Please answer the given financial question based on the context.
Context: loan commitments ( unfunded loans and unused lines of credit ) , asset purchase agreements , standby letters of credit and letters of credit are issued to accommodate the financing needs of state street 2019s clients and to provide credit enhancements to special purpose entities . loan commitments are agreements by state street to lend monies at a future date . asset purchase agreements are commitments to purchase receivables or securities , subject to conditions established in the agreements , and at december 31 , 2001 , include $ 8.0 billion outstanding to special purpose entities . standby letters of credit and letters of credit commit state street to make payments on behalf of clients and special purpose entities when certain specified events occur . standby letters of credit outstanding to special purpose entities were $ 608 million at december 31 , 2001 . these loan , asset purchase and letter of credit commitments are subject to the same credit policies and reviews as loans . the amount and nature of collateral are obtained based upon management 2019s assessment of the credit risk . approximately 89% ( 89 % ) of the loan commitments and asset purchase agreements expire within one year from the date of issue . sincemany of the commitments are expected to expire or renewwithout being drawn , the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements . the following is a summary of the contractual amount of credit-related , off-balance sheet financial instruments at december 31: .
|( dollars in millions )|2001|2000|
|indemnified securities on loan|$ 113047|$ 101438|
|loan commitments|12962|11367|
|asset purchase agreements|10366|7112|
|standby letters of credit|3918|4028|
|letters of credit|164|218|
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Question: what is the percentage change in the balance of letters of credit from 2000 to 2001?


Answer: The answer is:-0.24771