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BULLETIN

SEPTEMBER 2008

FEATURES
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Financial Operations
International Statistics
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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 Third-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 ................................................................................................................................................. 29
PDO-1.—Offerings of Regular Weekly Treasury Bills....................................................................................................... 34
PDO-2.—Offerings of Marketable Securities Other than Regular Weekly Treasury Bills ................................................. 35
OWNERSHIP OF FEDERAL SECURITIES
Introduction.—Ownership of Federal Securities ................................................................................................................. 36
OFS-1.—Distribution of Federal Securities by Class of Investors and Type of Issues ....................................................... 37
OFS-2.—Estimated Ownership of U.S. Treasury Securities ............................................................................................... 38
MARKET YIELDS
Introduction.—Market Yields.............................................................................................................................................. 39
MY-1.—Treasury Market Bid Yields at Constant Maturities: Bills, Notes, and Bonds...................................................... 39
U.S. CURRENCY AND COIN OUTSTANDING AND IN CIRCULATION
Introduction.—U.S. Currency and Coin Outstanding and in Circulation ............................................................................ 40
USCC-1.—Amounts Outstanding and in Circulation; Currency, Coins.............................................................................. 40
USCC-2.—Amounts Outstanding and in Circulation; by Denomination, Per Capita Comparative Totals ......................... 41

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Contents
INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS
Introduction.—International Financial Statistics ................................................................................................................. 45
IFS-1.—U.S. Reserve Assets............................................................................................................................................... 45
IFS-2.—Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreigners .................................................................................................................. 46
IFS-3.—Nonmarketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes Issued to Official Institutions and Other
Residents of Foreign Countries.............................................................................................................................. 47
CAPITAL MOVEMENTS
Introduction.—Capital Movements ..................................................................................................................................... 48
SECTION I.—Liabilities to Foreigners Reported by Banks in the United States
CM-I-1.—Total Liabilities by Type and Holder.................................................................................................................. 51
CM-I-2.—Total Liabilities by Country................................................................................................................................ 52
CM-I-3.—Total Liabilities by Type and Country................................................................................................................ 54
CM-A.—Chart: U.S. Liabilities to Foreigners Reported by U.S. Banks, Brokers, and Dealers
with Respect to Selected Countries...................................................................................................................... 56
SECTION II.—Claims on Foreigners Reported by Banks in the United States
CM-II-1.—Total Claims by Type ........................................................................................................................................ 57
CM-II-2.—Total Claims by Country ................................................................................................................................... 58
CM-II-3.—Total Claims on Foreigners by Type and Country ............................................................................................ 60
CM-B.—Chart: U.S. Claims on Foreigners Reported by U.S. Banks, Brokers, and Dealers
with Respect to Selected Countries...................................................................................................................... 62
SECTION III.—Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners Reported by Nonbanking Business
Enterprises in the United States
CM-III-1.—Total Liabilities and Claims by Type............................................................................................................... 63
CM-III-2.—Total Liabilities to Unaffiliated Foreigners by Country................................................................................... 64
CM-III-3.—Total Claims on Unaffiliated Foreigners by Country....................................................................................... 66
CM-III-4.—Total Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners, by Type and Country ........................................ 68
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 ............................................ 70
CM-IV-2.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Foreign Securities by Type ............................................... 71
CM-IV-3.—Net Foreign Transactions in Long-Term Domestic Securities by Type and Country...................................... 72
CM-IV-4.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic and Foreign Securities, by Type
and Country, during (second quarter) ............................................................................................................... 74
CM-IV-5.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic and Foreign Securities, by Type
and Country, during (calendar year) ................................................................................................................. 76
CM-C.—Chart: Net Purchases of Long-Term Domestic Securities by Foreigners, Selected Countries ............................. 78
CM-D.—Chart: Net Purchases of Long-Term Foreign Securities by U.S. Investors .......................................................... 79
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 ................................. 80
CM-V-2. —Gross Total of Holdings with Negative Fair Values, by Country .................................................................... 81
CM-V-3. —Gross Total of Holdings with Positive Fair Values, by Country...................................................................... 82
CM-V-4. —Net Cash Settlements Received by U.S. Residents from Foreign Residents, by Type of Contract.................. 83
CM-V-5. —Net Cash Settlements Received by U.S. Residents from Foreign Residents, by Country ............................... 84

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Contents
FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS
Introduction.—Foreign Currency Positions......................................................................................................................... 85
SECTION I.—Canadian Dollar Positions
FCP-I-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants.................................................................................................... 86
FCP-I-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants .................................................................................................. 87
FCP-I-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants ................................................................................................. 87
SECTION II.—Japanese Yen Positions
FCP-II-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants................................................................................................... 88
FCP-II-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants ................................................................................................. 89
FCP-II-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants ................................................................................................ 89
SECTION III.—Swiss Franc Positions
FCP-III-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants ................................................................................................. 90
FCP-III-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants................................................................................................ 91
FCP-III-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants............................................................................................... 91
SECTION IV.—Sterling Positions
FCP-IV-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants ................................................................................................. 92
FCP-IV-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants................................................................................................ 93
FCP-IV-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants............................................................................................... 93
SECTION V.—U.S. Dollar Positions
FCP-V-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants .................................................................................................. 94
FCP-V-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants ................................................................................................. 95
FCP-V-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants................................................................................................ 95
SECTION VI.—Euro Positions
FCP-VI-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants ................................................................................................. 96
FCP-VI-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants................................................................................................ 97
FCP-VI-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants............................................................................................... 97
EXCHANGE STABILIZATION FUND
Introduction.—Exchange Stabilization Fund....................................................................................................................... 98
ESF-1.—Balance Sheet ....................................................................................................................................................... 98
ESF-2.—Income and Expense ............................................................................................................................................. 99

SPECIAL REPORTS
TRUST FUNDS
Introduction.—Highway Trust Fund ................................................................................................................................. 103
TF-6A.—Highway Trust Fund; Highway Account, Mass Transit Account ...................................................................... 103
RESEARCH PAPER SERIES........................................................................................................................................... 104
GLOSSARY ...................................................................................................................................................................... 106
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 Safety Trust Fund (formerly Aquatic
Resources 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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September 2008

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 August 7, 2008

Introduction
The U.S. economy has remained on a path of slower
growth since late 2007. The housing market has continued to
decline, financial markets remain unsettled, and energy
prices have risen to record highs. Labor markets have
softened noticeably, and both consumer spending and
business investment have moderated. Exports remain a
bright spot, however, and the narrowing real trade deficit has
been a key component of growth in recent quarters. Rising
commodity prices and especially, continued food and energy
price increases, have boosted input costs and headline
inflation. However, core inflation (a measure excluding food
and energy) has remained relatively contained. Private
analysts have reduced their forecasts for growth in the
second half of 2008. Although the economy will continue to
be supported by a boost to consumer income and business
investment from the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008,
growth is expected to remain sluggish through the remainder
of the year.

Growth
Growth in the U.S. economy stalled in the fourth quarter
of 2007 and although the economy accelerated during the
first half of 2008, growth remains sluggish. After averaging
a rapid 4.8 percent annual rate during the middle quarters of
2007, real gross domestic product (GDP) declined 0.2
percent at an annual rate during the fourth quarter of 2007,
then expanded by 0.9 percent during the first quarter of
2008, and grew by 1.9 percent in the second quarter. Growth
in the second quarter was led primarily by a significant
improvement in net exports as well as a strengthening of
personal consumption expenditures. Business investment
spending also edged higher. Residential investment,
however, fell for the tenth straight quarter, and declining
inventory investment was a significant drag on growth.
Growth of consumer spending–which accounts for about
70 percent of GDP–began to slow in the spring of 2007.
Spending growth in the final quarter of 2007 and in the first
and fourth quarters of 2008 amounted to just 1 percent at an
annual rate. Consumer spending accelerated to a 1.5 percent
pace in the second quarter of 2008, boosted in part by the
nearly $80 billion in stimulus payments that households
received during the quarter.
Residential investment–mostly residential homebuilding–
accounts for only about 5 percent of GDP, but the ongoing
decline in this sector has been a significant drag on real GDP
growth since early 2006. In the second quarter of 2008,
residential investment plunged by nearly 16 percent,
subtracting 0.6 percent point from real GDP growth.

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

8
6
4.8

4

3.0

3.8
3.0
2.6
2.5

4.8 4.8

3.5 3.6

2

1.3

2.7
1.9

1.5
0.8

0.9

0.1

0
-0.2

-2
2004

2005

2006

2007 2008

The second-quarter decline and its negative impact on
growth was much smaller than in recent quarters: the decline
was less than the average drop of 24 percent in the three
previous quarters and it subtracted only half as much from
real growth. Nevertheless, housing is expected to weigh
heavily on the economy for the remainder of 2008. Home
sales remain sluggish, and inventories of unsold homes are
at historically high levels. Homebuilder optimism is at a
record low. Housing starts and building permits are sharply
down. Single-family starts are about 65 percent below their
peak in January 2006, and hit a 17-year low in June. The
level of permits remains below starts, suggesting further
declines in new residential construction are ahead.
The elevated inventory of homes on the market continues
to depress house prices. According to figures from the
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, prices for
purchased homes fell 4.8 percent over the year ending in
May. Other measures, such as the Case-Shiller indices,
indicate that home prices are declining in most major U.S.
cities. The Case-Shiller 10-city index showed an almost 17
percent decline through the 12 months ending in May, and a
nearly 20 percent decline from the peak in June 2006.
Mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures are sharply up.
Subprime adjustable rate mortgages are largely responsible
for this trend, but foreclosure starts on prime loans have also
risen, suggesting that credit difficulties have spread.
Business activity outside of homebuilding has also
slowed. After growing by an average annual rate of 9.5
percent over the two middle quarters of 2007, business
investment slowed to 3.4 percent in the final quarter of that
year. Nonresidential fixed investment–about 10 percent of

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GDP–decelerated further in the first half of 2008, growing
by 2.4 percent. Business outlays for structures remained
solid in the first two quarters of 2008, offsetting declining
investment in equipment and software.
Growth in exports–about 12 percent of GDP–has
remained strong, reflecting robust growth in overseas
markets. Export growth accelerated markedly in the second
quarter, rising by 9.2 percent after gains of 5.1 percent and
4.4 percent in the first and fourth quarters, respectively.
Over the past year, exports have risen 10.2 percent. Imports
–about 17 percent of GDP–declined for the third straight
quarter, and were 1.7 percent below their year-earlier level
in the second quarter of 2008. As a result, the real trade
deficit narrowed considerably, and real net exports
contributed 2.4 percentage points to second quarter growth
in real GDP–considerably more than the average
contribution of 1.4 percentage points in each of the prior
four quarters.
Public sector purchases–which account for roughly 20
percent of GDP–grew 3.4 percent in the second quarter,

Payroll Employment

jumping up from the 1.9 percent pace in the first quarter and
the 0.8 percent pace in the final quarter of last year. The
most recent pace is still slower than the 4.0 percent average
of the middle quarters of 2007. Federal spending grew 6.7
percent in the second quarter, while state and local spending
increased 1.6 percent.

Labor Markets
Labor market conditions have deteriorated since late
2007. Payrolls fell by 51,000 in July, continuing a steady
decline in payrolls–the first since August 2003–that began in
January 2008. Payrolls have contracted by 463,000, with job
losses in a variety of sectors, including significant declines
in manufacturing, employment services, temporary help
services, and construction. The unemployment rate has
trended higher, with more noticeable increases in recent
months: unemployment reached a 4-year high of 5.7 percent
in July, and was 1.3 percentage points above the March 2007
low of 4.4 percent.

Unemployment Rate

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

(Percent)

350

7.0
257

250

230

255

6.5
206

206

150

109 105

88

July 2008
5.7%

6.0

151

151

5.5

71 80

5.0

50

4.5

-50
-82

-55

-150

4.0
3.5

2005

September 2008

2006

2007

2008

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

PROFILE OF THE ECONOMY

Inflation
Rising energy and food prices have boosted headline
inflation, but core inflation remains relatively contained.
Consumer prices were up 4.9 percent in the 12 months
ending in June, a 17-year high and roughly double the yearearlier change of 2.6 percent. Core consumer prices
(excluding food and energy) rose just 2.4 percent over the
latest 12 months, up only slightly from a year earlier. In the
year through June, the personal consumption expenditure
deflator rose by 4.1 percent, up sharply from the 2.4 percent
increase posted a year earlier. The core personal
consumption expenditure price deflator was also relatively
contained, rising 2.3 percent in the 12 months through June,
a bit above its year-earlier increase of 2.0 percent.
Energy prices reached record highs in mid-summer, but
have since started to come down. The retail price of regular
gasoline reached a record $4.11 a gallon in early July, but
eased below $3.90 per gallon in mid-August. The frontmonth futures price for West Texas Intermediate (WTI)
crude oil traded to a record $147 per barrel in mid-July, but
has since dropped almost $30 to around $118 per barrel.
Nonetheless, oil prices remain more than $40 per barrel
higher than a year ago.
Food price inflation began rising much more rapidly in
early 2007, and has been above the overall inflation rate in

Consumer Prices
(Percent change from a year earlier)

7
Food

6
Total

5
4
3
2
1

5

the United States. Analysts have pointed to several factors
behind the recent rise in food prices, including strong
increases in demand for food worldwide, trade restrictions in
some countries, rising input costs–especially for energy,
fertilizer, and feeds–droughts in key producing countries,
and rising demand for corn for use in the production of fuel.
Consumer food prices rose by 5.3 percent in the 12 months
through June, well above the 4.1 percent increase of a yearearlier, which itself was nearly double the 2.2 percent
increase for the year ending June 2006.

Federal Budget
The federal budget deficit declined to $162 billion (1.2
percent of GDP) in fiscal year 2007. During the first 9
months of fiscal year 2008, the deficit rose to just under
$270 billion, roughly $148 billion more than the same period
in fiscal year 2007. Stimulus payments associated with the
Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (see below) and the slowing
economy are partly responsible for the rising deficit, as
stimulus payments lowered net receipts and the slowing
economy raised outlays for programs like unemployment
insurance.
The Mid Session Review of the Federal Budget shows
both outlays and receipts growing more slowly in fiscal year
2009 than in fiscal year 2008, the deficit is expected to rise
to $482 billion (3.3 percent of GDP). During fiscal year
2008 through fiscal year 2013 spending growth is projected
to average 2.5 percent annually while receipts grow by
6.1 percent. The budget is expected to return to a small
surplus in fiscal year 2012.
Under the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008–signed in
mid-February–112.4 million stimulus payments, with a value
totaling $92 billion, were sent to households over the late
spring and early summer. Small batches of payments will be
sent out in the remainder of the year. The total stimulus
package features a boost of more than $150 billion to
individuals and businesses. This expansionary fiscal policy,
in combination with ongoing measures to support the
housing market, will help support economic growth more
broadly as adjustments continue in the housing sector and in
credit markets.

Excluding food and energy

0
98

99

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

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Interest Rates
In August 2007, financial markets came under significant
stress triggered in large measure by growing concerns about
the quality of debt instruments backed by subprime
mortgages. Concern quickly spread beyond the traditional
home-mortgage lending sector, and especially affected
banks, which had extended mortgage lenders credit directly
as well as through financing conduits. Uncertainty about the
scope of potential losses increased the perceived risks of
lending and liquidity tailed off sharply, which led to
pronounced swings in asset prices, yields, and interest and
lending rates.
Partly in response to rising financial market stress as well
as signs of 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 325 basis
points. At the latest Federal Open Market Committee
meeting in early August, citing concerns about economic
growth and potential inflationary pressures, the Federal
Reserve kept the federal funds target unchanged at 2.0
percent for the second straight meeting, its lowest level since
December 2004. The Federal Reserve is also using a variety
of additional tools to increase liquidity in credit markets,
including the Term Auction Facility, the Term Securities
Lending Facility, and the Primary Dealer Credit Facility.
Long- and short-term Treasury interest rates have
trended lower since the summer of 2007, partly reflecting
flight-to-quality flows in response to financial market
pressures. The 10-year Treasury note yield was trading at
about 5.1 percent in July 2007, then declined to 3.3 percent
in mid-March before resuming a generally upward trend, to
4.0 percent as of the end of July 2008. Likewise, the 3month Treasury bill yield was fluctuating around 5 percent
in late July 2007 then dropped to 1.1 percent in mid-April

before rising to 2.1 percent in mid-June 2008. As of the end
of July, the 3-month yield had fallen to about 1.7 percent.
Key interest rates on private securities have risen relative
to Treasury rates. The widening spreads reflect an increase
in financial risk, anticipation of slower economic growth,
and concerns by financial market participants about shortterm liquidity difficulties facing some institutions. The
spread between the 3-month London Inter-bank Offered
Rate and the 3-month Treasury bill rate (the TED spread–a
measure of inter-bank liquidity and credit risk) widened
from about 40 basis points in July 2007 to just under 200
basis points as of March 2008. Although the spread has
narrowed since then, reflecting some improvement in
perceptions of credit market risks, it remains at elevated
levels, fluctuating in a range well above 100 basis points. As
of early August, the TED spread had narrowed to about 115
basis points. The spread between the Baa corporate bond
yield and the 10-year Treasury yield, another measure of
investor risk appetite, was quite stable through most of 2007
at 70 basis points but has generally trended upward since last
fall, and stood at 320 basis points as of early August.
Rates for conforming mortgages as well as jumbo
mortgages have generally trended higher in recent months,
and the spread between jumbo and conforming mortgage
rates has also fluctuated in an elevated range. The average
interest rate for a 30-year conforming fixed-rate mortgage
fell from a recent high of 6.7 percent in July 2007 to a low of
5.5 percent in late January 2008, but as of late July, was
averaging around 6.4 percent. The jumbo-conforming spread
had widened late last year to about 100 basis points, well
above the more typical 20 to 25 basis point spread seen prior
to the onset of the housing and credit market problems.
Although the spread widened to as much as 150 basis points
in May, it has since narrowed to about 115 basis points in
early August.

Short-term Interest Rates

Long-term Interest Rates

(Percent)

(Percent)

8.0

7.0
Federal funds
rate target

6.0

Corporate Baa bond

7.0

5.0
6.0

4.0
3.0

5.0

2.0
3-month
Treasury bills

1.0
0.0
2003

2004

September 2008

2005

2006

2007

4.0
Treasury 10-year note

2008

3.0
2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

PROFILE OF THE ECONOMY

Foreign Trade and Exchange Rates
Although the U.S. trade balance (which measures trade
in goods and services) and current account (which measures
trade in goods, services, and investment income flows as
well as unilateral transfers) remain in deficit, both deficits
have narrowed appreciably in 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. In the first half of 2008, the trade deficit
narrowed noticeably, as export growth surged. 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. As of the
first quarter of 2008 (latest data available) the current
account deficit had narrowed further, to the equivalent of 5.0
percent of GDP.

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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) depreciated significantly from its
peak in February 2002, but more recently has begun to
stabilize. Between February 2002 and July 2008, the
exchange value of the dollar compared to an index of these
currencies fell by about 37 percent. Over this period, the
dollar depreciated by 20 percent against the yen, and by 45
percent to an all-time low against the euro. The dollar has
also depreciated, but by a far lesser amount, against an index
of currencies of 19 other important trading partners
(including China, India, and Mexico). Between February
2002 and July 2008, the dollar depreciated by about 12
percent against this basket of currencies.

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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.

September 2008

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 Third-Quarter Receipts by Source
[Source: Office of Tax Analysis, Office of Tax Policy]

Third-Quarter Receipts
The following capsule analysis of budget
receipts, by source, for the third quarter of fiscal
year 2008 supplements fiscal data reported in the
June 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 $374.2 billion for the third
quarter of fiscal year 2008. This is a decrease of $31.7
billion over the comparable prior year quarter. Withheld
receipts increased by $5.1 billion and non-withheld receipts
increased by $13.7 billion during this period. Refunds
increased by $50.5 billion over the comparable fiscal year
2007 quarter, primarily related to payments issued in
accordance with provisions of the Economic Stimulus Act of
2008. There was a decrease of $0.6 billion in accounting
adjustments between individual income tax receipts and the
Social Security and Medicare trust funds over the
comparable quarter in fiscal year 2007.
Corporate income taxes—Net corporate income tax
receipts were $107.0 billion for the third quarter of fiscal
year 2008. This is a decrease of $18.5 billion compared to

the prior year third quarter. The $18.5 billion change is
comprised of a decrease of $10.5 billion in estimated and
final payments, and an increase of $8.0 billion in corporate
refunds.
Employment taxes and contributions—Employment
taxes and contributions receipts for the third quarter of fiscal
year 2008 were $238.9 billion, an increase of $10.7 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 $6.8 billion, $1.2 billion, and $2.7 billion
respectively. There was a -$3.0 billion accounting
adjustment for prior years employment tax liabilities made
in the third quarter of fiscal year 2008, while there was a
-$3.6 billion adjustment in the third quarter of fiscal year
2007.
Unemployment insurance—Unemployment insurance
receipts, net of refunds, for the third quarter of fiscal year
2008 were $21.1 billion, a decrease of $0.1 billion over the
comparable quarter of fiscal year 2007. Net State taxes
deposited in the U.S. Treasury decreased by $0.2 billion to
$17.0 billion. Net Federal Unemployment Tax Act taxes
increased by $0.1 billion to $4.1 billion.

September 2008

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10

Budget Results and Financing of the U.S. Government
and Third-Quarter Receipts by Source, con.
Contributions for other insurance and retirement—
Contributions for other retirement were $1.0 billion for the
third quarter of fiscal year 2008. This was a negligible
change from the comparable quarter of fiscal year 2007.
Excise taxes—Net excise tax receipts for the third
quarter of fiscal year 2008 were $16.8 billion, an increase of
$0.8 billion over the comparable prior year quarter. Total
excise tax refunds for the quarter were $0.6 billion, a
decrease of $1.2 billion over the comparable prior year
quarter.
Estate and gift taxes—Net estate and gift tax receipts
were $8.9 billion for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008.

These receipts represent an increase of $1.3 billion over the
same quarter in fiscal year 2007.
Customs duties—Customs duties net of refunds were
$6.5 billion for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008. This is
an increase of $0.3 billion over the comparable prior year
quarter.
Miscellaneous receipts—Net miscellaneous receipts
for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008 were $13.3 billion,
an increase of $0.7 billion over the comparable prior year
quarter. This change is due in part to deposits of earnings by
Federal Reserve banks increasing by $0.9 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”]

Third quarter
April - June
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 2008

787,935
602,461
185,474
743,856
649,494
96,362
44,080
-47,033
91,112

1,933,904
1,430,953
502,951
2,202,577
1,881,098
321,479
-268,674
-450,145
181,472

-48,421
-7,178
11,519
-44,080

241,232
21,921
5,521
268,674

Third-Quarter Net Budget Receipts by Source, Fiscal Year 2008
[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.

September 2008

April

May

June

244.0
41.7
91.7
7.7
0.3
5.6
4.6
2.1
6.1
403.8

21.7
7.0
68.9
12.7
0.4
5.3
2.0
2.2
4.1
124.3

108.6
58.3
78.4
0.7
0.3
5.9
2.3
2.3
3.1
259.9

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CHART FFO-A.—
Monthly Receipts and Outlays, 2007-2008
(In billions of dollars)
350

On-budget
receipts

300

Off-budget
receipts

250
200

On-budget
outlays

150

Off-budget
outlays

100
50
0
-50
J

J

A

S

O

N

D

J

F

M

A

M

J

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

1000
900
2008

800

2007 *

700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Individual
income
taxes

Social
insurance
and
retirement
receipts

Corporate
income
taxes

Excise
taxes

Misc.
receipts

Customs
duties

Estate/gift
taxes

* Prior-year data are for the comparable year.

September 2008

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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”]

Total on-budget and off-budget results

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

Total receipts
(1)

Onbudget
receipts
(2)

Off-budget
receipts
(3)

Total
outlays
(4)

On-budget
outlays
(5)

Off-budget
outlays
(6)

Total
surplus or
deficit (-)
(7)

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

1,782,108
1,879,784
2,153,350
2,406,675
2,567,673

1,258,265
1,345,040
1,575,874
1,798,293
1,932,585

523,842
534,744
577,475
608,382
635,088

2,159,248
2,292,770
2,471,647
2,654,873
2,730,499

1,796,238
1,913,259
2,069,437
2,232,804
2,276,863

363,010
379,512
402,210
422,069
453,636

-377,140
-412,986
-318,298
-248,197
-162,826

-537,973
-568,219
-493,562
-434,510
-344,278

160,833
155,233
175,265
186,313
181,452

561,811
595,064
551,329
546,436
499,976

2008 - Est.................... 2,521,175
2009 - Est.................... 2,699,947

1,858,960
2,004,383

662,215
695,564

2,931,222
3,107,355

2,461,157
2,615,476

470,065
491,879

-410,047
-407,408

-602,197
-611,093

192,150
203,685

703,708
758,753

276,517
170,439
166,545
285,354
178,175
151,055
276,982
255,217
105,723
178,816
403,751
124,272
259,912

218,697
121,679
117,166
231,333
133,146
102,705
227,125
191,181
53,495
120,840
333,059
70,392
199,010

57,820
48,760
49,379
54,021
45,029
48,350
49,857
64,036
52,229
57,976
70,692
53,880
60,902

249,036
206,886
283,518
173,788
235,014
249,293
228,721
237,379
281,287
227,028
244,469
290,199
209,188

249,332
163,434
207,951
147,780
192,586
200,783
235,395
193,589
232,181
177,070
199,021
239,019
211,454

-296
43,452
75,567
26,008
42,428
48,510
-6,674
43,790
49,106
49,958
45,448
51,180
-2,266

27,481
-36,447
-116,973
111,567
-56,838
-98,238
48,261
17,839
-175,563
-48,212
159,282
-165,927
50,725

-30,635
-41,755
-90,785
83,554
-59,440
-98,078
-8,270
-2,408
-178,686
-56,230
134,038
-168,628
-12,443

58,116
5,308
-26,188
28,013
2,601
-160
56,531
20,246
3,123
8,018
25,244
2,700
63,168

37,943
65,919
72,779
3,160
73,429
71,631
79,026
11,103
119,605
82,503
-59,357
25,284
103,474

Fiscal year 2008 to date ... 1,933,903

1,430,953

502,951

2,202,578

1,881,098

321,480

-268,671

-450,145

181,471

506,698

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

Total
Financing
(20)

Fiscal year
or month
2003 ............................
2004 ............................
2005 ............................
2006 ............................
2007 ............................

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

Means of financing—net transactions, con.

Fiscal year
or month

Borrowing from the publicFederal securities, con.
Investments
of
Total
Government
Agency
10+11-12
accounts
securities
(12)
(11)
(13)

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

Other
(18)

2003 ......................................
2004 ......................................
2005 ......................................
2006 ......................................
2007 ......................................

-922
-1,769
-547
-245
-433

187,324
213,677
254,096
309,215
293,218

373,565
379,618
296,687
236,975
206,325

-25,926
1,390
-669
16,447
23,110

353
720
-4,537
410
646

-7,010
-23,669
-182
196
1,314

3,208
-4,630
-6,195
-6,626
-2,157

-26,352
6,517
9,250
20,983
-21,368

552
662
778
666
782

377,140
412,986
318,298
248,197
162,826

2008 - Est..............................
2009 - Est..............................

-16
226

310,202
331,444

393,490
427,534

-30,237
-

-

-

-

-13,680
-20,126

-

410,047
407,408

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

162
125
-286
-42
51
87
47
-43
-124
486
-302
8
356

75,889
5,475
-19,119
49,682
54,604
-7,805
88,048
14,724
-8,106
6,685
28,843
-8,422
97,463

-37,784
60,569
91,612
-46,564
18,877
79,523
-8,975
-3,664
127,587
76,304
-88,501
33,713
6,367

-922
22,132
-37,895
65,792
-37,280
-29,414
48,431
13,296
-59,244
35,111
94,569
-126,805
39,414

16
93
46
144
91
144
-60
90
121
204
-125
4
78

615
-251
305
112
-405
213
-86
-219
31
730
90
240
305

89
-205
20
76
-67
19
-172
-7
43
21
-48
859
125

9,771
-2,353
-12,163
771
r 300
-10,323
8,727
-1,015
-11,073
r 7,749
23,705
6,512
-17,285

330
350
100
225
115

-27,481
36,447
116,973
-111,567
r 56,838
98,238
-48,261
-17,839
175,563
r 48,212
-159,282
165,927
-50,725

Fiscal year 2008 to date...........

566

266,034

241,231

-21,922

547

899

773

7,297

440

268,671

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 February 4, 2008.

September 2008

Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

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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
Individual
Withheld
(1)

Corporation
Net
(7)

Net income
taxes
(8)

Gross
(9)

62,745
41,250
28,814
27,010
25,292

131,778
189,370
278,281
353,915
370,243

925,477
998,328
1,205,503
1,397,823
1,533,715

672,727
686,313
746,129
788,024
822,216

1,699
980
2,585
2,213
2,220

671,028
685,333
743,544
785,810
819,996

345,336
339,224

-

345,336
339,224

1,564,997
1,598,265

857,668
895,280

-

857,668
895,280

Other
(2)

Refunds
(3)

Net
(4)

734,647
753,260
786,559
848,954
928,582

252,502
243,324
320,942
387,307
437,666

193,451
187,626
180,279
192,354
202,779

793,699
808,958
927,222
1,043,908
1,163,472

194,522
230,619
307,095
380,925
395,534

2008 - Est...................... 1,219,661
2009 - Est...................... 1,259,041

-

-

1,219,661
1,259,041

Fiscal year
or month
2003 ..............................
2004 ..............................
2005 ..............................
2006 ..............................
2007 ..............................

Gross
(5)

Refunds
(6)

Refunds
(10)

Net
(11)

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

69,751
77,006
75,982
63,315
83,387
71,082
106,925
87,249
88,645
89,041
75,392
71,492
73,436

54,397
5,687
5,343
60,443
16,210
4,238
7,338
65,071
4,022
11,008
214,619
7,805
54,806

4,680
3,093
3,707
2,603
4,035
9,877
1,606
3,483
68,267
r 43,417
45,985
57,645
19,688

119,468
79,600
77,618
121,155
95,563
65,443
112,657
148,838
24,400
r 56,632
244,025
21,651
108,554

69,574
11,099
6,104
77,893
12,235
5,363
87,770
10,579
4,995
37,997
48,105
8,784
61,970

954
1,454
1,767
1,171
6,281
2,664
3,891
4,519
6,687
5,428
6,433
1,737
3,642

68,620
9,645
4,336
76,722
5,955
2,699
83,879
6,060
-1,692
32,569
41,672
7,046
58,328

188,088
89,245
81,954
197,877
101,518
68,142
196,536
154,898
22,708
r 89,201
285,697
28,697
166,882

74,217
62,669
63,500
72,624
59,539
64,142
66,595
82,287
67,066
73,443
91,281
68,472
78,458

2,220
-

74,217
62,669
63,500
70,404
59,539
64,142
66,595
82,287
67,066
73,443
91,281
68,472
78,458

Fiscal year 2008 to date...

746,649

385,117

254,003

877,763

277,798

41,282

236,516

1,114,279

651,283

-

651,283

Fiscal year
or month

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

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

2003 ............................
2004 ............................
2005 ............................
2006 ............................
2007 ............................

3,963
4,030
4,123
4,234
4,263

9
5
3
2
2

3,954
4,026
4,119
4,231
4,261

674,982
689,359
747,663
790,042
824,257

33,481
39,582
42,120
43,559
41,216

115
129
119
139
125

33,366
39,453
42,001
43,420
41,091

4,578
4,545
4,409
4,308
4,207

53
51
50
50
51

4,631
4,596
4,460
4,358
4,258

2008 - Est....................
2009 - Est....................

4,355
4,366

-

4,355
4,366

862,023
899,646

43,382
44,953

-

43,382
44,953

4,695
4,752

25
26

4,720
4,778

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

-92
446
410
332
421
326
394
394
454
439
383
418
-68

2
-1
9
*
1
*
*
*
2
-

-92
446
408
333
413
326
393
394
454
439
380
418
-68

74,125
63,115
63,908
70,737
59,952
64,468
66,989
82,681
67,520
73,882
91,661
68,890
78,390

262
2,787
5,055
238
2,143
3,267
265
2,143
2,993
366
7,682
12,759
696

12
15
12
12
5
6
6
4
3
14
18
13
10

250
2,771
5,043
226
2,137
3,261
259
2,139
2,989
353
7,663
12,746
686

394
372
340
326
323
391
345
366
322
321
321
391
318

4
3
5
7
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3

398
375
344
332
325
394
349
370
327
325
325
394
322

Fiscal year 2008 to date....

3,161

12

3,149

654,433

32,314

79

32,233

3,098

31

3,131

See footnote at end of table.

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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”]

Fiscal year
or month
2003............................
2004............................
2005............................
2006............................
2007............................

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

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

Highway Trust Fund

Miscellaneous

Net
(28)

Gross
(29)

Refunds
(30)

Net
(31)

Gross
(32)

Refunds
(33)

Net
(34)

712,979
733,408
794,123
837,820
869,607

8,729
9,230
10,415
10,531
11,535

44
56
101
105
67

8,684
9,174
10,314
10,425
11,468

506
566
610
607
639

-

506
566
610
607
639

34,756
35,725
38,897
39,433
40,402

1,032
1,014
1,007
891
1,040

33,724
34,711
37,890
38,543
39,362

25,499
26,260
25,272
25,509
18,734

891
856
994
1,123
5,134

24,608
25,404
24,278
24,386
13,600

2008 - Est ................... 910,125
2009 - Est ................... 949,377

11,871
12,570

-

11,871
12,570

638
648

-

638
648

39,203
39,928

-

39,203
39,928

17,123
15,800

-

17,123
15,800

74,773
66,262
69,295
71,296
62,414
68,123
67,597
85,190
70,836
74,560
99,649
82,030
79,398

1,253
1,002
1,149
1,673
369
1,056
945
870
1,062
864
901
947
1,074

-8
10
13
30
9
-

1,261
1,002
1,139
1,660
369
1,056
945
870
1,062
834
901
938
1,074

55
54
66
84
10
60
54
49
78
58
60
45
54

-

55
54
66
84
10
60
54
49
78
58
60
45
54

3,149
3,249
3,002
6,196
592
3,813
3,407
3,134
3,162
3,170
3,298
2,160
3,251

8
296
179
335
294
-

3,141
3,249
2,706
6,016
592
3,813
3,407
3,134
3,162
2,835
3,298
1,865
3,251

1,732
1,928
2,074
-22
3,646
1,121
1,445
1,049
1,112
1,518
1,458
2,554
1,669

185
189
178
198
165
180
133
69
492
-256
82
140
107

1,547
1,739
1,896
-221
3,481
941
1,312
979
619
1,773
1,376
2,413
1,562

Fiscal year 2008 to date.. 689,797

8,088

39

8,049

468

-

468

25,987

629

25,357

15,572

1,112

14,456

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

Net miscellaneous receipts

Fiscal year
or month

Excise
taxes, con.
Net excise
taxes
(35)

Estate and gift taxes
Gross
(36)

Customs duties

Refunds
(37)

Net
(38)

Gross
(39)

Refunds
(40)

Net
(41)

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

Total receipts
Total
(44)

On-budget Off-budget
(45)
(46)

2003 ............................
2004 ............................
2005 ............................
2006 ............................
2007 ............................

67,522
69,855
73,093
73,962
65,069

22,827
25,579
25,606
28,688
26,978

868
749
841
811
934

21,959
24,831
24,764
27,877
26,044

21,032
21,806
24,198
25,701
27,548

1,170
723
820
891
1,538

19,862
21,083
23,378
24,810
26,010

21,878
19,652
19,297
29,945
32,043

12,431
12,628
13,190
14,439
15,186

34,309
32,280
32,487
44,384
47,228

1,258,265
1,345,040
1,575,874
1,798,293
1,932,585

523,842
534,744
577,475
608,382
635,088

2008 - Est....................
2009 - Est....................

68,835
68,946

26,757
26,313

-

26,757
26,313

29,208
29,122

-

29,208
29,122

31,358
31,652

-110,105
-3,728

-78,747
27,924

1,858,960
2,004,383

662,215
695,564

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

6,004
6,043
5,807
7,539
4,452
5,871
5,718
5,032
4,921
5,500
5,636
5,262
5,942

1,858
1,924
2,379
2,218
2,487
2,144
2,527
2,395
1,890
2,510
4,735
2,089
2,371

80
78
68
57
74
87
66
60
69
105
105
95
73

1,778
1,847
2,311
2,161
2,413
2,057
2,460
2,336
1,820
2,405
4,630
1,994
2,298

2,245
2,444
2,668
2,399
2,615
2,543
2,211
2,295
2,280
2,172
2,177
2,223
2,397

73
72
62
76
106
65
84
61
57
102
101
65
91

2,172
2,372
2,606
2,323
2,509
2,478
2,127
2,234
2,223
2,070
2,075
2,158
2,306

2,637
3,363
3,206
2,735
3,215
3,018
1,486
4,125
2,063
3,801
4,802
2,990
1,952

1,064
1,307
1,366
1,423
1,655
1,367
1,058
1,403
1,151
1,278
1,261
1,140
1,134

3,702
4,670
4,572
4,158
4,870
4,385
2,545
5,529
3,214
5,079
6,063
4,130
3,086

218,697
121,679
117,166
231,333
133,146
102,705
227,125
191,181
53,495
120,840
333,059
70,392
199,010

57,820
48,760
49,379
54,021
45,029
48,350
49,857
64,036
52,229
57,976
70,692
53,880
60,902

Fiscal year 2008 to date..

48,334

23,148

734

22,413

20,913

732

20,180

27,452

11,447

38,901

1,430,953

502,951

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 February 4, 2008.

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

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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)

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

Department of
Health
and
Human
Services
(8)

Department of
Homeland
Security
(9)

Department of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
(10)

Department of
the
Interior
(11)

Department of
Justice
(12)

Department of
Labor
(13)

37,406
44,989
42,448
42,434
45,559

9,204
8,615
9,288
9,063
10,488

21,029
29,576
22,366
23,320
23,351

69,562
56,679
46,943
43,139
47,543

42,340
44,297

52,269
45,630

11,081
10,239

25,026
26,520

49,652
54,192

66,663
44,582
67,116
44,705
58,494
64,392
44,631
56,579
68,807
46,289
62,436
73,706
45,114

3,951
2,957
3,371
3,284
3,728
3,204
2,949
3,202
3,196
3,427
3,173
3,126
3,918

4,178
4,218
4,015
3,878
4,150
4,064
4,206
3,890
3,545
3,755
3,687
7,316
3,873

1,066
1,215
1,053
957
914
819
1,001
912
827
825
575
711
869

1,971
2,440
2,070
1,237
2,684
2,079
2,296
2,412
1,919
2,140
2,187
2,006
2,255

3,882
3,466
4,042
3,500
3,374
2,919
4,995
5,302
4,695
3,854
5,895
6,870
3,801

520,448

29,923

38,486

7,453

19,978

41,705

Other
Defense,
civil
programs
(20)

Environmental
Protection
Agency
(21)

Executive
Office
of the
President
(22)

Legislative
branch
(1)

Judicial
branch
(2)

3,404
3,900
3,995
4,129
4,306

5,128
5,393
5,543
5,820
6,008

72,860
71,572
85,333
93,533
84,437

5,670
5,829
6,147
6,374
6,479

388,741
437,043
474,374
499,350
529,871

57,144
62,779
72,857
93,427
66,372

19,380
19,894
21,274
19,653
20,117

505,024
542,812
581,463
614,313
672,036

32,133
26,802
38,717
69,100
39,172

2008 - Est ............... 4,586
2009 - Est ............... 4,962

6,161
6,981

94,764
94,753

8,151
9,246

583,057
651,162

68,046
63,500

23,209
23,325

709,381
738,633

384
372
346
320
367
331
323
406
342
353
512
351
352

579
494
532
481
480
626
487
502
511
469
509
602
560

3,909
5,267
5,460
6,034
12,544
8,189
9,931
9,269
7,269
7,345
5,276
5,972
6,085

550
705
574
555
599
603
691
608
599
525
511
643
888

48,322
40,288
48,136
44,010
57,005
50,217
49,174
44,309
48,199
44,512
48,986
51,253
45,880

5,531
3,024
7,773
5,737
5,037
4,971
4,501
7,581
7,055
4,907
4,572
8,758
4,542

2,116
850
1,292
2,212
1,409
881
2,209
1,243
1,859
1,059
2,384
2,390
1,073

Fiscal year 2008 to
date ........................ 3,337

4,746

71,880

5,667

439,535

51,924

14,507

Fiscal year
or month
2003 .......................
2004 .......................
2005 .......................
2006 .......................
2007 .......................

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

Fiscal year
or month
2003 .......................
2004 .......................
2005 .......................
2006 .......................
2007 .......................

Department of
State
(14)

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

Department of
Veterans
Affairs
(18)

Corps of
Engineers
(19)

General
InterServices
national
Admin- Assistance
istration
Program
(23)
(24)

9,341
10,925
12,754
12,957
13,749

50,454
54,872
56,597
60,141
61,701

318,149
321,566
352,350
405,872
429,978

49,674
54,330
57,927
58,873
60,623

56,956
59,585
69,844
69,808
72,820

4,680
4,732
4,720
6,946
3,918

39,881
41,732
43,484
44,435
47,112

8,044
8,329
7,911
8,322
8,258

387
3,349
7,689
5,378
2,957

338
-452
17
22
32

13,461
13,660
15,034
13,945
12,764

2008 - Est............... 18,892
2009 - Est............... 22,103

68,662
71,104

459,186
487,300

60,977
60,501

86,643
91,815

7,211
8,772

49,067
51,220

7,541
7,999

2,079
528

357
722

15,224
16,451

568
1,237
1,360
1,483
1,427
1,813
1,806
1,295
1,154
1,357
667
2,244
1,220

5,432
5,646
7,156
6,459
6,099
5,091
5,282
4,076
4,091
4,935
4,406
5,428
5,965

104,755
25,659
25,688
19,187
22,310
25,345
106,138
24,687
20,037
23,024
22,362
22,388
110,973

2,332
1,923
1,101
-5,312
1,064
1,385
2,576
5,088
32,303
13,084
9,523
19,226
15,380

9,834
3,386
9,457
3,354
6,835
10,423
6,704
3,511
9,943
4,141
7,058
11,017
3,372

230
385
553
460
450
321
437
507
447
376
333
371
364

3,794
4,079
3,555
4,167
3,694
4,110
4,021
4,193
4,010
3,993
3,232
3,771
3,864

710
700
788
676
668
677
714
687
630
713
576
675
637

169
164
170
136
96
113
152
140
110
92
93
80
72

10
-9
-63
-128
33
24
38
29
17
189
-12
135
24

1,120
752
1,325
161
67
-633
800
3,647
644
341
1,784
-331
1,015

Fiscal year 2008 to
date............................ 12,983

45,373

377,264

99,629

63,004

3,606

34,888

5,977

948

477

7,334

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

See footnote at end of table.

September 2008

FEDERAL FISCAL OPERATIONS

16

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
Space
Administration
(25)

National Office of
Science Personnel
ManageFounment
dation
(27)
(26)

Small
Business
Administration
(28)

Social
Security
Administration
(29)

Independent
agencies
(30)

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

Total outlays
OffOnbudget
budget
(35)
(36)

2003 ..................

14,610

4,730

54,135

1,559

507,733

8,878

-49,351

-156,066

-5,029

*

1,796,238

363,010

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 ..................

15,860

5,529

58,450

1,175

621,761

18,271

-61,774

-177,963

-6,762

-13,700

2,276,863

453,636

2008 - Est..........

17,318

6,256

64,173

530

656,563

18,401

-64,442

-197,838

-11,120

-12,181

2,461,157

470,065

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

18,137

6,414

67,213

825

692,783

19,393

-67,808

-208,929

-10,159

-2,469

2,615,476

491,879

2007 - June .......

1,497

521

5,368

81

59,720

-1,714

-4,289

-83,534

-321

-350

249,332

-296

July........

1,282

512

5,698

80

49,094

2,640

-4,230

-1,037

-952

*

163,434

43,452

Aug........

1,479

618

5,848

91

84,385

802

-3,938

-2,019

-616

*

207,951

75,567

Sept.......

1,771

498

239

87

21,312

6,535

-4,005

-95

-110

*

147,780

26,008

Oct.........

1,104

445

6,326

71

52,559

1,519

-18,288

-1,489

-760

*

192,586

42,428

Nov........

1,596

478

5,026

71

56,073

1,181

-4,397

-1,755

-942

*

200,783

48,510

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

-18,958

211,454

-2,266

Fiscal year 2008
to date ...............

12,966

4,009

51,748

300

491,712

12,244

-52,728

-185,832

-13,944

-18,965

1,881,098

321,480

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 February 4, 2008.

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

September 2008

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17

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

General
funds
(1)

Classification
Budget receipts:
Individual income taxes...............................................
877,705
Corporation income taxes ...........................................
236,516
Social insurance and retirement receipts:
Employment and general retirement (off-budget)...
Employment and general retirement (on-budget)...
Unemployment insurance .......................................
Other retirement ......................................................
Excise taxes ................................................................
12,006
Estate and gift taxes ...................................................
22,413
Customs duties ...........................................................
13,086
Miscellaneous receipts................................................
28,922
Total receipts....................................................... 1,190,648
(On-budget)..................................................... 1,190,648
(Off-budget).....................................................
Budget outlays:
Legislative branch .......................................................
3,168
Judicial branch ............................................................
4,801
Department of Agriculture ...........................................
61,435
Department of Commerce...........................................
5,364
Department of Defense-military ..................................
435,709
Department of Education ............................................
52,414
Department of Energy.................................................
16,950
Department of Health and Human Services ...............
378,950
Department of Homeland Security..............................
32,115
Department of Housing and Urban Development.......
39,489
Department of the Interior ...........................................
7,137
Department of Justice .................................................
18,664
Department of Labor ...................................................
8,019
Department of State....................................................
12,287
Department of Transportation.....................................
5,679
Department of the Treasury:
Interest on the public debt.......................................
377,265
Other .......................................................................
100,070
Department of Veterans Affairs ..................................
64,033
Corps of Engineers .....................................................
3,181
Other defense civil programs......................................
59,193
Environmental Protection Agency...............................
6,201
Executive Office of the President................................
948
General Services Administration ................................
143
International Assistance Program...............................
13,122
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ........
12,981
National Science Foundation......................................
3,931
Office of Personnel Management ...............................
6,620
Small Business Administration ...................................
324
Social Security Administration ....................................
44,086
Other independent agencies.......................................
6,786
Undistributed offsetting receipts:
Interest ....................................................................
Other .......................................................................
-13,705
Total outlays........................................................ 1,767,360
(On-budget)..................................................... 1,767,360
(Off-budget).....................................................
Surplus or deficit (-)............................................. -576,712
(On-budget)..................................................... -576,712
(Off-budget).....................................................
-

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

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)

58
-

-

877,763
236,516

885,041
279,537

57
-

3

885,098
279,539

600
5,974
9,118
15,750
15,750
-

502,951
151,482
32,233
3,131
35,727
1,122
860
727,506
224,555
502,951

502,951
151,482
32,233
3,131
48,333
22,413
20,181
38,900
1,933,904
1,430,953
502,951

7,810
19,725
11,950
24,305
1,228,369
1,228,369
-

596
5,767
9,077
15,497
15,497
-

482,928
143,569
33,051
3,206
37,273
992
447
701,469
218,541
482,928

482,928
143,569
33,051
3,206
45,680
19,725
18,710
33,828
1,945,335
1,462,407
482,928

152
-28
9,510
302
3,742
-506
-2,445
107
-2,386
-1,000
-59
1,318
1,629
102
-269

17
-28
936
*
83
16
*
141,392
194
-4
375
-5
32,057
594
39,964

3,337
4,746
71,881
5,666
439,534
51,924
14,506
520,449
29,923
38,485
7,454
19,977
41,705
12,983
45,374

3,039
4,308
55,061
4,574
395,236
50,448
16,748
371,164
30,787
34,575
6,973
16,330
8,015
8,962
9,093

227
217
11,866
71
2,149
-629
-987
-8
-1,422
-1,123
-12
1,271
1,038
385
-251

3
-24
749
*
53
19
*
144,477
196
-4
304
3
27,482
322
33,597

3,269
4,502
67,675
4,645
397,438
49,839
15,762
515,633
29,560
33,448
7,264
17,604
36,536
9,669
42,439

-566
-1,783
-99
-12,196
-59
*
333
-801
-16
54
-1,242
-24
-12
2,405

126
752
525
-12,110
-166
*
*
-4,986
*
25
46,370
*
447,635
3,051

377,265
99,630
63,002
3,607
34,887
5,977
948
477
7,335
12,966
4,009
51,748
300
491,710
12,243

359,444
63,415
57,467
1,919
41,741
6,384
2,429
35
12,592
11,344
3,861
6,510
931
43,735
5,751

-587
-1,576
-22
-12,831
-59
58
197
-817
-17
36
-20,095
-14
-11
4,024

83
732
622
6,401
-230
*
-1,248
*
6
60,250
*
423,246
-1,480

359,444
62,911
56,622
2,519
35,312
6,095
2,487
232
10,526
11,328
3,902
46,664
917
466,971
8,295

-30,701
-34,536
-31,627
-2,909
50,286
47,377
2,909

-185,833
-41,231
469,753
145,365
324,388
257,753
79,190
178,563

-185,833
-85,637
2,202,577
1,881,098
321,479
-268,674
-450,145
181,472

-11,691
1,621,179
1,621,179
-392,810
-392,810
-

-18,641
-37,564
-37,794
230
53,061
53,291
-230

-174,813
-38,055
482,692
174,313
308,379
218,777
44,228
174,549

-174,813
-68,387
2,066,307
1,757,698
308,609
-120,972
-295,291
174,319

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

September 2008

18

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
[In millions of dollars. Source: Financial Management Service]

Credits and withdrawals

Fiscal year or month

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

Withdrawals 2
(3)

Tax and loan note accounts
Withdrawals
(transfers to Federal
Taxes 3
Reserve accounts)
(4)
(5)

2003 ................................................
2004 ................................................
2005 ................................................
2006 ................................................
2007 ................................................

6,450,164
7,094,904
7,485,532
7,839,784
8,455,356

426,493
469,641
468,563
501,945
528,724

6,877,311
7,565,782
7,955,702
8,340,659
8,983,992

1,148,226
1,168,663
1,339,363
1,478,945
1,571,322

1,173,496
1,166,036
1,338,425
1,463,568
1,548,300

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

654,470
569,224
850,144
642,108
657,908
752,037
680,387
746,426
863,418
770,080
940,794
898,793
822,259

50,732
39,238
39,031
49,361
40,429
36,806
59,953
44,251
37,176
45,335
53,189
37,593
49,684

705,893
607,985
889,722
690,510
699,569
788,481
728,889
801,024
901,942
814,287
994,580
936,721
871,584

155,675
110,456
103,928
157,567
113,367
102,472
199,675
128,702
120,623
152,098
154,020
108,037
156,942

155,907
88,800
141,276
92,735
149,415
132,248
162,694
105,059
178,518
118,114
58,854
234,507
117,886

See footnotes at end of table.

September 2008

ACCOUNT OF THE U.S. TREASURY

19

TABLE UST-1.—Elements of Change in Federal Reserve
and Tax and Loan Note Account Balances, con.
[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)

2003 ......................................

7,224

27,735

10,583

43,432

2,986

39

5,828

11,195

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

2007 - June ...........................

4,649

20,560

6,022

59,059

4,039

3,175

5,024

25,854

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

5,126

42,215

5,690

42,215

3,821

834

4,727

13,373

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

4,579

4,866

5,508

44,900

4,366

4,866

4,909

20,184

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

5,539

69,698

7,550

89,158

3,239

1,534

4,956

39,707

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

4,307

33,650

6,304

59,149

3,919

3,515

4,937

18,294

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

4,669

3,875

6,210

26,605

4,044

413

5,112

10,509

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

1

Represents transfers from tax and loan note accounts, proceeds from sales of securities other
than Government account series, and taxes.
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.
3
Taxes eligible for credit consist of those deposited by taxpayers in the tax and loan depositaries
as follows: withheld income taxes beginning March 1948; taxes on employers and employees
2

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.

September 2008

20

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

September 2008

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.

FEDERAL DEBT

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”]

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

Total
(1)

Amount outstanding
Public debt
securities
(2)

Agency
securities
(3)

Total
(4)

2003 ...............................
2004 ...............................
2005 ...............................
2006 ...............................
2007 ...............................

6,809,272
7,403,236
7,956,346
8,530,366
9,030,612

6,783,320
7,379,053
7,932,710
8,506,974
9,007,653

25,952
24,183
23,637
23,392
22,959

2,859,275
3,075,687
3,331,333
3,663,773
3,958,417

2,859,275
3,075,687
3,331,332
3,663,766
3,958,411

1
1
7
6

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

8,890,838
8,955,724
9,028,649
9,030,612
9,102,096
9,172,438
9,252,317
9,261,110
9,381,029
9,461,058
9,400,719
9,411,969
9,515,532

8,867,677
8,932,438
9,005,648
9,007,653
9,079,086
9,149,341
9,229,172
9,238,008
9,358,051
9,437,594
9,377,557
9,388,798
9,492,006

23,162
23,287
23,001
22,959
23,011
23,097
23,145
23,102
22,978
23,464
23,163
23,170
23,527

3,924,650
3,928,865
3,908,720
3,958,417
4,012,039
4,002,846
4,092,890
4,105,795
4,098,349
4,103,552
4,133,040
4,110,207
4,206,987

3,924,644
3,928,859
3,908,714
3,958,411
4,012,033
4,002,840
4,092,884
4,105,789
4,098,344
4,103,546
4,133,034
4,110,201
4,206,981

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

End of fiscal
year or month

End of fiscal
year or month

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

The public
Public debt
securities
(8)

Agency
securities
(9)

3,949,997
4,327,549
4,625,013
4,866,593
5,072,195

3,924,045
4,303,366
4,601,378
4,843,208
5,049,242

25,952
24,182
23,636
23,385
22,953

4,966,188
5,026,859
5,119,929
5,072,195
5,090,057
5,169,592
5,159,427
5,155,315
5,282,680
5,357,506
5,267,679
5,301,762
5,308,545

4,943,033
5,003,579
5,096,934
5,049,242
5,067,053
5,146,501
5,136,288
5,132,219
5,259,707
5,334,048
5,244,523
5,278,597
5,285,025

23,156
23,281
22,995
22,953
23,005
23,091
23,139
23,096
22,972
23,458
23,157
23,164
23,521

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)

2003 ...............................
2004 ...............................
2005 ...............................
2006 ...............................
2007 ...............................

6,809,272
7,403,236
7,956,346
8,530,366
9,030,612

50,551
51,219
53,546
81,375
82,078

6,758,722
7,352,017
7,902,800
8,448,991
8,948,534

2,859,275
3,075,687
3,331,333
3,663,773
3,958,417

13,860
16,596
18,145
41,370
42,796

2,845,414
3,059,091
3,313,188
3,622,403
3,915,621

3,949,997
4,327,550
4,625,013
4,866,593
5,072,195

36,691
34,623
35,401
40,005
39,282

3,913,307
4,292,926
4,589,612
4,826,588
5,032,913

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

8,890,838
8,955,724
9,028,649
9,030,612
9,102,096
9,172,438
9,252,317
9,261,110
9,381,029
9,461,058
9,400,719
9,411,969
9,515,532

83,960
82,802
83,233
82,078
80,082
78,705
79,511
77,244
77,682
74,722
74,042
60,000
59,733

8,806,879
8,872,923
8,945,416
8,948,534
9,022,015
9,093,733
9,172,806
9,183,866
9,303,347
9,386,336
9,326,677
9,351,969
9,455,799

3,924,650
3,928,865
3,908,720
3,958,417
4,012,039
4,002,846
4,092,890
4,105,795
4,098,349
4,103,552
4,133,040
4,110,207
4,206,987

44,942
43,682
42,781
42,796
41,814
40,417
42,422
40,603
41,264
39,782
40,427
26,016
25,332

3,879,708
3,885,183
3,865,939
3,915,621
3,970,225
3,962,430
4,050,468
4,065,192
4,057,086
4,063,771
4,092,613
4,084,192
4,181,655

4,966,188
5,026,859
5,119,929
5,072,195
5,090,057
5,169,592
5,159,427
5,155,315
5,282,680
5,357,506
5,267,679
5,301,762
5,308,545

39,018
39,120
40,452
39,282
38,268
38,288
37,089
36,641
36,418
34,940
33,615
33,984
34,401

4,927,171
4,987,740
5,079,477
5,032,913
5,051,790
5,131,303
5,122,338
5,118,674
5,246,261
5,322,565
5,234,064
5,267,777
5,274,145

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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)

2003 ..................................
2004 ..................................
2005 ..................................
2006 ..................................
2007 ..................................

3,924,090
4,307,345
4,601,239
4,843,121
5,049,306

3,460,330
3,845,855
4,066,053
4,283,804
4,428,405

918,196
961,449
910,323
908,474
954,607

1,799,424
2,109,494
2,328,213
2,445,307
2,456,100

576,590
551,904
520,507
534,473
560,922

166,120
223,008
307,011
395,550
456,776

463,760
461,490
535,186
559,317
620,900

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

4,943,090
5,003,717
5,096,938
5,049,306
5,067,079
5,146,579
5,136,303
5,132,265
5,259,804
5,334,116
5,244,195
5,278,699
5,285,064

4,319,570
4,383,662
4,476,346
4,428,405
4,444,884
4,523,526
4,516,792
4,513,092
4,641,684
4,712,665
4,622,476
4,665,461
4,676,573

865,668
888,747
1,010,426
954,607
934,092
1,030,925
999,547
980,012
1,120,975
1,153,879
1,020,681
1,114,547
1,055,697

2,469,083
2,491,975
2,448,153
2,456,100
2,480,546
2,463,675
2,487,368
2,502,767
2,477,293
2,513,108
2,539,859
2,475,730
2,542,526

547,131
547,033
560,908
560,922
560,937
558,445
558,447
558,445
571,736
571,738
571,760
580,983
580,995

437,688
455,907
456,858
456,776
469,310
470,481
471,430
471,868
471,680
473,940
490,175
494,202
497,355

623,520
620,054
620,592
620,900
622,194
623,054
619,510
619,173
618,120
621,451
621,719
613,238
608,490

End of fiscal
year or month

U.S. savings
securities
(8)

Depositary
compensation
securities
(9)

Foreign series
(10)

Government
account series
(11)

State and local
government series
(12)

Domestic
series
(13)

Other
(14)

2003 .......................................
2004 .......................................
2005 .......................................
2006 .......................................
2007 .......................................

201,561
204,201
203,645
203,656
197,126

14,991
-

11,007
5,881
3,086
2,986
2,986

53,463
58,528
67,961
78,129
88,153

148,366
158,214
225,283
238,835
296,513

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

4,377
4,669
5,214
5,715
6,126

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

198,648
198,094
197,426
197,126
196,871
196,649
196,452
195,690
195,583
195,425
195,327
195,225
195,003

-

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

84,217
85,264
87,585
88,153
89,213
90,634
91,189
95,757
97,088
99,903
100,366
100,448
100,989

301,624
297,699
296,590
296,513
297,300
296,943
293,239
286,451
284,921
286,344
286,818
280,017
275,203

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

6,050
6,016
6,009
6,126
5,828
5,845
5,648
5,392
5,247
4,897
4,326
4,265
4,214

Nonmarketable, con.

September 2008

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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)

2003 ..............
2004 ..............
2005 ..............
2006 ..............
2007 ..............

2,912,216
3,129,990
3,380,605
3,722,747
4,026,772

10,518
9,892
10,047
7,893
7,931

31,054
32,089
32,733
46,216
47,515

26,778
28,107
29,485
31,282
32,965

10,502
10,319
15,238
15,711
16,436

170,762
182,769
193,263
202,178
213,830

613,718
631,749
660,109
689,812
702,043

251,307
264,375
277,268
302,186
319,377

23,823
23,325
22,646
22,036
22,410

1,313,427
1,452,599
1,616,159
1,793,129
1,968,262

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

3,989,271
3,994,227
3,976,442
4,026,772
4,081,375
4,073,662
4,164,266
4,181,707
4,175,632
4,183,685
4,213,642
4,190,825
4,288,079

10,363
9,973
9,780
7,931
9,011
9,486
10,357
9,073
9,676
9,696
9,892
9,405
7,361

46,353
47,025
47,440
47,515
46,553
47,038
47,562
47,723
48,222
48,441
48,579
47,860
47,778

32,671
32,731
32,929
32,965
32,954
33,456
33,517
33,561
33,742
33,753
33,765
34,184
34,205

16,254
16,328
16,394
16,436
16,506
16,546
16,603
16,650
16,672
16,699
16,729
16,746
16,776

210,795
209,866
205,677
213,830
212,262
211,077
215,046
215,942
214,979
214,556
216,189
215,358
220,133

681,009
677,734
674,415
702,043
698,445
695,386
710,949
707,547
703,967
699,976
696,704
693,556
708,884

318,504
319,869
312,288
319,377
317,308
313,908
326,096
328,005
321,962
323,477
330,969
323,086
337,668

22,127
22,147
22,387
22,410
22,546
22,709
22,737
22,758
23,019
23,132
23,104
18,725
18,770

1,959,116
1,964,689
1,948,810
1,968,262
1,970,844
1,972,416
2,024,392
2,042,616
2,046,490
2,054,564
2,076,763
2,081,808
2,140,243

End of fiscal
year or month

Federal
Federal Savings Supplemenand Loan
tary Medical
Corporation,
Insurance
Resolution Fund Trust Fund
(11)
(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)

2003 .....................
2004 .....................
2005 .....................
2006 .....................
2007 .....................

2,963
3,013
3,123
3,029
3,182

24,849
17,439
17,204
33,061
39,248

13,578
10,212
8,271
10,998
12,205

11,246
10,949
10,597
10,189
9,752

2,651
1,283
1,218
4,233
979

503
627
570
477
596

-

48,188
45,239
54,806
66,213
74,923

356,349
406,004
427,868
484,104
555,118

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

3,140
3,153
3,166
3,182
3,184
3,212
3,257
3,266
3,273
3,278
3,303
3,298
3,304

34,802
39,308
46,780
39,248
39,160
36,613
42,716
43,358
40,010
46,939
47,217
42,827
50,137

15,002
14,412
13,020
12,205
10,413
11,306
11,247
11,606
12,319
11,578
13,055
10,659
9,979

10,018
9,936
9,845
9,752
9,674
9,603
9,810
9,722
9,626
9,530
9,437
9,355
9,535

1,937
1,913
3,389
979
600
600
1,200
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,200
1,200

432
578
603
596
515
547
356
487
636
489
522
463
451

-

75,135
73,723
77,160
74,923
73,501
74,839
73,563
70,471
70,538
66,964
66,208
79,931
79,108

551,613
550,842
552,359
555,118
617,899
614,921
614,858
617,922
619,501
619,613
620,206
602,364
602,547

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

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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)

2003 ............................

25,952

279

325

24,876

251

221

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

2007 - June .................

23,162

86

-

22,698

220

158

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

23,287

84

-

22,823

220

159

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

23,001

83

-

22,551

215

152

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

22,959

85

-

22,506

215

153

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

23,011

83

-

22,559

215

153

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

23,097

84

-

22,644

215

154

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

End of fiscal
year or month

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

September 2008

National Archives
and Records
Administration
(5)

Other
(6)

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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)

2003 ...............................

2,804,092

1,057,049

955,239

351,552

243,755

196,497

5 yrs.

1 mo.

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.

2007 - June ....................

3,514,691

1,075,672

1,296,936

679,143

286,376

176,564

4 yrs.

11 mos.

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

3,598,529

1,102,053

1,349,349

677,402

292,887

176,838

4 yrs.

11 mos.

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

3,702,458

1,215,692

1,333,432

682,935

291,975

178,425

4 yrs.

10 mos.

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

3,634,666

1,176,510

1,309,871

677,905

291,963

178,417

4 yrs.

10 mos.

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

3,671,046

1,171,587

1,332,632

696,633

291,857

178,337

4 yrs.

10 mos.

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

3,749,458

1,272,770

1,309,028

692,196

310,684

164,780

4 yrs.

9 mos.

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.

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

September 2008

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26

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)

6,737,288

265

6,783,231

265

45,943

7,333,350

7,333,166

184

7,379,053

184

45,887

8,184,000

7,871,040

7,870,911

130

7,932,710

130

61,799

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

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

2007 - June .....................................

8,965,000

8,779,168

8,779,098

70

8,867,675

70

88,577

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

8,965,000

8,845,417

8,845,348

68

8,932,438

68

87,090

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

8,965,000

8,918,493

8,918,425

67

9,005,649

67

87,224

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

9,815,000

8,921,343

8,921,274

69

9,007,653

69

86,379

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

9,815,000

8,994,639

8,994,570

68

9,079,086

68

84,516

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

9,815,000

9,065,827

9,065,758

69

9,149,341

69

83,583

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

Debt subject to limit

Statutory debt
limit
(1)

Total
(2)

2003 ................................................

7,384,000

6,737,553

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

7,384,000

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

End of fiscal
year or month

1

Consists of guaranteed debt issued by the Federal Housing Administration.

September 2008

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)

2003 ................................................
2004 ................................................
2005 ................................................
2006 ................................................
2007 ................................................

224,472
213,321
211,763
228,065
219,079

24,858
15,956
26,851
22,578
10,662

15,291
16,560
18,489
20,432
22,803

11,498
11,937
12,608
12,911
13,803

379
474
461
485
420

1,321
1,897
1,979
1,358
1,448

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

234,174
234,676
232,552
219,079
228,388
232,107
224,572
229,879
231,100
230,254
229,880
233,312
229,296

14,291
13,645
12,796
10,662
17,653
20,533
10,918
12,614
12,808
12,820
12,287
11,960
11,555

22,217
22,251
22,695
22,803
22,803
23,247
23,084
23,331
23,538
23,447
23,613
23,878
23,959

14,026
14,031
14,307
13,803
13,803
14,053
14,198
14,321
14,475
14,354
14,478
14,621
14,624

507
507
518
420
420
428
431
435
439
440
442
444
447

1,448
1,448
1,448
1,448
1,448
1,448
1,448
1,448
1,448
1,448
1,448
1,448
1,448

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)

2003 ................................................
2004 ................................................
2005 ................................................
2006 ................................................
2007 ................................................

91,938
96,530
104,471
105,522
103,973

2,698
2,900
2,777
2,482
2,241

8,794
7,635
7,548
6,258
4,573

2,640
1,203
239
-

36,657
29,305
12,413
16,618
17,609

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

116,974
118,159
114,432
103,973
107,801
107,801
109,587
113,250
113,250
115,120
115,120
115,894
116,026

2,462
2,412
2,301
2,241
2,241
2,221
2,221
2,201
2,201
2,201
2,100
2,200
2,200

6,258
6,258
6,258
4,573
4,573
4,573
4,573
4,573
4,573
4,573
4,573
4,573
4,573

-

15,273
14,696
15,757
17,609
15,836
16,194
16,284
15,418
15,090
14,430
13,746
14,913
15,156

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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)

2003 ......................................

7,281

2,954

6,627

11,538

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

2007 - June ...........................

4,364

2,120

10,863

23,371

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

4,364

2,407

10,866

23,632

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

4,364

2,660

11,366

23,652

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

4,364

2,945

11,366

22,872

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

4,364

3,229

11,366

22,851

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

4,364

3,482

11,366

22,399

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

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.

TREASURY FINANCING: APRIL-JUNE
[Source: Bureau of the Public Debt, Office of Financing]

APRIL

Auction of 9-Year 9-Month 1-5/8 Percent Treasury
Inflation-Protected Security (TIPS)

Cash Management Bills
On March 26, 2008, Treasury announced it would
auction $26,000 million of 15-day bills. They were issued
April 1 and matured April 16. The issue was to raise new
cash. Treasury auctioned the bills on March 27. Tenders
totaled $75,095 million; Treasury accepted $26,001 million.
The high bank discount rate was 1.800 percent.
On April 7, Treasury announced it would auction
$25,000 million of 5-day bills. They were issued April 10
and matured April 15. The issue was to raise new cash.
Treasury auctioned the bills on April 8. Tenders totaled
$69,631 million; Treasury accepted $25,000 million. The
high bank discount rate was 2.290 percent.
On April 14, Treasury announced it would auction
$20,000 million of 6-day bills. They were issued April 16
and matured April 22. The issue was to raise new cash.
Treasury auctioned the bills on April 15. Tenders totaled
$51,929 million; Treasury accepted $20,000 million. The
high bank discount rate was 2.000 percent.

On April 7, 2008, Treasury announced it would auction
$6,000 million of 9-year 9-month TIPS to raise new cash of
approximately $6,000 million.
The 9-year 9-month TIPS of Series A-2018 were dated
January 15 and issued April 15. They are due January 15,
2018, with interest payable on July 15 and January 15 until
maturity.
Treasury received tenders for the TIPS before 12:00 noon
eastern daylight saving time (e.d.s.t.) for noncompetitive
tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.d.s.t. for competitive tenders on
April 10. Tenders totaled $12,640 million; Treasury accepted
$6,000 million. All noncompetitive and successful
competitive bidders were allotted securities at the high yield
of 1.250 percent with an equivalent adjusted price of
$104.353623. Treasury accepted in full all competitive tenders
at yields lower than 1.250. Tenders at the high yield were
allotted 71.42 percent. The median yield was 1.200 percent,
and the low yield was 1.150 percent. Noncompetitive tenders
totaled $57 million. Competitive tenders accepted from
private investors totaled $5,843 million. Adjusted accrued
interest of 4.09874 per $1,000 must be paid for the period
from January 15 to April 15. Both the unadjusted price of
$103.431018 and the unadjusted accrued interest of $4.06250
were adjusted by an index ratio of 1.00892, for the period

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TREASURY FINANCING: APRIL-JUNE, con.
from January 15 to April 15. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of TIPS of Series A-2018 is $100.
Auction of 5-Year TIPS
On April 17, 2008, Treasury announced it would auction
$8,000 million of 5-year TIPS. The issue was to refund
$21,609 million of securities maturing April 30 and to raise
new cash of approximately $35,391 million.
The 5-year TIPS of Series J-2013 were dated April 15
and issued April 30. They are due April 15, 2013, with interest
payable on October 15 and April 15 until maturity. Treasury
set an interest rate of 0-5/8 percent after determining which
tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis.
Treasury received tenders for the TIPS before 12:00 noon
e.d.s.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.d.s.t.
for competitive tenders on April 22. Tenders totaled $17,600
million; Treasury accepted $8,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 0.745 percent with an
equivalent adjusted price of $99.560900. Treasury accepted in
full all competitive tenders at yields lower than 0.745 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 99.07 percent. The
median yield was 0.710 percent, and the low yield was 0.500
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $111 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$7,889 million. Adjusted accrued interest of $0.25652 per
$1,000 must be paid for the period from April 15 to April 30.
Both the unadjusted price of $99.416746 and the unadjusted
accrued interest of $0.25615 were adjusted by an index ratio
of 1.00145, for the period from April 15 to April 30.
In addition to the $8,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $734 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of TIPS of Series J-2013 is $100.
Auction of 2-Year Notes
On April 21, 2008, Treasury announced it would auction
$30,000 million of 2-year notes of Series X-2010. The issue
was to refund $21,609 million of securities maturing April 30
and to raise new cash of approximately $35,391 million.
The notes of Series X-2010 were dated and issued April
30. They are due April 30, 2010, with interest payable on
October 31 and April 30 until maturity. Treasury set an
interest rate of 2-1/8 percent after determining which tenders
were accepted on a yield auction basis.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon
e.d.s.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.d.s.t.
for competitive tenders on April 23. Tenders totaled $66,232
million; Treasury accepted $30,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 2.225 percent with the

September 2008

equivalent price of $99.805441. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 2.225 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 50.99 percent. The
median yield was 2.190 percent, and the low yield was 2.147
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $546 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$29,429 million.
In addition to the $30,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $2,752 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of notes of Series X-2010 is $100.
Auction of 5-Year Notes
On April 21, 2008, Treasury announced it would auction
$19,000 million of 5-year notes of Series K-2013. The issue
was to refund $21,609 million of securities maturing April 30
and to raise new cash of approximately $35,391 million.
The notes of Series K-2013 were dated and issued April
30. They are due April 30, 2013, with interest payable on
October 31 and April 30 until maturity. Treasury set an
interest rate of 3-1/8 percent after determining which tenders
were accepted on a yield auction basis.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon
e.d.s.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.d.s.t.
for competitive tenders on April 24. Tenders totaled $31,381
million; Treasury accepted $19,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 3.159 percent with an
equivalent price of $99.843881. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 3.159 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 83.87 percent. The
median yield was 3.090 percent, and the low yield was 3.020
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $49 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$18,926 million.
In addition to the $19,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $1,743 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of notes of Series K-2013 is $100.

MAY
Cash Management Bills
On May 12, 2008, Treasury announced it would auction
$32,000 million of 126-day bills. They were issued May 15
and mature September 18. The issue was to raise new cash.
Treasury auctioned the bills on May 14. Tenders totaled
$104,422 million; Treasury accepted $32,000 million. The
high bank discount rate was 1.865 percent.

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On May 15, Treasury announced it would auction
$18,000 million of 30-day bills. They were issued May 20 and
matured June 19. The issue was to raise new cash. Treasury
auctioned the bills on May 19. Tenders totaled $59,592
million; Treasury accepted $18,000 million. The high bank
discount rate was 1.990 percent.
On May 27, Treasury announced it would auction
$19,000 million of 17-day bills. They were issued May 30 and
matured June 16. The issue was to raise new cash. Treasury
auctioned the bills on May 29. Tenders totaled $59,437
million; Treasury accepted $19,000 million. The high bank
discount rate was 2.150 percent.
May Quarterly Financing
On April 30, 2008, Treasury announced it would auction
$15,000 million of 10-year notes of Series C-2018 and $6,000
million of 29-year 9-month 4-3/8 percent Bonds of February
2038 to refund $74,004 million of Treasury securities
maturing on May 15 and to pay down approximately $53,004
million.
The 10-year notes of Series C-2018 were dated and
issued May 15. They are due May 15, 2018, with interest
payable on November 15 and May 15 until maturity. Treasury
set an interest rate of 3-7/8 percent after determining which
tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon
e.d.s.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.d.s.t.
for competitive tenders on May 7. Tenders totaled $33,084
million; Treasury accepted $15,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 3.937 percent with an
equivalent price of $99.491561. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 3.937 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 39.63 percent. The
median yield was 3.883 percent, and the low yield was 3.820
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $149 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$14,726 million.
In addition to the $15,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $8,077 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of notes of Series C-2018 is $100.
The 29-year 9-month 4-3/8 percent Bonds of February
2038 were dated February 15 and issued May 15. They are
due February 15, 2038, with interest payable on August 15
and February 15 until maturity.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00
noon e.d.s.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00
p.m. e.d.s.t. for competitive tenders on May 8. Tenders
totaled $16,167 million; Treasury accepted $6,000 million.

All noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 4.599 percent with an
equivalent price of $96.375954. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 4.599 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 21.13 percent. The
median yield was 4.564 percent, and the low yield was 4.500
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $27 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$5,973 million. Accrued interest of $10.81731 per $1,000
must be paid for the period from February 15 to May 15.
In addition to the $6,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $3,231 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of bonds of February 2038 is $100.

JUNE
Cash Management Bills
On June 9, 2008, Treasury announced it would auction
$22,000 million of 5-day bills. They were issued June 11 and
matured June 16. The issue was to raise new cash. Treasury
auctioned the bills on June 10. Tenders totaled $52,601
million; Treasury accepted $22,000 million. The high bank
discount rate was 2.190 percent.
Auction of 2-Year Notes
On May 22, 2008, Treasury announced it would auction
$30,000 million of 2-year notes of Series Y-2010. The issue
was to refund $22,004 million of securities maturing May 31
and to raise new cash of approximately $26,996 million.
The notes of Series Y-2010 were dated May 31 and
issued June 2. They are due May 31, 2010, with interest
payable on November 30 and May 31 until maturity. Treasury
set an interest rate of 2-5/8 percent after determining which
tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon
e.d.s.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.d.s.t.
for competitive tenders on May 28. Tenders totaled $68,322
million; Treasury accepted $30,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 2.640 percent with an
equivalent price of $99.970857. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 2.640 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 21.12 percent. The
median yield was 2.590 percent, and the low yield was 2.550
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $767 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$29,208 million. Accrued interest of $0.14344 per $1,000
must be paid for the period from May 31 to June 2.

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TREASURY FINANCING: APRIL-JUNE, con.
In addition to the $30,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $2,405 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of notes of Series Y-2010 is $100.
Auction of 5-Year Notes
On May 22, 2008, Treasury announced it would auction
$19,000 million of 5-year notes of Series L-2013. The issue
was to refund $22,004 million of securities maturing May 31
and to raise new cash of approximately $26,996 million.
The notes of Series L-2013 were dated May 31 and
issued June 2. They are due May 31, 2013, with interest
payable on November 30 and May 31 until maturity. Treasury
set an interest rate of 3-1/2 percent after determining which
tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon
e.d.s.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.d.s.t.
for competitive tenders on May 29. Tenders totaled $34,915
million; Treasury accepted $19,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 3.520 percent with an
equivalent price of $99.908798. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 3.520 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 86.36 percent. The
median yield was 3.465 percent, and the low yield was 3.390
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $118 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$18,857 million. Accrued interest of $0.19126 per $1,000
must be paid for the period from May 31 to June 2.
In addition to the $19,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $1,523 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of notes of Series L-2013 is $100.
52-Week Bills
On May 29, 2008, Treasury announced it would auction
$16,000 million of 364-day Treasury bills. They were issued
June 5, 2008, and will mature June 4, 2009. The issue was to
refund $76,000 million of all maturing bills and raise new
cash of approximately $11,000 million. Treasury auctioned
the bills on June 3. Tenders totaled $52,804 million; Treasury
accepted $16,000 million. That included $76 million of
noncompetitive tenders from the public. The high bank
discount rate was 2.105 percent.
Auction of 9-Year 11-Month 3-7/8 Percent Notes
On June 9, 2008, Treasury announced that it would
auction $11,000 million of 9-year 11-month 3-7/8 percent
notes of Series C-2018. The issue was to raise new cash of
approximately $11,000 million.

September 2008

The notes of Series C-2018 were dated May 15 and
issued June 16. They are due May 15, 2018, with interest
payable on November 15 and May 15 until maturity.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon
e.d.s.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.d.s.t.
for competitive tenders on June 12. Tenders totaled $25,612
million; Treasury accepted $11,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 4.225 percent with an
equivalent price of $97.183235. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 4.225 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 3.21 percent. The
median yield was 4.179 percent, and the low yield was 4.149
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $30 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$10,970 million. Accrued interest of $3.36957 per $1,000
must be paid for the period from May 15 to June 16. The
minimum par amount required for STRIPS of notes of Series
C-2018 is $100.
Auction of 2-Year Notes
On June 19, 2008, Treasury announced it would auction
$30,000 million of 2-year notes of Series Z-2010. The issue
was to refund $21,138 million of securities maturing June 30
and to raise new cash of approximately $28,862 million.
The notes of Series Z-2010 were dated and issued June
30. They are due June 30, 2010, with interest payable on
December 31 and June 30 until maturity. Treasury set an
interest rate of 2-7/8 percent after determining which tenders
were accepted on a yield auction basis.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon
e.d.s.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.d.s.t.
for competitive tenders on June 24. Tenders totaled $79,287
million; Treasury accepted $30,000 million. All
noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were
allotted securities at the high yield of 2.922 percent with an
equivalent price of $99.909336. Treasury accepted in full all
competitive tenders at yields lower than 2.922 percent.
Tenders at the high yield were allotted 4.05 percent. The
median yield was 2.899 percent, and the low yield was 2.850
percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $696 million.
Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled
$29,277 million.
In addition to the $30,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $3,216 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of notes of Series Z-2010 is $100.

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TREASURY FINANCING: APRIL-JUNE, con.
Auction of 5-Year Notes
On June 19, 2008, Treasury announced it would auction
$20,000 million of 5-year notes of Series M-2013. The issue
was to refund $21,138 million of securities maturing June 30
and to raise new cash of approximately $28,862 million.
The notes of Series M-2013 were dated and issued June
30. They are due June 30, 2013, with interest payable on
December 31 and June 30 until maturity. Treasury set an
interest rate of 3-3/8 percent after determining which tenders
were accepted on a yield auction basis.
Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00
noon e.d.s.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00
p.m. e.d.s.t. for competitive tenders on June 26. Tenders
totaled $49,590 million; Treasury accepted $20,000

million. All noncompetitive and successful competitive
bidders were allotted securities at the high yield of 3.440
percent with an equivalent price of $99.703743. Treasury
accepted in full all competitive tenders at yields lower than
3.440 percent. Tenders at the high yield were allotted 83.47
percent. The median yield was 3.409 percent, and the low
yield was 3.350 percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $91
million. Competitive tenders accepted from private investors
totaled $19,884 million.
In addition to the $20,000 million of tenders accepted in
the auction process, Treasury accepted $2,144 million from
FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount
required for STRIPS of notes of Series M-2013 is $100.

September 2008

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34

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

Issue date

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

Regular weekly:
(4 week, 13 week, and 26 week)
2008 - Apr. 03 .................. 2008 - May 01
July 03
Oct. 02
Apr. 10 .................
May 08
July 10
Oct. 09
Apr. 17 .................
May 15
July 17
Oct. 16
Apr. 24 .................
May 22
July 24
Oct. 23
May 01.................
May 29
July 31
Oct. 30
May 08.................
June 05
Aug. 07
Nov. 06
May 15.................
June 12
Aug. 14
Nov. 13
May 22.................
June 19
Aug. 21
Nov. 20
May 29.................
June 26
Aug. 28
Nov. 28
June 05................
July 03
Sept. 04
Dec. 04
June 12................
July 10
Sept. 11
Dec. 11
June 19................
July 17
Sept. 18
Dec. 18
June 26................
July 24
Sept. 25
Dec. 26
1

28
91
182
28
91
182
28
91
182
28
91
182
28
91
182
28
91
182
28
91
182
28
91
182
28
91
183
28
91
182
28
91
182
28
91
182
28
91
183

59,862.6
55,529.6
52,299.6
39,211.5
62,174.5
50,038.3
34,215.4
66,000.8
51,524.5
36,891.4
54,800.4
41,588.7
49,783.5
58,367.9
58,589.9
72,052.8
54,858.3
54,331.2
91,317.5
65,494.1
56,624.9
115,134.9
75,133.6
66,306.0
66,111.0
69,887.6
62,198.1
62,516.2
73,996.7
64,482.8
61,524.4
63,804.8
58,981.4
62,281.8
54,380.8
48,673.7
56,265.0
57,834.2
57,336.4

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

High
price per
hundred
(7)

18,000.1
24,000.0
21,000.0
10,000.1
24,000.2
21,000.1
10,717.9
24,373.9
22,518.0
11,787.9
21,381.3
22,052.9
14,000.0
20,000.0
20,000.1
24,000.0
22,000.1
21,000.1
33,000.2
24,000.0
23,000.2
32,000.1
25,000.0
23,000.1
27,000.0
25,000.2
23,000.1
23,000.1
24,000.3
24,000.2
23,000.1
24,000.0
24,000.1
20,000.0
23,000.2
24,000.1
20,000.1
22,000.0
23,000.1

99.881778
99.636000
99.241667
99.902000
99.633472
99.191111
99.933889
99.732056
99.302333
99.945556
99.666333
99.150667
99.902778
99.641056
99.140556
99.879444
99.593028
99.120333
99.854556
99.545000
99.064722
99.846778
99.531097
99.047028
99.847167
99.527306
99.024000
99.853778
99.539944
99.014167
99.845222
99.532361
98.963611
99.856889
99.481806
98.811944
99.877111
99.531097
98.853708

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.

September 2008

17,582.9
22,349.8
19,556.4
9,635.2
22,456.3
19,644.8
7,589.5
20,408.0
18,304.1
7,755.2
18,419.4
18,537.5
13,440.0
17,604.1
17,832.9
23,637.9
20,281.8
19,654.8
32,645.5
22,129.3
21,550.7
31,750.6
23,166.1
21,611.8
26,206.5
22,278.8
20,797.8
22,614.9
22,218.8
22,530.4
22,467.5
22,120.8
22,577.6
19,632.1
21,258.9
22,649.7
19,284.1
19,338.4
20,686.9

417.1
1,538.2
1,243.6
364.9
1,543.9
1,155.3
410.5
1,567.4
1,203.9
234.9
1,561.1
1,207.5
313.7
1,613.4
1,266.8
362.1
1,618.3
1,220.2
354.7
1,733.9
1,274.5
249.5
1,767.4
1,208.3
328.7
1,725.2
1,202.9
375.2
1,681.6
1,219.8
432.6
1,659.2
1,222.5
367.9
1,741.3
1,150.4
346.4
1,662.3
1,315.2

High
discount
rate
(percent)
(8)

High investment rate
(percent) 4
(9)

1.520
1.440
1.500
1.260
1.450
1.600
0.850
1.060
1.380
0.700
1.320
1.680
1.250
1.420
1.700
1.550
1.610
1.740
1.870
1.800
1.850
1.970
1.855
1.885
1.965
1.870
1.920
1.880
1.820
1.950
1.990
1.850
2.050
1.840
2.050
2.350
1.580
1.855
2.255

1.543
1.465
1.532
1.279
1.476
1.635
0.862
1.078
1.409
0.710
1.343
1.718
1.269
1.445
1.739
1.573
1.639
1.780
1.899
1.833
1.893
2.000
1.890
1.930
1.995
1.905
1.966
1.909
1.854
1.997
2.021
1.885
2.100
1.868
2.089
2.411
1.604
1.890
2.313

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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35

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)

07/12/07
07/24/07
07/25/07
07/26/07
08/08/07
08/09/07
08/14/07
08/15/07
08/29/07
08/29/07
08/30/07
09/12/07
09/13/07
09/26/07
09/27/08
10/11/07
10/23/07
10/24/07
10/25/07
11/07/07
11/08/07
11/14/07
11/28/07
11/29/07
11/29/07
12/11/07
12/13/07
12/26/07
12/27/07
01/10/08
01/24/08
01/28/08
01/29/08
02/13/08
02/06/08
02/07/08
02/14/08
02/26/08
02/27/08
02/28/08
02/28/08
03/13/08
03/25/08
03/26/08
03/27/08
03/27/08
04/08/08
04/10/08
04/15/08
04/22/08
04/23/08
04/24/08
05/14/08
05/07/08
05/08/08
05/19/08
05/29/08
05/28/08
05/29/08
06/03/08
06/10/08
06/12/08
06/24/08
06/26/08

07/16/07
07/31/07
07/31/07
07/31/07
08/15/07
08/15/07
08/15/07
08/15/07
08/31/07
08/31/07
08/31/07
09/13/07
09/17/07
10/01/07
10/01/07
10/15/07
10/31/07
10/31/07
10/31/07
11/15/07
11/15/07
11/15/07
11/30/07
11/30/07
12/03/07
12/12/07
12/17/07
12/31/07
12/31/07
01/15/08
01/31/08
01/31/08
01/31/08
02/14/08
02/15/08
02/15/08
02/15/08
02/27/08
02/29/08
02/29/08
03/03/08
03/17/08
03/27/08
03/31/08
03/31/08
04/01/08
04/10/08
04/15/08
04/16/08
04/30/08
04/30/08
04/30/08
05/15/08
05/15/08
05/15/08
05/20/08
05/30/08
06/02/08
06/02/08
06/05/08
06/11/08
06/16/08
06/30/08
06/30/08

2-5/8% TIPS—07/15/17-D
2-3/8% TIPS—01/15/27
4-5/8% note—07/31/09-AB
4-5/8% note—07/31/12-N
4-3/4% note—08/15/17-E
5% bond—05/15/37
5.030% bill—08/16/07
4.100% bill—08/23/07
4.500% bill—09/17/07
4% note—08/31/09-AC
4-1/8% note—08/31/12-P
4.620% bill—09/17/07
4-3/4% note—08/15/17-E
4% note—09/30/09-AD
4-1/4% note—09/30/12-Q
2-5/8% TIPS—07/15/17-D
2% TIPS—04/15/12-J
3-5/8% note—10/31/09-AE
3-7/8% note—10/31/12-R
4-1/4% note—11/15/17-F
5% bond—05/15/37
4.100% bill—11/23/07
3-1/8% note—11/30/09-AF
3-3/8% note—11/30/12-S
3.860% bill—12/17/07
4.000% bill—12/17/07
4-1/4% note—11/15/17-F
3-1/4% note—12/31/09-AG
3-5/8% note—12/31/12-T
1-5/8% TIPS—01/15/18-A
1-3/4% TIPS—01/15/28
2-1/8% note—01/31/10-U
2-7/8% note—01/31/13-F
2.440% bill—04/17/08
3-1/2% note—02/15/18-B
4-3/8% bond—02/15/38
2.510% bill—04/15/08
2.400% bill—03/17/08
2% note—02/28/10-V
2-3/4% note—02/28/13-G
2.550% bill—03/17/08
3-1/2% note—02/15/18-B
1.340% bill—04/21/08
1-3/4% note—03/31/10-W
2-1/2% note—03/31/13-H
1.800% bill—04/16/08
2.290% bill—04/15/08
1-5/8% TIPS—01/15/18-A
2.000% bill—04/22/08
0-5/8% TIPS—04/15/13-J
2-1/8% note—04/30/10-X
3-1/8% note—04/30/13-K
1.865% bill—09/18/08
3-7/8% note—05/15/18-C
4-3/8% bond—02/15/38
1.990% bill—06/19/08
2.150% bill—06/16/08
2-5/8% note—05/31/10-Y
3-1/2% note—05/31/13-L
2.105% bill—06/04/09
2.190% bill—06/16/08
3-7/8% note—05/15/18-C
2-7/8% note—06/30/10-Z
3-3/8% note—06/30/13-M

1

Period to final maturity
(years, months, days) 2
(3)

Amount
tendered
(4)

10y
19y
2y
5y
10y
29y

15,735
14,667
50,443
30,747
36,896
18,961
63,185
31,550
49,304
75,697
38,732
28,056
23,613
63,184
40,043
12,289
15,789
60,995
37,452
37,127
17,459
45,160
48,687
32,367
108,231
30,331
17,812
53,560
32,720
17,627
15,275
58,840
31,875
66,306
36,636
20,666
94,280
38,191
58,415
38,478
84,285
17,949
48,571
72,406
38,262
75,095
69,631
12,640
51,929
18,334
68,984
33,123
104,422
41,161
19,397
59,592
59,437
70,728
36,439
52,804
52,601
25,612
82,503
51,734

6m

9m

2y
5y
9y
2y
5y
9y
4y
2y
5y
10y
29y

11m

6m

11m

11m

2y
5y
9m

5y
2y
5y
10y
29y

Currently, all issues are sold at auction. For bill issues, the rate shown is the high bank
discount rate. For note and bond issues, the rate shown is the interest rate. For details of
bill offerings, see table PDO-2. As of October 1, 1997, all Treasury issues of notes and
bonds are eligible for STRIPS.
2
From date of additional issue in case of a reopening.
3
In reopenings, the amount accepted is in addition to the amount of original offerings.

14d
25d
15d
5d
6d

126d
9m

2y
5y
9y
2y
5y

14d
5d

60d
19d

2y
5y

9y

8d

63d

10y
30y

9y

4d

9m
6m

2y
5y
9y
2y
5y
10y
20y
2y
5y

1d
8d
17d

11m

30d
17d
364d
5d

Amount
accepted 3, 4
(5)
8,000
7,294
21,882
15,804
20,000
13,846
26,000
10,000
20,000
22,280
16,091
7,000
8,000
21,984
15,877
6,000
7,158
23,860
15,509
19,674
7,567
15,000
24,543
15,953
30,000
8,000
8,000
26,497
15,657
10,412
8,974
26,923
15,705
19,000
19,204
13,295
30,000
10,000
28,900
17,785
30,000
10,000
20,000
31,992
20,566
26,001
25,000
6,000
20,000
8,734
32,752
20,743
32,000
23,077
9,231
18,000
19,000
32,406
20,524
16,000
22,000
11,000
33,217
22,144

Accepted yield and
equivalent price
for notes and
bonds
(6)
2.749 - 98.942199
2.600 - 99.570169
4.735 - 99.792429
4.640 - 99.933745
4.855 - 99.175936
5.059 - 99.081933

4.115 - 99.781361
4.248 - 99.451138
4.493 - 102.029801
4.000 - 99.999787
4.250 - 99.999760
2.360 - 102.721944
1.954 - 102.667445
3.723 - 99.812793
3.993 - 99.469930
4.353 - 99.172070
4.666 - 105.322155
3.159 - 99.934603
3.415 - 99.817568
4.164 - 100.686354
3.285 - 99.932783
3.651 - 99.882153
1.655 - 99.724557
1.807 - 99.351033
2.237 - 99.782126
2.909 - 99.842844
3.620 - 99.000685
4.449 - 98.780998
2.045 - 99.912254
2.755 - 99.976794
3.510 - 99.912591
1.761 - 99.978476
2.595 - 99.557209
1.250 - 104.353623
0.745 - 99.560900
2.225 - 99.805441
3.159 - 99.843881
3.937 - 99.491561
4.599 - 96.375954
2.640 - 99.970857
3.520 - 99.908798
4.225 - 97.183235
2.922 - 99.909336
3.440 - 99.703743

4
Includes securities issued to the Federal Reserve System; and to foreign and
international monetary authorities, whether in exchange for maturing securities or for new
cash.

Note.—Amounts listed as tendered and accepted are amounts tendered and awarded on
auction day.

September 2008

36

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.

September 2008

• 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.)

OWNERSHIP OF FEDERAL SECURITIES

37

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

Total
Federal
securities
outstanding
(1)

Total
outstanding
(2)

2003 ................................................
2004 ................................................
2005 ................................................
2006 ................................................
2007 ................................................

6,809,272
7,403,236
7,956,346
8,530,366
9,030,612

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

8,890,838
8,955,724
9,028,649
9,030,612
9,102,096
9,172,438
9,252,317
9,261,110
9,381,029
9,461,058
9,400,719
9,411,969
9,515,532

End of
fiscal year
or month

Public debt securities
Held by U.S. Government accounts
Total
(3)

Marketable
(4)

Nonmarketable
(5)

Public issues
held by Federal
Reserve banks
(6)

6,783,320
7,379,053
7,932,710
8,506,974
9,007,653

2,859,275
3,075,687
3,331,333
3,663,773
3,958,417

311
142
1
1
1

2,858,964
3,075,545
3,331,332
3,663,772
3,958,416

654,593
698,207
733,439
764,828
774,913

8,867,677
8,932,438
9,005,648
9,007,653
9,079,086
9,149,341
9,229,172
9,238,008
9,358,051
9,437,594
9,377,557
9,388,798
9,492,006

3,924,650
3,928,865
3,908,720
3,958,417
4,012,039
4,002,846
4,092,890
4,105,795
4,098,349
4,103,552
4,133,040
4,110,207
4,206,987

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
-

3,924,649
3,928,864
3,908,719
3,958,416
4,012,038
4,002,845
4,092,889
4,105,794
4,098,348
4,103,551
4,133,039
4,110,207
4,206,987

786,149
786,150
774,913
774,913
774,913
774,913
735,735
708,807
708,806
586,473
543,805
481,632
473,303

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

Agency securities

Nonmarketable
(9)

Total
outstanding
(10)

Held by
private
investors
(11)

Total
(7)

Marketable
(8)

2003 ....................................................................
2004 ....................................................................
2005 ....................................................................
2006 ....................................................................
2007 ....................................................................

3,269,363
3,605,159
3,867,938
4,078,373
4,274,323

2,805,814
3,147,752
3,351,440
3,538,210
3,673,220

463,549
457,407
516,498
540,163
601,103

25,952
24,183
23,637
23,392
22,959

25,952
24,183
23,637
23,392
22,959

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

4,156,876
4,217,423
4,322,016
4,274,323
4,292,134
4,371,582
4,400,548
4,423,406
4,550,896
4,747,569
4,700,712
4,796,960
4,811,716

3,552,951
3,617,270
3,721,285
3,673,220
3,689,816
3,768,346
3,800,849
3,824,078
3,952,580
4,145,887
4,098,756
4,203,552
4,223,123

603,925
600,153
600,730
601,103
602,318
603,237
599,698
599,328
598,316
601,682
601,956
593,408
588,594

23,162
23,287
23,001
22,959
23,011
23,097
23,145
23,102
22,978
23,464
23,163
23,170
23,527

23,162
23,287
23,001
22,959
23,011
23,097
23,145
23,102
22,978
23,464
23,163
23,170
23,527

September 2008

OWNERSHIP OF FEDERAL SECURITIES

38

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)

Federal
Reserve and
Intragovernmental
Holdings 2
(2)

1997 - Mar.........
June .......
Sept........
Dec.........
1998 - Mar.........
June .......
Sept........
Dec.........
1999 - Mar.........
June .......
Sept........
Dec.........
2000 - Mar.........
June .......
Sept........
Dec.........
2001 - Mar.........
June .......
Sept........
Dec.........
2002 - Mar.........
June .......
Sept........
Dec.........
2003 - Mar.........
June .......
Sept........
Dec.........
2004 - Mar.........
June .......
Sept........
Dec.........
2005 - Mar.........
June .......
Sept........
Dec.........
2006 - Mar.........
June .......
Sept........
Dec.........
2007 - Mar.........
June .......
Sept........
Dec.........
2008 - Mar.........
June .......

5,380.9
5,376.2
5,413.1
5,502.4
5,542.4
5,547.9
5,526.2
5,614.2
5,651.6
5,638.8
5,656.3
5,776.1
5,773.4
5,685.9
5,674.2
5,662.2
5,773.7
5,726.8
5,807.5
5,943.4
6,006.0
6,126.5
6,228.2
6,405.7
6,460.8
6,670.1
6,783.2
6,998.0
7,131.1
7,274.3
7,379.1
7,596.1
7,776.9
7,836.5
7,932.7
8,170.4
8,371.2
8,420.0
8,507.0
8,680.2
8,849.7
8,867.7
9,007.7
9,229.2
9,437.6
9,492.0

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

1

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

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
126.7
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

Source: “Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the United States (MSPD).” Face
value.
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."
2

September 2008

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
191.2
193.2
198.5
202.2
205.9
209.3
223.7
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
167.7
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
153.7
147.9
142.2
135.3
135.8
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
306.7
362.9
468.2
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
437.3
455.2
463.2
465.7
476.7
478.2
497.7
524.6
549.2
535.8
524.9
520.2
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
2,355.1
2,515.6
2,648.0

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
402.5
400.7
402.4
496.3
506.9
512.1
446.0
460.0
326.8
363.5
317.3
389.6
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

39

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

4.82
4.20
3.78
3.81
3.68
2.86
2.74
2.27
1.35
1.07
1.76
1.72

4.96
4.32
3.99
4.00
3.35
3.07
2.82
2.17
1.28
1.31
1.76
1.89

5.04
4.55
4.20
4.16
3.58
3.34
2.84
2.10
1.51
1.58
1.86
2.19

4.96
4.47
4.14
4.10
3.50
3.26
2.71
2.05
1.54
1.74
2.06
2.42

4.82
4.31
4.01
3.97
3.34
3.12
2.48
1.97
1.62
2.05
2.45
2.77

4.82
4.34
4.06
4.01
3.35
3.13
2.51
2.19
1.80
2.23
2.69
3.08

4.88
4.43
4.20
4.20
3.67
3.49
2.98
2.78
2.48
2.84
3.15
3.49

4.93
4.53
4.33
4.33
3.87
3.74
3.31
3.21
2.93
3.19
3.46
3.73

5.00
4.67
4.52
4.53
4.15
4.10
3.74
3.74
3.51
3.68
3.88
4.10

5.19
5.00
4.84
4.83
4.56
4.57
4.35
4.49
4.36
4.44
4.60
4.74

5.11
4.93
4.79
4.77
4.52
4.53
4.33
4.52
4.39
4.44
4.60
4.69

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

5.13
4.02
3.43
4.01
3.63
2.76
1.64
2.07
1.22
1.17
1.98
1.60

4.96
4.01
3.82
3.94
3.15
3.36
1.96
1.85
1.38
1.43
1.89
1.90

4.99
4.21
4.09
4.09
3.37
3.49
2.07
1.83
1.51
1.64
2.01
2.17

4.85
4.19
4.05
4.04
3.26
3.34
2.11
1.77
1.55
1.85
2.22
2.36

4.56
4.15
3.97
3.94
3.04
3.05
2.17
1.65
1.62
2.29
2.66
2.63

4.55
4.16
4.03
3.94
3.09
3.07
2.27
1.87
1.79
2.49
2.93
2.91

4.60
4.25
4.23
4.16
3.41
3.45
2.82
2.50
2.46
3.03
3.41
3.34

4.67
4.36
4.38
4.29
3.64
3.70
3.19
2.96
2.88
3.34
3.68
3.61

4.78
4.54
4.59
4.48
3.97
4.04
3.67
3.53
3.45
3.77
4.06
3.99

5.00
4.87
4.89
4.79
4.44
4.50
4.35
4.37
4.30
4.49
4.74
4.59

4.92
4.83
4.83
4.74
4.40
4.45
4.35
4.41
4.30
4.49
4.72
4.53

Period

* Rates are from the Treasury yields curve.

September 2008

40

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, June 30, 2008
[Source: Financial Management Service]

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

Total
currency
and coin
(1)

Total currency
(2)

Federal Reserve notes 1
(3)

Currency no
longer issued
(5)

U.S. notes
(4)

$1,027,415,828,708

$989,229,100,805

$988,739,101,667

$244,535,766

$245,463,372

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

323,199,815

31,428,256

31,231,724

7,505

189,027

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

200,778,738,415

199,439,783,591

199,439,780,145

-

3,446

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

$826,313,890,478

$789,757,888,958

$789,268,089,798

$244,528,261

$245,270,899

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.......................................

291,771,559

225,249,559

66,522,000

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

1,338,954,824

474,728,371

864,226,453

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

$36,556,001,520

$2,805,551,078

$33,750,450,442

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

See footnotes following table USCC-2.

September 2008

U.S. CURRENCY AND COIN OUTSTANDING AND IN CIRCULATION

41

TABLE USCC-2.—Amounts Outstanding and in Circulation, June 30, 2008
[Source: Financial Management Service]

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

U.S. notes
(3)

Currency no
longer issued
(4)

$9,070,752,704

Total
(1)

$143,503

$142,960,262

Federal Reserve notes 1
(2)

$9,213,856,469

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

1,620,381,994

1,488,228,504

132,140,918

12,572

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

10,498,071,645

10,362,105,030

108,855,310

27,111,305

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

15,522,947,990

15,501,890,140

6,300

21,051,550

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

118,197,920,060

118,177,812,920

3,840

20,103,300

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

61,758,578,600

61,747,079,600

500

11,498,500

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

572,632,951,100

572,607,594,900

3,367,300

21,988,900

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

142,317,500

142,124,000

5,500

188,000

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

165,638,000

165,432,000

5,000

201,000

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

1,765,000

1,710,000

-

55,000

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

3,460,000

3,360,000

-

100,000

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

600

-

90

510

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

$789,757,888,958

$789,268,089,798

$244,528,261

$245,270,899

Amounts (in millions)
(1)

Comparative totals of currency and coins in circulation—selected dates

Per capita 5
(2)

June 30, 2008 ......................................................................................

826,314

$2,712

May 31, 2008 .......................................................................................

822,745

2,703

April 30, 2008 .......................................................................................

814,027

2,676

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

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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Capital Movements
Foreign Currency Positions
Exchange Stabilization Fund

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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)

2003 ...................................................................................

85,938

11,043

12,638

39,722

22,535

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

86,824

11,045

13,582

42,718

19,479

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

65,127

11,043

8,210

37,838

8,036

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

65,895

11,041

8,870

40,943

5,040

2007 - July..........................................................................

67,029

11,041

9,111

42,508

4,369

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

67,508

11,041

9,157

42,922

4,388

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

69,070

11,041

9,301

44,266

4,463

End of calendar
year or month

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

69,626

11,041

9,392

44,800

4,394

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

70,966

11,041

9,536

45,973

4,416

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

70,565

11,041

9,476

45,804

4,244

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

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 European Central Bank and the Swiss
National Bank. At end-December 2007 and end-January 2008 swaps outstanding
were $20 billion and $4 billion respectively. At end-February there were no swaps
outstanding. At end-March swaps outstanding were $15 billion and $6 billion
respectively. At end-April swaps outstanding were $30 billion and $6 billion
respectively. At end-May, end-June, and end-July swaps outstanding were $50 billion
and $12 billion respectively.
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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46

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
6,068,142
6,056,852
6,500,883
7,104,054
7,215,711

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
2,513,133
2,793,964

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
493,142
493,142

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
2,189,751
2,189,751
2,415,273
2,616,012
2,616,012

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
1,924,863
1,758,255

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
1,259,947
1,259,947

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
50,046
47,480

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

7,379,871
7,321,462
7,320,036
7,530,265
7,609,629
7,694,551
7,835,002
7,923,689
7,925,547
7,961,332
7,943,807
7,861,534

2,831,209
2,813,498
2,828,547
2,871,123
2,917,394
2,958,324
3,024,452
3,013,214
3,027,141
3,060,255
3,078,103
3,094,946

528,807
533,725
520,572
541,676
576,657
594,302
621,005
607,791
573,674
565,958
567,398
569,885

1,443,668
1,413,983
1,428,353
1,432,333
1,432,711
1,443,691
1,479,792
1,476,198
1,504,209
1,526,507
1,522,783
1,523,888

1,075
1,082
1,089
1,096
1,103
1,111
1,118
1,125
1,133
1,140
1,148
1,155

857,659
864,707
878,532
896,017
906,922
919,220
922,536
928,099
948,124
966,649
986,773
1,000,017

2,638,178
2,658,186
2,646,396
2,715,236
2,697,065
2,796,981
2,781,255
2,797,078
2,785,462
2,743,380
2,654,307
2,636,827

1,863,044
1,801,472
1,799,507
1,896,786
1,948,590
1,895,546
1,982,346
2,067,611
2,067,727
2,116,062
2,166,667
2,088,459

1,367,247
1,280,332
1,268,580
1,315,269
1,345,005
1,302,250
1,386,187
1,452,224
1,428,740
1,422,429
1,463,584
1,358,489

495,797
521,140
530,927
581,517
603,585
593,296
596,159
615,387
638,987
693,633
703,083
729,970

47,440
48,307
45,586
47,120
46,580
43,700
46,949
45,786
45,217
41,635
44,731
41,303

1

Includes Bank for International Settlements for data before June 2006.
Derived by applying reported transactions to benchmark data.
3
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. For data as of June
2006, also includes Bank for International Settlements.
2

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8

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 - June ...................................................................

1,067

1,067

85

-

982

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

1,075

1,075

86

-

989

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

1,082

1,082

86

-

996

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

1,089

1,089

87

-

1,002

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

1,096

1,096

87

-

1,009

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

1,103

1,103

88

-

1,015

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

91

-

1,064

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. Remaining face value of issue is $3,821 million. 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
2006 r

2007

2008

Dec. r

Jan. r

4,010,359
3,851,558
461,656
51,380
176,829

4,721,791
4,442,608
594,302
49,204
196,344

4,820,001
4,540,818
621,005
47,376
207,123

105,873
127,574

182,012
166,742

3,360,477
1,244,889
73,257

Mar.

Apr.

May

June p

4,887,375
4,608,192
607,791
47,535
204,319

4,817,430
4,539,582
573,674
48,024
201,281

4,757,725
4,479,877
565,958
47,003
215,088

4,714,396
4,436,548
567,398
46,554
218,769

4,590,546
4,312,698
569,885
44,296
225,760

188,916
177,590

183,325
172,612

176,056
148,313

163,087
140,780

150,759
151,316

152,761
147,068

3,821,142
1,474,235
103,092

3,889,353
1,446,301
103,212

3,971,213
1,455,091
120,473

3,937,536
1,499,042
150,692

3,889,143
1,445,053
141,668

3,841,225
1,386,353
147,394

3,718,650
1,405,835
148,749

567,506
1,474,825
29,425
19,021
800

639,070
1,604,745
27,164
17,784
250

689,342
1,650,498
30,460
18,663
951

682,082
1,713,567
29,188
16,918
1,124

669,645
1,618,157
28,372
16,386
1,796

665,616
1,636,806
24,776
14,624
416

675,792
1,631,686
27,925
13,872
2,447

664,908
1,499,158
24,163
13,408
1,040

2,855
6,749
158,801

3,985
5,145
279,183

4,728
6,118
279,183

6,009
5,137
279,183

5,632
4,558
277,848

5,255
4,481
277,848

5,312
6,294
277,848

5,104
4,611
277,848

157,090
1,711

278,089
1,094

278,089
1,094

278,089
1,094

276,666
1,182

276,666
1,182

276,666
1,182

276,666
1,182

11,725
80,083
17,597
19,409

18,851
153,320
18,002
49,015

18,851
153,320
18,002
49,015

18,851
153,320
18,002
49,015

15,252
151,325
19,910
53,122

15,252
151,325
19,910
53,122

15,252
151,325
19,910
53,122

15,252
151,325
19,910
53,122

2,924,438
1,938,224

3,317,855
2,115,373

3,346,546
2,118,912

3,410,860
2,185,775

3,334,480
2,177,773

3,288,747
2,149,525

3,236,075
2,070,590

3,114,376
1,991,268

1,028,974
114,524
911,155
3,295
377,931

1,099,640
154,342
941,153
4,145
481,998

1,168,935
164,639
1,000,257
4,039
466,816

1,217,478
159,428
1,053,707
4,343
468,347

1,092,118
136,371
951,908
3,839
496,427

1,079,970
132,886
943,765
3,319
480,499

1,087,096
143,938
938,326
4,832
476,819

968,239
140,684
824,090
3,465
468,814

140,873
56,505

260,790
69,985

260,790
69,985

260,790
69,985

257,001
69,532

257,001
69,532

257,001
69,532

257,001
69,532

945,048
927,120

1,143,146
1,124,753

1,212,665
1,194,272

1,215,725
1,197,332

1,225,949
1,205,102

1,211,977
1,191,130

1,221,320
1,200,473

1,219,169
1,198,322

371,732

504,389

552,266

545,123

524,752

517,824

513,050

506,627

113,865
66,155
17,928

200,152
97,746
18,393

211,055
114,076
18,393

202,438
119,006
18,393

186,202
124,953
20,847

180,566
126,418
20,847

165,199
133,182
20,847

168,075
129,460
20,847

1
Principally the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) and
the Inter-American Development Bank.

Feb. r

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.

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2005

Calendar year
2006 r

2007 r

Feb. r

Mar.

2008
Apr.

May

June 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

4,988
22,489
148
1,068
1,435
791
1,456
73,346
146,830
1,354
1,219
667
113,834
10,973
5,953
108,402
206
26,118
48,070
19,651
2,999
581
104,741
532
12,973
7,723
58,172
12,152
1,392
1,055,219
25,478
4,897
1,875,857
525,762
1,615,154
67,249

3,999
25,748
172
624
1,084
680
1,845
86,991
154,289
1,319
688
363
147,529
11,467
5,269
121,326
216
38,354
41,262
19,526
3,251
473
94,643
939
11,643
6,142
52,107
16,870
1,327
1,103,095
22,154
4,877
1,980,273
608,603
1,741,426
78,823

4,801
20,442
232
662
1,010
1,014
2,017
86,994
177,632
1,147
707
436
154,967
9,603
6,173
125,482
227
37,068
31,344
32,194
4,001
416
83,578
846
14,598
6,566
47,850
15,976
1,362
1,042,225
20,728
6,651
1,938,948
639,789
1,726,650
79,119

4,578
24,866
158
820
998
764
2,062
90,199
179,469
1,234
990
201
161,105
9,084
8,426
113,748
246
36,061
30,203
32,644
2,263
516
91,535
412
15,858
6,993
45,705
18,655
1,604
1,003,233
19,619
6,756
1,911,003
641,742
1,689,901
77,286

4,677
20,536
95
662
1,753
1,031
1,490
79,669
176,682
1,549
665
406
166,548
11,309
7,272
109,098
226
43,974
29,642
32,001
2,926
700
88,355
530
14,725
3,638
43,148
16,578
1,971
981,474
16,036
6,240
1,865,604
634,175
1,657,315
80,403

6,236
20,567
106
711
1,122
4,756
1,532
82,973
170,518
1,842
683
119
163,434
11,279
8,299
105,274
167
37,131
30,765
28,811
3,270
462
92,700
334
15,754
4,800
40,068
18,576
2,043
889,233
14,558
6,948
1,765,071
620,819
1,552,611
84,355

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

12,085
303
2,558
24,899
15,758
11,029
2,501
3,294
2,362
1,847
141
2,160
53,005
214
7,010
693
5,281
128
6,497
23,559
15
175,339

11,413
275
2,339
27,837
14,987
11,150
2,930
3,562
2,463
1,932
121
1,881
52,971
243
6,780
665
5,834
134
6,146
25,094
27
178,784

12,513
314
2,537
17,883
14,854
9,908
3,206
3,698
2,442
1,885
143
1,888
52,095
312
7,720
827
5,868
144
6,765
24,649
24
169,675

12,809
290
2,930
15,754
16,714
10,531
3,682
3,731
2,613
1,923
118
1,877
52,842
284
7,689
768
7,062
141
6,293
24,284
22
172,357

12,344
299
2,649
28,616
13,936
11,060
3,645
3,826
2,516
1,949
147
1,835
52,457
278
7,627
683
6,397
174
6,466
26,595
21
183,520

11,894
328
2,718
24,556
14,555
11,069
3,506
3,460
2,654
2,056
126
1,994
50,021
389
7,145
652
6,701
136
5,841
26,532
45
176,378

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
286,620
21,627
49,731
34,858
1,509,570
80
3,826
35
552
1,357
10,127

10,151
216
407
275,918
21,216
48,548
35,036
1,557,853
87
3,954
39
580
1,245
7,987

10,642
259
531
290,331
21,377
48,663
39,201
1,525,604
87
3,678
35
559
1,094
9,523

8,381
237
607
289,866
17,024
46,109
42,015
1,517,802
92
3,703
48
606
1,147
9,285

9,745
238
576
285,898
17,055
47,737
40,116
1,500,784
94
3,629
37
618
1,139
8,286

8,608
229
436
292,993
16,387
50,675
39,711
1,489,068
93
3,507
38
659
1,505
7,287

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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 r

2008
2007 r

Feb. r

Mar.

Apr.

May

June p

n.a.
2,836
n.a.
32,620
1,231,656

90
3,354
165
157
1,691,540

121
3,388
208
189
1,935,836

126
2,519
248
204
1,966,334

107
3,211
263
206
1,955,371

110
2,888
303
225
1,940,448

108
2,902
239
231
1,919,432

111
4,056
210
209
1,915,782

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
94,365
47,124
18,256
5,220
7,792
190,097
1,179
35,243
380
1,032
2,851
1,463
4,926
38,704
24
26,058
14,151
202
80,593
5,052
575,601

1,286
95,938
47,553
17,593
3,832
9,289
176,879
1,028
32,763
263
852
3,458
1,645
3,658
35,387
22
29,628
13,619
214
89,235
6,953
571,095

987
86,938
46,022
15,468
3,818
8,873
183,485
1,349
32,022
266
790
3,344
1,644
3,834
36,260
22
28,482
11,796
169
92,393
6,951
564,913

954
84,261
44,533
12,253
3,774
9,769
179,869
1,038
21,829
256
943
3,159
1,484
3,419
37,645
25
24,293
15,150
363
93,559
6,447
545,023

731
68,399
48,594
12,957
3,119
11,889
178,944
1,363
22,261
240
1,028
2,865
1,740
3,039
34,088
55
24,029
19,828
218
105,189
5,456
546,032

1,456
58,346
43,067
14,531
4,739
13,029
180,086
1,254
21,968
243
1,210
2,607
1,971
3,822
34,383
26
22,357
17,977
152
105,456
5,402
534,082

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

1,147
4,483
298
402
420
10,771
272
86
2,823
420
1,189
154
74
4,612
4,115
31,266

163
5,637
355
447
369
12,171
223
106
3,596
407
1,171
164
79
3,327
4,987
33,202

467
4,786
329
518
350
15,109
211
116
3,004
365
1,121
178
85
3,743
5,012
35,394

636
4,040
318
570
342
16,439
170
109
3,403
329
1,070
146
92
4,184
5,260
37,108

672
4,476
513
425
358
17,561
274
137
2,983
379
930
183
90
4,681
3,548
37,210

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

15,035
3,190
83
19,455
37,763
4,693,533

27,125
3,854
91
19,448
50,518
4,857,093

21,122
3,473
98
21,955
46,648
4,787,876

25,161
3,096
98
21,901
50,256
4,731,767

28,131
3,225
86
21,748
53,190
4,685,289

27,448
3,263
78
21,534
52,323
4,565,201

17,598
5,153

26,862
4,274

24,201
4,057

25,786
4,496

25,107
4,447

21,513
4,445

24,721
4,386

20,634
4,711

22,751
3,186,745

31,136
4,010,359

28,258
4,721,791

30,282
4,887,375

29,554
4,817,430

25,958
4,757,725

29,107
4,714,396

25,345
4,590,546

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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54

TABLE CM-I-3.—Total Liabilities by Type and Country, June 30, 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)

Total own
liabilities
payable in
dollars
(3)

Held by
Total
foreign
custody
official
liabilities institutions Held by all
payable in and foreign
other
dollars
banks
foreigners
(4)
(6)
(5)

Europe:
Austria ..............................
Belgium ............................
Cyprus 4............................
Czech Republic ................
Denmark...........................
Finland..............................
France ..............................
Germany...........................
Greece..............................
Hungary............................
Ireland ..............................
Italy...................................
Kazakhstan 4 ....................
Luxembourg .....................
Monaco 4 ..........................
Netherlands ......................
Norway .............................
Poland ..............................
Portugal............................
Romania ...........................
Russia ..............................
Spain ................................
Sweden.............................
Switzerland .......................
Turkey...............................
Ukraine 4 ...........................
United Kingdom ................
Channel Islands................
All other Europe 4 ...............

6,236
5,968
4,572 1,396
20,567
20,383
7,128 13,255
711
711
695
16
1,122
1,101
300
801
4,756
4,753
4,205
548
1,532
1,326
398
928
82,973
73,698
51,704 21,994
170,518
87,160
73,165 13,995
1,842
1,823
1,775
48
683
457
343
114
163,434
163,191
22,498 140,693
11,279
8,495
5,399 3,096
8,299
8,112
2,022 6,090
105,274
103,951
37,099 66,851
167
166
157
9
37,131
35,776
26,934 8,842
30,765
30,516
29,337 1,179
28,811
28,731
17,834 10,897
3,270
3,260
2,967
293
462
462
462
92,700
92,667
8,177 84,490
15,754
13,583
10,396 3,187
4,800
4,768
1,169 3,599
40,068
37,467
16,655 20,812
18,576
18,508
2,134 16,374
2,043
2,043
2,028
15
889,233
839,474
808,711 30,763
14,558
14,382
11,477 2,905
7,507
5,989
4,859 1,129
1,765,071 1,608,921 1,154,601 454,320
Total Europe..................
620,819
519,492
244,896 274,596
Memo: Euro Area 5 ........
84,355
77,108
56,740 20,368
Canada...................................
Latin America:
Argentina............................
Belize 6 ...............................
Bolivia 6 ..............................
Brazil ..................................
Chile ...................................
Colombia............................
Costa Rica 6 .......................
Ecuador..............................
El Salvador 6 ......................
Guatemala .........................
Honduras 6 .........................
Mexico................................
Panama..............................
Paraguay 6 .........................
Peru....................................
Uruguay .............................
Venezuela ..........................
All other Latin America 6 ....
Total Latin America .......
Caribbean:
Aruba 7 ...............................
Bahamas............................
Barbados 7 .........................
Bermuda ............................
See footnotes at end of table.

September 2008

Negotiable CDs and short-term
negotiable securities

Other Miscellaneous
liabilities 2

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)

2,670
4,213
446
114
537
85
11,673
35,638
591
225
8,063
2,472
908
8,711
45
5,500
418
646
2,650
58
7,113
5,302
660
9,452
1,203
1,750
111,123
8,212
809
231,287
88,050
6,164

243
400
247
58
75
222
2,637
2,230
912
66
2,282
872
6
1,047
112
3,361
328
83
245
35
197
1,330
233
1,998
141
23
20,512
1,849
395
42,139
16,141
10,411

256
1,511
12
800
91
269
3,605
4,661
12
100
8,082
591
3,898
44,095
2
1,018
426
190
200
18,563
656
113
10,963
16,283
7,452
625
1,045
125,520
64,969
6,340

414
2,459
1
1
341
1
11,743
4,400
15
84,786
1,534
2,192
17,139
7
5,812
602
10,705
78
65,515
361
1,351
7,557
32
9,551
1,071
7
227,674
128,742
7,965

588
9,272
3
54
626
5,994
2,456
11
1
42,082
634
4,166
1,020
151
2
6
4
2,057
1,911
2,191
56
15
7,250
1,011
21
81,582
68,916
4,954

1,793
2,031
2
128
3,655
123
17,177
35,398
282
65
4,950
2,349
1,108
2,295
8,669
28,586
17,105
80
369
1,243
3,714
491
5,179
790
255
305,170
209
3,709
446,925
78,880
36,809

3
497
20,870
2,378
1
12,947
43
26,497
10,395
5
1
32
162
9
127
3
378,416
1,405
3
453,794
73,794
4,465

268
184
21
3
206
9,275
83,358
19
226
243
2,784
187
1,323
1
1,355
249
80
10
33
2,171
32
2,601
68
49,759
176
1,518
156,150
101,327
7,247

11,894
328
2,718
24,556
14,555
11,069
3,506
3,460
2,654
2,056
1,994
50,021
7,145
652
6,701
5,841
26,532
696
176,378

11,725
328
2,684
24,016
13,993
11,010
3,496
3,431
2,652
2,026
1,973
49,350
7,093
649
6,539
5,736
25,855
696
173,252

10,225 1,500
282
46
1,142 1,542
22,385 1,631
9,062 4,931
5,487 5,523
1,986 1,510
3,240
191
1,337 1,315
1,806
220
1,925
48
31,887 17,463
5,221 1,872
621
28
6,121
418
4,505 1,231
23,264 2,591
677
19
131,173 42,079

433
60
186
3,643
4,510
1,257
1,017
904
657
216
1,165
11,268
2,344
102
4,185
791
7,100
322
40,160

9,155
158
916
4,286
3,216
3,916
592
2,114
477
1,139
669
19,019
2,566
501
1,147
1,943
15,280
306
67,400

838
2
812
956
1,155
4,138
35
81
243
38
1
11,863
737
4
1
611
229
2
21,746

256
22
395
563
2,364
915
47
42
335
124
2
4,672
922
6
174
182
1,521
2
12,544

385
22
335
69
1,377
470
1,428
63
702
54
45
886
210
18
240
408
789
15
7,516

451
59
36
13,860
1,265
297
368
143
230
429
74
1,189
213
784
1,472
457
44
21,371

207
5
4
639
106
17
9
84
8
26
17
453
101
18
8
329
479
5
2,515

169
34
540
562
59
10
29
2
30
21
671
52
3
162
105
677
3,126

436
292,993
16,387
50,675

436
291,771
16,089
49,436

354
82
289,769 2,002
2,244 13,845
28,850 20,586

151
196,268
1,814
3,247

166
5,793
297
18,656

41
1,437
1,287
9,012

12
260
6,390
10,455

29
176
6,134
952

20
83,656
130
271

17
4,181
37
6,843

1,222
298
1,239

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55

TABLE CM-I-3.—Total Liabilities by Type and Country, June 30, 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

Total Caribbean.................. 1,915,782
Asia:
China, Mainland.......................
58,346
Hong Kong...............................
43,067
India .........................................
14,531
Indonesia .................................
4,739
Israel ........................................
13,029
Japan ....................................... 180,086
Jordan 8 ....................................
1,254
Korea, South............................
21,968
Malaysia...................................
2,607
Pakistan ...................................
1,971
Philippines................................
3,822
Singapore.................................
34,383
Taiwan......................................
22,357
Thailand ...................................
17,977
All other Asia 8.......................... 113,945

Total Africa...........................
Other countries:
Australia ...................................
New Zealand............................
All other ....................................

16,249
345,827
152
43
44
2,759
681
273
402,543

24
507,187
766
178
575
2,012
1,995
227
714,444

20,647
127,752
2,365
257
358
997
311
4,533
182,132

11,093
18,899
1
34
2,131
57
196
44,188

4,129
34,142
64
17
6
593
574
27
56,669

778
4,495
73
26
4
31
15
35
12,748

1
611,347
104
176
475
376
989
11
697,556

2,047
152,348
71
5
6
1,110
35
3,085
169,785

992
32,898
63
47
37
80
1,384
38,260

534,082

25,690
22,791
4,659
2,816
5,716
63,346
1,093
12,043
2,171
1,377
3,199
29,866
19,601
1,976
35,213
231,557

32,646
17,876
9,845
1,917
7,283
70,143
161
9,675
422
594
512
3,884
2,717
15,852
78,599
252,126

8,734
9,859
1,755
1,170
830
33,242
822
4,781
1,213
698
2,207
24,076
7,083
548
12,153
109,171

1,424
6,128
1,285
358
1,903
6,730
44
540
121
136
471
1,179
5,742
288
1,816
28,165

13,183
2,249
1,999
1,472
5,545
59,883
60
750
165
314
348
2,151
1,775
15,794
63,292
168,980

16,931
14,484
7,551
381
1,136
4,752
5,341
222
241
122
1,411
272
28
10,961
63,833

501
918
10
64
568
2,419
101
3,503
16
9
41
262
650
13
4,175
13,250

17,535
3,819
1,688
1,278
2,980
23,451
226
6,664
837
547
520
4,536
6,772
1,156
20,923
92,932

28
3,210
216
10
37
3,012
1
139
19
26
2
135
24
1
492
7,352

10
2,400
27
6
30
46,597
250
14
111
633
39
149
133
50,399

4,476
513
425
358
274
2,983
28,181
37,210

4,471
512
425
352
274
2,964
27,971
36,969

2,250
512
417
281
260
2,409
24,897
31,026

2,221
8
71
14
555
3,074
5,943

1,469
131
242
3
212
1,971
5,095
9,123

111
34
96
196
30
181
858
1,506

2,053
6
57
409
3,008
5,533

44
2
13
1
20
57
137

124
1
1
126
9
261

670
347
79
79
18
251
2,752
4,196

3
12
6
16,192
16,213

5
1
6
19
210
241

27,103
13,738
13,365
5,421
3,213
1,922
1,291
972
764
621
143
143
31,080
16,281
14,799
6,536
4,288,535 3,096,357 1,192,178 1,116,885

1,047
146
300
1,493
333,246

1,308
869
25
2,202
374,509

5,506
410
97
6,013
374,835

6,344
4,139
12
755
21
176
6,377
5,070
126,688 1,304,859

3,338
49
2
3,389
657,513

345
50
20,848
21,243
276,666

20,634
4,711

19,534
4,629

15,485
2,534

4,049
2,095

-

11,693
1,715

944
96

523
1,809

2,582
190

-

3,792
819

1,100
82

25,345

24,163

18,019

6,144

-

13,408

1,040

2,332

2,772

-

4,611

1,182

4,312,698 3,114,376 1,198,322 1,116,885

346,654

375,549

377,167

129,460 1,304,859

662,124

277,848

Grand total ...................... 4,590,546
1

38,719
22,470
1,456,170 1,110,343
3,444
3,292
659
616
1,458
1,414
7,250
4,491
3,976
3,295
8,114
7,841
1,877,522 1,474,979
58,336
40,667
14,504
4,733
12,999
133,489
1,254
21,718
2,593
1,971
3,711
33,750
22,318
17,828
113,812
483,683

27,448
3,263
21,612
52,323
Total other...........................
All countries.................................. 4,565,201
International and regional orgs:
International organizations.......
Regional organizations10 .........
Total International and
regional organizations ......

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.
4
Before June 2006, data for Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Monaco, and Ukraine are included in "All
other Europe."
5
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

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 7 ..............
39,711
Cayman Islands ....................... 1,489,068
Dominican Republic 7 ..............
3,507
Haiti 7 ........................................
659
Jamaica....................................
1,505
Netherlands Antilles.................
7,287
Trinidad and Tobago................
4,056
9,498
All other Caribbean 7 ................

Total Asia.............................
Africa:
Egypt ........................................
Ghana ......................................
Kenya 9.....................................
Liberia ......................................
Morocco ...................................
South Africa .............................
All other Africa 9 .......................

Negotiable CDs and short-term
negotiable securities

6
Before June 2006, data for Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, and
Paraguay are included in "All other Latin America."
7
Before June 2006, data for Aruba, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic,
and Haiti are included in "All other Caribbean."
8
Before June 2006, data for Jordan are included in "All other Asia."
9
Before June 2006, data for Kenya are included in "All other Africa."
10
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

June 2008

United Kingdom

All other Europe

Caribbean banking centers

Japan

All other Asia

All other countries

U.S. liabilities to foreigners
reported by U.S. banks were
recorded at $4.6 trillion in June
2008, a decrease of $131 billion
from yearend 2007. U.S.
banking liabilities include
foreign holdings of U.S. shortterm securities but exclude
foreign holdings of U.S. longterm securities. U.S. banking
liabilities increased about $711
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.

[In millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Country

Calendar years
2006

2004

2005

United Kingdom............................

501,721

590,505

926,069

1,055,219

All other Europe ...........................

611,774

691,138

648,551

820,638

875,838

Caribbean banking centers 1 .........

1,186,221

1,200,444

1,666,987

1,897,916

1,886,879

Japan............................................
Subtotal ......................................

173,872
260,142
2,733,730

161,951
256,934
2,900,972

141,655
299,495
3,682,757

190,097
385,504
4,349,374

180,086
353,996
4,186,032

All other countries ........................

284,143

285,773

327,602

372,417

404,514

Grand total .................................

3,017,873

3,186,745

4,010,359

4,721,791

4,590,546

All other Asia ................................

2007

June 2008
889,233

1
Includes Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Netherlands Antilles, and Panama. For data beginning June 2006, also
includes the British Virgin Islands.

September 2008

U.S. banking liabilities are
concentrated in international
financial centers. The data on
this page show that more than
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. 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]

Type of Claim

Calendar
Year
2006 r

2007
Mar. r

June r

Sept. r

Dec.

2008
Mar. p

Total claims..............................................................

3,140,564

3,371,838

3,593,754

3,715,894

3,837,533

4,042,131

Payable in dollars..................................................

2,944,476

3,164,208

3,368,944

3,487,160

3,594,268

3,775,248

Own claims on foreigners...................................

2,291,340

2,514,366

2,633,268

2,713,379

2,818,514

3,032,903

Foreign official institutions ...............................

98,010

92,666

96,012

86,503

108,136

101,405

Foreign public borrowers.................................

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Foreign banks, including own foreign
offices ...........................................................

1,662,805

1,846,668

1,904,381

1,963,989

2,060,830

2,237,857

All other foreigners ..........................................

530,525

575,032

632,875

662,887

649,548

693,641

Claims of domestic customers..............................

653,136

649,842

735,676

773,781

775,754

742,345

Payable in foreign currencies ..................................

196,088

207,630

224,810

228,734

243,265

266,883

Own claims on foreigners .....................................

131,530

130,372

143,525

148,539

168,572

182,798

Canadian dollars ..............................................

16,024

14,291

24,797

35,415

32,713

30,991

Euros................................................................

65,947

71,791

67,638

56,479

75,051

81,156

United Kingdom pounds sterling......................

18,871

15,218

15,088

13,837

14,432

16,593

Japanese yen...................................................

14,463

15,511

17,827

19,463

23,909

27,715

Claims of domestic customers..............................

64,558

77,258

81,285

80,195

74,693

84,085

Canadian dollars ..............................................

4,814

4,797

4,261

4,873

3,008

2,703

of which:

of which:
Euros................................................................

47,468

62,721

67,539

62,161

60,501

67,014

United Kingdom pounds sterling......................

7,068

4,612

3,348

3,925

3,160

5,197

Japanese yen...................................................

1,676

1,345

381

2,739

2,817

3,109

Total own claims on foreigners .............................

2,422,870

2,644,738

2,776,793

2,861,918

2,987,086

3,215,701

Non-negotiable deposits ....................................

983,110

1,051,952

1,065,498

990,963

1,045,027

1,193,009

Short-term negotiable instruments
(payable in dollars).............................................

15,508

18,053

18,834

39,876

48,082

44,867

Resale agreements ............................................

664,373

739,410

794,401

843,785

800,427

851,626

Other...................................................................

759,879

835,323

898,060

987,294

1,093,550

1,126,199

Claims on own foreign offices...............................

1,639,474

1,842,273

1,854,092

1,896,032

2,032,682

2,203,520

Claims reported by IBFs .......................................

562,430

659,669

648,582

615,052

686,623

646,189

Payable in dollars ...............................................

524,907

619,843

606,879

578,337

644,202

608,557

Memoranda:

Payable in foreign currencies.............................

37,523

39,826

41,703

36,715

42,421

37,632

Total claims held for domestic customers ............

717,694

727,100

816,961

853,976

850,447

826,430

Non-negotiable deposits ....................................

312,635

343,115

365,866

391,445

444,722

428,680

Short-term negotiable instruments
(payable in dollars).............................................

353,438

334,582

401,187

400,291

357,802

348,991

Other .....................................................................

51,621

49,403

49,908

62,240

47,923

48,759

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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.

September 2008

Calendar
year
2005

2006
Sept. r

2007
Dec. r

Mar. r

June r

Sept. r

Dec.

2008
Mar. p

5,432
14,095
23
3,413
2,619
9,610
131,334
48,290
116
121
41,916
23,200
n.a.
14,772
30,557
19,083
1,840
1,138
288
1,320
10,809
27,865
151,785
3,459
627,105
42,827
18,996
1,232,013
331,269
n.a.
94,997

8,420
19,955
38
2,583
1,845
15,054
171,400
54,150
902
133
47,427
35,098
446
17,569
39,309
32,130
1,593
1,904
265
1,762
14,910
37,800
141,707
4,112
865,734
41,027
2,460
1,559,734
426,099
1,336,094
101,465

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
189,510
87,355
1,409
252
68,653
43,098
754
22,636
73,708
28,875
3,999
2,840
200
3,334
26,085
37,643
191,315
3,718
1,164,018
43,199
3,689
2,057,677
572,139
1,784,534
141,494

8,083
26,646
30
4,049
10,314
30,533
205,395
79,934
1,658
378
81,003
51,856
688
27,017
63,710
28,938
8,242
3,113
195
1,869
32,753
35,525
201,020
3,735
1,148,546
36,414
3,632
2,095,276
611,701
1,820,644
140,364

7,980
28,020
52
2,662
10,984
27,748
235,915
93,045
1,963
216
100,600
63,530
732
25,167
72,195
27,307
17,108
3,672
178
1,638
56,322
28,760
184,253
3,989
1,209,932
20,802
3,418
2,228,186
717,612
1,987,539
161,077

2,507
n.a.
15,621
6,990
2,506
n.a.
602
n.a.
903
n.a.
15,194
n.a.
2,359
n.a.
1,242
486
2,613
2,632
53,655

2,435
173
15,003
7,335
2,766
721
589
874
919
382
18,466
99
2,928
40
1,360
527
2,582
77
57,276

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
26,843
93
4,794
130
4,487
403
2,152
194
91,863

n.a.
167,880
n.a.

4,373
208,785
429

5,281
194,510
471

2,575
200,268
372

3,479
196,649
794

3,140
203,177
352

6,493
236,829
445

7,796
271,563
557

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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
2005

2006
Sept. r

Dec. r

2007
June r

Sept. r

2008
Mar. p

Dec.

20,875
n.a.
674,769
n.a.
n.a.
448
4,558
957
8,687
878,174

22,964
4,828
769,663
488
34
721
3,962
792
362
1,017,401

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

20,379
5,190
941,913
630
56
666
4,877
524
584
1,181,488

12,330
4,857
964,334
686
46
687
4,624
673
770
1,232,774

19,430
6,012
968,107
720
52
751
5,085
724
786
1,281,583

14,957
9,042
2,669
523
5,827
114,713
n.a.
17,470
53
834
33
1,820
8,210
8,909
8,183
13,670
187
207,100

15,413
10,316
3,072
477
6,284
139,368
23
29,474
21
851
63
1,177
7,745
5,921
7,798
11,951
133
240,087

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

18,095
7,477
4,563
583
6,451
104,827
49
14,392
53
1,913
218
1,233
5,663
3,887
2,349
15,643
723
188,119

19,359
10,263
4,588
1,030
5,031
97,453
54
28,247
51
1,987
164
1,271
6,661
1,651
5,963
23,969
799
208,541

16,641
10,545
4,620
1,089
4,902
107,064
21
28,379
52
1,166
64
1,835
7,863
3,086
2,483
14,696
1,554
206,060

n.a.
661
19
267
94
414
339
252
2,046

22
1,181
8
316
71
473
335
447
2,853

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
617
1,301
13,594
17,719

18,569
3,601
178
22,348
2,490,333

29,344
3,276
219
32,839
3,011,655

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

42,716
2,170
357
45,243
3,705,863

43,463
4,541
316
48,320
3,825,401

36,546
6,124
486
43,156
4,029,644

8,086
1,980

10,270
832

11,279
644

10,236
570

9,779
475

9,371
660

10,930
1,202

11,333
1,154

10,066
2,500,399

11,102
3,022,757

11,923
3,140,564

10,806
3,371,838

10,254
3,593,754

10,031
3,715,894

12,132
3,837,533

12,487
4,042,131

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. As of January 2007, the euro area
also includes Slovenia; however, separate data for Slovenia are not available.
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

Mar. r

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.

September 2008

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TABLE CM-II-3.—Total Claims on Foreigners by Type and Country, March 31, 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 ...............................................
7,980
Belgium..............................................
28,020
Czech Republic .................................
2,662
Denmark............................................
10,984
Finland...............................................
27,748
France ...............................................
235,915
Germany............................................
93,045
Greece...............................................
1,963
Hungary.............................................
216
Ireland................................................
100,600
Italy ....................................................
63,530
Kazakhstan1 ......................................
732
Luxembourg ......................................
25,167
Netherlands .......................................
72,195
Norway ..............................................
27,307
Poland ...............................................
17,108
Portugal .............................................
3,672
Romania ............................................
178
Russia................................................
1,638
Spain .................................................
56,322
Sweden..............................................
28,760
Switzerland........................................
184,253
Turkey................................................
3,989
United Kingdom................................. 1,209,932
Channel Islands ..................................
20,802
3,470
All other Europe 1 ...............................
Total Europe ................................... 2,228,186
717,612
Memo: Euro Area 2 ...............................
161,077
Canada.................................................
Latin America:
Argentina ...........................................
4,346
Bolivia 3 ..............................................
172
Brazil..................................................
28,278
Chile ..................................................
10,267
Colombia ...........................................
4,953
Costa Rica 3 .......................................
1,217
Ecuador .............................................
886
El Salvador 3 ......................................
797
Guatemala.........................................
1,358
Honduras 3 .........................................
493
Mexico ...............................................
26,843
Panama .............................................
4,794
Peru ...................................................
4,487
Uruguay.............................................
403
Venezuela .........................................
2,152
417
All other Latin America 3 ....................
91,863
Total Latin America.........................
See footnotes at end of table.

September 2008

Total
own
claims
(2)

Total
own
claims
payable in
dollars
(3)

4,662
4,625
22,994
22,646
2,648
2,605
2,303
2,196
24,866
24,830
202,154
189,078
56,333
45,542
580
178
197
117
64,755
64,302
53,706
43,923
732
704
15,807
14,028
57,855
55,574
19,982
19,760
17,081
17,022
1,846
1,809
178
148
1,634
1,611
39,646
37,286
7,591
6,832
176,392
174,732
3,984
3,548
1,030,644
995,555
13,769
13,387
2,423
1,369
1,824,762 1,743,406
546,184
504,041
128,199
101,847
4,261
172
28,194
10,259
4,945
1,212
878
797
1,358
493
26,401
4,743
3,985
400
2,035
414
90,547

3,970
156
26,746
9,108
3,428
1,120
872
779
1,328
493
25,319
4,514
3,631
286
1,930
414
84,094

Claims of domestic customers
Total
custom
Payable
Payable in
foreign
er
in
currencies
claims
dollars
(9)
(7)
(8)

Foreign
official
institutions
and foreign
banks
(4)

Claims
on all
other
foreigners
(5)

Payable
in
foreign
currencies
(6)

1,960
19,425
2,604
1,860
24,673
159,975
36,898
114
22
43,185
43,693
592
3,887
23,523
18,784
17,017
1,577
4
1,346
36,978
5,264
168,749
2,712
714,270
10,152
987
1,340,250
396,039
90,731

2,665
3,221
1
336
157
29,103
8,644
64
95
21,117
230
112
10,141
32,051
976
5
232
144
265
308
1,568
5,983
836
281,285
3,235
382
403,156
108,002
11,116

37
348
43
107
36
13,076
10,791
402
80
453
9,783
28
1,779
2,281
222
59
37
30
23
2,360
759
1,660
436
35,089
382
1,054
81,356
42,143
26,352

3,318
5,026
14
8,681
2,882
33,761
36,712
1,383
19
35,844
9,824
9,360
14,340
7,325
27
1,826
4
16,676
21,169
7,861
5
179,288
7,033
1,047
403,424
171,428
32,878

1,803
2,888
1
8,654
1,758
20,722
19,434
1
33,877
279
6,841
10,636
7,074
540
4
10,993
20,629
7,724
4
171,786
5,558
1,002
332,208
110,222
30,306

1,515
2,138
13
27
1,124
13,039
17,278
1,382
19
1,967
9,545
2,519
3,704
251
27
1,286
5,683
540
137
1
7,502
1,475
45
71,216
61,206
2,572

1,050
2
15,016
4,552
1,759
350
186
189
628
226
1,877
3,451
1,599
55
340
207
31,487

2,920
154
11,730
4,556
1,669
770
686
590
700
267
23,442
1,063
2,032
231
1,590
207
52,607

291
16
1,448
1,151
1,517
92
6
18
30
1,082
229
354
114
105
6,453

85
84
8
8
5
8
442
51
502
3
117
3
1,316

35
63
3
4
6
387
47
4
2
109
2
662

50
21
5
4
5
2
55
4
498
1
8
1
654

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TABLE CM-II-3.—Total Claims on Foreigners by Type and Country, March 31, 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 ...........................................
271,563
Bermuda............................................
19,430
British Virgin Islands 4 ........................
6,012
Cayman Islands.................................
968,107
Dominican Republic 4 ........................
720
Jamaica .............................................
751
Netherlands Antilles ..........................
5,085
Trinidad and Tobago .........................
724
9,191
All other Caribbean 4 .........................
Total Caribbean .............................. 1,281,583
Asia:
China, Mainland ................................
16,641
Hong Kong ........................................
10,545
India...................................................
4,620
Indonesia...........................................
1,089
Israel..................................................
4,902
Japan.................................................
107,064
Korea, South .....................................
28,379
Malaysia ............................................
1,166
Pakistan.............................................
64
Philippines .........................................
1,835
Singapore ..........................................
7,863
Taiwan ...............................................
3,086
Thailand.............................................
2,483
16,323
All other Asia .....................................
206,060
Total Asia........................................
Africa:
Egypt .................................................
1,773
Ghana................................................
42
Liberia................................................
338
Morocco.............................................
45
South Africa.......................................
617
All other Africa ...................................
14,904
Total Africa .....................................
17,719
Other countries:
Australia.............................................
36,546
New Zealand .....................................
6,124
486
All other .............................................
43,156
Total other countries.......................
Total foreign countries ................. 4,029,644
International and regional orgs:
International organizations ................
11,333
1,154
Regional organizations 5 ....................
Total international and regional
12,487
organizations ..................................
Grand total ................................... 4,042,131
1

Total own
claims
(2)

Total own
claims
payable in
dollars
(3)

Foreign
official
institutions
and foreign
banks
(4)

196,491
19,430
5,853
683,325
680
751
5,018
724
9,190
921,462

195,177
17,358
3,246
642,592
671
722
4,586
723
7,768
872,843

187,403
36
29
514,577
168
171
223
213
203
703,023

7,774
17,322
3,217
128,015
503
551
4,363
510
7,565
169,820

1,314
2,072
2,607
40,733
9
29
432
1
1,422
48,619

75,072
159
284,782
40
67
1
360,121

74,709
131
281,441
33
66
1
356,381

363
28
3,341
7
1
3,740

16,425
9,573
4,512
1,055
3,635
102,195
27,433
368
63
1,750
7,799
2,763
2,477
15,909
195,957

14,991
8,892
4,380
1,007
3,591
90,736
27,288
277
47
1,689
6,368
2,522
2,455
14,821
179,064

14,214
7,082
3,549
722
3,403
74,735
26,520
225
33
1,107
4,547
2,118
2,439
12,806
153,500

777
1,810
831
285
188
16,001
768
52
14
582
1,821
404
16
2,015
25,564

1,434
681
132
48
44
11,459
145
91
16
61
1,431
241
22
1,088
16,893

216
972
108
34
1,267
4,869
946
798
1
85
64
323
6
414
10,103

168
68
69
5
1,255
4,308
464
26
1
7
12
4
398
6,785

48
904
39
29
12
561
482
772
1
84
57
311
2
16
3,318

370
37
338
35
516
14,802
16,098

370
11
279
15
395
14,618
15,688

193
10
7
14
349
1,181
1,754

177
1
272
1
46
13,437
13,934

26
59
20
121
184
410

1,403
5
10
101
102
1,621

11
5
10
94
42
162

1,392
7
60
1,459

24,106
3,280
486
27,872
3,204,897

22,835
1,836
486
25,157
3,022,099

17,007
1,508
2
18,517
2,339,262

5,828
328
484
6,640
682,837

1,271
1,444
2,715
182,798

12,440
2,844
15,284
824,747

11,752
2,826
14,578
741,082

688
18
706
83,665

10,365
439

10,365
439

-

10,365
439

-

968
715

767
496

201
219

10,804
3,215,701

10,804
3,032,903

2,339,262

10,804
693,641

182,798

1,683
826,430

1,263
742,345

420
84,085

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. As of January 2007, the euro area also includes
Slovenia; however, separate data for Slovenia are not avaliable.
3
Before June 2006, data for Bolivia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Honduras are included in
“All other Latin America.”
2

Claims on
all other
foreigners
(5)

Payable in
foreign
currencies
(6)

Claims of domestic customers
Total
Payable in
Payable
in
customer
foreign
dollars
claims
currencies
(8)
(7)
(9)

4
Before June 2006, data for the British Virgin Islands and Dominican Republic are
included in “All other Caribbean.”
5
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
In March 2008, U.S. claims on
foreigners reported by U.S.
banks amounted to about $4.0
trillion, an increase of $205
billion from the level 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 $697
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.

1400
1300

(In billions of dollars)

1200
1100
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2004

2005

2006

2007

Mar. 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
United Kingdom ..............................
All other Europe ..............................
Caribbean banking centers 1,2.........
Japan ..............................................
All other Asia...................................
Subtotal.........................................
All other countries ...........................
Grand total ....................................
1
2

2004
567,001
527,615
755,954
102,859
70,601
2,024,030
164,411
2,188,441

2005
627,105
604,908
870,441
114,713
92,387
2,309,554
190,845
2,500,399

2006

2007

Mar. 2008

938,123
672,126
1,061,389
157,671
89,770
2,919,079
221,485
3,140,564

1,148,546
946,730
1,227,092
97,453
111,088
3,530,909
306,624
3,837,533

1,209,932
1,018,254
1,274,991
107,064
98,996
3,709,237
332,894
4,042,131

Includes Bahamas, Bermuda, British West Indies, Netherlands Antilles, and Panama.
Beginning January 2001, Cayman Islands replaced British West Indies in reporting format.

September 2008

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
several years from about 20
percent at the end of 1996 to
around 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

Mar.

June

2007
Sept.

Dec.

2008
Mar. 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
24,415
13,903
16,886

89,729
66,250
27,136
3,093
24,043
39,114
25,801
14,493
23,479

106,508
82,029
31,589
2,220
29,369
50,440
26,985
24,628
24,479

112,853
84,072
29,103
3,016
26,087
54,969
28,257
27,743
28,781

103,833
79,159
26,474
1,983
24,491
52,685
26,564
27,111
24,674

111,383
85,213
23,995
2,391
21,604
61,218
30,370
31,860
26,170

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

1,860
11,315
5,862
1,775
2,667

2,035
12,031
4,585
2,778
3,050

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

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
1,258
929
126,032
100,031
66,871
28,380

19,953
4,599
15,354
3,526
1,364
982
131,225
98,336
64,047
25,922

21,060
4,563
16,497
3,419
1,252
994
137,231
106,269
66,625
23,844

25,948
1,647
24,301
2,833
1,065
737
144,477
105,282
65,146
25,583

21,445
2,940
18,505
3,229
1,302
937
136,044
109,698
66,726
28,393

22,180
5,360
16,820
3,990
2,033
945
138,720
114,900
72,086
32,219

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
30,225
4,371
26,001

498
37,627
34,289
30,757
4,472
32,889

2,141
40,640
39,644
33,616
6,966
30,962

1,235
38,328
40,136
34,096
6,888
39,195

1,168
37,165
42,972
37,672
6,369
26,346

1,504
38,363
42,814
36,513
7,253
23,820

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

4,944
17,640
5,670
998
3,637

4,387
16,572
4,557
1,125
4,321

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

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
2,577
213

29,026
2,415
81
26,530
3,863
2,503
420

27,169
3,384
82
23,703
3,793
2,385
470

35,638
11,237
109
24,292
3,557
2,424
285

21,305
1,498
77
19,730
5,041
3,748
224

19,754
1,613
72
18,069
4,066
2,932
182

September 2008

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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 1 ..............................
Bulgaria ................................
Czech Republic....................
Denmark...............................
Finland .................................
France ..................................
Germany ..............................
Greece .................................
Hungary................................
Ireland ..................................
Italy.......................................
Luxembourg 1 .......................
Netherlands..........................
Norway .................................
Poland ..................................
Portugal................................
Romania...............................
Russia 2 ................................
Serbia and Montenegro
(formerly Yugoslavia) 3 ....
Spain ....................................
Sweden ................................
Switzerland ..........................
Turkey ..................................
United Kingdom ...................
Channel Islands and
Isle of Man 4 .....................
Other Europe .......................
Total Europe ....................
Canada.....................................
Latin America:
Argentina..............................
Brazil ....................................
Chile .....................................
Colombia..............................
Ecuador................................
Guatemala ...........................
Mexico..................................
Panama................................
Peru......................................
Uruguay................................
Venezuela ............................
Other Latin America 5 ...........
Total Latin America .............
Caribbean:
Bahamas..............................
Bermuda...................................
British West Indies 6.................
Cayman Islands 6 .................
Cuba.....................................
Jamaica................................
Netherlands Antilles.............
Trinidad and Tobago............
Other Caribbean 5 ................
Total Caribbean ...............
See footnotes at end of table.

September 2008

2007

2008

2003

2004

2005

2006

Mar.

June

Sept.

Dec.

Mar. p

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

64
95
54
17
132
28
2,497
5,729
163
13
168
1,117
816
1,096
274
360
35
14
121

97
429
48
14
133
77
2,180
8,465
180
14
629
1,195
643
959
480
410
146
6
169

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
3,297
3,127
199
16
925
1,106
197
1,036
516
371
122
10
411

1,068
656
1,884
302
26,911

2
591
800
1,078
180
32,878

4
399
747
1,237
137
15,093

1
269
952
1,070
261
17,339

11
268
912
1,807
348
25,615

1
417
824
1,683
487
29,267

4
627
951
1,580
642
27,475

3
533
438
1,703
754
23,350

6
754
237
2,006
754
25,270

188
44,653

2
286
47,720

501
250
33,271

15
421
41,146

310
42,064

2
364
49,319

117
455
50,145

208
539
43,503

149
506
41,837

3,405

4,578

4,905

7,694

5,953

7,098

7,503

7,767

7,342

125
475
60
118
21
15
1,332
52
15
4
332
98
2,647

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

183
165
440
222
35
7
2,346
56
12
18
571
53
4,108

227
375
465
292
235
18
2,547
120
51
44
677
65
5,116

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

182
1,182
647
382
129
8
3,113
196
11
7
896
101
6,854

14
1,224
n.a.
3,154
2
17
3
16
564
4,994

32
9,230
n.a.
7,279
24
14
15
729
17,323

70
1,704
n.a.
6,522
14
13
44
936
9,303

70
777
n.a.
12,804
20
2
25
761
14,459

109
793
n.a.
12,663
22
5
16
1,145
14,753

163
1,008
n.a.
13,035
33
58
21
1,028
15,346

129
1,161
n.a.
14,722
21
4
108
1,214
17,359

89
707
n.a.
15,969
18
4
74
803
17,664

180
1,322
n.a.
15,830
21
5
100
514
17,972

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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 7 .........
Other Asia ..............................
Total Asia ...........................
Africa:
Congo (formerly Zaire)...........
Egypt ......................................
Ghana.....................................
Liberia.....................................
Morocco..................................
South Africa............................
Oil-exporting countries 8 .........
Other Africa ............................
Total Africa .........................
Other countries:
Australia .................................
New Zealand 9 ........................
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

2003

Calendar year
2004

2005

2006

Mar.

Sept.

Dec.

2008
Mar. 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

780
576
401
48
355
7,271
1,337
8
419
180
108
2,797
8
1,161
629
4,715
185
20,978

3,207
698
1,106
133
295
7,080
1,609
6
324
324
53
3,790
7
1,005
376
6,891
251
27,155

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

4,043
844
1,352
250
264
8,030
1,348
5
570
53
89
4,447
8
975
397
10,077
426
33,178

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

159
2
3
43
35
599
141
982

209
2
1
90
40
637
315
1,294

1
247
6
1
103
33
763
325
1,479

280
12
6
190
52
655
294
1,489

259
1
63
210
83
1,086
544
2,246

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

843
17
12
872
89,710

1,082
70
5
1,157
106,485

1,581
77
16
1,674
112,820

1,658
91
25
1,774
103,788

1,824
80
32
1,936
111,365

16

2

2

15

2
17

23

3
30

2
43

1
17

16

2

2

15

19

23

33

45

18

73,700

92,009

76,710

89,217

89,729

106,508

112,853

103,833

111,383

Before March 2003, combined data reported for Belgium-Luxembourg.
Since December 1992, data for all other republics of the former U.S.S.R. included in
“Other Europe.”
3
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 “Other Europe” as follows: Beginning in December 1992 for
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia; and since June 1994 for the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
4
Before March 2003, data included in United Kingdom.
2

2007
June

5

Before March 2003, “Other Latin America” and “Other Caribbean” were reported as
combined “Other Latin America and Caribbean.”
Beginning March 2003, Cayman Islands replaced British West Indies in the data series.
7
Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab
Emirates (Trucial States).
8
Includes Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.
9
Before March 2003, data included in “All other countries.”
10
Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East regional
organizations.
6

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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 1 ...................................
Bulgaria .....................................
Czech Republic.........................
Denmark....................................
Finland ......................................
France .......................................
Germany ...................................
Greece ......................................
Hungary.....................................
Ireland .......................................
Italy............................................
Luxembourg 1 ............................
Netherlands...............................
Norway ......................................
Poland .......................................
Portugal.....................................
Romania....................................
Russia 2 .....................................
Serbia and Montenegro
(formerly Yugoslavia) 3..........
Spain .........................................
Sweden .....................................
Switzerland ...............................
Turkey .......................................
United Kingdom ........................
Channel Islands and
Isle of Man 4 ..........................
Other Europe ............................
Total Europe .........................
Canada..........................................
Latin America:
Argentina...................................
Brazil .........................................
Chile ..........................................
Colombia...................................
Ecuador.....................................
Guatemala ................................
Mexico.......................................
Panama.....................................
Peru...........................................
Uruguay.....................................
Venezuela .................................
Other Latin America 5 ................
Total Latin America ...................
Caribbean:
Bahamas...................................
Bermuda.........................................
British West Indies 6 ....................
Cayman Islands 6 ......................
Cuba..........................................
Jamaica.....................................
Netherlands Antilles..................
Trinidad and Tobago.................
Other Caribbean 5 .....................
Total Caribbean ....................
See footnotes at end of table.

September 2008

2003

Calendar year
2004
2005

2006

Mar.

June

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
Sept.

Dec.

2008
Mar. 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

2,013
447
44
181
599
4,233
10,212
170
49
749
2,467
479
5,015
316
101
94
47
892

2,035
1,853
1
52
240
515
5,513
10,838
205
104
1,367
2,542
1,620
5,803
935
113
91
40
918

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
801
6
134
184
805
6,066
4,919
243
153
968
2,507
919
3,984
326
153
89
60
1,327

1,990
3,325
9
128
193
627
5,552
5,825
218
163
781
3,019
777
2,771
356
146
75
51
1,327

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

4
1,469
722
1,552
454
26,081

6
1,729
687
1,893
555
23,439

18
1,634
632
1,768
540
26,085

15
1,633
690
2,151
721
23,652

23
2,072
1,156
2,028
543
21,784

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

26
1,036
59,452
13,027

56
1,241
64,391
15,421

116
965
61,152
14,803

109
1,465
56,119
16,419

115
1,156
56,210
15,359

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

919
2,569
374
508
136
144
3,078
188
169
17
542
362
9,006

435
2,502
316
467
108
141
3,118
198
148
45
609
359
8,446

495
2,409
411
431
96
173
3,413
273
228
17
624
413
8,983

463
2,681
403
454
160
199
3,499
307
198
34
693
417
9,508

563
2,674
803
551
166
204
3,534
294
239
30
691
541
10,290

1,075
1,024
n.a.
20,067
16
84
32
100
951
23,349

1,631
5,358
n.a.
36,320
8
67
37
120
1,085
44,626

1,631
2,238
n.a.
36,416
12
70
42
119
1,721
42,249

3,949
1,734
n.a.
26,051
2
60
30
125
1,264
33,215

5,791
1,958
n.a.
21,286
2
93
95
134
1,707
31,066

2,119
2,536
n.a.
21,332
2
67
8
112
1,503
27,679

2,493
2,925
n.a.
23,487
2
98
92
124
1,369
30,590

2,198
1,708
n.a.
16,987
10
106
118
173
1,491
22,791

1,909
1,780
n.a.
28,363
92
187
147
1,580
34,058

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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 7.........
Other Asia ..............................
Total Asia ...........................
Africa:
Congo (formerly Zaire)...........
Egypt ......................................
Ghana ....................................
Liberia ....................................
Morocco .................................
South Africa ...........................
Oil-exporting countries 8.........
Other Africa............................
Total Africa.........................
Other countries:
Australia .................................
New Zealand 9........................
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

2003

Calendar year
2004
2005

Mar.

2007
June

Sept.

Dec.

2008
Mar. p

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

1,713
1,125
626
160
486
4,067
1,191
15
303
89
106
1,525
904
323
1,682
375
14,690

2,127
998
596
136
539
4,621
1,285
13
356
59
110
1,642
7
1,298
300
2,797
368
17,252

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

1,908
8,781
812
207
587
5,517
1,248
19
362
115
109
2,602
11
1,241
414
2,460
512
26,905

1,880
1,307
707
260
629
5,244
1,211
22
304
83
105
2,025
12
1,398
492
1,950
445
18,074

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

11
165
3
73
21
221
332
411
1,237

8
209
10
72
26
260
299
443
1,327

6
224
2
58
31
241
354
432
1,348

6
335
7
62
34
307
293
331
1,375

6
306
8
54
21
255
351
391
1,392

6
326
4
54
30
267
352
713
1,752

3,619
208
83
3,910
100,905

1,588
441
245
2,274
143,218

2,144
420
207
2,771
144,950

2,365
351
76
2,792
126,009

2,374
181
71
2,626
131,194

2,430
166
23
2,619
137,156

2,584
148
49
2,781
144,449

2,467
145
37
2,649
135,783

2,566
154
30
2,750
138,493

1
10

3
11

-

4
19

9
22

26
49

17
11

150
111

209
18

11

14

-

23

31

75

28

261

227

100,916

143,232

144,950

126,032

131,225

137,231

144,477

136,044

138,720

Before March 2003, combined data reported for Belgium-Luxembourg.
Since December 1992, data for all other republics of the former U.S.S.R. included
in “Other Europe.”
3
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 “Other Europe” as follows: Beginning in
December 1992 for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia; and since June
1994 for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
4
Before March 2003, data included in United Kingdom.
2

2006

5

Before March 2003, “Other Latin America” and “Other Caribbean” were reported as combined
“Other Latin America and Caribbean.”
6
Beginning March 2003, Cayman Islands replaced British West Indies in the data series.
7
Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab
Emirates (Trucial States).
8
Includes Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.
9
Before March 2003, data included in “All other countries.”
10
Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East regional
organizations.

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68

TABLE CM-III-4.—Total Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners, by Type and
Country, March 31, 2008, Preliminary
[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Country
Europe:
Austria ...........................................
Belgium 1 .......................................
Bulgaria .........................................
Czech Republic .............................
Denmark........................................
Finland...........................................
France ...........................................
Germany........................................
Greece...........................................
Hungary.........................................
Ireland ...........................................
Italy................................................
Luxembourg 1 ................................
Netherlands...................................
Norway ..........................................
Poland ...........................................
Portugal.........................................
Romania........................................
Russia 2 .........................................
Serbia and Montenegro
(formerly Yugoslavia) 3 ..............
Spain .............................................
Sweden .........................................
Switzerland....................................
Turkey ...........................................
United Kingdom.............................
Channel Islands and
Isle of Man 4 ..............................
Other Europe.................................
Total Europe..............................
Canada..............................................
Latin America:
Argentina.......................................
Brazil .............................................
Chile ..............................................
Colombia .......................................
Ecuador.........................................
Guatemala.....................................
Mexico ...........................................
Panama.........................................
Peru...............................................
Uruguay.........................................
Venezuela .....................................
Other Latin America 5 ....................
Total Latin America .......................
Caribbean:
Bahamas .......................................
Bermuda.............................................
Cayman Islands 6 .............................
Cuba..............................................
Jamaica.........................................
Netherlands Antilles ......................
Trinidad and Tobago.....................
Other Caribbean 5 .........................
Total Caribbean.........................
See footnotes at end of table.

September 2008

Total liabilities
(1)

Liabilities
Financial
(2)

Commercial
(3)

Total claims
(4)

Claims
Financial
(5)

Commercial
(6)

90
308
34
52
269
69
3,297
3,127
199
16
925
1,106
197
1,036
516
371
122
10
411

27
150
2
156
21
1,522
1,843
26
8
59
13
75
285
53
1
5
22

63
158
34
50
113
48
1,775
1,284
173
8
866
1,093
122
751
463
370
117
10
389

1,990
3,325
9
128
193
627
5,552
5,825
218
163
781
3,019
777
2,771
356
146
75
51
1,327

1,928
3,139
20
119
201
3,576
4,132
65
101
381
711
706
2,142
215
45
15
17
931

62
186
9
108
74
426
1,976
1,693
153
62
400
2,308
71
629
141
101
60
34
396

6
754
237
2,006
754
25,270

84
14
90
23
21,531

6
670
223
1,916
731
3,739

23
2,072
1,156
2,028
543
21,784

1,168
865
882
404
16,683

23
904
291
1,146
139
5,101

149
506
41,837
7,342

149
48
26,207
1,964

458
15,630
5,378

115
1,156
56,210
15,359

83
902
39,431
10,747

32
254
16,779
4,612

182
1,182
647
382
129
8
3,113
196
11
7
896
101
6,854

10
26
14
6
1
36
16
16
2
127

172
1,156
633
376
128
8
3,077
180
11
7
880
99
6,727

563
2,674
803
551
166
204
3,534
294
239
30
691
541
10,290

107
1,695
458
143
40
47
1,232
151
21
1
195
162
4,252

456
979
345
408
126
157
2,302
143
218
29
496
379
6,038

180
1,322
15,830
21
5
100
514
17,972

58
14,833
6
3
79
14,979

180
1,264
997
15
5
97
435
2,993

1,909
1,780
28,363
92
187
147
1,580
34,058

1,862
466
28,028
11
77
87
448
30,979

47
1,314
335
81
110
60
1,132
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TABLE CM-III-4.—Total Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners, by Type and
Country, March 31, 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 7 ...............................
All other .........................................
Total other countries .................
Total foreign countries ..........
International and regional orgs:
International organizations............
Regional organizations 8 ...............
Total international and
regional organizations.............
Grand total ............................
1

Total liabilities
(1)

Liabilities
Financial
(2)

Total claims
(4)

Claims
Financial
(5)

Commercial
(6)

4,043
844
1,352
250
264
8,030
1,348
5
570
53
89
4,447
8
975
397
426
33,178

158
199
49
13
2
1,864
154
2
6
3
42
18
11
44
2,688

3,885
645
1,303
237
262
6,166
1,194
3
564
50
89
4,405
8
957
386
382
30,490

1,880
1,307
707
260
629
5,244
1,211
22
304
83
105
2,025
12
1,398
492
445
18,074

592
203
223
132
39
1,352
424
99
42
124
22
284
147
3,831

1,288
1,104
484
128
590
3,892
787
22
205
83
63
1,901
12
1,376
208
298
14,243

259
1
63
210
83
544
2,246

63
5
20
88

259
1
210
78
524
2,158

6
326
4
54
30
267
713
1,752

6
10
1
54
11
106
231
455

316
3
19
161
482
1,297

1,824
80
32
1,936
111,365

113
6
3
122
46,175

1,711
74
29
1,814
65,190

2,566
154
30
2,750
138,493

1,860
94
1,954
91,649

706
60
30
796
46,844

1
17

-

1
17

209
18

191
-

18
18

18

-

18

227

191

36

111,383

46,175

65,208

138,720

91,840

46,880

Before March 2003, combined data reported for Belgium-Luxembourg.
Since December 1992, data for all other republics of the former U.S.S.R. included
in “Other Europe.”
3
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 “Other Europe” as follows: Beginning in
December 1992 for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia; and since
June 1994 for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
2

Commercial
(3)

4

Before March 2003, data included in United Kingdom.
Before March 2003, “Other Latin America” and “Other Caribbean” were reported as
combined “Other Latin America and Caribbean.”
6
Beginning March 2003, Cayman Islands replaced British West Indies in the data series.
7
Before March 2003, data included in “All other countries.”
8
Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East regional
organizations.

5

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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. - June p .................

352,079
338,112
195,536
200,940
217,387

201,140
68,689
69,639
2,994
80,197

150,220
266,471
125,075
198,994
136,674

719
2,952
822
-1,048
516

8,936,045
10,051,248
10,957,936
15,127,526
8,166,325

8,583,966
9,713,136
10,762,400
14,926,586
7,948,938

226,401
219,256
286,464
226,086
149,836

1,209,381
1,097,458
1,572,160
2,050,451
1,613,617

982,980
878,202
1,285,696
1,824,365
1,463,781

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

24,303
-9,360
-4,517
24,300
54,924
22,255
966
38,917
15,743
51,770
76,958
5,673
28,326

6,433
-6,925
-29,685
14,370
3,980
378
10,980
36,101
-3,594
28,011
22,298
-3,724
1,105

19,731
-2,511
25,343
9,787
50,590
22,068
-10,289
2,863
19,228
23,600
54,646
9,450
26,887

-1,861
76
-175
143
354
-191
275
-47
109
159
14
-53
334

1,373,271
1,244,811
1,735,183
1,223,098
1,338,029
1,504,227
1,000,665
1,487,597
1,485,680
1,459,154
1,202,021
1,156,223
1,375,650

1,348,968
1,254,171
1,739,700
1,198,798
1,283,105
1,481,972
999,699
1,448,680
1,469,937
1,407,384
1,125,063
1,150,550
1,347,324

39,594
8,667
8,355
11,482
14,878
26,637
-3,316
19,317
36,896
18,733
15,271
28,155
31,464

171,020
164,857
166,107
182,090
179,040
174,264
227,714
258,302
279,924
332,852
259,359
255,882
227,298

131,426
156,190
157,752
170,608
164,162
147,627
231,030
238,985
243,028
314,119
244,088
227,727
195,834

Corporate and other securities
Bonds 1
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 r ............................................................................
2008 - Jan. - June p ......................................................

309,500
372,222
510,806
393,355
107,480

1,171,415
1,277,006
1,678,464
1,913,307
882,978

861,915
904,784
1,167,658
1,519,952
775,498

28,476
81,950
150,415
195,522
32,262

3,862,043
4,731,749
6,868,571
10,639,316
6,440,700

3,833,567
4,649,799
6,718,156
10,443,794
6,408,438

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

29,980
4,724
-955
15,918
32,910
16,080
37,299
3,392
19,249
-4,691
25,003
59,842
4,685

184,509
137,269
155,190
134,280
166,764
121,884
140,595
125,095
138,083
140,391
164,754
189,665
124,990

154,529
132,545
156,145
118,362
133,854
105,804
103,296
121,703
118,834
145,082
139,751
129,823
120,305

29,873
21,192
-40,617
2,607
30,264
4,750
33,461
17,178
1,115
11,376
-11,569
15,980
-1,818

896,023
926,770
1,278,771
799,640
999,347
1,101,407
944,625
1,268,101
1,016,491
1,134,086
958,436
997,461
1,066,125

866,150
905,578
1,319,388
797,033
969,083
1,096,657
911,164
1,250,923
1,015,376
1,122,710
970,005
981,481
1,067,943

1

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 ...................................................

-224,313

-129,015

2,971,803

3,100,818

-95,298

5,215,765

5,311,063

2008 - Jan. - June p .............................

-54,442

-14,121

1,317,360

1,331,481

-40,321

2,954,037

2,994,358

2007 - June ..........................................

-15,102

-6,659

278,799

285,458

-8,443

442,893

451,336

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

-14,059

830

289,744

288,914

-14,889

454,080

468,969

Aug. r........................................

-35,148

-22,359

282,141

304,500

-12,789

544,133

556,922

Sept. r.......................................

-40,378

-19,080

200,822

219,902

-21,298

359,679

380,977

Oct. r.........................................

-4,038

-9,063

264,633

273,696

5,025

546,421

541,396

Nov. r........................................

20,564

10,947

209,698

198,751

9,617

521,977

512,360

Dec. r........................................

-13,461

-13,459

168,636

182,095

-2

430,971

430,973

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

-18,308

-15,971

247,486

263,457

-2,337

523,685

526,022

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

-10,929

7,343

241,387

234,044

-18,272

442,624

460,896

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

-43

2,879

264,947

262,068

-2,922

487,580

490,502

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

10,483

10,728

193,225

182,497

-245

505,496

505,741

May p........................................

-26,409

-8,303

182,056

190,359

-18,106

494,660

512,766

June p.......................................

-9,236

-10,797

188,259

199,056

1,561

499,992

498,431

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.

September 2008

Marketable Treasury
bonds and notes
2008
Jan.
Apr.
Calendar
year
through
through
June
June p
2007 r
(2)
(3)
(1)

U.S. Government corporations
and Federal agency bonds
2008
Jan.
Apr.
Calendar
year
through through
June
June p
2007
(5)
(6)
(4)

Corporate bonds
2008
Jan.
Apr.
Calendar
through
year
through
June
June p
2007 r
(8)
(9)
(7)

Corporate stocks
2008
Jan.
Apr.
Calendar
year
through through
June
June p
2007 r
(11)
(12)
(10)

97
-3,100
-28
-4
81
912
2
-7,827
-3,358
-566
-42
1,734
-1,406
857
-28
-302
1,471
-27,339
-111
1,293
-353
7,215
349
2,514
2,176
-2,560
-803
-138
208,792
-974
-69
178,485
-9,174
201,938
-1,936

-680
-1,073
7
62
-515
654
90
-17,325
808
60
-271
-9,578
-1,955
1,665
-297
-100
-347
18,695
6,266
1,027
346
14,081
84
-2,380
-1,281
218
-1,853
293
119,711
450
345
127,209
-31,535
93,683
9,094

-84
-465
3
57
-347
857
200
-8,096
270
127
68
-7,327
-833
655
70
39
481
-1,112
1,875
288
446
5,889
52
-2,095
-766
2,664
-1,069
637
80,477
-322
170
72,809
-17,406
65,364
6,670

-339
-1,808
-30
-9
-426
-268
69
4,293
290
-9
-438
1,115
-96
-594
-8,520
37
-585
8,221
-202
-477
466
18,303
4
37
-442
-1,906
132
187
60,306
4,823
-109
82,025
-6,030
52,995
3,232

-150
-1,223
-52
-175
-1,655
-56
8,809
-1,822
98
63
2,739
-873
-471
-13,608
-12
-1,337
-3,114
507
62
-478
7,852
259
2,309
-426
414
-244
95,445
-1,306
-51
91,504
-7,186
88,719
8,391

-21
-240
-5
-91
-1,171
-14
1,453
-635
67
38
-931
-903
183
-12,144
2
-167
-1,911
564
67
-363
1,848
-24
1,871
95
416
-173
39,305
-102
25
27,037
-13,495
26,596
4,003

-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

-57
-5,979
-13
46
44
-194
-48
-1,400
7,586
55
-50
-1,841
22
84
-1,674
48
-286
170
-1
-27
9
526
-1
-942
80
799
9
41
24,841
-10,438
-135
11,274
-4,589
20,089
4,518

32
-2,364
10
20
-279
-6
-165
7,084
54
-29
283
174
103
-1,849
38
634
-70
2
7
9
112
-329
-338
720
12
41
23,458
-7,239
41
20,166
3,583
26,420
3,221

-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

210
77,066
4,202
833
206
-2
-75
1,735
-132
1,560
423
-196
330
86,160

147
20,926
3,033
-777
-105
47
-155
4,865
63
2,873
275
-178
-944
30,070

102
2,582
1,922
-173
-94
13
78
1,867
53
1,869
338
127
-1,037
7,647

-26
1,160
630
1,383
132
-21
-21
1,730
-275
1,100
55
151
378
6,376

-175
-1,862
-166
1,297
-36
-205
-5
6,016
194
745
-59
161
-27
5,878

2
-998
396
886
-38
-120
2
4,169
136
486
5
-25
-62
4,839

84
780
317
783
281
261
-20
1,860
154
633
230
-298
32
5,097

254
211
189
199
35
-170
31
305
345
115
272
-37
72
1,821

104
-20
-8
175
24
-47
14
-775
169
49
165
-80
48
-182

612
-1,768
1,147
320
-36
29
18
148
-279
189
337
56
7
780

449
71
-548
-39
-5
-3
37
12
149
44
1,053
863
10
-89
-1,151 -6,878
-17,773 -16,178
-25
-67
41
62
771
819
-1,007
54
19
11
-3,387
-365
-209
-199
3,842
2,646
5,279
3,208
-77
3
141
84
-1
1
56
-9
133
497
6,887
3,863
5,572
2,288
-14
-21
-35
-5
5,896 13,557
-87
235
-36
27
5,980
4,492
-18,446 -19,361
-4,489
-980
5,860
4,029
437
464
-528
195
20
35
13
1,032
563
-122
290
213
18
2,630

347
529
-628
169
15
26
8
-154
338
-7
152
122
19
936

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73

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
bonds and notes
2008
Jan.
Apr.
Calendar
year
through
through
June
June p
2007 r
(3)
(1)
(2)

U.S. Government corporations
and Federal agency bonds
2008
Jan.
Apr.
Calendar
through
year
through
June p
June
2007
(4)
(5)
(6)

Corporate bonds
2008
Jan.
Apr.
Calendar
year
through through
June p
June
2007 r
(7)
(8)
(9)

Corporate stocks
2008
Jan.
Apr.
Calendar
year
through
through
June
June p
2007 r
(10)
(11)
(12)

640
9,429
622
-4,246
2,652
-2,786
3
-3,738
-372
176
2,380

229
-11,761
-90
4,559
2,019
-5,517
-27
-351
40
157
-10,742

458
-112
-403
559
-39
3,103
3,290 -25,540
319
-202
7,703 13,129
-21
34
1,582
78
19
188
159
834
13,067 -7,929

552
1,029
413
-35,342
1,003
-15,955
-177
5
105
-130
-48,497

553
510
51
-20,429
604
978
10
34
70
-19
-17,638

-1,565
1,463
388
8,257
695
31,912
17
410
-84
201
41,694

-288
-682
59
1,834
-2,316
28,811
-9
162
25
146
27,742

-112
-115
34
2,018
176
25,421
-10
228
42
89
27,771

4,087
-136
73
5,450
1,570
40,174
45
-2,826
99
54
48,590

-463
-2,094
136
-5,925
-217
-17,994
18
-6,204
-44
44
-32,743

936
-2,422
56
-6,103
-937
-8,624
7
-4,762
-9
-21
-21,879

-7,968
2,056
1,076
4,513
-2,735
-47,384
-17,874
-1
382
-171
3,054
2,467
-8,284
842
1,805
372
-67,850

44,412
8,408
1,208
-1,042
-4,360
8,712
-1,961
-16
1,041
17
-974
-7,014
2,168
-2,952
4,749
1,526
53,922

24,239 73,733
1,698 30,722
1,577
184
-240
-658
-4,455
209
-12,703 14,061
-4,026 12,048
-14
-1
-896
3,068
36
-94
-1,504
186
-3,307
-561
665 -1,033
-1,324
544
3,982
8,353
1,088
178
4,816 140,939

46,020
22,393
25
-230
-123
25,630
-1,527
-3
4,844
-663
122
852
-1,093
158
-5,384
578
91,599

36,391
14,252
24
20
189
7,849
1,781
332
-514
-250
374
-759
213
-3,924
407
56,385

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

28,229
4,799
89
9
76
18,623
3,933
-2
371
-12
112
594
876
178
3,119
-93
60,901

20,002
3,029
4
3
-147
9,395
1,024
-8
82
-9
21
970
621
153
2,463
-59
37,544

3,993
35,434
-460
-68
-287
-4,973
112
76
342
-4
30
-2,539
-3
94
-39
12,240
26
43,974

-250
22,189
1,441
-5
990
6,919
2,460
42
-112
-3
41
9,534
5
308
12
7,571
41
51,183

-269
12,356
-115
5
429
1,915
104
11
-117
2
23
-1,445
5
126
6
544
-3
13,577

1,042
-59
-79
801
4,568
-146
6,127

1,044
-87
-109
-100
7,500
389
8,637

72
19
40
-40
-74
21
38

-855
11
-31
-28
390
-30
-543

-377
3
10
303
-15
-76

-3
-18
-50
-35
-63
-169

-2
-90
2
-35
3
88
-34

-4
-12
1
-5
1
22
3

-34
-44
-16
12
-302
84
-300

-1,686
1
191
-1,455
91
-2,858

-2
-514
2
167
89
-20
-278

-1,349
1
-30
-1,378
201,988

-1,033
-292
6
-1,319
216,871

-492
1,172
-96
-151
5
-588
1,026
110,662 225,707

1,544
275
33
1,852
150,184

416
-2
-18
396
74,946

5,030
1,267
695
-10
15
5,740
1,257
392,108 107,479

868
-5
3
866
89,389

4,826
300
47
5,173
195,562

2,062
100
26
2,188
32,240

1,588
96
25
1,709
2,586

-358
-690

313
203

83
296

-204
-144

35
-91

203
-202

266
-125

-3
-37

15
7

6
1

-1,048
200,940

516
217,387

295
379
110,957 226,086

-348
149,836

-56
74,890

1,247
1
393,355 107,480

141
89,530

-40
195,522

22
32,262

7
2,593

-160
-51
-2
-1,217
7,490
181
6,241

36
259

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,

1,637
-390

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.

September 2008

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74

TABLE CM-IV-4.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic
and Foreign Securities, by Type and Country, During Second 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

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 ......................
Canada .......................................
Latin America:
Argentina ................................
Brazil.......................................
Chile........................................
Colombia.................................
Costa Rica 4 ............................
Ecuador ..................................
Guatemala ..............................
Mexico ....................................
Panama ..................................
Peru ........................................
Uruguay ..................................
Venezuela...............................
All other Latin America 4 ..........
Total Latin America .............
Caribbean:
Anguilla 5 .................................
Bahamas.................................
Barbados 5 ..............................
See footnotes at end of table.

September 2008

Marketable
Treasury
and
Federal
Financing
Bank bonds
Total
purchases and notes
(2)
(1)

7,830
2,970
15,806
2,237
19
8
2,339
71
1,564
552
14,155
1,810
3,710
922
1,037,256 522,092
108,628
25,187
3,402
357
730
120
131,232
32,402
22,423
1,774
4,927
3,555
37,046
2,244
1,150
48
83,676
14,157
55,245
17,621
5,514
4,116
2,399
655
2,070
1,916
13,194
8,392
179
107
18,661
4,004
64,931
4,124
67,638
10,322
4,433
2,892
1,639
1,515
3,477,836 1,933,037
14,534
504
4,488
963
5,208,653 2,600,674
1,475,637 609,187
421,231 142,857

Bonds
of U.S.
Gov’t
corps and
federallysponsored
agencies
(3)

357
279
1
97
2,150
515
14,633
7,039
79
54
14,038
267
200
9,261
2
5,075
16,812
604
85
2
2,211
67
9,610
1,797
418
126,768
158
320
212,899
51,700
21,991

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)

363
1,327
1,282
1,531
6,648
3,054
1,359
4,071
2,181
5,679
28,481
2,702
6
5
14
5
34
418
376
1,439
2,429
14
20
340
158
397
1,559
899
424
5,589
1,084
3,098
13,657
953
50
259
246
1,718
3,458
722
6,087 455,393
8,386 30,665 1,049,768 530,188
12,262
36,909 13,174 14,057 121,018
24,917
67
587
1,748
565
1,645
229
12
228
181
135
555
52
9,392
14,966 51,464
8,970 140,395
39,729
442
9,683
4,279
5,978
20,175
2,608
113
35
920
104
3,034
2,900
5,462
11,214
3,158
5,706
57,199
2,174
45
682
119
254
1,115
9
2,848
30,477
7,079 24,039
80,135
13,676
3,014
10,959
2,032
4,807
53,112
18,733
4
56
467
267
2,713
2,241
28
954
159
518
1,964
367
9
92
45
6
1,938
1,470
112
330
471
1,678
5,128
2,503
53
19
152
55
1,510
2,258
4,488
6,334
15,136
6,098
634
22,380
2,816 25,367
57,947
4,890
5,070
28,849
2,841 18,759
59,971
7,658
13
367
150
593
5,187
3,961
57
21
43
3
1,145
878
193,461 504,880 229,525 490,165 3,347,174 1,852,560
1,399
5,611
1,637
5,225
20,169
826
111
1,307
712
1,075
4,071
793
244,402 1,150,301 341,221 659,156 5,107,091 2,527,865
39,950 569,080 98,044 107,676 1,529,526 626,593
12,511 106,564 58,475 78,833 414,272 136,187

Bonds
of U.S.
Gov’t
corps and
federallysponsored
agencies
(10)

378
519
6
188
3,321
529
13,180
7,674
12
16
14,969
1,170
17
21,405
5,242
18,723
40
19
365
363
92
7,739
1,702
2
173
87,463
260
295
185,862
65,195
17,988

Corporate and
other
Bonds Stocks
(11)
(12)

331
1,256
3,723
4,110
9
24
406
296
703
4,726
56
348
6,252 462,271
5,178
53,087
13
654
41
166
9,109
14,147
268
9,629
10
24
7,311
11,579
7
881
2,214
27,831
3,084
7,751
2
53
21
870
91
339
53
1,839
1,761
972
18,517
4,350
26,561
1
388
16
26
170,003 491,323
8,638
5,376
70
1,280
224,236 1,145,809
36,367 588,441
9,290 102,535

Foreign securities
Bonds
Stocks
(13)
(14)

387
11,824
184
13
762
103
7,047
16,226
32
171
52,706
725
39
9,271
3
7,052
961
68
339
7
56
296
2,000
2,426
110
24
239,888
646
578
353,945
106,224
63,213

1,242
5,601
1,795
163
3,192
1,700
30,829
13,935
704
109
9,736
5,776
44
5,459
215
24,120
3,860
309
348
5
1,867
44
5,051
23,829
17,274
725
28
505,937
4,423
1,054
669,374
106,706
85,059

6,324
57,817
19,324
11,182
2,352
760
605
48,287
5,334
4,261
4,975
2,804
829
164,854

524
29,613
12,171
5,391
1,646
188
287
14,670
835
2,071
1,527
274
159
69,356

68
90
721
1,213
15
77
7
6,758
309
709
193
47
248
10,455

184
126
157
473
84
38
16
1,936
489
91
338
118
57
4,107

1,725
6,044
2,524
1,518
287
88
88
8,952
1,419
654
856
975
201
25,331

2,124
7,810
1,330
2,304
177
233
173
4,819
1,508
259
1,388
1,071
74
23,270

1,699
14,134
2,421
283
143
136
34
11,152
774
477
673
319
90
32,335

4,745
55,177
17,861
8,848
2,383
757
428
39,036
4,634
1,972
3,613
8,924
1,851
150,229

422
27,031
10,249
5,564
1,740
175
209
12,803
782
202
1,189
147
1,196
61,709

66
1,088
325
327
53
197
5
2,589
173
223
188
72
310
5,616

80
146
165
298
60
85
2
2,711
320
42
173
198
9
4,289

1,378
5,515
3,152
1,349
272
62
80
9,106
1,081
661
704
853
182
24,395

1,232
4,979
1,310
1,109
118
162
103
3,396
1,547
139
785
7,378
73
22,331

1,567
16,418
2,660
201
140
76
29
8,431
731
705
574
276
81
31,889

120,515
179,412
1,901

6,142
90,860
159

555
1,475
994

237
7,530
179

98,563
51,921
217

133
6,877
139

14,885
20,749
213

119,164
180,882
1,866

5,684
91,263
198

2
965
943

349
7,645
145

97,627
54,343
161

68
5,802
207

15,434
20,864
212

CAPITAL MOVEMENTS

75

TABLE CM-IV-4.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic
and Foreign Securities, by Type and Country, During Second 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.
340,170
Bermuda ...................................
201,331
British Virgin Islands 5 ...............
Cayman Islands ........................ 2,276,436
Cuba .........................................
1,340
Jamaica ....................................
35,234
Netherlands Antilles ..................
1,026
Trinidad and Tobago.................
1,661
All other Caribbean 5 .................

Domestic securities
Bonds
of U.S.
Gov’t
corps and
Corporate and
federallyother
sponsored
Stocks
Bonds
agencies
(4)
(5)
(3)

44,585
12,957
386,921
958
12,431
153
405
555,571

18,064
1,314
289,050
186
2,521
239
226
314,624

81,184
Hong Kong............................
174,821
15,690
India......................................
10,090
3,485
Indonesia ..............................
3,653
1,716
Israel.....................................
97,663
87,499
Japan....................................
323,576
97,296
Korea, South.........................
32,068
7,002
Lebanon................................
347
47
Malaysia................................
9,261
3,089
Pakistan................................
518
51
Philippines ............................
3,884
1,350
Singapore .............................
64,522
10,159
Syria .....................................
20
Taiwan ..................................
28,942
5,850
Thailand................................
6,108
3,325
45,483
15,116
All other Asia.........................
332,859
981,747
Total Asia..........................
Africa:
Egypt ....................................
3,777
2,595
Liberia...................................
749
2
Morocco................................
135
52
South Africa ..........................
2,835
1,164
13,037
8,192
All other Africa ......................
12,005
20,533
Total Africa .......................
Other countries:
Australia................................
74,484
18,612
New Zealand.........................
1,969
104
201
21
All other ................................
76,654
18,737
Total other countries .........
Total foreign countries .. 10,032,698 3,732,059
International and regional orgs:
International organizations ....
3,072
915
5,782
920
Regional organizations 6 .......
Total international and
1,835
8,854
regional organizations....
Grand total.................... 10,041,552 3,733,894

64,832
24,107
32
36
699
46,945
7,048
2,664
149
170
10,833
5,679
227
11,251
174,672

22,466
5,041
11
5
492
20,023
2,334
19
116
32
112
3,563
830
165
4,070
59,279

26
4
10
18
339
397

2
28
2
16
31
79

Total Caribbean.................... 3,159,026
Asia:
180,791
China, Mainland. .......................

1

5,524
451
10
5,985
741,023
690
826
1,516
742,539

Foreign securities
Bonds
(6)

15,514
207,582
11,235
131,905
120,322 1,141,711
16
88
714
13,958
60
73
136
544
155,943 1,646,562

Total
sales
(8)

Foreign securities
Bonds
(13)

Stocks
(14)

43,663
368,967
37,211
203,725
287,023 2,244,171
2
1,818
5,052
39,054
299
888
275
1,463
409,372 3,161,998

41,295
12,638
379,218
979
10,849
134
246
542,504

38,493 13,496
213,685
710 11,059
132,842
288,072 94,901 1,150,335
176
26
81
2,487
486
18,720
169
18
82
245
47
565
332,262 128,172 1,668,441

17,249
7,535
46,769
553
472
176
80
78,911

44,749
38,941
284,876
3
6,040
309
280
411,708

4,059
28,750
196
196
5,584
13,980
621
229
231
72
387
6,996
18
6,519
229
9,872
77,939

6,807
2,616
131
217
345
25,163
4,197
4
864
5
1,226
7,188
882
251
2,339
52,235

1,443
98,617
6,235
1,483
3,044
120,169
10,866
48
2,297
209
639
25,783
2
9,182
1,911
2,835
284,763

94,915
142,674
8,590
4,576
101,292
314,733
29,929
348
9,200
996
4,440
62,277
15
27,942
6,231
39,346
847,504

56,945
13,992
1,908
1,956
91,954
109,999
11,028
61
3,985
15
2,854
13,466
5,185
4,649
10,046
328,043

28,441
9,855
8
16
510
39,096
5,267
2,332
663
420
10,459
6,438
14
14,768
118,287

2,464
2,012
7
2
639
10,628
1,310
27
34
41
91
2,593
209
12
1,666
21,735

4,328
16,394
311
191
5,155
12,065
517
218
348
70
364
8,441
13
6,393
223
9,331
64,362

1,170
1,710
105
543
95
25,258
1,975
4
359
2
179
2,432
524
153
1,525
36,034

1,567
98,711
6,251
1,868
2,939
117,687
9,832
38
2,142
205
532
24,886
2
9,193
1,180
2,010
279,043

107
507
55
391
2,549
3,609

136
11
3
307
1,048
1,505

911
197
13
939
878
2,938

4,263
1,320
159
4,138
5,593
15,473

2,755
53
54
2,381
521
5,764

403
1
18
51
473

6
40
1
21
8
76

109
1,021
53
224
2,480
3,887

53
5
2
268
95
423

937
200
49
1,226
2,438
4,850

5,108
1,797
9,544 11,383
2,902
453
55
340
28
2
82
4
5,589
1,854
9,966 14,289
666,077 389,652 3,019,395 569,146

33,952
407
177
34,536
1,516,459

2,665
11,132 4,794
31,757
80,888
19,104
50
436
449
479
4,357
200
5
107
11
47
314
21
2,720
11,675 5,254
32,283
85,559
19,325
479,041 3,021,981 558,914 1,499,680 9,782,126 3,621,397
297
71

Domestic securities
Bonds
of U.S.
Gov’t
corps and
Corporate and
federallyother
sponsored
Stocks
Bonds
agencies
(11)
(12)
(10)

10,762
6,709
51,409
90
558
202
75
76,954

33
8

1,121
3,505

16
452

4,021
2,597

879
661

368
41 4,626
468
6,618
1,540
479,409 3,022,022 563,540 1,500,148 9,788,744 3,622,937

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)

655
917

31
196

27
7

2,369
397

60
419

1,572
227
34
2,766
667,649 389,879 3,019,429 571,912

479
1,516,938

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.

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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 2007
[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

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 ................
Canada .................................
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.

September 2008

Markeable
Treasury
and
Federal
Financing
Bank bonds
Total
purchases and notes
(2)
(1)

21,977
86,240
171
8,430
5,810
39,662
11,024
2,840,463
497,118
8,422
3,065
2,025,155
86,525
10,419
306,501
5,459
325,553
326,379
15,696
9,541
4,607
66,363
2,430
94,063
171,405
229,147
24,266
3,083
13,530,367
74,217
14,912
20,848,472
6,312,582
1,420,653

4,996
32,640
62
55
3,336
9,255
1,925
1,352,783
107,428
1,564
121
766,743
9,664
7,469
15,313
989
84,559
170,808
12,610
3,050
3,922
31,520
2,254
30,671
18,996
27,341
20,108
1,733
7,908,840
3,505
3,300
10,637,560
2,411,336
654,499

19,399
199,443
50,729
28,877
4,156
3,225
1,455
140,767
15,362
11,468
24,766
8,691
5,012
513,350

1,422
122,993
26,848
12,340
1,501
103
954
54,337
1,387
2,610
12,790
1,312
2,208
240,805

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)

1,096
1,336
5,635
4,577
4,336
21,971
4,899
1,435
1,272
4,236
16,077
7,731
24,284
128,791
35,741
3,080
307
90
30
26
15
68
6,750
8,356
59
26
17
199
893
516
478
155
976
227
638
5,838
3,255
904
5,514
37,364
8,343
2,800
2,532
3,750
13,874
4,737
856
414
1,736
2,494
3,599
8,609
1,923
787
17,464
28,522 1,294,501
32,176 115,017 2,831,479 1,360,611 13,171
12,422
20,625 260,264
53,692
42,688
488,193
110,786 12,132
45
51
1,940
2,435
2,387
7,471
2,130
54
64
138
560
1,751
431
5,346
163
502
40,963
39,418
46,921 1,092,199
38,911 2,016,623
765,008 39,849
2,327
1,304
40,406
10,023
22,801
87,539
11,070
2,423
2,076
80
80
594
120
10,766
6,612
2,670
173,088
31,927
49,127
13,427
23,619
364,961
15,341 181,609
689
6,872
1,291
53
90
126
3,272
293
17,526
8,074 116,613
17,742
81,038
311,524
83,087 18,112
78,698
13,773
29,149
21,852
12,099
330,486
198,147 70,477
1,124
60
191
775
936
15,806
12,721
1,326
32
68
3,639
905
1,846
13,062
1,757
508
582
32
42
22
7
4,496
4,275
116
27,724
416
707
822
5,174
39,305
24,305
9,421
4
145
27
2,052
1,905
651
18,898
7,360
11,778
24,704
101,551
28,157
614
2,283
3,614
49,890
9,401
87,221
164,312
16,820
2,725
11,486
23,485
99,796
9,614
57,425
237,638
29,901 13,392
132
204
816
801
2,205
27,620
20,911
378
36
56
869
11
2,765
1,871
191
419,740 878,803 1,854,952 774,900 1,693,132 13,137,746 7,700,048 359,434
6,716
25,008
17,778
8,061
13,149
75,158
4,479
1,893
1,157
1,744
4,312
2,701
1,700
15,896
3,369
1,265
823,024 1,106,522 3,921,723 2,087,211 2,272,432 20,509,904 10,459,075 740,999
267,743 154,873 1,844,219 1,249,180 385,231 6,381,775 2,420,510 273,774
33,256
49,309 209,598 253,234 220,757 1,409,932
656,435 30,024
292
6,387
2,250
3,562
254
247
54
12,668
1,065
1,524
1,071
388
727
30,489

526
1,455
1,017
1,477
527
697
10
6,320
1,801
1,259
741
485
149
16,464

5,416
10,963
6,956
2,881
790
270
180
18,163
4,142
1,856
3,941
1,976
957
58,491

6,077
18,516
6,499
6,643
781
207
161
15,541
3,560
2,182
3,486
3,488
587
67,728

5,666
39,129
7,159
1,974
303
1,701
96
33,738
3,407
2,037
2,737
1,042
384
99,373

20,302
133,351
41,003
27,651
3,094
2,750
1,543
132,145
14,849
7,128
24,464
10,458
4,147
422,885

1,212
45,927
22,646
11,507
1,295
105
1,029
52,602
1,519
1,050
12,367
1,508
1,878
154,645

318
5,227
1,620
2,179
122
268
75
10,938
1,340
424
1,016
237
349
24,113

Corporate and
other
Bonds
Stocks
(11)
(12)

1,980
11,649
14
32
66
2,254
358
24,261
15,206
44
1,693
30,760
1,425
118
46,577
108
8,726
9,026
53
329
38
20,251
1,899
19,904
52
4
669,847
31,725
640
899,040
161,567
37,035
442
675
700
694
246
436
30
4,460
1,647
626
511
783
117
11,367

Foreign securities
Bonds
Stocks
(13)
(14)

5,738
2,629
5,289
17,245
38,877
22,200
14
4
155
718
427
7,094
935
43
635
12,496
5,289
6,182
1,485
380
3,676
1,274,980
37,263
121,194
259,664
38,884
51,520
1,852
353
3,038
447
1,733
808
46,892 1,098,095
36,019
44,695
5,809
22,117
112
1,100
154
56,270
41,665
23,500
4,712
121
587
109,727
17,109
74,764
23,029
16,819
12,988
367
343
996
3,491
5,542
1,434
57
18
30
603
382
4,556
147
6,930
21,450
24,149
49,640
9,918
83,310
102,773
12,993
58,675
780
2,721
3,156
54
490
155
1,785,479 863,008 1,759,930
16,901
8,222
11,938
4,230
4,189
2,203
3,832,464 2,235,875 2,342,451
1,828,970 1,308,055 388,899
201,512 258,609 226,317
4,804
12,731
5,809
2,561
826
241
162
18,015
4,421
1,667
3,604
1,920
950
57,711

7,624
16,433
3,901
8,183
395
122
161
13,752
2,846
913
4,368
5,146
485
64,329

5,902
52,358
6,327
2,527
210
1,578
86
32,378
3,076
2,448
2,598
864
368
110,720

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77

TABLE CM-IV-5.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic
and Foreign Securities, by Type and Country, During Calendar Year 2007, 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)

Market able
Treasury
and
Federal
Financing
Bank bonds
and notes
(2)

Caribbean:

431,728
Anguilla 5...............................
615,401
Bahamas ..............................
10,081
Barbados 5 ............................
Bermuda ............................... 1,846,549
703,685
British Virgin Islands 5 ...........
Cayman Islands .................... 8,193,284
Cuba.....................................
4,954
Jamaica ................................
128,135
Netherlands Antilles..............
5,769
Trinidad and Tobago.............
4,929
All other Caribbean ...............

11,292
253,179
1,348
484,834
125,983
1,776,820
1,808
30,613
774
671
11,944,515 2,687,322
Total Caribbean................

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...................

Domestic securities
Marketable
Treasury
and
Federal
Financing
Bank bonds
and notes
(9)

Bonds
of U.S.
Gov’t
corps and
federallysponsored
agencies
(10)

4,222
374,820
15,005
180,949
1,499
1,057
60,131
938,826
30,651
403,883
419,020 4,200,821
326
118
3,188
58,170
231
357
556
1,146
534,829 6,160,147

2,491
38,844
429,021
10,652
90,949
68,918
603,730
243,750
450
676
6,768
726
36,218
250,227 1,873,094
489,080
26,662
112,716
698,964
123,331
207,214 1,035,110 8,116,011 1,779,606
843
68
5,149
1,805
3,937
27,544
134,716
34,351
608
1,492
6,715
1,146
329
674
4,054
495
369,701 1,536,269 11,878,222 2,684,942

171
5,842
1,948
101,853
3,992
541,170
1,757
4,605
2,119
719
664,176

115,927
70,082
4,388
8,148
14,391
498,832
49,025
108
8,787
215
7,264
46,881
20,059
16,485
22,926
883,518

86,049
35,181
2
658
3,512
102,564
41,765
1
7,214
107
527
16,820
11,661
1,153
19,473
326,687

8,625
6,014
124
8
5,537
28,695
2,248
8
353
41
220
10,648
1,888
102
4,989
69,500

6,697
41,458
961
614
12,789
54,222
1,509
736
611
432
1,149
32,934
8
13,584
551
35,571
203,826

4,660
8,443
3,173
2,112
1,165
71,218
6,508
27
1,302
19
2,361
9,189
1,605
750
6,661
119,193

5,593
324,213
20,758
3,492
9,863
456,049
31,499
502
12,729
1,128
2,926
66,191
23,993
5,281
7,479
971,696

Bonds
of U.S.
Gov’t
corps and
federallysponsored
agencies
(3)

Corporate and
other
Bonds
Stocks
(4)
(5)

58
6,401
5,051
76,313
3,790
554,299
1,791
4,683
2,307
1,554
656,247

Foreign securities
Bonds
Stocks
(6)
(7)

Corporate and
other
Bonds
Stocks
(11)
(12)

Foreign securities
Bonds
Stocks
(13)
(14)

5,787
370,733
13,542
181,085
1,111
984
51,874
933,376
29,956
402,313
387,108 4,160,647
309
73
2,778
60,996
315
258
355
1,092
493,135 6,111,557

2,789
38,889
90,117
69,394
1,291
708
38,592
258,319
27,440
111,932
220,372 1,027,108
1,114
91
3,901
28,085
1,481
1,396
629
764
387,726 1,536,686

350,636
575,877
27,583
17,729
43,955
1,216,881
138,820
1,809
36,087
1,171
16,748
192,945
7
66,902
26,248
125,141
2,838,539

107,959
72,138
5,464
12,661
11,656
451,448
31,151
107
9,169
44
10,318
49,348
11,775
17,327
25,103
815,668

159,782
65,903
186
3,721
116,625
53,813
10,282
13
713
16,259
10,628
1,697
28,004
467,626

50,300
18,794
141
449
5,612
68,260
13,525
117
2,405
27
396
17,516
3,064
150
8,734
189,490

10,690
76,892
501
546
12,502
49,249
1,621
812
953
428
1,179
30,395
5
13,678
512
47,837
247,800

15,761
11,272
496
744
1,124
76,966
7,988
292
1,888
17
1,693
17,242
4,079
1,574
7,917
149,053

6,835
4,784
558
7,039
15,001
34,217

2,265
13
403
1,320
5,447
9,448

186
623
62
99
218
1,188

20
468
104
173
765

580
2,435
33
925
2,374
6,347

572
148
22
1,245
3,705
5,692

3,212
1,097
38
3,346
3,084
10,777

5,530
4,806
594
7,988
8,491
27,409

1,223
72
482
519
1,025
3,321

114
604
22
139
271
1,150

23
486
154
271
934

614
2,479
49
913
2,592
6,647

354
89
6
1,442
708
2,599

3,202
1,076
35
4,821
3,624
12,758

258,333
11,453
520
270,306

64,325
659
14
64,998

25,535
4,192
70
29,797

12,196
1,000
62
13,258

32,893
1,899
238
35,030

20,329
1,707
19
22,055

103,055
1,996
117
105,168

252,131
19,203
823
272,157

65,674
658
44
66,376

24,363
4,343
65
28,771

7,166
305
47
7,518

28,067
1,599
191
29,857

21,540
10,192
33
31,765

105,321
2,106
443
107,870

6,144
227,551
330,878
485,391
20,795
29,406
3,329
15,032
9,340
47,257
454,333 1,211,580
30,722
132,554
481
1,382
11,390
30,996
642
1,942
2,449
14,447
62,185
182,663
2
8
23,678
72,790
4,988
24,322
7,546
97,099
968,902 2,574,420

37,870,052 15,110,300 2,041,627 1,910,637 10,639,136 2,954,674 5,213,678 37,094,929 14,908,312 1,815,920 1,518,529 10,443,574 3,100,096 5,308,498
21,773
26,343

12,571
4,655

2,512
6,312

2,164
506

113
67

4,081
13,048

332
1,755

16,615
15,034

12,929
5,345

2,429
6,016

527
896

116
104

166
556

448
2,117

48,116
17,226
8,824
2,670
180
17,129
2,087
31,649
18,274
8,445
1,423
220
722
2,565
37,918,168 15,127,526 2,050,451 1,913,307 10,639,316 2,971,803 5,215,765 37,126,578 14,926,586 1,824,365 1,519,952 10,443,794 3,100,818 5,311,063

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)

3
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.
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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CHART CM-C.—Net Purchases of Long-Term
Domestic Securities by Foreigners, Selected Countries
900

(In billions of dollars)

800
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.

700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
-100
-200
-300

2005

2006

2007

2008
Jan.- June

2008
Apr.- June

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 .................................

2005

2006

2007

2008
2007
Jan. - June Apr. - June

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

547,527
9,724
75,772
1,269
235,784
870,076
145,827

245,893
-9,926
-63,771
59,884
197,721
429,801
77,164

156,797
-32,293
-236
6,456
105,866
236,590
41,380

1,011,540

1,143,221

1,015,903

506,965

277,970

1
Includes Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Netherlands Antilles, and Panama. For data beginning June 2006, also
includes the British Virgin Islands.

September 2008

The data on this page represent
foreign investors’ purchases and
sales of long-term 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 $9 billion in
the first half of 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 $116 billion
in the first half of 2008.
Net foreign purchases of U.S.
securities first surpassed $100
billion in 1993. In 2004, net
foreign acquisitions of U.S.
securities (including stock
swaps and accounting for ABS
repayment flows) totaled $866
billion in 2004 and grew a bit
further to $873 billion in 2005.
Net purchases reached a new
record of $987 billion in 2006,
but then slowed to $792 billion
in 2007. Net acquisitions were
$400 billion in the first half of
2008, about the same pace as in
2007.

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CHART CM-D.—Net Purchases of Long-Term
Foreign Securities by U.S. Investors*
350

(In billions of dollars)
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
250
200
150
100
50
0
-50

2004

2005

Foreign bonds

2006

2007

Foreign stocks

2008
2008
Jan.-June April-June

Total foreign securities

[In millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System]

Calendar years
Type
Foreign bonds ......
Foreign stocks......
Total ...................

2004

2005

67,872
84,970
152,842

45,095
127,296
172,391

2006

2007

2008
Jan. - June

144,452
106,455
250,907

129,015
95,298
224,313

14,121
40,321
54,442

2008
Apr. - June
8,372
16,790
25,162

* 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 longterm 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 $1 billion in
the first quarter of 2008. There were no
estimated acquisitions through stock
swaps in the second quarter of 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 and $176 billion in
2005. The pace of U.S. acquisitions
picked up further in 2006, as U.S.
investors acquired $270 billion in
foreign securities, but eased a bit in
2007, as U.S. investors acquired $234
billion in foreign securities. The pace
of acquisition has slowed further so far
in 2008, with U.S. investors acquiring
only $30 billion in foreign securities in
the first quarter and $25 billion in the
second quarter.

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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
Mar.

2008

June

Sept.

Dec.

Mar. p
4,047,695

Gross total of holdings with negative fair values ...........................

1,179,159

1,198,603

1,489,898

1,649,656

2,479,347

Total over-the-counter (OTC) contracts.....................................

1,156,241

1,176,646

1,462,713

1,621,385

2,447,580

4,007,266

Single-currency interest rate contracts ..................................

749,009

760,432

969,166

926,456

1,472,723

2,384,601

Forwards ............................................................................

541

550

2,042

1,483

1,410

3,711

Swaps ................................................................................

678,413

683,914

879,661

819,885

1,313,948

2,189,325

Options...............................................................................

70,055

75,968

87,463

105,088

157,365

191,565

Foreign exchange contracts ..................................................

151,046

140,273

166,586

242,717

240,138

367,553

Forwards ............................................................................

47,068

41,760

51,084

85,173

72,450

120,033

Swaps ................................................................................

78,390

71,766

84,892

115,327

115,889

172,489

Options...............................................................................

25,588

26,747

30,610

42,217

51,799

75,031

Other contracts ......................................................................

256,186

275,941

326,961

452,212

734,719

1,255,112

Total exchange-traded contracts ...............................................

22,918

21,957

27,185

28,271

31,767

40,429

Own contracts on foreign exchanges ....................................

4,042

4,052

4,803

3,799

4,101

6,033

U.S. customers’ contracts on foreign exchanges..................

2,738

2,845

2,729

3,337

3,658

4,019

Foreign counterparty contracts on U.S. exchanges ..............

16,138

15,060

19,653

21,135

24,008

30,377

Contracts with own foreign office...........................................

312,724

335,867

420,988

475,390

615,885

1,018,175

Contracts with foreign official institutions ..............................

9,586

8,879

10,572

13,916

14,495

15,166

Contracts of U.S. depository institutions with foreigners.......

391,948

395,519

485,572

511,518

790,580

1,409,893

Gross total of holdings with positive fair values.............................

1,238,995

1,255,575

1,546,712

1,720,605

2,559,237

4,193,242

Total over-the-counter (OTC) contracts.....................................

1,213,354

1,232,097

1,516,672

1,687,484

2,525,980

4,149,949

Single-currency interest rate contracts ..................................

793,057

798,480

1,004,345

960,242

1,500,517

2,426,392

Forwards ............................................................................

1,027

1,003

2,312

1,646

1,234

3,497

Swaps ................................................................................

702,386

703,564

902,124

839,023

1,326,116

2,210,119

Memorandum items:

Options...............................................................................

89,644

93,913

99,909

119,573

173,167

212,776

Foreign exchange contracts ..................................................

176,267

169,301

196,449

279,826

290,942

437,135

Forwards ............................................................................

44,941

38,584

47,015

79,290

73,894

123,941

Swaps ................................................................................

102,795

101,064

114,228

153,116

160,128

231,011

Options...............................................................................

28,531

29,653

35,206

47,420

56,920

82,183

Other contracts ......................................................................

244,030

264,316

315,878

447,416

734,521

1,286,422

Total exchange-traded contracts ...............................................

25,641

23,478

30,040

33,121

33,257

43,293

Own contracts on foreign exchanges ....................................

4,590

4,724

6,005

5,063

4,558

5,730

Customers’ contracts on foreign exchanges .........................

2,882

2,709

2,192

3,109

3,422

4,869

Foreign counterparty contracts on U.S. exchanges ..............

18,169

16,045

21,843

24,949

25,277

32,694

318,870

337,374

427,383

479,632

623,349

1,044,166

Memorandum items:
Contracts with own foreign office...........................................
Contracts with foreign official institutions ..............................

10,385

9,846

10,821

11,017

13,040

17,015

Contracts of U.S. depository institutions with foreigners.......

407,594

408,855

501,678

526,490

811,889

1,435,113

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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.

Mar.

June

2008
Sept.

Dec.

Mar. p

Europe:
Belgium ..........................................................................

9,338

8,696

9,409

9,699

12,803

16,305

France ............................................................................

67,056

67,904

77,359

87,513

129,800

213,472

Germany ........................................................................

85,235

86,348

101,391

110,814

175,390

286,774

Ireland ............................................................................

115,002

106,725

128,092

121,036

162,550

263,728

Italy.................................................................................

5,850

5,112

5,379

5,070

6,412

8,841

Netherlands....................................................................

21,114

21,285

24,152

26,644

31,659

60,808

Switzerland ....................................................................

28,036

27,421

31,898

42,079

61,915

104,751

United Kingdom .............................................................

632,362

663,276

863,035

963,006

1,528,445

2,580,247

All other Europe .............................................................

30,383

31,124

37,320

41,971

56,910

59,745

Total Europe ..............................................................

994,376

1,017,891

1,278,035

1,407,832

2,165,884

3,594,671

Memo: Euro Area ........................................................

323,436

317,096

371,630

387,989

547,748

886,366

1

Memo: European Union ...............................................

963,045

986,853

1,241,915

1,360,096

2,086,758

3,480,681

Canada...............................................................................

27,239

25,675

32,131

39,513

43,759

58,898

Total Latin America ............................................................

13,299

11,914

14,668

13,908

13,764

18,826

2

Caribbean:
Cayman Islands .............................................................

57,234

57,369

69,515

82,005

110,074

144,646

All other Caribbean ........................................................

15,655

14,361

16,607

18,331

22,706

30,542

Total Caribbean .........................................................

72,889

71,730

86,122

100,336

132,780

175,188

Asia:
Japan .............................................................................

37,077

35,307

38,566

40,878

67,577

101,660

All other Asia..................................................................

16,367

17,454

22,725

23,546

33,085

66,326

Total Asia ...................................................................

53,444

52,761

61,291

64,424

100,662

167,986

Total Africa.........................................................................

2,153

1,929

2,251

2,794

3,025

3,930
20,309

Other countries:
Australia .........................................................................

11,867

10,909

14,915

13,239

576

585

841

801

849

789

Total other countries ..................................................

11,143

12,452

11,750

15,716

14,088

21,098

Total foreign countries ...........................................

1,174,543

1,194,352

1,486,248

1,644,523

2,473,962

4,040,597

Total International and regional organizations ..................

4,616

4,250

3,650

5,135

5,389

7,097

Grand total .................................................................
1

10,567

All other ..........................................................................

1,179,159

1,198,603

1,489,898

1,649,656

2,479,347

4,047,695

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.

Mar.

June

2008
Sept.

Dec.

Mar. p

Europe:
Belgium .....................................................................

9,806

8,912

8,842

9,314

13,329

18,708

France .......................................................................

73,478

73,207

83,389

93,953

139,382

226,062

Germany....................................................................

97,012

98,356

117,155

121,413

185,036

302,500

Ireland .......................................................................

120,433

112,496

133,020

126,251

163,883

275,417

Italy............................................................................

12,119

11,957

12,016

12,539

15,668

20,850

Netherlands...............................................................

23,547

24,160

26,664

30,090

36,044

66,908

Switzerland................................................................

29,175

29,596

34,479

47,315

69,586

111,750

United Kingdom.........................................................

658,948

686,388

886,400

997,074

1,558,401

2,634,335

All other Europe ........................................................

23,466

23,938

29,745

31,943

47,949

51,901

Total Europe..........................................................

1,047,984

1,069,011

1,331,710

1,469,891

2,229,278

3,708,431

Memo: Euro Area 1 ....................................................

349,741

342,463

396,621

409,853

572,162

937,957

Memo: European Union 2 ..........................................

1,015,511

1,036,441

1,293,805

1,418,452

2,143,934

3,588,062

Canada..........................................................................

31,611

29,244

37,100

45,346

51,648

71,569

Total Latin America .......................................................

14,278

13,204

16,905

16,055

16,037

21,763

Cayman Islands ........................................................

49,702

51,721

58,765

76,659

112,007

154,176

All other Caribbean ...................................................

17,461

16,053

16,627

17,114

21,305

30,145

Total Caribbean.....................................................

67,163

67,774

75,392

93,773

133,312

184,321

Japan.........................................................................

38,327

35,427

40,831

41,031

66,643

98,841

All other Asia .............................................................

19,560

19,752

22,538

26,414

36,647

73,158

Total Asia ..............................................................

57,887

55,179

63,369

67,445

103,290

171,999

Total Africa ....................................................................

3,088

3,127

3,075

3,579

4,260

4,987

Australia ....................................................................

13,509

14,605

15,424

20,397

17,356

25,327

All other .....................................................................

762

766

968

865

954

1,042

Total other countries .............................................

14,271

15,371

16,392

21,262

18,310

26,369

Caribbean:

Asia:

Other countries:

Total foreign countries ......................................

1,236,282

1,252,910

1,543,943

1,717,351

2,556,135

4,189,439

Total international and regional organizations..............

2,713

2,665

2,770

3,253

3,104

3,802

Grand total ............................................................

1,238,995

1,255,575

1,546,712

1,720,605

2,559,237

4,193,242

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.

September 2008

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

2007
Jan. - Mar.

Apr. - June

2008
July - Sept.

Oct. - Dec.

Jan. - Mar. p

Total over-the-counter (OTC) contracts.................................................

6,816

10,206

862

5,001

-9,253

-4,256

Single-currency interest rate contracts ..............................................

9,539

507

6,557

3,849

-1,374

-6,127

Foreign exchange contracts...............................................................

-3,814

2,053

-2,814

-2,229

-824

-3,559

Other contracts...................................................................................

1,091

7,646

-2,881

3,381

-7,055

5,430

Total exchange-traded contracts ...........................................................

-629

4,589

-1,869

941

-4,290

-3,745

Own contracts on foreign exchanges ................................................

3,566

1,079

1,229

2,353

-1,095

1,709

U.S. customers’ contracts on foreign exchanges ..............................

2,634

1,418

1,300

-627

543

-648

Foreign counterparty contacts on U.S. exchanges ...........................

-6,829

2,092

-4,398

-785

-3,738

-4,806

Total net cash settlements from foreigners ...........................................

6,187

14,795

-1,007

5,942

-13,543

-8,001

872

-443

1,315

-309

309

1,431

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

Jan. - Mar.

2007
Apr. - June
July - Sept.

Oct. - Dec.

2008
Jan. - Mar.

Europe:
Belgium ..............................................................................................

-2,380

-503

139

381

-2,396

23

France ................................................................................................

-3,685

-728

-1,679

-1,175

-103

-156

Germany ............................................................................................

84

1,974

-424

-1,804

338

-564

Ireland ................................................................................................

-319

-3,114

1,103

605

1,087

-1,061

Italy.....................................................................................................

730

-269

55

641

303

-249

Netherlands........................................................................................

516

-56

928

-444

89

-594

Switzerland ........................................................................................

6,498

3,458

1,847

2,080

-887

-5,085

United Kingdom .................................................................................

12,535

11,476

-1,185

8,408

-6,164

-1,900

All other Europe .................................................................................

2,114

-507

3,057

1,432

-1,869

1,524

Total Europe ..................................................................................

16,093

11,731

3,841

10,123

-9,602

-8,062

Memo: Euro area .............................................................................

-2,962

-3,380

3,462

-1,018

-2,026

-2,368

Memo: European Union ...................................................................

9,715

7,958

2,187

8,190

-8,620

-2,941

Canada...................................................................................................

-3,005

2,630

-3,865

-625

-1,145

3,139

Total Latin America ................................................................................

-1,329

-805

485

1,346

-2,355

-330

Cayman Islands .................................................................................

-1,159

1,073

-1,238

-3,732

2,738

3,149

All other Caribbean ............................................................................

-250

922

-33

-22

-1,117

-1,003

Total Caribbean .............................................................................

-1,409

1,995

-1,271

-3,754

1,621

2,146

Japan .................................................................................................

-2,703

-14

-936

511

-2,264

-4,730

All other Asia......................................................................................

-12

195

2,041

-1,885

-363

-1,647

Total Asia .......................................................................................

-2,715

181

1,105

-1,374

-2,627

-6,377

Total Africa.............................................................................................

-264

-263

-212

329

-118

-146

Australia .............................................................................................

-1,602

-649

-2,012

-36

1,095

1,352

All other ..............................................................................................

-230

-136

-38

-65

9

18

Total other countries ......................................................................

-1,832

-785

-2,050

-101

1,104

1,370

Total foreign countries ...............................................................

5,539

14,684

-1,967

5,944

-13,122

-8,260

Total international and regional organizations.......................................

651

112

959

-2

-418

255

Grand total .....................................................................................

6,187

14,795

-1,007

5,942

-13,543

-8,001

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)

01/02/08 ....................................................................

700,869

722,677

371

0.9922

01/09/08 ....................................................................

701,156

724,611

61

1.0083

01/16/08 ....................................................................

732,776

754,205

-676

1.0238

01/23/08 ....................................................................

754,958

777,030

-506

1.0282

01/30/08 ....................................................................

744,407

763,892

149

0.9936

02/06/08 ....................................................................

755,483

773,545

382

1.0023

02/13/08 ....................................................................

758,778

779,530

462

0.9992

02/20/08 ....................................................................

772,108

792,160

152

1.0188

02/27/08 ....................................................................

784,073

800,639

276

0.9776

03/05/08 ....................................................................

800,588

818,259

346

0.9897

03/12/08 ....................................................................

837,104

854,673

-1,199

0.9895

03/19/08 ....................................................................

694,139

711,648

767

1.0027

03/26/08 ....................................................................

682,899

702,909

n.a.

1.0180

04/02/08 ....................................................................

727,491

747,411

1,314

1.0173

04/09/08 ....................................................................

714,167

733,362

1,390

1.0192

04/16/08 ....................................................................

727,982

746,823

1,525

1.0021

04/23/08 ....................................................................

731,564

753,101

1,273

1.0194

04/30/08 ....................................................................

786,625

806,551

1,267

1.0092

05/07/08 ....................................................................

759,913

777,744

1,846

1.0020

05/14/08 ....................................................................

733,995

756,722

1,596

1.0018

05/21/08 ....................................................................

739,128

758,182

1,502

0.9840

05/28/08 ....................................................................

752,027

769,697

1,300

0.9913

06/04/08 ....................................................................

798,089

815,805

920

1.0145

06/11/08 ....................................................................

870,491

891,674

1,253

1.0170

06/18/08 ....................................................................

693,450

718,247

1,338

1.0186

06/25/08 ....................................................................

695,358

716,469

1,363

1.0134

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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)

2005 - Dec...................

471,195

477,247

149,188

129,053

73,479

72,651

64,515

66,847

2,713

1.1656

2006 - Dec...................

579,771

588,986

160,820

146,721

74,389

68,162

90,305

94,040

6,142

1.1652

2007 - July...................

811,751

820,117

204,717

194,650

69,720

69,176

75,050

76,816

248

1.0656

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

913,249

916,582

189,997

189,500

76,818

76,789

87,481

89,594

667

1.0560

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

782,885

797,555

207,260

189,165

77,656

73,218

78,891

86,866

346

0.9959

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

825,912

834,311

212,025

192,486

81,806

80,320

83,153

87,385

2,267

0.9496

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

912,166

927,671

203,040

187,837

87,140

84,501

87,329

92,796

-590

1.0007

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

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

74,923

n.a.

1,186

1,628

703

-300

0.9881

71,635

836

957

2,125

1,310

-470

1.0275

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

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

9,864

17,299

90,515

2008 - Mar...................

11,982

20,408

101,452

Report date

Options positions
Puts

Calls
Bought
(5)

Written
(6)

n.a.

451

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

September 2008

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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]

Purchased
(1)

Sold
(2)

Net options positions
(3)

Exchange
rate
(Japanese
yen per
U.S. dollar)
(4)

01/02/08 ..................................................................

439,699

438,694

619

109.70

01/09/08 ..................................................................

438,746

436,553

674

109.40

01/16/08 ..................................................................

460,495

459,956

1,077

107.27

01/23/08 ..................................................................

456,312

455,798

1,562

105.42

01/30/08 ..................................................................

451,756

450,638

1,420

107.25

02/06/08 ..................................................................

458,249

457,181

1,440

106.75

02/13/08 ..................................................................

450,675

450,210

1,279

108.15

02/20/08 ..................................................................

445,508

446,074

1,188

107.97

02/27/08 ..................................................................

455,236

454,616

1,172

106.38

03/05/08 ..................................................................

466,842

466,920

1,480

103.99

03/12/08 ..................................................................

481,298

482,567

2,268

102.38

03/19/08 ..................................................................

438,080

440,701

1,929

99.34

03/26/08 ..................................................................

417,271

420,906

1,429

99.12

04/02/08 ..................................................................

428,101

431,277

1,701

102.77

04/09/08 ..................................................................

422,763

425,708

1,816

101.83

04/16/08 ..................................................................

424,130

427,777

2,023

101.40

04/23/08 ..................................................................

423,244

426,654

1,880

103.55

04/30/08 ..................................................................

436,662

440,487

1,893

104.53

05/07/08 ..................................................................

439,104

442,271

1,994

105.28

05/14/08 ..................................................................

425,139

429,348

1,961

105.20

05/21/08 ..................................................................

423,070

427,499

2,161

103.34

05/28/08 ..................................................................

432,260

438,033

1,973

104.69

06/04/08 ..................................................................

427,496

432,391

1,962

104.99

06/11/08 ..................................................................

447,107

451,614

1,767

106.77

06/18/08 ..................................................................

390,734

394,974

1,873

108.05

06/25/08 ..................................................................

399,781

404,530

2,047

108.29

Spot, forward and future contracts
Report date

September 2008

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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)

Options positions
Puts

Calls

Liabilities
(4)

Bought
(5)

Written
(6)

Bought
(7)

Written
(8)

Net delta
equivalent
(9)

Exchange rate
(Japanese yen
per U.S. dollar)
(10)

2005 - Dec..................

263,085

265,279

54,259

56,128

63,192

62,541

57,311

56,285

-905

117.88

2006 - Dec..................

326,745

321,477

59,888

61,243

80,330

84,922

81,768

78,511

-1,538

119.02

2007 - July..................

460,613

460,112

71,939

71,388

104,491

113,062

110,260

107,607

1,492

119.13

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

434,288

427,589

66,653

67,865

120,413

127,160

118,776

116,538

998

115.83

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

426,224

426,823

68,112

69,272

109,823

117,283

116,910

116,266

76

114.97

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

451,506

448,407

72,174

72,115

113,350

119,390

120,779

120,995

1,004

115.27

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

501,581

498,485

64,974

66,744

117,272

121,852

125,500

124,894

731

111.02

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

463,494

462,366

69,975

72,014

112,480

115,176

122,042

123,860

761

111.71

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

490,030

488,827

71,259

73,463

107,544

112,513

120,372

116,450

1,499

106.74

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

495,368

494,130

69,639

71,944

101,084

108,656

122,855

117,542

1,301

104.19

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

443,854

446,334

72,918

75,250

97,540

104,402

120,219

115,041

1,795

99.85

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

466,324

469,942

65,225

64,829

99,022

105,469

126,044

116,971

1,886

104.53

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

461,438

466,315

63,410

62,519

95,209

99,745

122,994

116,228

1,860

105.46

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

439,162

443,086

61,139

61,095

96,713

97,406

121,907

120,939

2,325

106.17

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...................

5,274

5,745

5,269

2,693

376

340

1,097

866

58

99.85

September 2008

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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)

01/02/08 ..................................................................

992,284

998,679

4,667

1.1174

01/09/08 ..................................................................

1,023,360

1,025,007

2,210

1.1151

01/16/08 ..................................................................

1,078,481

1,084,468

6,840

1.1008

01/23/08 ..................................................................

1,148,891

1,152,833

6,689

1.0898

01/30/08 ..................................................................

1,133,566

1,136,689

7,015

1.0927

02/06/08 ..................................................................

1,167,618

1,170,007

n.a.

1.0977

02/13/08 ..................................................................

1,185,082

1,184,780

6,365

1.1074

02/20/08 ..................................................................

1,153,062

1,151,235

6,377

1.1003

02/27/08 ..................................................................

1,186,220

1,183,420

4,365

1.0637

03/05/08 ..................................................................

1,216,713

1,213,464

6,497

1.0364

03/12/08 ..................................................................

1,291,061

1,285,147

5,916

1.0217

03/19/08 ..................................................................

1,036,831

1,037,911

6,212

1.0006

03/26/08 ..................................................................

992,124

990,606

4,894

0.9955

04/02/08 ..................................................................

1,027,414

1,028,072

n.a.

1.0148

04/09/08 ..................................................................

982,412

985,275

4,888

1.0019

04/16/08 ..................................................................

998,147

999,115

5,105

0.9979

04/23/08 ..................................................................

988,753

993,155

6,783

1.0146

04/30/08 ..................................................................

1,014,228

1,019,364

8,441

1.0422

05/07/08 ..................................................................

1,024,591

1,029,042

8,026

1.0583

05/14/08 ..................................................................

1,002,284

1,004,982

n.a.

1.0558

05/21/08 ..................................................................

1,017,888

1,025,352

7,667

1.0297

05/28/08 ..................................................................

1,088,952

1,096,887

7,950

1.0382

06/04/08 ..................................................................

1,073,794

1,080,299

7,622

1.0408

06/11/08 ..................................................................

1,104,272

1,110,498

7,007

1.0328

06/18/08 ..................................................................

873,140

879,905

4,961

1.0413

06/25/08 ..................................................................

875,865

882,816

4,991

1.0424

September 2008

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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
2005 - Dec...................

Spot, forward
and future contracts
Purchased
Sold
(1)
(2)
599,163

Options positions
Puts
Written
Bought
Written
(6)
(7)
(8)

Foreign currency
denominated
Assets
Liabilities
(3)
(4)

Bought
(5)

609,505

58,736

60,650

109,698

99,568

78,533

Calls

64,881

Exchange rate
Net delta (Swiss francs per
equivalent
U.S. dollar)
(9)
(10)
3,016

1.3148

2006 - Dec...................

603,056

627,243

79,535

75,067

132,261

124,219

155,127

164,475

n.a.

1.2195

2007 - July...................

1,133,989

1,144,688

n.a.

n.a.

295,584

291,067

251,256

251,490

3,028

1.2021

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

1,167,250

1,161,001

79,217

81,849

316,811

315,049

279,324

272,879

4,092

1.2071

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

1,069,553

1,068,660

93,438

95,560

313,725

314,888

264,687

255,240

2,460

1.1672

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

1,177,725

1,184,422

97,481

98,900

308,071

311,637

271,207

262,912

7,223

1.1589

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

1,309,051

1,311,137

93,579

95,429

315,267

312,092

268,136

253,543

4,224

1.1287

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

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...................

17,853

25,257

46,525

10,646

1,166

679

1,589

696

-16

0.9921

September 2008

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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)

01/02/08 ..................................................................

1,110,821

1,127,620

3,113

1.9824

01/09/08 ..................................................................

1,149,718

1,163,332

1,994

1.9564

01/16/08 ..................................................................

1,185,651

1,194,878

883

1.9638

01/23/08 ..................................................................

1,161,398

1,166,056

651

1.9515

01/30/08 ..................................................................

1,208,553

1,219,652

2,477

1.9880

02/06/08 ..................................................................

1,179,018

1,187,002

1,678

1.9604

02/13/08 ..................................................................

1,216,916

1,227,969

2,316

1.9618

02/20/08 ..................................................................

1,190,102

1,195,039

1,887

1.9405

02/27/08 ..................................................................

1,236,595

1,240,394

2,612

1.9923

03/05/08 ..................................................................

1,234,023

1,238,711

2,191

1.9939

03/12/08 ..................................................................

1,267,391

1,270,201

2,146

2.0211

03/19/08 ..................................................................

1,141,245

1,151,164

1,871

1.9858

03/26/08 ..................................................................

1,114,866

1,122,961

2,544

2.0019

04/02/08 ..................................................................

1,154,448

1,157,926

1,674

1.9827

04/09/08 ..................................................................

1,117,228

1,121,331

1,108

1.9726

04/16/08 ..................................................................

1,147,467

1,151,000

1,002

1.9756

04/23/08 ..................................................................

1,144,102

1,144,435

1,170

1.9786

04/30/08 ..................................................................

1,162,114

1,167,346

783

1.9847

05/07/08 ..................................................................

1,167,935

1,171,464

443

1.9522

05/14/08 ..................................................................

1,186,989

1,187,957

81

1.9451

05/21/08 ..................................................................

1,183,785

1,183,974

442

1.9669

05/28/08 ..................................................................

1,274,659

1,277,612

210

1.9806

06/04/08 ..................................................................

1,238,965

1,239,332

-366

1.9548

06/11/08 ..................................................................

1,306,128

1,308,547

-127

1.9646

06/18/08 ..................................................................

1,137,435

1,139,294

84

1.9570

06/25/08 ..................................................................

1,106,842

1,108,790

778

1.9672

September 2008

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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

Spot, forward
and future contracts
Purchased
Sold
(1)
(2)

2005 - Dec...................

726,831

2006 - Dec...................

742,942

Foreign currency
denominated
Assets
Liabilities
(3)
(4)
288,304

257,418

Bought
(5)

Options positions
Puts
Written
Bought
Written
(6)
(7)
(8)

79,921

73,874

Calls

85,985

89,663

Net delta
equivalent
(9)

Exchange rate
(U.S. dollars
per pound)
(10)

3,270

1.7188

813,178

846,452

400,194

350,140

81,276

73,370

78,380

80,387

2,269

1.9586

2007 - July................... 1,182,008

1,214,237

457,250

387,327

92,156

90,678

96,477

107,658

2,887

2.0364

Aug .................. 1,111,865

1,136,913

401,821

357,969

98,705

93,872

104,946

117,804

2,650

2.0165

Sept ................. 1,137,887

1,150,885

443,238

363,358

86,357

80,897

96,692

109,324

3,593

2.0389

Oct................... 1,186,907

1,199,999

468,682

398,002

80,558

75,506

92,091

104,966

4,037

2.0777

Nov .................. 1,279,478

1,296,715

448,573

370,895

90,111

80,093

98,136

112,968

5,504

2.0567

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

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...................

11,811

23,323

63,715

28,257

n.a.

90

1,956

883

-1,168

1.9855

September 2008

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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)

01/02/08 ................................................................

16,040,207

15,979,334

3,177

n.a.

01/09/08 ................................................................

16,236,861

16,215,529

4,412

n.a.

01/16/08 ................................................................

16,989,103

16,954,762

-1,276

n.a.

01/23/08 ................................................................

17,067,710

17,023,141

-2,993

n.a.

01/30/08 ................................................................

17,462,134

17,448,171

267

n.a.

02/06/08 ................................................................

17,372,816

17,342,620

15,400

n.a.

02/13/08 ................................................................

17,546,686

17,527,650

-4,118

n.a.

02/20/08 ................................................................

17,387,142

17,376,044

-2,643

n.a.

02/27/08 ................................................................

18,122,904

18,141,286

3,152

n.a.

03/05/08 ................................................................

18,305,726

18,343,875

-2,479

n.a.

03/12/08 ................................................................

19,293,280

19,311,788

129

n.a.

03/19/08 ................................................................

17,469,913

17,496,352

143

n.a.

03/26/08 ................................................................

17,285,667

17,291,545

-3,186

n.a.

04/02/08 ................................................................

17,367,606

17,380,562

7,122

n.a.

04/09/08 ................................................................

17,141,332

17,151,010

3,171

n.a.

04/16/08 ................................................................

17,523,992

17,578,434

132

n.a.

04/23/08 ................................................................

17,676,652

17,716,111

3,696

n.a.

04/30/08 ................................................................

17,596,187

17,613,127

549

n.a.

05/07/08 ................................................................

17,353,682

17,381,837

45

n.a.

05/14/08 ................................................................

17,375,351

17,402,807

5,246

n.a.

05/21/08 ................................................................

17,630,914

17,657,671

1,552

n.a.

05/28/08 ................................................................

18,621,035

18,732,894

724

n.a.

06/04/08 ................................................................

18,193,607

18,233,625

-2,806

n.a.

06/11/08 ................................................................

18,869,487

18,876,705

3,646

n.a.

06/18/08 ................................................................

16,680,151

16,647,728

2,538

n.a.

06/25/08 ................................................................

16,852,449

16,814,219

-2,940

n.a.

September 2008

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95

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)

Purchased
(1)

Sold
(2)

Assets
(3)

Liabilities
(4)

Bought
(5)

Written
(6)

Bought
(7)

Written
(8)

Net delta
equivalent
(9)

8,159,883

8,266,177

-

-

1,245,621

1,257,584

1,243,660

1,255,451

-11,239

n.a.

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 - July.................. 15,753,880

15,837,324

-

-

3,753,809

2,581,925

4,075,030

4,066,175

5,014

n.a.

Aug ................. 15,298,456

15,472,068

-

-

2,506,587

2,424,323

2,452,767

2,504,774

20,960

n.a.

Sept ................ 15,739,511

15,790,032

-

-

2,678,649

2,727,181

3,285,582

n.a.

6,443

n.a.

Oct.................. 17,003,995

17,019,367

-

-

2,656,709

2,590,575

2,620,663

n.a.

878

n.a.

Nov ................. 18,964,405

18,978,000

-

-

2,786,076

2,714,895

2,783,284

n.a.

5,738

n.a.

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.

Report date
2005 - Dec..................

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

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)

Exchange
rate
(10)

12,692

3,155

n.a.

419,932

398,823

-

-

22,061

14,840

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...................

338,915

342,984

-

-

29,794

27,278

15,610

15,318

3,114

n.a.

2005 - Dec...................

12,765

Net delta
equivalent
(9)

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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)

01/02/08 .............................................................................

4,059,114

4,030,739

5,884

0.6785

01/09/08 .............................................................................

4,112,180

4,054,836

5,704

0.6820

01/16/08 .............................................................................

4,358,126

4,294,288

7,801

0.6829

01/23/08 .............................................................................

4,355,077

4,291,799

8,543

0.6862

01/30/08 .............................................................................

4,333,278

4,271,059

5,886

0.6765

02/06/08 .............................................................................

4,371,674

4,320,652

5,525

0.6827

02/13/08 .............................................................................

4,421,171

4,377,777

3,156

0.6864

02/20/08 .............................................................................

4,364,436

4,314,315

3,265

0.6820

02/27/08 .............................................................................

4,524,229

4,468,861

5,516

0.6609

03/05/08 .............................................................................

4,496,918

4,440,383

11,998

0.6544

03/12/08 .............................................................................

4,771,845

4,719,201

13,151

0.6454

03/19/08 .............................................................................

4,239,065

4,169,373

9,872

0.6393

03/26/08 .............................................................................

4,208,221

4,147,608

8,701

0.6345

04/02/08 .............................................................................

4,148,946

4,091,264

9,278

0.6403

04/09/08 .............................................................................

4,108,079

4,048,716

9,005

0.6328

04/16/08 .............................................................................

4,224,840

4,152,979

8,781

0.6259

04/23/08 .............................................................................

4,277,764

4,196,449

7,023

0.6290

04/30/08 .............................................................................

4,312,696

4,223,258

5,993

0.6423

05/07/08 .............................................................................

4,276,181

4,188,983

4,834

0.6506

05/14/08 .............................................................................

4,238,900

4,144,523

7,169

0.6465

05/21/08 .............................................................................

4,360,232

4,255,735

7,307

0.6340

05/28/08 .............................................................................

4,479,426

4,370,137

6,376

0.6399

06/04/08 .............................................................................

4,495,000

4,389,059

6,524

0.6471

06/11/08 .............................................................................

4,552,435

4,460,048

7,745

0.6426

06/18/08 .............................................................................

4,080,087

3,993,133

7,053

0.6451

06/25/08 .............................................................................

4,127,525

4,037,021

6,681

0.6423

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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)

2005 - Dec................... 2,518,979

2,488,836

1,261,003

1,201,118

424,565

340,191

428,856

489,730

2,921

0.8445

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 - July................... 4,007,241

3,987,654

2,008,584

1,970,638

653,507

680,183

576,605

612,605

-2,108

0.7293

Aug .................. 3,924,829

3,889,859

1,849,619

1,804,429

624,663

651,976

584,010

586,306

-2,883

0.7331

Sept ................. 3,955,184

3,917,424

1,984,769

1,953,872

645,472

654,971

559,351

577,244

-3,379

0.7033

Oct................... 4,211,730

4,156,064

2,031,255

1,991,848

648,218

658,900

578,780

594,839

1,934

0.6912

Nov .................. 4,695,167

4,651,424

1,976,694

1,952,169

667,478

669,233

589,421

591,722

1,923

0.6808

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

0.6350

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...................

94,611

87,464

226,998

157,369

8,362

5,988

8,821

7,976

1,039

0.6327

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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 Dec. 31, 2007, and Mar. 31, 2008
[In thousands of dollars. Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Management]

Assets, liabilities, and capital

Dec. 31, 2007

Jan. 1, 2008,
through
Mar. 31, 2008

Mar. 31, 2008

Assets
U.S. dollars:
Held with Treasury:
U.S. Government securities.............................................

16,602,805

95,737

16,698,542

Special drawing rights 1 ...........................................................

9,476,425

415,593

9,892,018

European euro .....................................................................

14,212,928

1,331,907

15,544,835

Japanese yen.......................................................................
Accounts receivable.................................................................

8,507,778
225,599

1,029,140
-9,345

9,536,918
216,254

Total assets..........................................................................

49,025,535

2,863,032

51,888,567

Accounts payable.................................................................

46,182

-8,186

37,996

Total current liabilities ......................................................

46,182

-8,186

37,996

Other liabilities:
SDR certificates ...................................................................
SDR allocations ...................................................................

2,200,000
7,742,482

314,795

2,200,000
8,057,277

Foreign exchange and securities:

Liabilities and capital
Current liabilities:

Total other liabilities .........................................................

9,942,482

314,795

10,257,277

Capital:
Capital account ....................................................................
Net income (+) or loss (-) (see table ESF-2) .......................

200,000
38,836,871

2,556,423

200,000
41,393,294

Total capital......................................................................

39,036,871

2,556,423

41,593,294

Total liabilities and capital............................................

49,025,535

2,863,032

51,888,567

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
Jan. 1, 2008,
through
Mar. 31, 2008

Fiscal year to date
Oct. 1, 2007,
through
Mar. 31, 2008

Income and expense

Profit (+) or loss (-) on:
Foreign exchange ........................................................................

2,200,354

2,816,035

Adjustment for change in valuation
of SDR holdings and allocations 1 ...........................................

71,683

97,361

SDRs............................................................................................

13,476

29,345

U.S. Government securities.........................................................

109,686

290,482

Foreign exchange ........................................................................

161,224

314,128

Commissions ...............................................................................

-

-

Income from operations ...............................................................

2,556,423

3,547,351

Net income (+) or loss (-).............................................................

2,556,423

3,547,351

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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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 2008.

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 2008.

Highway Account
[In billions of dollars. Source: DOT]

Commitments (unobligated balances plus unpaid obligations, fiscal year 2009) ..............................................................................................................

79.1

less:
Cash balance (fiscal year 2009) .........................................................................................................................................................................................

-3.1

Unfunded authorizations (fiscal year 2009) ........................................................................................................................................................................

82.2

48-month revenue estimate (fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013)............................................................................................................................

137.8

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

Mass Transit Account
[In billions of dollars. Source: DOT]

Commitments (unobligated balances plus unpaid obligations, fiscal year 2009) ..............................................................................................................

15.1

less:
Cash balance (fiscal year 2009) .........................................................................................................................................................................................

4.2

Unfunded authorizations (fiscal year 2009) ........................................................................................................................................................................

10.9

48-month revenue estimate (fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013)............................................................................................................................

19.6

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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.

Copies may be obtained by writing to:
Ann Bailey, Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Room 4409 MT
Washington, DC 20220
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 June 2008, the debt
limit was $9,815,000 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

September 2008

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

GLOSSARY

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
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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,
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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).