ended September 30, 2008, and September 30, 2007
(In billions of dollars)

2008

2007

Net Operating Cost ..............................................................................................

(1,009.1)

(275.5)

Components of Net Operating Cost Not Part of the Budget Deficit:
Increase in Liability for Military Employee Benefits (Note 12):
Increase in military pension liabilities ..................................................................
(Decrease) in military health liabilities .................................................................
(Decrease) in other military benefits....................................................................
Increase in liability for military employee benefits................................................

125.3
(15.3)
(0.1)
109.9

61.7
(1.3)
(0.1)
60.3

Increase (Decrease) in liability for veteran's compensation (Note 12):
Increase (Decrease) in liabilities for veterans......................................................
Increase in liabilities for survivors........................................................................
Increase (Decrease) in liabilities for burial benefits .............................................
Increase (Decrease) in liability for veteran's compensation.................................

287.9
50.2
0.9
339.0

(26.8)
0.8
(0.1)
(26.1)

Increase in liabilities for civilian employee benefits (Note 12):
Increase in civilian pension liabilities ...................................................................
Increase in civilian health liabilities......................................................................
Increase in other civilian benefits ........................................................................
Increase in liabilities for civilian employee benefits .............................................

68.5
30.2
2.2
100.9

37.3
16.4
2.2
55.9

Increase in environmental and disposal liabilities (Note 13):
Increase in Energy's environmental and disposal liabilities .................................
(Decrease) Increase in all others' environmental and disposal liabilities..............
Increase in environmental and disposal liabilities................................................

2.4
(1.6)
0.8

33.3
3.5
36.8

Depreciation expense ............................................................................................
Property, plant, and equipment disposals and revaluations ..................................
Increase in benefits due and payable.....................................................................
Increase (Decrease) in insurance program liabilities..............................................
Increase in other liabilities ......................................................................................
Seigniorage and sale of gold .................................................................................
Increase in accounts payable.................................................................................
(Increase) in net accounts and taxes receivable ....................................................
(Increase) in Investments in Government Sponsored Enterprises .........................
Increase in Keepwell Payable ................................................................................

54.8
5.0
10.7
5.1
41.6
(0.7)
7.1
(5.2)
(7.0)
13.8

45.3
10.9
4.4
(0.1)
21.8
(0.8)
7.8
(19.0)
-

Components of the budget deficit that are not part of net operating cost:
Capitalized Fixed Assets
Department of Defense .......................................................................................
All Other Agencies...............................................................................................
Total Capitalized Fixed Assets .........................................................................

(71.6)
(34.8)
(106.4)

(29.1)
(29.7)
(58.8)

(Increase) Decrease in net inventory .....................................................................

(12.5)

4.2

Decrease (Increase) in Securities and Investments ...............................................
(Increase) in other assets.......................................................................................
Principal repayments of precredit reform loans .....................................................

18.2
(14.5)
5.1

(12.9)
(10.0)
8.5

All Other Reconciling items ....................................................................................

(11.4)

(15.5)

Unified budget deficit..............................................................................................

(454.8)

(162.8)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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United States Government
Statements of Changes in Cash Balance from Unified Budget and Other Activities
for the Years Ended September 30, 2008, and September 30, 2007
2008

(In billions of dollars)
Unified budget deficit .........................................

2007

(454.8)

(162.8)

Adjustments for noncash outlays included
in the budget:

Interest accrued by Treasury on debt
held by the public ......................................
Subsidy expense (Note 4) ...........................

209.0

189.4

(3.0)

Subtotal .....................................................

(9.3)
206.0

180.1

Items affecting the cash balance not included
in the Budget:

Net Transactions from financing activity:
Borrowings from the public ..........................

5,615.8

4,547.3

Repayment of debt held by the public ......... (4,853.1)
Agency securities ........................................

(4,340.4)

-

Subtotal .....................................................

(0.4)
762.7

206.5

Net transactions from monetary and other
activity:
Interest paid by Treasury on debt held by
the public...................................................

(213.3)

(186.1)

Other............................................................

(4.1)

Subtotal .....................................................

(7.6)
(217.4)

(193.7)

Increase in cash and other monetary
assets .....................................................

296.5

30.1

Balance beginning of period .....................

128.0

97.9

Balance end of period ...............................

424.5

128.0

Cash and other monetary assets: (Note 2):

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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115

United States Government
Balance Sheets
as of September 30, 2008, and September 30, 2007
(Restated-See Note 21)
(In billions of dollars)

2008

2007
(Restated)

Assets:
Cash and other monetary assets (Note 2) .....................................

424.5

128.0

Accounts and taxes receivable, net (Note 3)..................................

93.0

87.8

Loans receivable, net (Note 4) .......................................................

263.4

231.9

Inventories and related property, net (Note 5)................................

289.6

277.1

Property, plant, and equipment, net (Note 6) .................................

737.7

691.1

Securities and investments (Note 7) ..............................................

79.6

99.8

Investments in Government sponsored enterprises (Note 8).........

7.0

-

Other assets (Note 9) .....................................................................

79.9

65.4

Total assets..................................................................................

1,974.7

1,581.1

Accounts payable (Note 10) ...........................................................

73.3

66.2

Federal debt securities held by the public and accrued interest
(Note 11) ......................................................................................

5,836.2

5,077.7

Federal employee and veteran benefits payable (Note 12) ...........

5,318.9

4,769.1

Environmental and disposal liabilities (Note 13).............................

342.8

342.0

Benefits due and payable (Note 14)...............................................

144.4

133.7

Insurance program liabilities (Note 15)...........................................

77.8

72.7

Loan guarantee liabilities (Note 4)..................................................

72.9

69.1

Keepwell payable (Note 8) .............................................................

13.8

-

Other liabilities (Note 16) ................................................................

298.1

256.4

Total liabilities ..............................................................................

12,178.2

10,786.9

704.6

620.2

Stewardship Land and Heritage Assets (Note 24)
Liabilities:

Contingencies (Note 19) and Commitments (Note 20)
Net position:
Earmarked funds (Note 21) (Restated) ..........................................
Non-earmarked funds (Restated)...................................................

(10,908.1)

(9,826.0)

Total net position .......................................................................

(10,203.5)

(9,205.8)

Total liabilities and net position .................................................

1,974.7

1,581.1

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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United States Government
Statements of Social Insurance (Note 23)
Present Value of Long-Range (75 Years, except Black Lung) Actuarial Projections
(In billions of dollars)

2008

Federal Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (Social Security): 14
Revenue (Contributions and Earmarked Taxes) from:
Participants who have attained eligibility age (62 and over) .....
542
Participants who have not attained eligibility age ................
18,249
17,566
Future participants .....................................................................
36,357
All current and future participants.....................................
Expenditures for Scheduled Future Benefits for:
Participants who have attained eligibility age (62 and over) .....
(6,958)
Participants who have not attained eligibility age ................
(29,021)
(6,933)
Future participants .....................................................................
(42,911)
All current and future participants.....................................
Present value of future expenditures in excess of future
(6,555) 1
revenue ............................................................................
14
Federal Hospital Insurance (Medicare Part A):
Revenue (Contributions and Earmarked Taxes) from:
202
Participants who have attained eligibility age (65 and over) .....
Participants who have not attained eligibility age ................
6,320
5,361
Future participants .....................................................................
11,883
All current and future participants.....................................
Expenditures for Scheduled Future Benefits for:
Participants who have attained eligibility age (65 and over) .....
(2,747)
Participants who have not attained eligibility age ................
(17,365)
(4,506)
Future participants .....................................................................
(24,619)
All current and future participants.....................................
Present value of future expenditures in excess of future
1
revenue ............................................................................ (12,736)
14
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance (Medicare Part B):
Revenue (Premiums) from:
Participants who have attained eligibility age (65 and over) .....
46
Participants who have not attained eligibility age ................
3,859
1,158
Future participants .....................................................................
5,478
All current and future participants.....................................
Expenditures for Scheduled Future Benefits for:
(1,986)
Participants who have attained eligibility age (65 and over) .....
Participants who have not attained eligibility age ................
(14,949)
(4,262)
Future participants .....................................................................
(21,197)
All current and future participants.....................................
Present value of future expenditures in excess of future
1
6
revenue .............................................................................. (15,719)
Totals may not equal the sum of components due to rounding.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

March 2009

***UNAUDITED***
2005
2004

2007

2006

477
17,515
16,121
34,113

533
16,568
15,006
32,107

464
15,290
13,696
29,450

41
14,388
12,900
27,699

(6,329)
(27,928)
(6,619)
(40,876)

(5,866)
(26,211)
(6,480)
(38,557)

(5,395)
(23,942)
(5,816)
(35,154)

(4,933)
(22,418)
(5,578)
(32,928)

(6,763) 2

(6,449) 3

(5,704) 4

(5,229) 5

178
5,975
4,870
11,023

192
5,685
4,767
10,644

162
5,064
4,209
9,435

14
4,820
4,009
8,976

(2,558)
(15,639)
(5,118)
(23,315)

(2,397)
(15,633)
(3,904)
(21,934)

(2,179)
(12,668)
(3,417)
(18,264)

(2,168)
(12,054)
(3,246)
(17,468)

(12,292) 2

(11,290) 3

(8,829) 4

(8,492) 5

43
3,184
1,172
4,789

40
3,167
90
4,481

363
2,900
924
4,187

33
2,665
89
3,889

(1,834)
(12,130)
(4,257)
(18,221)

(1,773)
(12,433)
(3,407)
(17,613)

(1,622)
(11,541)
(3,408)
(16,571)

(1,475)
(10,577)
(3,277)
(15,329)

(13,432) 2

(13,131) 3

(12,384) 4

(11,440) 5

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117

United States Government
Statements of Social Insurance (Note 23), continued
Present Value of Long-Range (75 Years, except Black Lung) Actuarial Projections
2008

(In billions of dollars)

***UNAUDITED***
2005
2004

2007

2006

16
1,627
61
2,405

17
1,700
49
2,366

185
1,790
572
2,547

17
1,857
61
2,651

(794
(7,273)
(2,699)
(10,766)

(792
(7,338)
(2,121)
(10,250)

(880)
(7,913)
(2,440)
(11,233)

(773
(7,566)
(2,431)
(10,770)

(8,361) 2

(7,884) 3

(8,686) 4

(8,119) 5

5
43
54
102

5
41
54
100

5
40
56
100

4
37
41
82

4
37
39
80

14

Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance (Medicare Part D):
Revenue (Premiums and State Transfers) from:
Participants who have attained eligibility age (65 and over) .....
12
Participants who have not attained eligibility age ................
1,380
60
Future participants .....................................................................
2,107
All current and future participants.....................................
Expenditures for Scheduled Future Benefits for:
(581
Participants who have attained eligibility age (65 and over) .....
Participants who have not attained eligibility age ................
(6,527)
(2,856)
Future participants .....................................................................
(9,964)
All current and future participants.....................................
Present value of future expenditures in excess of future
(7,857) 1
revenue 6 ..............................................................................
Railroad Retirement:
Revenue (Contributions and Earmarked Taxes) from:
Participants who have attained eligibility ...........................
Participants who have not attained eligibility .....................
Future participants.............................................................
All current and future participants ...................................
Expenditures for Scheduled Future Benefits for:
Participants who have attained eligibility ...........................
Participants who have not attained eligibility .....................
Future participants.............................................................
All current and future participants ...................................
Present value of future expenditures in excess of
7
future revenue ...................................................................

(97)
(88)
(26)
(212)

(93)
(86)
(26)
(205)

(92)
(84)
(25)
(201)

(84)
(73)
(16)
(173)

(81)
(72)
(14)
(167)

(109) 1

(105) 2

(101) 3

(91) 4

(87) 5

Black Lung (Part C):
Present value of future revenue in excess of future
expenditures 8 ......................................................................

59

5 10

4 11

5 12

4 13

Total present value of future expenditures in excess
of future revenue ................................................................

(42,970)

(40,948)

(38,851)

(35,689)

(33,363)

Totals may not equal the sum of components due to rounding.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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United States Government
Statements of Social Insurance (Note 23), continued
Present Value of Long-Range (75 Years, except Black Lung) Actuarial Projections
2008

(In billions of dollars)

Social Insurance Summary: 14
Participants who have attained eligibility age:
Revenue (e.g., Contributions and earmarked taxes) .........
Expenditures for scheduled future benefits .......................
Present value of future expenditures in excess of
future revenue..............................................................
Participants who have not attained eligibility age:
Revenue (e.g., Contributions and earmarked taxes) .........
Expenditures for scheduled future benefits .......................
Present value of future expenditures in excess of
future revenue..............................................................
Closed group – Total present value of future
expenditures in excess of future revenue........................
Future participants:
Revenue (e.g., Contributions and earmarked taxes) .........
Expenditures for scheduled future benefits .......................
Present value of future revenue in excess of future
expenditures ................................................................
Open group – Total present value of future
expenditures in excess of future revenue........................

2007

2006

***UNAUDITED***
2004
2005

1,333
(12,369)

1,260
(11,608)

1,312
(10,920)

1,178
(10,160)

1,071
(9,430)

(11,036)

(10,348)

(9,608)

(8,982)

(8,359)

29,851
(67,950)

28,342
(63,056)

27,160
(61,696)

25,081
(56,138)

23,767
(52,686)

(38,099)

(34,714)

(34,536)

(31,057)

(28,919)

(49,135)

(45,062)

(44,145)

(40,039)

(37,278)

24,743
(18,578)

22,828
(18,714)

21,227
(15,933)

19,442
(15,092)

18,457
(14,542)

6,165

4,114

5,294

4,350

3,915

(42,970)

(40,948)

(38,851)

(35,689)

(33,363)

1

The projection period is 1/1/2008 - 12/31/2082 and the valuation date is 1/1/2008.
The projection period is 1/1/2007 - 12/31/2081 and the valuation date is 1/1/2007.
The projection period is 1/1/2006 - 12/31/2080 and the valuation date is 1/1/2006.
4
The projection period is 1/1/2005 - 12/31/2079 and the valuation date is 1/1/2005.
5
The projection period is 1/1/2004 - 12/31/2078 and the valuation date is 1/1/2004.
6
These amounts represent the present value of the future transfers from the General Fund of the Treasury to the Supplementary Medical
Insurance Trust Fund. These future intragovernmental transfers are included as income in both HHS’ and the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services’ Financial Reports but are not income from the Governmentwide perspective of this report.
7
These amounts approximate the present value of the future financial interchange and the future transfers from the General Fund of the
Treasury to the Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account (see discussion of Railroad Retirement Program in the required supplemental
information section of this report). They are included as income in the Railroad Retirement Financial Report but are not income from the
Governmentwide perspective of this report.
8
Does not include interest expense accruing on the outstanding debt.
9
The projection period is 9/30/2008 - 9/30/2040 and the valuation date is 9/30/2008.
10
The projection period is 9/30/2007 - 9/30/2040 and the valuation date is 9/30/2007.
11
The projection period is 9/30/2006 - 9/30/2040 and the valuation date is 9/30/2006.
12
The projection period is 9/30/2005 - 9/30/2040 and the valuation date is 9/30/2005.
13
The projection period is 9/30/2004 - 9/30/2040 and the valuation date is 9/30/2004.
14
Participants for the Social Security and Medicare programs are assumed to be the “closed group” of individuals who are at least age 15
at the start of the projection period, and are participating as either taxpayers, beneficiaries, or both, except for the 2007 Medicare
programs for which current participants are assumed to be at least 18 instead of 15 years of age.
2
3

Totals may not equal the sum of components due to rounding.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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INTRODUCTION: Airport and Airway Trust Fund
The Airport and Airway Trust Fund was established on
the books of Treasury in fiscal year 1971, according to
provisions of the Airport and Airway Revenue Act of 1970
[49 United States Code 1742(a), repealed]. The Tax Equity
and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (Public Law 97-248,
dated September 3, 1982) reestablished the trust fund in the
Internal Revenue Code (26 United States Code 9502)
effective September 1, 1982.
Treasury transfers from the general fund to the trust
fund amounts equivalent to the taxes received from
transportation of persons and property by air, gasoline and
jet fuel used in commercial and noncommercial aircraft,
and an international arrival and departure tax. The Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-508,
dated November 5, 1990) increased rates for the excise
taxes transferred to the fund.
Treasury bases these transfers on estimates made by the
Secretary of the Treasury. These are subject to adjustments
in later transfers in the amount of actual tax receipts.
The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-34),
effective October 1, 1997, extended the aviation excise
taxes for 10 years, until September 30, 2007. The Act
included other provisions that:
• Converted the 10 percent ad valorem tax on
domestic passenger tickets to a combination of ad
valorem/flight segment tax over 3 years, beginning October
1, 1997. The tax is 7.5 percent, plus in calendar year 2008,
a $3.50 tax per segment.
• Retained the existing freight waybill and general
aviation jet fuel/gas taxes. It also retained a special rule
applied to flights between the continental United States and
Alaska or Hawaii. The $6 departure tax is indexed to the
Consumer Price Index. Effective calendar year 2008, the
tax is $7.70.
• Imposed a new 7.5 percent tax on payments to
airlines for frequent flyer and similar awards by banks and
credit card companies, merchants and frequent flyer
program partners, such as other airlines, hotels and rental
car companies, and other businesses.
• Increased the $6 international departure tax to $12
per passenger and added a $12 international arrival tax,

indexed to the Consumer Price Index. Effective 2008, the
tax is $15.40.
• Lowered ticket tax rates on flights to certain rural
airports to 7.5 percent without a flight segment tax
component.
• Transferred revenues from the 4.3 cents-per-gallon
aviation fuel tax previously dedicated to reducing the
national deficit from the general fund to the Airport and
Airway Trust Fund.
The aviation excise taxes were extended as part of a series
of continuing resolutions (Public Laws 110-92, 110-116, 110137, and 110-149), the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2008 (Public Law 110-161), the Airport and Airway
Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-190), and the
Federal Aviator Administration Extension Act of 2008
(Public Laws 110-252 and 110-330). As of January 15,
2009, the majority of the taxes (with the exception of the
4.3 cents per gallon component of the fuel taxes) are
scheduled to expire on March 31, 2009.
When the provisions of 26 United States Code 9602(b)
are met, amounts available in the trust fund exceed outlay
requirements, Treasury invests excess amounts in public
debt securities and credits the interest to the fund.
Additional sums from the general fund also are credited as
authorized and made available, by law, if they are needed to
meet outlay requirements.
Treasury makes available to the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation
(DOT), amounts required for outlays to carry out the
Airport and Airway program. The Secretary of the Treasury
makes other charges to the trust fund to transfer certain
refunds of taxes and certain outfits, under section 34 of the
Internal Revenue Code (IRC).
Annual reports to Congress, required by 26 U.S.C. 9602
(a), are submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, after
consultation with the Secretary of Transportation. These
reports are required to cover the financial condition and
results of operations of the trust fund during the past fiscal
year and those expected during the next 5 fiscal years.

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TABLE TF-1.—Airport and Airway Trust Fund
Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2008
[Source: DOT]

Description

IRC section (26 United States Code)

Amount
$10,102,406,572

Balance Oct. 1, 2007 ................................................................................................................................................................................................
Receipts:
Excise taxes (transferred from general fund):
4041............................................................................................
Liquid fuel other than gasoline..............................................................
4081............................................................................................
Gasoline................................................................................................
4261 (a) (b).................................................................................
Transportation by airseats, berths, etc .................................................
4261 (c).......................................................................................
Use of international travel facilities .......................................................
4271............................................................................................
Transportation of property, cargo .........................................................
Gross excise taxes .......................................................................................................................................................................................

585,533,000
38,960,000
8,440,284,000
2,462,375,000
521,040,000
12,048,192,000

Less refunds of taxes (reimbursed to general fund):
4041............................................................................................
Liquid fuel other than gasoline..................................................................
Gasoline................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Total refunds of taxes .......................................................................................................................................................................................
Net taxes...........................................................................................................................................................................................................
Interest on investments.........................................................................................................................................................................................
Total receipts ....................................................................................................................................................................................................
Offsetting collections.................................................................................................................................................................................................

49,256,000
6,701,000
55,957,000
11,992,235,000
432,647,540
12,424,882,540
113,675,519

Expenses:
Operations ............................................................................................................................................................................................................
Grants in aid..........................................................................................................................................................................................................
Facilities and equipment .......................................................................................................................................................................................
Research, engineering, and development............................................................................................................................................................
Air carriers.............................................................................................................................................................................................................
Total expenses..................................................................................................................................................................................................
Offsetting collections.................................................................................................................................................................................................
Balance Sept. 30, 2008 ............................................................................................................................................................................................

6,397,060,900
3,808,316,523
2,457,604,755
118,568,179
40,594,331
12,822,144,688
113,675,519
$9,705,144,424

Airport and Airway Trust Fund
Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2009-2013
[In millions of dollars. Source: DOT]

Balance Oct. 1 ............................................................................

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

9,705

8,659

7,938

7,683

7,952

Receipts:
Excise taxes, net of refunds....................................................

11,364

11,917

12,758

13,614

14,240

Interest on investments...........................................................

376

271

268

307

348

Offsetting collections...............................................................

166

-

-

-

-

Total receipts ......................................................................

11,906

12,188

13,026

13,921

14,588

12,952

12,909

13,281

13,652

13,918

8,659

7,938

7,683

7,952

8,622

Expenses:
Gross Outlays .........................................................................
Balance Sept. 30.........................................................................

* There may be slight differences in the reported figures due to rounding.

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INTRODUCTION: Uranium Enrichment
Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D) Fund
The Uranium Enrichment D&D Fund was established on
the books of the Treasury in fiscal year 1993, according to
provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 United
States Code 2297g). Receipts represent (1) fees collected
from domestic public utilities based on their pro rata share of
purchases of separative work units from the Department of
Energy (DOE) and (2) appropriations toward the
Government contribution based on the balance of separative
work unit purchases.
Expenditures from the fund are for the purpose of (1)
decontamination and decommissioning of the three gaseous
diffusion plants, (2) remedial actions and related
environmental restoration costs at the gaseous diffusion
plants, and (3) reimbursement to uranium/thorium producers
for the costs of decontamination, decommissioning,
reclamation, and remedial action of uranium/thorium sites
that are incident to sales to the U.S. Government.
Amounts available in the fund exceeding current needs
may be invested by the Secretary of the Treasury in
obligations of the United States (1) having maturities
congruent with the needs of the fund and (2) bearing interest
at rates determined appropriate, taking into consideration the
current average market yield on outstanding marketable
obligations of the United States with remaining periods to
maturity comparable to these investments.
The Secretary of the Treasury is required by 42 United
States Code 2297g(b)(1) to provide an annual report to
Congress, after consultation with the Secretary of Energy.

This report must present the financial condition and the
results of operations of the fund during the preceding fiscal
year.
The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 United States Code
2297g-1, as amended) authorized funding to ensure annual
deposits to the fund of $518.2 million before adjustments for
inflations. This amount would consist of $369.6 million in
Government deposits and $148.6 million from domestic
public utility assessments. The assessments were to continue
for 15 years from fiscal years 1993 through 2007. The
utilities completed their contribution requirements with the
fiscal year 2007 assessment. Government contributions
through fiscal year 2007, however, were approximately
$918.6 million less than authorized by the Energy Policy
Act. Through fiscal year 2007, the total Government
contribution amount authorized by the Act was $6,281.0
million, but Government contributions totaled only $5,362.4
million. The ability of the D&D Fund to fulfill its
responsibilities is contingent upon the receipt of these
contributions. Therefore, the Department will continue to
ask Congress for annual Government contributions until the
Government’s obligation has been met. For fiscal year 2008,
Congress appropriated $463.0 million but a budget
rescission reduced the payment to $458.8 million. After
adjusting the $918.6 million funding shortfall for inflation
and then subtracting the $458.8 million of fiscal year 2008
contributions, the shortfall stands at $477.9 million at the
end of fiscal year 2008.

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TABLE TF-2.—Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund
Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2008
[Source: DOE]

Balance Oct. 1, 2007 .................................................................................................................................................................................

$1,496,714

Receipts:
Fees collected ........................................................................................................................................................................................

458,786,700

Penalties collected .................................................................................................................................................................................

-

Interest on investments..........................................................................................................................................................................

191,844,302

Total receipts......................................................................................................................................................................................

650,631,002

Outlays:
DOE, decontamination and decommissioning activities........................................................................................................................

557,686,138

Cost of investments................................................................................................................................................................................

90,028,050

Total outlays.......................................................................................................................................................................................

647,714,188

Balance Sept. 30, 2008..............................................................................................................................................................................

$4,413,528

Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund
Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2009-2013
[In thousands of dollars. Source: DOE]

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

4,414

1

1

1

1

Fees collected......................................................................

463,000

41,700

-

-

-

Interest collected..................................................................

187,876

173,995

160,076

146,537

131,753

Total receipts ...................................................................

650,876

215,695

160,076

146,537

131,753

DOE, decontamination and decommissioning fund ............

606,387

567,310

512,660

489,491

506,246

Costs of investments ...........................................................

48,902

-351,615

-352,584

-342,954

-374,493

Total outlays.....................................................................

655,289

215,695

160,076

146,537

131,753

Balance Sept. 30......................................................................

1

1

1

1

1

Balance Oct. 1 .........................................................................
Receipts:

Outlays:

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INTRODUCTION: Black Lung Disability Trust Fund
Paragraph added since December 2008
The Black Lung Disability Trust Fund was established
on the books of the Treasury in fiscal year 1978 according to
the Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act of 1977 (Public Law
95-227). The Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act of 1981
(Public Law 97-119) reestablished the fund in the Internal
Revenue Code (IRC), 26 United States Code 9501.
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1985 (Public Law 99-272), enacted April 7, 1986, provided
for an increase in the coal tax rates effective April 1, 1986,
through December 31, 1995, and a 5-year forgiveness of
interest retroactive to October 1, 1985. The 5-year
moratorium on interest payments ended on September 30,
1990. Payment of interest on advances resumed in fiscal
year 1991. The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987
(Public Law 100-203, title X, section 10503), signed
December 22, 1987, extends the temporary increase in the
coal tax through December 31, 2013.
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
(Public Law 110-343, title I, subtitle B, section 113), enacted
October 3, 2008, restructured the Trust Fund Debt by 1)
refinancing the outstanding principal of the repayable
advances and unpaid interest on such advances and 2)
providing a one time Appropriation to the Trust Fund in an
amount sufficient to pay to the general fund of the Treasury
the difference between the market value of the outstanding
repayable advances, plus accrued interest and the proceeds
from the obligations issued by the Trust Fund to the
Secretary of the Treasury. The Act also extends the
temporary increase in the coal tax through December 31,
2018, and allows the prepayment of the Trust Fund debt
prior to the maturity date.

The Code designates the following receipts to be
appropriated and transferred from the general fund of the
Treasury to the trust fund: excise taxes on coal sold; taxable
expenditures of self-dealing by, and excess contributions to,
private black lung benefit trusts; reimbursements by
responsible mine operators; and related fines, penalties and
interest charges.
Estimates made by the Secretary of the Treasury
determine monthly transfers of amounts for excise taxes to
the trust fund subject to adjustments in later transfers to
actual tax receipts.
After retirement of the current indebtedness, amounts
available in the fund exceeding current expenditure
requirements will be invested by the Secretary of the
Treasury in interest-bearing public debt securities. Any
interest earned will be credited to the fund. Also credited, if
necessary, will be repayable advances from the general fund
to meet outlay requirements exceeding available revenues.
To carry out the program, amounts are made available to
the Department of Labor (DOL). Also charged to the fund
are administrative expenses incurred by the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury,
repayments of advances from the general fund and interest
on advances.
The Code requires the Secretary of the Treasury to
submit an annual report to Congress after consultation with
the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of HHS [26 United
States Code 9602(a)]. The report must present the financial
condition and results of operations of the fund during the
past fiscal year and the expected condition and operations of
the fund during the next 5 fiscal years.

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TABLE TF-3.—Black Lung Disability Trust Fund
Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2008
[Source: DOL]

$39,828,060

Balance Oct. 1, 2007* ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
Receipts:
Excise taxes (transferred from general fund):
$1.10 tax on underground coal ....................................................................................................................................................................
$0.55 tax on surface coal.............................................................................................................................................................................
4.4 percent tax on underground coal...........................................................................................................................................................
4.4 percent tax on surface coal....................................................................................................................................................................
Fines, penalties, and interest.......................................................................................................................................................................
Collection—responsible mine operators......................................................................................................................................................
Recovery of prior year funds........................................................................................................................................................................
Repayable advances from the general fund................................................................................................................................................
Total receipts............................................................................................................................................................................................
Net receipts ..............................................................................................................................................................................................
Outlays:
Treasury administrative expenses ...................................................................................................................................................................
Salaries and expenses—DOL—departmental management ..........................................................................................................................
Salaries and expenses—DOL—Office of Inspector General ..........................................................................................................................
Salaries and expenses—DOL—Employment Standards Administration........................................................................................................
Total outlays.................................................................................................................................................................................................
Expenses:
Program expenses—DOL................................................................................................................................................................................
Interest on repayable advances.......................................................................................................................................................................
Total expenses.............................................................................................................................................................................................

302,302,000
167,524,000
21,311,000
162,044,000
520,796
4,492,218
426,000,000
1,084,194,014
1,084,194,014
376,000
24,785,000
335,000
32,761,000
58,257,000
273,231,899
739,469,089
1,012,700,988
53,064,086
$10,430,492,795

Balance Sept. 30, 2008 ........................................................................................................................................................................................
Cumulative debt, end of year ...............................................................................................................................................................................
* Previous balance of $39,863,024 was submitted in error. The correct beginning balance is
$39,828,060.

Black Lung Disability Trust Fund
Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2009-2013
Entire table revised since December 2008

[In thousands of dollars. Source: DOL]

Balance Oct. 1 ........................................................................................
Receipts:
Excise taxes.......................................................................................
Advances from the general fund........................................................
One time appropriation*.....................................................................
Fines, penalties, and interest.............................................................
Total receipts .................................................................................
Outlays:
Benefit payments ...............................................................................
Administrative expenses....................................................................
Interest on repayable advances ........................................................
Repayment of principal debt..............................................................
Interest on principal debt ...................................................................
Total outlays...................................................................................
Balance Sept. 30....................................................................................
Cumulative debt, end of year.................................................................

Note.—Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

March 2009

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

53,064

53,064

58,507

53,064

53,064

371,000
282,144
6,497,989
2,000
7,153,133

670,000
2,000
672,000

678,000
5,667
2,000
685,667

687,000
20,854
2,000
709,854

691,000
26,394
2,000
719,394

255,317
57,683
6,835,461
4,672
7,153,133
53,064
6,158,245

241,379
60,421
353,424
11,333
666,557
58,507
5,804,821

227,900
62,305
379,286
21,619
691,110
53,064
5,425,535

214,112
64,256
394,287
37,199
709,854
53,064
5,031,248

200,632
66,323
396,403
56,036
719,394
53,064
4,634,845

* One time appropriation for the repayment of outstanding debt.

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INTRODUCTION: Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
The Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund was established on
the books of the Treasury on April 1, 1987, according to the
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99662, November 17, 1986) (26 United States Code 9505).
Amounts in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are
available as provided by appropriation acts for making
expenditures to carry out section 210(a) of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1986. The appropriations act
for the Department of Transportation (DOT) for fiscal year
1995 (Public Law 103-331, September 28, 1994), section
339, waived collection of charges or tolls on the Saint
Lawrence Seaway in accordance with section 13(b) of the
Act of May 13, 1954 (as in effect on April 1, 1987).
Legislation was passed in the North American Free Trade
Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 103-182,
section 683), which amends paragraph (3) of section 9505(c)
of the IRC of 1986, to authorize payment of up to $5 million
annually to Treasury for all expenses of administration
incurred by the Treasury, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
and the Department of Commerce (Commerce) related to the
administration of subchapter A of chapter 36 (relating to
harbor maintenance tax). Section 201 of the Water

Resources Development Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-303)
authorizes use of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for
construction of dredged material disposal facilities
associated with the operation and maintenance of Federal
navigation projects for commercial navigation.
A summary judgment issued October 25, 1995, by the
United States Court of International Trade in the case United
States Shoe Corp. v. United States (Court No. 94-11-00668)
found the Harbor Maintenance fee unconstitutional under the
Export Clause of the Constitution (Article I, section 9, clause
5) and enjoined the Customs Service from collecting the fee.
The decision was affirmed by the Supreme Court on
March 31, 1998 (118 Supreme Court 1290). With the tax on
exports no longer collected, revenues have been reduced by
approximately 30 percent.
The Code requires the Secretary of the Treasury to
submit an annual report to Congress [26 United States Code
9602(a)]. The report must present the financial condition and
results of operations of the fund during the past fiscal year
and the expected condition and operations of the fund during
the next 5 fiscal years.

TABLE TF-4.—Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2008
[Source: Department of the Army Corps of Engineers]

Balance Oct. 1, 2007 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................

$3,840,926,593

Receipts:
Excise taxes:
Imports ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1,087,507,643

Exports..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

110,051

Domestic .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................

102,865,968

Passengers ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................

11,560,345

Foreign trade.................................................................................................................................................................................................................

265,188,994

Interest on investments.................................................................................................................................................................................................

127,329,818

Total receipts ............................................................................................................................................................................................................

1,594,562,819

Expenses:
Corps of Engineers ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

766,000,000

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation/DOT ................................................................................................................................................

17,392,000

Administrative cost for Department of Homeland Security (Customs).............................................................................................................................

3,093,000

Operating expenses, miscellaneous returns ....................................................................................................................................................................

-

Total expenses..............................................................................................................................................................................................................

786,485,000

Balance Sept. 30, 2008 ........................................................................................................................................................................................................

$4,649,004,412

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Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund
Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2009-2013*
[In millions of dollars. Source: Department of the Army Corps of Engineers]

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

4,649.0

5,115.0

5,324.0

6,313.0

7,625.0

Harbor maintenance fee ..................................................................................

1,164.0

1,276.0

1,553.0

1,831.0

1,984.0

Interest on investments....................................................................................

133.0

178.0

269.0

339.0

474.0

Total receipts ...............................................................................................

1,297.0

1,454.0

1,822.0

2,170.0

2,458.0

-

-

-

-

-

Corps of Engineers operation, maintenance,
and administrative expenses .......................................................................

803.0

1,217.0

800.0

825.0

850.0

Corps of Engineers construction .....................................................................

-

-

-

-

-

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation/DOT ...............................

17.0

17.0

22.0

22.0

23.0

Administrative expenses for Department of Homeland Security
(Customs Service)....................................................................................................

11.0

11.0

11.0

11.0

11.0

Total outlays.................................................................................................

831.0

1,245.0

833.0

858.0

884.0

Balance Sept. 30..................................................................................................

5,115.0

5,324.0

6,313.0

7,625.0

9,199.0

Balance Oct. 1 .....................................................................................................
Receipts:

Outlays:
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, legislative proposal
not subject to paygo.....................................................................................

* Outyear projections are for planning purposes and are based on economic conditions and
agencies’ best projections of revenues and expenses.

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INTRODUCTION: Hazardous Substance Superfund
The Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund was
established on the books of the Treasury in fiscal year 1981,
in accordance with section 221 of the Hazardous Substance
Response Revenue Act of 1980 [42 United States Code
9631(a), repealed]. The trust fund was renamed the
Hazardous Substance Superfund (Superfund) and relocated
in accordance with section 517 of the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 [Public Law
99-499, dated October 17, 1986 (26 United States Code
9507)].
The authority to collect excise taxes on petroleum and
chemicals, and an environmental tax for all corporations

with modified alternative taxable income in excess of $2
million, expired in 1995. To implement the Superfund
program, amounts are appropriated from the Superfund to
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for
programmatic and administrative expenses.
An annual report to Congress by the Secretary of
Treasury is required by 26 United States Code 9602(a).
These reports present the financial condition of the
Superfund and the results of operation for the past fiscal
year, and its expected condition during the next 5 fiscal
years.

TABLE TF-5.—Hazardous Substance Superfund 1, 2
Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2008
[Source: EPA]

Balance Oct. 1, 2007 ......................................................................................................................................................................................

$273,300,000

Receipts:
Crude and petroleum ..................................................................................................................................................................................

-

Certain chemicals........................................................................................................................................................................................

-

Corporate environmental ............................................................................................................................................................................

-

General fund appropriation .........................................................................................................................................................................

985,000,000

Cost recoveries ...........................................................................................................................................................................................

90,000,000

Fines and penalties.....................................................................................................................................................................................

3,000,000

Interest on investments...............................................................................................................................................................................

86,000,000

Offsetting collections...................................................................................................................................................................................

-

Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry offsetting collections..................................................................................................

-

Total receipts...........................................................................................................................................................................................

1,164,000,000

Expenses:
EPA expense ..............................................................................................................................................................................................

1,254,000,000

Other expenses...........................................................................................................................................................................................

50,450,000

Total expenses........................................................................................................................................................................................

1,304,450,000

Balance Sept. 30, 2008...................................................................................................................................................................................

$132,850,000

1

Reporting in this Superfund Trust Fund table is consistent with previously reported
presentations. However, the structure of this table may not accurately reflect the status of
this trust fund. As a result, this table may be revised in future reports and other resources
should be utilized for accurate trust fund reporting.

2

Reporting excludes the Iron Mountain account in the Hazardous Substance Superfund
Trust Fund.

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Hazardous Substance Superfund
Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2009-2013 1, 2, 3
[In millions of dollars. Source: EPA]

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

133

81

25

81

81

Interest .........................................................................................................

32

32

32

32

32

Recoveries ...................................................................................................

104

104

104

104

104

Fines and penalties......................................................................................

2

2

2

2

2

Taxes ...........................................................................................................

-

-

-

-

-

Offsetting collections....................................................................................

-

-

-

-

-

General revenues ........................................................................................

1,117

1,117

1,229

1,173

1,173

Total receipts ...........................................................................................

1,255

1,255

1,367

1,311

1,311

Appropriations 2................................................................................................

1,254

1,254

1,254

1,254

1,254

Other expenses................................................................................................

53

57

57

57

57

Balance Sept. 30..............................................................................................

81

25

81

81

81

Balance Oct. 1 .................................................................................................
Receipts:

1

Reporting in this Superfund Trust Fund table is consistent with previously reported
presentations. However, the structure of this table may not accurately reflect the status of
this trust fund. As a result, this table may be revised in future reports and other resources
should be utilized for accurate trust fund reporting.

March 2009

2
Fiscal year 2009 appropriation represents a full-year Continuing Resolution (CR) based on
fiscal year 2008 Enacted appropriation level. Fiscal year 2009 excludes potential economic
stimulus supplemental funding.
3
Fiscal year 2010 represents Current Services Baseline (CSB).

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INTRODUCTION: Highway Trust Fund
The Highway Trust Fund was established on the books
of the Treasury in fiscal year 1957, according to provisions
of the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 (Act of June 29, 1956,
chapter 462, section 209). It has been amended and extended
by various highway surface transportation and other acts
since 1959. Section 1110(d) of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy For
Users (SAFETEA-LU) (Public Law 109-59) extended the
Highway Trust Fund to be available for making expenditures
before September 30, 2009 (October 1, 2009, in the case of
expenditures for administrative expenses).
Amounts equivalent to taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel,
special motor fuels, certain tires, heavy trucks and trailers,
and heavy vehicle use are designated by the Act to be
appropriated and transferred from the general fund of the
Treasury to the trust fund. These transfers are made twice
monthly based on estimates by the Secretary of the Treasury,
subject to later adjustments to reflect the amount of actual
tax receipts. Amounts available in the fund exceeding outlay
requirements are invested in non-interest-bearing public debt
securities.
Within the fund is a mass transit account, funded by a
portion of the excise tax collections under sections 4041 and
4081 of the IRC (title 26 United States Code). The funds
from this account are used for expenditures in accordance
with chapter 53 of title 49 United States Code, the
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
(Public Law 102-240), the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century (TEA-21), and SAFETEA-LU. The remaining
excise taxes are included in a separate account within the

trust fund commonly referred to as the highway account.
Expenditures from this account are made according to the
provisions of various transportation acts.
Amounts required for outlays to carry out the eligible
surface transportation programs are made available to the
responsible operating administrations within the Department
of Transportation. Other charges to the trust fund are made
by the Secretary of the Treasury for transfer of certain taxes
to the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the Aquatic
Resources Trust Fund.
The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of Transportation, is required to submit annual
reports to Congress by section 9602(a) of title 26 United
States Code. These reports cover the financial condition and
results of operations of the fund for the past fiscal year and
expected condition and operations during the next 5 fiscal
years.
In addition, the Secretary of the Treasury is required by
26 U.S.C. 9503(d)(7) to report to specified Congressional
Committees any estimate which he, in consultation with the
Secretary of Transportation, makes pursuant to 26 U.S.C.
9503(d)(1) or any determination which he makes pursuant to
26 U.S.C. 9503(d)(2). The Congressional Committees are
the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives, the Committee on Finance of the Senate,
the Committees on the Budget of both Houses, the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives, and the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate.

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TABLE TF-6.—Highway Trust Fund
Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2008
[Source: DOT]

Description

IRC section (26 United States Code)

Balance Oct. 1, 2007* ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
Receipts:
Excise taxes (transferred from general fund):
Gasoline ........................................................................................................4081 .........................................................................................
Diesel and special motor fuels......................................................................4041 .........................................................................................
Highway tires.................................................................................................4071 .........................................................................................
Retail tax on trucks........................................................................................4051 .........................................................................................
Heavy vehicle use.........................................................................................4481 .........................................................................................
Total excise taxes ....................................................................................................................................................................................
Less refunds and tax credits (reimbursed to general fund):
Diesel fuel........................................................................................................................................................................................................
Gasoline ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................
Total refunds and tax credits ...................................................................................................................................................................
Less transfers:
To Land and Water Conservation Fund ......................................................................................................................................................
To Aquatic Resources Trust Fund ...............................................................................................................................................................
To Airport Resources Trust Fund ................................................................................................................................................................
To general fund ............................................................................................................................................................................................
Total transfers ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
Other income:
Fines and penalties......................................................................................................................................................................................
Cash Management Improvement Act interest (net).....................................................................................................................................
Transfer from general fund – P.L. 110-318 .................................................................................................................................................
Total other income ...................................................................................................................................................................................
Net receipts ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
Expenses:
Federal Highway Administration:
Federal aid to highways ...............................................................................................................................................................................
Right-of-way revolving fund .........................................................................................................................................................................
Other ............................................................................................................................................................................................................
Total .........................................................................................................................................................................................................
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ...............................................................................................................................................
Federal Transit Administration.....................................................................................................................................................................
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:
Operations and research .........................................................................................................................................................................
Highway traffic safety grants....................................................................................................................................................................
National driver register.............................................................................................................................................................................
Total .....................................................................................................................................................................................................
Federal Railroad Administration:
Other agencies.............................................................................................................................................................................................
Total expenses.........................................................................................................................................................................................
Balance Sept. 30, 2008........................................................................................................................................................................................

Note: The opening balance of $15,441,025,628 was revised on December 3, 2007, to
reflect the actual transfer of aviation fuel excise taxes from the Highway Trust Fund to the
Airport Airway Trust Fund and to reduce the TIFIA subsidy.

March 2009

Amount
$15,416,217,721

25,325,646,000
10,531,919,000
386,627,000
1,445,621,000
1,038,312,000
38,728,125,000
670,905,000
385,607,000
1,056,512,000
1,000,000
481,999,000
377,524,000
444,546,000
1,305,069,000
17,988,767
2,628,383
8,017,000,000
8,037,617,150
44,404,161,150

35,715,420,258
-9,826,608
142,884,718
35,848,478,368
504,611,856
5,989,594,523
167,847,655
485,721,461
5,266,199
658,835,315
6,758
43,001,526,820
$16,818,852,050

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Highway Trust Fund
Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2009-2013
[In billions of dollars. Source: DOT]

Combined Statement Highway and Mass Transit Accounts
2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

17

7

-5

-17

-28

Excise taxes, net of refunds.......................................

37

39

40

40

41

Interest, net ................................................................

-

-

-

-

-

Balance Oct. 1* ..............................................................
Receipts:

Total receipts .........................................................

37

39

40

40

41

Outlays...........................................................................

47

50

51

52

53

Balance Sept. 30............................................................

7

-5

-17

-28

-40

* P.L. 110-318 transferred $8 billion from the General Fund into the Highway Trust Fund.

Mass Transit Account
2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

7

5

2

-1

-4

Excise taxes, net of refunds............................................

6

5

5

5

5

Interest, net .....................................................................

-

-

-

-

-

Balance Oct. 1 ....................................................................
Receipts:

Total receipts ..............................................................

6

5

5

5

5

Outlays................................................................................

8

9

8

8

9

Balance Sept. 30.................................................................

5

2

-1

-4

-8

Highway Account
2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

10

2

-7

-15

-24

Excise taxes, net of refunds.................................................

32

33

35

35

36

Interest, net ..........................................................................

-

-

-

-

-

Total receipts ...................................................................

32

33

35

35

36

Outlays.....................................................................................

40

42

43

44

44

Balance Sept. 30......................................................................

2

-7

-15

-24

-32

Balance Oct. 1 .........................................................................
Receipts:

Unfunded authorizations (EOY)...............................................

86

95

105

114

124

48-month revenue estimate.....................................................

139

142

145

147

149

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TABLE TF-6A.—Highway Trust Fund
The following information is released according to the
provisions of the Byrd Amendment [codified at 26 United
States Code 9503(d)] and represents data concerning the
Highway Trust Fund. The figure described as “unfunded
authorizations” is the latest estimate received from the DOT
for fiscal year 2010.

The 48-month revenue estimates for the highway and
mass transit accounts, respectively, include the latest
estimates received from Treasury’s Office of Tax Analysis
for excise taxes, net of refunds. They represent net highway
receipts for those periods beginning at the close of fiscal
year 2010.

Highway Account
[In billions of dollars. Source: DOT]

Commitments (unobligated balances plus unpaid obligations, fiscal year 2010) ..............................................................................................................

79

less:
Cash balance (fiscal year 2010) .........................................................................................................................................................................................

-7

Unfunded authorizations (fiscal year 2010) ........................................................................................................................................................................

86

48-month revenue estimate (fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014)............................................................................................................................

142

Mass Transit Account
[In billions of dollars. Source: DOT]

Commitments (unobligated balances plus unpaid obligations, fiscal year 2010) ..............................................................................................................

14

less:
Cash balance (fiscal year 2010) .........................................................................................................................................................................................

2

Unfunded authorizations (fiscal year 2010) ........................................................................................................................................................................

12

48-month revenue estimate (fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014)............................................................................................................................

21

March 2009

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INTRODUCTION: Inland Waterways Trust Fund
The Inland Waterways Trust Fund was established by the
Treasury in fiscal year 1984, pursuant to section 203 of the
Inland Waterways Revenue Act of 1978 (Public Law 95502) and continued pursuant to section 1405 of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-662,
codified at 26 United States Code 9506). Under 26 United
States Code 9506(b), amounts from taxes on fuel used in
commercial transportation on inland waterways, as
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, are
appropriated to the trust fund.
The Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988
(Public Law 100-647, approved November 10, 1988)
increased the tax each year, 1990 through 1995. These
amounts are transferred quarterly from the general fund
based on estimates made by the Secretary, subject to
adjustments in later transfers to the amounts of actual tax
receipts.

The Secretary of the Treasury invests in interest-bearing
obligations of the United States that portion of the trust fund,
in his judgment, not required to meet current withdrawals.
The interest on, and proceeds from, the sale or redemption of
any obligation held in the trust fund is credited to the trust
fund. The Inland Waterways Revenue Act of 1978 (Public
Law 95-502) provides that amounts in the trust fund shall be
available as provided, by appropriations acts, for
construction and rehabilitation expenditures for navigation
on the inland and intracoastal waterways of the United States
described in 33 United States Code 1804. Expenditures must
be otherwise authorized by law.
Annual reports to Congress are required by 26 United
States Code 9602(a) to be submitted by the Secretary of the
Treasury. These reports are required to cover the financial
condition and the results of operations of the fund during the
past fiscal year and its expected condition and operations
during the next 5 fiscal years.

TABLE TF-7.—Inland Waterways Trust Fund
Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2008
[Source: Department of the Army Corps of Engineers]

$209,383,002

Balance Oct. 1, 2007 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................
Receipts:
Fuel taxes/revenues.........................................................................................................................................................................................
Interest on investments....................................................................................................................................................................................
Total receipts................................................................................................................................................................................................
Transfers:
Corps of Engineers ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
Balance Sept. 30, 2008........................................................................................................................................................................................

87,598,000
4,772,325
92,370,325
170,959,713
$130,793,614

Inland Waterways Trust Fund
Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2009-2013*
[In millions of dollars. Source: Department of the Army Corps of Engineers]

Balance Oct. 1.......................................................................................................
Receipts:
Fuel taxes..........................................................................................................
Interest on investments.....................................................................................
Total receipts.................................................................................................
Transfers:
Corps of Engineers ...........................................................................................
Balance Sept. 30...................................................................................................

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

131

93

93

93

93

79
3
82

77
2
79

77
2
79

77
2
79

77
2
79

120
93

79
93

79
93

79
93

79
93

* Outyear projections are based on economic conditions and agencies’ best projections of
revenues and expenditures.

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INTRODUCTION: Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund
The Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust
Fund was established in fiscal year 1981 according to
provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-510,
codified at 26 United States Code 9508), as amended by the
Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act of 1986
(Public Law 99-499, dated October 17, 1986), sections
13163(c) and 13242(d)(42) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-66, dated August
10, 1993), and section 1032(e)(13) of the Taxpayer Relief Act
of 1987 (Public Law 105-34, dated August 5, 1997).
The LUST Trust Fund is financed by taxes collected on
gasoline, diesel fuels, special motor fuels, aviation fuels and
fuels used in commercial transportation on inland

waterways. Amounts available in the LUST Trust Fund,
exceeding current expenditure requirements, are invested by
the Secretary of the Treasury in interest-bearing Government
securities (e.g., Treasury bills). All interest earned is credited
directly to the LUST Trust Fund.
To carry out the LUST program, amounts are
appropriated for the LUST Trust Fund to the EPA for
programmatic and administrative expenses.
An annual report to Congress by the Secretary of the
Treasury is required by 26 United States Code 9602(a).
These reports present the financial condition of the LUST
Trust Fund and results of operations for the past fiscal year
and its expected condition and operations during the next 5
fiscal years.

TABLE TF-8.—Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund
Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2008 *
[Source: EPA]

$2,857,000,000

Balance Oct. 1, 2007......................................................................................................................................................................................
Receipts:
Taxes..........................................................................................................................................................................................................
Interest........................................................................................................................................................................................................
Gross tax receipts ..................................................................................................................................................................................
Undisbursed balances:
Environmental Protection Agency Leaking Underground Storage Tank balances ...................................................................................
Total undisbursed balances ...................................................................................................................................................................
Expenses:
Environmental Protection Agency Leaking Underground Storage Tank expenses ..................................................................................
Other expenses ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
Total expenses .......................................................................................................................................................................................

171,000,000
123,000,000
294,000,000
106,000,000
2,000,000
108,000,000
$3,043,000,000

Balance Sept. 30, 2008..................................................................................................................................................................................

* Reporting in this trust fund table is consistent with previously reported presentations.
However, the structure of this table may not accurately reflect the status of this trust fund.
As a result, this table may be revised in future reports and other resources should be
utilized for accurate trust fund reporting.

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund
Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2009-2013 1, 2, 3
[In millions of dollars. Source: EPA]

Balance Oct. 1.................................................................................................................
Receipts:
Taxes...........................................................................................................................
Interest ........................................................................................................................
Total receipts...........................................................................................................
Appropriations .................................................................................................................
Other Expenses ..............................................................................................................
Balance Sept. 30.............................................................................................................
1

Reporting in the trust fund table is consistent with previously reported presentations.
However, the structure of this table may not accurately reflect the status of the trust fund.
As a result, this table may be revised in future reports and other resources should be
utilized for accurate trust fund reporting.

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2

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

3,043

3,243

3,452

3,661

3,870

192
114
306
106
3,243

195
120
315
106
3,452

195
120
315
106
3,661

195
120
315
106
3,870

195
120
315
106
4,079

Fiscal year 2009 appropriation represents a full-year Continuing Resolution (CR) based
on fiscal year enacted appropriation level. Fiscal year 2009 excludes potential economic
stimulus supplemental funds.
3
Fiscal year 2010 represents Current Services Baseline (CSB).

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INTRODUCTION: Nuclear Waste Fund
The Nuclear Waste Fund was established on the books of
the Treasury in fiscal year 1983, according to section 302 of
the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 [Public Law 97-425,
codified at 42 United States Code 10222(c)]. Receipts
represent fees collected from public utilities based on
electricity generated by nuclear power reactors and spent
nuclear fuel. Expenditures from the fund are for purposes of
radioactive waste disposal activities.
Amounts available in the fund exceeding current needs
may be invested by the Secretary of the Treasury in
obligations of the United States (1) having maturities in
tandem with the needs of the waste fund and (2) bearing
interest at rates determined appropriate, taking into

consideration the current average market yield on
outstanding marketable obligations of the United States with
remaining periods to maturity comparable to the maturities
of such investments, except that the interest rate on such
investments shall not exceed the average interest rate
applicable to existing borrowings.
An annual report to Congress by the Secretary of the
Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of the
Department of Energy (DOE), is required by 42 United
States Code 10222(e)(1). This report must present the
financial condition and the results of operations of the waste
fund during the preceding fiscal year.

TABLE TF-9.—Nuclear Waste Fund
Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2008
[Source: DOE]

Balance Sept. 30, 2007........................................................................................................................................................................................

$14,256,195

Receipts:
Fees collected ..................................................................................................................................................................................................

763,098,120

Penalties and interest on fee payments...........................................................................................................................................................

-

Interest on investments....................................................................................................................................................................................

26,753,421

Total receipts................................................................................................................................................................................................

789,851,541

Nonexpenditure transfers:
SF-1151 transfers in (+)...................................................................................................................................................................................

-

SF-1151 transfers out (-)..................................................................................................................................................................................

-32,646,000

Net nonexpenditure transfers.......................................................................................................................................................................

-32,646,000

Outlays:
DOE radioactive waste disposal activities .......................................................................................................................................................

213,032,061

Cost investments..............................................................................................................................................................................................

559,598,029

Total outlays.................................................................................................................................................................................................

772,630,090

Balance Sept. 30, 2008........................................................................................................................................................................................

-$1,168,354

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CHARTS TF-A and B.—Major Trust Funds
[Data depicted in these charts are derived from the Trust Fund tables, which are provided by various
Government agencies. See tables TF-1, TF-3, TF-5, TF-6 and TF-9.]

1200

2007
2008

900

600

Interest on
Investments,
Fiscal Years
2007-2008
(In millions of dollars)

300

0
Nuclear
Waste
Fund

Airport
and
Airway
Trust Fund

Hazardous
Substance
Superfund

50

Receipts and
Expenses,
Fiscal Year
2008
(In billions of dollars)

45

Receipts

40

Expenses

35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Highway
Trust Fund

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Airport
and
Airway
Trust Fund

Nuclear
Waste
Fund

Hazardous
Substance
Superfund

Black
Lung
Trust Fund

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INTRODUCTION: Reforestation Trust Fund
The Reforestation Trust Fund was established on the
books of the Treasury in fiscal year 1981 to continue
through September 30, 1985, according to provisions of
Title III—Reforestation, of the Recreational Boating Safety
and Facilities Improvement Act of 1980 [Public Law 96451, codified at 16 United States Code 1606a(a)].
The act provides that the Secretary of the Treasury shall
transfer to the trust fund tariffs, limited to not more than $30
million for any fiscal year, received in the Treasury from
October 1, 1979, through September 30, 1985, on (1) rough
and primary wood products and wood waste; (2) lumber,
flooring and moldings; and (3) wood veneers, plywood,
other wood-veneer assemblies and building boards. Public
Law 99-190, title II, 99 Statutes at Large 1245, extended the
receipts for the trust fund. Amounts available in the
reforestation trust fund exceeding current withdrawals are
invested in interest-bearing obligations of the United States

or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest
by the United States. The interest on, and the proceeds from
the sale or redemption of, any obligations are credited to the
trust fund.
The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture is
authorized to obligate available sums in the trust fund
(including any amounts not obligated in previous years) for
(1) reforestation and timber stand improvement and (2)
administrative costs of the Government for these activities.
Annual reports are required by 16 United States Code
1606a(c) (1) to be submitted by the Secretary of the
Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of
Agriculture, on the financial condition and the results of the
operations of the trust fund during the past fiscal year and on
its expected condition and operations during the next fiscal
year.

TABLE TF-10.—Reforestation Trust Fund
Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2008
[Source: Department of Agriculture]

Balance Oct. 1, 2007 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................

$13,686,570

Receipts:
Excise taxes (tariffs).........................................................................................................................................................................................

30,000,132

Redemption of investment ...............................................................................................................................................................................

-

Total receipts................................................................................................................................................................................................

30,000,132

Expenses:
Expenditure ......................................................................................................................................................................................................

29,091,611

Total expenses.............................................................................................................................................................................................

29,091,611

Adjustment ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

973
$14,596,064

Balance Sept. 30, 2008........................................................................................................................................................................................

Reforestation Trust Fund
Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2009
[In thousands of dollars. Source: Department of Agriculture]

Balance Oct. 1.....................................................................................................................................................................................................

14,596

Receipts:
Excise taxes (tariffs)........................................................................................................................................................................................

30,000

Redemption of investment ..............................................................................................................................................................................

-

Total receipts...............................................................................................................................................................................................

30,000

Outlays ................................................................................................................................................................................................................

30,000

Balance Sept. 30 .................................................................................................................................................................................................

14,596

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INTRODUCTION: Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund
The Aquatic Resources Trust Fund (ARTF) was
established on the books of the Treasury pursuant to the
Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 [Public Law 98-369, division
A, title X, section 1016(a), approved July 18, 1984]. The
ARTF was restructured and renamed the Sport Fish
Restoration and Boating Trust Fund by the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act:
A Legacy for Users or “SAFETEA-LU” [Public Law 10959, title XI, subtitle B, part 2, section 11115, approved
August 10, 2005,] as amended by the Sportfishing and
Recreational Boating Safety Amendments Act of 2005
[Public Law 109-74, approved September 29, 2005].
Funding of ARTF programs was extended several times
before a transportation bill was finally enacted—P.L. 109-14
(through June 30, 2005), P.L. 109-20 (through July 19,
2005), P.L. 109-35 (through July 21, 2005), P.L. 109-37
(through July 27, 2005), P.L. 109-40 (through July 30,
2005), and P.L. 109-42 (through August 14, 2005). P.L. 10959 (The Transportation Equity Act) comprehensively
amended and reauthorized the Sport Fish Restoration
Program to (beginning in fiscal year 2006) permanently
appropriate boat safety funding and modify distribution of
funds whereby all accounts will annually receive a fixed
percentage of the total fund revenue, eliminated the ARTF to
create a Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund, and
modified the excise tax on certain sport fishing equipment.
P.L. 109-74 funded sport fishing and boating safety
programs from the Highway Trust Fund through the end of
fiscal year 2006.

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Effective October 1, 2005, motorboat fuel taxes (less $1
million transferred to the Land and Water Conservation
Fund) and small engine gasoline taxes [pursuant to the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Public Law
101-508, title XI, section 11211(i)(2) and (3)] were
transferred from the Highway Trust Fund to the Sport Fish
Restoration and Boating Trust Fund. In addition, amounts
equivalent to the excise taxes received on sport fishing
equipment and import duties on fishing tackle, yachts, and
pleasure craft are appropriated into the fund.
Amounts in the trust fund are used, as provided by
appropriation acts, for the purposes of carrying out the
Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act, approved
August 9, 1950, the purposes of section 13106 of title 46,
United States Code, the purpose of section 7404)d) of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, and the
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act
(as amended by SAFETEA-LU).
When the provisions of 26 United States Code 9602(b)
are met, amounts available in the fund exceeding outlay
requirements are invested in public debt securities with the
interest credited to the fund.
Annual reports to Congress required by 26 United States
Code 9602(a), are submitted by the Secretary of the
Treasury. These reports are required to cover the financial
condition and results of operations of the fund during the
past fiscal year and those expected during the next 5 fiscal
years.

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TABLE TF-11.—Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund
Sport Fish Restoration Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2008
[Source: Bureau of the Public Debt]

Balance Oct. 1, 2007 ............................................................................................................................................................................................

$719,161,289

Revenue:
Tax revenue:
Gas, motorboat .............................................................................................................................................................................................

378,996,000

Fish equipment..............................................................................................................................................................................................

113,192,000

Electric trolling sonar.....................................................................................................................................................................................

-

Customs/import duties ..................................................................................................................................................................................

41,717,376

Gas, motorboat small engines ......................................................................................................................................................................

103,003,000

Total, tax revenue .....................................................................................................................................................................................

636,908,376

Investment revenue:
Interest on investments (cash basis) ............................................................................................................................................................

71,553,714

Loss on sale of securities..............................................................................................................................................................................

-

Total, investment revenue.........................................................................................................................................................................

71,553,714

Total revenue ............................................................................................................................................................................................

708,462,090

Nonexpenditure transfers:
Transfer to Interior.........................................................................................................................................................................................

-480,998,939

Transfer to U.S. Coast Guard .......................................................................................................................................................................

-126,123,836

Transfer to Corps of Engineers.....................................................................................................................................................................

-88,286,685

Total nonexpenditure transfers .................................................................................................................................................................

-695,409,460

Balance Sept. 30, 2008.........................................................................................................................................................................................

$732,213,919

Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund
Sport Fish Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2009-2013
[In thousands of dollars. Source: Department of the Interior]

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

732,214

693,113

705,718

733,792

760,152

Taxes ............................................................................................

605,000

619,000

641,000

661,000

679,000

Interest ..........................................................................................

71,547

70,152

76,226

82,586

87,003

Transfers.......................................................................................

-

-

-

-

-

Total receipts ............................................................................

676,547

689,152

717,226

743,586

766,003

Expenses/transfers .......................................................................

715,648

676,547

689,152

717,226

743,586

Total expenses..........................................................................

715,648

676,547

689,152

717,226

743,586

Balance Sept. 30...............................................................................

693,113

705,718

733,792

760,152

782,569

Balance Oct. 1 .....................................................................................
Receipts/revenue:

Expenses:

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Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund
Boating Safety Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2008
[Source: Bureau of the Public Debt]

Balance Oct. 1, 2007...........................................................................................................................................................................................

$51,559,695

Revenue:
Investment revenue:
Interest on investments ...................................................................................................................................................................................

2,047,435

Loss on sale of securities................................................................................................................................................................................

-

Total investment revenue................................................................................................................................................................................

2,047,435

Total revenue ..............................................................................................................................................................................................

2,047,435

Nonexpenditure transfers:
Transfer to Coast Guard .................................................................................................................................................................................

6,800,000

Transfer to Interior...........................................................................................................................................................................................

10,339,000

Total nonexpenditure transfers ...................................................................................................................................................................

17,139,000

Balance Sept. 30, 2008.......................................................................................................................................................................................

$36,508,130

Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund
Boating Safety Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2009-2013
[In thousands of dollars. Source: Department of Transportation]

2009

2010

36,508

21,679

-

-

-

Taxes .......................................................................................

-

-

-

-

-

Interest .....................................................................................

2,310

2,650

-

-

-

Transfers..................................................................................

-

-

-

-

-

Total receipts .......................................................................

2,310

2,650

-

-

-

Expenses/outlays.....................................................................

-

-

-

-

-

Transfers FWS, USCG ............................................................

17,139

24,329

24,329

-

-

Total expenses.....................................................................

17,139

24,329

24,329

-

-

Balance Sept. 30..........................................................................

21,679

-

-

-

-

Balance Oct. 1 .............................................................................

2011

2012

2013

Receipts/revenue:

Expenses:

* In accordance with Public Law 109-59, the old Boat Safety Account will
be liquidated by the end of fiscal year 2010.

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INTRODUCTION: Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund was established on the
books of the Treasury by section 8033 of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-509). It was made
effective on January 1, 1990, by section 7811(m)(3) of the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 (Public Law
101-239) and amended by section 9001of the Oil Pollution
Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-380). The Energy Policy Act of
2005 (Public Law 109-58) reinstated the tax on petroleum to
ensure continued viability of the fund.
Amounts equivalent to the taxes received from the
environmental tax on petroleum, but only to the extent of the
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund rate, are appropriated to the
fund. The tax is not applied during any calendar quarter if the
Secretary of the Treasury estimates that, as of the close of the
preceding calendar quarter, the unobligated balance in the
fund exceeds $2.7 billion.
Certain amounts were transferred from other funds and
were appropriated to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund as

provided by 26 United States Code 9509(b). Certain paid
penalties and amounts recovered for damages are also
appropriated to the fund.
Amounts in the fund are available for oil spill cleanup
costs and certain other related purposes as provided by
appropriations acts or section 6002(b) of the Oil Pollution Act
of 1990 (Public Law 101-380).
When the provisions of 26 United States Code 9602(b) are
met, amounts available in the fund exceeding outlay
requirements are invested in public debt securities. Interest is
credited to the fund.
Annual reports to Congress, required by 26 United States
Code 9602(a), are submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury.
These reports are required to cover the financial condition and
results of operations of the fund during the past fiscal year and
those expected during the next 5 fiscal years.

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TABLE TF-12.—Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2008
[Source: Bureau of the Public Debt]

$829,263,891

Balance Oct. 1, 2007 .....................................................................................................................................................................................................
Revenue:
Tax on crude oil/petroleum products .........................................................................................................................................................................

-

Other income..............................................................................................................................................................................................................

-

Trans-Alaska Pipeline liability fund deposit ...............................................................................................................................................................

-

Cost recoveries ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................

7,923,188

Fines and penalties....................................................................................................................................................................................................

21,928,970

Excise Taxes..............................................................................................................................................................................................................

333,259,522

Net revenue before interest ...................................................................................................................................................................................

363,111,680

Investment Income:
Interest on investments..............................................................................................................................................................................................

33,037,889

Realized gain .............................................................................................................................................................................................................

-

Total investment income ........................................................................................................................................................................................

33,037,889

Total revenue .........................................................................................................................................................................................................

396,149,569

Expenditures:
Treasury administrative expense – BPD ...................................................................................................................................................................

20,600

Nonexpenditure transfers:
Transfer to Denali commission ..................................................................................................................................................................................

5,830,934

Transfer to Interior......................................................................................................................................................................................................

12,526,000

Transfer to EPA..........................................................................................................................................................................................................

17,055,714

Transfer to DOT-Research and special projects .......................................................................................................................................................

26,508,199

Transfer to U.S. Coast Guard-70x8312 (claims) .......................................................................................................................................................

25,190,625

Transfer to U.S. Coast Guard-70x8349 (emergency fund) .......................................................................................................................................

51,095,291

Transfer to U.S. Coast Guard-annual (earmarked) ...................................................................................................................................................

45,000,000

Transfer to North Pacific ............................................................................................................................................................................................

-

Total nonexpenditures transfers ............................................................................................................................................................................

183,206,763

Total expenditure/nonexpenditure transfers ..........................................................................................................................................................

183,227,363

Balance Sept. 30, 2008..................................................................................................................................................................................................

$1,042,186,097

Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2009-2013
[In millions of dollars. Source: Department of Homeland Security]

Balance Oct. 1 ....................................................................................................

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

1,042

1,238

1,472

1,709

1,960

Estimated receipts ..............................................................................................

436

416

419

433

442

Estimated expenses ...........................................................................................

240

182

182

182

182

Balance Sept. 30 ................................................................................................

1,238

1,472

1,709

1,960

2,220

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INTRODUCTION: Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund
The Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund was
created on the books of the Treasury by section 9202 of the
Revenue Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-203, approved
December 22, 1987). Excise taxes on diphtheria, pertussis,
tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, hepatitis B,
haemophilus influenza type b, varicella, rotavirus,
pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, hepatitis A (26 United
States Code 4131), and trivalent influenza are appropriated
into the trust fund, which is the source of funds to pay
compensation awards for a vaccine-related injury or death
occurring after October 1, 1988, as well as program

administrative expenses. Additionally, two new vaccines
have been added for coverage effective February 1, 2007;
the meningococcal vaccine and the human papillomavirus
vaccine.
Annual reports to Congress, required by 26 United
States Code 9602(a), are submitted by the Secretary of the
Treasury. These reports are required to cover the financial
condition and results of operations of the fund during the
past fiscal year and those expected during the next 5 fiscal
years.

TABLE TF-13.—Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund
Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2008
[Source: Bureau of the Public Debt]

Balance Oct. 1, 2007 ...........................................................................................................................................................................................

$2,602,172,617

Receipts:
Excise tax receipts ...........................................................................................................................................................................................

251,409,000

Interest on investments....................................................................................................................................................................................

106,579,310

Total receipts................................................................................................................................................................................................

357,988,310

Expenditure Appropriations:
U.S. Court of Federal Claims expenses ..........................................................................................................................................................

1,826,103

U.S. Department of Justice expenses .............................................................................................................................................................

7,512,205

Total outlays.................................................................................................................................................................................................

9,338,308

Nonexpenditure appropriations:
Health resources ..............................................................................................................................................................................................

87,000,000

Total outlays/transfers..................................................................................................................................................................................

96,338,308

Balance Sept. 30, 2008........................................................................................................................................................................................

$2,863,822,619

Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund
Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2009-2013
[In thousands of dollars. Source: Department of Health and Human Services ]

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Balance Oct. 1 ........................................................................................

2,863,823

3,133,602

3,411,756

3,698,534

3,994,196

Receipts (from tax) .................................................................................

258,951

266,720

274,721

282,963

291,452

Interest on investments.......................................................................

109,776

113,070

116,462

119,956

123,554

Total receipts ..................................................................................

368,727

379,790

391,183

402,919

415,006

Outlays:
U.S. Court of Federal Claims expenses .............................................

1,826

1,826

1,826

1,826

1,826

U.S. Department of Justice expenses ................................................

7,512

7,512

7,512

7,512

7,512

Total outlays....................................................................................

9,338

9,338

9,338

9,338

9,338

Nonexpenditure transfers:
Transfers to health resources.............................................................

89,610

92,298

95,067

97,919

100,857

Total outlays/transfers ....................................................................

98,948

101,636

104,405

107,257

110,195

Balance Sept. 30.....................................................................................

3,133,602

3,411,756

3,698,534

3,994,196

4,299,007

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INTRODUCTION: Wool Research, Development,
and Promotion Trust Fund
The Wool Research, Development, and Promotion Trust
Fund was established in fiscal year 2000 with a sunset
provision effective January, 1, 2004, according to provisions
of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (Public Law
106-200, signed May 18, 2000). The Trade Act of 2002
(Public Law 107-210, signed August 6, 2002) extended the
sunset provision to January 1, 2006. The Miscellaneous
Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004 (Public Law
108-429, signed December 3, 2004) extended the sunset
provision to 2008. The Pension Protection Act of 2006
(Public Law 109-280, signed August 17, 2006) extended the
sunset provision to 2010. The Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-343, signed
October 3, 2008) extended the sunset provision to 2015.
The Act provides that the Secretary of the Treasury shall
transfer to the trust fund out of the general fund of the U.S.
Treasury amounts determined to be equivalent to the duty
received on articles under chapters 51 and 52 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. The

amount to be transferred is limited to $2,500,000 in any
fiscal year and may be invested in U.S. Treasury securities.
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to provide grants
to a nationally recognized council established for the
development of the United States wool market for the
following purposes:
• Assist United States wool producers in improving
the quality of wool and wool production methods for wool
produced in the United States.
• Disseminate information on improvements to United
States wool producers.
• Assist United States wool producers in developing
and promoting the wool market.
Annual reports to Congress are required on the financial
condition and the results of the operations of the trust fund
during the past fiscal year and on its expected condition and
operations during the next fiscal year.

TABLE TF-14.—Wool Research, Development, and Promotion Trust Fund
Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2008
[In thousands of dollars. Source: Department of Agriculture]

Balance Oct. 1, 2007 ................................................................................................................................................................................................

-

Receipts:
Harmonized tariff...................................................................................................................................................................................................

2,250

Total receipts.....................................................................................................................................................................................................

2,250

Expenses:
Expenditure ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

2,250

Total expenses..................................................................................................................................................................................................

2,250

Balance Sept. 30, 2008............................................................................................................................................................................................

-

Wool Research, Development, and Promotion Trust Fund
Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2009
[In thousands of dollars. Source: Department of Agriculture]

Balance Oct. 1...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

-

Receipts:
Harmonized tariff...................................................................................................................................................................................................

2,250

Total receipts.....................................................................................................................................................................................................

2,250

Expenses:
Expenditure ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................

2,250

Total expenses..................................................................................................................................................................................................

2,250

Balance Sept. 30 ......................................................................................................................................................................................................

-

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Research Paper Series
Available through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy

9002. “Historical Trends in the U.S. Cost of Capital.” Robert Gillingham and John S. Greenlees. December 1990.
9003. “The Effect of Marginal Tax Rates on Capital Gains Revenue: Another Look at the Evidence.” Robert Gillingham and
John S. Greenlees. December 1990.
9004. “An Econometric Model of Capital Gains Realization Behavior.” Robert Gillingham, John S. Greenlees, and Kimberly
D. Zieschang. August 1990.
9101. “The Impact of Government Deficits on Personal and National Saving Rates.” (Revised) Michael R. Darby, Robert
Gillingham, and John S. Greenlees. February 1991.
9102. “Social Security and the Public Debt.” James E. Duggan. October 1991.
9201. “Issues in Eastern European Social Security Reform.” John C. Hambor. June 1992.
9202. “Life-Health Insurance Markets.” John S. Greenlees and James E. Duggan. July 1992.
9203. “Property-Casualty Insurance Markets.” Lucy Huffman and David Bernstein. August 1992.
9301. “The Bank-Reported Data in the U.S. Balance of Payments: Basic Features and an Assessment of their Reliability.”
Michael Cayton. February 1993.
9302. “The Returns Paid to Early Social Security Cohorts.” James E. Duggan, Robert Gillingham, and John S. Greenlees.
April 1993.
9303. “Distributional Effects of Social Security: The Notch Issue Revisited.” James E. Duggan, Robert Gillingham, and John
S. Greenlees. Revised April 1995.
9501. “Progressive Returns to Social Security? An Answer from Social Security Records.” James E. Duggan, Robert
Gillingham, and John S. Greenlees. November 1995.
9701. “Housing Bias in the CPI and Its Effects on the Budget Deficit and Social Security Trust Fund.” James E. Duggan,
Robert Gillingham, and John S. Greenlees. January 1997.
9702. “An Improved Method for Estimating the Total Taxable Resources of the States.” Michael Compson and John
Navratil. December 1997.
2001-01. “Some Regulatory and Institutional Barriers to Congestion Pricing at Airports.” Edward Murphy and John D.
Worth. May 2001.
2001-02. “Actuarial Nonequivalence in Early and Delayed Social Security Benefit Claims.” James E. Duggan and
Christopher J. Soares. June 2001.

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2003-01. “Annuity Risk: Volatility and Inflation Exposure in Payments from Immediate Life Annuities.” Christopher J.
Soares and Mark Warshawsky. January 2003.
2005-01. “Possible Alternatives to the Medicare Trustees’ Long-Term Projections of Health Spending.” Jason D. Brown and
Ralph M. Monaco. January 2005.
2005-02. “The Long-Term Real Interest Rate for Social Security.” James A. Girola. March 2005.
2006-01. “Implications of Returns on Treasury Inflation-Indexed Securities for Projections of the Long-Term Real Interest
Rate.” James A. Girola. March 2006.
2007-01. “Mortality and Lifetime Income Evidence from Social Security Records.” James E. Duggan, Robert Gillingham,
and John S. Greenlees. December 2006.
2007-02. “The Impact of Post-9/11 Visa Policies on Travel to the United States.” Brent Neiman and Phillip L. Swagel.
June 2007.
2008-01. “Prefunding Social Security Benefits to Achieve Intergenerational Fairness: Can It Be Done in the Social Security
Trust Fund?” Randall P. Mariger. December 2008.
2008-02. “Do Social Security Surpluses Pay Down Publicly Held Debt? Evidence from Budget Data.” Randall P. Mariger.
December 2008.

Copies may be obtained by writing to:
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1500 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Room 4409 MT
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Telephone (202) 622-1519 or fax (202) 622-4112

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Glossary
With References to Applicable Sections and Tables
Source: Financial Management Service
Amounts outstanding and in circulation (USCC)—Includes
all issues by the Bureau of the Mint purposely intended as a
medium of exchange. Coins sold by the Bureau of the Mint at
premium prices are excluded; however, uncirculated coin sets
sold at face value plus handling charge are included.

Second Liberty Loan Act of 1917, the nature of the limitation
was modified until, in 1941, it developed into an overall limit
on the outstanding Federal debt. As of December 2008, the
debt limit was $11,315,000 million; the limit may change
from year to year.

Average discount rate (PDO-1, -2)—In Treasury bill auctions,
purchasers tender competitive bids on a discount rate basis.
The average discount rate is the weighted, or adjusted,
average of all bids accepted in the auction.

The debt subject to limitation includes most of
Treasury’s public debt except securities issued to the Federal
Financing Bank, upon which there is a limitation of $15
billion, and certain categories of older debt (totaling
approximately $595 million as of February 1991).

Budget authority (“Federal Fiscal Operations”)—Congress
passes laws giving budget authority to Government entities,
which gives the agencies the power to spend Federal funds.
Congress can stipulate various criteria for the spending of
these funds. For example, Congress can stipulate that a given
agency must spend within a specific year, number of years, or
any time in the future.
The basic forms of budget authority are appropriations,
authority to borrow, contract authority, and authority to
obligate and expend offsetting receipts and collections. The
period of time during which Congress makes funds available
may be specified as 1-year, multiple-year, or no-year. The
available amount may be classified as either definite or
indefinite; a specific amount or an unspecified amount can
be made available. Authority also may be classified as
current or permanent. Permanent authority requires no
current action by Congress.
Budget deficit—The total, cumulative amount by which
budget outlays (spending) exceed budget receipts (income).
Cash management bills (PDO-1)—Marketable Treasury
bills of irregular maturity lengths, sold periodically to fund
short-term cash needs of Treasury. Their sale, having higher
minimum and multiple purchase requirements than those of
other issues, is generally restricted to competitive bidders.
Competitive tenders (“Treasury Financing Operations”)—
A bid to purchase a stated amount of one issue of Treasury
securities at a specified yield or discount. The bid is accepted
if it is within the range accepted in the auction. (See
Noncompetitive tenders.)
Currency no longer issued (USCC)—Old and new series
gold and silver certificates, Federal Reserve notes, national
bank notes, and 1890 Series Treasury notes.
Debt outstanding subject to limitation (FD-6)—The debt
incurred by the Treasury subject to the statutory limit set by
Congress. Until World War I, a specific amount of debt was
authorized to each separate security issue. Beginning with the

Discount—The interest deducted in advance when purchasing
notes or bonds. (See Accrued discount.)
Discount rate (PDO-1)—The difference between par value
and the actual purchase price paid, annualized over a 360-day
year. Because this rate is less than the actual yield (couponequivalent rate), the yield should be used in any comparison
with coupon issue securities.
Dollar coins (USCC)—Include standard silver and nonsilver
coins.
Domestic series (FD-2)—Nonmarketable, interest- and noninterest-bearing securities issued periodically by Treasury to
the Resolution Funding Corporation (RFC) for investment of
funds authorized under section 21B of the Federal Home Loan
Bank Act (12 United States Code 1441b).
Federal intrafund transactions (“Federal Fiscal Operations”)—Intrabudgetary transactions in which payments and
receipts both occur within the same Federal fund group
(Federal funds or trust funds).
Federal Reserve notes (USCC)—Issues by the U.S.
Government to the public through the Federal Reserve banks
and their member banks. They represent money owed by the
Government to the public. Currently, the item “Federal
Reserve notes—amounts outstanding” consists of new series
issues. The Federal Reserve note is the only class of currency
currently issued.
Foreign (“Foreign Currency Positions,” IFS-2, -3)—
Locations other than those included under the definition of the
United States. (See United States.)
Foreigner (“Capital Movements,” IFS-2)—All institutions
and individuals living outside the United States, including
U.S. citizens living abroad, and branches, subsidiaries, and
other affiliates abroad of U.S. banks and business concerns;
central governments, central banks, and other official
institutions of countries other than the United States; and

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international and regional organizations, wherever located.
Also refers to persons in the United States to the extent that
they are known by reporting institutions to be acting for
foreigners.
Foreign official institutions (“Capital Movements”)—
Includes central governments of foreign countries, including
all departments and agencies of national governments; central
banks, exchange authorities, and all fiscal agents of foreign
national governments that undertake activities similar to those
of a treasury, central bank, or stabilization fund; diplomatic
and consular establishments of foreign national governments;
and any international or regional organization, including
subordinate and affiliate agencies, created by treaty or
convention between sovereign states.
Foreign public borrower (“Capital Movements”)—Includes
foreign official institutions, as defined above, the corporations
and agencies of foreign central governments, including
development banks and institutions, and other agencies that
are majority-owned by the central government or its
departments; and state provincial and local governments of
foreign countries and their departments and agencies.
Foreign-targeted issue (PDO-2)—Foreign-targeted issues
were notes sold between October 1984 and February 1986 to
foreign institutions, foreign branches of U.S. institutions,
foreign central banks or monetary authorities, or to
international organizations in which the United States held
membership. Sold as companion issues, they could be
converted to domestic (normal) Treasury notes with the same
maturity and interest rates. Interest was paid annually.
Fractional coins (USCC)—Coins minted in denominations
of 50, 25, and 10 cents, and minor coins (5 cents and 1 cent).
Government account series (FD-2)—Certain trust fund
statutes require the Secretary of the Treasury to apply monies
held by these funds toward the issuance of nonmarketable
special securities. These securities are sold directly by
Treasury to a specific Government agency, trust fund, or
account. Their rate is based on an average of market yields on
outstanding Treasury obligations, and they may be redeemed
at the option of the holder. Roughly 80 percent of these are
issued to five holders: the Federal Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance Trust Fund; the civil service retirement and
disability fund; the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund; the
military retirement fund; and the Unemployment Trust Fund.
Interfund transactions (“Federal Fiscal Operations”)—
Transactions in which payments are made from one fund
group (either Federal funds or trust funds) to a receipt account
in another group.
International Monetary Fund (“Exchange Stabilization
Fund,” IFS-1)—(IMF) Established by the United Nations,
the IMF promotes international trade, stability of exchange,
and monetary cooperation. Members are allowed to draw
from the fund.

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Intrabudgetary transactions (“Federal Fiscal Operations”)—
These occur when payment and receipt both occur within the
budget, or when payment is made from off-budget Federal
entities whose budget authority and outlays are excluded from
the budget totals.
Noncompetitive tenders (“Treasury Financing Operations”)—This is a tender or bid to purchase a stated par
amount of securities at the highest yield or discount rate
awarded to competitive bidders for a single-price auction.
Obligations (“Federal Fiscal Operations”)—An unpaid
commitment to acquire goods or services.
Off-budget Federal entities (“Federal Fiscal Operations”)—
Federally owned and controlled entities whose transactions are
excluded from the budget totals under provisions of law. Their
receipts, outlays, and surplus or deficit are not included in
budget receipts, outlays, or deficits. Their budget authority is
not included in totals of the budget.
Outlays (“Federal Fiscal Operations”)—Payments on
obligations in the form of cash, checks, the issuance of bonds
or notes, or the maturing of interest coupons.
Own foreign offices (“Capital Movements”)—Refers to
U.S. reporting institutions’ parent organizations, branches
and/or majority-owned subsidiaries located outside the United
States.
Par value—The face value of bonds or notes, including
interest.
Quarterly financing (“Treasury Financing Operations”)—
Treasury has historically offered packages of several
“coupon” security issues on the 15th of February, May,
August, and November, or on the next working day. These
issues currently consist of a 3-year note, a 10-year note, and a
30-year bond. Treasury sometimes offers additional amounts
of outstanding long-term notes or bonds, rather than selling
new security issues. (See Reopening.)
Receipts (“Federal Fiscal Operations”)—Funds collected
from selling land, capital, or services, as well as collections
from the public (budget receipts), such as taxes, fines, duties,
and fees.
Reopening (PDO-2)—The offer for sale of additional
amounts of outstanding issues, rather than an entirely new
issue. A reopened issue will always have the same maturity
date, CUSIP-number, and interest rate as the original issue.
Special drawing rights (“Exchange Stabilization Fund,”
IFS-1)—International assets created by IMF that serve to
increase international liquidity and provide additional
international reserves. SDRs may be purchased and sold
among eligible holders through IMF. (See IMF.)
SDR allocations are the counterpart to SDRs issued by
IMF based on members’ quotas in IMF. Although shown in
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they must be redeemed by ESF only in the event of
liquidation of, or U.S. withdrawal from, the SDR department
of IMF or cancellation of SDRs.

increases or extends the limit. For a detailed listing of changes
in the limit since 1941, see the Budget of the United States
Government. (See debt outstanding subject to limitation.)

SDR certificates are issued to the Federal Reserve
System against SDRs when SDRs are legalized as money.
Proceeds of monetization are deposited into an ESF account
at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

STRIPS (PDO-2)—Separate Trading of Registered Interest
and Principal Securities. Long-term notes and bonds may be
divided into principal and interest-paying components, which
may be transferred and sold in amounts as small as $1,000.
STRIPS are sold at auction at a minimum par amount, varying
for each issue. The amount is an arithmetic function of the
issue’s interest rate.

Spot (“Foreign Currency Positions”)—Due for receipt or
delivery within 2 workdays.
State and local government series (SLGS) (FD-2)—Special
nonmarketable certificates, notes, and bonds offered to State
and local governments as a means to invest proceeds from
their own tax-exempt financing. Interest rates and maturities
comply with IRS arbitrage provisions. SLGS are offered in
both time deposit and demand deposit forms. Time deposit
certificates have maturities of up to 1 year. Notes mature in 1
to 10 years and bonds mature in more than 10 years. Demand
deposit securities are 1-day certificates rolled over with a rate
adjustment daily.
Statutory debt limit (FD-6)—By Act of Congress there is a
limit, either temporary or permanent, on the amount of public
debt that may be outstanding. When this limit is reached,
Treasury may not sell new debt issues until Congress

Treasury bills—The shortest term Federal security (maturity
dates normally varying from 3 to 12 months), are sold at a
discount.
Trust fund transaction (“Federal Fiscal Operations”)—
An intrabudgetary transaction in which both payments and
receipts occur within the same trust fund group.
United States—Includes the 50 States, District of Columbia,
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Midway
Island, Virgin Islands, Wake Island, and all other territories
and possessions.
U.S. notes (USCC)—Legal tender notes of five different
issues: 1862 ($5-$1,000 notes); 1862 ($1-$2 notes); 1863 ($5$1,000 notes); 1863 ($1-$10,000 notes); and 1901 ($10 notes).

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