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L.223 Trade Credit
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2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011   Q1
2011   Q2
2011   Q3
2011   Q4
2012   Q1
2012   Q2
LineAll sectors; trade payables; liability
	3195.9
	3398.0
	3228.1
	3204.9
	3393.7
	3441.1
	3506.8
	3557.0
	3615.2
	3702.6
	3740.8
	1Nonprofit organizations; trade payables; liability
	199.9
	214.5
	236.7
	252.7
	274.1
	279.1
	282.6
	286.0
	288.2
	289.8
	290.5
	2Nonfinancial corporate business; trade payables; liability
	1812.9
	1897.9
	1672.8
	1587.5
	1750.6
	1771.5
	1830.3
	1870.1
	1928.6
	1991.2
	2027.7
	3Nonfinancial noncorporate business; trade payables; liability
	348.9
	374.9
	380.7
	388.3
	369.3
	367.5
	368.3
	369.9
	367.9
	366.1
	363.5
	4State and local governments, excluding employee retirement funds; trade payables; liability
	516.4
	553.5
	592.7
	632.3
	672.3
	682.3
	692.4
	702.4
	712.5
	722.6
	732.7
	5Federal government; trade payables; liability
	208.9
	238.2
	260.8
	204.6
	213.3
	228.1
	234.3
	238.1
	234.7
	244.8
	248.9
	6Rest of the world; trade payables; liability
	60.7
	73.1
	63.2
	69.3
	95.9
	94.1
	79.5
	74.1
	69.1
	70.8
	64.0
	7Security brokers and dealers; trade payables; liability
	48.3
	45.8
	21.2
	70.1
	18.1
	18.5
	19.3
	16.4
	14.2
	17.3
	13.5
	8All sectors; trade receivables; asset
	2961.1
	3189.2
	2993.1
	2867.1
	2969.8
	3060.8
	3163.2
	3212.3
	3165.0
	3290.7
	3372.2
	9Nonfinancial corporate business; trade receivables; asset
	2090.5
	2252.4
	2084.6
	2056.0
	2187.4
	2280.9
	2383.5
	2420.9
	2373.3
	2492.0
	2572.0
	10Nonfinancial noncorporate business; trade receivables; asset
	470.9
	525.6
	522.7
	496.3
	477.4
	476.1
	475.1
	474.6
	475.7
	476.3
	476.1
	11State and local governments, excluding employee retirement funds; trade receivables; asset
	82.4
	69.9
	48.8
	30.2
	10.0
	5.0
	0.0
	0.0
	0.0
	0.0
	0.0
	12Federal government; trade receivables; asset
	59.4
	60.6
	64.7
	43.6
	42.9
	44.7
	47.0
	48.2
	47.7
	49.0
	50.6
	13Rest of the world; trade receivables; asset
	62.8
	83.6
	90.1
	96.7
	116.3
	116.2
	118.3
	132.3
	133.5
	136.9
	139.0
	14Property-casualty insurance companies; trade receivables; asset
	87.0
	85.4
	86.7
	83.0
	83.8
	84.4
	88.2
	88.7
	87.2
	91.1
	92.0
	15Issuers of asset-backed securities; trade receivables; asset
	108.3
	111.7
	95.5
	61.3
	51.8
	53.6
	51.1
	47.5
	47.6
	45.3
	42.4
	16Instrument discrepancies; trade receivables
	234.8
	208.8
	234.9
	337.7
	423.9
	380.3
	343.6
	344.7
	450.2
	411.9
	368.7
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|Nonprofit organizations; trade payables; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|Nonfinancial corporate business; trade payables; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|Nonfinancial noncorporate business; trade payables; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|State and local governments, excluding employee retirement funds; trade payables; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|Federal government; trade payables; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|Rest of the world; trade payables; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Security brokers and dealers; trade payables; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
|All sectors; trade receivables; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|Nonfinancial corporate business; trade receivables; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|Nonfinancial noncorporate business; trade receivables; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|State and local governments, excluding employee retirement funds; trade receivables; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|Federal government; trade receivables; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Rest of the world; trade receivables; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|Property-casualty insurance companies; trade receivables; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|Issuers of asset-backed securities; trade receivables; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Instrument discrepancies; trade receivables                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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