Financial report context:
60 the pnc financial services group , inc . 2013 form 10-k liquidity and capital management liquidity risk has two fundamental components . the first is potential loss assuming we were unable to meet our funding requirements at a reasonable cost . the second is the potential inability to operate our businesses because adequate contingent liquidity is not available . we manage liquidity risk at the consolidated company level ( bank , parent company , and nonbank subsidiaries combined ) to help ensure that we can obtain cost-effective funding to meet current and future obligations under both normal 201cbusiness as usual 201d and stressful circumstances , and to help ensure that we maintain an appropriate level of contingent liquidity . management monitors liquidity through a series of early warning indicators that may indicate a potential market , or pnc-specific , liquidity stress event . in addition , management performs a set of liquidity stress tests over multiple time horizons with varying levels of severity and maintains a contingency funding plan to address a potential liquidity stress event . in the most severe liquidity stress simulation , we assume that our liquidity position is under pressure , while the market in general is under systemic pressure . the simulation considers , among other things , the impact of restricted access to both secured and unsecured external sources of funding , accelerated run-off of customer deposits , valuation pressure on assets and heavy demand to fund committed obligations . parent company liquidity guidelines are designed to help ensure that sufficient liquidity is available to meet our parent company obligations over the succeeding 24-month period . liquidity-related risk limits are established within our enterprise liquidity management policy and supporting policies . management committees , including the asset and liability committee , and the board of directors and its risk committee regularly review compliance with key established limits . in addition to these liquidity monitoring measures and tools described above , we also monitor our liquidity by reference to the liquidity coverage ratio ( lcr ) which is further described in the supervision and regulation section in item 1 of this report . pnc and pnc bank calculate the lcr on a daily basis and as of december 31 , 2017 , the lcr for pnc and pnc bank exceeded the fully phased-in requirement of we provide additional information regarding regulatory liquidity requirements and their potential impact on us in the supervision and regulation section of item 1 business and item 1a risk factors of this report . sources of liquidity our largest source of liquidity on a consolidated basis is the customer deposit base generated by our banking businesses . these deposits provide relatively stable and low-cost funding . total deposits increased to $ 265.1 billion at december 31 , 2017 from $ 257.2 billion at december 31 , 2016 , driven by higher consumer and commercial deposits . consumer deposits reflected in part a shift from money market deposits to relationship-based savings products . commercial deposits reflected a shift from demand deposits to money market deposits primarily due to higher interest rates in 2017 . additionally , certain assets determined by us to be liquid and unused borrowing capacity from a number of sources are also available to manage our liquidity position . at december 31 , 2017 , our liquid assets consisted of short- term investments ( federal funds sold , resale agreements , trading securities and interest-earning deposits with banks ) totaling $ 33.0 billion and securities available for sale totaling $ 57.6 billion . the level of liquid assets fluctuates over time based on many factors , including market conditions , loan and deposit growth and balance sheet management activities . of our total liquid assets of $ 90.6 billion , we had $ 3.2 billion of securities available for sale and trading securities pledged as collateral to secure public and trust deposits , repurchase agreements and for other purposes . in addition , $ 4.9 billion of securities held to maturity were also pledged as collateral for these purposes . we also obtain liquidity through various forms of funding , including long-term debt ( senior notes , subordinated debt and fhlb advances ) and short-term borrowings ( securities sold under repurchase agreements , commercial paper and other short-term borrowings ) . see note 10 borrowed funds and the funding sources section of the consolidated balance sheet review in this report for additional information related to our borrowings . total senior and subordinated debt , on a consolidated basis , increased due to the following activity : table 25 : senior and subordinated debt .

Financial table:
in billions: january 1; 2017: $ 31.0
in billions: issuances; 2017: 7.1
in billions: calls and maturities; 2017: -4.6 ( 4.6 )
in billions: other; 2017: -.2 ( .2 )
in billions: december 31; 2017: $ 33.3

Additional report context:
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Question: what was the total of of securities available for sale and trading securities pledged as collateral to secure public and trust deposits , repurchase agreements and securities held to maturity pledged as collateral for these purposes for 2017 in billions?
Answer: 8.1