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L.223 Trade Credit
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2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011   Q1
2011   Q2
2011   Q3
2011   Q4
2012   Q1
LineAll sectors; trade payables; liability
	3003.6
	3195.9
	3398.0
	3228.0
	3202.9
	3389.7
	3441.7
	3508.4
	3563.4
	3623.3
	3677.3
	1Nonprofit organizations; trade payables; liability
	186.3
	199.9
	214.5
	236.7
	252.7
	274.1
	279.1
	282.6
	286.0
	288.2
	289.8
	2Nonfinancial corporate business; trade payables; liability
	1700.6
	1812.9
	1897.9
	1672.7
	1587.5
	1750.6
	1774.6
	1833.0
	1876.1
	1935.2
	1968.7
	3Nonfinancial noncorporate business; trade payables; liability
	334.5
	348.9
	374.9
	380.7
	388.3
	369.1
	368.7
	371.2
	374.1
	373.4
	372.2
	4State and local governments, excluding employee retirement funds; trade payables; liability
	482.0
	516.4
	553.5
	592.7
	630.4
	668.8
	678.6
	688.5
	698.4
	708.2
	718.1
	5Federal government; trade payables; liability
	202.7
	208.9
	238.2
	260.8
	204.6
	213.1
	228.1
	234.3
	238.4
	235.3
	242.4
	6Rest of the world; trade payables; liability
	54.5
	60.7
	73.1
	63.2
	69.3
	95.9
	94.1
	79.5
	74.1
	68.8
	68.7
	7Security brokers and dealers; trade payables; liability
	43.1
	48.3
	45.8
	21.2
	70.1
	18.1
	18.5
	19.3
	16.4
	14.2
	17.5
	8All sectors; trade receivables; asset
	2989.8
	3025.4
	3279.2
	3100.7
	3001.5
	3134.7
	3235.6
	3345.0
	3396.2
	3352.1
	3444.3
	9Nonfinancial corporate business; trade receivables; asset
	2108.2
	2090.5
	2252.4
	2084.6
	2056.0
	2187.4
	2286.2
	2391.2
	2432.2
	2387.6
	2477.1
	10Nonfinancial noncorporate business; trade receivables; asset
	430.9
	470.9
	525.6
	522.7
	496.3
	477.1
	476.6
	476.6
	477.0
	478.6
	479.8
	11State and local governments, excluding employee retirement funds; trade receivables; asset
	140.9
	146.6
	159.9
	156.4
	164.6
	175.4
	174.2
	173.0
	170.7
	170.7
	169.6
	12Federal government; trade receivables; asset
	71.0
	59.4
	60.6
	64.7
	43.6
	42.9
	44.7
	47.0
	48.2
	47.4
	46.0
	13Rest of the world; trade receivables; asset
	56.9
	62.8
	83.6
	90.1
	96.7
	116.1
	115.9
	117.8
	131.9
	133.0
	135.1
	14Property-casualty insurance companies; trade receivables; asset
	82.1
	87.0
	85.4
	86.7
	83.0
	83.8
	84.4
	88.2
	88.7
	87.2
	91.3
	15Issuers of asset-backed securities; trade receivables; asset
	99.8
	108.3
	111.7
	95.5
	61.3
	51.8
	53.6
	51.1
	47.5
	47.6
	45.3
	16Instrument discrepancies; trade receivables
	13.8
	170.5
	118.8
	127.3
	201.4
	255.1
	206.1
	163.4
	167.2
	271.3
	233.0
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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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