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Contents 

FINANCIAL OPERATIONS 

 

PROFILE OF THE ECONOMY 

Analysis.—Summary of Economic Indicators....................................................................................................................... 3

FEDERAL FISCAL OPERATIONS 

Introduction.—Federal Fiscal Operations.............................................................................................................................. 8 

Analysis.—Budget Results and Financing of the U.S. Government and First-Quarter Receipts by Source ......................... 9 

FFO-A.—Chart: Monthly Receipts and Outlays ................................................................................................................ 11 

FFO-B.—Chart: Budget Receipts by Source....................................................................................................................... 11 

FFO-1.—Summary of Fiscal Operations............................................................................................................................. 12 

FFO-2.—On-Budget and Off-Budget Receipts by Source .................................................................................................. 13 

FFO-3.—On-Budget and Off-Budget Outlays by Agency .................................................................................................. 15 

FFO-4.—Summary of U.S. Government Receipts by Source and Outlays by Agency....................................................... 17

ACCOUNT OF THE U.S. TREASURY 

Introduction.— Source and Availability of the Balance in the Account of the U.S. Treasury ............................................ 18 

UST-1.—Elements of Change in Federal Reserve and Tax and Loan Note Account Balances .......................................... 18

FEDERAL DEBT 

Introduction.—Federal Debt................................................................................................................................................ 20 

FD-1.—Summary of Federal Debt ...................................................................................................................................... 21 

FD-2.—Debt Held by the Public ......................................................................................................................................... 22 

FD-3.—Government Account Series................................................................................................................................... 23 

FD-4.—Interest-Bearing Securities Issued by Government Agencies................................................................................. 24 

FD-5.—Maturity Distribution and Average Length of Marketable Interest-Bearing Public Debt Held by 

 Private Investors .................................................................................................................................................... 25 

FD-6.—Debt Subject to Statutory Limit.............................................................................................................................. 26 

FD-7.—Treasury Holdings of Securities Issued by Government Corporations and Other Agencies.................................. 27

PUBLIC DEBT OPERATIONS 

Introduction.—Public Debt Operations ............................................................................................................................... 29 

TREASURY FINANCING ................................................................................................................................................. 29 

PDO-1.—Offerings of Regular Weekly Treasury Bills....................................................................................................... 37 

PDO-2.—Offerings of Marketable Securities Other than Regular Weekly Treasury Bills ................................................. 38 

OWNERSHIP OF FEDERAL SECURITIES 

Introduction.—Ownership of Federal Securities ................................................................................................................. 39 

OFS-1.—Distribution of Federal Securities by Class of Investors and Type of Issues ....................................................... 40 

OFS-2.—Estimated Ownership of U.S. Treasury Securities ............................................................................................... 41

U.S. CURRENCY AND COIN OUTSTANDING AND IN CIRCULATION

Introduction.—U.S. Currency and Coin Outstanding and in Circulation ............................................................................ 42 

USCC-1.—Amounts Outstanding and in Circulation; Currency, Coins.............................................................................. 42 

USCC-2.—Amounts Outstanding and in Circulation; by Denomination, Per Capita Comparative Totals ......................... 43
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INTERNATIONAL STATISTICS 

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL STATISTICS 

Introduction.—International Financial Statistics ................................................................................................................. 47 

IFS-1.—U.S. Reserve Assets............................................................................................................................................... 47 

IFS-2.—Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreigners .................................................................................................................. 48 

IFS-3.—Nonmarketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes Issued to Official Institutions and Other 

 Residents of Foreign Countries.............................................................................................................................. 49

CAPITAL MOVEMENTS 

Introduction.—Capital Movements ..................................................................................................................................... 50 

SECTION I.—Liabilities to Foreigners Reported by Banks in the United States 

CM-I-1.—Total Liabilities by Type and Holder.................................................................................................................. 53 

CM-I-2.—Total Liabilities by Country................................................................................................................................ 54 

CM-I-3.—Total Liabilities by Type and Country................................................................................................................ 56 

CM-A.—Chart: U.S. Liabilities to Foreigners Reported by U.S. Banks, Brokers, and Dealers 

 with Respect to Selected Countries...................................................................................................................... 58 

SECTION II.—Claims on Foreigners Reported by Banks in the United States 

CM-II-1.—Total Claims by Type........................................................................................................................................ 59 

CM-II-2.—Total Claims by Country ................................................................................................................................... 60 

CM-II-3.—Total Claims on Foreigners by Type and Country ............................................................................................ 62 

CM-B.—Chart: U.S. Claims on Foreigners Reported by U.S. Banks, Brokers, and Dealers 

 with Respect to Selected Countries...................................................................................................................... 64

SECTION III.—Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners Reported by Nonbanking Business 

 Enterprises in the United States 

CM-III-1.—Total Liabilities and Claims by Type............................................................................................................... 65 

CM-III-2.—Total Liabilities to Unaffiliated Foreigners by Country................................................................................... 66 

CM-III-3.—Total Claims on Unaffiliated Foreigners by Country....................................................................................... 68 

CM-III-4.—Total Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners, by Type and Country........................................ 70 

SECTION IV.—U.S. International Transactions in Long-Term Securities 

CM-IV-1.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic Securities by Type ............................................ 72 

CM-IV-2.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Foreign Securities by Type ............................................... 73 

CM-IV-3.—Net Foreign Transactions in Long-Term Domestic Securities by Type and Country...................................... 74 

CM-IV-4.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic and Foreign Securities, by Type 

 and Country, during (fourth quarter)............................................................................................................... 76 

CM-IV-5.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic and Foreign Securities, by Type 

 and Country, during (calendar year) ............................................................................................................... 78 

CM-C.—Chart: Net Purchases of Long-Term Domestic Securities by Foreigners, Selected Countries ............................. 80 

CM-D.—Chart: Net Purchases of Long-Term Foreign Securities by U.S. Investors .......................................................... 81

SECTION V.—Holdings of, and Transactions in, Derivatives Contracts with Foreigners Reported by 

 Businesses in the United States 

CM-V-1.—Gross Totals of Holdings with Positive and Negative Fair Values by Type of Contract .................................. 82

CM-V-2.—Gross Total of Holdings with Negative Fair Values, by Country ..................................................................... 83 

CM-V-3.—Gross Total of Holdings with Positive Fair Values, by Country....................................................................... 84 

CM-V-4.—Net Cash Settlements Received by U.S. Residents from Foreign Residents, by Type of Contract................... 85 

CM-V-5.—Net Cash Settlements Received by U.S. Residents from Foreign Residents, by Country ................................ 86 
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FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS 

Introduction.—Foreign Currency Positions......................................................................................................................... 87 

SECTION I.—Canadian Dollar Positions 

FCP-I-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants.................................................................................................... 88 

FCP-I-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants .................................................................................................. 89 

FCP-I-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants ................................................................................................. 89 

SECTION II.—Japanese Yen Positions 

FCP-II-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants................................................................................................... 90 

FCP-II-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants ................................................................................................. 91 

FCP-II-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants ................................................................................................ 91 

SECTION III.—Swiss Franc Positions 

FCP-III-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants ................................................................................................. 92 

FCP-III-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants................................................................................................ 93 

FCP-III-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants............................................................................................... 93 

SECTION IV.—Sterling Positions 

FCP-IV-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants................................................................................................. 94 

FCP-IV-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants................................................................................................ 95 

FCP-IV-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants............................................................................................... 95 

SECTION V.—U.S. Dollar Positions 

FCP-V-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants .................................................................................................. 96 

FCP-V-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants................................................................................................. 97 

FCP-V-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants................................................................................................ 97 

SECTION VI.—Euro Positions 

FCP-VI-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants................................................................................................. 98 

FCP-VI-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants................................................................................................ 99 

FCP-VI-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants............................................................................................... 99 

EXCHANGE STABILIZATION FUND 

Introduction.—Exchange Stabilization Fund..................................................................................................................... 100 

ESF-1.—Balance Sheet ..................................................................................................................................................... 101 

ESF-2.—Income and Expense........................................................................................................................................... 101

SPECIAL REPORTS 

FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, EXCERPT 

Introduction.—Financial Report Excerpt........................................................................................................................... 105 

Financial Report Excerpt ................................................................................................................................................... 106 

TRUST FUNDS 

Introduction.—Airport and Airway Trust Fund................................................................................................................. 120 

TF-1.—Airport and Airway Trust Fund ............................................................................................................................ 121 

Introduction.—Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund....................................................... 122 

TF-2.—Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund................................................................... 123 

Introduction.—Black Lung Disability Trust Fund............................................................................................................. 124 

TF-3.—Black Lung Disability Trust Fund ........................................................................................................................ 125 
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Introduction.—Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund ............................................................................................................... 126 

TF-4.—Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund........................................................................................................................... 126 

Introduction.—Hazardous Substance Superfund............................................................................................................... 128 

TF-5.—Hazardous Substance Superfund........................................................................................................................... 128 

Introduction.—Highway Trust Fund ................................................................................................................................. 130 

TF-6.—Highway Trust Fund ............................................................................................................................................. 131 

Introduction.—Inland Waterways Trust Fund................................................................................................................... 134 

TF-7.—Inland Waterways Trust Fund............................................................................................................................... 134 

Introduction.—Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund....................................................................................... 135 

TF-8.—Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund .................................................................................................. 135 

Introduction.—Nuclear Waste Fund.................................................................................................................................. 136 

TF-9.—Nuclear Waste Fund.............................................................................................................................................. 136 

TF-A.—Chart: Major Trust Funds, Interest on Investments.............................................................................................. 137 

TF-B.—Chart: Major Trust Funds, Receipts and Expenses .............................................................................................. 137 

Introduction.—Reforestation Trust Fund........................................................................................................................... 138 

TF-10.—Reforestation Trust Fund .................................................................................................................................... 138 

Introduction.— Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Safety Trust Fund............................................................................ 139 

TF-11.—Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Safety Trust Fund....................................................................................... 140 

Introduction.—Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.................................................................................................................... 142 

TF-12.—Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund ............................................................................................................................. 143 

Introduction.—Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund ................................................................................................ 144 

TF-13.—Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund .......................................................................................................... 144 

Introduction.—Wool Research, Development, and Promotion Trust Fund....................................................................... 145 

TF-14.—Wool Research, Development, and Promotion Trust Fund................................................................................. 145 

Introduction.— Agriculture Disaster Relief Trust Fund.................................................................................................... 146 

TF-15.—Agriculture Disaster Relief Trust Fund............................................................................................................... 146

 

RESEARCH PAPER SERIES........................................................................................................................................... 148

GLOSSARY ...................................................................................................................................................................... 150

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NOTES: Definitions for words shown in italics can be found in the glossary; Figures may not add to totals because of 

rounding; p = Preliminary; n.a. = Not available; r = Revised. 
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Nonquarterly Tables and Reports 

For the convenience of the “Treasury Bulletin” user, nonquarterly tables and reports 

are listed below along with the issues in which they appear. 

Issues 

March June Sept. Dec. 

Federal Fiscal Operations 

 

FFO-5.—Internal Revenue Receipts by State........................................................... √

FFO-6.—Customs and Border Protection Collection of Duties, Taxes and Fees 

by Districts and Ports............................................................................... √

 

Special Reports 

 

Financial Report of the United States Government excerpt...................................... √ 

Trust Fund Reports: 

Agriculture Disaster Relief Trust Fund............................................................. √ 

Airport and Airway Trust Fund ........................................................................ √ 

Black Lung Disability Trust Fund .................................................................... √ 

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund....................................................................... √ 

Hazardous Substance Superfund....................................................................... √ 

Highway Trust Fund ......................................................................................... √ 

Inland Waterways Trust Fund........................................................................... √ 

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund .............................................. √ 

Nuclear Waste Fund.......................................................................................... √ 

Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund ........................................................................... √ 

Reforestation Trust Fund .................................................................................. √ 

Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund................................................ √ 

Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund............... √ 

Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund ........................................................ √ 

Wool Research, Development, and Promotion Trust Fund............................... √ 

 
OPERATIONS

Profile of the Economy

Federal Fiscal Operations

Account of the U.S. Treasury

Federal Debt

Public Debt Operations

Ownership of Federal Securities

U.S. Currency and Coin Outstanding

and in Circulation
March 2011 

3

Growth of Real GDP

-0.7

0.6

-4.0

-6.8

-4.9

5.0

1.7

2.9 3.2

1.6

3.2 2.6

3.7

-0.7

0.9

2.3

-10.0

-8.0

-6.0

-4.0

-2.0

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

2007 2008 2009 2010

(Quarterly percent change at annual rate)

Profile of the Economy 

[Source: Office of Macroeconomic Analysis] 

As of February 9, 2011 

Introduction 

The U.S. economic recovery strengthened in the fourth 

quarter of 2010, driven mainly by the fastest growth in 

consumer spending in nearly 5 years, but also featuring 

positive growth in fixed investment and exports. The 

economy added 1.3 million private payroll jobs over the 11 

months ended in January 2011, and measures of 

unemployment have dropped noticeably in very recent 

months. Nonetheless, the unemployment rate is still high at 9 

percent and the housing sector remains weak. 

Inflation remains in check, largely due to labor market 

slack and excess capacity in the economy. Financial markets 

have generally been improving for nearly 2 years. Stock 

market indexes posted double-digit gains in 2010 for the 

second-straight year, and are currently about 5 percent 

higher so far in 2011. Treasury bond yields have trended 

higher since late last year. 

The economy has been supported by a wide variety of 

measures implemented under the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA, or the “Recovery Act”), 

as well as additional efforts to restore financial stability and 

improve conditions in housing markets. The Tax Relief, 

Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation 

Act of 2010–which includes a 2 percent payroll tax cut–was 

designed to sustain the upward momentum of the recovery. 

Pursuing its statutory mandate to foster maximum 

employment and price stability, the Federal Reserve 

continues to bolster liquidity by maintaining holdings of 

securities at current levels and rolling over holdings of 

Treasury securities as they mature. In November 2010, the 

Federal Reserve announced its intention to resume purchases 

of longer-term Treasury securities and it reconfirmed this 

policy in January 2011. 

Economic Growth 

U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) expanded for the 

six consecutive quarters ending in the fourth quarter of 2010. 

Over that time, GDP growth averaged 3.0 percent at annual 

rate, well above the 2.8 percent average decline over the 

previous six quarters. According to the advance estimate, 

real GDP rose by 3.2 percent at an annual rate in the fourth 

quarter of 2010, following increases of 2.6 percent in the 

third quarter and 1.7 percent in the second quarter. Over the 

four quarters of 2010, real GDP grew by 2.8 percent, a 

significant acceleration from growth of 0.2 percent the 

previous year. Since the current expansion began in mid2009, the economy has grown by 4.5 percent. 

A marked pickup in consumer spending drove growth in 

the fourth quarter of 2010. Residential investment rose 

slightly, and business investment continued to increase 

although at a slower pace than in the third quarter. A sharp 

improvement in the net export deficit contributed 3.4 

percentage points to fourth-quarter GDP growth, but was 

more than offset by a slowdown in inventory accumulation. 

Private domestic final demand (consumption plus private 

fixed investment, considered a better measure of underlying 

demand because it subtracts out inventory movements) rose 

4.4 percent in the fourth quarter. The strength of this 

measure indicates that the recovery is increasingly being 

powered by private demand rather than government 

stimulus. 

Consumer spending–which accounts for about 70 percent 

of GDP–grew 4.4 percent at an annual rate in the fourth 

quarter, accelerating from a 2.4 percent increase in the third 

quarter. After declining by 0.3 percent in 2008, and by 1.2 

percent in 2009, consumer spending has expanded for six 

straight quarters, and in the fourth quarter of 2010 

contributed 3.0 percentage points to real GDP growth. 

Residential investment–mostly residential homebuilding–rose slightly in the fourth quarter following a 

decline in the third quarter that was related in part to the 

expiration of the home buyer tax credit in late April. The 

small increase in residential activity contributed 0.1 

percentage point to real GDP growth. Housing markets 

remained weak at the end of 2010. 

Single family housing starts fell 9.0 percent in December 

to 417,000 units (annualized), 16 percent above the early 

2009 low, but still 77 percent below the January 2006 peak. 

New single-family home sales increased 17.5 percent in 

December to 329,000 (annualized) but were still 76 percent 

below the July 2005 peak. Existing single-family home sales 
4 PROFILE OF THE ECONOMY 

March 2011 

jumped nearly 12 percent in December to 4.6 million units 

(annualized), but were still 27 percent below the September 

2005 peak. Inventories of unsold new single family homes 

stood at their lowest level in 43 years, but, relative to the 

depressed sales level were at a fairly high 7-month supply in 

December. Inventories of existing single-family homes stood 

at a 7.8-month supply in December. Home prices have been 

declining on balance, but at a slower pace than during the 

recession. The Federal Housing Financing Authority 

(FHFA) purchase-only house price index was flat in 

November but compared to a year earlier was down 4.3 

percent. The Standard & Poor’s (S&P)/Case-Shiller 

composite home price indexes fell for the fourth-straight 

month in November on a monthly basis: the 20-city index 

declined 1.0 percent and the 10-city index was 0.8 percent 

lower. On a 12-month basis through November 2010, the 20-

city index declined 1.6 percent and the 10-city index edged 

down 0.4 percent; these indexes declined by 5.7 percent and 

4.8 percent, respectively, in the 12 months through 

November 2009. 

Nonresidential fixed investment–about 10 percent of 

GDP–advanced 4.4 percent at an annual rate in the fourth 

quarter, after surging at double-digit rates in each of the 

previous two quarters. Business spending on equipment and 

software increased 5.8 percent in the fourth quarter, and 

outlays for structures rose for the first time in more than 2 

years. Altogether, nonresidential fixed investment 

contributed 0.4 percentage point to real GDP growth in the 

fourth quarter. 

Exports account for about 12 percent of GDP, while 

imports, which are subtracted from total domestic spending 

to calculate GDP, account for about 17 percent. In each of 

the 3 years prior to 2010, the net export deficit (exports less 

imports) narrowed, reflecting weak demand for imports that 

exceeded softer foreign demand for U.S. goods and services. 

The improvement in the net export deficit contributed 1 

percentage point on average to quarterly real GDP growth 

during this period. In 2010, this trend reversed, and net 

exports posed a significant drag on growth in the first three 

quarters of the year. In the fourth quarter, however, the trade 

deficit narrowed substantially, as exports grew by 8.5 

percent and imports fell by 13.6 percent, and net exports 

contributed 3.4 percentage points to real GDP growth. 

The current account balance (reflecting international 

trade in goods and services, investment income flows, and 

unilateral transfers) has been in deficit almost continuously 

since the early 1980s, and in 2006, reached a record $803 

billion, equivalent to 6.0 percent of GDP. By 2009, the 

current account deficit had narrowed to $378 billion (2.7 

percent of GDP), as the trade deficit narrowed, but it began 

to widen again in 2010 as the U.S. economy recovered. In 

the first three quarters of 2010, the current account deficit 

averaged $479 billion at an annual rate (3.3 percent of 

GDP). 

After two strong quarterly increases, government 

purchases–which account for roughly 20 percent of GDP–

fell 0.6 percent at an annual rate in the fourth quarter, 

subtracting 0.1 percentage point from real GDP growth. 

Federal spending edged down by 0.2 percent and State and 

local government expenditures fell 0.9 percent. 

Labor Markets 

During the recession (from December 2007 through June 

2009), the economy lost 7.8 million private-sector jobs. Job 

losses continued even after the recovery began, with payrolls 

resuming growth in March 2010. Over the 11 months ending 

in January 2011, private-sector payrolls have risen by 1.3 

million. 

Job losses during the recession were spread broadly 

across most sectors; from the start of the recession in 

December 2007 through June 2009, the manufacturing 

sector lost more than 2 million jobs, and construction 

payrolls fell by nearly 1.5 million. Over that same period, 

transportation payrolls fell by 333,000, payrolls in the 

leisure/hospitality sector fell by 454,000, and payrolls in the 

finance/insurance/real estate sectors declined by 474,000. 

More recently, many of these sectors have begun to add 

jobs. Since the labor market recovery began in early 2010, 

payrolls in manufacturing have risen by 155,000, and 

payrolls in the leisure and hospitality industries increased by 

130,000. Employment in professional and business services 

has risen by 385,000 since February 2010. A few sectors 

continued to add jobs throughout the recession: since 

December 2007, the health care and education sectors have 

together added more than 1.2 million payroll jobs, including 

a net gain of more than 800,000 jobs in health services. On 

the other hand, the Government sector, notably at the local 

level, has lost more jobs in recent months than during the 

recession. Local government payrolls fell by 91,000 between 

December 2007 and June 2009, but since then they have 

fallen by 327,000. 

The unemployment rate peaked at 10.1 percent in 

October 2009–a 26-year high and 5.7 percentage points 

above the March 2007 low of 4.4 percent. The 

unemployment rate has since declined, falling to 9.0 percent 

in January 2011. A broader measure of unemployment that 

includes workers who are underemployed and those who are 

only marginally attached to the labor force reached a record 

high of 17.4 percent in October 2009 (series dates from 

1994)–nearly double its level of 8.8 percent in December 

2007. This measure fell to 16.5 percent in June 2010 and 

then trended higher again, reaching 17.1 percent in 

September 2010 before falling to 16.1 percent in January 

2011. The percentage of the unemployed who have been out 

of work for 27 weeks or more peaked at an all-time high of 

46 percent in May 2010, but has eased in recent months to 

43.8 percent in January 2011. 
PROFILE OF THE ECONOMY 5 

March 2011 

Payroll Employment

-46

128

-256

181

-135

39

-516

-781

-643

-311

-199

-47

-2

101

-900

-800

-700

-600

-500

-400

-300

-200

-100

0

100

200

300

400

III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV

(Average monthly change in thousands

from end of quarter to end of quarter)

2007 2010 2008 2009

Unemployment Rate

3.5

4.0

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.0

6.5

7.0

7.5

8.0

8.5

9.0

9.5

10.0

10.5

11.0

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11

(Percent)

Jan. 2011

9.0%

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

Excluding food and energy Total

Consumer Prices

(Percent change from a year earlier)

Food

Inflation 

Inflation remains low. Factors including the high level of 

unemployment and the low level of capacity utilization 

continue to restrain underlying price pressures. Headline 

consumer prices rose 1.5 percent over the 12 months ending 

in December, roughly one-half the previous year’s 2.7 

percent increase. Energy prices rose 7.7 percent in the year 

through December, slowing from the 18.2 percent, yearearlier increase. On a 12-month basis core consumer prices 

(excluding food and energy) rose 0.8 percent through 

December, compared with a 1.8 percent advance a year ago. 

For the most recent 3 months, headline consumer prices 

were 1.4 percent higher at an annual rate (with energy prices 

rising 16 percent over the same period), but core consumer 

inflation was just 0.7 percent at an annual rate. 

Energy prices have risen since late 2008, but remain 

well-below the record highs reached in July of that year. The 

front-month futures price for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) 

crude oil rose to a record $147 per barrel in July 2008, then 

dropped to a low of about $34 per barrel in December 2008, 

but has since trended higher, reaching $90.77 per barrel in 

early February–up about $15 from a year ago. The retail 

price of regular gasoline hit a record of $4.11 per gallon in 

early July 2008, then, dropped to $1.61 in late December 

2008. As of early February 2011, the price had risen to $3.10 

per gallon, $1.49 higher than the December 2008 low and 44 

cents higher than a year ago. 

Food prices rose rapidly over much of 2007 and 2008, 

remaining above the overall inflation rate, then trended 

much lower, but have been rising again in recent months. In 

the 12 months through December 2010, consumer food 

prices increased 1.5 percent, much faster than the 0.5 percent 

decline of the previous year. For the 3 months ending in 

October 2010, food prices were nearly 3 percent higher at an 

annual rate, but for the most recent 3 months, food prices 

were 1.3 percent higher at an annual rate.
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March 2011 

Federal Budget 

The federal budget deficit narrowed to $1.3 trillion (8.9 

percent of GDP) in fiscal year 2010, from $1.4 trillion in 

fiscal year 2009 (9.9 percent of GDP). The Administration’s 

fiscal year 2012 Budget projects a significant narrowing of 

the deficit over the next few years. By fiscal year 2013, the 

deficit is expected to fall by half to 4.6 percent of GDP. 

Over the longer term (fiscal year 2016 to fiscal year 2021), 

the deficit is projected to average 3.1 percent of GDP. About 

80 percent of the overall deficit in the long term is due to 

interest payments; the primary deficit (receipts less spending 

excluding interest payments) is forecast to fall from 7.6 

percent of GDP in fiscal year 2010 to 0.4 percent in fiscal 

year 2016, then shift to rough balance in fiscal year 2017 

and to a small surplus of about 0.3 percent of GDP from 

fiscal year 2018 to fiscal year 2021. 

Economic Policy 

Key fiscal and monetary policy actions taken over the 

past few years have aided the recovery. Most recently, the 

Federal Government took additional steps to help solidify 

the economic recovery by extending tax relief and 

unemployment benefits. 

On the fiscal policy side, the ARRA authorized the 

Federal government to spend $787 billion to stimulate 

domestic demand. As of late January 2011, about $600 

billion in funds had been paid out. This spending has 

provided an important boost to economic activity in recent 

years. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the 

Recovery Act raised employment relative to what it 

otherwise would have been by between 1.4 million and 3.7 

million in the third quarter of 2010. 

Late in 2009, the first-time home buyer tax credit was 

temporarily extended and expanded to include all home 

buyers (it expired on April 30, 2010), and a new Small 

Business Jobs and Wages Tax Credit was announced to help 

small businesses create jobs. In August 2010, the 

Government approved legislation providing an additional 

$26 billion for State and local Governments to support jobs 

and medical services. Finally, in December 2010, the Tax 

Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job 

Creation Act of 2010 authorized a 2 percent payroll tax cut, 

an extension of unemployment benefits, and extensions of 

refundable tax credits. 

Partly in response to rising financial market stress, as 

well as to signs of more slowing in the broader economy, the 

Federal Reserve began easing monetary policy in August 

2007. By late 2008, the Federal Open Market Committee 

(FOMC) had lowered the federal funds target interest rate 

dramatically, reducing it to a historically low target range of 

0 percent to 0.25 percent at the December 2008 FOMC 

meeting. That target range was maintained at the FOMC’s 

most recent meeting in late January 2011. At the same time, 

the Committee observed a continuation of economic 

recovery and subdued inflation, but also noted that the pace 

of economic recovery has been insufficient to bring about 

significant improvement in employment. In addition to 

lowering the federal funds rate target, in late 2008, the 

Federal Reserve significantly expanded its tools to increase 

liquidity in credit markets and eased lending terms to sectors 

in need of liquidity, including a variety of facilities and 

funds directed at specific financial markets. As of June 30, 

2010, all of these special facilities had expired. At the 

August 2010 FOMC meeting, the Federal Reserve 

announced that it would maintain its holdings of securities at 

current levels by reinvesting principal payments from 

agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in 

longer-term Treasury securities and to continue rolling over 

the Federal Reserve’s holdings of Treasury securities as they 

mature. At its most recent meeting in January, the FOMC 

reaffirmed its November 2010 announcement that it would 

expand its holdings of securities by purchasing a further 

$600 billion of longer-term Treasury securities by the end of 

the second quarter of 2011, at a pace of about $75 billion per 

month.

Financial Markets 

Financial markets have largely recovered from the 

unprecedented strains experienced in the fall of 2008. Credit 

flows began picking up early in 2009 and have since 

improved substantially, and bank lending, appears to be 

picking up more noticeably. Worthy of note, too, is that loan 

demand is starting to increase. Measures of risk tolerance 

and volatility have largely returned to pre-crisis levels. 

After plunging 38.5 percent in 2008, the sharpest loss 

since 1931 (when an earlier version of the index, containing 

only 90 stocks, dropped 47 percent), the S&P 500 index rose 

23.5 percent in 2009 and 12.8 percent in 2010. Measured 

from the S&P 500’s 12-year low in mid-March 2009, the 

index has risen 95 percent through early February, and thus 

far in 2011, is about 5.5 percent higher. The S&P Stock 

Market Volatility Index (VIX), often used as a measure of 

financial market uncertainty, surged to an all-time high of 80 

percent in late October 2008, after hovering in a range of 20 

to 30 percent for most of that year. The VIX retreated fairly 

steadily during 2009, ending that year at about 20 percent, 

but fluctuated more widely last year, resurging to a recent 

peak of nearly 46 percent in mid-May 2010. Since then, it 

has declined more steadily, to about 16 percent in early 

February 2011. 

A variety of factors have buffeted long-term Treasury 

interest rates, including flight-to quality flows in response to 

multiple financial market pressures as well as supply 

concerns related to funding of the government’s debt. The 

yield on the 10-year note reached a low of 2.1 percent in late 

December 2008, but then moved higher, closing in early 

April 2010 above the 4 percent mark for the first time since 

October 2008. For the remainder of last year, the yield fell, 

reaching a recent low of 2.41 percent in early October before 

resuming an upward climb. As of early February 2011, the 

yield was nearly 3.7 percent, roughly 160 basis points above 
PROFILE OF THE ECONOMY 7 

March 2011 

the December 2008 low. The 3-month Treasury bill yield, by 

contrast, generally trended lower throughout 2008 under the 

relatively steady influence of safe-haven demand for shortterm liquid assets. The yield almost fell to zero–a record 

low–by the end of December 2008, then fluctuated in a 

range of 0.0 to 0.2 percent throughout 2009. Last year, the 

yield moved in a narrow range of 0.05 to 0.2 percent, 

fluctuating at the upper end of this range in the past several 

months and reaching 0.16 percent as of early February 2011. 

The 2- to 10-year Treasury yield spread, one measure of the 

steepness of the yield curve, widened (steepened) noticeably 

starting in mid-2007, when it was roughly 20 basis points, to 

290 basis points in mid-January 2010, then narrowed during 

the rest of last year, reaching about 200 basis points last 

October. Since then, this spread has widened, and reached 

290 basis points as of early February 2011. In the current 

economic environment, a generally steepening yield curve 

may suggest a rising probability of economic recovery. 

Key interest rates on private securities, which spiked in 

response to financial market turbulence in late 2008, have 

since retraced as conditions have stabilized. The spread 

between the 3-month London Inter-bank Offered Rate 

(LIBOR) and the 3-month Treasury bill rate (the TED 

spread, a measure of inter-bank liquidity and credit risk) rose 

to an all-time high of nearly 460 basis points in early 

October 2008. However, improvements in short-term credit 

availability led to a narrowing of this spread to 9 basis points 

in March 2010. Through mid-June 2010, the spread widened 

again to nearly 50 basis points, then narrowed to a recent 

low of 12 basis points in late November. As of early 

February 2011, the spread was about 16 basis points. The 

spread between the Baa corporate bond yield and the 10-year 

Treasury yield peaked at nearly 620 basis points in 

December 2008. After narrowing in 2009 and early 2010, 

the spread widened again to a recent peak of 331 basis points 

in mid-November 2010. Since late last year, however, the 

spread has remained consistently below 300 basis points, 

falling to 257 basis points in early February, though still 

very high by historical standards. 

Rates for conforming mortgages have trended lower in 

recent years, as have rates for jumbo mortgages. The interest 

rate for a 30-year conforming fixed-rate mortgage fell to a 

record low of 4.17 percent in early November 2010 but 

climbed to 5.1 percent in early February 2011. 

Foreign Exchange Rates 

The value of the U.S. dollar compared with the 

currencies of seven major trading partners (the euro area 

countries, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, 

Sweden, and Switzerland) has depreciated significantly from 

its peak in February 2002, but in more recent years, has 

begun to stabilize. Between February 2002 and January 

2009, the exchange value of the dollar compared to an index 

of these currencies fell by about 16 percent. Between 

October 2007 and October 2009, however, the dollar 

appreciated by roughly 1.0 percent against these currencies. 

Over the longer timeframe, the dollar depreciated by about 

33 percent against the yen, and by 34 percent against the 

euro. Over the past 2 years, the dollar has depreciated by 

about 8 percent against the yen and by 1 percent against the 

euro. The dollar appreciated against an index of currencies 

of 19 other important trading partners (including China, 

India, and Mexico). Between February 2002 and January 

2009, the dollar firmed by about 1 percent against this basket 

of currencies. However, over the past 2 years, the dollar has 

depreciated against this index by almost 9 percent. 

Long-Term Interest Rate Spreads

-1.0

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

(Percent)

Corporate Baa to

Treasury 10-Year

Yield Spread

Treasury Two-Year to

Ten-Year Yield Spread

Short-Term Interest Rate Spreads

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

(Percent)

TED Spread

Libor-OIS Spread
March 2011 

8 

INTRODUCTION: Federal Fiscal Operations 

Budget authority usually takes the form of appropriations 

that allow obligations to be incurred and payments to be 

made. Reappropriations are Congressional actions that 

extend the availability of unobligated amounts that have 

expired or would otherwise expire. These are counted as 

new budget authority in the fiscal year of the legislation in 

which the reappropriation act is included, regardless of when 

the amounts were originally appropriated or when they 

would otherwise lapse. 

Obligations generally are liquidated by the issuance of 

checks or the disbursement of cash—outlays. Obligations 

may also be liquidated (and outlays recorded) by the accrual 

of interest on public issues of Treasury debt securities 

(including an increase in redemption value of bonds 

outstanding); or by the issuance of bonds, debentures, notes, 

monetary credits, or electronic payments. 

Refunds of collections generally are treated as reductions 

of collections, whereas payments for earned-income tax 

credits in excess of tax liabilities are treated as outlays. 

Outlays during a fiscal year may be for payment of 

obligations incurred in prior years or in the same year. 

Outlays, therefore, flow in part from unexpended balances of 

prior year budget authority and from budget authority 

provided for the year in which the money is spent. Total 

outlays include both budget and off-budget outlays and are 

stated net of offsetting collections. 

Receipts are reported in the tables as either budget 

receipts or offsetting collections. They are collections from 

the public, excluding receipts offset against outlays. These, 

also called governmental receipts, consist mainly of tax 

receipts (including social insurance taxes), receipts from 

court fines, certain licenses, and deposits of earnings by the 

Federal Reserve system. Refunds of receipts are treated as 

deductions from gross receipts. Total Government receipts 

are compared with total outlays in calculating the budget 

surplus or deficit. 

Offsetting collections from other Government accounts 

or the public are of a business-type or market-oriented 

nature. They are classified as either collections credited to 

appropriations or fund accounts, or offsetting receipts (i.e., 

amounts deposited in receipt accounts). The former normally 

can be used without an appropriation act by Congress. These 

occur in two instances: (1) when authorized by law, amounts 

collected for materials or services are treated as 

reimbursements to appropriations. For accounting purposes, 

earned reimbursements are also known as revenues. These 

offsetting collections are netted against gross outlays in 

determining net outlays from such appropriations; and (2) in 

the three types of revolving funds (public enterprise, 

intragovernmental, and trust); offsetting collections are 

netted against spending, and outlays are reported as the net 

amount. 

Offsetting receipts in receipt accounts cannot be used 

without appropriation. They are subdivided into three 

categories: (1) proprietary receipts, or collections from the 

public, offset against outlays by agency and by function; (2) 

intragovernmental transactions, or payments into receipt 

accounts from governmental appropriation or fund accounts. 

They finance operations within and between Government 

agencies and are credited with collections from other 

Government accounts; and (3) offsetting governmental 

receipts that include foreign cash contributions. 

Intrabudgetary transactions are subdivided into three 

categories: (1) interfund transactions—payments are from 

one fund group (either Federal funds or trust funds) to a 

receipt account in the other fund group; (2) Federal intrafund 

transactions—payments and receipts both occur within the 

Federal fund group; and (3) trust intrafund transactions—

payments and receipts both occur within the trust fund 

group. 

Offsetting receipts are generally deducted from budget 

authority and outlays by function, subfunction, or agency. 

There are four types of receipts, however, that are deducted 

from budget totals as undistributed offsetting receipts. They 

are: (1) agencies’ payments (including payments by offbudget Federal entities) as employers into employees’ 

retirement funds; (2) interest received by trust funds; (3) 

rents and royalties on the Outer Continental Shelf lands; and 

(4) other interest (i.e., that collected on Outer Continental 

Shelf money in deposit funds when such money is 

transferred into the budget). 

The Government has used the unified budget concept set 

forth in the “Report of the President’s Commission on 

Budget Concepts” as a foundation for its budgetary analysis 

and presentation since 1969. The concept calls for the 

budget to include all of the Government’s fiscal transactions 

with the public. Since 1971, however, various laws have 

been enacted removing several Federal entities from (or 

creating them outside of) the budget. Other laws have moved 

certain off-budget Federal entities onto the budget. Under 

current law, the off-budget Federal entities consist of the two 

Social Security trust funds, Federal Old-Age and Survivors 

Insurance and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, 

and the Postal Service. 

Although an off-budget Federal entity’s receipts, outlays, 

and surplus or deficit ordinarily are not subject to targets set 

by the Congressional resolution, the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 [commonly known 

as the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act as amended by the 

Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (2 United States Code 900-

922)] included off-budget surplus or deficit in calculating 

deficit targets under that act and in calculating excess deficit. 

Partly for this reason, attention has focused on both on- and 

off-budget receipts, outlays and deficit of the Government. 
FEDERAL FISCAL OPERATIONS 

March 2011 

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Tables FFO-1, FFO-2, and FFO-3 are published 

quarterly and cover 5 years of data, estimates for 2 years, 

detail for 13 months, and fiscal year-to-date data. They 

provide a summary of data relating to Federal fiscal 

operations reported by Federal entities and disbursing 

officers, and daily reports from the FRBs. They also detail 

accounting transactions affecting receipts and outlays of the 

Government and off-budget Federal entities and their related 

effect on assets and liabilities of the Government. Data are 

derived from the “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts 

and Outlays of the United States Government.” 

• Table FFO-1 summarizes the amount of total 

receipts, outlays, and surplus or deficit, as well as 

transactions in Federal securities, monetary assets, and 

balances in Treasury operating cash. 

• Table FFO-2 includes on- and off-budget receipts 

by source. Amounts represent income taxes, social insurance 

taxes, net contributions for other insurance and retirement, 

excise taxes, estate and gift taxes, customs duties, and net 

miscellaneous receipts. 

• Table FFO-3 details on- and off-budget outlays by 

agency. 

• Table FFO-4 summarizes on- and off-budget 

receipts by source and outlays by function as reported to 

each major fund group classification for the current fiscal 

year to date and prior fiscal year to date. 

• Table FFO-5 summarizes internal revenue receipts 

by states and by type of tax. Amounts reported are 

collections made in a fiscal year. They span several tax 

liability years because they consist of prepayments 

(estimated tax payments and taxes withheld by employers 

for individual income and Social Security taxes), payments 

made with tax returns and subsequent payments made after 

tax returns are due or are filed (that is, payments with 

delinquent returns or on delinquent accounts). 

Amounts are reported based on the primary filing 

address provided by each taxpayer or reporting entity. For 

multistate corporations, the address may reflect only the 

district where such a corporation reported its taxes from a 

principal office rather than other districts where income was 

earned or where individual income and Social Security taxes 

were withheld. In addition, an individual may reside in one 

district and work in another. 

• Table FFO-6 includes customs collection of duties, 

taxes, and fees by districts and ports.

Budget Results and Financing of the U.S. Government 

and First-Quarter Receipts by Source 

[Source: Office of Tax Analysis, Office of Tax Policy] 

First-Quarter Receipts 

The following capsule analysis of budget 

receipts, by source, for the first quarter of fiscal 

year 2011 supplements fiscal data reported in the 

December issue of the “Treasury Bulletin.” At the 

time of that issue’s release, not enough data were 

available to adequately analyze collections for the 

quarter. 

Individual income taxes—Individual income tax 

receipts, net of refunds, were $256.0 billion for the first 

quarter of fiscal year 2011. This is an increase of $48.3 

billion over the comparable prior year quarter. Withheld 

receipts increased by $37.0 billion and non-withheld receipts 

increased by $4.1 billion during this period. Refunds 

decreased by $7.2 billion over the comparable fiscal year 

2010 quarter. There was a increase of $6.4 billion in 

accounting adjustments between individual income tax 

receipts and the Social Security and Medicare trust funds 

over the comparable quarter in fiscal year 2010. 

Corporate income taxes—Net corporate income tax 

receipts were $35.9 billion for the first quarter of fiscal year 

2011. This is an increase of $2.0 billion compared to the 

prior year first quarter. The $2.0 billion change is comprised 

of an increase of $3.6 billion in estimated and final 

payments, and an increase of $1.6 billion in corporate 

refunds. 

Employment taxes and contributions—Employment 

taxes and contributions receipts for the first quarter of fiscal 

year 2011 were $180.5 billion, a decrease of $8.5 billion 

over the comparable prior year quarter. Receipts to the 

Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, Federal Disability 

Insurance, and Federal Hospital Insurance trust funds 

changed by -$6.0 billion, -$1.0 billion, and -$1.6 billion 

respectively. There was a -$16.8 billion accounting 

adjustment for prior years employment tax liabilities made in 

the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, while there was a -$10.4 

billion adjustment in the first quarter of fiscal year 2010. 

Unemployment insurance—Unemployment insurance 

receipts, net of refunds, for the first quarter of fiscal year 

2011 were $9.1 billion, an increase of $3.7 billion over the 

comparable quarter of fiscal year 2010. Net State taxes 

deposited in the U.S. Treasury increased by $3.6 billion to 

$8.4 billion. Net Federal Unemployment Tax Act taxes 

increased by $0.1 billion to $0.7 billion. 
FEDERAL FISCAL OPERATIONS 

March 2011 

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Budget Results and Financing of the U.S. Government 

and First-Quarter Receipts by Source, con.

Contributions for other insurance and retirement—

Contributions for other retirement were $1.1 billion for the 

first quarter of fiscal year 2011. This was a negligible 

change from the comparable quarter of fiscal year 2010. 

Excise taxes—Net excise tax receipts for the first 

quarter of fiscal year 2011 were $16.8 billion, an increase of 

$0.5 billion over the comparable prior year quarter. Total 

excise tax refunds for the quarter were $0.5 billion, not a 

significant change over the comparable prior year quarter. 

Estate and gift taxes—Net estate and gift tax receipts 

were $0.7 billion for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011. 

These receipts represent a decrease of $3.2 billion over the 

same quarter in fiscal year 2010, mainly due to the 

expiration of the estate tax in 2010. 

Customs duties—Customs duties net of refunds were 

$7.4 billion for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011. This is 

an increase of $1.4 billion over the comparable prior year 

quarter. 

Miscellaneous receipts—Net miscellaneous receipts 

for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011 were $24.2 billion, a 

decrease of $0.1 billion over the comparable prior year 

quarter. This change is due in part to deposits of earnings by 

Federal Reserve banks decreasing by $0.5 billion. 

Total On- and Off-Budget Results and Financing of the U.S. Government 

[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”] 

 First quarter 

 Oct. - Dec. 

 Actual fiscal 

year to date 2011 

Total on- and off-budget results: 

Total receipts ............................................................... 531,796 531,796

On-budget receipts .................................................. 396,022 396,022

Off-budget receipts .................................................. 135,775 135,775

Total outlays................................................................. 902,620 902,620

On-budget outlays.................................................... 787,962 787,962

Off-budget outlays.................................................... 114,656 114,656

Total surplus or deficit (-) ............................................. -370,822 -370,822

On-budget surplus or deficit (-)................................ -391,940 -391,940

Off-budget surplus or deficit (-)................................ 21,118 21,118

Means of financing: 

Borrowing from the public............................................ 367,886 367,886

Reduction of operating cash........................................ -32,895 -32,895

Other means ................................................................ 35,831 35,831

Total on- and off-budget financing........................... 370,822 370,822

First-Quarter Net Budget Receipts by Source, Fiscal Year 2011 

[In billions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”] 

Source Oct. Nov. Dec. 

Individual income taxes...................................................... 71.4 64.3 120.3 

Corporate income taxes..................................................... -4.4 -3.1 43.4 

Employment and general retirement.................................. 61.0 65.8 53.7 

Unemployment insurance .................................................. 1.7 4.8 2.7 

Contributions for other insurance and retirement .............. 0.4 0.3 0.4 

Excise taxes ....................................................................... 4.5 6.3 6.0 

Estate and gift taxes .......................................................... 0.3 0.2 0.2 

Customs duties .................................................................. 2.6 2.5 2.3 

Miscellaneous receipts....................................................... 8.5 7.7 8.0

Total budget receipts ..................................................... 146.0 149.0 236.9

Note.—Detail may not add to totals due to independent rounding. 
FEDERAL FISCAL OPERATIONS 

March 2011 

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CHART FFO-A.—

Monthly Receipts and Outlays, 2009-2010

(In billions of dollars) 

-50

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

DJ F MAMJ J A SOND

On-budget

receipts

Off-budget

receipts

On-budget

outlays

Off-budget

outlays

0

100

200

300

Individual

income

taxes

Social

insurance

and

retirement

receipts

Corporate

income

taxes

Misc. 

receipts **

Excise

taxes

Custom

duties

Estate/gift

taxes

* Prior-year data are for the comparable year.

2010

2009 *

CHART FFO-B.—

Budget Receipts by Source, Fiscal Year to Date, 2009-2010

(In billions of dollars) 

** Both receipts and outlays have been increased by $10 million to reflect the 

reclassification of a Proprietary Receipt to a Government Receipt by the Financial 

Research Board for the month of November 2010. 
FEDERAL FISCAL OPERATIONS 

March 2011 

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TABLE FFO-1.—Summary of Fiscal Operations 

[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”] 

Total on-budget and off-budget results 

Fiscal year 

or month 

Total receipts 

 (1) 

 On-budget

 receipts 

 (2) 

 Off-budget 

 receipts 

 (3) 

Total 

outlays 

(4) 

On-budget 

outlays 

(5) 

Off-budget 

outlays 

(6) 

Total 

surplus or

deficit (-) 

(7) 

On-budget 

surplus or 

deficit (-) 

(8) 

Off-budget 

surplus or

deficit (-) 

(9) 

Means of 

financing 

– net transactions

Borrowing from 

the public– 

Federal securities

Public debt 

securities 

(10) 

 

2006 ............................ 2,406,328 1,797,946 608,382 2,654,525 2,232,456 422,069 -248,197 -434,510 186,313 546,436 

2007 ............................ 2,567,447 1,932,359 635,088 2,728,970 2,275,334 453,636 -161,527 -342,978 181,452 499,976 

2008 ............................ 2,523,324 1,865,279 658,045 2,978,123 2,503,371 474,751 -454,798 -638,092 183,294 1,035,015 

2009 ............................ 2,104,365 1,450,355 654,010 3,520,088 3,003,070 517,018 -1,415,722 -1,552,714 136,992 1,889,727 

2010 ............................ 2,161,745 1,530,058 631,688 3,455,835 2,901,150 554,685 -1,294,090 -1,371,093 77,004 1,652,342 

2011 - Est.................... 2,131,655 1,500,491 631,164 3,602,955 3,045,548 557,407 -1,471,300 -1,545,057 73,757 1,901,690 

2012 - Est.................... 2,425,725 1,763,806 661,919 3,841,920 3,259,207 582,713 -1,416,195 -1,495,401 79,206 1,485,919 

2009 - Dec................... 218,918 173,093 45,825 310,328 282,890 27,438 -91,410 -109,797 18,387 197,876 

2010 - Jan ................... 205,239 142,046 63,193 247,873 227,488 20,386 -42,634 -85,441 42,807 -33,615 

Feb .................. 107,520 58,467 49,053 328,429 272,296 56,132 -220,909 -213,830 -7,079 160,619 

Mar .................. 153,358 103,165 50,193 218,745 162,696 56,049 -65,387 -59,531 -5,856 332,391 

Apr................... 245,260 176,472 68,788 327,950 276,119 51,830 -82,689 -99,647 16,958 174,543 

May.................. 146,794 94,337 52,457 282,721 225,281 57,441 -135,927 -130,943 -4,984 43,257 

June................. 251,048 195,558 55,490 319,470 316,411 3,059 -68,422 -120,853 52,431 209,886 

July .................. 155,546 105,885 49,661 320,588 267,809 52,779 -165,043 -161,924 -3,118 37,478 

Aug .................. 163,998 114,564 49,434 254,524 197,201 57,323 -90,526 -82,637 -7,889 211,256 

Sept................. 245,206 194,528 50,678 279,698 216,552 63,147 -34,493 -22,024 -12,468 112,781 

Oct................... 145,951 99,702 46,249 286,384 232,255 54,128 -140,432 -132,553 -7,879 108,712 

Nov .................. 148,970 99,222 49,748 299,364 241,169 58,195 -150,394 -141,947 -8,447 192,517 

Dec .................. 236,875 197,098 39,778 316,872 314,538 2,333 -79,996 -117,440 37,444 162,832 

Fiscal year 2011 to date ... 531,796 396,022 135,775 902,620 787,962 114,656 -370,822 -391,940 21,118 464,061 

 

Means of financing—net transactions, con. 

Borrowing from the publicFederal securities, con. Cash and monetary assets (deduct) 

Fiscal year 

or month 

Agency 

securities 

(11) 

Investments 

 of Government

accounts 

(12) 

Total 

10+11-12

(13) 

U.S. Treasury 

operating 

cash 

(14) 

Special 

drawing

rights 

(15) 

Other 

(16) 

Reserve 

position on the 

U.S. quota in 

the 

IMF (deduct)

 (17) 

Other 

(18) 

Transactions 

not applied 

to year’s 

surplus or 

deficit 

(19) 

Total 

Financing 

(20) 

 

2006 ...................................... -245 309,215 236,975 16,447 410 196 -6,626 20,983 666 248,197 

2007 ...................................... -433 293,218 206,325 23,110 646 1,314 -2,157 -22,667 - 160,745 

2008 ...................................... 145 267,438 767,722 296,371 117 1,552 286 -15,356 - 454,040 

2009 ...................................... 99 146,766 1,743,060 -96,343 45,528 1,674 8,719 -368,200 - 1,415,282 

2010 ...................................... 771 179,044 1,474,069 34,567 -535 -535 -531 -147,388 375 1,294,090 

2011 - Est.............................. 973 247,901 1,654,763 -5,265 * * * -188,728 * 1,471,300 

2012 - Est.............................. 759 136,631 1,350,046 -200,000 * * * -133,851 * 1,416,195 

2009 - Dec ............................ 287 99,795 98,367 77,398 -1,567 -254 309 68,829 100 91,410 

2010 - Jan ............................. 46 18,355 -51,924 -102,085 -498 66 * -7,959 - 42,634 

Feb ............................ -105 -16,217 176,731 -49,722 -791 -349 155 -6,529 - 220,909 

Mar ............................ 146 -20,396 352,933 176,714 -529 494 57 -110,810 - 65,387 

Apr............................. 68 31,142 143,469 81,729 -263 420 -157 20,949 - 82,689 

May............................ 186 -16,645 60,088 -78,369 -1,350 -209 198 -3,891 - 135,927 

June........................... 15 68,970 140,931 67,685 169 68 -274 -4,861 - 68,422 

July ............................ 116 -32,158 69,753 -86,335 1,461 50 969 11,435 - 165,043 

Aug ............................ -61 -11,791 222,985 74,254 -347 346 -226 -58,432 - 90,526 

Sept........................... 65 15,474 97,373 32,366 1,744 -221 832 -28,434 275 34,493 

Oct............................. 111 61,033 47,790 -83,658 576 73 189 9,822 - 140,432 

Nov ............................ -52 -13,168 205,633 55,202 -1,688 101 -771 -2,395 - 150,394 

Dec ............................ 134 48,503 114,463 61,351 526 -773 136 26,773 - 79,996 Fiscal year 2011 to date........... 193 96,368 367,886 32,895 -586 -599 -446 34,200 - 370,822 

 

Note.—These estimates are based on the Fiscal Year 2011 Mid-Session Review, released 

by the Office of Management and Budget on July 23, 2010. 

Note.—This issue includes a reclassification of gift and donation receipts from 

Governmental Receipts to Proprietary Receipts from the Public. 

* Less than $500,000. 

- No Transactions 

Detail may not add to totals due to rounding. 
FEDERAL FISCAL OPERATIONS 

March 2011 

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TABLE FFO-2.—On-Budget and Off-Budget Receipts by Source 

[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”] 

Income taxes 

Individual Corporation 

Social insurance 

and retirement receipts

 Employment and general retirement 

Old-age, disability, and 

hospital insurance 

Fiscal year 

or month 

Withheld 

(1) 

Other 

(2) 

Refunds 

(3) 

 Net 

 (4) 

 Gross 

 (5) 

Refunds

(6) 

Net 

 (7) 

Net income 

taxes 

(8) 

 Gross 

 (9) 

 

Refunds

 (10) 

 Net 

 (11) 

 

2006 .................. 848,954 387,307 192,354 1,043,908 380,925 27,010 353,915 1,397,823 788,024 2,213 785,811 

2007 .................. 928,583 437,668 202,779 1,163,472 395,534 25,292 370,243 1,533,715 822,216 2,220 819,996 

2008 .................. 970,195 455,399 279,845 1,145,748 354,293 49,947 304,346 1,450,094 854,485 2,461 852,024 

2009 .................. 861,774 312,474 258,940 915,307 225,891 87,662 138,229 1,053,536 847,184 2,511 844,673 

2010 .................. 880,361 278,220 260,033 898,549 279,880 88,443 191,437 1,089,986 813,505 1,748 811,756 

 

2011 - Est.......... 884,776 - - 884,776 180,240 - 180,240 1,065,016 811,194 - 811,194 

2012 - Est.......... 1,031,926 - - 1,031,926 280,396 - 280,396 1,312,322 853,475 - 853,475 

 

2009 - Dec......... 93,375 7,449 2,199 98,625 45,500 4,970 40,530 139,155 60,587 - 60,587 

2010 - Jan ......... 65,835 44,782 7,094 103,523 8,989 5,757 3,232 106,755 80,933 - 80,933 

Feb ........ 77,424 3,967 58,642 22,749 14,823 6,589 8,234 30,983 61,789 - 61,789 

Mar ........ 101,735 8,989 51,220 59,503 30,622 22,044 8,578 68,081 62,829 - 62,829 

Apr......... 69,556 106,518 68,765 107,309 32,683 9,566 23,118 130,427 88,434 - 88,434 

May........ 60,212 6,151 20,809 45,554 8,515 4,110 4,405 49,959 66,366 11 66,355 

June....... 79,975 34,846 5,817 109,005 56,529 5,061 51,468 160,473 70,703 - 70,703 

July ........ 66,995 4,786 7,706 64,076 10,145 3,391 6,753 70,829 63,437 -11 63,448 

Aug ........ 71,717 4,427 4,373 71,771 5,933 3,249 2,684 74,455 63,319 - 63,319 

Sept....... 70,883 40,620 4,176 107,327 54,046 5,006 49,040 156,367 67,727 1,748 65,979 

Oct......... 69,456 11,359 9,417 71,399 8,729 13,132 -4,404 66,995 60,675 - 60,675 

Nov ........ 72,592 4,063 12,349 64,306 3,648 6,713 -3,065 61,241 65,456 - 65,456 

Dec ........ 111,023 11,803 2,510 120,316 48,864 5,463 43,400 163,716 53,289 - 53,289 

 

Fiscal year 2011 

 to date................. 253,071 27,225 24,276 256,021 61,241 25,308 35,931 291,952 179,420 - 179,420 

 

Social insurance and retirement receipts, con. 

Employment and general retirement, con. Unemployment insurance Net for other insurance and retirement 

Railroad retirement 

Fiscal year 

or month 

Gross 

(12) 

Refunds 

(13) 

Net 

(14) 

Net employment 

and general 

retirement 

(15) 

Gross 

(16) 

 Refunds 

 (17) 

 Net un- 

 employment 

 insurance 

 (18) 

Federal 

employees 

retirement 

(19) 

Other 

retirement 

(20) 

Total 

(21) 

 

2006 ............................ 4,234 2 4,231 790,042 43,559 139 43,420 4,308 50 4,358 

2007 ............................ 4,263 2 4,261 824,257 41,216 125 41,091 4,207 51 4,258 

2008 ............................ 4,445 12 4,433 856,457 39,642 115 39,527 4,125 44 4,169 

2009 ............................ 4,214 1 4,213 848,886 37,996 107 37,889 4,104 38 4,142 

2010 ............................ 4,142 1 4,140 815,896 44,921 97 44,823 4,040 35 4,076 

 

2011 - Est.................... 4,173 - 4,173 815,367 44,960 - 44,960 4,413 27 4,440 

2012 - Est.................... 4,215 - 4,215 857,690 54,422 - 54,422 4,250 26 4,276 

 

2009 - Dec. ................ 377 * 377 60,963 457 4 454 408 3 411 

2010 - Jan ................... 347 * 347 81,280 1,283 4 1,279 289 3 291 

Feb.................. 456 * 456 62,245 3,362 1 3,360 313 3 317 

Mar.................. 445 * 445 63,274 702 8 693 314 3 318 

Apr................... 368 4 364 88,798 8,455 20 8,435 379 4 383 

May ................. 370 2 368 66,724 14,599 8 14,591 311 2 314 

June ................ -101 * -101 70,602 1,138 10 1,128 370 3 373 

July.................. 389 -4 392 63,841 2,388 14 2,373 329 3 333 

Aug.................. 432 -1 433 63,752 6,817 7 6,810 310 2 312 

Sept................. 357 * 357 66,336 718 13 705 313 3 316 

Oct................... 358 * 358 61,034 1,682 5 1,677 379 2 382 

Nov.................. 386 * 386 65,842 4,818 1 4,817 337 2 339 

Dec.................. 379 * 379 53,669 2,659 4 2,655 368 3 370 

 

Fiscal year 2011 to date.... 1,123 - 1,123 180,545 9,159 10 9,149 1,084 7 1,091 

 

See footnotes at end of table. 
FEDERAL FISCAL OPERATIONS 

March 2011 

14 

Net miscellaneous receipts 

Estate and gift taxes Customs duties Total receipts 

Fiscal year 

or month 

Excise 

taxes, con.

Net excise 

taxes 

(35) 

 Gross 

 (36) 

 Refunds 

 (37) 

Net 

(38) 

Gross 

(39) 

Refunds

(40) 

Net 

(41) 

Deposits of 

earnings by 

Federal 

Reserve banks

(42) 

Universal 

service 

fund and all

other 

(43) 

Total 

(44) 

On-budget 

(45) 

Off-budget

(46) 

 

2006 ....................... 73,962 28,688 811 27,877 25,701 891 24,810 29,945 14,092 44,037 1,797,946 608,382 

2007 ....................... 65,069 26,978 934 26,044 27,548 1,538 26,010 32,043 14,960 47,003 1,932,359 635,088 

2008 ....................... 67,334 29,824 980 28,844 28,537 969 27,568 33,598 15,732 49,330 1,865,279 658,045 

2009 ....................... 62,484 24,677 1,195 23,482 23,546 1,092 22,454 34,318 17,172 51,490 1,450,355 654,010 

2010 ....................... 66,909 19,751 865 18,886 26,266 969 25,297 75,845 20,029 95,873 1,530,058 631,687 

2011 - Est............... 70,057 18,922 - 18,922 23,461 - 23,461 72,752 17,930 90,682 1,500,491 631,164 

2012 - Est............... 75,799 25,076 - 25,076 26,632 - 26,632 73,351 16,157 89,508 1,763,806 661,919 

2009 - Dec ............. 5,868 1,437 76 1,361 1,950 97 1,853 7,132 1,722 8,853 173,093 45,825 

2010 - Jan .............. 5,625 1,518 33 1,485 2,128 53 2,075 5,265 1,185 6,450 142,046 63,193 

Feb ............. 862 1,145 81 1,064 1,759 67 1,692 5,760 1,237 6,998 58,467 49,053 

Mar ............. 6,782 2,916 86 2,830 2,046 104 1,942 7,427 2,010 9,437 103,165 50,193 

Apr.............. 6,321 3,323 73 3,250 2,171 54 2,117 3,763 1,766 5,529 176,472 68,788 

May ............ 4,692 1,212 79 1,133 1,855 71 1,784 6,240 1,357 7,598 94,337 52,457 

June ........... 6,725 1,427 56 1,371 2,255 99 2,156 6,803 1,419 8,222 195,558 55,490 

July............. 5,916 1,460 62 1,398 2,723 74 2,649 6,488 1,719 8,207 105,885 49,661 

Aug............. 5,306 1,334 53 1,281 2,434 102 2,332 7,412 2,337 9,750 114,564 49,434 

Sept............ 8,361 1,161 53 1,108 2,685 59 2,626 7,423 1,966 9,386 194,528 50,678 

Oct.............. 4,476 330 49 281 2,699 80 2,619 6,569 1,919 8,488 99,702 46,249 

Nov............. 6,326 320 95 225 2,553 95 2,458 5,915 r 1,807 r 7,722 r 99,222 49,748 

Dec............. 5,968 289 71 218 2,390 94 2,296 6,269 1,714 7,983 197,098 39,778 

Fiscal year 2011 

 to date....................... 16,770 939 215 724 7,642 269 7,373 18,753 5,440 24,193 396,022 135,775 

Note.—These estimates are based on the Fiscal Year 2011 Mid-Session Review, released by 

the Office of Management and Budget on July 23, 2010. 

Note.—This issue includes a reclassification of gift and donation receipts from 

Governmental Receipts to Proprietary Receipts from the Public. 

* Less than $500,000. 

- No transactions. 

Detail may not add to totals due to rounding. 

TABLE FFO-2.—On-Budget and Off-Budget Receipts by Source, con. 

[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”] 

Excise taxes 

Airport and Airway Trust Fund 

Black Lung Disability 

Trust Fund Highway Trust Fund Miscellaneous 

Fiscal year 

or month 

Social 

insurance 

and retirement

receipts, con.

Net social 

insurance and 

retirement 

receipts 

(22) 

Gross 

(23) 

Refunds 

 (24) 

 Net 

 (25) 

Gross

(26) 

Refunds

(27) 

Net 

(28) 

Gross

(29) 

Refunds

(30) 

 Net 

 (31) 

 Gross 

 (32) 

 Refunds

 (33) 

 Net 

 (34) 

 

2006.............................. 837,820 10,531 105 10,425 607 - 607 39,433 891 38,543 25,509 1,123 24,386 

2007.............................. 869,607 11,535 67 11,468 639 - 639 40,402 1,040 39,362 18,734 5,134 13,600 

2008.............................. 900,154 12,048 56 11,992 653 - 653 37,441 1,057 36,385 19,742 1,438 18,304 

2009.............................. 890,918 10,679 110 10,569 645 - 645 36,007 1,046 34,961 23,408 7,100 16,308 

2010.............................. 864,795 10,631 19 10,613 595 - 595 35,563 569 34,994 27,943 7,233 20,710 - 

2011 - Est ..................... 864,767 10,636 - 10,636 620 - 620 37,042 - 37,042 21,759 - 21,759 

2012 - Est ..................... 916,388 11,196 - 11,196 629 - 629 38,142 - 38,142 25,832 - 25,832 - 

2009 - Dec .................... 61,828 886 - 886 55 - 55 2,988 - 2,988 2,147 207 1,940 

2010 - Jan..................... 82,850 868 - 868 54 - 54 2,927 - 2,927 1,834 57 1,777 

Feb.................... 65,922 722 4 718 47 - 47 2,749 342 2,407 781 3,093 -2,312 

Mar.................... 64,285 790 - 790 50 - 50 2,639 - 2,639 3,518 215 3,303 

Apr .................... 97,616 906 - 906 58 - 58 3,025 - 3,025 2,447 115 2,332 

May ................... 81,629 747 5 743 31 - 31 2,702 227 2,475 2,462 1,017 1,445 

June .................. 72,103 979 - 979 57 - 57 3,349 - 3,349 2,506 166 2,340 

July.................... 66,547 927 - 927 54 - 54 3,169 - 3,169 1,859 93 1,766 

Aug.................... 70,874 853 7 846 40 - 40 2,920 - 2,920 3,203 1,703 1,500 

Sept................... 67,357 1,807 3 1,804 79 - 79 5,232 - 5,232 1,558 312 1,246 

Oct .................... 63,093 138 - 138 8 - 8 477 - 477 4,007 154 3,853 

Nov.................... 70,998 1,008 - 1,008 58 - 58 3,461 - 3,461 1,958 159 1,799 

Dec.................... 56,694 930 - 930 53 - 53 3,191 - 3,191 1,969 175 1,794 

Fiscal year 2011 to date.... 190,785 2,076 - 2,076 119 - 119 7,129 - 7,129 7,934 488 7,446 
FEDERAL FISCAL OPERATIONS 

March 2011 

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TABLE FFO-3.—On-Budget and Off-Budget Outlays by Agency 

[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”] 

Fiscal year 

or month 

Legislative 

branch 

(1) 

Judicial 

branch 

(2) 

Department of 

Agriculture 

(3) 

Department of 

Commerce

(4) 

Department of

Defense, 

military 

(5) 

 Depart-

 ment of 

Education

 (6) 

 Depart-

 ment of

 Energy

 (7) 

 Depart- 

 ment of 

 Health 

 and 

 Human 

 Services

 (8) 

 Depart-

 ment of 

 Home- 

 land 

 Security 

 (9) 

Department of 

Housing 

and 

Urban 

Development 

(10) 

 Depart- 

 ment of

 the 

 Interior

 (11) 

Department of

Justice

(12) 

 Depart-

 ment of

 Labor

 (13) 

 

2006 ....................... 4,101 5,820 93,533 6,373 499,337 93,366 19,651 614,272 69,033 42,434 9,036 23,320 43,139

2007 ....................... 4,292 6,008 84,423 6,477 528,575 66,372 20,117 671,983 39,172 45,559 10,467 23,351 47,543

2008 ....................... 4,409 6,345 90,789 7,725 594,656 65,957 21,404 700,454 40,683 49,086 9,822 26,544 58,840

2009 ....................... 4,701 6,643 114,436 10,720 636,772 53,387 23,684 796,266 51,720 61,018 11,778 27,713 138,156

2010 ....................... 5,838 7,185 129,454 13,233 666,717 92,858 30,773 854,060 44,455 60,145 13,162 29,558 172,886

 

2011 - Est............... 5,439 7,159 140,209 15,960 686,808 97,388 32,523 863,864 51,790 61,176 12,155 29,866 180,648

2012 - Est............... 5,599 7,512 144,490 11,768 723,703 101,692 45,143 926,236 56,366 51,219 14,382 32,381 109,288 

2009 - Dec.............. 404 576 12,891 875 63,015 7,771 2,685 70,104 3,907 5,863 1,148 2,304 17,011

2010 - Jan .............. 344 520 11,230 671 48,623 9,657 1,889 68,204 3,172 2,360 1,088 2,310 15,682

Feb ............. 371 531 9,238 834 48,936 11,769 2,022 65,353 3,110 3,804 1,008 2,167 15,134

Mar ............. 399 588 13,117 1,250 61,429 9,001 2,478 75,628 4,042 4,947 1,013 2,373 17,103

Apr.............. 550 754 9,940 1,095 61,093 7,727 2,502 86,311 3,496 4,256 791 2,246 14,041

May............. 369 496 9,302 1,675 46,840 8,341 2,608 55,687 3,231 14,274 872 2,361 13,009

June............ 459 593 9,546 1,997 55,802 8,645 2,791 71,697 4,423 4,580 1,599 3,078 13,997

July ............. 355 554 8,829 1,036 57,863 2,718 2,517 92,016 3,604 4,428 1,117 2,380 12,425

Aug ............. 362 577 9,580 1,125 48,076 667 2,716 58,368 3,356 4,198 1,069 2,510 15,121

Sept ............ 1,345 759 10,114 859 61,684 11,244 4,088 72,309 4,081 3,498 1,293 2,302 14,098

Oct.............. 395 598 16,406 789 65,401 7,645 2,900 71,553 3,890 4,174 796 2,353 10,339

Nov ............. 442 579 11,916 1,126 57,827 7,559 2,753 72,978 4,284 4,019 1,540 3,169 12,949

Dec ............. 428 594 13,314 853 64,556 8,077 3,421 78,810 3,902 4,416 1,167 2,341 12,943 

Fiscal year 2011 

 to date .................... 1,265 1,771 41,636 2,768 187,784 23,281 9,074 223,341 12,076 12,609 3,503 7,863 36,231

 

Fiscal year 

or month 

Department of 

State 

(14) 

Department of 

Transportation 

(15) 

Department 

of the 

Treasury, 

interest on 

Treasury 

debt 

securities 

(gross) 

(16) 

Department 

of the 

Treasury, other

(17) 

Department of 

Veterans 

Affairs 

(18) 

Corps of 

Engineers 

(19) 

Other 

Defense,

civil 

programs

(20) 

Environmental 

Protection 

Agency 

(21) 

Executive 

Office 

 of the 

President 

(22) 

General 

Services 

Administration

(23) 

International 

Assistance 

Program

(24) 

 

2006 ....................... 12,949 60,141 405,872 58,865 69,778 6,946 44,434 8,322 5,378 22 13,920 

2007 ....................... 13,739 61,701 429,978 60,619 72,792 3,918 47,111 8,258 2,957 29 12,750 

2008 ....................... 17,493 64,945 451,154 97,658 84,746 5,077 45,783 7,938 1,172 342 11,362 

2009 ....................... 21,430 73,006 383,073 318,701 95,454 6,840 57,276 8,070 742 320 14,801 

2010 ....................... 23,805 77,751 413,955 30,434 108,276 9,875 54,031 11,007 585 861 20,038 

2011 - Est............... 25,779 85,425 419,732 73,621 115,144 9,000 54,002 10,530 715 1,782 21,297 

2012 - Est............... 29,309 86,280 464,706 94,921 134,106 11,540 54,862 11,541 500 2,279 24,659 

 

2009 - Dec ............. 2,892 7,642 104,632 18,687 12,472 995 4,736 443 48 -213 1,476 

2010 - Jan .............. 1,637 4,211 18,857 11,732 4,801 738 4,775 758 28 -192 4,131 

Feb............. 1,438 4,448 16,893 56,266 8,492 682 4,647 843 28 -45 770 

Mar............. 2,382 5,173 20,787 -85,751 9,856 746 4,671 1,040 99 176 543 

Apr.............. 1,671 5,369 22,485 11,695 13,870 779 3,513 926 75 -85 759 

May ............ 1,488 5,999 23,787 784 4,751 799 4,460 876 71 329 2,161 

June ........... 1,589 7,370 106,661 22,358 8,874 858 4,664 1,237 44 231 3,051 

July............. 1,774 8,053 20,386 6,452 12,569 1,053 4,860 970 40 67 907 

Aug............. 1,519 7,554 20,521 3,905 5,173 812 4,648 1,160 32 70 1,569 

Sept............ 4,200 8,305 18,186 -24,179 9,272 939 4,821 1,178 29 119 1,393 

Oct.............. 1,867 7,182 24,143 3,386 10,265 882 3,588 1,019 51 20 997 

Nov............. 2,202 7,694 19,396 5,633 9,644 920 4,852 1,032 38 178 2,075 

Dec............. 2,641 6,306 104,700 2,183 13,889 1,165 4,476 1,041 34 215 1,255 

Fiscal year 2011 

 to date ..................... 6,710 21,182 148,239 11,202 33,798 2,967 12,916 3,092 123 413 4,327 

 

See footnotes at end of table.
FEDERAL FISCAL OPERATIONS 

March 2011 

16 

TABLE FFO-3.—On-Budget and Off-Budget Outlays by Agency, con. 

[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”] 

Undistributed offsetting receipts 

Total outlays 

Fiscal year 

or month 

National 

Aeronautics

and 

Space 

Administration 

(25) 

National 

Science 

Foundation 

(26) 

Office of 

Personnel 

Management 

(27) 

Small 

Business 

Administration 

(28) 

Social 

Security

Administration 

(29) 

Independent 

agencies

(30) 

Employer 

share, 

employee 

retirement 

(31) 

Interest 

received 

by trust 

funds 

(32) 

Rents 

and 

royalties 

on the 

Outer 

Continental Shelf 

lands 

(33) 

Other 

(34) 

Onbudget 

(35) 

 Offbudget

 (36) 

 

2006 .................. 15,125 5,510 62,400 905 585,742 12,346 -60,856 -169,295 -7,282 -113 2,232,456 422,069 

2007 .................. 15,861 5,488 58,431 1,175 621,761 18,265 -61,774 -177,963 -6,762 -13,700 2,275,334 453,636 

2008 .................. 17,834 5,786 64,393 528 657,799 45,192 -66,178 -191,537 -18,285 -1,790 2,503,371 474,751 

2009 .................. 19,168 5,958 72,302 2,246 727,549 50,356 -70,656 -181,561 -5,293 -16,690 3,003,070 517,018 

2010 .................. 18,907 6,723 69,917 6,126 754,181 -3,076 -77,043 -185,763 -4,883 -196 2,901,150 554,684 

 

2011 - Est.......... 19,364 7,092 71,528 5,992 768,061 -9,260 -75,321 -189,729 -4,268 7,484 3,045,548 557,407 

2012 - Est.......... 18,732 8,374 73,676 1,465 789,034 47,226 -79,362 -188,784 -6,232 33,309 3,259,207 582,713 

 

2009 - Dec ........ 1,998 480 5,931 121 95,398 -43,845 -5,104 -86,585 -362 -66 282,890 27,438 

2010 - Jan ......... 1,126 497 6,640 119 28,473 -1,001 -4,469 -767 30 - 227,488 20,386 

Feb ........ 1,405 471 5,981 4,782 61,996 955 -5,128 -936 162 - 272,296 56,132 

Mar ........ 1,699 504 6,869 126 62,321 792 -5,306 -781 -437 -130 162,696 56,049 

Apr......... 1,900 509 6,186 127 66,774 5,594 -5,416 -3,045 -539 - 276,119 51,830 

May ....... 1,386 514 6,271 127 59,362 16,607 -5,086 -938 -95 - 225,281 57,441 

June ...... 1,594 608 5,713 149 67,141 1,930 -5,406 -86,974 -1,429 - 316,411 3,059 

July........ 1,619 690 6,617 120 67,001 3,885 -5,240 -1,007 -70 - 267,809 52,779 

Aug........ 1,562 738 6,325 118 59,361 -1,329 -5,134 -1,045 -762 - 197,201 57,323 

Sept....... 1,965 657 1,004 119 63,657 6,304 -5,249 -193 -502 - 216,552 63,147 

Oct......... 1,247 546 6,269 90 63,693 -1,561 -21,471 -3,141 76 - 232,255 54,128 

Nov........ 1,703 629 6,097 116 63,614 -1,459 -4,837 -354 -954 - 241,169 58,195 

Dec........ 1,737 536 5,636 137 68,227 -1,640 -5,761 -84,354 -375 - 314,538 2,333 Fiscal year 2011 

to date ................ 4,687 1,711 18,002 343 195,534 -4,660 -32,069 -87,849 -1,253 - 787,962 114,656 

Note.—These estimates are based on the Fiscal Year 2011 Mid-Session Review, released by 

the Office of Management and Budget on July 23, 2010. 

Note.—This issue includes a reclassification of gift and donation receipts from 

Governmental Receipts to Proprietary Receipts from the Public. 

* Less than $500,000. 

- No transactions. 

Detail may not add to totals due to rounding. 
FEDERAL FISCAL OPERATIONS 

March 2011 

17

TABLE FFO-4.—Summary of U.S. Government Receipts by Source and Outlays by Agency, 

December 2010 and Other Periods 

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

This fiscal year to date Prior fiscal year to date 

Classification 

General 

funds 

(1) 

Management, 

consolidated, 

revolving and 

special funds

(2) 

Trust 

funds 

(3) 

 Total 

 funds 

 (4) 

 General

 funds 

 (5) 

Management, 

consolidated, 

revolving and 

special funds 

(6) 

Trust 

funds 

(7) 

Total 

funds 

(8) 

Budget receipts: 

Individual income taxes............................................... 256,020 2 - 256,022 207,728 2 - 207,731

Corporation income taxes........................................... 35,932 - - 35,932 33,925 - - 33,925

Social insurance and retirement receipts: 

Employment and general retirement (off-budget)... - - 135,775 135,775 - - 142,740 142,740

Employment and general retirement (on-budget)... - - 44,770 44,770 - - 46,305 46,305

Unemployment insurance ....................................... - - 9,149 9,149 - - 5,448 5,448

Other retirement...................................................... - - 1,091 1,091 - - 1,121 1,121

Excise taxes ................................................................ 6,761 161 9,849 16,770 6,582 214 9,524 16,319

Estate and gift taxes ................................................... 723 - - 723 3,966 - - 3,966

Customs duties ........................................................... 4,565 2,425 383 7,373 3,615 2,000 309 5,924

Miscellaneous receipts................................................ 19,698 4,147 347 24,192 19,625 4,287 383 24,295

Total receipts....................................................... 323,699 6,734 201,363 531,797 275,442 6,504 205,830 487,776

(On-budget)..................................................... 323,699 6,734 65,589 396,022 275,442 6,504 63,090 345,035

(Off-budget)..................................................... - - 135,775 135,775 - - 142,740 142,740

 

Budget outlays: 

Legislative branch ....................................................... 1,236 29 * 1,265 1,194 98 -7 1,284

Judicial branch ............................................................ 1,373 382 15 1,771 1,477 322 14 1,813

Department of Agriculture ........................................... 31,533 9,856 248 41,637 29,099 9,212 247 38,558

Department of Commerce........................................... 2,627 141 * 2,768 2,569 122 * 2,691

Department of Defense-military .................................. 186,349 1,406 30 187,784 173,377 2,985 8 176,370

Department of Education ............................................ 23,288 -6 * 23,282 23,094 -6 * 23,088

Department of Energy................................................. 9,349 -275 * 9,074 7,788 -625 - 7,162

Department of Health and Human Services ............... 163,344 -78 60,075 223,341 162,674 -28 45,840 208,487

Department of Homeland Security.............................. 12,818 -824 81 12,076 12,093 -233 79 11,940

Department of Housing and Urban Development....... 12,641 -30 -2 12,610 13,990 -190 * 13,799

Department of the Interior........................................... 3,165 218 120 3,503 2,967 243 103 3,313

Department of Justice ................................................. 7,195 716 -48 7,863 7,406 466 -41 7,831

Department of Labor................................................... 19,259 117 16,855 36,230 31,253 48 10,975 42,276

Department of State.................................................... 6,076 459 174 6,710 5,691 206 209 6,106

Department of Transportation..................................... 6,968 -35 14,249 21,181 6,645 17 14,608 21,269

Department of the Treasury: 

Interest on the public debt....................................... 148,239 - - 148,239 145,392 - - 145,392

Other ....................................................................... 10,485 522 194 11,201 26,683 299 190 27,172

Department of Veterans Affairs .................................. 34,216 -610 192 33,798 31,054 -648 212 30,618

Corps of Engineers ..................................................... 2,755 190 22 2,966 2,081 183 205 2,469

Other defense civil programs...................................... 71,221 -9,621 -48,684 12,916 68,654 -9,645 -46,037 12,973

Environmental Protection Agency............................... 2,686 -25 432 3,092 3,451 -76 -1,356 2,019

Executive Office of the President................................ 123 * * 123 138 * * 138

General Services Administration ................................ 56 358 * 414 22 169 * 191

International Assistance Program............................... 5,047 -117 -603 4,327 4,489 -133 398 4,753

National Aeronautics and Space Administration ........ 4,684 3 * 4,688 4,649 2 * 4,651

National Science Foundation...................................... 1,668 38 5 1,711 1,502 38 -7 1,534

Office of Personnel Management ............................... 2,477 -820 16,346 18,003 2,391 -559 16,479 18,310

Small Business Administration ................................... 353 -10 * 343 338 2 * 340

Social Security Administration .................................... 22,072 -13 173,477 195,536 20,621 -126 197,599 218,095

Other independent agencies....................................... 3,115 -8,613 835 -4,662 3,080 -41,245 1,353 -36,812

Undistributed offsetting receipts: 

Interest .................................................................... - - -87,849 -87,849 - - -90,078 -90,078

Other ....................................................................... -1,253 -11,315 -20,753 -33,322 -992 -11,413 -19,512 -31,916

Total outlays........................................................ 795,166 -17,959 125,410 902,619 794,872 -50,517 131,480 875,835

(On-budget)..................................................... 795,110 -20,297 13,147 787,962 794,827 -51,504 -4,025 739,297

(Off-budget)..................................................... 56 2,338 112,263 114,657 45 987 135,505 136,538

Surplus or deficit (-)............................................. -471,467 24,693 75,953 -370,822 -519,430 57,020 74,350 -388,059

(On-budget)..................................................... -471,411 27,031 52,442 -391,940 -519,385 58,007 67,115 -394,261

(Off-budget)..................................................... -56 -2,338 23,511 21,118 -45 -987 7,235 6,202

- No transactions. 

* Less than $500,000. 

Note.—Detail may not add to totals due to rounding. 
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INTRODUCTION: Source and Availability of the 

Balance in the Account of the U.S. Treasury

The Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury’s) operating 

cash is maintained in accounts with the Federal Reserve 

banks (FRBs) and branches, as well as in tax and loan 

accounts in other financial institutions. Major information 

sources include FRBs, Treasury Regional Financial Centers, 

Internal Revenue Service Centers, Bureau of the Public 

Debt, and various electronic systems. As the FRB accounts 

are depleted, funds are called in (withdrawn) from thousands 

of tax and loan accounts at financial institutions throughout 

the country. 

Under authority of Public Law 95-147 (codified at 31 

United States Code 323), Treasury implemented a program 

on November 2, 1978, to invest a portion of its operating 

cash in obligations of depositaries maintaining tax and loan 

accounts. Under the Treasury tax and loan (TT&L) 

investment program, depositary financial institutions select 

the manner in which they will participate. Financial 

institutions wishing to retain funds deposited into their tax 

and loan accounts in interest-bearing obligations can 

participate. The program permits Treasury to collect funds 

through financial institutions and to leave the funds in TT&L 

depositaries and in the financial communities in which they 

arise until Treasury needs the funds for its operations. In this 

way, Treasury is able to neutralize the effect of its 

fluctuating operations on TT&L financial institution reserves 

and on the economy. Likewise, those institutions wishing to 

remit the funds to the Treasury account at FRBs do so as 

collector depositaries. 

Deposits to tax and loan accounts occur as customers of 

financial institutions deposit tax payments that the financial 

institutions use to purchase Government securities. In most 

cases, this involves a transfer of funds from a customer’s 

account to the tax and loan account in the same financial 

institution. Also, Treasury can direct the FRBs to invest 

excess funds in tax and loan accounts directly from the 

Treasury account at the FRBs. 

TABLE UST-1.—Elements of Change in Federal Reserve 

and Tax and Loan Note Account Balances 1

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

 Credits and withdrawals 

 Federal Reserve accounts 

 Credits 2 Tax and loan note accounts 

Fiscal year or month 

Received directly 

(1) 

Received through 

remittance option tax 

and loan depositaries 

(2) 

Withdrawals 3 

(3) 

Taxes 4 

(4) 

Withdrawals 

(transfers to Federal 

Reserve accounts) 

(5) 

 

2006 ................................................ 7,839,784 501,945 8,340,659 1,478,945 1,463,568 

2007 ................................................ 8,455,356 528,724 8,983,992 1,571,322 1,548,300 

2008 ................................................ 9,947,954 530,425 10,151,438 1,602,823 1,633,393 

2009 ................................................ 11,577,153 482,146 12,118,510 1,398,542 1,435,675 

2010 ................................................ 11,016,385 556,403 11,538,208 1,362,591 1,362,604 

 2009 - Dec....................................... 1,080,487 51,067 1,054,156 147,388 147,388 

2010 - Jan ....................................... 581,195 42,986 726,278 103,985 103,973 

Feb ...................................... 778,758 40,786 869,304 109,631 109,593 

Mar ...................................... 1,033,580 52,303 909,161 141,828 141,836 

Apr....................................... 1,127,018 56,028 1,101,309 123,573 123,581 

May...................................... 727,320 42,976 848,648 88,851 88,868 

June..................................... 1,054,902 58,973 1,046,179 138,820 138,831 

July ...................................... 904,217 43,894 1,032,540 94,615 96,521 

Aug ...................................... 1,017,701 42,466 987,829 95,793 93,877 

Sept..................................... 1,041,313 55,848 1,064,800 129,983 129,977 

Oct....................................... 719,030 43,597 846,304 92,813 92,794 

Nov ...................................... 940,586 42,471 927,843 96,841 96,853 

Dec ...................................... 1,019,745 63,172 1,021,566 151,833 151,834 

 

See footnotes at end of table. 
ACCOUNT OF THE U.S. TREASURY 

March 2011 

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TABLE UST-1.—Elements of Change in Federal Reserve 

and Tax and Loan Note Account Balances, con. 1

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

Balances 

 During period 

End of period High Low Average 

Fiscal year 

or month 

Federal 

Reserve 

(6) 

SFP 

(7) 

Tax and 

loan 

note 

accounts 

(8) 

Federal 

Reserve

(9) 

SFP 

(10) 

Tax and 

loan 

note 

accounts

(11) 

Federal 

Reserve 

(12) 

SFP 

(13) 

Tax and 

loan 

note 

accounts 

(14) 

Federal 

Reserve 

(15) 

SFP 

(16) 

Tax and 

loan 

note 

accounts 

(17) 

 

2006 ....................... 5,451 - 46,676 7,507 - 93,784 2,637 - 78 5,019 - 20,614 

2007 ....................... 5,539 - 69,698 29,504 - 98,264 3,239 - 75 5,216 - 23,961 

2008 ....................... 32,988 - 39,129 32,988 - 135,752 2,973 - - 5,181 - 17,751 

2009 ....................... 108,324 164,945 1,996 136,672 558,864 79,897 3,987 - 284 52,381 144,538 4,161 

2010 ....................... 107,888 199,962 1,983 186,632 199,965 2,630 3,191 - 62 53,632 115,525 1,957 

 

2009 - Dec.............. 186,632 5,001 1,962 186,632 15,000 2,026 18,152 - 1,715 82,660 9,516 1,959 

2010 - Jan .............. 84,536 5,001 1,973 186,632 5,001 2,061 84,536 5,001 1,816 139,271 3,065 1,951 

Feb ............. 14,779 24,997 2,012 149,909 24,997 2,014 12,922 5,000 1,876 57,078 4,821 1,961 

Mar ............. 91,519 124,979 2,004 105,190 124,979 2,392 13,746 24,997 1,918 49,986 58,861 1,993 

Apr.............. 98,277 199,958 1,996 98,277 199,961 2,329 7,709 149,973 1,829 35,610 134,141 1,983 

May............. 19,925 199,958 1,979 98,277 199,959 2,105 7,219 199,957 1,814 34,859 129,005 1,973 

June............ 87,615 199,965 1,968 87,615 199,965 2,132 4,310 199,958 1,813 38,808 146,639 1,976 

July ............. 3,131 199,960 62 55,122 199,963 2,161 3,191 199,960 62 32,111 199,962 1,871 

Aug ............. 75,533 199,956 1,978 75,533 199,960 2,112 3,191 199,954 62 27,590 199,956 1,915 

Sept............ 107,888 199,962 1,983 114,568 199,962 2,030 4,859 199,956 1,159 47,204 199,959 1,949 

Oct.............. 24,212 199,960 2,003 63,148 199,962 2,007 7,394 199,960 1,890 37,561 199,962 1,974 

Nov ............. 79,426 199,959 1,991 79,426 199,960 2,018 3,302 199,958 113 28,682 199,959 1,785 

Dec ............. 140,773 199,964 1,990 140,773 199,964 2,117 10,567 199,959 1,931 60,317 199,961 1,979 

 

 

1 This report includes Supplementary Financing Program (SFP) balances.

2

 Represents transfers from tax and loan note accounts, proceeds from sales of securities 

other than Government account series, and taxes. 

3

 Represents checks paid, wire transfer payments, drawdowns on letters of credit, 

redemptions of securities other than Government account series, and investment (transfer) 

of excess funds out of this account to the tax and loan note accounts. 

4 Taxes eligible for credit consist of those deposited by taxpayers in the tax and loan 

depositaries as follows: withheld income taxes beginning March 1948; taxes on employers 

and employees under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act beginning January 1950 

and under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act beginning July 1951; a number of excise taxes 

beginning July 1953; estimated corporation income taxes beginning April 1967; all 

corporation income taxes due on or after March 15, 1968; Federal Unemployment Tax Act 

taxes beginning April 1970; and individual estimated income taxes beginning October 

1988. 
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INTRODUCTION: Federal Debt 

Treasury securities (i.e., public debt securities) comprise 

most of the Federal debt, with securities issued by other 

Federal agencies accounting for the rest. Tables in this 

section of the “Treasury Bulletin” reflect the total. Further 

detailed information is published in the “Monthly Statement 

of the Public Debt of the United States.” Likewise, 

information on agency securities and on investments of 

Federal Government accounts in Federal securities is 

published in the “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts 

and Outlays of the United States Government.” 

Treasury’s Financial Management Service (FMS) 

compiles data in the “Treasury Bulletin” tables FD-2 and 

FD-6 from the “Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the 

United States.” 

• Table FD-1 summarizes the Federal debt by listing 

public debt and agency securities held by the public, 

including the Federal Reserve. It also includes debt held by 

Federal agencies, largely by the Social Security and other 

Federal retirement trust funds. The net unamortized 

premium and discount also are listed by total Federal 

securities, securities held by Government accounts and 

securities held by the public. The difference between the 

outstanding face value of the Federal debt and the net 

unamortized premium and discount is classified as the 

accrual amount. (For greater detail on holdings of Federal 

securities by particular classes of investors, see the 

ownership tables, OFS-1 and OFS-2.) 

• Table FD-2 categorizes by type, that is, marketable 

and nonmarketable, the total public debt securities 

outstanding that are held by the public. 

• In table FD-3, nonmarketable Treasury securities 

held by U.S. Government accounts are summarized by 

issues to particular funds within Government. Many of the 

funds invest in par value special series nonmarketables at 

interest rates determined by law. Others invest in marketbased special Treasury securities whose terms mirror those 

of marketable securities. 

• Table FD-4 presents interest-bearing securities 

issued by Government agencies. Federal agency borrowing 

has declined in recent years, in part because the Federal 

Financing Bank has provided financing to other Federal 

agencies. (Federal agency borrowing from Treasury is 

presented in the “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts 

and Outlays of the United States Government.”) 

• Table FD-5 illustrates the average length of 

marketable interest-bearing public debt held by private 

investors and the maturity distribution of that debt. 

In March 1971, Congress enacted a limited exception to 

the amount of bonds with rates greater than 4-1/4 percent 

that could be held by the public. This permitted Treasury to 

offer securities maturing in more than 7 years at current 

market interest rates for the first time since 1965. In March 

1976, the definition of a bond was changed to include those 

securities longer than 10 years to maturity. This exception 

has expanded since 1971, authorizing Treasury to continue 

to issue long-term securities. The ceiling on Treasury bonds 

was repealed on November 10, 1988. 

The volume of privately held Treasury marketable 

securities by maturity class reflects the remaining period to 

maturity of Treasury bills, notes and bonds. The average 

length is comprised of an average of remaining periods to 

maturity, weighted by the amount of each security held by 

private investors. In other words, computations of average 

length exclude Government accounts and the FRBs. 

• In table FD-6, the debt ceiling is compared with the 

outstanding debt subject to limitation by law. The other debt 

category includes Federal debt Congress has designated as 

being subject to the debt ceiling. 

• Table FD-7 details Treasury holdings of securities 

issued by Government corporations and other agencies. 

Certain Federal agencies are authorized to borrow money 

from the Treasury, largely to finance direct loan programs. 

In addition, agencies such as the Bonneville Power 

Administration are authorized to borrow from the Treasury 

to finance capital projects. Treasury, in turn, finances these 

loans by selling Treasury securities to the public. 
FEDERAL DEBT 

March 2011 

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TABLE FD-1.—Summary of Federal Debt

[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”] 

Securities held by 

Amount outstanding Government accounts The public 

End of fiscal 

year or month 

Total 

(1) 

Public debt 

securities 

(2) 

Agency 

securities 

(3) 

Total 

(4) 

Public debt 

securities 

(5) 

Agency

securities

(6) 

Total 

(7) 

Public debt 

securities 

(8) 

Agency

securities

(9) 

 

2006............................... 8,530,366 8,506,974 23,392 3,663,773 3,663,766 7 4,866,593 4,843,208 23,385 

2007............................... 9,030,612 9,007,653 22,959 3,958,417 3,958,411 6 5,072,195 5,049,242 22,953 

2008............................... 10,047,828 10,024,725 23,104 4,210,491 4,210,485 6 5,837,337 5,814,240 23,098 

2009............................... 11,933,031 11,909,828 23,203 4,355,292 4,355,291 1 7,577,739 7,554,537 23,202 

2010............................... 13,585,596 13,561,622 23,974 4,534,014 4,534,011 3 9,051,582 9,027,611 23,971 

 

2009 - Dec ..................... 12,334,846 12,311,349 23,497 4,496,990 4,496,990 2 7,837,857 7,814,359 23,494 

2010 - Jan...................... 12,302,178 12,278,636 23,543 4,515,255 4,515,252 3 7,786,923 7,763,383 23,540 

Feb..................... 12,463,506 12,440,068 23,438 4,499,337 4,499,335 3 7,964,169 7,940,733 23,435 

Mar..................... 12,796,707 12,773,123 23,584 4,478,875 4,478,872 3 8,317,832 8,294,251 23,581 

Apr ..................... 12,972,391 12,948,739 23,652 4,509,918 4,509,915 3 8,462,473 8,438,824 23,649 

May .................... 13,016,378 12,992,539 23,839 4,493,694 4,493,691 3 8,522,684 8,498,848 23,836 

June ................... 13,225,646 13,201,792 23,854 4,562,576 4,562,572 4 8,663,070 8,639,220 23,850 

July..................... 13,261,698 13,237,727 23,970 4,530,315 4,530,311 3 8,731,383 8,707,416 23,967 

Aug..................... 13,473,561 13,449,652 23,909 4,518,902 4,518,899 3 8,954,659 8,930,753 23,906 

Sept.................... 13,585,596 13,561,622 23,974 4,534,014 4,534,011 3 9,051,582 9,027,611 23,971 

Oct ..................... 13,692,910 13,668,825 24,085 4,594,673 4,594,669 4 9,098,237 9,074,156 24,081 

Nov..................... 13,884,806 13,860,773 24,033 4,581,398 4,581,393 5 9,303,408 9,279,380 24,028 

Dec..................... 14,049,381 14,025,215 24,166 4,629,808 4,629,804 5 9,419,573 9,395,411 24,161 

 

Federal debt securities Securities held by Government accounts Securities held by the public 

End of fiscal 

year or month 

Amount 

outstanding 

face value 

(10) 

Net 

unamortized 

premium 

and discount 

 (11) 

Accrual 

 amount 

(12) 

Amount 

outstanding 

face value 

(13) 

Net 

unamortized 

premium 

and discount

(14) 

Accrual 

amount 

(15) 

Amount 

outstanding 

face value 

(16) 

Net 

unamortized 

premium 

and discount

(17) 

Accrual

amount

(18) 

 

2006 ............................... 8,530,366 81,375 8,448,991 3,663,773 41,370 3,622,403 4,866,593 40,005 4,826,588 

2007 ............................... 9,030,612 82,078 8,948,534 3,958,417 42,796 3,915,621 5,072,195 39,282 5,032,913 

2008 ............................... 10,047,828 64,135 9,983,694 4,210,491 27,432 4,183,059 5,837,337 36,703 5,800,635 

2009 ............................... 11,933,031 59,219 11,873,812 4,355,292 25,467 4,329,825 7,577,739 33,752 7,543,987 

2010 ............................... 13,585,596 58,963 13,526,633 4,534,014 25,145 4,508,869 9,051,582 33,818 9,017,764 

 

2009 - Dec ..................... 12,334,846 57,286 12,277,560 4,496,990 24,854 4,472,136 7,837,857 32,432 7,805,424 

2010 - Jan ...................... 12,302,178 58,187 12,243,991 4,515,255 24,765 4,490,491 7,786,923 33,422 7,753,500 

Feb ..................... 12,463,506 59,000 12,404,505 4,499,337 25,064 4,474,273 7,964,169 33,936 7,930,232 

Mar ..................... 12,796,707 59,665 12,737,042 4,478,875 24,998 4,453,877 8,317,832 34,667 8,283,165 

Apr...................... 12,972,391 60,737 12,911,653 4,509,918 24,899 4,485,019 8,462,473 35,838 8,426,633 

May .................... 13,016,378 61,281 12,955,096 4,493,694 25,319 4,468,374 8,522,684 35,962 8,486,722 

June ................... 13,225,646 60,648 13,164,997 4,562,576 25,232 4,537,344 8,663,070 35,416 8,627,653 

July..................... 13,261,698 59,105 13,202,591 4,530,315 25,129 4,505,186 8,731,383 33,976 8,697,406 

Aug..................... 13,473,561 59,774 13,413,787 4,518,902 25,507 4,493,395 8,954,659 34,267 8,920,391 

Sept.................... 13,585,596 58,963 13,526,633 4,534,014 25,145 4,508,869 9,051,582 33,818 9,017,764 

Oct...................... 13,692,910 57,454 13,635,456 4,594,673 24,771 4,569,902 9,098,237 32,683 9,065,554 

Nov..................... 13,884,806 56,884 13,827,921 4,581,398 24,664 4,556,734 9,303,408 32,220 9,271,187 

Dec..................... 14,049,381 58,494 13,990,887 4,629,808 24,571 4,605,237 9,419,573 33,923 9,385,650 

 
FEDERAL DEBT 

March 2011

22 

 Nonmarketable, con. 

End of fiscal 

year or month 

U.S. savings 

securities 

(8) 

Depositary 

compensation 

securities 

(9) 

Foreign series 

(10) 

Government 

account series 

(11) 

State and local 

government series 

(12) 

Domestic 

series 

(13) 

Other 

(14) 

 

2006 ....................................... 203,656 - 2,986 78,129 238,835 29,995 5,715 

2007 ....................................... 197,126 - 2,986 88,153 296,513 29,995 6,126 

2008 ....................................... 194,253 - 2,986 107,498 260,238 29,995 3,569 

2009 ....................................... 192,452 - 4,886 118,636 216,488 29,995 1,466 

2010 ....................................... 188,796 - 4,186 129,355 193,208 29,995 1,340 

 

2009 - Dec ............................. 191,298 - 4,386 119,932 214,138 29,995 1,411 

2010 - Jan .............................. 190,901 - 5,386 120,792 207,658 29,995 1,458 

Feb ............................. 190,661 - 5,386 122,135 204,133 29,995 1,181 

Mar ............................. 190,293 - 4,886 121,558 208,494 29,995 1,281 

Apr.............................. 190,063 - 4,486 121,626 209,445 29,995 1,256 

May ............................ 189,855 - 4,436 125,057 209,330 29,995 1,298 

June ........................... 189,665 - 4,036 125,612 204,002 29,995 1,304 

July............................. 189,420 - 3,386 126,761 195,589 29,995 1,355 

Aug............................. 189,040 - 4,186 128,131 192,658 29,995 1,362 

Sept............................ 188,796 - 4,186 129,355 193,208 29,995 1,340 

Oct.............................. 188,674 - 4,186 129,594 195,009 29,995 1,363 

Nov............................. 188,401 - 4,186 130,034 194,181 29,995 1,336 

Dec............................. 188,007 - 3,986 132,852 192,928 29,995 1,297 

 

TABLE FD-2.—Debt Held by the Public

[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the United States”] 

Marketable 

End of fiscal 

year or month 

Total public debt 

securities 

outstanding 

(1) 

Total 

(2) 

 Bills 

 (3) 

Notes 

(4) 

Bonds 

(5) 

Treasury 

inflation-protected 

securities 

(6) 

Nonmarketable 

Total 

(7) 

 

2006 .................................. 4,843,121 4,283,804 908,474 2,445,307 534,473 395,550 559,317 

2007 .................................. 5,049,306 4,428,405 954,607 2,456,100 560,922 456,776 620,900 

2008 .................................. 5,808,692 5,210,151 1,484,332 2,623,364 578,504 523,951 598,540 

2009 .................................. 7,551,862 6,987,937 1,986,173 3,772,964 677,491 551,308 563,924 

2010 .................................. 9,022,808 8,475,928 1,783,675 5,252,585 846,054 593,614 546,880 

 

2009 - Dec ........................ 7,811,009 7,249,848 1,787,913 4,179,412 714,672 567,851 561,161 

2010 - Jan ......................... 7,759,490 7,203,299 1,683,757 4,227,723 727,749 564,070 556,191 

Feb ........................ 7,936,671 7,383,179 1,731,093 4,335,457 745,400 571,228 553,492 

Mar ........................ 8,290,069 7,733,561 1,838,020 4,563,766 758,781 572,994 556,508 

Apr......................... 8,434,435 7,877,563 1,842,292 4,701,670 772,542 561,058 556,872 

May ....................... 8,494,419 7,934,448 1,850,311 4,731,332 789,717 563,089 559,972 

June ...................... 8,633,680 8,079,066 1,777,032 4,935,131 802,589 564,314 554,615 

July........................ 8,702,458 8,155,950 1,785,129 4,978,425 815,696 576,701 546,507 

Aug........................ 8,927,061 8,381,689 1,820,104 5,145,381 832,775 583,429 545,372 

Sept....................... 9,022,808 8,475,928 1,783,675 5,252,585 846,054 593,614 546,880 

Oct......................... 9,069,879 8,521,058 1,764,088 5,293,330 859,206 604,435 548,821 

Nov........................ 9,275,025 8,726,892 1,771,238 5,464,887 875,646 615,121 548,133 

Dec........................ 9,390,476 8,841,411 1,768,931 5,568,201 888,429 615,851 549,065 
FEDERAL DEBT 

March 2011 

23

End of fiscal 

year or month 

Federal 

Savings and 

Loan 

Corporation, 

Resolution 

Fund 

(11) 

Federal 

Supplementary 

Medical 

Insurance Trust 

Fund 

(12) 

Highway 

Trust Fund 

(13) 

National 

Service Life

Insurance 

Fund 

(14) 

Postal 

Service Fund

(15) 

Railroad 

Retirement 

Account 

(16) 

Treasury 

deposit 

funds 

(17) 

Unemployment Trust 

Fund 

(18) 

Other 

(19) 

 

2006 ..................... 3,029 33,061 10,998 10,189 4,233 477 - 66,213 484,104 

2007 ..................... 3,182 39,248 12,205 9,752 979 596 - 74,923 555,118 

2008 ..................... 3,320 59,090 12,811 9,272 1,605 624 - 72,432 614,991 

2009 ..................... 3,313 61,764 11,484 8,735 4,239 405 - 19,628 683,808 

2010 ..................... 3,388 70,982 24,455 8,161 1,142 506 - 18,703 759,426 

 

2009 - Dec ........... 3,330 75,946 7,559 8,727 1,000 577 - 16,235 761,521 

2010 - Jan ............ 3,330 63,554 7,952 8,648 748 511 - 14,843 760,366 

 Feb ........... 3,330 66,578 7,626 8,574 750 458 - 15,107 761,102 

 Mar ........... 3,329 67,638 7,991 8,470 950 395 - 13,794 758,921 

 Apr............ 3,344 63,770 28,254 8,376 950 619 - 13,199 760,458 

 May .......... 3,344 69,968 27,784 8,298 952 443 - 24,116 763,368 

 June ......... 3,344 71,353 28,375 8,432 950 437 - 21,517 761,691 

 July........... 3,344 66,811 27,559 8,351 750 500 - 19,301 760,804 

 Aug........... 3,388 71,224 26,204 8,261 750 432 - 22,078 755,096 

 Sept.......... 3,388 70,982 24,455 8,161 1,142 506 - 18,703 759,426 

 Oct............ 3,391 70,639 22,557 8,089 950 481 - 16,163 837,532 

 Nov........... 3,392 70,922 23,352 8,018 750 388 - 17,472 835,976 

 Dec........... 3,397 71,662 22,273 8,151 1,005 378 - 14,268 837,643 

 

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

TABLE FD-3.—Government Account Series

[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the United States”] 

End of fiscal 

year or month 

Total 

(1) 

Airport and 

Airway 

Trust Fund 

(2) 

Deposit 

Insurance 

Fund 

(3) 

Employees 

Life 

Insurance 

Fund 

(4) 

Exchange 

Stabilization 

Fund 

(5) 

Federal 

Disability 

Insurance 

Trust Fund

(6) 

Federal 

employees 

retirement 

funds 

(7) 

Federal 

Hospital 

Insurance 

Trust Fund 

(8) 

Federal 

Housing 

Administration 

(9) 

Federal 

Old-Age and 

Survivors 

Insurance Trust

Fund 

(10) 

 

2006 .................. 3,722,747 7,893 46,216 31,282 15,711 202,178 689,812 302,186 22,036 1,793,129 

2007 .................. 4,026,772 7,931 47,515 32,965 16,436 213,830 702,043 319,377 22,410 1,968,262 

2008 .................. 4,297,677 7,674 29,937 34,397 16,847 216,487 729,705 318,741 19,093 2,150,651 

2009 .................. 4,454,316 7,829 16,076 36,146 18,615 207,932 757,656 309,702 10,668 2,296,316 

2010 .................. 4,645,280 7,045 37,441 37,605 20,436 187,222 785,988 279,475 4,194 2,399,111 

 

2009 - Dec ........ 4,597,132 6,710 59,460 36,726 19,241 199,760 765,793 304,612 11,155 2,318,780 

2010 - Jan ......... 4,616,193 6,740 58,424 36,792 19,235 203,545 761,891 306,817 11,350 2,351,447 

 Feb ........ 4,601,837 6,324 56,756 36,964 19,235 200,678 758,231 301,576 11,692 2,346,856 

 Mar ........ 4,580,640 6,145 57,065 36,931 20,434 197,399 754,452 292,491 11,839 2,342,396 

 Apr......... 4,611,722 6,391 53,679 36,991 20,436 197,521 750,971 293,967 12,091 2,360,705 

 May ....... 4,598,742 6,525 39,531 37,046 20,439 195,004 747,212 293,057 3,100 2,358,555 

 June ...... 4,669,888 6,712 38,060 37,120 20,435 196,596 764,006 298,892 3,334 2,408,634 

 July........ 4,638,636 7,300 37,221 37,167 20,438 193,704 760,169 282,962 3,544 2,408,711 

 Aug........ 4,627,455 7,578 38,311 37,603 20,440 190,257 756,380 282,496 3,911 2,403,046 

 Sept....... 4,645,280 7,045 37,441 37,605 20,436 187,222 785,988 279,475 4,194 2,399,111 

 Oct......... 4,706,387 8,065 36,751 37,728 20,438 183,975 782,501 275,943 4,460 2,396,724 

 Nov........ 4,693,896 7,884 38,426 38,103 20,441 180,685 778,955 272,840 5,057 2,391,235 

 Dec........ 4,745,249 7,862 39,430 38,200 20,434 180,023 793,917 271,405 5,687 2,429,514 

 
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TABLE FD-4.—Interest-Bearing Securities Issued by Government Agencies

[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”] 

End of fiscal 

year or month 

Total 

outstanding 

(1) 

Department of 

Housing and 

Urban 

Development 

Federal Housing 

Administration 

(2) 

Architect 

of the 

Capitol 

(3) 

Other 

independent

Tennessee 

Valley Authority 

(4) 

National Archives 

and Records 

Administration 

(5) 

Other/Federal 

Communications 

Commission 

(6) 

 

2006 ............................ 23,392 112 156 22,899 225 * 

2007 ............................ 22,959 85 152 22,506 215 -1 

2008 ............................ 23,104 69 150 22,680 204 * 

2009 ............................ 23,203 33 144 22,834 193 * 

2010 ............................ 23,974 29 139 23,627 180 * 

 

2009 - Dec .................. 23,497 33 147 23,125 193 * 

2010 - Jan ................... 23,543 33 148 23,170 193 * 

Feb .................. 23,438 33 140 23,079 186 * 

Mar .................. 23,584 33 141 23,224 186 * 

Apr................... 23,652 33 142 23,291 186 * 

May ................. 23,839 10 143 23,499 186 * 

June ................ 23,854 55 144 23,468 186 * 

July.................. 23,970 42 145 23,596 186 * 

Aug.................. 23,909 42 138 23,549 180 * 

Sept................. 23,974 29 139 23,627 180 * 

Oct................... 24,085 29 140 23,737 180 * 

Nov.................. 24,033 29 141 23,683 180 * 

Dec.................. 24,166 31 142 23,813 180 * 

 

 

Note.—Detail may not add to totals due to rounding. * Less than $500,000. 
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TABLE FD-5.—Maturity Distribution and Average Length of Marketable 

Interest-Bearing Public Debt Held by Private Investors

[In millions of dollars. Source: Office of Debt Management, Office of the Under Secretary for Domestic Finance] 

Maturity classes 

End of fiscal 

year or month 

Amount 

outstanding 

privately held 

(1) 

Within 

1 year 

(2) 

1-5 

years 

(3) 

5-10 

years 

(4) 

10-20 

years 

(5) 

20 years 

or more 

(6) 

Average length 

(months) 

(7) 

 

2006 ............................... 3,496,395 1,140,555 1,295,598 589,764 290,738 179,740 59 

2007 ............................... 3,634,666 1,176,510 1,309,871 677,905 291,963 178,417 58 

2008 ............................... 4,745,256 2,042,003 1,468,455 719,347 352,430 163,022 49 

2009 ............................... 6,228,565 2,604,676 2,074,723 994,689 350,550 203,928 49 

2010 ............................... 7,676,335 2,479,518 2,955,561 1,529,283 340,861 371,112 57 

 

2009 - Dec...................... 6,483,901 2,415,461 2,337,392 1,137,420 349,280 244,348 52 

2010 - Jan ...................... 6,412,950 2,324,876 2,334,181 1,147,167 349,373 257,353 54 

Feb ..................... 6,591,769 2,372,965 2,420,971 1,173,496 342,995 281,343 54 

Mar ..................... 6,968,331 2,492,450 2,579,109 1,258,977 343,413 294,382 54 

Apr...................... 7,112,555 2,496,967 2,644,691 1,320,051 343,461 307,386 54 

May..................... 7,139,749 2,493,407 2,659,186 1,324,667 353,259 309,231 55 

June.................... 7,315,097 2,432,122 2,800,261 1,406,962 353,497 322,256 55 

July ..................... 7,360,528 2,453,077 2,797,309 1,421,267 353,608 335,267 56 

Aug ..................... 7,607,853 2,504,906 2,922,651 1,481,051 341,136 358,109 56 

Sept.................... 7,676,335 2,479,518 2,955,561 1,529,283 340,861 371,112 57 

Oct...................... 7,659,482 2,470,906 2,930,452 1,537,902 338,278 381,945 57 

Nov ..................... 7,827,328 2,510,845 3,012,545 1,572,551 334,655 396,733 57 

Dec ..................... 7,831,450 2,544,760 2,981,135 1,568,471 330,178 406,906 57 

 

Note.—Detail may not add to totals due to rounding. 
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TABLE FD-6.—Debt Subject to Statutory Limit

[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the United States”] 

Debt subject to limit Securities outstanding 

End of fiscal 

year or month 

Statutory debt 

limit 

(1) 

Total 

(2) 

Public debt 

(3) 

Other debt 1 

(4) 

Public debt 

(5) 

Other debt 

(6) 

 Securities 

 not subject

 to limit 

 (7) 

 

2006 ................................................ 8,965,000 8,420,278 8,420,183 96 8,506,974 96 86,792 

2007 ................................................ 9,815,000 8,921,343 8,921,274 69 9,007,653 69 86,379 

2008 ................................................ 10,615,000 9,959,850 9,959,799 51 10,024,725 51 64,926 

2009 ................................................ 12,104,000 11,853,434 11,853,420 14 11,909,829 14 56,408 

2010 ................................................ 14,294,000 13,510,840 13,510,829 10 13,561,623 10 50,794 

 

2009 - Dec....................................... 12,394,000 12,254,530 12,254,506 24 12,311,350 24 56,843 

2010 - Jan ....................................... 12,394,000 12,222,507 12,222,470 37 12,278,636 37 56,165 

Feb ...................................... 14,294,000 12,383,717 12,383,680 37 12,440,068 37 56,387 

Mar ...................................... 14,294,000 12,716,511 12,716,474 37 12,773,123 37 56,649 

Apr....................................... 14,294,000 12,892,729 12,892,692 37 12,948,739 37 56,047 

May...................................... 14,294,000 12,937,208 12,937,171 37 12,992,539 37 55,368 

June..................................... 14,294,000 13,149,560 13,149,523 37 13,201,792 37 52,268 

July ...................................... 14,294,000 13,185,208 13,185,184 24 13,237,727 24 52,543 

Aug ...................................... 14,294,000 13,398,794 13,398,770 24 13,449,653 24 50,882 

Sept..................................... 14,294,000 13,510,840 13,510,829 10 13,561,623 10 50,794 

Oct....................................... 14,294,000 13,617,337 13,617,326 10 13,668,825 10 51,499 

Nov ...................................... 14,294,000 13,809,121 13,809,111 10 13,860,774 10 51,663 

Dec ...................................... 14,294,000 13,972,516 13,972,503 13 14,025,215 13 52,713 

 

1 Consists of guaranteed debt issued by the Federal Housing Administration. 
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TABLE FD-7.—Treasury Holdings of Securities Issued 

by Government Corporations and Other Agencies

[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”] 

 Department of Agriculture 

End of fiscal 

year or month 

Total 

(1) 

Farm-Service 

Agency 

(2) 

Rural Utilities 

Service 

(3) 

Rural Housing 

and Community 

Development Service 

(4) 

Rural Business 

and Cooperative 

Development 

Service 

(5) 

Foreign 

Agricultural 

Service 

(6) 

 

2006 ................................................ 228,065 22,578 20,432 12,911 485 1,358 

2007 ................................................ 219,079 10,662 22,803 13,803 420 1,448 

2008 ................................................ 252,783 9,691 24,789 14,780 479 1,456 

2009 ................................................ 747,566 11,617 26,074 16,675 481 778 

2010 ................................................ 881,890 11,284 25,098 18,534 522 1,160 

 

2009 - Dec ...................................... 876,706 22,264 26,536 17,491 495 778 

2010 - Jan ....................................... 890,894 23,858 26,832 17,618 497 778 

Feb ...................................... 876,949 10,792 26,958 17,770 501 778 

Mar ...................................... 915,813 11,262 27,033 17,881 501 778 

Apr....................................... 929,950 10,938 27,107 17,971 500 778 

May ..................................... 926,599 11,292 27,206 18,208 506 778 

June .................................... 969,159 11,910 27,008 18,349 500 1,109 

July...................................... 972,397 11,303 27,008 18,348 500 1,109 

Aug...................................... 923,416 11,120 26,640 18,370 510 1,109 

Sept..................................... 881,890 11,284 25,098 18,534 522 1,160 

Oct....................................... 950,919 17,429 25,292 18,666 526 1,160 

Nov...................................... 954,009 19,822 25,439 18,939 528 1,160 

Dec...................................... 948,584 21,740 25,707 19,213 532 1,160 

 

 Department 

 of Energy 

Department of Housing 

 and Urban Development 

Department 

of the Treasury 

End of fiscal 

year or month 

Department of 

Education 

(7) 

 Bonneville Power 

 Administration 

 (8) 

 Federal Housing 

 Administration 

 (9) 

Other Housing 

programs 

(10) 

Federal 

Financing Bank 

(11) 

 

2006 ................................................ 105,522 2,482 6,258 - 16,618 

2007 ................................................ 103,973 2,241 4,573 - 17,609 

2008 ................................................ 128,331 2,186 4,832 - 21,957 

2009 ................................................ 234,918 2,130 4,420 - 47,107 

2010 ................................................ 373,717 2,513 4,749 - 46,809 

 

2009 - Dec ...................................... 265,070 2,314 4,420 - 46,364 

2010 - Jan....................................... 279,735 2,219 4,420 - 41,748 

Feb...................................... 280,349 2,264 4,420 - 39,089 

Mar...................................... 291,824 2,279 4,420 - 38,488 

Apr ...................................... 304,459 2,339 4,420 - 39,679 

May ..................................... 306,461 2,376 4,420 - 39,940 

June .................................... 347,424 2,358 4,420 - 40,830 

July...................................... 351,013 2,405 4,420 - 40,664 

Aug...................................... 364,932 2,490 4,420 - 40,827 

Sept..................................... 373,717 2,513 4,749 - 46,809 

Oct ...................................... 438,811 2,578 4,749 - 39,098 

Nov...................................... 438,811 2,578 4,749 - 39,024 

Dec...................................... 435,535 2,588 4,749 - 38,612 

 
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TABLE FD-7.—Treasury Holdings of Securities Issued by Government 

Corporations and Other Agencies, con. 

[In millions of dollars. Source: “Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the United States Government”] 

End of fiscal 

year or month 

Export-Import 

Bank of the 

United States 

(12) 

Railroad 

Retirement 

Board 

(13) 

Small Business 

Administration 

(14) 

Other 

(15) 

 

2006 ...................................... 4,911 2,958 9,303 22,249 

2007 ...................................... 4,364 2,945 11,366 22,872 

2008 ...................................... 2,929 3,096 9,463 28,793 

2009 ...................................... 3,805 3,359 10,873 385,328 

2010 ...................................... 7,254 3,481 11,752 375,018 

 

2009 - Dec ............................ 4,701 4,337 11,554 470,382 

2010 - Jan ............................. 4,731 4,680 12,094 471,683 

Feb ............................ 5,337 4,953 12,218 471,521 

Mar ............................ 5,337 5,269 11,543 499,196 

Apr............................. 5,337 5,582 11,543 499,297 

May ........................... 5,370 5,877 11,543 492,622 

June .......................... 7,499 2,524 11,543 493,685 

July............................ 7,499 2,857 11,543 493,727 

Aug............................ 7,499 3,152 11,749 430,597 

Sept........................... 7,254 3,481 11,752 375,018 

Oct............................. 7,357 3,812 11,751 379,690 

Nov............................ 7,357 4,119 11,811 379,673 

Dec............................ 7,432 4,465 11,811 375,040 

 

Note.—Detail may not add to totals due to rounding. 
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INTRODUCTION: Public Debt Operations 

Chapter 31 of Title 31 of the United States Code allows 

the Secretary of Treasury to borrow money by issuing 

Treasury securities. The Secretary determines the terms and 

conditions of issue, conversion, maturity, payment, and 

interest rate. New issues of Treasury notes mature in 2 to 10 

years. Bonds mature in more than 10 years from the issue 

date. Each outstanding marketable security is listed in the 

“Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the United States.” 

The information in this section of the “Treasury Bulletin” 

pertains only to marketable Treasury securities. 

Table PDO-1 presents the results of weekly auctions of 

4-, 13-, and 26-week bills. Treasury bills mature each 

Thursday. Issues of 4- and 13-week bills are reopenings of 26-

week bills. High yields on accepted tenders and the dollar 

value of total bids are presented, with the dollar value of 

awards made on both competitive and noncompetitive bases. 

To encourage the participation of individuals and smaller 

institutions, Treasury accepts noncompetitive tenders of up to 

$5 million for bills and $5 million for notes and bonds in each 

auction of securities. 

Table PDO-2 lists the results of auctions of marketable 

securities, other than weekly bills, in chronological order over 

the past 2 years. Issues of cash management bills also are 

presented. 

Note: Cash management bills identified below are issued 

as part of the Supplementary Financing Program (SFP). For 

more details about the SFP, visit www.treasury.gov/ 

press/releases/hp1144.htm or call 202-622-2960. 

Note: On February 4, 2009, Treasury announced the 

reintroduction of the 7-year note. The first auction of this 

security took place on February 26, 2009. 

TREASURY FINANCING: OCTOBER-DECEMBER 

[Source: Bureau of the Public Debt, Office of Financing]

O C T O B E R 

Cash Management Bills 

On October 4, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $25,000 million of 56-day bills. They were issued 

October 7 and matured December 2. The issue was part of the 

SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on October 6. Tenders 

totaled $109,497 million; Treasury accepted $25,001 million. 

The high bank discount rate was 0.145 percent. 

On October 12, Treasury announced it would auction 

$25,000 million of 56-day bills. They were issued October 14 

and matured December 9. The issue was part of the SFP. 

Treasury auctioned the bills on October 13. Tenders totaled 

$110,657 million; Treasury accepted $25,000 million. The 

high bank discount rate was 0.150 percent. 

On October 18, Treasury announced it would auction 

$25,000 million of 56-day bills. They were issued October 21 

and matured December 16. The issue was part of the SFP. 

Treasury auctioned the bills on October 20. Tenders totaled 

$115,122 million; Treasury accepted $25,001 million. The 

high bank discount rate was 0.150 percent. 

On October 25, Treasury announced it would auction 

$25,000 million of 56-day bills. They were issued October 28 

and matured December 23. The issue was part of the SFP. 

Treasury auctioned the bills on October 27. Tenders totaled 

$107,787 million; Treasury accepted $25,000 million. The 

high bank discount rate was 0.150 percent. 

Auction of 3-Year Notes 

On October 7, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $32,000 million of 3-year notes. The issue was to 

refund $12,421 million of securities maturing October 15 and 

to raise new cash of approximately $53,579 million. 

The 3-year notes of Series AD-2013 were dated and 

issued October 15. They are due October 15, 2013, with 

interest payable on April 15 and October 15 until maturity. 

Treasury set an interest rate of 0-1/2 percent after determining 

which tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis. 

Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon 

eastern time (e.t.) for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 

p.m. e.t. for competitive tenders on October 12. Tenders 

totaled $94,273 million; Treasury accepted $32,000 million. 

All noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 0.569 percent with the 

equivalent price of $99.795046. Treasury accepted in full all 

competitive tenders at yields lower than 0.569 percent. 

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 45.87 percent. The 

median yield was 0.540 percent, and the low yield was 0.459 

percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $30 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$31,970 million. 

In addition to the $32,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $281 million from the 

Federal Reserve banks (FRBs) for their own accounts. The 

minimum par amount required for STRIPS of notes of Series 

AD-2013 is $100. 

Auction of 9-Year 10-Month 2-5/8 Percent Notes 

On October 7, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $21,000 million of 9-year 10-month 2-5/8 percent 

notes. The issue was to refund $12,421 million of securities 
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maturing October 15 and to raise new cash of approximately 

$53,579 million. 

The 9-year 10-month notes of Series E-2020 were dated 

August 15 and issued October 15. They are due August 15, 

2020, with interest payable on February 15 and August 15 

until maturity. 

Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon 

e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for 

competitive tenders on October 13. Tenders totaled $62,789 

million; Treasury accepted $21,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 2.475 percent with an 

equivalent price of $101.298742. Treasury accepted in full all 

competitive tenders at yields lower than 2.475 percent. 

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 9.27 percent. The 

median yield was 2.420 percent, and the low yield was 2.356 

percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $16 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$20,984 million. Accrued interest of $4.35122 per $1,000 

must be paid for the period from August 15 to October 15. 

In addition to the $21,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $185 million from 

FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount 

required for STRIPS of notes of Series E-2020 is $100. 

Auction of 29-Year 10-Month 3-7/8 Percent Bonds 

On October 7, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $13,000 million of 29-year 10-month 3-7/8 percent 

bonds. The issue was to refund $12,421 million of securities 

maturing October 15 and to raise new cash of approximately 

$53,579 million. 

The 29-year 10-month bonds of August 2040 were dated 

August 15 and issued October 15. They are due August 15, 

2040, with interest payable on February 15 and August 15 

until maturity. 

Treasury received tenders for the bonds before 12:00 

noon e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. 

for competitive tenders on October 14. Tenders totaled 

$32,339 million; Treasury accepted $13,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 3.852 percent with an 

equivalent price of $100.397647. Treasury accepted in full all 

competitive tenders at yields lower than 3.852 percent. 

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 21.59 percent. The 

median yield was 3.782 percent, and the low yield was 3.700 

percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $12 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$12,988 million. Accrued interest of $6.42323 per $1,000 

must be paid for the period from August 15 to October 15. 

In addition to the $13,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $114 million from 

FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount 

required for STRIPS of bonds of August 2040 is $100. 

52-Week Bills 

On October 14, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $24,000 million of 364-day Treasury bills. They were 

issued October 21, and will mature October 20, 2011. The 

issue was to refund $132,001 million of all maturing bills and 

pay down approximately $4,001 million. Treasury auctioned 

the bills on October 19. Tenders totaled $115,445 million; 

Treasury accepted $24,000 million. That included $209 

million of noncompetitive tenders from the public. The high 

bank discount rate was 0.225 percent. 

Auction of 4-Year 6-Month 0-1/2 Percent Treasury 

Inflation Protected Security (TIPS) 

On October 21, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $10,000 million of 4-year 6-month 0-1/2 percent 

TIPS. The issue was to raise new cash of approximately 

$10,000 million. 

The 4-year 6-month TIPS of Series K-2015 were dated 

October 15 and issued October 29. They are due April 15, 

2015, with interest payable on April 15 and October 15 until 

maturity. 

Treasury received tenders for the TIPS before 12:00 noon 

e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for 

competitive tenders on October 25. Tenders totaled $28,436 

million; Treasury accepted $10,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of -0.550 percent with an 

equivalent adjusted price of $105.508607. Treasury accepted 

in full all competitive tenders at yields lower than -0.550 

percent. Tenders at the high yield were allotted 57.82 percent. 

The median yield was -0.635 percent, and the low yield was -

0.750 percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $80 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$9,920 million. Adjusted accrued interest of $0.19370 per 

$1,000 must be paid for the period from October 15 to 

October 29. Both the unadjusted price of $104.749175 and the 

unadjusted accrued interest of $0.19231 were adjusted by an 

index ratio of 1.00725, for the period from October 15 to 

October 29. The minimum par amount required for STRIPS 

of TIPS of Series K-2015 is $100. 
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N O V E M B E R 

Cash Management Bills 

On November 1, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $25,000 million of 56-day bills. They were issued 

November 4, and matured December 30. The issue was part of 

the SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on November 3. Tenders 

totaled $121,176 million; Treasury accepted $25,000 million. 

The high bank discount rate was 0.145 percent. 

On November 8, Treasury announced it would auction 

$25,000 million of 55-day bills. They were issued November 

12, and matured January 06, 2011. The issue was part of the 

SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on November 10. Tenders 

totaled $117,572 million; Treasury accepted $25,000 million. 

The high bank discount rate was 0.095 percent. 

On November 15, Treasury announced it would auction 

$25,000 million of 56-day bills. They were issued November 

18, and matured January 13, 2011. The issue was part of the 

SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on November 17. Tenders 

totaled $106,946 million; Treasury accepted $25,001 million. 

The high bank discount rate was 0.125 percent. 

On November 22, Treasury announced it would auction 

$25,000 million of 55-day bills. They were issued November 

26, and matured January 20, 2011. The issue was part of the 

SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on November 24. Tenders 

totaled $109,854 million; Treasury accepted $25,000 million. 

The high bank discount rate was 0.160 percent. 

Auction of 2-Year Notes 

On October 21, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $35,000 million of 2-year notes. The issue was to 

refund $33,478 million of securities maturing October 31 and 

to raise new cash of approximately $65,522 million. 

The 2-year notes of Series AR-2012 were dated October 

31 and issued November 1. They are due October 31, 2012, 

with interest payable on April 30 and October 31 until 

maturity. Treasury set an interest rate of 3/8 percent after 

determining which tenders were accepted on a yield auction 

basis. 

Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon 

e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for 

competitive tenders on October 26. Tenders totaled $120,220 

million; Treasury accepted $35,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 0.400 percent with an 

equivalent price of $99.950315. Treasury accepted in full all 

competitive tenders at yields lower than 0.400 percent. 

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 38.30 percent. The 

median yield was 0.375 percent, and the low yield was 0.310 

percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $331 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$34,670 million. Accrued interest of $0.01036 per $1,000 

must be paid for the period from October 31 to November 1. 

In addition to the $35,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $717 million from 

FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount 

required for STRIPS of notes of Series AR-2012 is $100. 

Auction of 5-Year Notes 

On October 21, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $35,000 million of 5-year notes. The issue was to 

refund $33,478 million of securities maturing October 31 and 

to raise new cash of approximately $65,522 million. 

The 5-year notes of Series S-2015 were dated October 31 

and issued November 1. They are due October 31, 2015, with 

interest payable on April 30 and October 31 until maturity. 

Treasury set an interest rate of 1-1/4 percent after determining 

which tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis. 

Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon 

e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for 

competitive tenders on October 27. Tenders totaled $98,690 

million; Treasury accepted $35,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 1.330 percent with an 

equivalent price of $99.614432. Treasury accepted in full all 

competitive tenders at yields lower than 1.330 percent. 

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 83.81 percent. The 

median yield was 1.288 percent, and the low yield was 1.197 

percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $54 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$34,846 million. Accrued interest of $0.03453 per $1,000 

must be paid for the period from October 31 to November 1. 

In addition to the $35,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $717 million from 

FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount 

required for STRIPS of notes of Series S-2015 is $100. 

Auction of 7-Year Notes 

On October 21, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $29,000 million of 7-year notes. The issue was to 

refund $33,478 million of securities maturing October 31 and 

to raise new cash of approximately $65,522 million. 

The 7-year notes of Series R-2017 were dated October 31 

and issued November 1. They are due October 31, 2017, with 

interest payable on April 30 and October 31 until maturity. 

Treasury set an interest rate of 1-7/8 percent after determining 

which tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis. 

Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon 

e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for 

competitive tenders on October 28. Tenders totaled $88,845 

million; Treasury accepted $29,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 1.970 percent with an 

equivalent price of $99.381826. Treasury accepted in full all 

competitive tenders at yields lower than 1.970 percent. 

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 23.90 percent. The 
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median yield was 1.939 percent, and the low yield was 1.860 

percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $15 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$28,985 million. Accrued interest of $0.05180 per $1,000 

must be paid for the period from October 31 to November 1. 

In addition to the $29,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $594 million from 

FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount 

required for STRIPS of notes of Series R-2017 is $100. 

Auction of 9-Year 8-Month 1-1/4 Percent TIPS 

On November 1, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $10,000 million of 9-year 8-month 1-1/4 percent 

TIPS. The issue was to refund $13,762 million of securities 

maturing November 15 and to raise new cash of 

approximately $68,238 million. 

The 9-year 8-month TIPS of Series D-2020 were dated 

July 15 and issued November 15. They are due July 15, 2020, 

with interest payable on January 15 and July 15 until maturity. 

Treasury received tenders for the TIPS before 12:00 noon 

e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for 

competitive tenders on November 4. Tenders totaled $29,078 

million; Treasury accepted $10,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 0.409 percent with an 

equivalent adjusted price of $108.103581. Treasury accepted 

in full all competitive tenders at yields lower than 0.409. 

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 86.68 percent. The 

median yield was 0.318 percent, and the low yield was 0.188 

percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $43 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$9,957 million. Adjusted accrued interest of $4.18346 per 

$1,000 must be paid for the period from July 15 to November 

15. Both the unadjusted price of $107.962151 and the 

unadjusted accrued interest of $4.17799 were adjusted by an 

index ratio of 1.00131, for the period from July 15 to 

November 15. 

In addition to the $10,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $268 million from 

FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount 

required for STRIPS of TIPS of Series D-2020 is $100. 

November Quarterly Financing 

On November 3, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $32,000 million of 3-year notes, $24,000 million of 

10-year notes and $16,000 million of 30-year bonds to refund 

$13,762 million of securities maturing on November 15 and to 

raise new cash of approximately $68,238 million. 

The 3-year notes of Series AE-2013 were dated and 

issued November 15. They are due November 15, 2013, with 

interest payable on May 15 and November 15 until maturity. 

Treasury set an interest rate of 1/2 percent after determining 

which tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis. 

Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon 

e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for 

competitive tenders on November 8. Tenders totaled $104,326 

million; Treasury accepted $32,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 0.575 percent with an 

equivalent price of $99.777247. Treasury accepted in full all 

competitive tenders at yields lower than 0.575 percent. 

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 40.86 percent. The 

median yield was 0.548 percent, and the low yield was 0.470 

percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $50 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$31,951 million. 

In addition to the $32,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $858 million from 

FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount 

required for STRIPS of Series AE-2013 is $100. 

The 10-year notes of Series F-2020 were dated and issued 

November 15. They are due November 15, 2020, with interest 

payable on May 15 and November 15 until maturity. Treasury 

set an interest rate of 2-5/8 percent after determining which 

tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis. 

Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon 

e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for 

competitive tenders on November 9. Tenders totaled $67,177 

million; Treasury accepted $24,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 2.636 percent with an 

equivalent price of $99.903856. Treasury accepted in full all 

competitive tenders at yields lower than 2.636 percent.

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 60.54 percent. The 

median yield was 2.559 percent, and the low yield was 2.500 

percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $53 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$23,897 million. 

In addition to the $24,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $644 million from 

FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount 

required for STRIPS of Series F-2020 is $100. 

The 30-year bonds of November 2040 were dated and 

issued November 15. They are due November 15, 2040, with 

interest payable on May 15 and November 15 until maturity. 

Treasury set an interest rate of 4-1/4 percent after determining 

which tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis. 

Treasury received tenders for the bonds before 12:00 

noon e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. 

for competitive tenders on November 10. Tenders totaled 

$36,922 million; Treasury accepted $16,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 4.320 percent with an 

equivalent price of $98.829162. Treasury accepted in full all 

competitive tenders at yields lower than 4.320 percent. 

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 82.04 percent. The 

median yield was 4.220 percent, and the low yield was 4.100 
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percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $35 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$15,965 million. 

In addition to the $16,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $429 million from 

FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount 

required for STRIPS of bonds of November 2040 is $100. 

52-Week Bills 

On November 10, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $23,000 million of 364-day Treasury bills. They were 

issued November 18, and will mature November 17, 2011. 

The issue was to refund $130,009 million of all maturing bills 

and to pay down approximately $9 million. Treasury 

auctioned the bills on November 16. Tenders totaled $104,985 

million; Treasury accepted $23,000 million. That included 

$212 million of noncompetitive tenders from the public. The 

high bank discount rate was 0.280 percent. 

Auction of 2-Year Notes 

On November 18, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $35,000 million of 2-year notes. The issue was to 

refund $34,619 million of securities maturing November 30 

and to raise new cash of approximately $64,381 million. 

The 2-year notes of Series AS-2012 were dated and 

issued November 30. They are due November 30, 2012, with 

interest payable on May 31 and November 30 until maturity. 

Treasury set an interest rate of 0-1/2 percent after determining 

which tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis. 

Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon 

e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for 

competitive tenders on November 22. Tenders totaled 

$129,498 million; Treasury accepted $35,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 0.520 percent with an 

equivalent price of $99.960259. Treasury accepted in full all 

competitive tenders at yields lower than 0.520 percent. 

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 2.46 percent. The 

median yield was 0.500 percent, and the low yield was 0.443 

percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $297 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$34,703 million. 

In addition to the $35,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $1,379 million from 

FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount 

required for STRIPS of notes of Series AS-2012 is $100. 

Auction of 5-Year Notes 

On November 18, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $35,000 million of 5-year notes. The issue was to 

refund $34,619 million of securities maturing November 30 

and to raise new cash of approximately $64,381 million. 

The 5-year notes of Series T-2015 were dated and issued 

November 30. They are due November 30, 2015, with interest 

payable on May 31 and November 30 until maturity. Treasury 

set an interest rate of 1-3/8 percent after determining which 

tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis. 

Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon 

e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for 

competitive tenders on November 23. Tenders totaled $92,777 

million; Treasury accepted $35,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 1.411 percent with an 

equivalent price of $99.826792. Treasury accepted in full all 

competitive tenders at yields lower than 1.411 percent. 

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 6.37 percent. The 

median yield was 1.365 percent, and the low yield was 1.300 

percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $51 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$34,899 million. 

In addition to the $35,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $1,379 million from 

FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount 

required for STRIPS of notes of Series T-2015 is $100. 

Auction of 7-Year Notes 

On November 18, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $29,000 million of 7-year notes. The issue was to 

refund $34,619 million of securities maturing November 30 

and to raise new cash of approximately $64,381 million. 

The 7-year notes of Series S-2017 were dated and issued 

November 30. They are due November 30, 2017, with interest 

payable on May 31 and November 30 until maturity. Treasury 

set an interest rate of 2-1/4 percent after determining which 

tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis. 

Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon 

e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for 

competitive tenders on November 24. Tenders totaled $76,278 

million; Treasury accepted $29,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 2.253 percent with an 

equivalent price of $99.980673. Treasury accepted in full all 

competitive tenders at yields lower than 2.253 percent. 

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 40.23 percent. The 

median yield was 2.186 percent, and the low yield was 2.100 

percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $8 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$28,992 million. 

In addition to the $29,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $1,143 million from 

FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount 

required for STRIPS of notes of Series S-2017 is $100. 
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Cash Management Bills 

On November 29, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $25,000 million of 56-day bills. They were issued 

December 2 and matured January 27, 2011. The issue was 

part of the SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on December 1. 

Tenders totaled $114,806 million; Treasury accepted $25,001 

million. The high bank discount rate was 0.155 percent. 

On December 6, Treasury announced it would auction 

$18,000 million of 7-day bills. They were issued December 8 

and matured December 15. The issue was to raise new cash. 

Treasury auctioned the bills on December 7. Tenders totaled 

$92,580 million; Treasury accepted $18,000 million. The high 

bank discount rate was 0.140 percent. 

On December 6, Treasury announced it would auction 

$25,000 million of 56-day bills. They were issued December 9 

and will mature February 3, 2011. The issue was part of the 

SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on December 8. Tenders 

totaled $110,867 million; Treasury accepted $25,001 million. 

The high bank discount rate was 0.125 percent. 

On December 13, Treasury announced it would auction 

$25,000 million of 56-day bills. They were issued December 

16 and will mature February 10, 2011. The issue was part of 

the SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on December 15. 

Tenders totaled $104,512 million; Treasury accepted $25,000 

million. The high bank discount rate was 0.125 percent. 

On December 20, Treasury announced it would auction 

$25,000 million of 56-day bills. They were issued December 

23 and will mature February 17, 2011. The issue was part of 

the SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on December 22. 

Tenders totaled $106,137 million; Treasury accepted $25,001 

million. The high bank discount rate was 0.130 percent. 

On December 27, Treasury announced it would auction 

$25,000 million of 56-day bills. They were issued December 

30 and will mature February 24, 2011. The issue was part of 

the SFP. Treasury auctioned the bills on December 29. 

Tenders totaled $116,752 million; Treasury accepted $25,000 

million. The high bank discount rate was 0.120 percent. 

Auction of 3-Year Notes 

On December 2, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $32,000 million of 3-year notes. The issue was to 

refund $12,041 million of securities maturing December 15 

and to raise new cash of approximately $53,959 million. 

The 3-year notes of Series AF-2013 were dated and 

issued December 15. They are due December 15, 2013, with 

interest payable on June 15 and December 15 until maturity. 

Treasury set an interest rate of 0-3/4 percent after determining 

which tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis. 

Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon 

e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for 

competitive tenders on December 7. Tenders totaled $93,006 

million; Treasury accepted $32,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 0.862 percent with the 

equivalent price of $99.669011. Treasury accepted in full all 

competitive tenders at yields lower than 0.862 percent. 

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 67.03 percent. The 

median yield was 0.818 percent, and the low yield was 0.728 

percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $31 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$31,969 million. 

In addition to the $32,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $465 million from 

FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount 

required for STRIPS of notes of Series AF-2013 is $100. 

Auction of 9-Year 11-Month 2-5/8 Percent Notes 

On December 2, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $21,000 million of 9-year 11-month 2-5/8 percent 

notes. The issue was to refund $12,041 million of securities 

maturing December 15 and to raise new cash of 

approximately $53,959 million. 

The 9-year 11-month notes of Series F-2020 were dated 

November 15 and issued December 15. They are due 

November 15, 2020, with interest payable on May 15 and 

November 15 until maturity. 

Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon 

e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for 

competitive tenders on December 8. Tenders totaled $61,332 

million; Treasury accepted $21,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 3.340 percent with an 

equivalent price of $94.002822. Treasury accepted in full all 

competitive tenders at yields lower than 3.340 percent. 

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 8.71 percent. The 

median yield was 3.259 percent, and the low yield was 3.170 

percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $31 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$20,969 million. Accrued interest of $2.17541 per $1,000 

must be paid for the period from November 15 to December 

15. 

In addition to the $21,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $305 million from 

FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount 

required for STRIPS of notes of Series F-2020 is $100. 

Auction of 29-Year 11-Month 4-1/4 Percent Bonds 

On December 2, 2010, Treasury announced that it would 

auction $13,000 million of 29-year 11-month 4-1/4 percent 

bonds. The issue was to refund $12,041 million of securities 

maturing December 15 and to raise new cash of 

approximately $53,959 million. 

The 29-year 11-month bonds of November 2040 were 

dated November 15 and issued December 15. They are due 
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November 15, 2040, with interest payable on May 15 and 

November 15 until maturity. 

Treasury received tenders for the bonds before 12:00 

noon e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. 

for competitive tenders on December 9. Tenders totaled 

$35,660 million; Treasury accepted $13,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 4.410 percent with an 

equivalent price of $97.349324. Treasury accepted in full all 

competitive tenders at yields lower than 4.410 percent. 

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 36.49 percent. The 

median yield was 4.380 percent, and the low yield was 4.320 

percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $25 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$12,975 million. Accrued interest of $3.52210 per $1,000 

must be paid for the period from November 15 to December 

15. 

In addition to the $13,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $189 million from 

FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount 

required for STRIPS of bonds of November 2040 is $100. 

52-Week Bills 

On December 9, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $22,000 million of 364-day Treasury bills. They were 

issued December 16, and will mature December 15, 2011. The 

issue was to refund $133,005 million of all maturing bills and 

to pay down approximately $4,005 million. Treasury 

auctioned the bills on December 14. Tenders totaled $100,576 

million; Treasury accepted $22,000 million. That included 

$191 million of noncompetitive tenders from the public. The 

high bank discount rate was 0.295 percent. 

Auction of 2-Year Notes 

On December 23, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $35,000 million of 2-year notes. The issue was to 

refund $35,815 million of securities maturing December 31 

and to raise new cash of approximately $63,185 million. 

The 2-year notes of Series AT-2012 were dated and 

issued December 31. They are due December 31, 2012, with 

interest payable on June 30 and December 31 until maturity. 

Treasury set an interest rate of 0-5/8 percent after determining 

which tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis. 

Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon 

e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for 

competitive tenders on December 27. Tenders totaled 

$129,870 million; Treasury accepted $35,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 0.740 percent with an 

equivalent price of $99.772112. Treasury accepted in full all 

competitive tenders at yields lower than 0.740 percent. 

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 68.25 percent. The 

median yield was 0.720 percent, and the low yield was 0.650 

percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $273 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$34,728 million. 

In addition to the $35,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $1,754 million from 

FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount 

required for STRIPS of notes of Series AT-2012 is $100. 

Auction of 5-Year Notes 

On December 23, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $35,000 million of 5-year notes. The issue was to 

refund $35,815 million of securities maturing December 31 

and to raise new cash of approximately $63,185 million. 

The 5-year notes of Series U-2015 were dated and issued 

December 31. They are due December 31, 2015, with interest 

payable on June 30 and December 31 until maturity. Treasury 

set an interest rate of 2-1/8 percent after determining which 

tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis. 

Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon 

e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for 

competitive tenders on December 28. Tenders totaled $91,370 

million; Treasury accepted $35,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 2.149 percent with an 

equivalent price of $99.886797. Treasury accepted in full all 

competitive tenders at yields lower than 2.149 percent. 

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 40.50 percent. The 

median yield was 2.075 percent, and the low yield was 1.980 

percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $75 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$34,925 million. 

In addition to the $35,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $1,754 million from 

FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount 

required for STRIPS of notes of Series U-2015 is $100. 

Auction of 7-Year Notes 

On December 23, 2010, Treasury announced it would 

auction $29,000 million of 7-year notes. The issue was to 

refund $35,815 million of securities maturing December 31 

and to raise new cash of approximately $63,185 million. 

The 7-year notes of Series T-2017 were dated and issued 

December 31. They are due December 31, 2017, with interest 

payable on June 30 and December 31 until maturity. Treasury 

set an interest rate of 2-3/4 percent after determining which 

tenders were accepted on a yield auction basis. 

Treasury received tenders for the notes before 12:00 noon 

e.t. for noncompetitive tenders and before 1:00 p.m. e.t. for 

competitive tenders on December 29. Tenders totaled $82,902 

million; Treasury accepted $29,000 million. All 

noncompetitive and successful competitive bidders were 

allotted securities at the high yield of 2.830 percent with an 

equivalent price of $99.495202. Treasury accepted in full all 
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competitive tenders at yields lower than 2.830 percent. 

Tenders at the high yield were allotted 80.16 percent. The 

median yield was 2.790 percent, and the low yield was 2.736 

percent. Noncompetitive tenders totaled $32 million. 

Competitive tenders accepted from private investors totaled 

$28,968 million. 

In addition to the $29,000 million of tenders accepted in 

the auction process, Treasury accepted $1,454 million from 

FRBs for their own accounts. The minimum par amount 

required for STRIPS of notes of Series T-2017 is $100. 
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TABLE PDO-1.—Offerings of Regular Weekly Treasury Bills 

[In millions of dollars. Source: Bureau of the Public Debt, Office of Financing] 

 On total competitive bids accepted 

Description of new issue Amounts of bids accepted 

Issue date 

Maturity date 

(1) 

Number 

of days to 

 maturity 1

(2) 

Amount

of bids 

 tendered 

(3) 

Total 

amount 2

(4) 

On

 competitive

 basis 

 (5) 

On non-

 competitive

 basis 3 

 (6) 

High 

price per 

 hundred 

 (7) 

 High 

 discount 

 rate 

 (percent) 

 (8) 

 High invest-

 ment rate

(percent) 4

 (9) 

Regular weekly: 

(4 week, 13 week, and 26 week) 

 

2010 - Oct. 07.............. 2010 - Nov. 04 28 133,189.5 31,285.4 24,723.2 277.1 99.989500 0.135 0.137

 2011 - Jan. 06 91 132,215.3 29,000.3 27,655.1 1,145.2 99.967139 0.130 0.132

 Apr. 07 182 133,095.4 29,000.0 27,609.7 790.3 99.906472 0.185 0.188

Oct. 14.............. 2010 - Nov. 12 29 120,257.5 27,418.1 24,670.9 329.1 99.988722 0.140 0.142

 2011 - Jan. 06 91 129,962.7 29,000.1 27,550.4 1,099.7 99.968403 0.125 0.127

 Apr. 14 182 131,874.2 29,000.4 27,408.7 866.7 99.916583 0.165 0.167

Oct. 21............... 2010 - Nov. 18 28 121,431.0 27,938.2 21,714.5 285.7 99.989500 0.135 0.137

 2011 - Jan. 20 91 131,961.5 29,000.2 27,586.8 1,056.3 99.965875 0.135 0.137

 Apr. 21 182 134,010.5 28,000.0 26,581.9 793.2 99.914056 0.170 0.173

Oct. 28.............. 2010 - Nov. 26 29 112,978.1 25,782.6 21,282.8 247.1 99.989528 0.130 0.132

 2011 - Jan. 27 91 131,164.0 29,000.1 26,850.8 1,168.9 99.967139 0.130 0.132

 Apr. 28 182 130,304.4 28,000.2 26,229.8 781.4 99.914056 0.170 0.173

Nov. 04............. 2010 - Dec. 02 28 131,421.5 31,285.3 24,752.7 247.5 99.990278 0.125 0.127

 2011 - Feb. 03 91 134,017.1 29,000.2 27,590.4 1,059.8 99.968403 0.125 0.127

 May 05 182 136,109.5 28,000.4 26,742.5 707.9 99.921639 0.155 0.157

Nov. 12............. 2010 - Dec. 09 27 129,413.5 27,418.2 24,717.7 282.5 99.992125 0.105 0.106

 2011 - Feb. 10 90 136,029.4 29,000.3 27,611.6 1,163.8 99.968750 0.125 0.127

 May 12 181 129,464.4 28,000.9 26,618.1 832.9 99.919556 0.160 0.162

Nov. 18............. 2010 - Dec. 16 28 113,708.9 30,938.3 24,724.6 275.7 99.990278 0.125 0.127

 2011 - Feb. 17 91 127,375.2 29,000.0 27,529.6 1,169.8 99.965875 0.135 0.137

 May 19 182 111,265.6 28,001.1 26,656.3 769.7 99.909000 0.180 0.183

Nov. 26............. 2010 - Dec. 23 27 115,681.5 28,782.0 23,733.3 269.3 99.988750 0.150 0.152

 2011 - Feb. 24 90 128,988.8 29,000.5 26,908.2 1,092.3 99.965000 0.140 0.142

 May 26 181 126,370.2 28,000.7 26,221.2 779.5 99.901958 0.195 0.198

Dec. 02............ 2010 - Dec. 30 28 122,773.0 31,286.2 24,748.8 252.3 99.986389 0.175 0.177

 2011 - Mar. 03 91 123,556.5 29,000.5 27,601.7 1,021.1 99.955764 0.175 0.178

 June 02 182 131,169.9 28,000.1 26,884.2 657.8 99.893833 0.210 0.213

Dec. 09............ Jan. 06 28 109,557.2 27,418.6 24,597.1 303.5 99.993778 0.080 0.081

 Mar. 10 91 136,268.2 29,000.0 27,592.4 1,107.6 99.963347 0.145 0.147

 June 09 182 129,116.4 28,000.5 26,573.8 826.7 99.906472 0.185 0.188

Dec. 16............ Jan. 13 28 130,487.5 30,938.3 24,763.6 236.8 99.993389 0.085 0.086

 Mar. 17 91 126,145.1 29,000.6 27,591.4 1,109.1 99.964611 0.140 0.142

 June 16 182 123,612.6 28,000.5 26,998.6 702.0 99.903944 0.190 0.193

Dec. 23............ Jan. 20 28 105,737.2 28,782.5 24,754.5 246.5 99.994556 0.070 0.071

 Mar. 24 91 119,487.3 29,000.8 27,512.0 1,088.8 99.967139 0.130 0.132

 June 23 182 114,248.3 28,000.4 26,381.1 769.3 99.906472 0.185 0.188

Dec. 30............ Jan. 27 28 124,990.7 31,285.1 23,947.8 198.8 99.994944 0.065 0.066

 Mar. 31 91 124,423.4 29,000.6 26,959.2 1,045.7 99.954500 0.180 0.183

 June 30 182 132,858.9 28,000.2 26,366.7 653.7 99.886250 0.225 0.228

 

1

 All 4-week and 13-week bills represent additional issues of bills with an original maturity 

of 26 weeks or 52 weeks. Certain 26-week bills represent additional issues of bills with an 

original maturity of 52 weeks. 

2

 Includes amount awarded to the Federal Reserve System. 

3

 Tenders for $1 million or less from any one bidder are accepted in full at the high 

price of accepted competitive bids. However, as of September 21, 2004, the limit was 

raised to $5 million. All Treasury marketable auctions are conducted in a single-price 

format as of November 2, 1998. 

4

 Equivalent coupon-issue yield. 
PUBLIC DEBT OPERATIONS 

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TABLE PDO-2.—Offerings of Marketable Securities 

Other than Regular Weekly Treasury Bills 

[In millions of dollars. Source: Bureau of the Public Debt, Office of Financing] 

Auction date 

Issue date 

(1) 

 Description of securities 1

(2) 

Period to final maturity 

(years, months, days) 2

(3) 

Amount 

tendered 

(4) 

Amount 

accepted 3, 4

(5) 

Accepted yield and

equivalent price 

for notes and 

bonds 

(6) 

 

10/06/2010 10/07/2010 0.145% bill—12/02/10 56d 109,497 25,001 

10/13/2010 10/14/2010 0.150% bill—12/09/10 56d 110,657 25,000 

10/12/2010 10/15/2010 0.500% note—10/15/13-AD 3y 94,554 32,281 0.569 - 99.795046 

10/13/2010 10/15/2010 2.625% note—08/15/20-E 9y 10m 62,973 21,185 2.475 - 101.298742 

10/14/2010 10/15/2010 3.875% bond—08/15/40 29y 10m 32,454 13,114 3.852 - 100.397647 

10/20/2010 10/21/2010 0.150% bill—12/16/10 56d 115,122 25,001 

10/19/2010 10/21/2010 0.225% bill—10/20/11 364d 115,445 24,000 

10/27/2010 10/28/2010 0.150% bill—12/23/10 56d 107,787 25,000 

10/25/2010 10/29/2010 0.500% TIPS—04/15/15-K 4y 6m 28,436 10,000 -0.550 - 105.508607 

10/26/2010 11/01/2010 0.375% note—10/31/12-AR 2y 120,937 35,718 0.400 - 99.950315 

10/27/2010 11/01/2010 1.250% note—10/31/15-S 5y 99,408 35,718 1.330 - 99.614432 

10/28/2010 11/01/2010 1.875% note—10/31/17-R 7y 89,439 29,595 1.970 - 99.381826 

11/03/2010 11/04/2010 0.145% bill—12/30/10 56d 121,176 25,000 

11/10/2010 11/12/2010 0.095% bill—01/06/11 55d 117,572 25,000 

11/08/2010 11/15/2010 0.500% note—11/15/13-AE 3y 105,184 32,858 0.575 - 99.777247 

11/04/2010 11/15/2010 1.250% TIPS—07/15/20-D 9y 8m 29,346 10,268 0.409 - 108.103581 

11/09/2010 11/15/2010 2.625% note—11/15/20-F 10y 67,821 24,644 2.636 - 99.903856 

11/10/2010 11/15/2010 4.250% bond—11/15/40 30y 37,351 16,429 4.320 - 98.829162 

11/17/2010 11/18/2010 0.125% bill—01/13/11 56d 106,946 25,001 

11/16/2010 11/18/2010 0.280% bill—11/17/11 364d 104,985 23,000 

11/24/2010 11/26/2010 0.160% bill—01/20/11 55d 109,854 25,000 

11/22/2010 11/30/2010 0.500% note—11/30/12-AS 2y 130,877 36,379 0.520 - 99.960259 

11/23/2010 11/30/2010 1.375% note—11/30/15-T 5y 94,156 36,379 1.411 - 99.826792 

11/24/2010 11/30/2010 2.250% note—11/30/17-S 7y 77,420 30,143 2.253 - 99.980673 

12/01/2010 12/02/2010 0.155% bill—01/27/11 56d 114,806 25,001 

12/07/2010 12/08/2010 0.140% bill—12/15/10 7d 92,580 18,000 

12/08/2010 12/09/2010 0.125% bill—02/03/11 56d 110,867 25,001 

12/07/2010 12/15/2010 0.750% note—12/15/13-AF 3y 93,471 32,465 0.862 - 99.669011 

12/08/2010 12/15/2010 2.625% note—11/15/20-F 9y 11m 61,638 21,305 3.340 - 94.002822 

12/09/2010 12/15/2010 4.250% bond—11/15/40 29y 11m 35,849 13,189 4.410 - 97.349324 

12/15/2010 12/16/2010 0.125% bill—02/10/11 56d 104,512 25,000 

12/14/2010 12/16/2010 0.295% bill—12/15/11 364d 100,576 22,000 

12/22/2010 12/23/2010 0.130% bill—02/17/11 56d 106,137 25,001 

12/29/2010 12/30/2010 0.120% bill—02/24/11 56d 116,752 25,000 

12/27/2010 12/31/2010 0.625% note—12/31/12-AT 2y 131,624 36,755 0.740 - 99.772112 

12/28/2010 12/31/2010 2.125% note—12/31/15-U 5y 93,124 36,754 2.149 - 99.886797 

12/29/2010 12/31/2010 2.750% note—12/31/17-T 7y 84,356 30,454 2.830 - 99.495202 

 

1

 Currently, all issues are sold at auction. For bill issues, the rate shown is the high bank 

discount rate. For note and bond issues, the rate shown is the interest rate. For details of 

bill offerings, see table PDO-1. As of October 1, 1997, all Treasury issues of notes and 

bonds are eligible for STRIPS. 

2

 From date of additional issue in case of a reopening. 

3

 In reopenings, the amount accepted is in addition to the amount of original offerings. 

4

 Includes securities issued to the Federal Reserve System; and to foreign and international 

monetary authorities, whether in exchange for maturing securities or for new cash. 

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

auction day. 
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INTRODUCTION: Ownership of Federal Securities 

Federal securities presented in the following tables are 

public debt securities such as savings bonds, bills, notes, and 

bonds that the Treasury issues. The tables also detail debt 

issued by other Federal agencies under special financing 

authorities. [See the Federal debt (FD) tables for a more 

complete description of the Federal debt.] 

Effective January 1, 2001, Treasury’s Bureau of the 

Public Debt revised formats, titles, and column headings in 

the “Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the United 

States,” Table I: Summary of Treasury Securities 

Outstanding and Table II: Statutory Debt Limit. These 

changes should reduce confusion and bring the publication 

more in line with the public’s use of terms. 

Treasury’s Financial Management Service (FMS) 

compiles data in the “Treasury Bulletin” table OFS-1 from 

the “Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the United 

States.” Effective June 2001, FMS revised procedures and 

categories in this table to agree with the Bureau of the Public 

Debt’s publication changes. 

• Table OFS-1 presents Treasury marketable and 

nonmarketable securities and debt issued by other Federal 

agencies held by Government accounts, the FRBs, and 

private investors. Social Security and Federal retirement 

trust fund investments comprise much of the Government 

account holdings. 

The FRBs acquire Treasury securities in the market as a 

means of executing monetary policy. 

• Table OFS-2 presents the estimated ownership of 

U.S. Treasury securities. Information is primarily obtained 

from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors Flow of Funds 

data, Table L209. State, local, and foreign holdings include 

special issues of nonmarketable securities to municipal 

entities and foreign official accounts. They also include 

municipal, foreign official, and private holdings of 

marketable Treasury securities. (See footnotes to the table 

for description of investor categories.) 
OWNERSHIP OF FEDERAL SECURITIES 

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TABLE OFS-1.—Distribution of Federal Securities by Class of Investors and Type of Issues 

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

Public debt securities 

Held by U.S. Government accounts 

End of 

fiscal year 

or month 

 Total 

 Federal 

 securities 

 outstanding 

 (1) 

 Total 

 outstanding

 (2) 

Total 

(3) 

 Marketable 

 (4) 

Nonmarketable 

(5) 

Public issues 

held by Federal

Reserve banks

(6) 

 

2006 ................................................ 8,530,366 8,506,974 3,663,773 1 3,663,772 764,828 

2007 ................................................ 9,030,612 9,007,653 3,958,417 1 3,958,416 774,913 

2008 ................................................ 10,047,828 10,024,725 4,210,491 - 4,210,491 484,486 

2009 ................................................ 11,933,031 11,909,828 4,355,292 - 4,355,292 r 827,126 

2010 ................................................ 13,585,596 13,561,622 4,534,014 - 4,534,014 r 909,910 

 

2009 - Dec....................................... 12,334,846 12,311,349 4,496,990 - 4,496,990 r 860,724 

2010 - Jan ....................................... 12,302,178 12,278,636 4,515,255 - 4,515,255 r 866,736 

Feb ...................................... 12,463,506 12,440,068 4,499,337 - 4,499,337 r 872,597 

Mar ...................................... 12,796,707 12,773,123 4,478,875 - 4,478,875 r 879,026 

Apr....................................... 12,972,391 12,948,739 4,509,918 - 4,509,918 r 880,476 

May...................................... 13,016,378 12,992,539 4,493,694 - 4,493,694 r 880,179 

June..................................... 13,225,646 13,201,792 4,562,576 - 4,562,576 r 879,405 

July ...................................... 13,261,698 13,237,727 4,530,315 - 4,530,315 r 878,457 

Aug ...................................... 13,473,561 13,449,652 4,518,902 - 4,518,902 r 886,443 

Sept..................................... 13,585,596 13,561,622 4,534,014 - 4,534,014 r 909,910 

Oct....................................... 13,692,910 13,668,825 4,594,673 - 4,594,673 935,625 

Nov ...................................... 13,884,806 13,860,773 4,581,398 - 4,581,398 1,004,438 

Dec ...................................... 14,049,381 14,025,215 4,629,808 - 4,629,808 1,112,948 

 

 Public debt securities, con. Agency securities 1

Held by private investors 

End of 

fiscal year 

or month 

Total 

(7) 

Marketable 

(8) 

 Nonmarketable 

 (9) 

Total 

outstanding 

 (10) 

Held by 

private 

investors 

(11) 

Held by 

Government 

accounts 

(12) 

 

2006 .................................................................... 4,078,373 3,538,210 540,163 23,392 23,385 7

2007 .................................................................... 4,274,323 3,673,220 601,103 22,959 22,953 6

2008 .................................................................... 5,329,748 4,751,490 578,258 23,104 23,098 6

2009 .................................................................... r 6,727,410 r 6,182,607 544,804 23,203 23,202 1

2010 .................................................................... r 8,117,698 r 7,588,415 529,284 23,974 23,971 3

 

2009 - Dec........................................................... r 6,953,635 r 6,411,772 664,965 23,496 23,494 2

2010 - Jan ........................................................... r 6,896,645 r 6,359,815 536,830 23,543 23,540 3

Feb .......................................................... r 7,068,134 r 6,533,784 534,350 23,438 23,435 3

Mar .......................................................... r 7,415,222 r 6,878,015 537,207 23,584 23,581 3

Apr........................................................... r 7,558,345 r 7,020,802 537,543 23,652 23,649 3

May.......................................................... r 7,618,666 r 7,078,210 540,456 23,839 23,836 3

June......................................................... r 7,759,811 r 7,223,003 536,807 23,854 23,850 4

July .......................................................... r 7,828,955 r 7,300,395 528,560 23,970 23,967 3

Aug .......................................................... r 8,044,307 r 7,518,021 526,287 23,909 23,906 3

Sept......................................................... r 8,117,698 r 7,588,415 529,284 23,974 23,971 3

Oct........................................................... 8,138,527 7,607,094 531,433 24,085 24,081 4

Nov .......................................................... 8,274,937 7,743,848 531,089 24,033 24,028 5

Dec .......................................................... 8,282,459 7,750,313 532,147 24,166 24,161 5

 

1

 Agency securities have been revised to show separate amounts for securities held 

by private investors and those held by government accounts. 

Note. – Public issues held by the Federal Reserve banks have been revised to 

exclude the following Government-Sponsored Enterprises: Federal National 

Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and the Federal 

Home Loan Bank System.
OWNERSHIP OF FEDERAL SECURITIES 

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TABLE OFS-2.—Estimated Ownership of U.S. Treasury Securities 

[In billions of dollars. Source: Office of Debt Management, Office of the Under Secretary for Domestic Finance] 

 Pension funds 3 

End of month 

Total 

public 

debt 1

(1) 

Federal 

Reserve and 

Intragovernmental 

Holdings 2

(2) 

Total 

privately 

held 

(3) 

 Depository 

 institutions 3, 4

 (4) 

U.S.

savings

bonds 5

(5) 

 Private 6

 (6) 

State and

local 

governments

 (7) 

 Insurance 

 compa- 

 nies 3

 (8) 

Mutual 

funds 3, 7

(9) 

 State and 

 local 

 govern- 

 ments 3

 (10) 

 Foreign

 and inter-

 national 8

 (11) 

 Other 

 investors 9

 (12) 

 

2001 - Mar......... 5,773.7 2,880.9 2,892.8 188.0 184.8 153.4 177.3 109.1 225.3 316.9 1,012.5 525.5 

 June ....... 5,726.8 3,004.2 2,722.6 188.1 185.5 148.5 183.1 108.1 221.0 324.8 983.3 380.3 

 Sept........ 5,807.5 3,027.8 2,779.7 189.1 186.4 149.9 166.8 106.8 234.1 321.2 992.2 433.1 

 Dec......... 5,943.4 3,123.9 2,819.5 181.5 190.3 145.8 155.1 105.7 261.9 328.4 1,040.1 410.7 

2002 - Mar......... 6,006.0 3,156.8 2,849.2 187.6 191.9 152.7 163.3 114.0 266.1 327.6 1,057.2 388.8 

 June ....... 6,126.5 3,276.7 2,849.8 204.7 192.7 152.1 153.9 122.0 253.8 333.6 1,123.1 313.8 

 Sept........ 6,228.2 3,303.5 2,924.8 209.3 193.3 154.5 156.3 130.4 256.8 338.6 1,188.6 297.0 

 Dec......... 6,405.7 3,387.2 3,018.5 222.6 194.9 153.8 158.9 139.7 281.0 354.7 1,235.6 277.4 

2003 - Mar......... 6,460.8 3,390.8 3,070.0 153.6 196.9 165.8 162.1 139.5 296.6 350.0 1,275.2 330.2 

 June ....... 6,670.1 3,505.4 3,164.7 145.4 199.2 170.2 161.3 138.7 302.3 347.9 1,371.9 327.8 

 Sept........ 6,783.2 3,515.3 3,267.9 146.8 201.6 167.7 155.5 137.4 287.1 357.7 1,443.3 371.0 

 Dec......... 6,998.0 3,620.1 3,377.9 153.1 203.9 172.2 148.6 136.5 280.9 364.2 1,523.1 395.4 

2004 - Mar......... 7,131.1 3,628.3 3,502.8 162.8 204.5 169.8 143.6 172.4 280.8 374.1 1,670.0 324.8 

 June ....... 7,274.3 3,742.8 3,531.5 158.6 204.6 173.3 134.9 174.6 258.7 381.2 1,735.4 310.1 

 Sept........ 7,379.1 3,772.0 3,607.1 138.5 204.2 174.0 140.8 182.9 255.0 381.7 1,794.5 335.5 

 Dec......... 7,596.1 3,905.6 3,690.5 125.0 204.5 173.7 151.0 188.5 254.1 389.1 1,849.3 355.4 

2005 - Mar......... 7,776.9 3,921.6 3,855.3 141.8 204.2 177.3 158.0 193.3 261.1 412.0 1,952.2 355.5 

 June ....... 7,836.5 4,033.5 3,803.0 126.9 204.2 181.0 171.3 195.0 248.7 444.0 1,877.5 354.4 

 Sept........ 7,932.7 4,067.8 3,864.9 125.3 203.6 184.2 164.8 200.7 244.7 467.6 1,929.6 344.3 

 Dec......... 8,170.4 4,199.8 3,970.6 117.1 205.2 184.9 153.8 202.3 251.3 481.4 2,033.9 340.6 

2006 - Mar......... 8,371.2 4,257.2 4,114.0 113.0 206.0 186.7 153.0 200.3 248.7 486.1 2,082.1 438.1 

 June ....... 8,420.0 4,389.2 4,030.8 119.5 205.2 192.1 150.9 196.1 244.2 499.4 1,977.8 445.6 

 Sept........ 8,507.0 4,432.8 4,074.2 113.6 203.7 201.9 154.7 196.8 235.7 502.1 2,025.3 440.3 

 Dec......... 8,680.2 4,558.1 4,122.1 114.8 202.4 207.5 156.2 197.9 250.7 516.9 2,103.1 372.5 

2007 - Mar......... 8,849.7 4,576.6 4,273.1 119.8 200.3 221.7 158.3 185.4 264.5 535.0 2,194.8 393.2 

 June ....... 8,867.7 4,715.1 4,152.6 110.4 198.6 232.5 159.3 168.9 267.7 580.3 2,192.0 242.7 

 Sept........ 9,007.7 4,738.0 4,269.7 119.7 197.1 246.7 138.9 155.1 306.3 538.5 2,235.3 332.0 

 Dec......... 9,229.2 4,833.5 4,395.7 129.8 196.5 257.6 141.6 141.9 362.9 537.6 2,353.2 274.6 

2008 - Mar......... 9,437.6 4,694.7 4,742.9 125.3 195.4 270.5 142.0 152.1 484.4 531.0 2,506.3 336.3 

 June ....... 9,492.0 4,685.8 4,806.2 112.7 195.0 276.7 141.8 159.4 477.2 519.9 2,587.4 336.3 

 Sept........ 10,024.7 4,692.7 5,332.0 130.0 194.3 292.5 143.9 163.4 656.1 503.2 2,802.4 449.1 

 Dec......... 10,699.8 4,806.4 5,893.4 105.0 194.1 297.2 146.4 171.4 768.8 485.5 3,077.2 649.2 

2009 - Mar......... 11,126.9 4,785.2 6,341.7 129.1 194.0 330.9 150.2 191.0 716.0 516.9 3,265.7 849.1 

 June ....... 11,545.3 5,026.8 6,518.5 140.7 193.6 353.4 159.9 200.0 695.7 514.4 3,460.8 800.0 

 Sept........ 11,909.8 5,127.1 6,782.7 199.3 192.5 398.1 167.3 210.2 644.9 504.4 3,570.6 890.5 

 Dec......... 12,311.3 5,276.9 7,034.4 206.4 191.3 429.8 174.5 222.0 666.3 505.9 3,685.1 953.2 

2010 - Mar......... 12,773.1 5,259.8 7,513.3 274.4 190.2 462.2 179.7 229.8 649.7 506.4 3,877.8 1,143.2 

 June ....... 13,201.8 5,345.1 7,856.7 270.1 189.6 531.9 184.5 240.0 634.5 511.8 4,002.9 1,291.4 

 Sept........ 13,561.6 5,350.5 8,211.1 337.5 188.7 587.5 187.8 254.5 607.9 508.7 4,257.1 1,281.3 

 Dec......... 14,025.2 5,656.2 8,368.9 n.a. 187.9 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 4,370.0 n.a. 

 

 1

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

value. 

2

 Sources: Federal Reserve Bulletin, table 1.18, Federal Reserve banks, statement of 

condition, for System Open Market Accounts; and the U. S. Treasury MSPD for 

intragovernmental holdings. Federal Reserve holdings exclude Treasury securities 

held under repurchase agreements. 

3

 Source: Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Flow of Funds Table L.209. 

4

 Includes commercial banks, savings institutions, and credit unions. 

5

 Source: “Monthly Statement of the Public Debt of the United States.” Current 

 accrual value. 

6 Includes U.S. Treasury securities held by the Federal Employees Retirement System 

Thrift Savings Plan "G Fund." 

7

 Includes money market mutual funds, mutual funds, and closed-end investment companies.

8

 Source: Federal Reserve Board Treasury International Capital Survey. Includes 

nonmarketable foreign series, Treasury securities, and Treasury deposit funds. Excludes 

Treasury securities held under repurchase agreements in custody accounts at the Federal 

Reserve Bank of New York. For additional information see: http://www.treasury.gov/resourcecenter/data-chart-center/tic/Documents/mfh.txt. 

9

 Includes individuals, Government-sponsored enterprises, brokers and dealers, bank 

personal trusts and estates, corporate and non-corporate businesses, and other investors. 
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INTRODUCTION: U.S. Currency and Coin Outstanding and in Circulation 

The U.S. Currency and Coin Outstanding and in 

Circulation (USCC) statement informs the public of the total 

face value of currency and coin used as a medium of 

exchange that is in circulation at the end of a given 

accounting month. The statement defines the total amount of 

currency and coin outstanding and the portion deemed to be 

in circulation. It includes some old and current rare issues 

that do not circulate or that may do so to a limited extent. 

Treasury includes them in the statement because the issues 

were originally intended for general circulation. 

The USCC statement provides a description of the 

various issues of paper money. It also gives an estimated 

average of currency and coin held by each individual, using 

estimates of population from the Bureau of the Census. 

USCC information has been published by Treasury since 

1888, and was published separately until 1983, when it was 

incorporated into the “Treasury Bulletin.” The USCC comes 

from monthly reports compiled by Treasury offices, U.S. 

Mint offices, the Federal Reserve banks (FRBs), and the 

Federal Reserve Board. 

TABLE USCC-1.—Amounts Outstanding and in Circulation, December 31, 2010 

[Source: Financial Management Service] 

Currency 

Total 

currency 

and coin 

(1) 

Total currency 

(2) 

Federal Reserve notes 1

(3) 

U.S. notes 

(4) 

Currency no

longer issued

(5) 

Amounts outstanding .............................. $1,165,184,270,423 $1,122,126,382,421 $1,121,642,566,683 $240,695,266 $243,120,472

Less amounts held by: 

The Treasury....................................... 206,126,157 24,982,448 24,799,892 7,505 175,051

FRBs ................................................... 182,261,874,202 180,081,591,539 180,081,556,030 - 35,509

Amounts in circulation............................. $982,716,270,064 $942,019,808,434 $941,536,210,761 $240,687,761 $242,909,912

Coins 2

Total 

(1) 

Dollars 3

(2) 

Fractional 

coins 

(3) 

 

Amounts outstanding .............................. $43,057,888,002 $6,029,363,008 $37,028,524,994 

Less amounts held by: 

The Treasury....................................... 181,143,709 120,896,364 60,247,345 

FRBs ................................................... 2,180,282,663 1,037,403,336 1,142,879,327 

Amounts in circulation............................. $40,696,461,630 $4,871,063,308 $35,825,398,322 

See footnotes following table USCC-2. 
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TABLE USCC-2.—Amounts Outstanding and in Circulation, December 31, 2010 

[Source: Financial Management Service] 

Currency in circulation by denomination 

Total 

(1) 

Federal Reserve notes 1 

(2) 

U.S. notes 

(3) 

Currency no 

longer issued 

(4) 

$1 ................................................................................ $9,732,882,535 $9,590,709,212 $143,503 $142,029,820 

$2 ................................................................................ 1,803,399,444 1,671,375,554 132,011,318 12,572 

$5 ................................................................................ 11,459,172,275 11,324,648,435 108,511,710 26,012,130 

$10 .............................................................................. 16,585,970,140 16,565,225,440 6,300 20,738,400 

$20 .............................................................................. 130,625,801,540 130,605,693,620 3,840 20,104,080 

$50 .............................................................................. 66,902,695,100 66,891,196,200 500 11,498,400 

$100 ............................................................................ 704,596,949,800 704,574,961,300 - 5 21,988,500 

$500 ............................................................................ 142,203,000 142,014,000 5,500 183,500 

$1,000 ......................................................................... 165,519,000 165,317,000 5,000 197,000 

$5,000 ......................................................................... 1,765,000 1,710,000 - 55,000 

$10,000 ....................................................................... 3,450,000 3,360,000 - 90,000 

Fractional notes 4 ........................................................ 600 - 90 510 

Total currency ......................................................... $942,019,808,434 $941,536,210,761 $240,687,761 $242,909,912 

Comparative totals of currency and coins in circulation—selected dates 

 Amounts (in millions) 

 (1) 

 Per capita 6 

 (2) 

 

Dec. 31, 2010....................................................................................... 311,256 $3,157 

Nov. 30, 2010....................................................................................... 978,212 3,145 

Oct. 31, 2010........................................................................................ 962,948 3,098 

Sept. 30, 2005...................................................................................... 766,487 2,578 

Sept. 30, 2000...................................................................................... 568,614 2,061 

Sept. 30, 1995...................................................................................... 409,272 1,553 

Sept. 30, 1990...................................................................................... 278,903 1,105 

Sept. 30, 1985...................................................................................... 187,337 782 

Sept. 30, 1980...................................................................................... 129,916 581 

June 30, 1975 ...................................................................................... 81,196 380 

June 30, 1970 ...................................................................................... 54,351 265 

June 30, 1965 ...................................................................................... 39,719 204 

June 30, 1960 ...................................................................................... 32,064 177 

June 30, 1955 ...................................................................................... 30,229 183 

 

 1

 Issued on or after July 1, 1929. 

2

 Excludes coins sold to collectors at premium prices. 

3

 Includes $481,781,898 in standard silver dollars. 

4

 Represents value of certain partial denominations not presented for redemption. 

5 Represents current FRB adjustment. 

6 Based on Bureau of the Census’ estimates of population.
International Financial Statistics

Capital Movements

Foreign Currency Positions

Exchange Stabilization Fund
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INTRODUCTION: International Financial Statistics

The tables in this section provide statistics on U.S. 

Government reserve assets, liabilities to foreigners, and its 

international financial position. All monetary figures are in 

dollars or dollar equivalents. 

• Table IFS-1 shows reserve assets of the United 

States, including its gold stock, special drawing rights held 

in the Special Drawing Account in the International 

Monetary Fund (IMF), holdings of convertible foreign 

currencies and reserve position in the IMF. 

• Table IFS-2 contains statistics on liabilities to 

foreign official institutions, and selected liabilities to all 

other foreigners, which are used in the U.S. balance of 

payments statistics. 

• Table IFS-3 shows nonmarketable bonds and notes 

that the Treasury issues to official institutions and other 

residents of foreign countries. 

TABLE IFS-1.—U.S. Reserve Assets 

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

End of calendar 

year or month 

Total reserve 

assets 1

(1) 

Gold stock 2

(2) 

Special drawing 

rights 1, 3

(3) 

Foreign 

currencies 4

(4) 

Reserve 

position in 

International

Monetary

Fund 1, 5

(5) 

 

2006 ................................................................................... 65,895 11,041 8,870 40,943 5,040 

2007 ................................................................................... 70,565 11,041 9,476 45,804 4,244 

2008 ................................................................................... 77,648 11,041 9,340 49,584 7,683 

2009 ................................................................................... 130,760 11,041 57,814 50,520 11,385 

 

2010 - Jan .......................................................................... 129,960 11,041 57,316 50,217 11,386 

Feb ......................................................................... 129,293 11,041 56,525 50,185 11,541 

Mar ......................................................................... 127,521 11,041 55,996 48,885 11,598 

Apr.......................................................................... 126,481 11,041 55,733 48,270 11,437 

May......................................................................... 124,174 11,041 54,383 47,129 11,621 

June........................................................................ 124,514 11,041 54,551 47,557 11,365 

July ......................................................................... 129,127 11,041 56,013 49,743 12,330 

Aug ......................................................................... 128,447 11,041 55,666 49,634 12,106 

Sept........................................................................ 133,099 11,041 57,410 51,709 12,938 

Oct.......................................................................... 135,392 11,041 57,986 53,241 13,124 

Nov ......................................................................... 130,282 11,041 56,298 50,588 12,355 

Dec ......................................................................... 132,433 11,041 56,824 52,075 12,492 

2011 - Jan .......................................................................... 133,943 11,041 57,633 52,544 12,725 

 

1

 Beginning July 1974, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) adopted a technique for valuing 

the special drawing right (SDR) based on a weighted average of exchange rates for the 

currencies of selected member countries. The U.S. SDR holdings and reserve position in the 

IMF also are valued on this basis beginning July 1974. 

2

 Treasury values its gold stock at $42.2222 per fine troy ounce and pursuant to 31 United 

States Code 5117 (b) issues gold certificates to the Federal Reserve at the same rate against 

all gold held. 

3

 Includes allocations of SDRs in the Special Drawing Account in the IMF, plus or minus 

transactions in SDRs. Recent allocations are as follows: August 2009—$43,069 million and 

September 2009—$4,529 million. 

4

 Includes holdings of Treasury and Federal Reserve System; beginning November 

1978, these are valued at current market exchange rates or, where appropriate, at 

such other rates as may be agreed upon by the parties to the transactions. Excludes 

outstanding reciprocal currency swaps with foreign central banks. As of end-January 

2011, swaps outstanding were $70 million with the European Central Bank. 

5

 The United States has the right to purchase foreign currencies equivalent to its 

reserve position in the IMF automatically if needed. Under appropriate conditions, the 

United States could purchase additional amounts related to the U.S. quota. 

Note.—Detail may not add to totals due to rounding. 
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TABLE IFS-2.—Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreigners 

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

 Liabilities to foreign countries 

 Official institutions 1 

Liabilities to other foreigners 

End of 

calendar 

year or 

month 

Total 

(1) 

Total 

(2) 

Liabilities 

reported 

by 

banks in 

United 

States 

(3) 

Marketable

U.S. 

Treasury

bonds 

and 

notes 2

(4) 

Nonmarketable

U.S. 

Treasury

bonds 

and 

notes 3

(5) 

Other 

readily 

marketable

liabilities 2, 4

(6) 

Liabilities 

to 

banks 5

(7) 

Total 

(8) 

Liabilities 

reported 

by banks 

in the 

United 

States 

(9) 

Marketable

U.S. 

Treasury

bonds 

and 

notes 2, 6

(10) 

Liabilities

to nonmonetary

international and 

regional 

organizations 7

(11) 

 2000 .......................... 2,565,942 916,095 297,603 475,866 5,348 137,278 1,049,619 581,302 228,332 352,970 18,926 

2001 .......................... 2,724,292 923,501 282,290 479,340 3,411 158,460 1,125,812 653,367 284,671 368,696 21,612 

2002 - June 8 ............. 3,002,222 981,627 328,090 476,197 3,000 174,340 1,299,551 696,781 296,705 400,076 24,263 

Series Break.............. 3,003,380 1,039,702 328,090 556,603 3,000 152,009 1,299,551 642,437 296,705 345,732 21,690 

2002........................... 3,235,231 1,075,034 335,090 566,895 2,769 170,280 1,382,628 750,877 325,764 425,113 26,692 

2003 - June 8 ............. 3,586,765 1,169,600 379,114 601,767 2,876 185,843 1,431,589 957,712 452,617 505,095 27,864 

Series Break.............. 3,603,925 1,233,261 379,114 650,336 2,876 200,935 1,431,589 911,398 452,617 458,781 27,677 

2003........................... 3,863,508 1,340,497 401,856 719,302 2,613 216,726 1,439,484 1,057,446 518,962 538,484 26,081 

2004 - June 8 ............ 4,469,769 1,559,686 483,415 844,444 1,569 230,258 1,559,518 1,326,934 666,476 660,458 23,631 

Series Break.............. 4,407,294 1,648,167 483,415 910,456 1,569 252,727 1,559,518 1,169,285 666,476 502,809 30,324 

2004........................... 4,819,747 1,775,080 515,586 986,454 1,630 271,409 1,677,951 1,336,538 805,483 531,055 30,178 

2005 - June 8 ............. 5,071,533 1,821,338 493,704 1,030,763 911 295,960 1,791,611 1,424,082 776,836 647,246 34,502 

Series Break.............. 5,066,404 1,957,191 493,704 1,077,953 911 384,623 1,791,611 1,272,697 776,836 495,861 44,905 

2005 .......................... 5,371,673 2,012,633 498,510 1,102,333 948 410,842 1,895,904 1,415,705 769,564 646,141 47,431 

2006 - June 8 ............. 6,067,930 2,070,222 493,689 1,112,617 986 462,930 2,189,218 1,747,557 1,041,558 705,999 60,933 

Series Break.............. 6,056,640 2,275,684 493,689 1,211,819 986 569,190 2,189,218 1,537,251 1,041,558 495,693 54,487 

2006 .......................... 6,500,815 2,372,319 461,829 1,271,174 1,026 638,290 2,415,205 1,663,099 1,102,189 560,910 50,192 

2007 - June 8 ............. 7,098,730 2,515,167 495,176 1,281,070 1,067 737,854 2,607,127 1,926,307 1,261,391 664,916 50,129 

Series Break.............. 7,210,387 2,795,998 495,176 1,450,593 1,067 849,161 2,607,127 1,759,699 1,261,391 498,308 47,563 

2007 .......................... 7,676,097 2,960,682 596,660 1,443,691 1,111 919,220 2,769,850 1,901,789 1,311,466 590,323 43,776 

2008 - June 8 ............. 8,078,003 3,108,890 583,829 1,523,888 1,155 1,000,017 2,612,236 2,314,685 1,598,663 716,022 42,192 

Series Break.............. 8,103,582 3,340,105 583,829 1,683,160 1,155 1,071,960 2,612,236 2,107,622 1,598,663 508,959 43,619 

2008 .......................... 8,220,414 3,386,589 711,622 1,679,181 1,203 994,583 2,799,649 1,980,221 1,357,856 622,365 53,955 

2009 - June 8 ............. 8,035,627 3,473,629 779,889 1,722,168 1,251 970,321 2,566,045 1,959,293 1,171,468 787,825 36,659 

Series Break.............. 8,043,646 3,734,843 779,889 2,052,329 1,251 901,375 2,566,045 1,695,535 1,171,468 524,067 47,223 

2009 - Dec. r ............ 8,294,578 3,766,420 713,965 2,170,748 1,302 880,406 2,607,893 1,876,620 1,141,107 735,513 43,645 

2010 - Jan. r. ............. 8,288,124 3,738,719 689,261 2,171,306 1,311 876,842 2,589,401 1,916,674 1,120,266 796,408 43,330 

Feb. r............. 8,348,549 3,722,265 674,312 2,172,434 1,319 874,201 2,603,029 1,978,350 1,134,862 843,488 44,905 

Mar. r ............. 8,523,503 3,752,889 672,517 2,200,722 1,328 878,323 2,636,199 2,088,257 1,166,303 921,954 46,158 

Apr. r.............. 8,589,729 3,779,536 682,289 2,215,264 1,336 880,647 2,602,699 2,161,206 1,176,584 984,622 46,288 

May r ............. 8,573,458 3,753,808 646,378 2,222,500 1,345 883,585 2,572,720 2,192,218 1,199,906 992,312 54,712 

June r ............ 8,650,207 3,753,569 629,225 2,234,580 1,354 888,411 2,647,619 2,196,774 1,185,328 1,011,446 52,245 

July r.............. 8,654,049 3,776,536 647,768 2,243,293 1,363 884,112 2,623,300 2,202,897 1,169,857 1,033,040 51,317 

Aug................ 8,790,640 3,817,812 665,954 2,274,772 1,372 875,714 2,650,718 2,269,391 1,149,942 1,119,449 52,719 

Sept............... 8,968,875 3,840,527 680,291 2,314,231 1,381 844,624 2,737,339 2,338,529 1,181,034 1,157,495 52,480 

Oct................. 8,988,023 3,877,707 723,994 2,313,230 1,391 839,093 2,692,266 2,363,913 1,180,502 1,183,411 54,137 

Nov. p............ 8,991,037 3,849,838 682,875 2,324,323 1,400 841,241 2,672,609 2,414,511 1,179,560 1,234,951 54,079 

Dec. p............ 9,121,205 3,816,786 639,369 2,336,212 1,409 839,796 2,805,382 2,451,437 1,173,464 1,277,973 47,601 

1

 Includes Bank for International Settlements. 

2

 Derived by applying reported transactions to benchmark data. 

3

 Includes current value of zero-coupon Treasury bond issues to foreign governments as 

follows: Mexico, beginning March 1990, 30-year maturity issue (Note: this bond was paid 

off in full in January 2004); Venezuela, beginning December 1990, 30-year maturity issue; 

Argentina, beginning April 1993, 30-year maturity issue. Also, see footnotes to table IFS-3. 4

 Includes debt securities of U.S. Government corporations, federally-sponsored agencies, 

and private corporations. 

5

 Includes liabilities payable in dollars to foreign banks and liabilities payable in foreign 

currencies to foreign banks and to “other foreigners.” 

6

 Includes marketable U.S. Government bonds and notes held by foreign banks. 

7

 Principally the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the InterAmerican Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. 

8

 Data on the two lines shown for this date reflect different benchmark bases for foreigners’ 

holdings of selected U.S. long-term securities. Figures on the first line are comparable to 

those for earlier dates; figures on the second line are based in part on benchmark surveys 

as of end-June 2002, end-June 2003, end-June 2004, end-June 2005, end-June 2006, 

end-June 2007, end-June 2008, and end-June 2009 respectively, and are comparable to 

those shown for the following dates. 

Note.—Table is based on Treasury data and on data reported to the Treasury by banks, 

other depository institutions and brokers in the United States. Data generally correspond to 

statistics following in this section and in the “Capital Movements” section. Table excludes 

International Monetary Fund “holdings of dollars” and holdings of U.S. Treasury letters of 

credit and nonnegotiable noninterest-bearing special U.S. notes held by international and 

regional organizations. 
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TABLE IFS-3.—Nonmarketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes Issued 

to Official Institutions and Other Residents of Foreign Countries 

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

Payable in dollars 

End of calendar 

year or month 

Grand total 

(1) 

Total 

(2) 

Argentina 1

(3) 

Venezuela 2

(4) 

 

2005 .............................................................................. 948 948 77 871 

2006 .............................................................................. 1,026 1,026 82 944 

2007 .............................................................................. 1,111 1,111 88 1,022 

2008 .............................................................................. 1,203 1,203 95 1,108 

 

2009 - Dec..................................................................... 1,302 1,302 102 1,200 

2010 - Jan ..................................................................... 1,311 1,311 103 1,208 

Feb..................................................................... 1,319 1,319 103 1,215 

Mar..................................................................... 1,328 1,328 104 1,224 

Apr ..................................................................... 1,336 1,336 105 1,232 

May .................................................................... 1,345 1,345 105 1,240 

June................................................................... 1,354 1,354 106 1,248 

July .................................................................... 1,363 1,363 106 1,257 

Aug .................................................................... 1,372 1,372 107 1,265 

Sept ................................................................... 1,381 1,381 108 1,274 

Oct ..................................................................... 1,391 1,391 108 1,282 

Nov .................................................................... 1,400 1,400 109 1,291 

Dec .................................................................... 1,409 1,409 110 1,299 

 

1

 Beginning April 1993, indicates current value (principal and accrued interest) of zerocoupon, 30-year maturity Treasury bond issue to the government of Argentina. Remaining 

face value of issue is $264 million. 

2

 Beginning December 1990, indicates current value of zero-coupon, 30-year maturity 

Treasury bond issue to the Republic of Venezuela. Remaining face value of issue is 

$2,721 million. 
 

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INTRODUCTION: Capital Movements 

Background 

Data relating to U.S. international transactions in 

financial instruments and to other portfolio capital 

movements between the United States and foreign countries 

have been collected in some form since 1935. This 

information is necessary for compiling the U.S. balance of 

payments accounts, for calculating the U.S. international 

investment position, and for use in formulating U.S. 

international financial and monetary policies. 

From the beginning, reporting under the Treasury data 

collection program has been mandatory. Under the current 

Treasury International Capital (TIC) reporting system, an 

assortment of monthly and quarterly reports are filed with 

district Federal Reserve banks by commercial banks, 

securities dealers, other financial institutions, and 

nonbanking enterprises in the United States. These data are 

centrally processed and maintained at the Federal Reserve 

Bank of New York, which, along with the district banks, acts 

as fiscal agent for Treasury. Beginning in late 1998, the 

Federal Reserve Board also undertakes services on behalf of 

Treasury in support of the TIC data collection system. The 

TIC reports of individual respondents are treated as 

confidential, and access to the respondent level data is 

strictly limited to specific staff of Treasury and the Federal 

Reserve System. 

Data derived from Treasury reports are published in the 

Capital Movements section of this quarterly Treasury Bulletin 

and are posted monthly on the TIC website, 

http://www.ustreas.gov/tic. (See NOTE at the end of the 

INTRODUCTION text for additional website information.) 

TIC data aggregates are also published in the Federal Reserve 

Bulletin and are used in the U.S. international transactions and 

investment position compilations published by the 

Department of Commerce in the Survey of Current Business.

Forms and instructions are developed with the 

cooperation of other Government agencies and the Federal 

Reserve System and in consultation with representatives of 

banks, securities firms, and nonbanking enterprises. 

Requests for public comments on proposed changes are 

published in the Federal Register, and any further 

modifications are based on the comments received. The most 

recent revisions to selected reporting forms and instructions 

were effective June 30, 2006. The reporting forms and 

instructions may be downloaded from the TIC website. 

Copies of the reporting forms and instructions also may be 

obtained from the Global Economics Group, Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, Treasury, 

Washington, D.C. 20220; the International Finance Division, 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 

Washington, D.C. 20551; or district Federal Reserve banks. 

Basic definitions 

The term “foreigner” as used in TIC reporting covers all 

institutions and individuals resident outside the United 

States, including: U.S. citizens domiciled abroad; the foreign 

branches, subsidiaries and offices of U.S. banks and business 

concerns; the central governments, central banks, and other 

official institutions of foreign countries, wherever located; 

and international and regional organizations, wherever 

located. The term “foreigner” also includes persons in the 

United States to the extent that they are known by reporting 

institutions to be acting on behalf of foreigners.

In general, information is reported opposite the country or 

geographical area where the foreigner is located, as shown on 

records of reporting institutions. This information may not 

always reflect the ultimate ownership of assets. Reporting 

institutions are not required to go beyond addresses shown on 

their records and may not be aware of the actual country of 

domicile of the ultimate beneficiary. 

Transactions with branches or agencies of foreign official 

institutions, wherever located, are reported opposite the 

country that has sovereignty over the institutions. Transactions 

with international and regional organizations are not reported 

opposite any single country, but are accounted for in regional 

groupings of such organizations. Effective beginning with 

data for June 2006, information pertaining to the Bank for 

International Settlements is now included with data for 

international organizations, and information for the European 

Central Bank is distributed across the individual euro-area 

countries. For prior dates, information for these organizations 

is included in “Other Europe”. 

“Short-term” refers to obligations payable on demand or 

having an original maturity of one year or less. “Long-term” 

refers to obligations having an original maturity of more 

than one year and includes securities having no maturity. 

Reporting coverage 

TIC reports are required from banks and other depository 

institutions, bank/financial holding companies (BHCs/FHCs), 

securities brokers and dealers, and nonbanking concerns in 

the United States, including the branches, agencies, 

subsidiaries, and other affiliates in the United States of 

foreign banking and nonbanking firms. Institutions with total 

reportable liabilities, claims, or securities transactions below 

specified reporting thresholds are exempt from reporting. 

Beginning in February 2003, substantial revisions to the 

coverage and formats of the TIC B-series and C-series forms 

were introduced. The reasons for the changes were to 

comply with new and expanded international standards for 

reporting data on portfolio investment; to reduce reporting 

burden; to clarify reporting concepts and instructions; and to 

improve the quality of the series by closing known gaps in 

the data. 
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Banks, other depository institutions, and securities brokers 

and dealers file monthly B-series reports covering their dollar 

liabilities to and dollar claims on foreigners in a number of 

countries. Quarterly reports are filed for liabilities and claims 

denominated in foreign currencies and for claims on 

foreigners held for respondents’ domestic customers. All 

positions are exclusive of long-term securities. Beginning 

January 2001, the exemption level applicable to the banking 

reports was raised from $15 million to $50 million. This 

exemption level is also subject to the provision that reportable 

amounts for any one country do not exceed $25 million. 

Banks and other depository institutions, securities 

brokers and dealers, and other entities report their 

transactions with foreigners by country in long-term 

securities on monthly Form S. Respondents must report 

securities transactions with foreigners if their aggregate 

purchases or their aggregate sales amount to at least $50 

million during the covered month. 

TIC Form D is filed quarterly by all U.S. resident banks, 

securities dealers, and other firms with worldwide holding of 

derivatives in their own and in their customers’ accounts 

exceeding $100 billion in notional value. Data from this 

information collection was first released on May 15, 2007, 

with data on holdings beginning from end-December 2005, 

and data on net settlements beginning from the first quarter 

of 2006. 

Quarterly reports are also filed by exporters, importers, 

industrial and commercial concerns, financial institutions 

(other than banks, other depository institutions, and 

securities firms), and other nonbanking enterprises on their 

liabilities and claims positions with unaffiliated foreigners. 

Separate reports are filed for financial balances and for 

commercial balances. Effective for reports filed as of March 

31, 2003, the threshold applicable to Form CQ-1 for 

reporting financial liabilities to, and claims on, foreigners is 

$50 million, up from $10 million. At the same time, the 

reporting threshold for Form CQ-2, which covers 

commercial liabilities and claims positions with foreigners, 

was raised from $10 million to $25 million. 

Effective with the reports filed for June 2006, the country 

coverage of the monthly TIC forms was expanded 

significantly and the semiannual reports, which covered the 

smaller market economies, were discontinued. Country 

coverage was also expanded for the quarterly banking forms, 

the Form S, the Form D, and the Forms CQ-1 and CQ-2, 

effective with reports filed for June 2006. 

The data in these tables do not cover all types of reported 

capital movements between the United States and other 

countries. Except as noted in Section IV in “Description of 

statistics” below, the principal exclusions are the 

intercompany capital transactions of nonbanking business 

enterprises in the United States with their own branches and 

subsidiaries abroad or with their foreign parent companies 

(own foreign offices) and capital transactions of the U.S. 

Government. Consolidated data on all types of international 

capital transactions are published by the Department of 

Commerce in its regular reports on the U.S. balance of 

payments. 

Effective with the December 2009 Treasury Bulletin, a 

number of data reporters were reclassified in the TIC system 

as bank holding companies, beginning with the reports as of 

the fourth quarter of 2008. These data reporters are now 

included in the monthly bank-reported statistics and are no 

longer reporting as nonbanks. 

Description of statistics 

Data collected on the TIC forms are published in the 

“Capital Movements” tables in four sections. Each section 

contains all the data relevant to the same statistical series, 

with tables showing time series by type and country, and 

detailed breakdowns of the latest available data. The 

expansion of the country coverage on the standard report 

forms allows for publication of additional country detail for 

data beginning as of June 2006. As a result, the former 

Capital Movements Section III, which listed bank-reported 

claims and liabilities of selected countries from the 

semiannual reports, has been discontinued. 

• Section I covers liabilities to foreigners reported by 

banks, other depository institutions, and securities brokers 

and dealers in the United States. BHCs/FHCs also report for 

all domestic nonbank, non-securities firm affiliates, other 

than their insurance affiliates, which report separately on the 

C-series forms. Dollar-denominated liabilities are reported 

monthly on Forms BL-1 and BL-2. Liabilities denominated 

in foreign currencies are reported quarterly on Form BQ-2. 

Respondents report certain of their own liabilities and a wide 

range of their custody liabilities to foreigners. Effective with 

reports filed as of February 28, 2003, coverage was 

broadened to cover the positions of U.S. broker-dealer 

respondents with their affiliated foreign offices. (Depository 

institutions and BHCs/FHCs already reported such 

positions.) The scope of the reports was also extended to 

include cross-border brokerage balances as well as offshore 

sweep accounts and loans to U.S. residents in “managed” 

foreign offices of U.S. reporting institutions. Additionally, in 

a new Part 2, Form BQ-2 was expanded to include the 

foreign currency-denominated liabilities held by respondents 

for their domestic customers. Further, banks’ own positions 

have been defined to be consistent with regulatory reports 

such as the FR 2950/2951 to include all amounts in the 

respondent’s “due to/due from” accounts, unless in an 

instrument that is specifically excluded. Finally, the columns 

for demand deposits and non-transactions accounts are now 

combined, as are short-term U.S. agency securities and other 

negotiable and readily transferable instruments. 

• Section II presents claims on foreigners reported 

by banks, other depository institutions, and securities 

brokers and dealers in the United States. BHCs/FHCs also 

report for their domestic nonbank and non-securities firm 

affiliates, other than their insurance affiliates, which report 
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separately on the C-series forms. Data on respondents’ own 

dollar claims are collected monthly on Form BC. 

Information on claims held for domestic customers as well 

as on claims denominated in foreign currencies is collected 

on a quarterly basis only on Forms BQ-1 and BQ-2, 

respectively. Effective with reports filed as of February 28, 

2003, reporting coverage was expanded as outlined in 

Section I. Additionally, columns were added for separate 

reporting of issued by foreigners. Further, the foreigner 

category, negotiable CDs and other short-term negotiable 

instruments issued by foreigners. Further, the foreigner 

category, “foreign official institutions,” replaced the former, 

broader category, “foreign public borrowers,” for 

consistency with the liabilities reporting on this sector. 

• Section III (formerly reported as Section IV) 

shows the liabilities to, and claims on, unaffiliated foreigners 

of exporters, importers, industrial and commercial concerns, 

financial institutions (other than banks, other depository 

institutions, and securities brokers and dealers), and other 

nonbanking enterprises in the United States. Data exclude 

claims on foreigners held by banks in the United States. 

Historically, the TIC reports CQ-1 and CQ-2 exclude 

accounts of nonbanking enterprises in the United States with 

their own branches and subsidiaries abroad or with their 

foreign parent companies. Such accounts with foreign 

affiliates are reported by business enterprises to Commerce 

on its direct investment forms. There was an exception when 

reporting of foreign affiliate positions of insurance 

underwriting subsidiaries and financial intermediaries was 

included in Section B of Form CQ-1 for reports between 

end-March 2003 and end-March 2006. That reporting 

requirement was discontinued with the reports beginning as 

of June 2006. 

• Section IV (formerly Section V) contains 

information on transactions with foreigners in long-term 

domestic and foreign securities as reported by banks, 

securities brokers and dealers, and other entities in the 

United States. The data cover transactions executed in the 

United States for the accounts of foreigners and transactions 

executed abroad for the accounts of reporting institutions 

and their domestic customers. This includes transactions in 

newly-issued securities as well as transactions in, and 

redemptions of, outstanding issues. However, the data do not 

include nonmarketable Treasury bonds and notes shown in 

Table IFS-3. 

The geographical allocation of the transactions data 

indicates the country of location of the foreign buyers and 

sellers who deal directly with reporting institutions in the 

United States. The data do not necessarily indicate the 

country of beneficial owner or issuer, or the currency of 

denomination of securities. For instance, a U.S. purchaser’s 

order for Japanese securities may be placed directly with an 

intermediary in London. In this instance, the transaction for 

Form S reporting purposes would be recorded opposite the 

United Kingdom and not opposite Japan. Similarly, 

purchases and sales of U.S. securities for the account of an 

Italian resident may be placed, for example, in the Swiss 

market. In that case, the trades would be reported opposite 

Switzerland and not opposite Italy. 

• Section V presents quarterly data on holdings and 

net cash settlements of cross-border derivatives contracts 

reported by banks, securities brokers, dealers, and 

nonfinancial companies in the U.S. with sizable holdings of 

derivatives contracts. Total holdings are divided between 

those contracts with positive fair values and those contracts 

with negative fair values from the perspective of the 

reporter. The fair (market) value is generally defined as the 

amount for which a derivative contract could be exchanged 

in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in 

a forced or liquidation sale. 

The data on U.S. net settlements with foreign residents 

include all cash receipts and payments made during the 

quarter for the acquisition, sale, or final closeout of 

derivatives, including all settlement payments under the 

terms of derivatives contracts such as the periodic settlement 

under a swap agreement and the daily settlement of an 

exchange-traded contract. In calculating net settlements, 

U.S. receipts of cash from foreign persons are positive 

amounts (+), and U.S. payments of cash to foreign persons 

are negative amounts (-). Items excluded from net 

settlements are: (a) collateral including initial and 

maintenance margins, whether or not in the form of cash; 

and (b) purchases of underlying commodities, securities, or 

other noncash assets. (e.g., the purchase/sale by foreigners of 

a long-term security is reported on TIC Form S). 

The gross fair (market) values and net settlement 

payments on derivatives are reported by type of derivative 

and by country based on the residence of the direct foreign 

counterparty. Positions of foreign customers on U.S. 

exchanges are reported opposite the country in which the 

foreign counterparty resides. In the case of U.S. residents’ 

futures contracts on foreign exchanges, the country of the 

exchange is reported as the country of the foreign 

counterparty. 

NOTE: Current and historical data on United States 

transactions with foreigners in long-term securities on the 

gross foreign liabilities and claims reported by banks and 

nonbanks in the United States and on derivatives contracts 

with foreigners are available on the TIC website: 

http://www.ustreas.gov/tic. These data may be downloaded 

as separate time series for each country or geographical area 

regularly shown in the capital movements tables. Also 

available on this website are other series, including a table 

on “Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities,” showing 

estimated total holdings of U.S. Treasury bills, bonds and 

notes for current and recent periods. All data series on the 

TIC website are updated monthly. 
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SECTION I.—Liabilities to Foreigners Reported by Banks 

in the United States 

Table CM-I-1.—Total Liabilities by Type and Holder 

[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

2010 

Type of Liability 

 Calendar 

 Year 

 2009 r June r July r Aug. r Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. p 

Total liabilities to all foreigners............................... 4,479,544 4,485,652 4,463,626 4,490,593 4,622,758 4,622,689 4,561,827 4,638,790 

Payable in dollars............................................... 4,257,364 4,274,679 4,252,653 4,279,620 4,411,267 4,411,198 4,350,336 4,427,299 

Foreign official institutions 713,965 629,225 647,768 665,954 680,291 723,994 682,875 639,369 

Deposits, excluding negotiable CDs............. 50,746 51,960 48,264 49,575 48,420 52,509 57,435 49,810 

U.S. Treasury bills and certificates ............... 528,063 454,400 473,481 486,852 495,417 531,296 499,193 462,303 

Other short-term negotiable securities, 

negotiable CDs, and other custody 

liabilities ....................................................... 24,629 30,092 30,911 35,493 36,565 34,069 30,220 26,180 

Other liabilities............................................ 110,527 92,773 95,112 94,034 99,889 106,120 96,027 101,076 

Foreign banks (including own foreign 

offices) and other foreigners .................... 3,527,769 3,623,040 3,583,250 3,590,753 3,708,273 3,662,668 3,642,069 3,768,746 

Deposits, excluding negotiable CDs.......... 1,700,131 1,732,323 1,697,788 1,715,159 1,745,401 1,718,631 1,686,718 1,770,781 

U.S. Treasury bills and certificates ............ 219,198 267,438 271,486 285,114 251,531 241,639 251,936 262,202 

Other short-term negotiable securities, 

negotiable CDs, and other custody 

liabilities................................................... 414,576 384,264 388,851 385,915 384,658 392,704 377,767 362,685 

Other liabilities............................................ 1,193,864 1,239,015 1,225,125 1,204,565 1,326,683 1,309,694 1,325,648 1,373,078 

International and regional organizations 1 ..... 15,630 22,414 21,635 22,913 22,703 24,536 25,392 19,184 

Deposits, excluding negotiable CDs.......... 7,888 11,319 11,388 10,388 10,158 12,124 12,732 9,637 

U.S. Treasury bills and certificates ............ 3,176 4,912 6,991 8,451 8,624 8,159 7,687 5,454 

Other short-term negotiable securities, 

negotiable CDs, and other custody 

liabilities................................................... 1,412 810 1,268 1,347 1,222 1,140 1,659 1,809 

Other liabilities............................................ 3,154 5,373 1,988 2,727 2,699 3,113 3,314 2,284 

Payable in foreign currencies 2 .......................... 222,180 210,973 210,973 210,973 211,491 211,491 211,491 211,491 

Sector: 

Banks and other foreigners........................ 221,231 209,907 209,907 209,907 210,100 210,100 210,100 210,100 

International and regional organizations 1 ...... 949 1,066 1,066 1,066 1,391 1,391 1,391 1,391 

Major currencies: 

Canadian dollars ........................................ 17,694 18,194 18,194 18,194 21,241 21,241 21,241 21,241 

Euro............................................................ 99,279 90,674 90,674 90,674 85,960 85,960 85,960 85,960 

United Kingdom pounds sterling................ 10,455 11,620 11,620 11,620 12,648 12,648 12,648 12,648 

Japanese yen............................................. 55,505 51,168 51,168 51,168 49,393 49,393 49,393 49,393 

Memoranda: 

Respondents’ own liabilities payable in 

dollars........................................................ 3,066,310 3,132,763 3,079,665 3,076,448 3,233,250 3,202,191 3,181,874 3,306,666 

Liabilities to own foreign offices..................... 2,076,639 2,167,702 2,127,847 2,126,958 2,197,831 2,163,313 2,140,239 2,270,531 

Liabilities collaterized by repurchase 

agreements ............................................ 561,544 573,914 559,516 570,639 634,099 634,113 641,135 634,812 

Foreign official institutions ..................... 96,592 85,376 87,692 86,458 91,922 96,398 87,298 86,495 

Foreign banks and other foreigners....... 462,897 484,215 470,551 482,214 539,999 535,473 551,637 546,758 

International and regional organizations 1..... 2,055 4,323 1,273 1,967 2,178 2,242 2,200 1,559 

Reported by IBFs ....................................... 563,771 537,763 509,909 503,847 548,474 531,924 526,713 560,380 

Respondents’ own liabilities payable in 

 foreign currencies 2 ..................................... 215,883 203,679 203,679 203,679 204,092 204,092 204,092 204,092 

Reported by IBFs ....................................... 49,194 42,768 42,768 42,768 45,583 45,583 45,583 45,583 

Liabilities held in custody for domestic 

customers and selected other liabilities 3 .... 1,197,351 1,149,210 1,180,282 1,210,466 1,185,416 1,216,406 1,175,861 1,128,032 

Payable in dollars....................................... 1,191,054 1,141,916 1,172,988 1,203,172 1,178,017 1,209,007 1,168,462 1,120,633 

of which: other short-term negotiable 

securities and negotiable CDs............ 228,580 218,964 224,944 229,214 227,038 236,003 218,325 202,716 

 of which: short-term U.S. Government 

agency securities ................................ 53,343 60,608 59,707 61,073 60,619 55,159 49,698 43,595 

 of which: negotiable CDs ...................... 65,515 61,740 67,394 67,909 62,513 72,354 66,570 59,119 

Payable in foreign currencies 2 .................. 6,297 7,294 7,294 7,294 7,399 7,399 7,399 7,399 

 

 1

 Principally the Bank for International Settlements, the International Bank for 

Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), and the Inter-American Development 

Bank. 

2

 Data may be as of preceding quarter-end for most recent month shown in table. 

3

 Selected other liabilities are primarily the liabilities of the customers of banks to U.S. 

managed foreign offices and other foreign institutions. 
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TABLE CM-I-2.—Total Liabilities by Country 

[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

Calendar year 2010 

Country 2007 2008 r 2009 r Aug. r Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. p

Europe: 

Austria ............................................... 3,575 2,568 1,954 1,817 2,849 2,588 2,209 2,366

Belgium ............................................ 22,437 16,278 14,676 32,921 22,590 19,357 19,123 19,019

Bulgaria ............................................. 148 125 148 145 172 152 212 130

Cyprus............................................... 1,068 789 1,780 861 960 1,189 1,363 966

Czech Republic................................. 1,433 681 881 731 913 1,131 845 503

Denmark............................................ 791 4,548 3,339 5,446 5,167 5,264 4,780 5,186

Finland............................................... 1,456 1,615 1,127 793 1,014 1,416 1,449 1,124

France ............................................... 73,355 59,520 60,903 64,738 60,296 63,932 68,521 58,968

Germany............................................ 145,955 159,709 112,143 119,058 110,927 115,647 115,091 111,339

Greece............................................... 1,357 2,005 1,071 1,151 1,220 1,253 1,231 1,301

Hungary............................................. 1,219 781 575 774 705 810 820 799

Iceland .............................................. 667 1,096 815 873 792 630 620 865

Ireland ............................................... 123,913 182,351 147,936 143,631 139,975 132,630 126,116 121,357

Italy.................................................... 10,421 8,821 8,692 8,419 7,906 7,850 6,828 6,464

Kazakhstan ....................................... 5,945 13,765 10,425 11,941 11,704 11,430 13,024 13,204

Luxembourg ..................................... 108,463 130,917 101,534 89,912 98,766 94,631 87,290 88,646

Monaco.............................................. 206 314 177 199 175 172 185 186

Netherlands....................................... 26,125 37,005 17,924 17,740 17,942 15,891 21,373 15,657

Norway .............................................. 48,309 18,000 2,438 2,465 2,458 2,309 2,140 3,028

Poland ............................................... 19,651 4,731 4,786 8,713 9,838 6,446 6,516 6,038

Portugal............................................. 2,999 2,166 1,790 2,392 2,605 2,265 2,154 2,672

Romania............................................ 581 647 590 6,922 5,508 6,440 5,898 3,473

Russia .............................................. 104,741 73,139 74,671 63,448 67,354 66,212 63,992 50,962

Serbia and Montenegro .................... 532 182 300 371 545 490 395 457

Spain ................................................. 13,022 17,414 14,345 12,253 12,547 15,442 14,764 12,475

Sweden ............................................. 7,723 3,963 5,917 13,124 12,589 4,912 4,695 4,775

Switzerland........................................ 58,468 57,583 47,786 42,634 66,650 49,888 39,836 45,403

Turkey ............................................... 12,139 20,281 22,377 24,089 24,419 22,971 23,823 24,202

Ukraine.............................................. 1,392 4,071 3,167 2,781 4,426 2,746 3,652 4,282

United Kingdom................................. 1,051,764 784,793 784,131 878,884 932,967 915,536 971,484 1,001,866

Channel Islands ................................ 25,391 12,344 14,953 14,538 14,274 14,854 15,827 18,175

All other Europe ................................ 4,897 7,965 9,182 8,570 8,699 8,901 8,996 8,868

Total Europe.................................. 1,880,143 1,630,168 1,472,534 1,582,334 1,648,950 1,595,385 1,635,251 1,634,756

Memo: Euro Area 1 .......................... 533,078 621,493 486,377 496,308 480,219 474,706 468,168 442,968

Memo: European Union 2 ................. 1,619,013 1,422,690 1,287,555 1,411,678 1,448,634 1,415,878 1,463,980 1,466,398

Canada.................................................. 68,274 80,127 93,980 102,504 103,042 98,486 98,723 111,885

Latin America: 

Argentina........................................... 12,090 12,949 12,636 13,095 13,667 13,305 12,266 12,343

Belize................................................. 307 299 323 287 280 277 295 299

Bolivia................................................ 2,559 4,544 2,939 1,756 1,891 1,830 1,871 1,685

Brazil ................................................. 24,887 18,586 62,353 53,768 54,727 62,189 57,267 47,284

Chile .................................................. 15,731 15,909 11,704 15,246 14,170 14,595 15,731 15,687

Colombia ........................................... 11,038 10,396 17,628 19,324 19,268 19,677 22,100 21,062

Costa Rica......................................... 2,502 2,005 1,952 1,229 1,451 1,214 1,371 1,428

Ecuador............................................. 3,296 3,600 3,869 3,548 3,642 3,619 3,653 3,801

El Salvador........................................ 2,352 2,945 2,823 2,187 1,961 2,091 1,784 1,801

Guatemala......................................... 1,851 1,875 2,129 1,765 1,782 1,813 1,721 2,133

Guyana.............................................. 141 276 204 366 389 348 294 270

Honduras........................................... 2,162 1,570 1,401 1,498 1,394 1,450 1,540 1,527

Mexico............................................... 53,234 71,040 51,611 57,998 59,371 64,166 67,732 58,848

Nicaragua.......................................... 215 301 488 757 771 809 786 766

Panama............................................. 7,062 10,891 9,783 8,115 8,410 9,304 8,015 8,078

Paraguay........................................... 693 667 715 709 757 855 840 900

Peru................................................... 5,286 4,712 4,889 8,735 6,591 8,395 6,735 7,437

Suriname........................................... 128 157 278 232 212 223 234 264

Uruguay............................................. 6,503 8,221 8,766 9,648 9,556 8,424 8,065 7,715

Venezuela ......................................... 23,588 26,816 25,014 21,942 22,021 23,795 22,818 22,623

All other Latin America...................... 15 48 59 52 53 52 50 50

Total Latin America ....................... 175,640 197,807 221,564 222,257 222,364 238,431 235,168 216,001

Caribbean: 

Anguilla.............................................. 13,065 13,091 11,520 11,954 12,072 12,100 11,809 11,283

Antigua and Barbuda ........................ 217 115 114 84 81 70 72 65

Aruba................................................. 265 738 579 526 513 421 544 352

Bahamas ........................................... 286,669 338,432 290,352 250,765 268,040 261,339 260,262 264,273

Barbados........................................... 21,602 17,056 10,405 12,553 12,908 9,683 10,847 11,560

Bermuda............................................ 49,865 53,173 40,290 42,904 39,785 40,213 40,131 42,206

British Virgin Islands ......................... 35,092 44,616 34,789 40,330 38,625 43,497 39,661 43,415

Cayman Islands ................................ 1,488,182 1,544,995 1,481,978 1,467,022 1,478,703 1,490,081 1,447,477 1,530,084

Cuba.................................................. 80 89 83 78 80 80 78 77

Dominican Republic .......................... 3,813 3,089 3,226 2,739 2,672 2,794 2,839 3,493

French West Indies ........................... 35 26 36 30 33 33 32 35

Haiti ................................................... 555 540 679 1,347 1,260 1,256 1,244 1,274

Jamaica............................................. 1,358 1,023 989 1,296 1,315 1,202 858 890

Netherlands Antilles .......................... 10,131 6,679 6,943 8,664 7,796 7,377 6,771 7,647

See footnotes at end of table.
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TABLE CM-I-2.—Total Liabilities by Country, con. 

[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

Calendar year 2010 

Country 2007 2008 r 2009 r Aug. r Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. p

 

Caribbean, con. 

St. Kitts and Nevis.......................... 122 139 143 225 163 160 175 159

Trinidad and Tobago...................... 3,389 3,945 3,988 3,355 3,314 3,068 2,957 3,370

Turks and Caicos Islands............... 213 227 107 92 126 101 98 100

All other Caribbean ........................ 189 170 127 126 131 160 139 159

Total Caribbean.......................... 1,914,842 2,028,143 1,886,348 1,844,090 1,867,617 1,873,635 1,825,994 1,920,443

Asia: 

Bangladesh .................................... 889 3,479 4,506 4,719 3,922 4,273 3,606 3,836

China, Mainland ............................. 94,369 226,169 105,851 43,650 54,984 77,091 61,126 47,011

Hong Kong ..................................... 47,133 54,534 129,909 113,683 120,266 120,675 118,699 110,870

India................................................ 18,257 28,834 26,421 24,814 28,949 33,291 25,568 25,718

Indonesia........................................ 5,223 10,005 21,671 28,112 27,822 21,162 19,553 22,541

Israel............................................... 7,812 20,860 16,815 16,503 16,041 19,144 19,772 18,298

Japan.............................................. 190,122 251,993 185,544 160,980 168,863 166,130 162,983 166,502

Jordan ............................................ 1,179 2,247 2,527 2,527 2,811 3,001 2,885 2,751

Korea, South .................................. 35,215 16,078 12,457 13,398 13,048 14,368 13,328 12,338

Laos................................................ 380 66 74 60 57 61 59 103

Lebanon ......................................... 1,032 1,434 1,421 1,540 1,551 1,548 1,670 1,615

Malaysia ......................................... 2,852 2,346 2,297 4,501 3,964 4,035 3,656 4,292

Pakistan.......................................... 1,464 4,186 3,805 6,571 7,223 6,079 4,882 5,273

Philippines...................................... 4,927 9,561 5,363 4,378 4,492 4,086 3,587 6,239

Singapore....................................... 38,704 45,194 28,378 31,401 32,387 37,632 35,901 43,406

Syria ............................................... 24 65 34 37 40 42 41 39

Taiwan............................................ 25,952 30,702 29,800 25,871 26,674 27,354 27,326 31,163

Thailand.......................................... 14,189 18,748 17,028 35,812 35,561 37,628 36,447 31,632

Yemen............................................ 202 212 336 303 324 237 255 247

Oil exporting countries 3 ................. 80,593 121,758 105,728 102,782 104,029 108,072 98,627 100,802

All other Asia .................................. 5,052 7,133 7,563 5,748 6,120 5,771 5,590 6,502

Total Asia ................................... 575,570 855,604 707,528 627,390 659,128 691,680 645,561 641,178

Africa: 

Botswana........................................ 925 376 307 370 425 495 296 232

Egypt .............................................. 3,683 9,401 17,481 30,844 32,178 32,358 31,575 26,548

Ghana............................................. 346 316 284 371 425 426 756 641

Kenya ............................................. 612 342 476 394 396 383 450 400

Liberia............................................. 422 466 626 614 620 546 744 665

Mauritius......................................... 6,436 1,089 1,669 1,686 2,131 1,910 1,946 2,089

Morocco.......................................... 180 379 339 440 488 889 941 919

Mozambique................................... 126 141 232 134 119 151 248 282

South Africa.................................... 1,649 4,215 3,005 2,114 3,503 2,089 1,960 1,383

Tanzania......................................... 407 682 482 463 451 420 595 482

Uganda........................................... 1,233 329 441 592 496 500 451 469

Zambia ........................................... 190 141 235 321 613 519 429 425

Zimbabwe....................................... 105 88 276 259 221 180 236 321

Oil exporting countries 4 ................. 6,131 4,380 7,108 6,254 5,780 5,857 5,308 5,604

All other Africa................................ 3,443 6,605 8,239 3,544 4,710 4,155 4,278 6,944

Total Africa ................................. 25,888 28,950 41,200 48,400 52,556 50,878 50,213 47,404

Other countries: 

Australia ......................................... 14,891 33,479 27,056 23,868 28,043 32,895 28,279 30,807

New Zealand .................................. 3,190 3,849 5,480 4,911 5,961 4,623 4,922 3,924

French Polynesia ........................... 83 143 164 161 154 158 164 145

All other .......................................... 19,455 10,857 7,111 10,699 10,849 10,591 10,769 11,672

Total other ................................. 37,619 48,328 39,811 39,639 45,007 48,267 44,134 46,548

All countries........................................ 4,677,976 4,869,127 4,462,965 4,466,614 4,598,664 4,596,762 4,535,044 4,618,215

International and regional orgs: 

International organizations............ 24,236 32,837 13,453 18,926 18,258 20,594 22,082 15,098

Regional organizations 5 ............... 4,098 4,692 3,126 5,053 5,836 5,333 4,701 5,477

Total international and 

 regional organizations............. 28,334 37,529 16,579 23,979 24,094 25,927 26,783 20,575

Grand total ............................. 4,706,310 4,906,656 4,479,544 4,490,593 4,622,758 4,622,689 4,561,827 4,638,790

 

1

 Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, 

the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also includes Cyprus, 

Malta, and Slovenia. For data as of January 2009, also includes Slovakia. 

2 As of May 2004, the European Union includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, 

Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, 

Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and 

the United Kingdom. Data available beginning June 2006. As of January 2007, also includes 

Bulgaria and Romania. 

 3 Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates 

(Trucial States). 

4

 Includes Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria. 

5 Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East regional 

organizations.
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TABLE CM-I-3.—Total Liabilities by Type and Country, December 31, 2010, Preliminary 

[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

Liabilities payable in dollars 

Non-negotiable 

deposits and 

brokerage balances 1

Negotiable CDs and short-term 

securities 

Other 

Miscellaneous 

liabilities 2 

Country 

Total 

liabilities 

payable in 

dollars and 

foreign 

currency 

(1) 

Total 

liabilities 

payable in 

dollars 

(2) 

Total own 

liabilities 

payable in 

dollars 

(3) 

Total 

custody 

liabilities 

payable in 

dollars 

(4) 

Held by 

foreign 

official 

institutions 

and foreign 

banks 

(5) 

Held by all 

other 

foreigners

(6) 

Of which: 

short-term 

U.S. 

Treasury 

obligations

(7) 

Of which: 

other shortterm 

negotiable 

securities

(excl. CDs)

(8) 

Of which: 

negotiable 

CDs 

(9) 

Held by 

foreign 

official 

institutions 

and foreign 

banks 

(10) 

Held by all 

other 

foreigners 

(11) 

 Total 

liabilities 

payable in 

foreign 

currency 3

(12) 

Europe: 

Austria .............................. 2,366 1,713 1,042 671 588 279 522 - 7 194 123 653

Belgium............................. 19,019 14,876 5,558 9,317 3,204 538 2,948 1,515 4,843 1,819 8 4,143

Cyprus .............................. 966 965 947 18 503 432 18 - - 3 9 1

Czech Republic................. 503 503 123 380 28 69 380 - - 25 1 -

Denmark........................... 5,186 5,158 1,148 4,010 456 432 3,909 7 22 315 17 28

Finland.............................. 1,124 997 363 634 160 103 230 108 296 93 7 127

France .............................. 58,968 52,731 44,522 8,209 16,914 2,021 7,982 111 39 15,294 10,371 6,237

Germany........................... 111,339 94,914 83,404 11,510 31,858 2,260 8,549 1,174 583 49,765 725 16,425

Greece.............................. 1,301 1,266 1,131 134 294 722 116 8 10 96 19 35

Hungary............................ 799 671 287 384 29 202 370 - 14 55 1 128

Ireland............................... 121,357 118,548 25,325 93,223 2,407 4,068 22,820 47,043 20,244 7,322 14,644 2,809

Italy................................... 6,464 5,679 4,555 1,125 2,950 1,008 1,038 25 12 550 97 785

Kazakhstan....................... 13,204 13,196 3,898 9,298 3,841 38 9,298 - - - 19 8

Luxembourg...................... 88,646 87,609 15,208 72,400 3,894 3,319 37,613 14,366 18,360 819 9,237 1,037

Monaco............................. 186 186 101 85 29 72 84 - 1 - - -

Netherlands ...................... 15,657 14,991 8,072 6,919 3,471 2,801 2,197 3,432 155 1,628 1,307 666

Norway ............................. 3,028 2,966 1,943 1,023 522 555 813 177 33 836 30 62

Poland .............................. 6,038 6,022 570 5,452 290 180 3,767 1,684 1 100 - 16

Portugal ............................ 2,672 2,668 2,562 106 2,089 254 104 1 1 215 4 4

Romania ........................... 3,473 3,464 594 2,870 68 65 2,870 - - 449 12 9

Russia............................... 50,962 50,896 8,993 41,903 6,051 2,018 41,400 500 3 817 107 66

Spain ................................ 12,475 11,863 9,238 2,625 4,528 1,879 2,524 5 35 2,728 164 612

Sweden............................. 4,775 4,704 2,869 1,835 53 323 491 588 405 1,583 1,261 71

Switzerland ....................... 45,403 42,735 19,624 23,111 11,912 2,277 16,224 6,428 449 4,589 856 2,668

Turkey............................... 24,202 24,120 2,675 21,445 1,491 272 21,403 35 2 911 6 82

Ukraine ............................. 4,282 4,265 4,246 19 2,981 212 19 - - 1,046 7 17

United Kingdom ................ 1,001,866 936,150 906,106 30,044 359,533 23,932 24,632 955 2,422 292,071 232,605 65,716

Channel Islands................ 18,175 17,835 8,100 9,735 4,120 2,237 8,394 722 518 59 1,785 340

All other Europe.................. 10,320 10,262 8,354 1,908 2,180 852 1,788 118 2 5,270 52 58

Total Europe .................. 1,634,756 1,531,953 1,171,560 360,393 466,445 53,420 222,503 79,002 48,457 388,652 273,474 102,803

Memo: Euro Area 4 ........ 442,968 409,385 202,294 207,091 72,993 19,892 86,762 67,886 44,586 80,548 36,718 33,583

Canada ................................... 111,885 104,670 94,074 10,596 11,289 9,137 6,679 2,394 636 57,424 17,111 7,215

Latin America: 

Argentina............................ 12,343 12,176 11,353 823 675 10,294 525 115 182 220 165 167

Belize.................................. 299 299 282 17 103 168 3 6 8 10 1 -

Bolivia................................. 1,685 1,671 1,228 443 256 970 267 165 11 2 - 14

Brazil................................... 47,284 46,981 18,172 28,809 4,203 6,676 28,509 147 122 5,697 1,627 303

Chile ................................... 15,687 15,454 10,151 5,303 5,410 3,256 2,815 2,411 29 1,449 84 233

Colombia ............................ 21,062 20,942 5,545 15,397 941 4,211 14,778 473 138 360 41 120

Costa Rica.......................... 1,428 1,422 1,184 238 439 578 198 22 17 160 8 6

Ecuador.............................. 3,801 3,776 3,504 272 903 2,403 97 92 31 170 80 25

El Salvador......................... 1,801 1,795 1,219 576 335 562 186 307 83 305 17 6

Guatemala.......................... 2,133 2,110 1,875 235 204 1,121 168 48 19 531 19 23

Honduras............................ 1,527 1,527 1,473 54 738 652 5 22 27 83 - -

Mexico................................ 58,848 54,758 50,108 4,650 18,324 22,090 2,570 1,610 459 9,030 675 4,090

Panama.............................. 8,078 7,874 6,848 1,026 3,094 3,400 751 203 71 277 78 204

Paraguay............................ 900 900 874 26 209 655 1 22 3 2 8 -

Peru.................................... 7,437 7,403 6,595 808 4,176 1,616 54 738 13 796 10 34

Uruguay.............................. 7,715 7,685 6,415 1,270 1,431 2,535 973 195 100 1,974 477 30

Venezuela .......................... 22,623 22,452 21,925 527 4,063 17,382 90 250 187 270 210 171

All other Latin America....... 1,350 1,350 1,219 131 401 555 13 100 18 263 - -

Total Latin America........ 216,001 210,575 149,970 60,605 45,905 79,124 52,003 6,926 1,518 21,599 3,500 5,426

See footnotes at end of table. 
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TABLE CM-I-3.—Total Liabilities by Type and Country, December 31, 2010, Preliminary, con. 

[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

Liabilities payable in dollars 

Non-negotiable 

 deposits and 

brokerage balances 1

Negotiable CDs and short-term 

securities 

Other 

Miscellaneous 

 liabilities 2

Country 

Total 

liabilities 

payable in 

dollars and 

foreign 

currency 

(1) 

Total 

liabilities 

payable in 

dollars 

(2) 

Total own 

liabilities 

payable in 

dollars 

(3) 

Total 

custody 

liabilities 

payable in 

dollars 

(4) 

Held by 

foreign 

official 

institutions 

and foreign 

banks 

(5) 

Held by all 

other 

foreigners

(6) 

Of which: 

short-term 

U.S. 

Treasury 

obligations 

(7) 

Of which: 

other shortterm 

negotiable 

securities

(excl. CDs)

(8) 

Of which: 

negotiable 

CDs 

(9) 

Held by 

foreign 

official 

institutions 

and foreign 

banks 

(10) 

Held by all 

other 

foreigners 

(11) 

 Total 

liabilities 

payable in 

foreign 

currency 3

(12) 

Caribbean: 

Aruba........................................ 352 351 344 7 98 131 - 5 2 6 109 1

Bahamas.................................. 264,273 263,747 261,464 2,283 206,413 7,738 1,441 353 113 45,986 1,703 526

Barbados.................................. 11,560 11,500 6,362 5,138 3,858 622 3,077 1,648 404 1,790 101 60

Bermuda .................................. 42,206 39,941 15,348 24,593 688 11,856 18,191 5,386 766 206 2,848 2,265

British Virgin Islands ................ 43,415 42,449 24,330 18,119 161 21,057 15,247 1,940 497 - 3,547 966

Cayman Islands....................... 1,530,084 1,500,715 1,258,275 242,440 549,491 160,476 53,526 15,398 1,417 594,685 125,722 29,369

Dominican Republic................. 3,493 3,456 3,407 49 718 1,790 18 23 8 890 9 37

Haiti 7........................................ 1,274 1,274 1,246 28 495 312 9 3 16 439 - -

Jamaica.................................... 890 780 750 30 271 331 10 15 5 142 6 110

Netherlands Antilles................. 7,647 7,614 5,215 2,399 1,403 2,609 1,692 671 36 587 616 33

Trinidad and Tobago................ 3,370 3,143 2,401 742 1,241 560 645 15 16 595 71 227

All other Caribbean.................. 11,879 10,321 10,268 53 155 9,536 32 7 14 3 574 1,558

Total Caribbean.................. 1,920,443 1,885,291 1,589,410 295,881 764,992 217,018 93,888 25,464 3,294 645,329 135,306 35,152

Asia: China, Mainland....................... 47,011 46,923 30,378 16,545 20,540 3,254 15,375 982 83 6,511 178 88

Hong Kong............................... 110,870 105,972 24,015 81,957 11,238 3,255 73,128 8,400 321 8,923 707 4,898

India ......................................... 25,718 25,646 7,158 18,488 1,767 2,099 15,078 3,292 7 3,099 304 72

Indonesia ................................. 22,541 22,535 4,574 17,961 3,297 324 14,913 3,038 9 848 106 6

Israel ........................................ 18,298 18,275 6,331 11,944 1,122 1,879 11,818 43 82 3,307 24 23

Japan ....................................... 166,502 126,384 55,870 70,514 19,052 7,677 65,419 3,205 219 28,232 2,580 40,118

Jordan ...................................... 2,751 2,751 1,892 859 1,370 88 750 - 109 430 4 -

Korea, South............................ 12,338 11,874 6,566 5,308 2,571 737 1,593 2,198 934 3,642 199 464

Malaysia................................... 4,292 4,282 3,492 790 2,554 279 751 33 3 642 20 10

Pakistan ................................... 5,273 5,273 3,155 2,118 462 254 2,069 22 1 2,434 31 -

Philippines................................ 6,239 6,162 4,933 1,229 1,806 612 1,180 21 27 2,313 203 77

Singapore................................. 43,406 42,541 22,331 20,210 17,502 2,422 19,079 622 505 2,256 155 865

Taiwan...................................... 31,163 31,000 27,899 3,101 8,825 6,673 2,713 60 309 12,122 298 163

Thailand ................................... 31,632 31,627 2,426 29,201 1,192 483 29,161 25 7 747 12 5

All other Asia............................ 113,144 113,127 42,383 70,744 12,297 2,901 63,681 5,379 1,663 26,660 546 17

Total Asia............................. 641,178 594,372 243,403 350,969 105,595 32,937 316,708 27,320 4,279 102,166 5,367 46,806

Africa: Egypt........................................ 26,548 26,547 2,501 24,046 1,484 217 24,009 - 37 798 2 1

Ghana ...................................... 641 641 641 - 235 60 - - - 346 - -

Kenya....................................... 400 400 358 42 244 90 42 - - 23 1 -

Liberia ...................................... 665 655 508 147 25 325 57 90 - 149 9 10

Morocco ................................... 919 786 780 6 230 47 - 2 - 503 4 133

South Africa ............................. 1,383 1,297 1,059 238 655 260 226 5 7 49 95 86

All other Africa.......................... 16,848 16,656 15,328 1,328 10,495 1,776 1,325 3 - 2,642 415 192

Total Africa........................... 47,404 46,982 21,175 25,807 13,368 2,775 25,659 100 44 4,510 526 422

Other countries: Australia ................................... 30,807 26,241 18,518 7,723 12,665 1,998 5,706 1,399 37 3,834 602 4,566

New Zealand............................ 3,924 3,873 2,574 1,299 105 316 1,272 22 5 2,120 33 51

All other.................................... 11,817 4,158 4,061 97 216 3,286 87 2 8 536 23 7,659

Total other........................... 46,548 34,272 25,153 9,119 12,986 5,600 7,065 1,423 50 6,490 658 12,276

All countries.................................. 4,618,215 4,408,115 3,294,745 1,113,370 1,420,580 400,011 724,505 142,629 58,278 1,226,170 435,942 210,100

International and regional orgs: International organizations....... 15,098 13,783 8,902 4,881 - 7,602 4,437 70 374 - 1,300 1,315

Regional organizations 5.......... 5,477 5,401 3,019 2,382 - 2,035 1,017 898 467 - 984 76

Total International and 

 regional organizations ........ 20,575 19,184 11,921 7,263 - 9,637 5,454 968 841 - 2,284 1,391

Grand total ...................... 4,638,790 4,427,299 3,306,666 1,120,633 1,420,580 409,648 729,959 143,597 59,119 1,226,170 438,226 211,491

1

 Excludes negotiable certificates of deposit. 

2

 Includes both banks' own liabilities and banks' customer liabilities to foreigners primarily in 

the form of loans, including loans associated with repurchase agreements, and nonnegotiable short-term securities. 

3

 Foreign currency data are as of the previous quarter-end. 

4

 Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, 

the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also includes Cyprus, 

Malta, and Slovenia. For data as of January 2009, also includes Slovakia.

5 Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East regional 

organizations.
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0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

2006 2007 2008 2009 Dec. 2010

United Kingdom All other Europe Caribbean banking centers

Japan All other Asia All other countries

(In billions of dollars)

CHART CM-A.—U.S. Liabilities to Foreigners 

Reported by U.S. Banks, Brokers, and Dealers with Respect to Selected Countries 

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

Calendar years 

Country 2006 2007 2008 2009 Dec. 2010 

 

United Kingdom........................ 926,069 1,051,764 784,793 784,131 1,001,866

All other Europe ....................... 648,551 828,379 845,375 688,403 632,890

Caribbean banking centers 1 ..... 1,666,987 1,877,001 1,998,786 1,864,135 1,895,703

Japan........................................ 141,655 190,122 251,993 185,544 166,502

All other Asia ............................ 299,495 385,448 603,611 521,984 474,676

Subtotal .................................. 3,682,757 4,332,714 4,484,558 4,044,197 4,171,637

All other countries .................... 327,602 373,596 422,098 435,347 467,153

Grand total.............................. 4,010,359 4,706,310 4,906,656 4,479,544 4,638,790

1

 Includes Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Netherlands Antilles, and Panama. For data beginning June 2006, also 

includes the British Virgin Islands. 

U.S. liabilities to foreigners 

reported by U.S. banks were 

recorded at $4.6 trillion in 

December 2010, an increase of 

$159 billion from yearend 2009. 

U.S. banking liabilities include 

foreign holdings of U.S. shortterm securities but exclude 

foreign holdings of U.S. longterm securities. U.S. banking 

liabilities decreased about $427 

billion in 2009 but increased 

about $200 billion in 2008 and 

about $696 billion in 2007. 

However, the 2008 increase is 

primarily attributable to the 

addition of several new bank 

holding companies to the reporter 

panel. 

U.S. banking liabilities are 

concentrated in international 

financial centers. The data on this 

page show that over 60 percent of 

U.S. banking liabilities is 

currently recorded against the 

United Kingdom and banking 

centers in the Caribbean. These 

financial centers recorded most of 

the decline in banking liabilities 

from 2007 through 2009 and most 

of the growth through December 

2010. A different pattern emerged 

in Europe (excluding the United 

Kingdom) and Asia (including 

Japan), as liabilities increased 

rapidly from 2006 to 2008 but fell 

in 2009 and 2010. Longer-term 

trends toward global financial 

development have led to an 

increasing role for residual 

countries (those outside Europe, 

the Caribbean banking centers, 

and Asia), as U.S. banking 

liabilities to such countries have 

grown steadily since 2006. 
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SECTION II.—Claims on Foreigners Reported by Banks in the United States 

TABLE CM-II-1.—Total Claims by Type 

[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

2009 2010 

Type of Claim 

Calendar 

Year 

2008 r Sept. r Dec. r Mar. r June Sept. p 

 

Total claims.............................................................. 3,719,193 4,041,476 3,965,868 4,164,542 4,237,721 4,423,594 

Payable in dollars.................................................. 3,352,755 3,679,655 3,585,010 3,818,475 3,871,551 4,023,480 

Own claims on foreigners................................... 2,593,510 2,846,035 2,806,742 3,005,574 3,059,720 3,218,213 

Foreign official institutions............................... 51,657 42,803 47,033 58,155 69,054 59,323 

Foreign banks, including own foreign 

offices........................................................... 1,996,215 2,158,822 2,155,966 2,292,509 2,320,594 2,448,604 

All other foreigners .......................................... 545,638 644,410 603,743 654,910 670,072 710,286 

Claims of domestic customers.............................. 759,245 833,620 778,268 812,901 811,831 805,267 

Payable in foreign currencies .................................. 366,438 361,821 380,858 346,067 366,170 400,114 

Own claims on foreigners ..................................... 324,230 316,841 333,622 297,352 312,718 324,671 

of which: 

Canadian dollars.............................................. 25,114 45,610 43,712 42,654 36,642 38,055 

Euros................................................................ 182,388 168,972 182,243 142,172 169,695 160,833 

United Kingdom pounds sterling...................... 20,919 35,334 33,074 37,418 33,733 32,771 

Japanese yen................................................... 56,761 32,825 37,615 35,450 36,112 48,659 

Claims of domestic customers.............................. 42,208 44,980 47,236 48,715 53,452 75,443 

of which: 

Canadian dollars.............................................. 4,457 6,989 6,912 7,341 11,487 13,791 

Euros................................................................ 31,067 29,314 28,355 30,393 27,158 31,267 

United Kingdom pounds sterling...................... 1,137 4,244 3,680 3,307 5,215 3,012 

Japanese yen................................................... 2,560 2,036 3,468 1,881 2,170 17,182 

Memoranda: 

Total own claims on foreigners ............................. 2,917,740 3,162,876 3,140,364 3,302,926 3,372,438 3,542,884 

Non-negotiable deposits .................................... 1,236,087 1,440,458 1,490,672 1,594,424 1,548,854 1,610,290 

Short-term negotiable instruments 

 (payable in dollars) ........................................ 14,068 18,715 12,890 14,274 13,365 14,167 

Resale agreements ............................................ 508,372 604,954 530,467 626,494 696,880 752,636 

Other................................................................... 1,159,213 1,098,749 1,106,335 1,067,734 1,113,339 1,165,791 

Claims on own foreign offices............................... 1,771,613 1,947,461 2,054,945 2,207,261 2,192,915 2,286,560 

Claims reported by IBFs ....................................... 514,225 598,969 669,710 706,250 586,407 655,933 

Payable in dollars............................................... 468,962 561,880 627,476 669,541 541,801 600,171 

Payable in foreign currencies............................. 45,263 37,089 42,234 36,709 44,606 55,762 

Total claims held for domestic customers ............ 801,453 878,600 825,504 861,616 865,283 880,710 

Non-negotiable deposits .................................... 485,165 384,497 372,735 371,146 406,652 398,725 

Short-term negotiable instruments 

 (payable in dollars) ........................................ 286,758 450,353 417,110 453,366 406,102 409,562 

Other ..................................................................... 29,530 43,750 35,659 37,104 52,529 72,423 

 

 
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TABLE CM-II-2.—Total Claims by Country 

[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

2009 2010 

Country 

 Calendar 

 year 

 2008 r Mar. r June r Sept. r Dec. r Mar. r June Sept. p

 

Europe: 

Austria .................................................... 5,294 4,826 5,761 4,464 3,299 3,600 3,119 2,786

Belgium................................................... 16,821 16,832 14,469 20,346 14,021 13,505 17,702 19,546

Bulgaria .................................................. 43 18 29 17 23 18 17 15

Czech Republic ...................................... 225 107 156 143 514 469 114 50

Denmark................................................. 9,844 9,821 12,361 11,079 6,016 4,421 3,237 4,278

Finland.................................................... 25,315 26,425 23,943 24,757 43,722 26,151 27,998 36,662

France .................................................... 191,695 188,688 197,042 203,773 196,236 207,568 164,855 212,066

Germany................................................. 77,686 100,371 126,509 115,541 87,867 75,803 89,660 95,489

Greece.................................................... 1,227 952 1,201 1,010 970 1,313 663 655

Hungary.................................................. 413 268 302 1,281 1,395 1,322 1,075 600

Ireland..................................................... 88,371 70,032 61,053 74,662 75,917 60,124 54,392 43,295

Italy ......................................................... 52,700 52,239 53,150 55,231 51,029 54,205 29,786 44,999

Kazakhstan ............................................ 1,048 593 420 400 377 262 223 357

Luxembourg ........................................... 26,209 30,623 26,252 31,495 31,381 25,439 26,805 24,935

Netherlands ............................................ 74,144 79,086 83,580 82,355 66,870 57,785 47,014 52,460

Norway ................................................... 19,935 15,541 15,472 18,519 21,433 18,123 20,626 22,695

Poland .................................................... 1,712 1,543 2,246 709 495 1,270 1,229 2,192

Portugal .................................................. 1,885 4,206 4,016 2,163 2,319 1,534 1,191 1,164

Romania ................................................. 154 148 127 138 183 128 119 116

Russia..................................................... 2,269 1,971 1,691 1,874 1,822 1,548 1,219 1,452

Spain ...................................................... 61,971 50,547 48,977 49,597 46,946 44,903 27,808 28,310

Sweden................................................... 17,606 17,976 21,617 26,597 15,673 24,061 33,573 32,274

Switzerland............................................. 113,177 111,525 90,958 90,952 79,382 73,897 66,768 67,436

Turkey..................................................... 3,881 3,869 4,366 4,212 4,165 4,417 4,884 5,371

United Kingdom...................................... 1,016,448 1,074,398 1,095,050 1,192,092 1,156,878 1,239,824 1,245,427 1,307,635

Channel Islands...................................... 19,830 19,744 20,635 21,393 19,589 19,274 13,678 15,661

All other Europe ..................................... 2,887 2,940 3,104 3,888 5,227 6,927 6,995 5,444

Total Europe ........................................ 1,832,790 1,885,288 1,914,487 2,038,686 1,933,748 1,967,892 1,890,175 2,027,943

Memo: Euro Area 1 .............................. 623,984 625,802 647,263 667,607 624,445 575,305 494,465 564,688

Memo: European Union 2 .................... 1,670,521 1,730,092 1,779,160 1,899,680 1,805,634 1,846,829 1,779,268 1,911,858

Canada...................................................... 159,408 148,383 148,702 170,013 170,164 201,042 190,372 184,602

Latin America: 

Argentina ................................................ 4,319 3,895 6,502 3,961 3,585 3,552 3,866 4,188

Bolivia .................................................... 157 139 148 197 516 411 387 409

Brazil....................................................... 35,080 29,436 31,722 35,886 32,869 36,686 42,031 53,620

Chile ....................................................... 10,172 9,945 11,222 11,889 14,446 14,004 14,359 14,914

Colombia ................................................ 4,257 3,426 3,119 2,893 3,535 3,843 4,336 4,563

Costa Rica ............................................. 1,339 1,259 1,069 1,055 1,013 950 1,034 995

Ecuador.................................................. 826 714 627 573 492 491 479 497

El Salvador ............................................ 928 876 772 634 558 422 356 261

Guatemala.............................................. 1,275 1,332 1,177 1,114 1,094 1,102 1,051 1,036

Honduras ............................................... 533 561 465 412 388 314 342 333

Mexico .................................................... 27,855 27,556 25,927 24,189 24,638 26,118 29,764 28,674

Nicaragua ............................................... 134 112 92 72 73 77 68 76

Panama .................................................. 4,880 3,833 3,385 3,734 3,200 2,982 3,020 3,743

Paraguay ............................................... 153 122 114 89 136 151 147 180

Peru ........................................................ 4,603 3,688 3,351 2,944 3,115 3,602 3,703 4,376

Uruguay.................................................. 696 766 1,685 1,063 715 538 693 401

Venezuela .............................................. 1,625 1,545 1,521 1,628 1,742 1,573 1,544 1,497

All other Latin America .......................... 92 103 75 72 35 32 31 29

Total Latin America.............................. 98,924 89,308 92,973 92,405 92,150 96,848 107,211 119,792

Caribbean: 

Anguilla .................................................. 12,180 9,498 8,711 8,960 10,715 11,545 13,168 10,694

Bahamas ................................................ 283,701 246,522 199,841 240,018 267,769 352,330 355,342 370,709

Barbados ............................................... 1,324 903 801 777 468 417 541 503

See footnotes at end of table. 
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TABLE CM-II-2.—Total Claims by Country, con. 

[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

2009 2010 

Country 

Calendar 

year 

2008 r Mar. r June r Sept. r Dec. r Mar. r June Sept. p

 

Caribbean, con. 

Bermuda...................................... 16,296 16,475 10,960 11,289 11,202 10,549 10,773 10,577

British Virgin Islands.................... 5,882 6,963 8,203 7,990 7,007 9,336 11,885 11,042

Cayman Islands........................... 1,074,414 1,096,635 1,083,166 1,106,327 1,059,463 1,067,842 1,144,085 1,133,043

Dominican Republic .................... 813 799 774 691 735 678 804 819

Haiti ............................................. 92 58 53 69 48 42 40 43

Jamaica ....................................... 833 480 464 452 451 434 394 340

Netherlands Antilles .................... 4,836 7,390 7,568 4,623 7,208 7,124 8,024 6,905

Trinidad and Tobago ................... 713 594 702 520 540 611 419 526

All other Caribbean...................... 499 516 474 649 796 677 573 563

Total Caribbean........................ 1,401,583 1,386,833 1,321,717 1,382,365 1,366,402 1,461,585 1,546,048 1,545,764

Asia: 

China, Mainland. ......................... 3,304 4,250 5,107 4,460 4,242 12,457 20,251 14,946

Hong Kong .................................. 13,449 6,761 7,488 13,354 21,503 30,099 36,603 41,709

India............................................. 6,215 6,484 6,894 7,615 7,585 9,754 11,406 12,266

Indonesia..................................... 1,111 1,099 990 946 816 746 719 681

Israel............................................ 2,621 2,143 1,830 3,728 3,373 3,971 5,578 5,631

Japan........................................... 101,218 137,101 173,135 203,188 185,928 193,397 225,846 269,546

Jordan ......................................... 23 32 23 36 17 24 19 46

Korea, South ............................... 13,812 12,604 12,834 12,802 15,648 22,278 25,656 24,130

Lebanon....................................... 56 67 60 58 67 69 96 77

Malaysia ...................................... 561 640 470 506 344 479 1,361 1,987

Pakistan....................................... 76 51 44 19 21 49 29 20

Philippines ................................... 1,069 758 802 1,226 905 1,158 1,064 1,839

Singapore .................................... 10,057 9,032 9,816 8,850 16,266 20,271 22,616 21,637

Taiwan......................................... 1,367 1,484 2,071 1,404 3,019 2,618 3,587 5,382

Thailand....................................... 181 142 282 231 236 296 335 385

Asian oil exporters 3 .................... 11,863 13,071 11,977 17,104 22,711 13,391 15,552 14,138

All other Asia ............................... 807 2,535 694 630 602 654 822 904

Total Asia.................................. 167,790 198,254 234,517 276,157 283,283 311,711 371,540 415,324

Africa: 

Cameroon.................................... 10 9 9 78 6 76

Egypt ........................................... 1,288 855 1,043 1,042 646 2,391 3,089 4,307

Ghana.......................................... 18 59 80 97 186 194 218 198

Liberia.......................................... 367 393 394 415 449 605 675 665

Morocco....................................... 33 9 21 7 12 36 108 112

South Africa................................. 1,495 868 662 1,067 1,506 887 696 1,184

African oil exporters 4 .................. 1,333 421 378 307 291 273 346 269

All other Africa ............................. 3,367 3,671 6,905 5,776 5,691 5,643 5,595 6,115

Total Africa ............................... 7,911 6,285 9,492 8,718 8,789 10,035 10,734 12,856

Other countries: 

Australia....................................... 35,814 41,289 51,355 54,745 84,347 84,129 90,817 87,049

New Zealand ............................... 6,048 6,707 6,417 8,055 10,658 10,530 9,839 9,210

All other ....................................... 599 596 550 563 573 608 707 4,175

Total other countries................. 42,461 48,592 58,322 63,363 95,578 95,267 101,363 100,434

Total foreign countries ........... 3,710,867 3,762,943 3,780,210 4,031,707 3,950,114 4,144,380 4,217,443 4,406,715

International and regional orgs: 

International organizations.......... 5,119 6,545 4,732 7,769 14,328 19,044 16,161 15,268

Regional organizations 5 ............. 3,207 2,375 799 2,000 1,426 1,118 4,117 1,611

Total international 

 and regional organizations ......... 8,326 8,920 5,531 9,769 15,754 20,162 20,278 16,879

 Grand total ............................ 3,719,193 3,771,863 3,785,741 4,041,476 3,965,868 4,164,542 4,237,721 4,423,594

1 Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, 

the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also includes Cyprus, 

Malta, and Slovenia. For data as of January 2009, also includes Slovakia. 

2 As of May 2004, the European Union includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech 

Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, 

Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, 

Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Data available beginning June 2006. As 

of January 2007, also includes Bulgaria and Romania. 

3 Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Emirates 

 (Trucial States).

4 Includes Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria. 

5

 Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East 

regional organizations. 
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TABLE CM-II-3.—Total Claims on Foreigners by Type and Country, September 30, 2010 

[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

Respondents’ own claims 

Claims of domestic customers 

Country 

Total 

claims 

(1) 

Total 

own 

claims

(2) 

Total own 

claims 

payable in 

dollars 

(3) 

Foreign 

official 

institutions

and foreign

banks 

(4) 

Claims 

on all 

other 

foreigners 

(5) 

Payable in 

foreign 

currencies 

(6) 

Total 

customer 

claims 

(7) 

Payable 

in 

dollars 

(8) 

Payable in

foreign

currencies

(9) 

Europe: 

Austria ............................................... 2,786 2,175 1,989 262 1,727 186 611 12 599

Belgium.............................................. 19,546 17,208 15,212 14,214 998 1,996 2,338 1,283 1,055

Czech Republic ................................. 50 47 14 13 1 33 3 1 2

Denmark............................................ 4,278 1,372 875 614 261 497 2,906 2,871 35

Finland............................................... 36,662 32,471 32,210 32,096 114 261 4,191 3,681 510

France ............................................... 212,066 163,389 151,829 125,672 26,157 11,560 48,677 42,583 6,094

Germany............................................ 95,489 65,962 54,122 49,402 4,720 11,840 29,527 22,456 7,071

Greece............................................... 655 48 35 6 29 13 607 1 606

Hungary............................................. 600 597 555 202 353 42 3 - 3

Ireland................................................ 43,295 35,061 28,815 15,608 13,207 6,246 8,234 7,479 755

Italy .................................................... 44,999 39,560 37,059 36,910 149 2,501 5,439 1,550 3,889

Kazakhstan........................................ 357 357 357 79 278 - - - -

Luxembourg ...................................... 24,935 18,654 16,458 3,244 13,214 2,196 6,281 5,838 443

Netherlands ....................................... 52,460 39,513 33,803 10,893 22,910 5,710 12,947 10,725 2,222

Norway .............................................. 22,695 7,725 7,677 7,145 532 48 14,970 14,015 955

Poland ............................................... 2,192 2,110 2,086 2,076 10 24 82 - 82

Portugal ............................................. 1,164 517 515 127 388 2 647 97 550

Romania ............................................ 116 115 98 1 97 17 1 - 1

Russia................................................ 1,452 1,406 1,249 1,020 229 157 46 46 -

Spain ................................................. 28,310 24,128 21,771 21,299 472 2,357 4,182 1,472 2,710

Sweden.............................................. 32,274 8,395 4,211 2,793 1,418 4,184 23,879 23,491 388

Switzerland........................................ 67,436 64,991 60,125 54,718 5,407 4,866 2,445 2,306 139

Turkey................................................ 5,371 5,353 4,381 3,429 952 972 18 6 12

United Kingdom................................. 1,307,635 1,134,614 979,140 698,199 280,941 155,474 173,021 163,979 9,042

Channel Islands .................................. 15,661 8,556 8,311 2,423 5,888 245 7,105 6,813 292

All other Europe ................................ 5,459 3,795 3,000 769 2,231 795 1,664 1,257 407

Total Europe ................................... 2,027,943 1,678,119 1,465,897 1,083,214 382,683 212,222 349,824 311,962 37,862

Memo: Euro Area 1 ............................... 564,688 439,706 394,496 310,059 84,437 45,210 124,982 98,101 26,881

Canada................................................. 184,602 147,117 117,448 96,513 20,935 29,669 37,485 24,030 13,455

Latin America: 

Argentina ........................................... 4,188 4,167 4,036 1,085 2,951 131 21 21 -

Bolivia................................................ 409 409 399 19 380 10 - - -

Brazil.................................................. 53,620 52,842 49,954 29,957 19,997 2,888 778 672 106

Chile .................................................. 14,914 14,816 14,431 8,394 6,037 385 98 97 1

Colombia ........................................... 4,563 4,563 3,528 1,640 1,888 1,035 - - -

Costa Rica ........................................ 995 995 984 375 609 11 - - -

Ecuador............................................. 497 496 488 50 438 8 1 1 -

El Salvador ....................................... 261 261 261 103 158 - - - -

Guatemala......................................... 1,036 1,036 986 480 506 50 - - -

Honduras .......................................... 333 330 329 203 126 1 3 3 -

Mexico ............................................... 28,674 28,623 27,330 5,698 21,632 1,293 51 4 47

Panama ............................................. 3,743 3,603 3,500 2,106 1,394 103 140 140 -

Peru ................................................... 4,376 4,365 4,262 1,902 2,360 103 11 11 -

Uruguay............................................. 401 399 392 83 309 7 2 2 -

Venezuela ......................................... 1,497 1,379 1,287 232 1,055 92 118 118 -

All other Latin America ..................... 285 285 285 106 179 - - - -

Total Latin America......................... 119,792 118,569 112,452 52,433 60,019 6,117 1,223 1,069 154

 

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TABLE CM-II-3.—Total Claims on Foreigners by Type and Country, September 30, 2010, con. 

[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

 Respondents’ own claims 

Claims of domestic customers 

Country 

Total 

claims 

(1) 

Total 

own 

claims 

(2) 

Total own 

claims 

payable in 

dollars 

(3) 

Foreign 

official 

institutions

and foreign

banks 

(4) 

Claims 

on all 

other 

foreigners

(5) 

Payable in

foreign 

currencies

(6) 

Total 

customer

claims 

(7) 

Payable

in 

dollars

(8) 

Payable in 

foreign 

currencies 

(9) 

Caribbean: 

Bahamas ........................................... 370,709 281,273 280,550 272,272 8,278 723 89,436 89,409 27 

Bermuda............................................ 10,577 9,324 7,435 13 7,422 1,889 1,253 1,253 - 

British Virgin Islands.......................... 11,042 10,998 8,758 124 8,634 2,240 44 44 - 

Cayman Islands................................. 1,133,043 837,205 807,707 680,208 127,499 29,498 295,838 294,265 1,573 

Dominican Republic .......................... 819 819 811 275 536 8 - - - 

Jamaica ............................................. 340 340 339 155 184 1 - - - 

Netherlands Antilles .......................... 6,905 6,905 6,779 403 6,376 126 - - - 

Trinidad and Tobago ......................... 526 526 525 14 511 1 - - - 

All other Caribbean ........................... 11,803 11,803 9,929 185 9,744 1,874 - - - 

Total Caribbean.............................. 1,545,764 1,159,193 1,122,833 953,649 169,184 36,360 386,571 384,971 1,600 

Asia: 

China, Mainland ................................ 14,946 14,082 13,894 12,412 1,482 188 864 821 43 

Hong Kong ........................................ 41,709 41,510 39,513 37,575 1,938 1,997 199 93 106 

India................................................... 12,266 11,821 11,590 9,036 2,554 231 445 386 59 

Indonesia........................................... 681 596 564 515 49 32 85 32 53 

Israel.................................................. 5,631 3,612 3,563 3,199 364 49 2,019 327 1,692 

Japan................................................. 269,546 240,165 210,854 169,826 41,028 29,311 29,381 14,768 14,613 

Korea, South ..................................... 24,130 23,922 22,797 22,005 792 1,125 208 174 34 

Malaysia ............................................ 1,987 531 482 213 269 49 1,456 3 1,453 

Pakistan............................................. 20 19 17 16 1 2 1 - 1 

Philippines ......................................... 1,839 1,822 1,746 1,663 83 76 17 4 13 

Singapore .......................................... 21,637 21,498 20,392 18,844 1,548 1,106 139 16 123 

Taiwan............................................... 5,382 5,202 4,811 4,044 767 391 180 7 173 

Thailand............................................. 385 317 272 229 43 45 68 7 61 

All other Asia ..................................... 15,165 15,033 14,442 12,334 2,108 591 132 110 22 

Total Asia........................................ 415,324 380,130 344,937 291,911 53,026 35,193 35,194 16,748 18,446 

Africa: 

Egypt ................................................. 4,307 1,176 1,152 662 490 24 3,131 2 3,129 

Ghana................................................ 198 196 196 188 8 - 2 2 - 

Liberia................................................ 665 665 615 1 614 50 - - - 

Morocco............................................. 112 108 105 71 34 3 4 - 4 

South Africa....................................... 1,184 1,121 988 906 82 133 63 - 63 

All other Africa ................................... 6,390 6,327 5,993 345 5,648 334 63 49 14 

Total Africa ..................................... 12,856 9,593 9,049 2,173 6,876 544 3,263 53 3,210 

Other countries: 

Australia............................................. 87,049 33,123 30,841 27,271 3,570 2,282 53,926 53,237 689 

New Zealand ..................................... 9,210 2,938 1,202 763 439 1,736 6,272 6,257 15 

All other ............................................. 4,175 4,175 3,628 - 3,628 547 - - - 

Total other countries....................... 100,434 40,236 35,671 28,034 7,637 4,565 60,198 59,494 704 

Total foreign countries ................. 4,406,715 3,532,957 3,208,287 2,507,927 700,360 324,670 873,758 798,327 75,431 

International and regional orgs: 

International organizations................ 15,268 9,113 9,112 - 9,112 1 6,155 6,155 - 

Regional organizations 2.................... 1,611 814 814 - 814 - 797 785 12 

Total international and regional 

 organizations ................................ 16,879 9,927 9,926 - 9,926 1 6,952 6,940 12 

 Grand total .................................. 4,423,594 3,542,884 3,218,213 2,507,927 710,286 324,671 880,710 805,267 75,443 

1 Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, 

Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also 

includes Cyprus, Malta, and Slovenia. For data as of January 2009, also includes 

Slovakia. 

2

 Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East 

regional organizations. 
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-100

100

300

500

700

900

1100

1300

1500

1700

2006 2007 2008 2009 Sept. 2010

United Kingdom All other Europe Caribbean banking centers

Japan All other Asia All other countries

(In billions of dollars)

 

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

Calendar years 

Country 2006 2007 2008 2009 Sept. 2010 

United Kingdom............................... 938,123 1,111,135 1,016,448 1,156,878 1,307,635

All other Europe............................... 672,126 945,500 816,342 776,870 720,308

Caribbean banking centers 1 ........... 1,061,389 1,239,679 1,390,009 1,355,849 1,536,019

Japan............................................... 157,671 97,856 101,218 185,928 269,546

All other Asia ................................... 89,770 111,059 66,572 97,355 145,778

Subtotal ......................................... 2,919,079 3,505,229 3,390,589 3,572,880 3,979,286

All other countries............................ 221,485 309,079 328,604 392,988 444,308

Grand total..................................... 3,140,564 3,814,308 3,719,193 3,965,868 4,423,594

1

 Includes Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Netherlands Antilles, and Panama. For data beginning June 2006, also 

includes the British Virgin Islands. 

CHART CM-B.—U.S. Claims on Foreigners 

Reported by U.S. Banks, Brokers, and Dealers with Respect to Selected Countries

In September 2010, U.S. claims 

on foreigners reported by U.S. 

banks amounted to about $4.4 

trillion, an increase of $458 

billion from that recorded at 

yearend 2009. U.S. banking 

claims include holdings of 

foreign short-term securities but 

exclude holdings of foreign 

long-term securities. U.S. 

banking claims increased $247 

billion in 2009 and $674 billion 

in 2007. However, they 

decreased $95 billion during 

the global financial crisis in 

2008, despite an increase from 

the addition of several new 

bank holding companies to the 

reporter panel. 

As with U.S. banking liabilities, 

U.S. banking claims on 

foreigners are concentrated in 

international financial centers. 

Nearly 65 percent of these 

claims are reported opposite the 

United Kingdom and banking 

centers in the Caribbean. These 

financial centers recorded much 

of the growth in U.S. banking 

claims through 2007. The 

financial crisis had mixed 

effects on the U.S. banking 

claims reported with these 

financial centers, as claims 

against Caribbean centers 

continued to grow during 2008 

but dipped in 2009 while claims 

against the United Kingdom 

dipped in 2008 but rebounded 

in 2009. Claims on all reported 

regions were growing again 

during the first three quarters of 

2010, except for claims on all 

other Europe, which were down 

7 percent compared with their 

2009 levels and nearly 25 

percent compared with their 

peak levels in 2007. 
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SECTION III.—Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners 

Reported by Nonbanking Business Enterprises 

in the United States 

TABLE CM-III-1.—Total Liabilities and Claims by Type 

[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

Calendar year 2009 2010 

Type of liability or claim 2006 2007 2008 Sept. r Dec. r Mar. r June Sept. p

Total liabilities ................................................... 89,217 103,835 87,630 80,697 77,708 82,941 95,877 81,254 

Payable in dollars.......................................... 72,331 79,161 69,124 62,177 57,450 62,028 76,936 62,835 

Financial.................................................... 35,033 26,474 18,650 12,441 12,792 13,266 13,353 11,802 

Short-term negotiable securities........... 8,266 1,983 2,740 810 1,221 764 923 1,012 

Other ..................................................... 26,767 24,491 15,910 11,631 11,571 12,502 12,430 10,790 

Commercial............................................... 37,298 52,687 50,474 49,736 44,658 48,762 63,583 51,033 

Trade payables ..................................... 24,101 26,261 18,811 23,683 20,050 23,033 37,814 25,993 

Advance receipts and other.................. 13,197 26,426 31,663 26,053 24,608 25,729 25,769 25,040 

Payable in foreign currencies ....................... 16,886 24,674 18,506 18,520 20,258 20,913 18,941 18,419 

By major foreign currency: 

Canadian dollars................................... 3,536 2,162 2,235 3,298 3,296 4,520 4,677 4,031 

Euros..................................................... 5,239 9,075 6,487 5,252 5,276 5,599 5,175 5,354 

United Kingdom pounds sterling........... 4,494 4,267 1,361 1,638 1,431 1,813 1,756 1,579 

Japanese yen........................................ 1,770 3,908 962 813 926 1,549 751 1,487 

Other ..................................................... 1,847 5,262 7,461 7,519 9,329 7,432 6,582 5,968 

By type of liability: 

Financial................................................ 13,679 21,445 15,632 15,212 16,914 16,638 15,037 14,267 

Short-term negotiable securities....... 3,351 2,940 2,108 1,278 1,264 1,262 278 624 

Other ................................................. 10,328 18,505 13,524 13,934 15,650 15,376 14,759 13,643 

Commercial........................................... 3,207 3,229 2,874 3,308 3,344 4,275 3,904 4,152 

Trade payables ................................. 1,572 1,605 1,334 1,226 1,212 1,943 1,468 1,840 

Advance receipts and other.............. 1,635 1,624 1,540 2,082 2,132 2,332 2,436 2,312 

Total claims....................................................... 126,032 136,416 107,476 93,924 95,821 92,443 93,518 86,987 

Payable in dollars.......................................... 100,031 110,070 83,810 74,724 77,840 76,591 78,466 73,718 

Financial.................................................... 66,871 66,726 43,223 36,422 37,676 37,236 34,975 33,339 

Non-negotiable deposits ....................... 28,380 28,393 12,539 14,076 13,651 12,711 14,269 13,068 

Negotiable CDs and short-term 

negotiable instruments.......................... 2,624 1,168 1,133 34 61 18 17 99 

Other ..................................................... 35,867 37,165 29,551 22,312 23,964 24,507 20,689 20,172 

Commercial............................................... 33,160 43,344 40,587 38,302 40,164 39,355 43,491 40,379 

Trade receivables ................................. 29,388 37,108 31,161 27,503 28,158 28,331 31,687 29,535 

Advance payments and other............... 3,772 6,236 9,426 10,799 12,006 11,024 11,804 10,844 

Payable in foreign currencies ....................... 26,001 26,346 23,666 19,200 17,981 15,852 15,052 13,269 

By major foreign currency: 

Canadian dollars................................... 9,194 5,371 2,409 2,482 2,583 2,560 2,345 2,251 

Euros..................................................... 6,951 10,833 5,140 3,184 3,386 2,804 2,696 2,955 

United Kingdom pounds sterling........... 4,675 4,210 1,922 1,746 1,683 1,580 1,256 1,645 

Japanese yen........................................ 1,027 1,378 451 586 647 714 747 791 

Other ..................................................... 4,154 4,554 13,744 11,202 9,682 8,194 8,008 5,627 

By type of claim: 

Financial................................................ 21,775 21,305 19,851 15,903 14,474 12,752 11,697 9,790 

Non-negotiable deposits ................... 3,529 1,498 1,968 2,167 2,232 2,091 2,726 1,749 

Short-term negotiable securities....... 120 77 86 371 438 496 572 787 

Other ................................................. 18,126 19,730 17,797 13,365 11,804 10,165 8,399 7,254 

Commercial........................................... 4,226 5,041 3,815 3,297 3,507 3,100 3,355 3,479 

Trade receivables ............................. 3,414 4,684 3,595 3,029 3,292 2,840 3,146 3,189 

Advance payments and other........... 812 357 220 268 215 260 209 290 
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TABLE CM-III-2.—Total Liabilities to Unaffiliated Foreigners by Country 

[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

Calendar year 2009 2010 

Country 2005 2006 2007 2008 Sept. r Dec. r Mar. r June Sept. p

Europe: 

Austria................................. 68 91 230 95 91 73 80 228 166

Belgium ............................... 73 181 492 427 205 201 219 403 289

Bulgaria............................... - 44 36 1 - - - 1 -

Czech Republic................... 17 14 25 45 52 43 24 1,743 28

Denmark.............................. 78 132 937 161 99 140 97 122 166

Finland ................................ 20 140 63 79 190 521 459 54 118

France................................. 2,631 2,562 3,165 4,801 3,389 2,999 2,995 3,253 3,545

Germany ............................. 3,646 12,391 4,977 3,746 5,475 5,410 5,952 5,669 5,399

Greece ................................ 401 182 187 241 236 232 290 272 261

Hungary............................... 12 18 46 30 24 16 20 24 57

Ireland ................................. 1,636 316 1,569 2,067 1,324 2,647 2,072 1,934 1,688

Italy...................................... 1,174 1,040 1,196 509 594 509 551 584 433

Luxembourg ........................ 378 977 235 837 610 503 381 404 495

Netherlands......................... 895 1,709 1,194 1,728 1,456 879 953 880 909

Norway................................ 3,537 545 721 385 677 472 628 652 835

Poland................................. 229 330 385 269 206 200 169 155 140

Portugal............................... 39 27 205 35 30 24 30 26 55

Romania.............................. 4 9 6 71 83 11 10 11 19

Russia ................................. 64 110 306 524 440 297 215 346 425

Serbia and Montenegro 

(formerly Yugoslavia)...... 4 1 3 6 5 - 3 1 3

Spain................................... 399 269 533 816 613 502 439 417 528

Sweden ............................... 747 952 438 274 231 432 414 230 209

Switzerland ......................... 1,237 1,070 1,705 2,333 2,149 2,444 1,911 2,534 2,491

Turkey ................................. 137 261 754 709 1,381 1,619 1,889 1,919 1,916

United Kingdom .................. 15,093 17,339 23,350 14,916 10,414 10,427 9,341 10,671 9,318

Channel Islands and 

Isle of Man ...................... 501 15 208 95 126 84 85 75 171

Other Europe ...................... 250 421 539 435 826 520 710 1,160 503

Total Europe ................... 33,271 41,146 43,505 35,635 30,926 31,205 29,937 33,768 30,167

Canada.................................... 4,905 7,694 7,767 5,960 7,187 5,768 8,324 9,288 8,736

Latin America: 

Argentina............................. 148 138 156 89 101 68 106 72 88

Brazil ................................... 288 264 940 626 631 586 623 706 519

Chile .................................... 387 406 546 353 309 315 446 359 462

Colombia............................. 106 208 356 332 436 385 528 603 509

Ecuador............................... 10 89 33 30 85 13 53 194 23

Guatemala .......................... 23 25 10 8 11 6 8 7 8

Mexico................................. 2,234 2,150 2,848 1,579 2,112 2,067 2,513 2,632 2,415

Panama............................... 56 57 85 166 379 330 212 210 232

Peru..................................... 8 6 36 34 35 32 52 124 71

Uruguay............................... 2 13 20 12 10 13 3 33 12

Venezuela ........................... 681 353 575 413 669 184 419 450 501

Other Latin America............ 105 24 106 50 68 74 118 119 167

Total Latin America............ 4,048 3,733 5,711 3,692 4,846 4,073 5,081 5,509 5,007

Caribbean: 

Bahamas............................. 70 70 89 52 44 85 130 37 131

Bermuda.................................. 1,704 777 707 723 1,253 878 1,024 2,760 1,360

Cayman Islands .................. 6,522 12,804 15,969 10,354 7,724 8,348 7,962 5,760 4,132

Cuba.................................... - - - - - 8 - - -

Jamaica............................... 14 20 18 37 19 15 16 12 17

Netherlands Antilles............ 13 2 4 6 3 3 5 4 10

Trinidad and Tobago........... 44 25 74 60 40 45 19 19 52

Other Caribbean ................. 936 761 803 444 813 347 1,202 1,307 1,023

Total Caribbean .............. 9,303 14,459 17,664 11,676 9,896 9,729 10,358 9,899 6,725

See footnotes at end of table. 
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TABLE CM-III-2.—Total Liabilities to Unaffiliated Foreigners by Country, con. 

[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

Calendar year 2009 2010 

Country 2005 2006 2007 2008 Sept. r Dec. r Mar. r June Sept. p

Asia: 

China, Mainland. ....................... 3,825 1,297 857 4,769 4,452 3,956 3,891 4,499 4,118

Hong Kong ................................ 746 564 981 593 869 673 811 7,863 1,059

India........................................... 158 418 1,447 1,082 985 753 954 1,030 755

Indonesia................................... 89 57 172 366 420 381 368 375 369

Israel.......................................... 613 385 293 292 249 336 205 251 155

Japan......................................... 7,354 7,210 6,888 6,190 6,223 6,046 6,770 6,647 6,875

Korea, South ............................. 1,743 1,350 1,213 1,314 881 868 1,023 1,325 1,107

Lebanon .................................... 42 11 9 15 8 8 6 9 3

Malaysia .................................... 335 471 562 363 287 310 302 511 178

Pakistan..................................... 230 171 172 28 28 25 77 72 83

Philippines................................. 109 95 89 107 58 86 76 100 93

Singapore.................................. 1,823 2,839 4,255 3,767 1,676 1,870 2,022 1,751 1,850

Syria .......................................... 4 8 8 3 116 1 1 2 1

Taiwan....................................... 1,010 1,093 1,019 722 872 478 506 686 738

Thailand..................................... 212 599 380 295 427 432 466 979 437

Oil-exporting countries 1............ 4,159 3,955 7,158 6,378 6,541 6,700 7,198 6,780 8,435

Other Asia ................................. 298 156 377 460 284 302 294 414 606

Total Asia .............................. 22,750 20,679 25,880 26,744 24,376 23,225 24,970 33,294 26,862

Africa: 

Congo (formerly Zaire).............. - - - - - 8 - - -

Egypt ......................................... 119 132 280 293 212 192 208 259 102

Ghana........................................ 1 6 12 5 3 3 4 4 4

Liberia........................................ 1 3 6 64 62 61 58 54 55

Morocco..................................... 42 42 190 112 96 118 95 77 75

South Africa............................... 950 35 52 256 288 282 91 95 64

Oil-exporting countries 2............ 590 283 655 764 1,033 984 1,113 1,296 1,030

Other Africa ............................... 210 379 294 341 386 539 1,178 510 635

Total Africa ............................ 1,913 880 1,489 1,835 2,080 2,187 2,747 2,295 1,965

Other countries: 

Australia .................................... 397 560 1,658 1,925 1,178 1,226 1,174 1,344 1,332

New Zealand ............................. 38 36 91 92 157 168 214 262 309

All other ..................................... 83 15 25 30 25 25 24 76 29

Total other countries ............. 518 611 1,774 2,047 1,360 1,419 1,412 1,682 1,670

Total foreign countries ...... 76,708 89,202 103,790 87,589 80,671 77,606 82,829 95,735 81,132

International and regional orgs: 

International organizations........ - - 2 7 - 71 82 112 93

Regional organizations 3 ........... 2 15 43 34 26 31 30 30 29

Total international and 

regional organizations....... 2 15 45 41 26 102 112 142 122

Grand total ........................ 76,710 89,217 103,835 87,630 80,697 77,708 82,941 95,877 81,254

1

 Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab 

Emirates (Trucial States). 

2

 Includes Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria. 

3

 Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East regional 

organizations. 
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TABLE CM-III-3.—Total Claims on Unaffiliated Foreigners by Country 

[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

Calendar year 2009 2010 

Country 2005 2006 2007 2008 Sept. r Dec. r Mar. r June Sept. p

Europe: 

Austria.......................................... 2,159 2,031 2,039 1,951 1,828 1,832 1,838 1,809 1,750

Belgium ........................................ 1,822 419 807 393 338 359 370 376 334

Bulgaria........................................ 29 3 6 6 7 7 4 3 13

Czech Republic............................ 49 50 134 85 94 107 112 105 92

Denmark....................................... 341 149 184 74 83 86 109 411 67

Finland ......................................... 336 591 805 541 698 1,795 315 317 312

France.......................................... 5,063 3,420 6,061 2,736 2,136 2,409 2,194 2,190 1,806

Germany ...................................... 4,238 10,148 4,926 8,621 3,767 3,552 3,697 3,810 4,323

Greece ......................................... 380 163 250 192 196 190 192 154 136

Hungary........................................ 57 45 153 95 57 197 42 35 43

Ireland .......................................... 795 858 968 1,814 1,176 1,251 1,352 1,052 884

Italy............................................... 3,702 2,337 2,515 1,195 1,673 1,979 2,046 2,379 1,853

Luxembourg ................................. 391 352 919 183 155 185 222 258 250

Netherlands.................................. 3,387 3,570 3,989 2,092 2,343 2,528 2,268 2,277 2,199

Norway......................................... 402 366 325 271 192 200 213 157 227

Poland.......................................... 58 99 153 132 165 239 279 261 195

Portugal........................................ 60 64 89 76 54 65 59 46 57

Romania....................................... 22 36 60 54 88 95 103 124 127

Russia .......................................... 359 774 1,326 694 645 538 526 532 480

Serbia and Montenegro 

(formerly Yugoslavia)............... 17 10 15 14 14 17 13 13 10

Spain............................................ 2,032 1,425 1,625 1,072 985 967 1,047 718 793

Sweden ........................................ 503 652 689 450 435 310 476 433 442

Switzerland .................................. 1,876 1,424 2,143 1,788 1,553 1,705 1,304 1,155 1,377

Turkey .......................................... 638 420 732 593 644 667 734 636 621

United Kingdom ........................... 24,772 17,483 23,662 17,983 15,096 14,386 13,463 14,502 14,094

Channel Islands and 

Isle of Man ............................... 16 19 109 419 438 541 114 114 86

Other Europe ............................... 1,315 1,267 1,465 1,107 430 425 406 624 364

Total Europe ............................ 54,820 48,175 56,149 44,631 35,290 36,632 33,498 34,491 32,935

Canada............................................. 16,122 17,520 16,418 10,551 9,883 9,747 10,335 8,485 7,794

Latin America: 

Argentina...................................... 350 470 463 473 412 513 444 554 519

Brazil ............................................ 2,972 2,927 2,682 2,365 2,012 2,000 1,902 1,991 1,945

Chile ............................................. 303 299 404 540 365 357 458 606 431

Colombia...................................... 299 349 449 429 414 411 459 452 413

Ecuador........................................ 95 119 160 173 90 146 144 148 156

Guatemala ................................... 100 116 200 180 152 134 119 103 101

Mexico.......................................... 4,108 3,242 3,505 3,089 2,782 3,045 3,206 3,525 2,808

Panama........................................ 198 266 323 408 354 340 362 375 360

Peru.............................................. 117 164 196 270 162 194 218 227 220

Uruguay........................................ 5 12 33 106 61 68 82 196 192

Venezuela .................................... 539 481 669 657 596 474 401 477 459

Other Latin America..................... 485 376 431 435 389 336 338 1,192 555

Total Latin America...................... 9,571 8,821 9,515 9,125 7,789 8,018 8,133 9,846 8,159

Caribbean: 

Bahamas...................................... 1,631 3,949 2,200 353 275 302 216 121 102

Bermuda............................................ 2,238 1,734 1,704 1,722 2,774 2,607 2,290 1,818 1,855

Cayman Islands ........................... 36,416 26,051 16,987 19,513 16,562 16,641 16,793 16,231 14,647

Cuba............................................. 12 2 10 - - - 3 - -

Jamaica........................................ 70 60 106 79 89 64 72 54 53

Netherlands Antilles..................... 42 30 118 112 72 52 47 66 108

Trinidad and Tobago.................... 119 125 172 111 86 83 119 52 40

Other Caribbean .......................... 1,721 1,264 1,518 1,013 1,012 991 858 967 832

Total Caribbean ....................... 42,249 33,215 22,815 22,903 20,870 20,740 20,398 19,309 17,637

See footnotes at end of table. 
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TABLE CM-III-3.—Total Claims on Unaffiliated Foreigners by Country, con. 

[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

Calendar year 2009 2010 

Country 2005 2006 2007 2008 Sept. r Dec. r Mar. r June Sept. p

Asia: 

China, Mainland........................ 4,958 1,772 1,913 1,455 1,641 1,720 1,611 1,907 1,877

Hong Kong ................................ 941 1,009 8,762 809 815 930 1,090 980 939

India .......................................... 413 654 812 695 777 779 731 888 897

Indonesia................................... 445 231 206 273 277 354 371 388 341

Israel ......................................... 403 360 601 635 398 455 312 275 207

Japan ........................................ 2,696 3,349 5,518 4,578 2,157 2,333 2,289 2,542 2,622

Korea, South ............................. 1,244 1,143 1,272 980 2,297 2,256 2,634 2,463 2,078

Lebanon .................................... 22 19 19 44 13 19 9 13 10

Malaysia.................................... 536 270 362 275 226 215 165 165 218

Pakistan .................................... 57 86 115 33 63 38 28 24 31

Philippines................................. 275 109 109 63 79 80 99 115 109

Singapore.................................. 1,944 1,811 2,809 1,448 3,535 2,987 2,901 2,852 3,236

Syria .......................................... 6 10 1 12 10 11 15 10 21

Taiwan....................................... 853 972 1,240 976 989 962 943 1,012 907

Thailand .................................... 295 312 416 330 351 336 304 217 230

Oil-exporting countries 1............ 1,800 1,814 2,552 3,392 2,445 2,591 2,608 3,566 2,988

Other Asia ................................. 408 328 513 179 198 230 224 246 209

Total Asia .............................. 17,296 14,249 27,220 16,177 16,271 16,296 16,334 17,663 16,920

Africa: 

Congo (formerly Zaire).............. 1 11 6 5 1 15 2 - -

Egypt......................................... 194 165 296 362 171 227 194 229 168

Ghana ....................................... 16 3 8 7 6 6 9 8 13

Liberia ....................................... 98 73 54 54 49 55 53 52 38

Morocco .................................... 23 21 21 24 31 10 35 9 27

South Africa .............................. 1,075 221 254 356 338 374 330 337 366

Oil-exporting countries 2............ 295 332 350 300 304 259 206 283 214

Other Africa............................... 419 411 400 495 498 498 469 410 364

Total Africa............................ 2,121 1,237 1,389 1,603 1,398 1,444 1,298 1,328 1,190

Other countries: 

Australia .................................... 2,144 2,365 2,467 2,194 2,227 2,766 2,225 2,242 2,173

New Zealand............................. 420 351 145 72 74 96 125 80 77

All other..................................... 207 76 37 13 6 7 30 23 41

Total other countries ............. 2,771 2,792 2,649 2,279 2,307 2,869 2,380 2,345 2,291

Total foreign countries ...... 144,950 126,009 136,155 107,269 93,808 95,746 92,376 93,467 86,926

International and regional orgs: 

International organizations........ - 4 150 21 40 49 52 46 45

Regional organizations 3 ........... - 19 111 186 76 26 15 5 16

Total international and 

regional organizations... - 23 261 207 116 75 67 51 61

Grand total .................... 144,950 126,032 136,416 107,476 93,924 95,821 92,443 93,518 86,987

1 Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab 

Emirates (Trucial States). 

2 Includes Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria. 

3 Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East regional 

organizations. 
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TABLE CM-III-4.—Total Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners, by Type and 

Country, September 30, 2010, Preliminary 

[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

Liabilities Claims 

Country 

Total liabilities 

(1) 

Financial 

(2) 

Commercial 

(3) 

Total claims 

(4) 

Financial

(5) 

Commercial 

(6) 

 

Europe: 

Austria ............................................... 166 59 107 1,750 1,684 66 

Belgium ............................................ 289 177 112 334 164 170 

Bulgaria ............................................ - - - 13 - 13 

Czech Republic................................ 28 - 28 92 3 89 

Denmark........................................... 166 6 160 67 14 53 

Finland.............................................. 118 61 57 312 5 307 

France .............................................. 3,545 2,267 1,278 1,806 705 1,101 

Germany........................................... 5,399 4,295 1,104 4,323 2,835 1,488 

Greece.............................................. 261 13 248 136 82 54 

Hungary............................................ 57 6 51 43 - 43 

Ireland .............................................. 1,688 642 1,046 884 547 337 

Italy................................................... 433 4 429 1,853 95 1,758 

Luxembourg ..................................... 495 310 185 250 62 188 

Netherlands...................................... 909 424 485 2,199 1,263 936 

Norway ............................................. 835 111 724 227 73 154 

Poland .............................................. 140 2 138 195 20 175 

Portugal............................................ 55 4 51 57 3 54 

Romania........................................... 19 - 19 127 12 115 

Russia .............................................. 425 35 390 480 249 231 

Serbia and Montenegro 

(formerly Yugoslavia) ................... 3 1 2 10 - 10 

Spain ................................................ 528 154 374 793 170 623 

Sweden ............................................ 209 4 205 442 193 249 

Switzerland....................................... 2,491 390 2,101 1,377 624 753 

Turkey .............................................. 1,916 28 1,888 621 496 125 

United Kingdom................................ 9,318 5,940 3,378 14,094 7,852 6,242 

Channel Islands and 

Isle of Man.................................... 171 69 102 86 78 8 

Other Europe.................................... 503 105 398 364 183 181 

Total Europe................................. 30,167 15,107 15,060 32,935 17,412 15,523 

Canada................................................. 8,736 3,384 5,352 7,794 3,890 3,904 

Latin America: 

Argentina.......................................... 88 4 84 519 36 483 

Brazil ................................................ 519 18 501 1,945 916 1,029 

Chile ................................................. 462 29 433 431 114 317 

Colombia .......................................... 509 1 508 413 17 396 

Ecuador............................................ 23 1 22 156 31 125 

Guatemala........................................ 8 - 8 101 31 70 

Mexico.............................................. 2,415 249 2,166 2,808 689 2,119 

Panama............................................ 232 25 207 360 187 173 

Peru.................................................. 71 - 71 220 14 206 

Uruguay............................................ 12 5 7 192 2 190 

Venezuela ........................................ 501 17 484 459 121 338 

Other Latin America ......................... 167 1 166 555 72 483 

Total Latin America........................... 5,007 350 4,657 8,159 2,230 5,929 

Caribbean: 

Bahamas .......................................... 131 - 131 102 89 13 

Bermuda................................................. 1,360 110 1,250 1,855 632 1,223 

Cayman Islands................................... 4,132 3,582 550 14,647 14,168 479 

Cuba................................................. - - - - - - 

Jamaica............................................ 17 - 17 53 31 22 

Netherlands Antilles ......................... 10 - 10 108 18 90 

Trinidad and Tobago........................ 52 5 47 40 - 40 

Other Caribbean............................... 1,023 202 821 832 207 625 

Total Caribbean............................ 6,725 3,899 2,826 17,637 15,145 2,492 

 

See footnote at end of table. 
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TABLE CM-III-4.—Total Liabilities to, and Claims on, Unaffiliated Foreigners, by Type and 

Country, September 30, 2010, Preliminary, con. 

[Position at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

Liabilities Claims 

Country 

Total liabilities 

(1) 

Financial 

(2) 

Commercial 

(3) 

Total claims 

(4) 

Financial 

(5) 

Commercial 

(6) 

Asia: 

China, Mainland ................................ 4,118 52 4,066 1,877 190 1,687 

Hong Kong ........................................ 1,059 43 1,016 939 166 773 

India................................................... 755 107 648 897 139 758 

Indonesia........................................... 369 26 343 341 193 148 

Israel.................................................. 155 2 153 207 20 187 

Japan................................................. 6,875 2,095 4,780 2,622 334 2,288 

Korea, South ..................................... 1,107 64 1,043 2,078 277 1,801 

Lebanon ............................................ 3 -3 10 1 9 

Malaysia ............................................ 178 2 176 218 106 112 

Pakistan............................................. 83 3 80 31 - 31 

Philippines......................................... 93 6 87 109 43 66 

Singapore.......................................... 1,850 17 1,833 3,236 121 3,115 

Syria .................................................. 1 -1 21 - 21 

Taiwan............................................... 738 5 733 907 16 891 

Thailand............................................. 437 4 433 230 37 193 

Other Asia ......................................... 606 50 556 209 81 128 

Total Asia ........................................ 26,862 3,111 23,751 16,920 2,421 14,499 

Africa: 

Congo (formerly Zaire)...................... - - - - - - 

Egypt ................................................. 102 - 102 168 40 128 

Ghana................................................ 4 1 3 13 9 4 

Liberia................................................ 55 51 4 38 36 2 

Morocco............................................. 75 1 74 27 1 26 

South Africa....................................... 64 16 48 366 215 151 

Other Africa ....................................... 635 19 616 364 183 181 

Total Africa .................................... 1,965 88 1,877 1,190 522 668 

Other countries: 

Australia ............................................ 1,332 126 1,206 2,173 1,477 696 

New Zealand ..................................... 309 2 307 77 9 68 

All other ............................................. 29 2 27 41 21 20 

Total other countries ..................... 1,670 130 1,540 2,291 1,507 784 

Total foreign countries .............. 81,132 26,069 55,063 86,926 43,127 43,799 

International and regional orgs: 

International organizations................ 93 - 93 45 - 45 

 Regional organizations 1 .................. 29 - 29 16 2 14 

Total international and 

regional organizations............... 122 - 122 61 2 59 

Grand total ................................ 81,254 26,069 55,185 86,987 43,129 43,858 

1 Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East 

regional organizations. 
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SECTION IV.—U.S. International Transactions in Long-Term Securities 

TABLE CM-IV-1.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic Securities by Type 

[In millions of dollars; negative figures indicate net sales by foreigners to U.S. residents or a net outflow of capital from the United States. 

Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

Marketable Treasury bonds and notes 

Net foreign purchases 

Foreign countries 

U.S. Government corporations and 

federally-sponsored agencies

Calendar 

year or month

 Total 

 (1) 

Official 

institutions 

(2) 

Other 

foreigners 

(3) 

International

and regional

(4) 

 Gross 

 foreign 

purchases 

 (5)

Gross 

foreign 

sales 

(6)

Net foreign 

purchases 

(7) 

 Gross foreign

 purchases 

 (8) 

Gross foreign

sales 

(9) 

2006 ......................................... 195,536 69,639 125,075 822 10,957,936 10,762,400 286,464 1,572,160 1,285,696 

2007 ......................................... 197,967 2,994 196,021 -1,048 15,127,526 14,929,559 218,979 2,050,451 1,831,472 

2008 ......................................... 314,880 76,218 239,105 -443 14,629,213 14,314,333 -38,664 2,590,262 2,628,926 

2009 ......................................... 538,388 161,406 376,906 76 11,593,203 11,054,815 -11,491 1,043,178 1,054,669 

2010 - Jan. - Dec. p.................. 707,884 165,464 542,460 -40 16,165,447 15,457,563 115,025 1,056,156 941,131 

 

2009 - Dec................................ 69,817 24,322 45,588 -93 1,062,050 992,233 51 61,619 61,568 

2010 - Jan. r. ............................ 61,578 558 60,895 125 1,043,716 982,138 -5,104 55,876 60,980 

Feb. r............................ 48,202 1,128 47,080 -6 1,213,145 1,164,943 2,179 64,370 62,191 

Mar. r............................ 107,648 28,288 78,466 894 1,545,948 1,438,300 20,582 80,952 60,370 

Apr. r............................. 77,191 14,542 62,668 -19 1,249,997 1,172,806 10,252 76,225 65,973 

May r ............................ 15,117 7,236 7,690 191 1,430,880 1,415,763 22,370 84,923 62,553 

June r ........................... 31,728 12,080 19,134 514 1,321,742 1,290,014 16,799 100,327 83,528 

July r............................. 30,158 8,713 21,594 -149 1,015,248 985,090 16,158 86,349 70,191 

Aug............................... 118,012 31,479 86,409 124 1,468,613 1,350,601 3,516 89,544 86,028 

Sept.............................. 77,151 39,459 38,046 -354 1,433,672 1,356,521 -9,470 112,674 122,144 

Oct................................ 24,739 -1,001 25,916 -176 1,277,541 1,252,802 14,156 109,749 95,593 

Nov. p........................... 61,719 11,093 51,540 -914 1,753,546 1,691,827 14,220 100,799 86,579 

Dec. p........................... 54,641 11,889 43,022 -270 1,411,399 1,356,758 9,367 94,368 85,001 

Corporate and other securities 

Bonds * Stocks 

Calendar 

year or month 

Net foreign 

purchases 

(10) 

Gross foreign 

 purchases 

 (11) 

Gross foreign 

sales 

(12) 

Net foreign 

purchases 

(13) 

Gross foreign 

purchases 

(14) 

 Gross foreign

 sales 

 (15) 

 

2006 .............................................................................. 510,806 1,678,464 1,167,658 150,415 6,868,571 6,718,156 

2007 .............................................................................. 393,355 1,913,307 1,519,952 195,521 10,639,315 10,443,794 

2008 .............................................................................. 93,877 1,467,469 1,373,592 44,796 12,037,928 11,993,132 

2009 ............................................................................. -40,774 1,189,391 1,230,165 152,734 6,653,957 6,501,223 

2010 - Jan. - Dec. p....................................................... -1,824 1,016,455 1,018,279 112,789 6,749,613 6,636,824 

 

2009 - Dec..................................................................... -7,932 77,437 85,369 19,984 556,738 536,754 

2010 - Jan. r .................................................................. -24,674 66,579 91,253 4,612 542,802 538,190 

Feb. r................................................................. -12,090 63,737 75,827 12,966 558,397 545,431 

Mar. r ................................................................. 15,985 103,099 87,114 12,088 578,376 566,288 

Apr. r.................................................................. 9,990 87,008 77,018 9,777 584,772 574,995 

May r ................................................................. -9,155 71,198 80,353 -4 734,544 734,548 

June r ............................................................... -13,898 69,953 83,851 -4,226 593,016 597,242 

July r.................................................................. 13,854 79,720 65,866 12,704 513,047 500,343 

Aug .................................................................... 9,743 84,312 74,569 4,890 482,125 477,235 

Sept................................................................... -64 112,912 112,976 20,640 493,567 472,927 

Oct..................................................................... 1,145 104,316 103,171 15,970 556,356 540,386 

Nov. p................................................................ 4,704 93,113 88,409 13,199 569,668 556,469 

Dec. p................................................................ 2,636 80,508 77,872 10,173 542,943 532,770 

 

 

* Data include transactions in directly placed issues abroad by U.S. corporations and 

issues of States and municipalities. 
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TABLE CM-IV-2.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Foreign Securities by Type 

[In millions of dollars; negative figures indicate net sales by foreigners to U.S. residents or a net outflow of capital from the United States. 

Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

Foreign bonds Foreign stocks 

Calendar 

year or month 

Net foreign purchases of foreign securities 

from U.S. 

(1) 

Net foreign 

purchases from

U.S. 

(2) 

Gross foreign 

purchases from

U.S. 

(3) 

Gross foreign 

sales to U.S. 

(4) 

Net foreign 

purchases from 

U.S. 

(5) 

Gross foreign

purchases from

U.S. 

(6) 

Gross foreign 

sales to U.S. 

(7) 

 

2006 ..................................................... -250,907 -144,452 1,879,713 2,024,165 -106,455 3,636,185 3,742,640 

2007 ..................................................... -229,205 -133,905 2,973,330 3,107,235 -95,300 5,215,764 5,311,064 

2008 ..................................................... 74,188 53,942 2,271,636 2,217,694 20,246 5,443,267 5,423,021 

2009 ..................................................... -186,834 -127,474 1,951,939 2,079,413 -59,360 3,169,501 3,228,861 

2010 - Jan. - Dec. p.............................. -147,626 -86,759 3,653,560 3,740,319 -60,867 3,673,163 3,734,030 

 

2009 - Dec............................................ -8,199 -6,622 182,108 188,730 -1,577 270,430 272,007 

2010 - Jan. r......................................... -21,362 -16,005 308,143 324,148 -5,357 281,542 286,899 

Feb. r........................................ -5,430 -4,024 352,540 356,564 -1,406 266,509 267,915 

Mar. r ........................................ -17,898 -15,079 465,599 480,678 -2,819 305,185 308,004 

Apr. r......................................... -31,867 -18,532 403,682 422,214 -13,335 309,425 322,760 

May r ........................................ 2,529 12,500 321,860 309,360 -9,971 353,188 363,159 

June r ....................................... 9,740 5,644 279,559 273,915 4,096 303,459 299,363 

July r......................................... -13,417 -7,240 243,079 250,319 -6,177 270,001 276,178 

Aug ........................................... -10,367 -17,317 216,284 233,601 6,950 271,358 264,408 

Sept.......................................... -12,806 -7,345 309,475 316,820 -5,461 298,916 304,377 

Oct............................................ -27,089 -17,125 254,244 271,369 -9,964 356,515 366,479 

Nov. p....................................... -8,784 218 267,333 267,115 -9,002 337,028 346,030 

Dec. p....................................... -10,875 -2,454 231,762 234,216 -8,421 320,037 328,458 

 
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TABLE CM-IV-3.—Net Foreign Transactions in Long-Term Domestic Securities 

by Type and Country 

[In millions of dollars; negative figures indicate net sales by foreigners to U.S. residents or a net outflow of capital from the United States. 

Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

Marketable Treasury 

bonds and notes 

U.S. Government corporations 

and Federal agency bonds Corporate bonds Corporate stocks 

2010 2010 2010 2010 

Country 

 Calendar 

 year 

 2009 

 (1) 

 Jan. 

 through

 Dec. 

(2) 

Oct. 

 through 

 Dec. p 

 (3) 

Calendar

year 

2009 

(4) 

Jan. 

 through

 Dec

 (5) 

Oct. 

 through

 Dec. p 

 (6) 

 Calendar 

 year 

 2009 

 (7) 

 Jan.

 through

Dec 

 (8) 

Oct. 

 through 

 Dec. p 

 (9) 

Calendar 

year 

2009 

(10) 

 Jan. 

 through

 Dec. 

(11) 

Oct. 

 through

 Dec. p 

(12) 

Europe: 

Austria............................. -756 -277 -20 -184 117 31 252 271 -28 179 -29 -32

Belgium........................... -752 -1,757 78 2,379 2,256 -130 -13,807 -16,201 -3,576 2,466 -494 -444

Bulgaria........................... -4 239 101 - - - - - - -5 - -9

Cyprus 1 .......................... -244 -198 1 -73 42 23 1 -114 1 58 -25 -29

Czech Republic............... 74 -177 -72 -147 -88 - -11 - - 244 -134 -63

Denmark ......................... 1,526 2,319 -106 -47 -2,028 -11 37 175 178 445 128 -208

Finland............................ 805 398 -84 -52 3 122 319 -257 17 623 719 -284

France............................. 17,791 -5,028 -9,482 12,963 16,377 4,462 -3,897 -6,429 -2,265 168 23,022 7,862

Germany ......................... -1,324 13,165 1,136 -838 917 94 -1,651 -659 -430 756 -444 -481

Greece............................ 124 19 2 -150 -9 -2 -24 -7 1 66 29 -13

Hungary .......................... 86 -659 30 -141 -125 92 35 13 1 233 65 271

Ireland............................. -3,046 -3,127 -5,620 -4,487 -3,956 -516 -12,067 -2,951 -113 1,610 976 516

Italy ................................. 2,780 963 -231 87 392 487 148 184 -2 -319 -3,074 -653

Kazakhstan 1................... 250 2,924 1,034 142 -104 50 28 99 - 13 -1 -1

Luxembourg.................... 7,669 -4,704 4,471 6,679 -16,314 -4,727 -2,710 1,380 552 1,875 129 322

Monaco 1......................... -360 572 -23 72 173 -29 106 -57 -51 51 301 301

Netherlands .................... 1,419 -1,356 -443 -739 -153 -259 -1,746 -1,688 -664 3,284 -5,716 -65

Norway............................ 10,803 8,244 1,713 -2,984 872 821 -1,445 -954 20 9,056 2,075 -1,344

Poland............................. 2,123 -752 -1,488 104 1,065 310 2 -23 4 -27 20 -4

Portugal .......................... 48 -374 -57 -203 -14 1 -9 -109 -5 398 -152 -37

Romania ......................... -629 101 147 -2 9 - 3 -8 -7 -6 -24 -6

Russia............................. -16,479 -15,771 -7,254 -965 -3 - 60 -268 -34 -15 -155 -46

Serbia and Montenegro 2... -96 -583 -161 - 6 -6 - 2 - 1 -1 -

Spain............................... 409 -5,086 -203 -49 -109 -91 -37 -1,874 -219 156 943 -114

Sweden........................... 4,594 2,150 1,145 -1,202 -174 249 -1,836 -1,693 -188 3,468 1,740 801

Switzerland ..................... 15,811 19,750 -1,167 -4,580 -3,300 -1,379 -1,540 -277 -824 8,664 7,553 3,234

Turkey............................. -4,415 -2,592 -601 - 1 - 319 170 118 11 71 -19

Ukraine 1 ......................... -758 3,609 -57 -49 -126 -15 -2 35 - -2 34 -2

United Kingdom .............. 171,027 343,564 76,336 20,291 31,486 8,884 -12,275 -4,973 -7,077 33,700 27,836 21,918

Channel Islands .............. -1,011 -368 58 9 590 -152 -325 -1,478 -429 1,144 1,625 440

All other Europe 1 ............ -958 -154 608 -2,052 -807 -107 -362 -48 -63 127 350 137

Total Europe ............... 206,507 355,054 59,791 23,782 26,998 8,201 -52,434 -37,739 -15,083 68,422 57,367 31,948

Memo: Euro Area 3.............. 24,930 -7,451 -10,456 15,067 -437 -525 -35,252 -28,539 -6,734 11,460 16,096 6,644

Memo: European Union 4 .... 203,364 339,417 65,581 33,848 29,654 8,995 -49,539 -34,981 -13,814 49,515 45,799 29,383

Canada ............................... 41,237 80,242 19,727 2,214 7,778 2,983 6,776 1,573 3,163 -1,647 6,206 938

Latin America: 

Argentina ........................ -353 66 42 54 47 7 538 243 3 622 293 106

Brazil............................... -7,335 24,934 12,983 575 1,297 655 975 -149 6 21 -68 362

Chile ............................... -2,077 743 886 184 -98 -102 18 369 110 112 854 -123

Colombia......................... -2,707 -84 1,037 -524 208 -387 352 232 59 634 210 -103

Ecuador .......................... -310 335 -62 -82 -5 5 71 28 33 -33 -22 -20

Costa Rica 5 .................... 170 128 182 285 683 85 115 146 60 219 760 175

Guatemala ...................... 261 -31 80 16 3 -1 -53 40 3 11 10 -4

Mexico ............................ 9,701 -1,973 -1,927 -11,169 1,433 -1,152 3,721 302 -637 2,120 2,598 457

Panama .......................... 79 -244 -174 764 524 67 559 881 123 582 579 224

Peru ................................ -430 1,305 1,124 -1,024 553 196 102 254 102 386 -556 -253

Uruguay .......................... -1,017 1,231 293 -143 -402 -239 616 348 45 379 308 129

Venezuela....................... -167 90 -12 353 164 56 174 194 103 374 159 -20

All other Latin America 5 ... 351 108 117 -203 228 43 339 87 52 52 56 -29

Total Latin America..... -3,834 26,608 14,569 -10,914 4,635 -767 7,527 2,975 62 5,479 5,181 901

See footnotes at end of table. 
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TABLE CM-IV-3.—Net Foreign Transactions in Long-Term Domestic Securities 

by Type and Country, con. 

[In millions of dollars; negative figures indicate net sales by foreigners to U.S. residents or a net outflow of capital from the United States. 

Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

Marketable Treasury 

bonds and notes 

U.S. Government corporations 

and Federal agency bonds Corporate bonds Corporate stocks 

2010 2010 2010 2010 

Country 

Calendar 

year 

2009 

(1) 

 Jan. 

 through 

 Dec. 

(2) 

Oct. 

 through

 Dec. p 

 (3) 

Calendar

year 

2009 

(4) 

Jan. 

 through

 Dec 

 (5) 

Oct. 

 through

 Dec. p 

 (6) 

Calendar 

year 

2009 

(7) 

 Jan.

 through

Dec 

 (8) 

Oct. 

 through 

 Dec. p 

 (9) 

Calendar 

year 

2009 

(10) 

 Jan. 

 through

 Dec. 

(11) 

Oct. 

 through

 Dec. p 

(12) 

Caribbean: 

Anguilla 6.................................... -2,359 -1,424 -1,067 -658 -29 100 260 723 85 923 571 -188

Bahamas.................................... -6 -8,752 5,364 -680 715 1,208 1,420 -878 34 -658 108 -331

Barbados 6 ................................. 581 416 423 527 772 10 1,125 -724 -32 -55 136 119

Bermuda .................................... 5,789 3,109 2,647 3,002 4,625 428 3,271 1,741 -819 -2,536 5,501 583

British Virgin Islands 6 ................ -5,332 -4,395 -10,854 -163 276 109 37 338 792 9,256 1,566 797

Cayman Islands ......................... 2,419 18,401 5,814 -22,961 7,065 -504 -3,610 18,341 12,703 26,685 16,081 5,564

Cuba .......................................... ------------

Jamaica ..................................... 35 6 1 21 -20 56 46 22 -5 -13 -11 -3

Netherlands Antilles ................... 4,582 2,763 -613 -270 108 107 203 1,656 407 1,527 -204 -319

Trinidad and Tobago.................. 810 392 -77 -122 85 76 -181 -116 -18 225 204 65

All other Caribbean 6 .................. 68 221 91 884 582 114 244 451 66 162 243 60

Total Caribbean ..................... 6,587 10,737 1,729 -20,420 14,179 1,704 2,815 21,554 13,213 35,516 24,195 6,347

Asia: 

China, Mainland. ........................ 123,454 51,159 13,271 -24,671 -29,282 -6,504 -4,050 -354 104 4,040 2,798 -822

Hong Kong................................. -929 8,743 1,789 10,242 6,505 1,741 2,867 -896 1,332 6,334 9,760 2,856

India........................................... 5,487 1,494 1,661 1 -4 - -27 14 -18 -1,758 -591 -204

Indonesia ................................... -3,608 5,081 3,645 -63 124 89 217 -49 -13 28 -50 -35

Israel.......................................... 441 3,366 549 176 565 160 -223 210 - 1,541 389 99

Japan......................................... 129,526 124,121 20,376 -13,462 68,032 20,958 -1,598 4,096 2,006 13,753 4,587 -220

Korea, South.............................. 7,738 -3,152 -1,785 14,657 6,967 3,068 -228 1,248 59 1,707 281 -141

Lebanon..................................... 35 35 12 3 -1 - 100 153 -13 49 15 -16

Malaysia..................................... 1,990 -131 122 -951 2,778 1,599 485 537 225 212 317 15

Pakistan ..................................... -47 69 28 -4 - - 9 9 1 -39 -4 -6

Philippines.................................. -15 2,846 676 -188 -21 -13 -152 135 64 39 27 -31

Singapore................................... 5,196 15,219 2,996 -2,868 -1,517 -453 -3,054 8,260 3,504 12,005 -4,445 -3,960

Syria........................................... - - - - - - 3 - - 38 -31 -6

Taiwan ....................................... 7,825 14,869 1,970 15,083 13,621 4,869 4,981 5,288 2,108 1,244 339 -118

Thailand ..................................... 4,819 18,160 5,409 -885 -1,549 -6 1 101 2 -7 68 -35

Oil exporting countries 7 ............. -520 -6,234 -1,686 1,483 -2,060 103 -4,041 -5,672 -941 3,534 4,570 2,126

All other Asia.............................. -957 152 -223 -675 -32 -2 -526 53 21 83 93 -30

Total Asia............................... 280,435 235,797 48,810 -2,122 64,126 25,609 -5,236 13,133 8,441 42,803 18,123 -528

Africa: 

Egypt.......................................... -894 1,112 683 -189 -42 - 80 -13 -1 -34 -19 -36

Liberia........................................ -189 51 3 -35 1 -1 108 19 21 -22 -10 -31

Morocco ..................................... 5 -115 2 -1,710 -914 19 111 2 - -4 -13 -5

South Africa ............................... -111 -5,020 -2,972 -448 21 13 -88 147 3 99 -27 22

Oil exporting countries 8 ............. 5,225 8,244 2,536 -108 65 56 114 39 -4 5 -27 -6

All other Africa............................ 492 863 210 -50 39 80 94 48 -6 -733 -224 -70

Total Africa............................. 4,528 5,135 462 -2,540 -830 167 419 242 13 -689 -320 -126

Other countries: 

Australia..................................... 2,628 -5,646 -2,621 158 -560 -121 434 -1,805 -889 3,015 2,024 -170

New Zealand.............................. 225 -7 -8 -76 -39 9 16 -21 18 610 93 97

All other countries ...................... -1 4 - 50 -11 -4 21 19 -15 -778 -34 -35

Total other countries .............. 2,852 -5,649 -2,629 132 -610 -116 471 -1,807 -886 2,847 2,083 -108

Total foreign countries ....... 538,312 707,924 142,459 -9,868 116,276 37,781 -39,662 -69 8,923 152,731 112,835 39,372

International and regional orgs: 

International organizations ......... -6 -83 -1,487 -1,198 -1,258 -30 -999 -1,615 -429 -4 -41 -29

Regional organizations 9 ............ 82 43 127 -425 7 -8 -113 -140 -9 7 -5 -1

Total international and 

 regional organizations............... 76 -40 -1,360 -1,623 -1,251 -38 -1,112 -1,755 -438 3 -46 -30

Grand total......................... 538,388 707,884 141,099 -11,491 115,025 37,743 -40,774 -1,824 8,485 152,734 112,789 39,342

1

 Before June 2006, data for Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Monaco, and Ukraine are included in “All 

other Europe.” 

2

 On February 4, 2003, Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro. Data for 

other entities of the former Yugoslavia recognized as independent states by the United 

States are reported under “All other Europe” as follows: Beginning in December 1992 for 

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia; and beginning in December 1994 for the 

former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. 

3

 Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, 

the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also includes Cyprus, 

Malta, and Slovenia. For data as of January 2009, also includes Slovakia. 

4

 As of May 2004, the European Union includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech 

Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, 

Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, 

Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Data available beginning June 2006. As of January 

2007, also includes Bulgaria and Romania. 

5

 Before June 2006, data for Costa Rica are included in “All other Latin America.” 

6

 Before June 2006, data for Anguilla, Barbados, and the British Virgin Islands are included in 

“All other Caribbean.” 

7

 Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates 

(Trucial States). 

8

 Includes Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria. 

9

 Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East regional 

organizations. 
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TABLE CM-IV-4.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic 

and Foreign Securities, by Type and Country, During Fourth Quarter 2010, Preliminary 

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

Gross purchases by foreigners from U.S. residents Gross sales by foreigners to U.S. residents 

Domestic securities Domestic securities 

Corporate and 

other Foreign securities 

Corporate and 

 other Foreign securities 

Country 

Total 

 purchases 

 (1) 

 Marketable 

Treasury 

 and 

 Federal 

 Financing 

Bank bonds 

 and notes 

 (2) 

Bonds 

 of U.S. 

 Gov’t 

 corps and 

federally- 

 sponsored

agencies 

 (3) 

 Bonds

 (4) 

 Stocks

 (5) 

 Bonds

 (6) 

 Stocks

 (7) 

Total

 sales

 (8) 

 Marketable

Treasury 

 and 

 Federal 

 Financing 

Bank 

bonds 

 and notes

 (9) 

Bonds 

of U.S. 

Gov’t 

corps and 

federallysponsored 

agencies 

(10) 

Bonds 

 (11) 

Stocks

 (12) 

 Bonds

 (13) 

Stocks

 (14) 

Europe: 

Austria .................................... 4,232 617 187 97 522 2,234 575 2,307 637 156 125 554 370 466

Belgium................................... 8,149 1,019 98 356 3,615 1,709 1,353 16,015 941 228 3,932 4,059 5,692 1,163

Bulgaria .................................. 531 344 - - 183 - 4 439 243 - - 192 1 3

Cyprus 1 .................................. 4,093 502 50 2 2,451 371 717 4,554 501 27 1 2,480 304 1,241

Czech Republic ...................... 734 310 - - 216 152 56 794 382 - - 279 6 127

Denmark................................. 10,639 3,285 40 1,022 1,936 2,763 1,593 9,560 3,391 51 844 2,144 1,482 1,648

Finland.................................... 2,782 541 403 125 503 447 763 4,813 625 281 108 787 2,406 606

France .................................... 1,046,937 802,408 11,520 4,856 188,225 12,156 27,771 1,040,125 811,890 7,059 7,121 180,363 9,076 24,616

Germany................................. 71,721 26,272 925 2,601 15,147 14,598 12,178 60,543 25,136 831 3,031 15,628 7,150 8,766

Greece.................................... 978 186 13 5 529 21 224 1,254 184 15 4 542 19 490

Hungary.................................. 1,004 99 163 15 496 138 93 543 69 71 14 225 134 30

Ireland..................................... 96,327 44,889 17,691 5,655 8,712 5,781 13,598 104,220 50,510 18,208 5,768 8,196 9,482 12,057

Italy ......................................... 23,589 5,727 567 253 8,870 4,349 3,823 20,867 5,957 79 255 9,523 1,285 3,767

Kazakhstan 1 .......................... 3,636 2,095 50 - 8 1,479 4 2,349 1,061 - - 9 1,277 2

Luxembourg ........................... 54,192 9,797 9,193 5,952 12,044 7,492 9,713 56,269 5,326 13,920 5,400 11,722 11,359 8,541

Monaco 1 ................................ 970 46 - 103 655 68 98 786 69 29 154 354 85 95

Netherlands ............................ 40,905 10,019 938 1,730 10,086 5,840 12,292 39,974 10,462 1,197 2,394 10,151 3,642 12,127

Norway ................................... 36,463 15,908 2,500 1,941 9,521 2,226 4,367 33,865 14,195 1,679 1,921 10,865 1,828 3,377

Poland .................................... 12,736 11,657 310 11 83 566 109 13,939 13,145 - 7 87 542 158

Portugal .................................. 1,636 300 4 58 922 114 237 1,983 358 2 63 959 128 473

Romania ................................. 256 193 - - 54 2 7 125 46 - 7 60 - 12

Russia..................................... 11,994 11,267 - 4 311 48 364 19,429 18,521 - 38 357 48 465

Serbia and Montenegro 2 ....... 78 50 21 - 5 - 2 246 211 27 - 5 - 3

Spain ...................................... 15,969 6,256 59 389 3,155 1,579 4,530 15,060 6,459 150 608 3,269 472 4,102

Sweden................................... 20,270 7,284 390 381 4,850 1,471 5,894 21,755 6,139 141 569 4,049 5,277 5,580

Switzerland............................. 63,504 11,794 586 4,326 28,549 3,066 15,183 63,905 12,961 1,965 5,150 25,315 3,740 14,774

Turkey..................................... 1,687 778 - 121 120 21 647 2,031 1,379 - 3 139 22 488

Ukraine 1 ................................. 751 601 - - 8 136 6 831 658 15 - 10 117 31

United Kingdom...................... 3,009,977 2,053,370 53,109 92,497 260,441 237,179 313,381 2,916,331 1,977,034 44,225 99,574 238,523 247,887 309,088

Channel Islands...................... 25,764 1,676 465 1,190 15,319 3,533 3,581 26,796 1,618 617 1,619 14,879 3,538 4,525

All other Europe 1 ................... 5,035 1,804 185 124 1,822 543 556 4,249 1,196 293 187 1,685 374 515

Total Europe....................... 4,577,538 3,031,095 99,467 123,814 579,358 310,083 433,721 4,485,957 2,971,304 91,266 138,897 547,410 317,744 419,336

Memo: Euro Area 3 ..................... 1,372,343 908,572 41,650 22,095 255,374 56,766 87,886 1,368,778 919,028 42,175 28,829 248,730 51,512 78,504

Canada....................................... 487,826 210,381 9,312 14,178 100,159 84,122 69,674 470,552 190,654 6,329 11,015 99,221 93,599 69,734

Latin America: 

Argentina ................................ 5,599 240 30 202 1,978 2,149 1,000 6,244 198 23 199 1,872 2,708 1,244

Brazil....................................... 68,687 39,778 839 1,282 5,320 9,293 12,175 59,938 26,795 184 1,276 4,958 7,310 19,415

Chile ....................................... 13,941 5,947 353 296 2,862 2,151 2,332 14,605 5,061 455 186 2,985 3,834 2,084

Colombia ................................ 7,888 3,030 157 275 1,536 2,115 775 6,992 1,993 544 216 1,639 1,712 888

Costa Rica 4............................ 1,181 747 8 57 285 38 46 1,238 809 3 24 305 58 39

Ecuador.................................. 1,954 260 955 137 324 58 220 1,275 78 870 77 149 30 71

Guatemala.............................. 562 449 1 6 72 24 10 532 369 2 3 76 73 9

Mexico .................................... 35,395 11,782 1,693 854 8,099 3,911 9,056 40,181 13,709 2,845 1,491 7,642 6,137 8,357

Panama .................................. 6,093 186 193 755 2,094 2,010 855 5,626 360 126 632 1,870 1,899 739

Peru ........................................ 6,910 2,746 650 306 1,168 985 1,055 6,009 1,622 454 204 1,421 953 1,355

Uruguay.................................. 6,472 1,693 51 273 1,688 2,046 721 6,144 1,400 290 228 1,559 1,988 679

Venezuela .............................. 2,962 136 180 577 1,220 534 315 3,146 148 124 474 1,240 937 223

All other Latin America 4......... 1,493 386 68 109 567 288 75 1,113 269 25 57 596 103 63

Total Latin America ............ 159,137 67,380 5,178 5,129 27,213 25,602 28,635 153,043 52,811 5,945 5,067 26,312 27,742 35,166

Caribbean: 

Anguilla 5 ................................ 149,021 5,861 175 222 118,064 98 24,601 149,671 6,928 75 137 118,252 12 24,267

Bahamas ................................ 139,376 58,698 1,875 11,022 41,309 7,484 18,988 133,262 53,334 667 10,988 41,640 7,814 18,819

Barbados 5.............................. 2,149 932 200 145 439 316 117 1,604 509 190 177 320 293 115

See footnotes at end of table. 
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TABLE CM-IV-4.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic 

and Foreign Securities, by Type and Country, During Fourth Quarter 2010, Preliminary, con. 

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

Gross purchases by foreigners from U.S. residents Gross sales by foreigners to U.S. residents 

Domestic securities Domestic securities 

Corporate and 

other Foreign securities 

Corporate and 

other Foreign securities 

Country 

Total 

 purchases 

 (1) 

Marketable 

Treasury 

and 

Federal 

Financing 

Bank bonds 

and notes 

(2) 

Bonds 

 of U.S. 

 Gov’t 

corps and 

federally- 

 sponsored 

 agencies 

 (3) 

Bonds

 (4) 

Stocks 

 (5) 

 Bonds 

 (6) 

Stocks

(7) 

Total

 sales

(8) 

Marketable

Treasury 

and 

Federal 

 Financing

Bank bonds

 and notes

 (9) 

Bonds 

 of U.S. 

 Gov’t 

corps and 

 federallysponsored 

agencies 

(10) 

 Bonds 

 (11) 

 Stocks

 (12) 

Bonds

 (13) 

Stocks

 (14) 

Caribbean, con. 

Bermuda................................ 277,544 28,351 23,259 8,670 120,450 72,993 23,821 276,162 25,704 22,831 9,489 119,867 73,897 24,374

British Virgin Islands 5............ 194,752 101,480 520 6,112 53,031 7,043 26,566 204,170 112,334 411 5,320 52,234 7,538 26,333

Cayman Islands..................... 1,509,072 475,899 59,202 70,477 540,805 185,861 176,828 1,486,347 470,085 59,706 57,774 535,241 182,248 181,293

Cuba...................................... ---------- ----

Jamaica................................. 298 114 118 4 33 23 6 253 113 62 9 36 24 9

Netherlands Antilles............... 31,373 13,094 521 957 10,197 1,266 5,338 32,267 13,707 414 550 10,516 938 6,142

Trinidad and Tobago ............. 2,173 1,183 450 73 323 110 34 2,126 1,260 374 91 258 107 36

All other Caribbean 5 ............. 1,665 224 322 121 667 192 139 1,327 133 208 55 607 240 84

Total Caribbean................. 2,307,423 685,836 86,642 97,803 885,318 275,386 276,438 2,287,189 684,107 84,938 84,590 878,971 273,111 281,472

Asia: 

China, Mainland. ................... 53,626 40,533 3,631 1,373 3,780 875 3,434 46,789 27,262 10,135 1,269 4,602 574 2,947

Hong Kong ............................ 137,451 19,284 5,666 3,419 11,960 10,453 86,669 144,261 17,495 3,925 2,087 9,104 7,268 104,382

India ...................................... 10,542 3,718 - 5 306 595 5,918 11,473 2,057 - 23 510 798 8,085

Indonesia............................... 9,004 6,183 299 1 208 424 1,889 6,705 2,538 210 14 243 963 2,737

Israel ..................................... 25,054 18,241 1,009 560 3,469 264 1,511 24,521 17,692 849 560 3,370 206 1,844

Japan .................................... 382,529 230,152 61,722 13,862 20,885 10,763 45,145 352,084 209,776 40,764 11,856 21,105 19,200 49,383

Korea, South ......................... 39,314 13,158 11,193 2,409 1,381 3,441 7,732 41,747 14,943 8,125 2,350 1,522 3,390 11,417

Lebanon ................................ 898 86 - 110 611 16 75 907 74 - 123 627 5 78

Malaysia ................................ 5,915 273 2,582 622 307 589 1,542 4,487 151 983 397 292 705 1,959

Pakistan ................................ 195 100 - 12 31 43 9 140 72 - 11 37 10 10

Philippines............................. 6,109 4,193 52 118 353 1,018 375 5,411 3,517 65 54 384 810 581

Singapore.............................. 92,798 56,228 1,981 6,435 9,714 4,054 14,386 88,150 53,232 2,434 2,931 13,674 1,868 14,011

Syria...................................... 14 - - - 14 - - 20 - - - 20 - -

Taiwan................................... 30,554 4,755 7,905 3,902 4,690 1,785 7,517 21,702 2,785 3,036 1,794 4,808 351 8,928

Thailand ................................ 11,426 8,451 8 9 289 974 1,695 6,853 3,042 14 7 324 1,361 2,105

All other Asia ......................... 37,747 17,608 4,145 619 9,166 3,078 3,131 37,013 19,517 4,044 1,539 7,070 3,036 1,807

Total Asia .......................... 843,176 422,963 100,193 33,456 67,164 38,372 181,028 792,263 374,153 74,584 25,015 67,692 40,545 210,274

Africa: 

Egypt..................................... 1,773 1,094 7 - 268 82 322 1,262 411 7 1 304 162 377

Liberia ................................... 457 20 1 48 319 7 62 463 17 2 27 350 2 65

Morocco ................................ 57 17 19 4 6 5 6 70 15 - 4 11 22 18

South Africa........................... 4,346 2,053 138 7 366 322 1,460 6,743 5,025 125 4 344 361 884

All other Africa....................... 7,169 4,292 215 55 604 364 1,639 4,673 1,546 79 65 680 564 1,739

Total Africa........................ 13,802 7,476 380 114 1,563 780 3,489 13,211 7,014 213 101 1,689 1,111 3,083

Other countries: 

Australia ................................ 63,613 14,726 2,342 3,078 7,603 16,023 19,841 68,880 17,347 2,463 3,967 7,773 16,115 21,215

New Zealand ......................... 1,100 103 122 55 495 103 222 1,935 111 113 37 398 1,045 231

All other................................. 194 7 2 20 87 8 70 392 7 6 35 122 23 199

Total other countries.......... 64,907 14,836 2,466 3,153 8,185 16,134 20,133 71,207 17,465 2,582 4,039 8,293 17,183 21,645

Total foreign countries... 8,453,809 4,439,967 303,638 277,647 1,668,960 750,479 1,013,118 8,273,422 4,297,508 265,857 268,724 1,629,588 771,035 1,040,710

International and regional orgs: 

International organizations..... 4,514 2,091 873 263 2 1,192 93 6,628 3,578 903 692 31 1,348 76

Regional organizations 6........ 2,902 428 405 27 5 1,668 369 1,254 301 413 36 6 317 181

Total international and 

 regional organizations .... 7,416 2,519 1,278 290 7 2,860 462 7,882 3,879 1,316 728 37 1,665 257

Grand total .................... 8,461,225 4,442,486 304,916 277,937 1,668,967 753,339 1,013,580 8,281,304 4,301,387 267,173 269,452 1,629,625 772,700 1,040,967

1

 Before June 2006, data for Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Monaco, and Ukraine are in “All other Europe.” 

2

 On February 4, 2003, Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro. Data for other entities of the 

former Yugoslavia recognized as independent states by the United States are reported under “All other 

Europe” as follows: Beginning in December 1992 for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia; and 

beginning in December 1994 for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. 

3

 Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, 

Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also includes Cyprus, Malta, and Slovenia. For data as of 

January 2009, also includes Slovakia. 

4Before June 2006, data for Costa Rica are included in “All other Latin America.” 

5 Before June 2006, data for Anguilla, Barbados, and the British Virgin Islands are included in ”All 

other Caribbean.” 

6

 Includes European, Latin American, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East regional 

organizations. 
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TABLE CM-IV-5.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic 

and Foreign Securities, by Type and Country, During Calendar Year 2010 

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

Gross purchases by foreigners from U.S. residents Gross sales by foreigners to U.S. residents 

Domestic securities Domestic securities 

Corporate and 

other Foreign securities 

Corporate and 

other Foreign securities 

Country

 Total 

 purchases

 (1) 

Marketable 

Treasury 

and 

Federal 

Financing 

Bank bonds 

and notes 

 (2) 

Bonds 

of U.S. 

Gov’t 

corps and 

federallysponsored 

agencies 

(3) 

 Bonds

 (4) 

 Stocks

 (5) 

 Bonds

 (6) 

 Stocks

 (7) 

 Total

 sales

 (8) 

 Marketable

 Treasury

 and 

 Federal

 Financing 

Bank bonds

 and notes

 (9) 

Bonds 

of U.S. 

Gov’t 

corps and 

federallysponsored 

agencies 

(10) 

 Bonds

 (11) 

 Stocks

 (12) 

 Bonds 

 (13) 

Stocks 

 (14) 

Europe: 

Austria................................ 13,696 2,250 815 654 1,982 5,965 2,030 9,233 2,527 698 383 2,011 1,718 1,896

Belgium .............................. 39,714 4,014 3,689 3,153 15,481 8,792 4,585 98,659 5,771 1,433 19,354 15,975 51,221 4,905

Bulgaria .............................. 1,585 1,083 - - 491 1 10 1,347 844 - - 491 3 9

Cyprus 1 ............................. 9,796 1,703 125 1,030 2,871 1,618 2,449 10,357 1,901 83 1,144 2,896 1,745 2,588

Czech Republic .................. 4,082 1,353 49 - 992 1,064 624 3,351 1,530 137 - 1,126 139 419

Denmark............................. 41,875 11,317 86 2,941 6,773 15,328 5,430 37,722 8,998 2,114 2,766 6,645 11,251 5,948

Finland ............................... 13,632 2,959 647 601 4,283 2,456 2,685 27,343 2,561 644 858 3,564 17,185 2,531

France................................ 4,079,942 2,945,588 38,993 15,675 873,905 97,369 108,412 4,043,440 2,950,616 22,616 22,104 850,883 92,574 104,648

Germany ............................ 341,314 117,835 6,483 11,666 74,459 91,502 39,369 292,320 104,669 5,566 12,325 74,903 58,818 36,038

Greece ............................... 5,670 613 67 75 2,050 1,660 1,205 4,483 594 76 82 2,021 339 1,371

Hungary.............................. 3,560 550 242 31 1,503 819 415 3,596 1,209 367 18 1,438 320 244

Ireland ................................ 297,602 137,539 32,802 18,700 35,606 26,619 46,336 314,544 140,666 36,757 21,651 34,630 37,095 43,745

Italy..................................... 117,251 20,539 1,462 1,059 56,872 22,186 15,134 108,477 19,576 1,070 875 59,946 11,384 15,626

Kazakhstan 1 ..................... 8,729 6,398 150 101 39 2,000 41 5,522 3,474 254 2 40 1,722 30

Luxembourg ....................... 194,967 26,031 35,178 22,221 55,208 27,565 28,763 250,109 30,735 51,493 20,841 55,079 64,782 27,179

Monaco 1 .......................... 3,968 753 207 337 1,860 512 299 2,565 181 34 394 1,559 112 285

Netherlands........................ 163,409 27,943 4,454 6,638 42,544 35,319 46,510 166,028 29,299 4,607 8,326 48,260 28,023 47,514

Norway ............................... 120,217 48,128 9,196 4,362 35,132 9,439 13,960 106,109 39,884 8,324 5,316 33,057 7,499 12,029

Poland................................ 44,478 38,986 1,065 18 286 3,607 516 44,386 39,738 - 41 266 3,570 771

Portugal.............................. 8,038 760 14 135 3,602 2,083 1,445 8,357 1,134 28 244 3,754 1,508 1,689

Romania............................. 1,468 1,239 10 - 184 13 22 1,399 1,138 1 8 208 27 17

Russia ................................ 54,300 51,627 - 31 1,041 393 1,208 70,338 67,398 3 299 1,196 211 1,231

Serbia and Montenegro 2 ... 269 135 77 2 38 11 6 849 718 71 - 39 3 18

Spain.................................. 69,723 28,520 501 1,426 9,517 14,275 15,484 71,881 33,605 610 3,300 8,574 7,880 17,912

Sweden .............................. 75,414 23,790 1,020 1,271 17,972 12,763 18,598 78,680 21,640 1,194 2,964 16,232 18,539 18,111

Switzerland......................... 279,616 61,160 3,017 26,072 106,787 14,154 68,426 255,444 41,410 6,317 26,349 99,234 19,873 62,261

Turkey ................................ 11,066 5,695 1 175 615 2,636 1,944 12,556 8,287 - 5 544 2,146 1,574

Ukraine 1 ............................ 7,378 6,158 28 50 95 391 656 4,351 2,549 154 15 61 473 1,099

United Kingdom..................11,655,306 7,486,339 218,118 351,287 935,527 1,517,398 1,146,637 11,247,048 7,142,775 186,632 356,260 907,691 1,510,856 1,142,834

Channel Islands.................. 79,799 5,282 2,075 4,528 47,400 5,814 14,700 79,894 5,650 1,485 6,006 45,775 5,829 15,149

All other Europe 1 ............... 16,848 4,453 1,766 795 5,120 2,293 2,421 18,818 4,607 2,572 843 4,770 3,222 2,804

Total Europe...................

17,764,712 11,070,738 362,338 475,034 2,340,235 1,926,045 1,590,322 17,379,206 10,715,684 335,340 512,773 2,282,868 1,960,066 1,572,475

Memo: Euro Area 3 ................. 5,357,423 3,316,428 125,323 83,145 1,180,031 337,793 314,703 5,407,908 3,323,879 125,760 111,684 1,163,935 374,752 307,898

Canada................................... 1,697,817 687,917 38,424 49,370 368,993 309,109 244,004 1,654,648 607,675 30,646 47,797 362,787 358,968 246,775

Latin America: 

Argentina............................ 19,115 996 180 951 7,672 5,867 3,449 18,805 930 133 708 7,379 5,624 4,031

Brazil .................................. 257,817 153,360 4,549 2,980 16,612 32,644 47,672 252,440 128,426 3,252 3,129 16,680 33,493 67,460

Chile................................... 41,187 13,089 2,252 1,050 9,762 7,102 7,932 43,337 12,346 2,350 681 8,908 12,213 6,839

Colombia ............................ 30,889 10,624 2,997 854 6,745 7,483 2,186 30,604 10,708 2,789 622 6,535 7,801 2,149

Costa Rica 4 ...................... 4,603 2,336 50 170 1,349 443 255 4,072 2,001 55 142 1,371 293 210

Ecuador.............................. 6,490 555 3,011 426 1,663 273 562 4,493 427 2,328 280 903 170 385

Guatemala.......................... 2,069 1,336 14 55 410 183 71 2,231 1,367 11 15 400 394 44

Mexico................................ 143,559 47,662 10,329 4,000 29,204 22,301 30,063 150,671 49,635 8,896 3,698 26,606 32,481 29,355

Panama.............................. 24,005 1,275 1,155 3,249 7,590 7,675 3,061 21,471 1,519 631 2,368 7,011 7,348 2,594

Peru.................................... 24,215 8,343 1,669 873 5,067 3,710 4,553 24,050 7,038 1,116 619 5,623 5,089 4,565

Uruguay.............................. 23,925 6,476 431 1,186 5,180 8,268 2,384 20,850 5,245 833 838 4,872 6,892 2,170

Venezuela .......................... 14,100 812 545 1,500 5,047 5,136 1,060 15,013 722 381 1,306 4,888 6,933 783

All other Latin America 4 .... 7,332 1,123 384 604 3,091 1,720 410 6,587 1,015 156 517 3,035 1,515 349

Total Latin America ........ 599,306 247,987 27,566 17,898 99,392 102,805 103,658 594,624 221,379 22,931 14,923 94,211 120,246 120,934

See footnotes at end of table. 
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TABLE CM-IV-5.—U.S. Transactions with Foreigners in Long-Term Domestic 

and Foreign Securities, by Type and Country, During Calendar Year 2010, con. 

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

Gross purchases by foreigners from U.S. residents Gross sales by foreigners to U.S. residents 

Domestic securities Domestic securities 

Corporate and 

other Foreign securities 

Corporate and 

other Foreign securities 

Country

Total 

purchases 

(1) 

Marketable 

Treasury 

and 

 Federal 

 Financing 

Bank bonds 

and notes 

 (2) 

Bonds 

 of U.S. 

 Gov’t 

 corps and 

 federallysponsored 

 agencies 

(3) 

 Bonds 

(4) 

Stocks 

(5) 

Bonds

(6) 

 Stocks 

 (7) 

Total

sales

(8) 

Marketable

Treasury

and 

Federal 

Financing 

Bank bonds

and notes

(9) 

Bonds 

of U.S. 

Gov’t 

corps and 

federallysponsored 

agencies 

(10) 

Bonds 

(11) 

Stocks 

(12) 

Bonds

 (13) 

 Stocks

 (14) 

Caribbean: 

Anguilla 5 ............................... 592,042 20,724 177 1,163 479,180 654 90,144 591,987 22,148 206 440 478,609 404 90,180

Bahamas............................... 548,283 211,569 4,929 63,536 178,838 27,989 61,422 556,370 220,321 4,214 64,414 178,730 29,139 59,552

Barbados 5............................. 8,375 3,327 1,565 512 1,095 1,406 470 7,957 2,911 793 1,236 959 1,669 389

Bermuda................................ 1,003,098 94,484 50,485 36,844 450,911 274,976 95,398 990,794 91,375 45,860 35,103 445,410 276,522 96,524

British Virgin Islands 5............ 669,415 281,782 2,096 20,454 241,794 26,701 96,588 668,011 286,177 1,820 20,116 240,228 27,197 92,473

Cayman Islands..................... 5,751,096 1,705,211 167,861 241,465 2,264,609 728,594 643,356 5,693,651 1,686,810 160,796 223,124 2,248,528 725,121 649,272

Cuba ..................................... ------ --- -----

Jamaica................................. 1,681 854 407 88 195 124 13 1,743 848 427 66 206 179 17

Netherlands Antilles .............. 146,439 77,253 2,969 3,553 38,992 8,090 15,582 142,636 74,490 2,861 1,897 39,196 7,856 16,336

Trinidad and Tobago ............. 6,534 3,568 986 247 983 501 249 5,868 3,176 901 363 779 469 180

All other Caribbean 5 ............. 7,111 747 1,281 687 3,037 689 670 6,003 526 699 236 2,794 1,273 475

Total Caribbean ................ 8,734,074 2,399,519 232,756 368,549 3,659,634 1,069,724 1,003,892 8,665,020 2,388,782 218,577 346,995 3,635,439 1,069,829 1,005,398

Asia: China, Mainland................ 284,556 203,746 36,696 3,917 20,377 8,280 11,540 255,240 152,587 65,978 4,271 17,579 3,901 10,924

Hong Kong ........................ 486,915 79,105 23,538 10,748 41,789 38,500 293,235 481,016 70,362 17,033 11,644 32,029 30,725 319,223

India................................... 34,123 11,326 - 99 1,104 1,624 19,970 40,235 9,832 4 85 1,695 2,759 25,860

Indonesia........................... 22,135 13,047 774 111 665 1,750 5,788 19,554 7,966 650 160 715 2,493 7,570

Israel.................................. 159,431 131,154 2,931 2,140 14,596 2,074 6,536 153,064 127,788 2,366 1,930 14,207 984 5,789

Japan................................. 1,389,117 829,747 214,853 35,424 68,633 60,229 180,231 1,208,104 705,626 146,821 31,328 64,046 66,683 193,600

Korea, South...................... 124,900 38,865 34,639 7,665 3,388 13,303 27,040 128,363 42,017 27,672 6,417 3,107 13,155 35,995

Lebanon ............................ 3,039 168 - 436 2,049 91 295 2,844 133 1 283 2,034 58 335

Malaysia ............................ 21,687 2,116 8,616 1,651 1,454 3,116 4,734 20,802 2,247 5,838 1,114 1,137 3,768 6,698

Pakistan............................. 534 145 - 30 116 142 101 427 76 - 21 120 87 123

Philippines ......................... 26,475 19,504 178 307 1,373 4,037 1,076 23,147 16,658 199 172 1,346 3,355 1,417

Singapore .......................... 345,771 210,742 12,823 17,802 37,668 20,860 45,876 314,912 195,523 14,340 9,542 42,113 9,677 43,717

Syria .................................. 205 - - - 186 - 19 228 - - - 217 - 11

Taiwan............................... 124,049 39,408 26,360 8,773 17,979 5,180 26,349 91,652 24,539 12,739 3,485 17,640 2,874 30,375

Thailand............................. 37,030 28,890 133 158 1,064 2,047 4,738 22,256 10,730 1,682 57 996 2,352 6,439

All other Asia ..................... 119,154 47,514 15,364 3,411 33,017 9,838 10,010 128,542 53,596 17,456 9,030 28,354 12,782 7,324

Total Asia ...................... 3,179,121 1,655,477 376,905 92,672 245,458 171,071 637,538 2,890,386 1,419,680 312,779 79,539 227,335 155,653 695,400

Africa: Egypt ................................. 5,733 2,690 27 4 867 894 1,251 4,838 1,578 69 17 886 696 1,592

Liberia................................ 2,787 109 9 222 1,955 131 361 2,623 58 8 203 1,965 35 354

Morocco............................. 449 288 25 14 49 28 45 1,533 403 939 12 62 51 66

South Africa....................... 20,919 14,036 662 247 1,185 662 4,127 27,966 19,056 641 100 1,212 3,114 3,843

All other Africa ................... 31,535 18,356 422 273 1,822 1,907 8,755 19,717 9,249 318 186 2,073 1,768 6,123

Total Africa .................... 61,423 35,479 1,145 760 5,878 3,622 14,539 56,677 30,344 1,975 518 6,198 5,664 11,978

Other countries: 

Australia ............................ 225,683 57,945 10,258 10,754 27,831 42,149 76,746 249,009 63,591 10,818 12,559 25,807 59,326 76,908

New Zealand ..................... 5,376 544 695 417 1,751 1,289 680 7,220 551 734 438 1,658 3,068 771

All other ............................. 904 20 19 150 411 38 266 2,318 16 30 131 445 550 1,146

Total other countries...... 231,963 58,509 10,972 11,321 29,993 43,476 77,692 258,547 64,158 11,582 13,128 27,910 62,944 78,825

Total foreign 

 countries................ 32,268,416 16,155,626 1,050,106 1,015,604 6,749,583 3,625,852 3,671,645 31,499,108 15,447,702 933,830 1,015,673 6,636,748 3,733,370 3,731,785

International and regional orgs: 

International organizations ... 21,346 8,909 3,802 406 7 8,049 173 21,249 8,992 5,060 2,021 48 4,911 217

Regional organizations 6 ..... 24,632 912 2,248 445 23 19,659 1,345 7,789 869 2,241 585 28 2,038 2,028

Total international and 

 regional organizations ....... 45,978 9,821 6,050 851 30 27,708 1,518 29,038 9,861 7,301 2,606 76 6,949 2,245

Grand total..................... 32,314,394 16,165,447 1,056,156 1,016,455 6,749,613 3,653,560 3,673,163 31,528,146 15,457,563 941,131 1,018,279 6,636,824 3,740,319 3,734,030

1 Before June 2006, data for Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Monaco, and Ukraine are included in “All other Europe.”

2

 On February 4, 2003, Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro. Data for other entities of 

the former Yugoslavia recognized as independent states by the United States are reported under “All other 

Europe” as follows: Beginning in December 1992 for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia; and 

beginning in December 1994 for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. 

3

 Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, 

Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also includes Cyprus, Malta, and Slovenia. For data as of 

January 2009, also includes Slovakia. 

4

 Before June 2006, data for Costa Rica are included in “All other Latin America.” 

5 Before June 2006, data for Anguilla, Barbados, and the British Virgin Islands are included in “All other 

Caribbean.” 

6 Includes European, Latin America, Caribbean, Asian, African, and Middle East regional organizations.
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CHART CM-C.—Net Purchases of Long-Term 

Domestic Securities by Foreigners, Selected Countries

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

Calendar years 

Country 2007 2008 2009 2010

 2010

 Oct - Dec.

United Kingdom............................................ 546,592 328,706 212,743 397,913 100,061 

All other Europe ............................................ 5,310 -105,325 33,534 3,767 -15,204 

Caribbean banking centers 1 ........................ 74,788 -74,524 23,959 69,905 23,357 

Japan ............................................................ -303 57,276 128,219 200,836 43,120 

All other Asia................................................. 234,778 193,377 187,661 130,343 39,212 

Subtotal..................................................... 861,165 399,510 586,116 802,764 190,546 

All other countries ......................................... 144,657 15,379 52,741 131,110 36,123 

Grand total ................................................ 1,005,822 414,889 638,857 933,874 226,669 

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

includes the British Virgin Islands. 

The data on this page represent foreign 

investors’ purchases and sales of longterm U.S. securities (that is, U.S. Treasury 

and Government agency bonds and notes, 

and U.S. corporate bonds and stocks) as 

reported in the TIC reporting system. 

Foreign investors have also acquired U.S. 

equities through mergers and 

reincorporations that involve stock swaps, 

but these acquisitions have been relatively 

small in recent years, totaling $11 billion 

in 2007, no acquisitions in 2008, and 

acquisitions of less than $1 billion in 

2009. Stock swap acquisitions picked up 

to over $8 billion in the first half of 2010, 

but there were no recorded acquisitions in 

the latter half of 2010. (Stock swaps data 

for the most recent quarter are Federal 

Reserve Board/Treasury estimates and are 

subject to substantial revisions.) These 

stock swaps are not reported under the 

TIC reporting system, but are available on 

the TIC Website. The TIC Website also 

provides estimates from the Federal 

Reserve Bank of New York on principal 

repayment flows of foreign holdings of 

U.S. government agency and corporate 

asset-backed securities (ABS). These 

repayments are estimated to have reduced 

foreign net purchases of U.S. securities by 

$234 billion in 2007, $191 billion in 

2008, $203 billion in 2009, and $226 

billion in 2010. 

After including stock swaps and 

accounting for ABS repayment flows, net 

foreign acquisitions of U.S. securities 

totaled $782 billion in 2007. Net 

acquisitions slowed dramatically in 2008 

to $224 billion, as foreign investors 

continued to acquire U.S. securities in the 

first half of the year, but on net sold U.S. 

securities in the second half of the year. 

Foreign net purchases recovered to $436 

billion in 2009. The pace of acquisition 

picked up further in 2010, when foreign 

net purchases were recorded at nearly 

$716 billion, far surpassing 2008 and 

2009 levels and nearly recovering the 

momentum recorded in 2007.

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0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1000

2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 

Oct - Dec.

United Kindom All other Europe Caribbean banking centers

Japan All other Asia All other countries

(In billions of dollars)

Note: To facilitate comparison of net

purchases during 2010 w ith those in prior

years, the chart design depicts data for all periods

at an annualized rate.
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The data on this page represent U.S. 

investors’ purchases and sales of longterm foreign securities as reported to 

the TIC reporting system. U.S. 

investors also have acquired foreign 

stocks through mergers that involve 

stock swaps. Net acquisitions through 

stock swaps amounted to $19 billion in 

2006, $12 billion in 2007, $7 billion in 

2008, and $2 billion in 2009. No stock 

swaps were recorded during the first 

quarter of 2010; however, stocks swaps 

accounted for a cumulative $15.8 

billion of net acquisitions in the 

remaining quarters of 2010. (Stock 

swaps data for the most recent quarter 

are Federal Reserve Board/Treasury 

estimates and are subject to substantial 

revisions.) These stock swaps are not 

reported under the TIC reporting 

system, but are available on the TIC 

Website. 

Including acquisitions through stock 

swaps, U.S. net purchases of long-term 

foreign securities amounted to $270 

billion in 2006, but then eased 

somewhat to $241 billion in 2007. U.S. 

investors switched to net sales of $67 

billion in foreign securities in 2008. 

U.S. investors resumed their net 

purchases of foreign securities in 2009 

with acquisitions of $189 billion. Net 

purchases slowed slightly in 2010 to 

$163 billion. 

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0

100

200

300

400

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010

Oct.-Dec. 

Foreign Bonds Foreign Stocks Total

(In billions of dollars)

Note: To facilitate comparison of net purchases during 2010

w ith those in prior years, the chart depicts data for all periods

at an annualized rate.

CHART CM-D.—Net Purchases of Long-Term

Foreign Securities by U.S. Investors* 

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

Calendar years 

Type 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

 2010 

 Oct. - Dec.

Foreign bonds ...... 144,452 133,905 -53,942 127,474 86,759 19,361

Foreign stocks...... 106,455 95,300 -20,246 59,360 60,867 27,387

Total ................... 250,907 229,205 -74,188 186,834 147,626 46,748

* Net purchases by U.S. investors equal net sales by foreigners, or gross sales minus gross purchases of securities. 
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SECTION V.—Holdings of, and Transactions in, Financial Derivatives 

Contracts with Foreigners Reported by Businesses in the United States 

TABLE CM-V-1.—Gross Totals of Holdings with Positive and Negative Fair Values, 

by Type of Contract 

[Holdings at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

 2008 2009 2010 

 Dec. Sept. Dec. Mar. r June Sept. p

Gross total of holdings with negative fair values ........................... 5,967,815 3,989,407 3,366,037 3,317,115 4,211,047 4,674,491

Total over-the-counter (OTC) contracts..................................... 5,904,724 3,953,948 3,336,439 3,275,148 4,179,864 4,644,548

Single-currency interest rate contracts.................................. 3,977,190 2,980,283 2,532,612 2,579,876 3,404,147 3,873,591

Forwards ............................................................................ 9,851 6,232 5,733 6,664 5,408 8,170

Swaps ................................................................................ 3,685,072 2,733,210 2,310,645 2,372,060 3,159,338 3,581,255

Options............................................................................... 282,267 240,841 216,234 201,152 239,401 284,166

Foreign exchange contracts .................................................. 481,833 303,964 250,271 233,169 299,715 342,463

Forwards ............................................................................ 169,983 85,655 67,679 71,865 93,718 126,926

Swaps ................................................................................ 234,573 177,310 139,065 124,479 160,976 176,286

Options............................................................................... 77,277 40,999 43,527 36,825 45,021 39,251

Other contracts ...................................................................... 1,445,701 669,701 553,556 462,103 476,002 428,494

Equity ................................................................................. n.a. 56,159 47,252 41,648 47,380 46,164

Credit.................................................................................. n.a. 494,829 404,839 327,415 349,428 296,607

All other .............................................................................. n.a. 118,713 101,465 93,040 79,194 85,723

Total exchange-traded contracts ............................................... 63,091 35,459 29,598 41,967 31,183 29,943

Own contracts on foreign exchanges .................................... 1,725 1,169 515 963 1,086 911

U.S. customers’ contracts on foreign exchanges.................. 7,325 5,090 4,342 5,613 4,431 4,962

Foreign counterparty contracts on U.S. exchanges .............. 54,041 29,200 24,741 35,391 25,666 24,070

Memorandum items: 

Contracts with own foreign office........................................... 1,423,392 1,005,797 847,311 808,253 991,683 1,107,804

Contracts with foreign official institutions .............................. 26,636 15,288 14,299 14,757 16,262 16,863

Contracts of U.S. depository institutions with foreigners....... 2,803,032 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

Gross total of holdings with positive fair values............................. 6,127,450 4,135,557 3,500,786 3,430,256 4,310,308 4,777,167

Total over-the-counter (OTC) contracts..................................... 6,065,174 4,099,829 3,471,703 3,387,341 4,279,101 4,748,098

Single-currency interest rate contracts.................................. 4,053,356 3,052,513 2,596,825 2,643,674 3,467,007 3,937,921

Forwards ............................................................................ 10,831 7,011 5,440 6,390 5,306 8,169

Swaps ................................................................................ 3,719,245 2,782,042 2,357,111 2,418,808 3,199,792 3,620,928

Options............................................................................... 323,280 263,460 234,274 218,476 261,909 308,824

Foreign exchange contracts .................................................. 497,234 332,739 282,590 253,270 298,724 355,661

Forwards ............................................................................ 180,414 87,887 71,203 70,930 95,103 127,273

Swaps ................................................................................ 229,552 198,629 164,657 142,395 153,222 184,458

Options............................................................................... 87,268 46,223 46,730 39,945 50,399 43,930

Other contracts ...................................................................... 1,514,584 714,577 592,288 490,397 513,370 454,516

Equity ................................................................................. n.a. 51,084 41,864 38,397 45,148 45,236

Credit.................................................................................. n.a. 535,975 445,687 358,313 385,602 327,797

All other .............................................................................. n.a. 127,518 104,737 93,687 82,620 81,483

Total exchange-traded contracts ............................................... 62,276 35,728 29,083 42,915 31,207 29,069

Own contracts on foreign exchanges .................................... 1,852 1,016 751 1,248 739 1,163

Customers’ contracts on foreign exchanges ......................... 7,387 4,538 3,702 5,030 3,775 3,807

Foreign counterparty contracts on U.S. exchanges .............. 53,037 30,174 24,630 36,637 26,693 24,099

Memorandum items: 

Contracts with own foreign office........................................... 1,429,761 1,035,691 877,838 833,309 1,001,569 1,114,798

Contracts with foreign official institutions .............................. 20,794 15,141 12,483 11,628 12,478 14,845

Contracts of U.S. depository institutions with foreigners....... 2,837,891 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

 
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TABLE CM-V-2.—Gross Total of Holdings with Negative Fair Values, 

by Country 

[Holdings at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

 2008 2009 2010 

Country Dec. Sept. Dec. Mar. r June Sept. p

Europe: 

Belgium .......................................................................... 23,990 10,800 11,547 11,811 13,133 14,477

France............................................................................ 302,240 167,500 146,696 145,929 172,258 198,198

Germany ........................................................................ 357,176 241,132 198,962 201,873 246,290 293,908

Ireland ............................................................................ 411,112 332,925 261,475 241,309 304,683 332,099

Italy................................................................................. 11,448 8,374 7,533 7,947 9,237 9,312

Netherlands.................................................................... 42,442 16,827 13,700 13,373 14,433 17,658

Switzerland .................................................................... 114,215 65,465 49,073 48,742 65,785 78,681

United Kingdom ............................................................. 4,096,765 2,762,252 2,357,432 2,303,861 2,998,017 3,297,749

All other Europe ............................................................. 77,322 63,307 41,526 44,241 50,669 60,039

Total Europe .............................................................. 5,436,710 3,668,582 3,087,944 3,019,086 3,874,505 4,302,121

Memo: Euro Area 1 ........................................................ 1,191,135 810,447 665,950 649,866 793,193 903,931

Memo: European Union 2............................................... 5,311,575 3,584,475 3,032,277 2,962,520 3,803,010 4,217,069

Canada............................................................................... 90,601 52,224 40,304 44,496 51,095 57,793

Total Latin America............................................................ 13,049 8,797 7,949 7,886 8,486 9,114

Caribbean: 

Cayman Islands ............................................................. 133,614 55,233 46,119 62,265 53,095 50,128

All other Caribbean ........................................................ 33,447 14,448 11,917 13,873 17,847 20,654

Total Caribbean ......................................................... 167,061 69,681 58,036 76,138 70,942 70,782

Asia: 

Japan ............................................................................. 142,646 102,555 92,527 91,417 109,434 125,346

All other Asia.................................................................. 77,125 45,581 30,653 29,665 36,626 41,093

Total Asia ................................................................... 219,771 148,136 123,180 121,082 146,060 166,439

Total Africa......................................................................... 5,507 5,168 16,612 16,761 20,451 24,721

Other countries: 

Australia ......................................................................... 24,498 26,288 22,484 22,747 29,623 32,202

All other.......................................................................... 1,265 920 742 769 1,201 1,463

Total other countries .................................................. 25,763 27,208 23,226 23,516 30,824 33,665

Total foreign countries ........................................... 5,958,462 3,979,796 3,357,251 3,308,965 4,202,363 4,664,635

Total international and regional organizations................... 9,355 9,610 8,784 8,153 8,685 9,857

Grand total ................................................................. 5,967,815 3,989,407 3,366,037 3,317,115 4,211,047 4,674,491

1 Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, 

Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also 

includes Cyprus, Malta, and Slovenia. For data as of January 2009, also includes 

Slovakia.

2 Includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, 

Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, 

Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, 

Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
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TABLE CM-V-3.—Gross Total of Holdings with Positive Fair Values, 

by Country 

[Holdings at end of period in millions of dollars. Source: Treasury International Capital Reporting System] 

2008 2009 2010 

Country Dec. Sept. Dec. Mar. r June Sept. p 

 

Europe: 

Belgium .............................................................. 30,559 14,372 15,852 16,159 17,763 18,817

France ................................................................ 328,209 189,296 165,558 164,632 194,439 224,354

Germany............................................................. 365,763 260,230 217,411 216,700 257,577 303,777

Ireland ................................................................ 424,358 352,763 281,559 256,578 320,001 351,441

Italy..................................................................... 15,130 11,624 10,622 10,779 11,040 10,804

Netherlands........................................................ 45,155 21,482 16,550 16,002 15,720 20,853

Switzerland......................................................... 123,836 71,281 55,861 53,868 72,465 84,523

United Kingdom.................................................. 4,160,618 2,802,829 2,391,917 2,332,614 3,031,442 3,324,730

All other Europe ................................................. 68,471 54,915 36,643 38,706 42,336 51,619

Total Europe................................................... 5,562,099 3,778,792 3,191,973 3,106,038 3,962,783 4,390,918

Memo: Euro Area 1............................................. 1,247,252 875,220 729,103 703,626 844,506 964,418

Memo: European Union 2................................... 5,424,906 3,688,105 3,129,578 3,044,213 3,884,947 4,301,012

Canada................................................................... 92,214 56,739 44,296 46,395 52,507 58,221

Total Latin America ................................................ 15,652 11,865 10,714 11,397 11,874 13,359

Caribbean: 

Cayman Islands ................................................. 153,197 74,181 62,954 77,716 69,451 64,967

All other Caribbean ............................................ 32,889 16,415 13,730 14,926 15,441 17,942

Total Caribbean.............................................. 186,086 90,596 76,684 92,642 84,892 82,909

Asia: 

Japan.................................................................. 141,528 100,504 92,746 90,873 105,803 122,436

All other Asia ...................................................... 91,732 53,580 35,606 33,622 38,212 42,909

Total Asia ....................................................... 233,260 154,084 128,352 124,495 144,015 165,345

Total Africa ............................................................. 6,396 5,506 16,663 17,325 20,279 25,182

Other countries: 

Australia ............................................................. 26,023 32,441 27,517 28,018 29,432 35,929

All other .............................................................. 1,833 1,477 1,075 1,133 1,458 1,876

Total other countries ...................................... 27,856 33,918 28,592 29,151 30,890 37,805

Total foreign countries ............................... 6,123,563 4,131,500 3,497,274 3,427,443 4,307,240 4,773,739

Total international and regional organizations....... 3,888 4,058 3,513 2,815 3,067 3,429

Grand total ..................................................... 6,127,450 4,135,557 3,500,786 3,430,256 4,310,308 4,777,167

1 Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, 

Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also 

includes Cyprus, Malta, and Slovenia. For data as of January 2009, also includes 

Slovakia.

2 Includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, 

Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, 

Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, 

and the United Kingdom. 
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TABLE CM-V-4.—Net Cash Settlements Received by U.S. Residents from Foreign 

Residents, by Type of Contract 

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

 2009 2009 2010 

Type of Derivatives Contract Total July - Sept. Oct. - Dec. Jan. - Mar. Apr. - June July - Sept. p

 

Total over-the-counter (OTC) contracts........................................... 40,539 5,951 20,693 9,313 14,626 -8,157 

Single-currency interest rate contracts ........................................ 26,349 13,408 15,809 -771 212 5,654 

Foreign exchange contracts......................................................... -1,039 -3,539 -2,345 6,309 8,527 -18,391 

Other contracts............................................................................. 15,229 -3,918 7,229 3,775 5,887 4,580 

Total exchange-traded contracts ..................................................... 8,917 5,545 -1,229 6,525 -4,578 -2,586 

Own contracts on foreign exchanges .......................................... -287 -1,012 3,040 2,880 64 1,754 

U.S. customers’ contracts on foreign exchanges ........................ 13,333 7,252 194 2,781 -1,808 1,053 

Foreign counterparty contacts on U.S. exchanges ..................... -4,129 -695 -4,463 864 -2,834 -5,393 

Total net cash settlements from foreigners ..................................... 49,456 11,496 19,464 15,838 10,048 -10,743 

Memorandum items: 

Contracts with foreign official institutions................................. -2,599 -708 -75 -357 -967 -714 

 

Note.—Negative figures indicate net cash payments or a net outflow of capital from the 

United States. 
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TABLE CM-V-5.—Net Cash Settlements Received by U.S. Residents from Foreign 

Residents, by Country 

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

 2009 2009 2010 

Country Total July - Sept. Oct. - Dec. Jan. - Mar. Apr. - June July - Sept. p

Europe: 

Belgium.......................................................................... 2,540 1,261 776 838 810 748

France............................................................................ 6,065 586 1,435 -2,339 2,913 -1,095

Germany........................................................................ -1,578 2,204 3,116 2,988 2,936 1,360

Ireland............................................................................ 3,399 971 -323 -106 -1,918 511

Italy ................................................................................ 689 553 -122 -210 -684 315

Netherlands ................................................................... 1,656 382 452 563 445 -217

Switzerland .................................................................... 3,924 -1,726 265 1,900 4,111 -580

United Kingdom............................................................. 28,187 3,369 13,040 9,823 6,912 -11,699

All other Europe............................................................. -5,540 -815 -2,951 195 1,434 -1,239

Total Europe .............................................................. 39,342 6,785 15,688 13,652 16,959 -11,896

Memo: Euro area 1 ........................................................ 7,510 4,749 2,083 1,931 5,477 730

Memo: European Union 2 .............................................. 32,874 8,061 15,196 11,276 12,225 -11,655

Canada .............................................................................. -7,495 -2,336 -1,451 -2,087 -262 -1,192

Total Latin America............................................................ 1,525 158 663 158 -608 -836

Caribbean: 

Cayman Islands............................................................. 6,483 2,783 1,989 4,608 -746 4,311

All other Caribbean........................................................ 1,722 1,009 -512 842 -1,745 934

Total Caribbean......................................................... 8,205 3,792 1,477 5,450 -2,491 5,245

Asia: 

Japan............................................................................. -3,858 -2,070 -1,835 -2,248 -1,701 -2,553

All other Asia ................................................................. 7,705 2,819 1,848 516 -167 1,915

Total Asia................................................................... 3,847 749 13 -1,732 -1,868 -638

Total Africa ........................................................................ 449 -166 1,189 35 468 -206

Other countries: 

Australia......................................................................... 4,259 2,871 1,468 484 -2,056 -1,017

All other.......................................................................... 286 104 248 45 78 -47

Total other countries.................................................. 4,545 2,975 1,716 529 -1,978 -1,064

Total foreign countries........................................... 50,418 11,957 19,295 16,005 10,220 -10,587

Total international and regional organizations .................. -964 -463 167 -167 -172 -155

Grand total................................................................. 49,456 11,496 19,464 15,838 10,048 -10,743

1

 Includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, 

Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain. For data as of 

January 2009, also includes Slovakia. 

2 Includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, 

Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, 

Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, 

Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. 

Note.—Negative figures indicate net cash payments or a net outflow of capital from the 

United States. 
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INTRODUCTION: Foreign Currency Positions

The “Treasury Bulletin” reports foreign currency 

holdings of large foreign exchange market participants. 

These reports provide information on positions in derivative 

instruments, such as foreign exchange futures and options, 

that are increasingly used in establishing foreign exchange 

positions but were not covered in the old reports. 

The information is based on reports of large foreign 

exchange market participants on holdings of five major 

foreign currencies (Canadian dollar, Japanese yen, Swiss 

franc, pound sterling, and euro) and the U.S. dollar. 

Positions in the U.S. dollar, which have been collected since 

January 1999, are intended to approximate “all other” 

currency positions of reporting institutions. U.S.-based 

businesses file a consolidated report for their domestic and 

foreign subsidiaries, branches, and agencies. U.S. 

subsidiaries of foreign entities file only for themselves, not 

for their foreign parents. Filing is required by law (31 United 

States Code 5315; 31 Code of Federal Regulations 128, 

Subpart C). 

Weekly and monthly reports must be filed throughout 

the calendar year by major foreign exchange market 

participants, which are defined as market participants with 

more than $50 billion equivalent in foreign exchange 

contracts on the last business day of any calendar quarter 

during the previous year (end March, June, September, or 

December). Such contracts include the amounts of foreign 

exchange spot contracts bought and sold, foreign exchange 

forward contracts bought and sold, foreign exchange futures 

bought and sold, and one half the notional amount of foreign 

exchange options bought and sold. 

A quarterly report must be filed throughout the calendar 

year by each foreign exchange market participant that had 

more than $5 billion equivalent in foreign exchange 

contracts on the last business day of any quarter the previous 

year (end March, June, September, or December). 

This information is published in six sections 

corresponding to each of the major currencies covered by the 

reports. Tables I-1 through VI-1 present the currency data 

reported weekly by major market participants. Tables I-2 

through VI-2 present more detailed currency data of major 

market participants, based on monthly Treasury reports. 

Tables I-3 through VI-3 present quarterly consolidated 

currency data reported by large market participants that do 

not file weekly reports. 

Principal exchanged under cross-currency interest rate 

swaps is reported as part of purchases or sales of foreign 

exchange. Such principal also was noted separately on 

monthly and quarterly reports through December 1998, 

when this practice was discontinued. The net options 

position, or the net delta-equivalent value of an options 

position, is an estimate of the relationship between an 

option’s value and an equivalent currency hedge. The delta 

equivalent value is defined as the product of the first partial 

derivative of an option valuation formula (with respect to the 

price of the underlying currency) multiplied by the notional 

principal of the contract. 
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SECTION I.—Canadian Dollar Positions 

TABLE FCP-I-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants 

[In millions of Canadian dollars. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] 

Spot, forward and future contracts 

Report date 

Purchased 

(1) 

Sold 

(2) 

Net options positions 

(3) 

Exchange 

rate 

(Canadian 

dollars per 

U.S. dollar)

(4) 

 

07/07/10 ................................................................... 713,085 711,387 n.a. 1.0525 

07/14/10 ................................................................... 736,408 733,515 n.a. 1.0304 

07/21/10 ................................................................... 741,571 740,216 2,082 1.0422 

07/28/10 ................................................................... 739,640 739,866 2,163 1.0356 

 

08/04/10 ................................................................... 737,997 738,392 2,668 1.0184 

08/11/10 ................................................................... 756,455 754,389 2,404 1.0455 

08/18/10 ................................................................... 758,238 758,557 n.a. 1.0286 

08/25/10 ................................................................... 784,215 786,209 2,580 1.0640 

 

09/01/10 ................................................................... 844,860 845,167 n.a. 1.0497 

09/08/10 ................................................................... 832,120 834,254 1,750 1.0359 

09/15/10 ................................................................... 766,189 770,947 2,082 1.0281 

09/22/10 ................................................................... 777,834 782,492 1,994 1.0325 

09/29/10 ................................................................... 807,789 811,392 1,879 1.0300 

 

10/06/10 ................................................................... 802,750 805,539 2,502 1.0073 

10/13/10 ................................................................... 796,577 798,376 2,528 1.0028 

10/20/10 ................................................................... 797,933 801,989 2,305 1.0245 

10/27/10 ................................................................... 791,461 797,606 1,635 1.0321 

 

11/03/10 ................................................................... 801,322 805,663 2,113 1.0090 

11/10/10 ................................................................... 814,726 819,791 n.a. 1.0016 

11/17/10 ................................................................... 855,495 859,706 n.a. 1.0205 

11/24/10 ................................................................... 861,553 864,230 n.a. 1.0110 

 

12/01/10 ................................................................... 889,111 892,549 n.a. 1.0160 

12/08/10 ................................................................... 886,645 886,331 n.a. 1.0100 

12/15/10 ................................................................... 801,295 803,645 2,592 1.0033 

12/22/10 ................................................................... 743,103 742,665 1,877 1.0143 

12/29/10 ................................................................... 733,672 733,242 n.a. 1.0004 

 
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SECTION I.—Canadian Dollar Positions, con. 

TABLE FCP-I-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants 

[In millions of Canadian dollars. Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] 

Spot, forward Options positions 

and future contracts 

Foreign currency 

denominated Calls Puts 

Report date 

Purchased 

(1) 

Sold 

(2) 

Assets 

(3) 

Liabilities

(4) 

Bought 

(5) 

Written

(6) 

Bought 

(7) 

Written 

(8) 

Net delta

equivalent

(9) 

Exchange rate

(Canadian 

dollars per 

U.S. dollar) 

(10) 

 

2008 - Dec................... 634,789 666,685 175,405 154,246 34,361 32,641 36,089 37,162 -829 1.2240 

2009 - Dec................... 648,180 654,762 137,411 123,434 34,825 35,049 39,374 39,028 80 1.0461 

2010 - Jan. .................. 704,403 709,516 140,696 126,760 39,052 39,970 46,758 45,743 -696 1.0652 

Feb .................. 734,424 740,668 150,586 136,569 41,629 42,693 46,086 43,217 -213 1.0520 

Mar .................. 728,921 734,159 151,456 137,141 44,564 42,035 45,197 45,613 n.a. 1.0156 

Apr................... 799,563 806,969 151,521 136,606 48,298 44,578 45,374 41,132 n.a. 1.0112 

May.................. 790,273 796,993 147,825 133,912 53,264 50,203 48,879 45,241 n.a. 1.0497 

June................. 757,328 754,768 147,531 133,993 47,892 45,164 46,665 42,091 n.a. 1.0606 

July .................. 762,094 761,702 143,940 133,070 48,391 44,686 48,314 45,197 2,458 1.0293 

Aug .................. 838,616 838,310 143,910 131,069 50,343 48,453 55,858 45,008 2,633 1.0640 

Sept................. 828,261 828,390 152,309 140,238 48,501 47,668 50,625 39,248 1,869 1.0293 

Oct................... 811,314 816,413 147,841 138,053 49,040 48,537 48,582 39,113 1,803 1.0187 

Nov .................. 897,995 901,249 137,893 127,681 51,348 50,280 50,613 41,149 n.a. 1.0266 

Dec .................. 747,120 746,173 141,440 133,757 39,079 38,777 42,042 34,912 n.a. 0.9948 

 

TABLE FCP-I-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants 

[In millions of Canadian dollars. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] 

Spot, forward Options positions 

and future contracts 

Foreign currency 

denominated Calls Puts 

Report date 

Purchased 

(1) 

Sold 

(2) 

Assets 

(3) 

Liabilities

(4) 

Bought 

(5) 

Written 

(6) 

Bought 

(7) 

 Written 

 (8) 

Net delta 

equivalent 

(9) 

Exchange rate

(Canadian 

dollars per 

U.S. dollar) 

(10) 

 

2007 - Dec................... 9,864 17,299 90,515 74,923 n.a. 1,186 1,628 703 -300 0.9881 

2008 - Mar................... 24,894 21,409 110,013 71,727 836 957 2,125 1,310 -470 1.0275 

June.................. 25,156 21,808 139,752 77,457 418 1,328 2,216 1,914 -422 1.0185 

Sept.................. 23,605 27,206 126,237 74,740 n.a. 1,195 1,979 n.a. n.a. 1.0597 

Dec ................... 14,969 27,815 110,044 67,230 n.a. 743 1,846 n.a. n.a. 1.2240 

2009 - Mar................... 8,282 19,513 85,319 62,047 185 381 1,261 861 n.a. 1.2606 

June ................. 12,824 18,576 66,859 43,860 n.a. 196 n.a. 325 -78 1.1626 

Sept.................. 11,176 19,962 63,808 35,565 135 174 n.a. 489 -33 1.0719 

Dec................... 18,006 20,677 68,743 37,845 n.a. 191 n.a. 384 n.a. 1.0461 

2010 - Mar................... 23,218 23,775 77,202 39,870 2,063 n.a. n.a. n.a. 322 1.0156 

June ................. 15,373 23,010 76,448 40,542 n.a. n.a. 789 n.a. 59 1.0606 

Sept.................. 15,553 26,118 79,561 41,980 378 163 941 n.a. 2 1.0293 

 
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SECTION II.—Japanese Yen Positions 

TABLE FCP-II-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants 

[In billions of Japanese yen. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] 

Spot, forward and future contracts 

Report date 

Purchased 

(1) 

Sold 

(2) 

Net options positions 

(3) 

Exchange 

rate 

(Japanese 

yen per 

U.S. dollar)

(4) 

 

07/07/10 .................................................................. 315,892 320,728 n.a. 87.16 

07/14/10 .................................................................. 321,512 326,783 n.a. 88.59 

07/21/10 .................................................................. 322,602 328,382 n.a. 87.30 

07/28/10 .................................................................. 327,627 333,451 n.a. 87.62 

 

08/04/10 .................................................................. 327,917 333,583 n.a. 86.26 

08/11/10 .................................................................. 334,685 339,897 n.a. 85.36 

08/18/10 .................................................................. 331,159 335,935 n.a. 85.31 

08/25/10 .................................................................. 354,146 358,701 n.a. 84.56 

 

09/01/10 .................................................................. 353,707 358,393 n.a. 84.48 

09/08/10 .................................................................. 352,957 357,016 n.a. 83.85 

09/15/10 .................................................................. 357,641 362,053 n.a. 85.63 

09/22/10 .................................................................. 336,212 341,177 n.a. 84.37 

09/29/10 .................................................................. 337,683 341,444 n.a. 83.61 

 

10/06/10 .................................................................. 333,100 336,235 n.a. 82.80 

10/13/10 .................................................................. 328,819 333,176 n.a. 81.81 

10/20/10 .................................................................. 341,428 346,571 n.a. 81.14 

10/27/10 .................................................................. 339,940 345,157 n.a. 81.55 

 

11/03/10 .................................................................. 337,616 342,783 n.a. 81.41 

11/10/10 .................................................................. 292,446 297,531 n.a. 82.53 

11/17/10 .................................................................. 333,490 338,528 n.a. 83.15 

11/24/10 .................................................................. 303,276 308,239 n.a. 83.38 

 

12/01/10 .................................................................. 348,424 353,622 n.a. 84.00 

12/08/10 .................................................................. 343,116 347,818 n.a. 84.16 

12/15/10 .................................................................. 328,464 333,835 n.a. 84.04 

12/22/10 .................................................................. 320,247 326,946 n.a. 83.56 

12/29/10 .................................................................. 323,027 329,248 n.a. 81.90 

 
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SECTION II.—Japanese Yen Positions, con. 

TABLE FCP-II-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants 

[In billions of Japanese yen. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] 

Spot, forward Options positions 

and future contracts 

Foreign currency 

denominated Calls Puts 

Report date 

Purchased 

(1) 

Sold 

(2) 

Assets 

(3) 

Liabilities 

(4) 

Bought

(5) 

Written 

(6) 

Bought 

(7) 

 Written 

 (8) 

Net delta

equivalent

(9) 

Exchange rate

(Japanese yen 

per U.S. dollar)

(10) 

 

2008 - Dec.................. 323,332 327,005 56,606 55,822 64,185 54,758 75,507 81,983 3,295 90.79 

2009 - Dec.................. 317,699 320,782 47,339 46,598 43,504 41,972 69,372 70,737 166 93.08 

2010 - Jan .................. 339,556 343,933 46,135 44,715 43,083 42,376 68,127 69,760 473 90.38 

Feb ................. 344,812 349,006 47,284 46,478 43,462 42,935 68,260 70,722 n.a. 88.84 

Mar ................. 348,233 353,428 48,783 46,965 43,166 43,351 71,226 72,902 n.a. 93.40 

Apr.................. 352,175 358,530 48,572 46,808 43,060 43,661 70,683 71,936 n.a. 94.24 

May................. 357,654 363,440 48,342 46,970 44,721 44,477 70,170 71,955 n.a. 90.81 

June................ 348,431 354,283 49,228 47,439 44,214 43,408 68,923 70,949 n.a. 88.49 

July ................. 350,989 357,087 50,542 48,481 44,359 44,122 70,078 71,472 n.a. 86.43 

Aug ................. 373,285 378,412 55,578 50,756 43,906 43,495 68,596 70,021 n.a. 84.10 

Sept................ 363,534 367,671 52,204 50,071 42,751 42,534 66,374 67,817 n.a. 83.53 

Oct.................. 362,120 367,842 52,677 50,873 41,775 41,134 65,483 66,797 n.a. 80.48 

Nov ................. 366,606 371,472 51,489 48,558 41,880 40,534 65,201 67,747 n.a. 83.56 

Dec ................. 334,455 341,219 51,195 48,863 38,832 37,514 62,387 64,110 n.a. 81.11 

 

TABLE FCP-II-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants 

[In billions of Japanese yen. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] 

Spot, forward Options positions 

and future contracts 

Foreign currency 

denominated Calls Puts 

Report date 

Purchased 

(1) 

Sold 

(2) 

Assets 

(3) 

Liabilities

(4) 

Bought 

(5) 

Written 

(6) 

Bought 

(7) 

 Written 

 (8) 

Net delta 

equivalent 

(9) 

Exchange rate

(Japanese yen 

per U.S. dollar)

(10) 

 

2007 - Dec................... 4,816 5,798 6,497 3,070 761 711 988 896 38 111.71 

2008 - Mar................... 5,441 6,554 11,048 2,696 376 340 1,097 866 58 99.85 

 June.................. 7,419 6,502 14,540 3,121 n.a. 364 1,027 549 18 106.17 

Sept.................. 6,208 6,529 12,792 3,175 338 356 1,032 516 13 105.94 

Dec................... 4,674 4,299 8,662 2,901 227 313 812 314 -11 90.79 

2009 - Mar................... 2,589 3,575 5,080 2,267 140 206 825 333 -42 99.15 

June ................. 2,914 4,274 5,703 2,303 n.a. 167 846 269 -29 96.42 

Sept.................. 3,099 4,231 5,633 2,209 95 401 964 321 n.a. 89.49 

Dec................... 2,980 4,598 5,640 2,192 84 288 475 170 -9 93.08 

2010 - Mar................... 3,021 5,650 6,166 2,051 142 285 961 417 -66 93.40 

June ................. 2,934 4,106 5,443 2,064 135 292 919 594 50 88.49 

Sept.................. 2,516 3,636 5,388 1,989 54 253 558 274 n.a. 83.53 

 
FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS 

March 2011 

92 

SECTION III.—Swiss Franc Positions 

TABLE FCP-III-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants 

[In millions of Swiss francs. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] 

 

Spot, forward and future contracts 

Report date 

Purchased 

(1) 

Sold 

(2) 

Net options positions 

(3) 

Exchange 

rate (Swiss 

francs per 

U.S. dollar)

(4) 

 

07/07/10 .................................................................. 905,680 912,039 n.a. 1.0545 

07/14/10 .................................................................. 907,406 911,035 n.a. 1.0556 

07/21/10 .................................................................. 910,988 918,660 446 1.0520 

07/28/10 .................................................................. 953,099 962,682 854 1.0578 

 

08/04/10 .................................................................. 957,930 966,800 1,263 1.0514 

08/11/10 .................................................................. 971,048 974,306 1,253 1.0584 

08/18/10 .................................................................. 1,004,324 1,006,023 1,838 1.0404 

08/25/10 .................................................................. 1,036,300 1,037,788 n.a. 1.0273 

 

09/01/10 .................................................................. 1,059,128 1,059,739 1,481 1.0149 

09/08/10 .................................................................. 1,046,046 1,047,290 1,490 1.0106 

09/15/10 .................................................................. 980,974 983,160 n.a. 1.0032 

09/22/10 .................................................................. 960,025 960,335 n.a. 0.9865 

09/29/10 .................................................................. 973,283 973,779 n.a. 0.9752 

 

10/06/10 .................................................................. 931,883 931,641 1,084 0.9604 

10/13/10 .................................................................. 958,011 957,909 983 0.9588 

10/20/10 .................................................................. 950,930 954,522 996 0.9615 

10/27/10 .................................................................. 972,799 974,541 373 0.9893 

 

11/03/10 .................................................................. 946,610 947,121 -204 0.9793 

11/10/10 .................................................................. 857,816 853,997 109 0.9739 

11/17/10 .................................................................. 952,864 950,756 93 0.9895 

11/24/10 .................................................................. 843,398 843,626 116 0.9945 

 

12/01/10 .................................................................. 1,058,428 1,058,842 54 0.9997 

12/08/10 .................................................................. 998,335 1,002,354 1,180 0.9879 

12/15/10 .................................................................. 967,632 970,344 1,587 0.9619 

12/22/10 .................................................................. 905,497 906,808 1,025 0.9503 

12/29/10 .................................................................. 875,501 876,450 1,071 0.9496 

 
FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS 

March 2011 

93

SECTION III.—Swiss Franc Positions, con. 

TABLE FCP-III-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants 

[In millions of Swiss francs. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] 

Spot, forward Options positions 

and future contracts 

Foreign currency 

denominated Calls Puts 

Report date 

Purchased 

(1) 

 Sold 

 (2) 

Assets 

(3) 

Liabilities 

(4) 

Bought 

(5) 

Written 

(6) 

Bought 

(7) 

Written 

(8) 

Net delta

equivalent

(9) 

Exchange rate

(Swiss francs per 

U.S. dollar) 

(10) 

 

2008 - Dec................... 685,168 683,919 65,440 69,021 162,230 158,197 175,827 178,706 -1,352 1.0673 

2009 - Dec................... 740,722 741,622 65,758 62,901 91,492 93,507 108,091 102,644 1,914 1.0358 

2010 - Jan ................... 817,398 814,099 66,183 65,034 108,333 107,092 117,977 114,731 1,383 1.0557 

Feb .................. 856,755 854,006 70,598 64,931 110,852 108,855 120,685 116,250 1,645 1.0711 

Mar .................. 866,929 865,511 69,359 64,391 111,969 108,728 116,940 119,393 638 1.0528 

Apr................... 893,257 894,033 72,576 67,479 112,688 111,095 119,076 118,345 1,250 1.0767 

May.................. 969,268 968,664 87,577 76,307 138,309 139,347 132,562 130,949 -394 1.1534 

June................. 966,002 969,700 69,570 61,702 148,117 143,895 135,767 134,872 -527 1.0774 

July .................. 1,026,245 1,034,649 68,970 59,379 144,820 144,148 143,939 140,911 910 1.0410 

Aug .................. 1,086,714 1,088,961 73,978 65,734 150,567 147,143 157,433 153,918 2,106 1.0150 

Sept................. 1,004,132 1,003,544 74,068 66,824 132,292 135,587 153,885 151,346 1,572 0.9808 

Oct................... 987,907 991,373 79,232 72,269 139,735 133,612 150,018 152,457 697 0.9850 

Nov .................. 1,067,845 1,067,334 72,283 67,021 148,620 139,686 148,550 155,462 354 0.9985 

Dec .................. 925,231 925,607 71,121 66,905 140,721 129,496 137,715 152,403 721 0.9341 

 

TABLE FCP-III-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants 

[In millions of Swiss francs. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] 

Options positions Spot, forward 

and future contracts 

Foreign currency 

denominated Calls Puts 

Report date 

Purchased 

(1) 

Sold 

(2) 

Assets 

(3) 

Liabilities

(4) 

Bought 

(5) 

Written 

(6) 

Bought 

(7) 

Written 

(8) 

Net delta 

equivalent 

(9) 

Exchange rate

(Swiss francs per 

U.S. dollar) 

(10) 

 

2007 - Dec................... 15,134 20,077 46,339 10,338 584 283 535 324 -69 1.1329 

2008 - Mar................... 21,491 29,248 49,284 10,785 1,166 679 1,589 696 -16 0.9921 

 June.................. 16,727 26,727 62,191 10,566 n.a. n.a. 2,031 n.a. -24 1.0202 

Sept.................. 15,916 28,686 63,301 11,924 n.a. n.a. 1,025 518 - 1.1189 

Dec................... 11,140 22,483 52,460 10,716 n.a. n.a. 438 544 n.a. 1.0673 

2009 - Mar................... 9,740 20,478 40,011 8,364 113 103 805 644 n.a. 1.1395 

June ................. 10,224 18,654 41,166 7,626 n.a. n.a. n.a. 285 n.a. 1.0867 

Sept.................. 10,249 18,023 42,832 7,643 n.a. n.a. 372 211 n.a. 1.0375 

Dec................... 11,702 18,533 44,073 8,570 n.a. 208 212 n.a. n.a. 1.0358 

2010 - Mar................... 7,785 15,776 43,909 7,963 n.a. n.a. 539 n.a. n.a. 1.0528 

June ................. 7,881 14,563 50,071 6,861 n.a. n.a. 545 n.a. -56 1.0774 

Sept.................. 8,832 14,725 50,746 6,710 428 280 241 n.a. -24 0.9808 

 
FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS 

March 2011 

94 

SECTION IV.—Sterling Positions 

TABLE FCP-IV-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants 

[In millions of pounds sterling. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] 

 

Spot, forward and future contracts 

Report date 

Purchased 

(1) 

Sold 

(2) 

Net options positions 

(3) 

Exchange 

rate (U.S. 

dollars per 

pound) 

(4) 

 

07/07/10 .................................................................. 1,132,397 1,151,735 n.a. 1.5179 

07/14/10 .................................................................. 1,203,513 1,218,388 n.a. 1.5284 

07/21/10 .................................................................. 1,194,400 1,214,535 n.a. 1.5201 

07/28/10 .................................................................. 1,192,585 1,215,356 n.a. 1.5611 

 

08/04/10 .................................................................. 1,152,875 1,175,266 n.a. 1.5887 

08/11/10 .................................................................. 1,196,897 1,211,878 n.a. 1.5688 

08/18/10 .................................................................. 1,220,093 1,235,787 n.a. 1.5619 

08/25/10 .................................................................. 1,240,035 1,254,017 n.a. 1.5460 

 

09/01/10 .................................................................. 1,257,877 1,274,512 n.a. 1.5472 

09/08/10 .................................................................. 1,239,439 1,257,385 n.a. 1.5513 

09/15/10 .................................................................. 1,245,252 1,261,889 n.a. 1.5641 

09/22/10 .................................................................. 1,223,510 1,244,771 n.a. 1.5649 

09/29/10 .................................................................. 1,222,457 1,243,791 n.a. 1.5812 

 

10/06/10 .................................................................. 1,163,902 1,187,879 n.a. 1.5903 

10/13/10 .................................................................. 1,206,622 1,234,948 n.a. 1.5843 

10/20/10 .................................................................. 1,268,474 1,292,842 n.a. 1.5857 

10/27/10 .................................................................. 1,294,604 1,321,751 n.a. 1.5782 

 

11/03/10 .................................................................. 1,250,017 1,279,310 n.a. 1.6080 

11/10/10 .................................................................. 1,168,650 1,196,561 n.a. 1.6071 

11/17/10 .................................................................. 1,294,464 1,324,863 n.a. 1.5941 

11/24/10 .................................................................. 1,181,521 1,212,700 n.a. 1.5774 

 

12/01/10 .................................................................. 1,343,965 1,378,522 n.a. 1.5603 

12/08/10 .................................................................. 1,345,192 1,375,200 n.a. 1.5792 

12/15/10 .................................................................. 1,279,997 1,311,268 n.a. 1.5613 

12/22/10 .................................................................. 1,196,477 1,224,771 n.a. 1.5390 

12/29/10 .................................................................. 1,184,953 1,213,484 n.a. 1.5463 

 
FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS 

March 2011 

95

SECTION IV.—Sterling Positions, con. 

TABLE FCP-IV-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants 

[In millions of pounds sterling. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] 

Spot, forward Options positions 

and future contracts 

Foreign currency 

denominated Calls Puts 

Report date 

Purchased 

(1) 

Sold 

(2) 

Assets 

(3) 

Liabilities 

(4) 

Bought 

(5) 

Written 

(6) 

Bought 

(7) 

Written 

(8) 

Net delta

equivalent

(9) 

Exchange rate 

(U.S. dollars 

per pound) 

(10) 

 

2008 - Dec................... 975,940 995,931 495,444 342,452 44,891 43,251 51,977 53,230 631 1.4619 

2009 - Dec................... 986,296 1,001,159 387,924 314,233 46,626 40,857 45,641 50,928 1,394 1.6167 

2010 - Jan ................... 1,080,846 1,099,818 413,574 332,780 57,725 49,497 52,968 56,437 2,053 1.6009 

Feb .................. 1,167,145 1,173,339 423,596 341,284 59,498 55,093 65,453 67,999 -42 1.5239 

Mar .................. 1,137,693 1,149,469 423,634 334,168 71,064 67,378 72,856 82,270 1,331 1.5186 

Apr................... 1,159,371 1,179,625 416,857 331,850 83,536 75,571 82,333 89,891 n.a. 1.5308 

May.................. 1,199,896 1,221,437 442,067 361,963 80,964 77,601 82,609 93,316 1,140 1.4492 

June................. 1,221,541 1,245,485 429,474 355,006 78,791 76,407 82,161 88,357 1,958 1.4947 

July .................. 1,227,098 1,250,442 430,603 353,228 76,204 71,354 78,285 82,839 2,641 1.5714 

Aug .................. 1,296,648 1,317,056 454,150 373,687 78,398 72,236 78,271 82,507 2,015 1.5358 

Sept................. 1,255,326 1,276,208 458,532 376,306 70,872 67,588 74,381 78,529 1,562 1.5731 

Oct................... 1,318,215 1,344,868 444,767 359,408 69,653 70,928 78,659 77,742 1,232 1.6020 

Nov .................. 1,367,810 1,401,574 460,968 370,658 70,278 71,514 80,305 78,709 -71 1.5578 

Dec .................. 1,186,954 1,214,317 440,137 357,473 61,124 61,160 68,496 69,450 n.a. 1.5598 

 

TABLE FCP-IV-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants 

[In millions of pounds sterling. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] 

Spot, forward Options positions 

and future contracts 

Foreign currency 

denominated Calls Puts 

Report date 

Purchased 

(1) 

Sold 

(2) 

Assets 

(3) 

Liabilities 

(4) 

Bought 

(5) 

Written 

(6) 

Bought 

(7) 

Written 

(8) 

Net delta 

equivalent 

(9) 

Exchange rate 

(U.S. dollars 

per pound) 

(10) 

 

2007 - Dec................... 11,365 22,642 76,423 26,918 139 159 3,733 n.a. -1,292 1.9843 

2008 - Mar................... 18,074 30,594 80,685 28,259 n.a. 90 1,956 883 -1,168 1.9855 

 June.................. 17,970 31,267 94,886 26,549 n.a. 302 2,046 1,195 n.a. 1.9906 

Sept.................. 18,814 32,314 94,119 31,139 127 184 4,010 924 n.a. 1.7804 

Dec................... 16,513 28,787 80,329 29,461 124 149 2,441 n.a. n.a. 1.4619 

2009 - Mar................... 12,645 15,895 56,756 32,465 153 137 2,142 763 n.a. 1.4300 

June ................. 8,486 14,527 60,057 33,670 n.a. 146 n.a. n.a. n.a. 1.6452 

Sept.................. 9,181 18,330 64,224 32,062 n.a. 77 1,164 n.a. n.a. 1.6004 

Dec................... 16,192 22,107 63,937 33,351 n.a. n.a. 791 n.a. -289 1.6167 

2010 - Mar................... 7,844 11,669 84,735 32,660 418 570 1,202 427 n.a. 1.5186 

June ................. 9,249 12,221 80,621 32,372 1,277 n.a. 1,391 388 70 1.4947 

Sept.................. 12,213 17,669 67,095 28,640 695 n.a. 2,659 n.a. n.a. 1.5731 

 
FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS 

March 2011 

96 

SECTION V.—U.S. Dollar Positions 

TABLE FCP-V-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants 

[In millions of U.S. dollars. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] 

 

Spot, forward and future contracts 

Report date 

Purchased 

(1) 

Sold 

(2) 

Net options positions 

(3) 

Exchange 

rate 

(4) 

 

07/07/10 ................................................................ 16,243,960 16,263,698 13,501 n.a. 

07/14/10 ................................................................ 16,485,915 16,533,290 16,460 n.a. 

07/21/10 ................................................................ 16,616,726 16,641,907 15,134 n.a. 

07/28/10 ................................................................ 16,881,995 16,904,759 11,030 n.a. 

 

08/04/10 ................................................................ 16,824,363 16,846,003 10,705 n.a. 

08/11/10 ................................................................ 16,809,109 16,837,829 13,627 n.a. 

08/18/10 ................................................................ 17,072,710 17,112,221 13,939 n.a. 

08/25/10 ................................................................ 17,637,157 17,679,876 16,690 n.a. 

 

09/01/10 ................................................................ 17,992,500 18,032,287 15,185 n.a. 

09/08/10 ................................................................ 17,865,087 17,899,726 14,737 n.a. 

09/15/10 ................................................................ 17,542,653 17,579,993 11,162 n.a. 

09/22/10 ................................................................ 17,423,026 17,463,165 15,052 n.a. 

09/29/10 ................................................................ 17,929,405 17,950,460 12,738 n.a. 

 

10/06/10 ................................................................ 17,798,107 17,804,169 14,059 n.a. 

10/13/10 ................................................................ 17,927,677 17,941,099 15,370 n.a. 

10/20/10 ................................................................ 18,240,663 18,295,120 19,387 n.a. 

10/27/10 ................................................................ 18,250,152 18,287,115 21,026 n.a. 

 

11/03/10 ................................................................ 18,460,506 18,520,479 15,943 n.a. 

11/10/10 ................................................................ 16,420,563 16,501,229 22,396 n.a. 

11/17/10 ................................................................ 18,606,573 18,694,050 21,893 n.a. 

11/24/10 ................................................................ 16,739,597 16,808,274 17,816 n.a. 

 

12/01/10 ................................................................ 19,318,498 19,370,399 19,535 n.a. 

12/08/10 ................................................................ 18,973,424 19,012,325 15,824 n.a. 

12/15/10 ................................................................ 18,139,289 18,159,194 11,968 n.a. 

12/22/10 ................................................................ 17,322,258 17,329,969 25,033 n.a. 

12/29/10 ................................................................ 17,245,840 17,240,502 24,677 n.a. 

 
FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS 

March 2011 

97

SECTION V.—U.S. Dollar Positions, con. 

TABLE FCP-V-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants 

[In millions of U.S. dollars. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] 

Spot, forward Options positions 

and future contracts 

Foreign currency 

denominated Calls Puts 

Report date 

Purchased 

(1) 

Sold 

(2) 

Assets 

(3) 

Liabilities 

(4) 

Bought 

(5) 

Written 

(6) 

Bought 

(7) 

Written 

(8) 

Net delta 

equivalent 

(9) 

Exchange 

rate 

(10) 

 

2008 - Dec.............. 14,157,193 14,295,305 - - 3,216,341 3,311,971 3,750,439 3,700,270 -4,233 n.a. 

2009 - Dec.............. 14,948,153 15,027,056 - - 2,051,936 2,045,710 2,082,460 2,176,010 -8,965 n.a. 

2010 - Jan .............. 16,693,921 16,735,330 - - 2,104,308 2,075,068 2,256,140 2,284,872 -7,008 n.a. 

Feb .............. 17,067,993 17,095,412 - - 2,102,401 2,096,719 2,217,362 2,269,375 -11,471 n.a. 

Mar .............. 16,972,007 16,964,090 - - 2,102,297 2,076,025 2,128,694 2,178,087 7,978 n.a. 

Apr............... 17,415,592 17,427,483 - - 1,985,479 2,045,782 2,126,754 2,167,897 8,370 n.a. 

May ............. 17,588,036 17,600,288 - - 2,005,762 2,082,258 2,129,594 2,173,438 14,966 n.a. 

June ............ 17,269,417 17,259,813 - - 1,952,113 1,997,650 2,027,043 2,058,652 15,307 n.a. 

July.............. 17,780,620 17,781,424 - - 1,927,386 1,944,228 2,007,963 2,051,365 14,680 n.a. 

Aug.............. 18,424,548 18,451,893 - - 1,933,132 1,918,118 2,016,447 2,056,329 20,067 n.a. 

Sept............. 18,790,132 18,791,034 - - 1,915,912 1,954,544 2,064,399 2,084,414 11,925 n.a. 

Oct............... 19,155,321 19,229,984 - - 2,002,542 2,056,815 2,152,366 2,187,315 23,625 n.a. 

Nov.............. 19,757,307 19,831,432 - - 1,992,441 1,994,884 2,081,154 2,145,094 19,313 n.a. 

Dec .............. 17,841,875 17,894,094 - - 1,850,633 1,880,718 1,947,389 1,981,515 31,985 n.a. 

 

TABLE FCP-V-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants 

[In millions of U.S. dollars. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] 

Options positions Spot, forward 

and future contracts 

Foreign currency 

denominated Calls Puts 

Report date 

Purchased 

(1) 

Sold 

(2) 

Assets 

(3) 

Liabilities 

(4) 

Bought 

(5) 

Written 

(6) 

 Bought 

 (7) 

Written 

(8) 

Net delta 

equivalent 

(9) 

Exchange 

rate 

(10) 

 

2007 - Dec................... 297,212 291,395 - - 29,007 22,828 13,464 10,454 2,111 n.a. 

2008 - Mar................... 384,255 382,695 - - 29,794 27,278 15,610 15,318 3,114 n.a. 

 June.................. 340,324 342,590 - - 30,279 25,934 15,361 11,644 2,745 n.a. 

Sept.................. 346,969 328,750 - - 26,978 23,465 19,379 13,612 -109 n.a. 

Dec................... 291,721 281,080 - - 25,365 15,176 8,439 6,931 1,145 n.a. 

2009 - Mar................... 229,519 196,627 - - 29,452 25,135 6,956 5,394 2,291 n.a. 

June ................. 237,066 197,226 - - 16,989 12,555 7,236 6,082 1,027 n.a. 

Sept.................. 248,288 197,037 - - 18,396 11,084 7,159 6,473 -658 n.a. 

Dec................... 242,369 200,350 - - 18,084 9,575 8,305 9,191 1,150 n.a. 

2010 - Mar................... 266,851 214,775 - - 26,305 15,869 12,439 11,812 1,690 n.a. 

June ................. 287,185 212,890 - - 23,353 20,732 11,872 12,702 -361 n.a. 

Sept.................. 262,280 232,330 - - 20,297 17,238 17,441 15,217 -1,748 n.a. 

 
FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS 

March 2011 

98 

SECTION VI.—Euro Positions 

TABLE FCP-VI-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants 

[In millions of euros. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] 

 

Spot, forward and future contracts 

Report date 

Purchased 

(1) 

Sold 

(2) 

Net options positions 

(3) 

Exchange 

rate 

(Euros per 

U.S. dollar)

(4) 

 

07/07/10 ............................................................................. 4,695,086 4,647,481 n.a. 0.7940 

07/14/10 ............................................................................. 4,736,232 4,682,626 n.a. 0.7840 

07/21/10 ............................................................................. 4,743,946 4,695,337 n.a. 0.7802 

07/28/10 ............................................................................. 4,841,540 4,795,092 n.a. 0.7694 

 

08/04/10 ............................................................................. 4,730,196 4,681,406 n.a. 0.7600 

08/11/10 ............................................................................. 4,772,632 4,727,626 n.a. 0.7753 

08/18/10 ............................................................................. 4,777,230 4,730,470 n.a. 0.7769 

08/25/10 ............................................................................. 4,982,464 4,931,830 n.a. 0.7904 

 

09/01/10 ............................................................................. 5,008,904 4,959,289 n.a. 0.7805 

09/08/10 ............................................................................. 5,031,634 4,984,619 n.a. 0.7857 

09/15/10 ............................................................................. 4,953,606 4,902,811 8,521 0.7688 

09/22/10 ............................................................................. 4,872,237 4,815,006 8,548 0.7471 

09/29/10 ............................................................................. 4,988,030 4,933,072 8,124 0.7333 

 

10/06/10 ............................................................................. 4,862,955 4,818,938 8,488 0.7182 

10/13/10 ............................................................................. 4,932,168 4,890,138 7,753 0.7161 

10/20/10 ............................................................................. 4,933,202 4,928,193 8,499 0.7169 

10/27/10 ............................................................................. 5,021,226 5,000,992 8,482 0.7253 

 

11/03/10 ............................................................................. 4,996,103 4,974,808 8,873 0.7136 

11/10/10 ............................................................................. 4,465,693 4,430,289 n.a. 0.7284 

11/27/10 ............................................................................. 5,096,974 5,054,657 n.a. 0.7377 

11/24/10 ............................................................................. 4,618,419 4,565,748 n.a. 0.7491 

 

12/01/10 ............................................................................. 5,436,258 5,382,291 4,577 0.7605 

12/08/10 ............................................................................. 5,238,654 5,190,277 3,572 0.7552 

12/15/10 ............................................................................. 5,086,503 5,025,441 1,829 0.7515 

12/22/10 ............................................................................. 4,832,263 4,771,261 n.a. 0.7640 

12/29/10 ............................................................................. 4,766,982 4,715,535 n.a. 0.7586 

 
FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS 

March 2011 

99

SECTION VI.—Euro Positions, con. 

TABLE FCP-VI-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants 

[In millions of euros. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] 

Spot, forward Options positions 

and future contracts 

Foreign currency 

denominated Calls Puts 

Report date 

Purchased 

(1) 

Sold 

(2) 

Assets 

(3) 

Liabilities 

(4) 

Bought 

(5) 

Written 

(6) 

Bought

(7) 

Written 

(8) 

Net delta

equivalent

(9) 

Exchange 

rate 

(10) 

 

2008 - Dec................... 3,956,295 3,869,172 1,836,594 1,823,683 466,120 501,559 750,439 760,767 1,108 0.7184 

2009 - Dec................... 3,927,051 3,825,779 1,553,009 1,537,447 303,073 343,638 362,861 362,206 3,486 0.6977 

2010 - Jan ................... 4,354,212 4,280,935 1,580,823 1,568,041 328,214 350,119 402,264 393,605 2,465 0.7210 

Feb .................. 4,633,953 4,591,368 1,627,865 1,614,888 346,420 354,121 437,443 433,764 1,332 0.7321 

Mar .................. 4,574,870 4,552,747 1,619,832 1,571,701 336,568 343,453 425,762 414,362 n.a. 0.7393 

Apr................... 4,845,142 4,792,894 1,664,705 1,690,160 373,461 377,834 478,246 466,591 10,367 0.7518 

May.................. 4,932,103 4,883,020 1,856,090 1,830,705 401,639 415,811 548,874 533,720 8,733 0.8085 

June................. 4,890,601 4,848,312 1,793,838 1,757,313 401,995 413,886 572,201 548,493 6,961 0.8136 

July .................. 4,981,020 4,932,970 1,691,749 1,662,557 403,713 425,428 553,201 525,109 9,922 0.7652 

Aug .................. 5,069,041 5,016,406 1,963,498 1,942,106 379,130 401,209 517,881 484,783 n.a. 0.7872 

Sept................. 5,094,731 5,046,473 1,829,552 1,800,834 382,047 404,068 481,361 450,808 7,024 0.7352 

Oct................... 5,059,741 5,037,302 1,783,375 1,769,667 426,780 446,515 516,661 485,300 7,849 0.7197 

Nov .................. 5,487,642 5,429,686 1,787,586 1,791,160 394,661 441,571 529,553 488,377 4,010 0.7671 

Dec .................. 4,885,766 4,822,039 1,689,896 1,688,619 355,082 405,184 496,740 452,756 n.a. 0.7467 

 

TABLE FCP-VI-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants 

[In millions of euros. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] 

Spot, forward Options positions 

and future contracts 

Foreign currency 

denominated Calls Puts 

Report date 

Purchased 

(1) 

Sold 

(2) 

Assets 

(3) 

Liabilities

(4) 

Bought 

(5) 

Written 

(6) 

Bought 

(7) 

Written 

(8) 

Net delta

equivalent

(9) 

Exchange 

rate 

(10) 

 

2007 - Dec................... 81,522 80,991 213,943 138,149 8,674 2,806 5,653 2,137 -1,362 0.6848 

2008 - Mar................... 126,180 91,977 262,397 157,462 8,362 5,988 8,821 7,976 1,039 0.6327 

 June.................. 116,332 88,752 272,427 119,914 9,806 3,601 10,018 5,693 3,067 0.6350 

Sept.................. 87,982 94,534 246,267 113,023 10,459 5,295 8,870 9,606 1,667 0.7102 

Dec................... 92,026 88,502 212,167 106,561 6,839 2,745 5,509 4,762 1,761 0.7184 

2009 - Mar................... 70,202 78,229 163,971 94,269 6,348 3,043 n.a. n.a. 1,529 0.7541 

June ................. 60,845 70,738 190,153 91,171 5,447 3,728 4,911 4,031 1,337 0.7133 

Sept.................. 61,451 71,630 195,739 88,701 3,932 2,135 4,389 2,517 835 0.6835 

Dec................... 56,682 71,813 186,442 84,509 4,315 5,441 6,307 1,914 -1,070 0.6977 

2010 - Mar................... 51,627 76,239 217,047 103,767 5,079 3,219 11,669 6,053 -2,245 0.7393 

June ................. 62,220 98,323 228,160 108,708 6,650 2,309 11,961 10,324 -875 0.8136 

Sept.................. 64,821 69,400 216,837 100,815 11,214 4,215 5,996 7,070 931 0.7352 

 
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INTRODUCTION: Exchange Stabilization Fund

To stabilize the exchange value of the dollar, the 

Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF) was established pursuant 

to chapter 6, section 10 of the Gold Reserve Act of January 

30, 1934 (codified at 31 United States Code 5302), which 

authorized establishment of a Treasury fund to be operated 

under the exclusive control of the Secretary, with approval 

of the President. 

Subsequent amendment of the Gold Reserve Act 

modified the original purpose somewhat to reflect 

termination of the fixed exchange rate system. 

Resources of the fund include dollar balances, partially 

invested in U.S. Government securities, special drawing

rights (SDRs), and balances of foreign currencies. Principal 

sources of income (+) or loss (-) for the fund are profits (+) 

or losses (-) on SDRs and foreign exchange, as well as 

interest earned on assets. 

• Table ESF-1 presents the assets, liabilities, and 

capital of the fund. The figures are in U.S. dollars or their 

equivalents based on current exchange rates computed 

according to the accrual method of accounting. The capital 

account represents the original capital appropriated to the fund 

by Congress of $2 billion, minus a subsequent transfer of $1.8 

billion to pay for the initial U.S. quota subscription to the 

International Monetary Fund. Gains and losses are reflected in 

the cumulative net income (+) or loss (-) account. 

• Table ESF-2 shows the results of operations by 

quarter. Figures are in U.S. dollars or their equivalents 

computed according to the accrual method. “Profit (+) or 

loss (-) on foreign exchange” includes realized profits or 

losses. “Adjustment for change in valuation of SDR holdings 

and allocations” reflects net gain or loss on revaluation of 

SDR holdings and allocations for the quarter. 

TABLE ESF-1.—Balances as of June 30, 2010, and Sept. 30, 2010 

[In thousands of dollars. Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Management] 

Assets, liabilities, and capital June 30, 2010 

July 1, 2010, 

through 

Sept. 30, 2010 Sept. 30, 2010 

Assets 

U.S. dollars: 

Held with Treasury: 

Fund Balance................................................................... - - -

U.S. Government securities............................................. 20,434,851 1,199 20,436,050 

Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) Securities ... - - -

Special drawing rights 1 ........................................................... 54,551,401 2,859,073 57,410,474 

Foreign exchange and securities: 

European euro ..................................................................... 12,754,855 1,416,019 14,170,874 

Japanese yen....................................................................... 10,898,662 659,966 11,558,628 

Accounts receivable................................................................. 137,255 5,158 142,413

Total assets.......................................................................... 98,777,024 4,941,415 103,718,439

Liabilities and capital 

Current liabilities: 

Accounts payable................................................................. 21,664 6,102 27,766

Total current liabilities ...................................................... 21,664 6,102 27,766

Other liabilities: 

SDR certificates ................................................................... 5,200,000 - 5,200,000 

SDR allocations ................................................................... 52,228,361 2,729,548 54,957,909

Unearned revenue .............................................................. - - -

Total other liabilities ......................................................... 57,428,361 2,729,548 60,157,909

Capital: 

Capital account .................................................................... 200,000 - 200,000 

Net income (+) or loss (-) (see Table ESF-2) ...................... -2,289,854 2,205,765 -84,089

Total capital...................................................................... 41,326,999 2,205,765 43,532,764

Total liabilities and capital............................................ 98,777,024 4,941,415 103,718,439

See footnote on the following page. 
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TABLE ESF-2.—Income and Expense 

[In thousands of dollars. Source: Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Management] 

Current quarter 

July 1, 2010, 

through 

Sept. 30, 2010 

Fiscal year to date

Oct. 1, 2009, 

through 

Sept. 30, 2010 

Income and expense 

Profit (+) or loss (-) on: 

Foreign exchange ........................................................................ 2,020,106 -295,100

Adjustment for change in valuation 

 of SDR holdings and allocations 1 .............................................. 121,663 -45,041

Interest (+) or net charges (-) on: 

SDRs............................................................................................ 1,636 5,745

U.S. Government securities......................................................... 7,510 19,297

GSE Securities............................................................................. - 150 

Foreign exchange ........................................................................ 54,849 230,860

Insurance premiums .................................................................... - -

Commissions ............................................................................... - -

Income from operations............................................................... 2,205,764 -84,089

Net income (+) or loss (-)............................................................. 2,205,764 -84,089

1

 Beginning July 1974, the International Monetary Fund adopted a technique for valuing the 

SDRs based on a weighted average of exchange rates for the currencies of selected 

member countries. The U.S. SDR holdings and allocations are valued on this basis 

beginning July 1974. 

Note. — Annual balance sheets for fiscal years 1934 through 1940 appeared in the 1940 

“Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury” and those for succeeding years 

appeared in subsequent reports through 1980. Quarterly balance sheets beginning with 

December 31, 1938, have been published in the “Treasury Bulletin.” Data from inception 

to September 30, 1978, may be found on the statements published in the January 1979 

“Treasury Bulletin.” 
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United States Government

Excerpt

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March 2011 

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INTRODUCTION: Financial Report of the United States Government

The following pages are excerpted from the 2010 

Financial Report of the United States Government (Financial 

Report). The report and accompanying information, prepared 

and published annually by the Financial Management Service, 

are modeled after corporate-type reports and are developed on 

an accrual basis of accounting. 

The excerpts represent some of the most noteworthy 

information contained in the Financial Report. Data for the 

Financial Report are compiled from Federal program agency 

accounting systems Governmentwide. Treasury also presents 

a management discussion and analysis, the customary notes 

to the financial statements, a section on stewardship 

information, and supplemental information in the complete 

document. 

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is 

required by law to audit the Financial Report. GAO’s report, 

as well as the complete Financial Report, can be accessed 

easily through the internet at www.fms.treas.gov/fr. 
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Financial Statements 

of the United States Government 

for the Years Ended September 30, 2010, 

and September 30, 2009 

Statements of Net Cost 

These statements present the net cost of fiscal years 2010 and 2009 Government 1 operations, including the 

operations related to earmarked funds (funds financed by specifically identified revenues, often supplemented by 

other financing sources, which remain available over time). The Government’s fiscal year begins October 1 and 

ends September 30. Costs and earned revenues are categorized on the Statement of Net Cost by significant entity, 

providing greater accountability by showing the relationship of the agencies’ net cost to the Governmentwide net 

cost. Costs and earned revenues are presented in this report by department on an accrual basis, while the budget 

presents costs and revenues by obligations and receipts, generally on a cash basis. The focus of the budget of the 

United States is by agency. Budgets are prepared, defended, and monitored by agency. In reporting by agency, we 

are assisting the external users in assessing the budget integrity, operating performance, stewardship, and systems 

and controls of the Government. 

These statements contain the following four components: 

• Gross cost—is the full cost of all the departments and entities. These costs are assigned on a cause-andeffect basis, or reasonably allocated to the corresponding departments and entities. 

• Earned revenue—is exchange revenue resulting from the Government providing goods and services to the 

public at a price. 

• Loss (gain) from changes in assumptions—is the loss or gain from changes in long-term assumptions used 

to measure the liabilities reported for Federal civilian and military employee pensions, other postemployment benefits and other retirement benefits, including veterans’ compensation. 

• Net cost—is computed by subtracting earned revenue from gross cost, plus/minus the loss/gain from 

changes in assumptions. 

Net cost for Governmentwide reporting purposes includes the General Services Administration (GSA) and the 

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) agency allocations, and is net of intragovernmental eliminations. For this 

reason, individual agency net cost amounts will not agree with the agency’s financial statements. Because of their 

specific functions, most of the costs originally associated with GSA and OPM have been allocated to their user 

agencies for Governmentwide reporting purposes. The remaining costs for GSA and OPM on the Statements of Net 

Cost are the administrative operating costs, the expenses from prior and past costs from health and pension plan 

amendments, and the actuarial gains and losses for these agencies. The interest on securities issued by the 

Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and held by the public is reported on Treasury’s financial statements, but 

because of its importance, and the dollar amounts involved, it is reported separately in these statements. 

The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) released the Statement of Federal Financial 

Accounting Standards (SFFAS) No. 33, Pensions, Other Retirement Benefits, and Other Postemployment Benefits: 

Reporting the Gains and Losses from Changes in Assumptions and Selecting Discount Rates and Valuation Dates 

effective in fiscal year 2010. The standard requires the Governmentwide statements of net cost to present the 

amounts reported under the gain/loss on pension, other retirement benefits, or other postemployment benefits 

assumption changes as a separate component that will provide more transparent information regarding the 

underlying costs associated with these liabilities. 

 

1

 For purposes of this document, “Government” refers to the United States Government. 
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Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Position 

These statements report the results of Government operations which include the results of operations for 

earmarked funds. They include non-exchange revenues that are generated principally by the Government’s 

sovereign power to tax, levy duties, and assess fines and penalties. These statements also present the cost of 

Government operations, net of revenue earned from the sale of goods and services to the public (exchange revenue). 

They further include certain adjustments and unreconciled transactions that affect the net position. 

Revenue 

Individual income tax and tax withholdings include Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA)/SelfEmployment Contributions Act (SECA) taxes and other taxes. These taxes are characterized as non-exchange 

revenue. 

Excise taxes consist of taxes collected for various items, such as airline tickets, gasoline products, distilled 

spirits and imported liquor, tobacco, firearms, and others. These are also characterized as non-exchange revenue. 

Other taxes and receipts include Federal Reserve banks earnings, tax related fines, penalties and interest, and 

railroad retirement taxes. 

Miscellaneous earned revenues consists of earned revenues received from the public with virtually no 

associated cost. These revenues include rents and royalties on the Outer Continental Shelf Lands resulting from the 

leasing and development of mineral resources on public lands. 

Earmarked revenues are required by statute to be used for designated activities, benefits or purposes and must 

be accounted for separately from the rest of the Government’s non-earmarked revenues. See Note 24—Earmarked 

Funds for detailed information. 

Intragovernmental interest represents interest earned from the investment of surplus earmarked revenues, 

which finance the deficit spending of non-earmarked operations. These investments are recorded as 

intragovernmental debt holdings and are included in Note 14—Federal Debt Securities, in the table titled 

Intragovernmental Debt Holdings: Federal Debt Securities Held as Investments by Government Accounts. These 

interest payments and the associated investments are eliminated in the consolidation process. 

Net Cost of Government Operations 

The net cost of Government operations (gross cost [including losses/(gains) from changes in assumptions] less 

earned revenue) flows through from the Statements of Net Cost. The net cost associated with earmarked activities is 

separately reported. 

Intragovernmental Transfers 

Intragovernmental transfers reflect amounts required by statute to be transferred from the General Fund of the 

Treasury to earmarked funds (an example is the annual transfer to the Department of Health and Human Services’ 

(HHS) Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund (Medicare Parts B and D) which receives approximately 75 

percent of its funding from the General Fund. 
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Unmatched Transactions and Balances 

Unmatched transactions and balances are adjustments needed to bring the change in net position into balance 

due to unreconciled intragovernmental differences, agency reporting errors, timing differences, and General Fund 

transactions in the consolidated financial statements. See Note 1—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and 

the Supplemental Information—Unmatched Transactions and Balances for detailed information. 

Net Position, Beginning of Period 

The net position, beginning of period, reflects the net position reported on the prior year’s balance sheet as of 

the end of that fiscal year. The net position for earmarked funds is shown separately. 

Prior period adjustments are revisions to adjust the beginning net position and balances presented on the prior 

year financial statements due to corrections of errors or changes in accounting principles. See Note 1B—Basis of 

Accounting and Revenue Recognition and Note 21—Prior Period Adjustments for detailed information. 

Net Position, End of Period 

The net position, end of period, amount reflects the net position as of the end of the fiscal year. The net 

position for earmarked funds is separately shown. 

Reconciliations of Net Operating Cost and Unified Budget 

Deficit 

These statements reconcile the results of operations (net operating cost) on the Statements of Operations and 

Changes in Net Position to the unified budget deficit. The premise of the reconciliation is that the accrual and 

budgetary accounting bases share transaction data. 

Receipts and outlays in the budget are measured primarily on a cash basis and differ from the accrual basis of 

accounting used in the Financial Report. Refer to Note 1B, Basis of Accounting and Revenue Recognition for 

details. These statements begin with the net results of operations (net operating cost), where operating revenues are 

reported on a modified cash basis of accounting and the net cost of Government operations on an accrual basis of 

accounting and reports activities where the bases of accounting for the components of net operating cost and the 

unified budget deficit differ. 

Components of Net Operating Cost Not Part of the 

Budget Deficit 

This information includes the operating components, such as the changes in benefits payable for veterans, 

military and civilian employees, the environmental liabilities, and depreciation expense not included in the budget 

results.
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Components of the Budget Deficit Not Part of 

Net Operating Cost 

This information includes the budget components, such as capitalized fixed assets which are recorded as 

outlays in the budget when purchased, and reflected in net operating cost through depreciation expense over the 

useful life of the asset and increases in other assets that are not included in the operating results. 

Statements of Changes in Cash Balance from Unified 

Budget and Other Activities 

The primary purpose of these statements is to report how the annual unified budget deficit relates to the change 

in the Government’s cash and other monetary assets and debt held by the public. It explains why the unified budget 

deficit normally would not result in an equivalent change in the Government’s cash and other monetary assets. 

These statements reconcile the unified budget deficit to the change in cash and other monetary assets during 

the fiscal year and explain how the budget deficits (fiscal years 2010 and 2009) were financed. A budget deficit is 

the result of outlays (expenditures) exceeding receipts (revenue) during a particular fiscal year. 

The budget deficit is financed through borrowings from the public. Other transactions also require cash 

disbursements and are not part of the deficit. These other transactions, such as the payment of interest on debt held 

by the public, contributed to the use of cash. The budget deficit also includes certain amounts that are recognized in 

the budget and will be disbursed in a future period or are adjustments that did not affect the cash balance. These 

amounts include interest accrued on debt issued by Treasury and held by the public and subsidy expense related to 

direct and guaranteed loans as well as equity investment activity and did not contribute to the change in the cash 

balance. 

These statements show the adjustments for noncash outlays included in the budget and items affecting the cash 

balance not included in the budget to explain the change in cash and other monetary assets.

Balance Sheets 

The balance sheets show the Government’s assets, liabilities, and net position. When combined with 

stewardship information, this information presents a more comprehensive understanding of the Government’s 

financial position. The net position for earmarked funds is shown separately. 

Assets 

Assets included on the balance sheets are resources of the Government that remain available to meet future 

needs. The most significant assets that are reported on the balance sheets are property, plant, and equipment (PP&E), 

net, inventories and related property, net; cash and other monetary assets; loans receivable and mortgage-backed 

securities, net; and Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) Direct Loans and Equity Investments, Net. There are, 

however, other significant resources available to the Government that extend beyond the assets presented in these 

financial statements. Those resources include stewardship assets, including natural resources, and the Government’s 

sovereign powers to tax, regulate commerce, set monetary policy, and the power to print additional currency. 
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Liabilities and Net Position 

Liabilities are obligations of the Government resulting from prior actions that will require financial resources. 

The most significant liabilities reported on the balance sheets are Federal debt securities held by the public and 

accrued interest and Federal employee and veteran benefits payable. Liabilities also include environmental and 

disposal liabilities, liabilities to Government-Sponsored Enterprises, and social insurance benefits due and payable 

as of the reporting date. 

As with reported assets, the Government’s responsibilities, policy commitments, and contingencies are much 

broader than these reported balance sheet liabilities. They include the social insurance programs in the Statements of 

Social Insurance and are disclosed in the Supplemental Information—Social Insurance section and a wide range of 

other programs under which the Government provides benefits and services to the people of this Nation, as well as 

certain future loss contingencies. 

The Government has entered into contractual commitments requiring the future use of financial resources and 

has unresolved contingencies where existing conditions, situations, or circumstances create uncertainty about future 

losses. Commitments, as well as contingencies that do not meet the criteria for recognition as liabilities on the 

balance sheets, but for which there is at least a reasonable possibility that losses have been incurred, are disclosed in 

Note 22—Contingencies and Note 23—Commitments. 

The collection of earmarked taxes and other earmarked revenue is credited to the corresponding Earmarked 

Fund that will use these funds to meet a particular Government purpose. If the collections from taxes and other 

sources exceed the payments to the beneficiaries, the excess revenue is invested in Treasury securities or “loaned” to 

Treasury’s General Fund; therefore, the trust fund balances do not represent cash. An explanation of the trust funds 

for social insurance and many of the other large trust funds is included in Note 24—Earmarked Funds. That note 

also contains information about trust fund receipts, disbursements, and assets. 

Because of its sovereign power to tax and borrow, and the country’s wide economic base, the Government has 

unique access to financial resources through generating tax revenues and issuing Federal debt securities. This 

provides the Government with the ability to meet present obligations and those that are anticipated from future 

operations and are not reflected in net position. 

Statements of Social Insurance 

The Statements of Social Insurance provide estimates of the status of the most significant social insurance 

programs: Social Security, Medicare, Railroad Retirement, and Black Lung social insurance programs, which are 

administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA), HHS, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), and the 

Department of Labor (DOL), respectively. The estimates are actuarial present values 2

 of the projections and are 

based on the economic and demographic assumptions representing the trustees’ reasonable estimates as set forth in 

the relevant Social Security and Medicare trustees’ reports and in the relevant agency performance and 

accountability reports for the RRB and the DOL (Black Lung). 

The magnitude and complexity of social insurance programs, coupled with the extreme sensitivity of 

projections relating to the many assumptions of the programs, produce a wide range of possible results. In preparing 

the Statements of Social Insurance, Government management considers and selects assumptions and data that it 

believes provide a reasonable basis for the assertions in the statement. However, because of the large number of 

factors that affect the Statements of Social Insurance and the fact that such assumptions are inherently subject to 

substantial uncertainty (arising from the likelihood of future events, significant uncertainties, and contingencies), 

there will be differences between the estimates in the Statements of Social Insurance and the actual results, and those 

differences may be material. Note 26—Social Insurance describes the social insurance programs, reports long-range 

estimates that can be used to assess the financial condition of the programs, and explains some of the factors that 

impact the various programs. Using this information, readers can apply their own judgment as to the condition and 

sustainability of the individual programs. 

 

2

 Present values recognize that a dollar paid or collected in the future is worth less than a dollar today, because a dollar today could be invested 

and earn interest. To calculate a present value, future amounts are thus reduced using an assumed interest rate, and those reduced amounts are 

summed. 
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United States Government 

Statements of Net Cost 

for the Years Ended September 30 

Gross 

Cost 

Earned 

Revenue 

Net 

Cost 

Gross 

Cost 

Earned 

Revenue 

Net 

Cost 

(In billions of dollars) 2010 2009 

Department of Defense ............................... 929.0 39.8 889.2 718.4 35.6 682.8 

Department of Health and Human 

Services............................................................ 920.4 62.7 857.7 866.4 59.5 806.9 

Social Security Administration..................... 754.2 0.3 753.9 736.6 0.4 736.2 

Department of the Treasury......................... 402.3 29.4 372.9 254.6 19.4 235.2 

Department of Veterans Affairs ................... 240.2 4.7 235.5 (38.8) 4.0 (42.8) 

Interest on Treasury Securities held by 

the public................................................... 214.8 - 214.8 189.1 - 189.1 

Department of Labor.................................... 179.0 - 179.0 140.2 - 140.2 

Department of Agriculture............................ 136.6 6.0 130.6 132.0 10.5 121.5 

Department of Education............................. 100.8 11.3 89.5 44.9 6.5 38.4 

Department of Transportation...................... 80.4 0.6 79.8 80.1 0.5 79.6 

Department of Homeland Security .............. 58.9 8.9 50.0 62.1 8.4 53.7 

U.S. Postal Service...................................... 57.3 65.7 (8.4) 58.2 67.1 (8.9) 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development............................................. 56.7 1.3 55.4 62.6 1.0 61.6 

Office of Personnel Management................ 43.5 18.0 25.5 41.2 16.9 24.3 

Department of Justice.................................. 32.7 1.2 31.5 31.2 1.1 30.1 

Department of Energy ................................... 28.9 3.8 25.1 46.8 3.9 42.9 

Department of State .................................... 24.5 2.8 21.7 25.6 2.5 23.1 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration ........................................... 22.1 0.1 22.0 24.2 0.1 24.1 

Department of the Interior............................ 20.7 2.4 18.3 20.8 2.2 18.6 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ...... 16.8 16.1 0.7 63.4 18.8 44.6 

Department of Commerce ........................... 16.5 2.3 14.2 13.9 2.1 11.8 

Railroad Retirement Board.......................... 14.6 5.8 8.8 22.7 11.2 11.5 

Environmental Protection Agency ............... 12.7 0.5 12.2 10.1 0.6 9.5 

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation........ 11.9 8.1 3.8 22.9 10.5 12.4 

Agency for International Development ........ 10.7 0.2 10.5 11.8 0.7 11.1 

Tennessee Valley Authority........................... 9.7 10.8 (1.1) 10.2 11.0 (0.8) 

Federal Communications Commission........ 9.5 0.5 9.0 8.8 0.5 8.3 

National Science Foundation....................... 6.9 - 6.9 6.1 - 6.1 

Small Business Administration .................... 5.4 0.4 5.0 6.3 0.4 5.9 

National Credit Union Administration........... 3.2 1.1 2.1 6.1 1.3 4.8 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.......... 1.2 0.9 0.3 1.3 0.8 0.5 

Securities and Exchange Commission........ 1.1 1.4 (0.3) 1.1 1.1 - 

Smithsonian Institution ................................ 0.8 - 0.8 0.9 - 0.9 

General Services Administration ................. 0.6 0.6 - 1.0 0.5 0.5 

Export-Import Bank of the United States..... 0.4 0.7 (0.3) 1.5 0.8 0.7 

Farm Credit System Insurance 

Corporation ............................................... - 0.1 (0.1) - 0.3 (0.3) 

All other entities .............................................. 47.3 0.7 46.6 51.3 0.7 50.6 

Subtotal before loss/(gain) from 

changes in assumptions in 2010............ 4,472.3 309.2 4,163.1 3,735.6 300.9 3,434.7 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 
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United States Government 

Statements of Net Cost, continued 

for the Years Ended September 30 

Gross 

Cost 

Earned 

Revenue 

Net 

Cost 

Gross 

Cost 

Earned 

Revenue 

Net 

Cost 

(In billions of dollars) 2010 2009 

Loss/(gain) from changes in 

assumptions in 2010 (Note 1): 

Department of Veterans Affairs ................... 101.4 - 101.4 - - - 

Office of Personnel Management................... 84.1 - 84.1 - - - 

Department of Homeland Security .............. 5.7 - 5.7 - - - 

Department of State .................................... 0.6 - 0.6 - - - 

Department of Health and Human 

Services .................................................... (0.1) - (0.1) - - - 

Department of Defense ............................... (58.8) - (58.8) - - - 

Subtotal of loss/(gain) from changes in 

assumptions ........................................... 132.9 - 132.9 - - - 

Total........................................................ 4,605.2 309.2 4,296.0 3,735.6 300.9 3,434.7 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 
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United States Government 

Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Position 

for the Years Ended September 30 

 

NonEarmarked

Funds 

Earmarked

Funds Consolidated 

NonEarmarked 

Funds 

Earmarked

Funds Consolidated

(In billions of dollars) 2010 2009 (Restated) 

 

Revenue: 

Individual income tax and tax withholdings ... 902.6 830.3 1,732.9 912.7 862.3 1,775.0 

Corporation income taxes ............................. 179.6 179.6 130.3 130.3 

Unemployment taxes .................................... 45.2 45.2 38.1 38.1 

Excise taxes.................................................. 22.6 49.0 71.6 18.6 48.9 67.5 

Estate and gift taxes ..................................... 18.8 18.8 23.4 23.4 

Customs duties ............................................. 25.1 25.1 21.7 21.7 

Other taxes and receipts............................... 96.9 30.6 127.5 56.2 31.4 87.6 

Miscellaneous earned revenues ................... 11.3 4.5 15.8 50.4 4.4 54.8 

Intragovernmental interest ............................ 195.0 195.0 184.6 184.6

Total revenue ................................................ 1,256.9 1,154.6 2,411.5 1,213.3 1,169.7 2,383.0

Eliminations................................................... (195.0) (184.6) 

Consolidated revenue ................................... 2,216.5 2,198.4

 

Net Cost: 

Net cost......................................................... 2,553.5 1,742.5 4,296.0 1,906.6 1,528.1 3,434.7 

Intragovernmental interest ............................ 195.0 195.0 184.6 184.6

Total net cost ................................................ 2,748.5 1,742.5 4,491.0 2,091.2 1,528.1 3,619.3

Eliminations................................................... (195.0) (184.6) 

Consolidated net cost.................................... 4,296.0 3,434.7

 

Intragovernmental transfers ......................... (482.1) 482.1 (406.8) 406.8 

 

Unmatched transactions and balances 

(Note 1) ........................................................ (0.8) (0.8) (17.4) (17.4) 

 

Net operating (cost)/revenue ........................ (1,974.5) (105.8) (2,080.3) (1,302.1) 48.4 (1,253.7) 

 

Net position, beginning of period................. (12,208.6) 752.7 (11,455.9) (10,908.1) 704.6 (10,203.5) 

Prior period adjustments–changes in 

accounting principles (Note 21).................. 63.4 63.4 1.6 (0.3) 1.3 

Net operating (cost)/revenue......................... (1,974.5) (105.8) (2,080.3) (1,302.1) 48.4 (1,253.7) 

Net position, end of period ........................... (14,119.7) 646.9 (13,472.8) (12,208.6) 752.7 (11,455.9) 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 

 
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United States Government 

Reconciliations of Net Operating Cost and Unified Budget Deficit 

for the Years Ended September 30 

(In billions of dollars) 2010 2009 

Net operating cost................................................................................................ (2,080.3) (1,253.7) 

Components of Net Operating Cost Not Part of the Budget Deficit: 

Increase in Liability for Military Employee Benefits (Note 15): 

Increase in military pension liabilities............................................................ 85.6 23.0 

Increase in military health liabilities ............................................................... 78.9 5.2 

(Decrease) in other military benefits.............................................................. (0.3) (2.6)

Increase in liability for military employee benefits ....................................... 164.2 25.6 

 Increase/(decrease) in liability for veteran's compensation (Note 15): 

Increase/(decrease) in liabilities for veterans .............................................. 115.9 (101.2)

Increase/(decrease) in liabilities for survivors.............................................. 107.0 (46.9)

Increase/(decrease) in liabilities for burial benefits..................................... 0.9 (1.1)

Increase/(decrease) in liability for veteran's compensation....................... 223.8 (149.2)

Increase in liabilities for civilian employee benefits (Note 15): 

Increase in civilian pension liabilities............................................................. 103.5 74.6 

Increase in civilian health liabilities................................................................ 3.3 10.4 

Increase in other civilian benefits................................................................... 8.3 3.4 

Increase in liabilities for civilian employee benefits..................................... 115.1 88.4 

 

(Decrease) in environmental and disposal liabilities (Note 16): 

(Decrease)/increase in Energy's environmental and disposal liabilities .. (17.5) 1.6 

(Decrease) in all others' environmental and disposal liabilities.................. (3.0) (2.6)

(Decrease) in environmental and disposal liabilities................................... (20.5) (1.0)

 

Depreciation expense......................................................................................... 57.5 59.5 

Property, plant, and equipment disposals and revaluations ........................ (9.8) 6.5 

Increase in benefits due and payable .............................................................. 3.5 16.4 

Increase in insurance and guarantee program liabilities............................... 9.4 81.1 

Increase in other liabilities ................................................................................. 62.4 12.1 

Seigniorage and sale of gold ............................................................................ (0.4) (0.4)

(Decrease) in accounts payable ....................................................................... (0.3) (0.1)

(Increase)/decrease in net accounts and taxes receivable ............................ (7.1) 5.6 

TARP yearend downward re-estimate............................................................. (23.6) (110.0)

Decrease/(increase) in Beneficial interest in trust.......................................... 2.7 (23.5)

Increase in liabilities to Government-Sponsored Enterprises ...................... 268.0 78.1 

Increase in valuation loss on investments in Government-Sponsored 

Enterprises ........................................................................................................ 8.1 37.9 

Components of the budget deficit that are not part of net operating cost: 

Capitalized Fixed Assets: 

Department of Defense ................................................................................... (59.4) (81.5)

All other agencies............................................................................................. (33.1) (30.9)

Total capitalized fixed assets....................................................................... (92.5) (112.4)

 

Effect of prior year TARP downward re-estimate........................................... 110.0 - (Increase)/decrease in inventory (1.6) 5.0 

(Increase) in investments in Government-Sponsored Enterprises.............. (52.5) (95.6) 

(Increase) in debt and equity securities........................................................... (5.8) (22.4)

(Increase) in other assets .................................................................................. (24.7) (69.2)

Principal repayments of precredit reform loans ............................................. 8.0 (10.1) 

All other reconciling items.................................................................................. (7.7) 14.3 

Unified budget deficit.................................................................................. (1,294.1) (1,417.1)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 
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United States Government 

Statements of Changes in Cash Balance from Unified Budget and Other Activities 

for the Years Ended September 30 

(In billions of dollars) 2010 

2009 

(Restated)

 

Unified budget deficit ......................................... (1,294.1) (1,417.1)

 

Adjustments for noncash outlays included 

 in the budget: 

Interest accrued by Treasury on debt 

held by the public...................................... 206.8 171.9 

TARP yearend downward re-estimate ........ (86.4) 110.0 

TARP Subsidy expense/(income) (Note 5).... (24.2) 41.4 

Other Federal entity subsidy 

expense/(income) (Note 4)........................... (9.4) (44.5) 

Subtotal..................................................... 86.8 278.8 

 

Items affecting the cash balance not 

 included in the Budget: 

Net Transactions from financing activity: 

Borrowings from the public.......................... 8,525.5 8,931.0 

Repayment of debt held by the public......... (7,054.5) (7,185.6) 

Agency securities ........................................ 0.7 - 

Subtotal..................................................... 1,471.7 1,745.4 

Transactions from monetary and other 

 activity: 

Interest paid by Treasury on debt held by 

the public................................................... (201.2) (170.7)

Net TARP direct loans and equity 

investments activity................................... 111.8 (291.0)

Net GSE—mortgage backed securities 

activity ....................................................... 9.1 (170.0)

Net loan receivable activity.......................... (160.3) (93.0)

Allocations of special drawing rights ........... (1.0) 48.3 

Other............................................................ 12.6 38.0 

Subtotal..................................................... (229.0) (638.4) 

 

Cash and other monetary assets (Note 2): 

(Decrease)/increase in cash and other 

monetary assets ..................................... 35.4 (31.3) 

Balance, beginning of period .................... 393.2 424.5 

Balance, end of period.............................. 428.6 393.2 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 

For fiscal year 2009, $110 billion of noncash outlays related to TARP downward re-estimates were included in the budget. For 

budgetary purposes, the effect of the yearend downward re-estimates (reduction of net outlays) is not recognized until the 

subsequent fiscal year. As such, for fiscal year 2010, the budget deficit reflected a reduction of noncash outlays for this $110 

billion. Also, $23.6 billion of primarily noncash outlays related to fiscal year 2010 year end re-estimates were included in the 

current or prior year budget. 
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United States Government 

Balance Sheets 

as of September 30 

(In billions of dollars) 2010 2009

Assets: 

Cash and other monetary assets (Note 2) ..................................... 428.6 393.2 

Accounts and taxes receivable, net (Note 3).................................. 94.6 87.4 

Loans receivable and mortgage backed securities, net (Note 4)... 688.6 538.9 

TARP direct loans and equity investments, net (Note 5) ............... 144.7 239.7 

Beneficial interest in trust (Note 6) ................................................. 20.8 23.5 

Inventories and related property, net (Note 7)................................ 286.2 284.6 

Property, plant, and equipment, net (Note 8) ................................. 828.9 784.1 

Debt and equity securities (Note 9) ................................................ 98.9 93.1 

Investments in Government-Sponsored Enterprises (Note 11) ..... 109.2 64.7 

Other assets (Notes 10 and 12) ..................................................... 183.3 158.7 

Total assets.................................................................................. 2,883.8 2,667.9 

Stewardship land and heritage assets (Note 27) 

Liabilities: 

Accounts payable (Note 13) ........................................................... 72.9 73.2 

Federal debt securities held by the public and accrued interest 

(Note 14) ...................................................................................... 9,060.0 7,582.7 

Federal employee and veteran benefits payable (Note 15) ........... 5,720.3 5,283.7 

Environmental and disposal liabilities (Note 16)............................. 321.3 341.8 

Benefits due and payable (Note 17)............................................... 164.3 160.8 

Insurance and guarantee program liabilities (Note 18) .................. 175.6 166.2 

Loan guarantee liabilities (Note 4).................................................. 65.8 69.4 

Liabilities to Government-Sponsored Enterprises (Note 11).......... 359.9 91.9 

Other liabilities (Notes 10 and 19) .................................................. 416.5 354.1 

Total liabilities .............................................................................. 16,356.6 14,123.8 

Contingencies (Note 22) and Commitments (Note 23) 

Net position: 

Earmarked funds (Note 24) ............................................................ 646.9 752.7 

Non-earmarked funds..................................................................... (14,119.7) (12,208.6) 

Total net position....................................................................... (13,472.8) (11,455.9) 

Total liabilities and net position ................................................. 2,883.8 2,667.9 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 
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United States Government 

Statements of Social Insurance (Note 26) 

Present Value of Long-Range (75 Years, except Black Lung) Actuarial Projections 

(In billions of dollars) 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 

Federal Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (Social Security): 14

Revenue (Contributions and Earmarked Taxes) from: 

Participants who have attained eligibility age (62 and over) ..... 672 575 542 477 533

Participants who have not attained eligibility age ................ 19,914 18,559 18,249 17,515 16,568

Future participants ..................................................................... 19,532 18,082 17,566 16,121 15,006

All current and future participants..................................... 40,118 37,217 36,357 34,113 32,107

Expenditures for Scheduled Future Benefits for: 

Participants who have attained eligibility age (62 and over) ..... (8,096) (7,465) (6,958) (6,329) (5,866)

Participants who have not attained eligibility age ................ (32,225) (30,207) (29,021) (27,928) (26,211)

Future participants ..................................................................... (7,744) (7,223) (6,933) (6,619) (6,480)

All current and future participants..................................... (48,065) (44,894) (42,911) (40,876) (38,557)

Present value of future expenditures in excess of future 

revenue ............................................................................ (7,947) 1 (7,677)2 (6,555) 3 (6,763) 4 (6,449) 5

Federal Hospital Insurance (Medicare Part A): 14

Revenue (Contributions and Earmarked Taxes) from: 

Participants who have attained eligibility age (65 and over) ..... 248 209 202 178 192

Participants who have not attained eligibility age ................ 7,216 6,348 6,320 5,975 5,685

Future participants ..................................................................... 6,944 5,451 5,361 4,870 4,767

All current and future participants..................................... 14,408 12,008 11,883 11,023 10,644

Expenditures for Scheduled Future Benefits for: 

Participants who have attained eligibility age (65 and over) ..... (2,648) (2,958) (2,747) (2,558) (2,397)

Participants who have not attained eligibility age ................ (12,032) (18,147) (17,365) (15,639) (15,633)

Future participants ..................................................................... (2,411) (4,673) (4,506) (5,118) (3,904)

All current and future participants..................................... (17,091) (25,778) (24,619) (23,315) (21,934)

Present value of future expenditures in excess of future 

revenue ............................................................................ (2,683) 1 (13,770) 2 (12,736) 3 (12,292) 4 (11,290) 5

Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance (Medicare Part B): 14

Revenue (Premiums) from: 

Participants who have attained eligibility age (65 and over) ..... 538 498 461 433 409

Participants who have not attained eligibility age ................ 3,460 4,224 3,859 3,184 3,167

Future participants ..................................................................... 839 1,270 1,158 1,172 906

All current and future participants..................................... 4,836 5,992 5,478 4,789 4,481

Expenditures for Scheduled Future Benefits for: 

Participants who have attained eligibility age (65 and over) ..... (2,166) (2,142) (1,986) (1,834) (1,773)

Participants who have not attained eligibility age ................ (12,587) (16,342) (14,949) (12,130) (12,433)

Future participants ..................................................................... (2,984) (4,672) (4,262) (4,257) (3,407)

All current and future participants..................................... (17,737) (23,156) (21,197) (18,221) (17,613)

Present value of future expenditures in excess of future 

 revenue 6

.............................................................................. (12,901) 1 (17,165) 2 (15,719) 3 (13,432) 4 (13,131) 5

Totals may not equal the sum of components due to rounding. 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 
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United States Government 

Statements of Social Insurance (Note 26), continued 

Present Value of Long-Range (75 Years, except Black Lung) Actuarial Projections 

(In billions of dollars) 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 

Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance (Medicare Part D): 14

Revenue (Premiums and State Transfers) from: 

Participants who have attained eligibility age (65 and over) ..... 165 140 123 167 173

Participants who have not attained eligibility age ................ 1,626 1,442 1,380 1,627 1,700

Future participants ..................................................................... 694 618 604 611 492

All current and future participants..................................... 2,486 2,199 2,107 2,405 2,366

Expenditures for Scheduled Future Benefits for: 

Participants who have attained eligibility age (65 and over) ..... (646) (595) (581) (794) (792)

Participants who have not attained eligibility age ................ (6,355) (6,144) (6,527) (7,273) (7,338)

Future participants ..................................................................... (2,714) (2,632) (2,856) (2,699) (2,121)

All current and future participants..................................... (9,715) (9,371) (9,964) (10,766) (10,250)

Present value of future expenditures in excess of future 

 revenue 6

.............................................................................. (7,229) 1 (7,172) 2 (7,857) 3 (8,361) 4 (7,884) 5

Railroad Retirement: 

Revenue (Contributions and Earmarked Taxes) from: 

Participants who have attained eligibility ........................... 5 5 5 5 5

Participants who have not attained eligibility ..................... 47 48 43 41 40

Future participants............................................................. 66 70 54 54 56

All current and future participants................................... 118 123 102 100 100

Expenditures for Scheduled Future Benefits for: 

Participants who have attained eligibility ........................... (105) (102) (97) (93) (92)

Participants who have not attained eligibility ..................... (88) (91) (88) (86) (84)

Future participants............................................................. (27) (30) (26) (26) (25)

All current and future participants................................... (220) (223) (212) (205) (201)

Present value of future expenditures in excess of 

 future revenue 7

................................................................... (103) 1 (100) 2 (109) 3 (105) 4 (101) 5

Black Lung (Part C): 

Present value of future revenue in excess of future 

expenditures 8 ...................................................................... 6 9 6 10 5 11 5 12 4 13

Total present value of future expenditures in excess 

of future revenue................................................................ (30,857) (45,878) (42,970) (40,948) (38,851)

Totals may not equal the sum of components due to rounding. 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 
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United States Government 

Statements of Social Insurance (Note 26), continued

Present Value of Long-Range (75 Years, except Black Lung) Actuarial Projections 

(In billions of dollars) 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 

Social Insurance Summary: 14

Participants who have attained eligibility age: 

Revenue (e.g., Contributions and earmarked taxes) ......... 1,628 1,427 1,333 1,260 1,312

Expenditures for scheduled future benefits ....................... (13,661) (13,262) (12,369) (11,608) (10,920)

Present value of future expenditures in excess of 

future revenue ............................................................. (12,033) (11,835) (11,036) (10,348) (9,608)

Participants who have not attained eligibility age: 

Revenue (e.g., Contributions and earmarked taxes) ......... 32,263 30,621 29,851 28,342 27,160

Expenditures for scheduled future benefits ....................... (63,287) (70,931) (67,950) (63,056) (61,696)

Present value of future expenditures in excess of 

future revenue ............................................................. (31,024) (40,310) (38,099) (34,714) (34,536)

Closed-group – Total present value of future 

expenditures in excess of future revenue........................ (43,057) (52,145) (49,135) (45,062) (44,145)

Future participants: 

Revenue (e.g., Contributions and earmarked taxes)......... 28,075 25,491 24,743 22,828 21,227 

Expenditures for scheduled future benefits ....................... (15,875) (19,224) (18,578) (18,714) (15,933)

Present value of future revenue in excess of future 

expenditures ................................................................ 12,200 6,267 6,165 4,114 5,294 

 

Open-group – Total present value of future 

expenditures in excess of future revenue........................ (30,857) (45,878) (42,970) (40,948) (38,851) 

1 The projection period is 1/1/2010 -12/31/2084 and the valuation date is 1/1/2010. 2 The projection period is 1/1/2009 -12/31/2083 and the valuation date is 1/1/2009. 3 The projection period is 1/1/2008 -12/31/2082 and the valuation date is 1/1/2008. 4 The projection period is 1/1/2007 -12/31/2081 and the valuation date is 1/1/2007. 5 The projection period is 1/1/2006 -12/31/2080 and the valuation date is 1/1/2006. 6 These amounts represent the present value of the future transfers from the General Fund of the Treasury to the Supplementary Medical 

Insurance Trust Fund. These future intragovernmental transfers are included as income in both HHS’ and the Centers for Medicare & 

Medicaid Services’ Financial Reports but are not income from the Governmentwide perspective of this report. 7 These amounts approximate the present value of the future financial interchange and the future transfers from the General Fund of the 

Treasury to the Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account (see discussion of Railroad Retirement Program in the required supplemental 

information section of this report). They are included as income in the Railroad Retirement Financial Report but are not income from the 

Governmentwide perspective of this report. 

8 Does not include interest expense accruing on the outstanding debt.

9 The projection period is 9/30/2010 -9/30/2040 and the valuation date is 9/30/2010. 10 The projection period is 9/30/2009 -9/30/2040 and the valuation date is 9/30/2009. 11 The projection period is 9/30/2008 -9/30/2040 and the valuation date is 9/30/2008. 12 The projection period is 9/30/2007 -9/30/2040 and the valuation date is 9/30/2007. 13 The projection period is 9/30/2006 -9/30/2040 and the valuation date is 9/30/2006. 14 Participants for the Social Security and Medicare programs are assumed to be the “closed-group” of individuals who are at least age 15 

at the start of the projection period, and are participating as either taxpayers, beneficiaries, or both, except for the 2007 Medicare 

programs for which current participants are assumed to be at least 18 instead of 15 years of age. 

Totals may not equal the sum of components due to rounding. 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 
 

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INTRODUCTION: Airport and Airway Trust Fund 

The Airport and Airway Trust Fund was established on 

the books of Treasury in fiscal year 1971, according to 

provisions of the Airport and Airway Revenue Act of 1970 

[49 United States Code 1742(a), repealed]. The Tax Equity 

and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (Public Law 97-248, 

dated September 3, 1982) reestablished the trust fund in the 

Internal Revenue Code (26 United States Code 9502) 

effective September 1, 1982. 

Treasury transfers from the general fund to the trust 

fund amounts equivalent to the taxes received from 

transportation of persons and property by air, gasoline and 

jet fuel used in commercial and noncommercial aircraft, 

and an international arrival and departure tax. The Omnibus 

Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-508, 

dated November 5, 1990) increased rates for the excise 

taxes transferred to the fund. 

Treasury bases these transfers on estimates made by the 

Secretary of the Treasury. These are subject to adjustments 

in later transfers in the amount of actual tax receipts. 

The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-34), 

effective October 1, 1997, extended the aviation excise 

taxes for 10 years, until September 30, 2007. The Act 

included other provisions that: 

• Converted the 10 percent ad valorem tax on 

domestic passenger tickets to a combination of ad 

valorem/flight segment tax over 3 years, beginning October 

1, 1997. The tax is 7.5 percent, plus in calendar year 2011, 

a $3.70 tax per segment. 

• Retained the existing freight waybill and general 

aviation jet fuel/gas taxes. It also retained a special rule 

applied to flights between the continental United States and 

Alaska or Hawaii. The $6 departure tax is indexed to the 

Consumer Price Index. Effective calendar year 2011, the 

tax is $8.20. 

• Imposed a new 7.5 percent tax on payments to 

airlines for frequent flyer and similar awards by banks and 

credit card companies, merchants and frequent flyer 

program partners, such as other airlines, hotels and rental 

car companies, and other businesses. 

• Increased the $6 international departure tax to $12 

per passenger and added a $12 international arrival tax, 

indexed to the Consumer Price Index. Effective 2011, the 

tax is $16.30. 

• Lowered ticket tax rates on flights to certain rural 

airports to 7.5 percent without a flight segment tax 

component. 

• Transferred revenues from the 4.3 cents-per-gallon 

aviation fuel tax previously dedicated to reducing the 

national deficit from the general fund to the Airport and 

Airway Trust Fund. 

The aviation excise taxes were extended as part of a series 

of continuing resolutions (Public Laws 110-92, 110-116, 110-

137, and 110-149), the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2008 (Public Law 110-161), the Airport and Airway 

Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-190), the Federal 

Aviator Administration Extension Act, 2008 (Public Laws 

110-252 and 110-330), the Federal Aviation Administration 

Extension Act 2009 (Public Law 111-12), and the Fiscal 

Year 2010 Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act 

(Public Laws 111-69 and 111-16). As of January 20, 2010, 

the majority of the taxes (with the exception of the 4.3 cents 

per gallon component of the fuel taxes) are scheduled to 

expire on March 31, 2011. 

When the provisions of 26 United States Code 9602(b) 

are met, amounts available in the trust fund exceed outlay 

requirements, Treasury invests excess amounts in public 

debt securities and credits the interest to the fund. 

Additional sums from the general fund also are credited as 

authorized and made available, by law, if they are needed to 

meet outlay requirements. 

Treasury makes available to the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT), amounts required for outlays to carry out the 

Airport and Airway program. The Secretary of the Treasury 

makes other charges to the trust fund to transfer certain 

refunds of taxes and certain outfits, under section 34 of the 

Internal Revenue Code (IRC). 

Annual reports to Congress, required by 26 U.S.C. 9602 

(a), are submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, after 

consultation with the Secretary of Transportation. These 

reports are required to cover the financial condition and 

results of operations of the trust fund during the past fiscal 

year and those expected during the next 5 fiscal years. 
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TABLE TF-1.—Airport and Airway Trust Fund 

Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2010 

[Source: DOT] 

Description IRC section (26 United States Code) Amount 

Balance Oct. 1, 2009 ................................................................................................................................................................................................ $8,789,022,915

Receipts: 

Excise taxes (transferred from general fund): Liquid fuel other than gasoline.............................................................. 4041...................................................................................... 616,147,000

Gasoline................................................................................................ 4081...................................................................................... 35,328,000

Transportation by airseats, berths, etc ................................................. 4261 (a) (b)........................................................................... 7,261,070,000

Use of international travel facilities....................................................... 4261 (c)................................................................................. 2,324,017,000

Transportation of property, cargo ......................................................... 4271...................................................................................... 395,119,000

Gross excise taxes ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 10,631,681,000

Less refunds of taxes (reimbursed to general fund): Liquid fuel other than gasoline.................................................................. 4041...................................................................................... 25,910,000

Gasoline................................................................................................................................................................................................................ -7,182,000

Total refunds of taxes ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 18,728,000

Net taxes........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10,612,953,000

Interest on investments......................................................................................................................................................................................... 194,627,076

Total receipts .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10,807,580,076

Offsetting collections................................................................................................................................................................................................. 97,000,000

Expenses: Operations ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4,000,000,000

Grants in aid.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3,281,502,577

Facilities and equipment....................................................................................................................................................................................... 2,609,786,441

Research, engineering, and development............................................................................................................................................................ 147,327,258

Air carriers............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 130,209,098

Total expenses.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10,168,825,374

Offsetting collections................................................................................................................................................................................................. 97,000,000

Balance Sept. 30, 2010 ............................................................................................................................................................................................ $9,427,777,617

 

* The starting fiscal year 2010 amount includes a $10 million upward adjustment 

to reflect the accurate unexpended balance. 

Airport and Airway Trust Fund 

Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2011-2015 

[In millions of dollars. Source: DOT] 

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Balance Oct. 1 ............................................................................ 9,428 9,266 7,947 7,785 8,745

Receipts: 

Excise taxes, net of refunds.................................................... 10,127 10,250 10,622 11,170 11,654

Interest on investments........................................................... 198 192 191 227 285

Offsetting collections............................................................... 159 157 159 157 151

Total receipts ...................................................................... 10,484 10,599 10,972 11,554 12,090

Expenses: 

Gross Outlays ......................................................................... 10,646 11,918 11,134 10,594 10,393

Balance Sept. 30......................................................................... 9,266 7,947 7,785 8,745 10,442

 
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INTRODUCTION: Uranium Enrichment 

Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D) Fund 

The Uranium Enrichment D&D Fund was established on 

the books of the Treasury in fiscal year 1993, according to 

provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 United 

States Code 2297g). Receipts represent (1) fees collected 

from domestic public utilities based on their pro rata share of 

purchases of separative work units from the Department of 

Energy (DOE) and (2) appropriations toward the 

Government contribution based on the balance of separative 

work unit purchases. 

Expenditures from the fund are for the purpose of (1) 

decontamination and decommissioning of the three gaseous 

diffusion plants, (2) remedial actions and related 

environmental restoration costs at the gaseous diffusion 

plants, and (3) reimbursement to uranium/thorium producers 

for the costs of decontamination, decommissioning, 

reclamation, and remedial action of uranium/thorium sites 

that are incident to sales to the U.S. Government. 

Amounts available in the fund exceeding current needs 

may be invested by the Secretary of the Treasury in 

obligations of the United States (1) having maturities 

congruent with the needs of the fund and (2) bearing interest 

at rates determined appropriate, taking into consideration the 

current average market yield on outstanding marketable 

obligations of the United States with remaining periods to 

maturity comparable to these investments. 

The Secretary of the Treasury is required by 42 United 

States Code 2297g(b)(1) to provide an annual report to 

Congress, after consultation with the Secretary of Energy. 

This report must present the financial condition and the 

results of operations of the fund during the preceding fiscal 

year. 

The Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 United States Code 

2297g-1, as amended) authorizes funding to ensure annual 

deposits to the fund of $518.2 million before adjustments for 

inflation. The Act stipulates that the Government deposit 

$369.6 million, adjusted for inflation, annually. The Act also 

calls for deposits of $150 million from domestic public 

utility assessments. The assessments were authorized for 15 

years with the final assessment scheduled for fiscal year 

2007. Between fiscal years 1993 and 2007, the total 

Government contribution amount authorized by the Act was 

$6,281.0 million. During that time span, the Government 

contributed only $5,362.4 million to the fund. The resulting 

shortfall in authorized Government contributions was, 

therefore, $918.6 million. 

The Government has continued to make annual 

contributions to eliminate this shortfall. Through fiscal year 

2009 contributions, the overall shortfall (after adjustments 

for inflation) was $40.6 million. Also, during fiscal year 

2009, the Government designated $390 million of American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for the 

fund’s mission. The ARRA funding was not an actual 

deposit into the fund’s invested balances, but it provides a 

dollar reduction in the required outlays from the invested 

balances. The Department of Energy recognizes the ARRA 

funding as an offset to the Government’s contribution 

responsibility. 
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TABLE TF-2.—Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund 

Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2010 

[Source: DOE] 

Balance Oct. 1, 2009 ................................................................................................................................................................................. $9,748,618

Receipts: 

Fees collected........................................................................................................................................................................................ 463,000,000

Penalties collected ................................................................................................................................................................................. -

Interest on investments.......................................................................................................................................................................... 123,365,700

Total receipts...................................................................................................................................................................................... 586,365,700

Outlays: 

DOE, decontamination and decommissioning activities........................................................................................................................ 583,970,340

Cost of investments................................................................................................................................................................................ 7,166,401

Total outlays....................................................................................................................................................................................... 591,136,741

Balance Sept. 30, 2010.............................................................................................................................................................................. $4,977,577

Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund 

Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2011-2015 

[In thousands of dollars. Source: DOE] 

 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Balance Oct. 1 ......................................................................... 4,978 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500

Receipts: 

 

Fees collected...................................................................... 33,700 - - - -

Interest collected.................................................................. 137,779 124,572 110,402 95,866 80,884

Total receipts ................................................................... 171,479 124,572 110,402 95,866 80,884

Outlays: 

 

DOE, decontamination and decommissioning fund ............ 730,498 529,847 542,565 539,189 537,820

Costs of investments ........................................................... -556,541 -405,275 -432,163 -443,323 -456,936

Total outlays..................................................................... 173,957 124,572 110,402 95,866 80,884

Balance Sept. 30...................................................................... 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500
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INTRODUCTION: Black Lung Disability Trust Fund 

The Black Lung Disability Trust Fund was established on 

the books of the Treasury in fiscal year 1978 according to the 

Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act of 1977 (Public Law 95-

227). The Black Lung Benefits Revenue Act of 1981 (Public 

Law 97-119) reestablished the fund in the Internal Revenue 

Code (IRC), 26 United States Code 9501. 

The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 

1985 (Public Law 99-272), enacted April 7, 1986, provided 

for an increase in the coal tax rates effective April 1, 1986, 

through December 31, 1995, and a 5-year forgiveness of 

interest retroactive to October 1, 1985. The 5-year moratorium 

on interest payments ended on September 30, 1990. Payment 

of interest on advances resumed in fiscal year 1991. The 

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (Public Law 

100-203, title X, section 10503), signed December 22, 1987, 

extended the temporary increase in the coal tax through 

December 31, 2013. 

The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 

(Public Law 110-343, title I, subtitle B, section 113), enacted 

October 3, 2008, restructured the Trust Fund Debt by 1) 

refinancing the outstanding principal of the repayable 

advances and unpaid interest on such advances and 2) 

providing a one time Appropriation to the Trust Fund in an 

amount sufficient to pay to the general fund of the Treasury 

the difference between the market value of the outstanding 

repayable advances, plus accrued interest and the proceeds 

from the obligations issued by the Trust Fund to the 

Secretary of the Treasury. The Act also extends the 

temporary increase in the coal tax through December 31, 

2018, and allows the prepayment of the Trust Fund debt 

prior to the maturity date. 

The Code designates the following receipts to be 

appropriated and transferred from the general fund of the 

Treasury to the trust fund: excise taxes on coal sold; taxable 

expenditures of self-dealing by, and excess contributions to, 

private black lung benefit trusts; reimbursements by 

responsible mine operators; and related fines, penalties and 

interest charges. 

Estimates made by the Secretary of the Treasury 

determine monthly transfers of amounts for excise taxes to the 

trust fund subject to adjustments in later transfers to actual tax 

receipts. 

After retirement of the current indebtedness, amounts 

available in the fund exceeding current expenditure 

requirements will be invested by the Secretary of the Treasury 

in interest-bearing public debt securities. Any interest earned 

will be credited to the fund. Also credited, if necessary, will 

be repayable advances from the general fund to meet outlay 

requirements exceeding available revenues. 

To carry out the program, amounts are made available to 

the Department of Labor (DOL). Also charged to the fund are 

administrative expenses incurred by the Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury, repayments of 

advances from the general fund and interest on advances. 

The Code requires the Secretary of the Treasury to submit 

an annual report to Congress after consultation with the 

Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of HHS [26 United 

States Code 9602(a)]. The report must present the financial 

condition and results of operations of the fund during the past 

fiscal year and the expected condition and operations of the 

fund during the next 5 fiscal years. 
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TABLE TF-3.—Black Lung Disability Trust Fund 

Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2010 

[Source: DOL] 

Balance Oct. 1, 2009 ........................................................................................................................................................................................... $52,468,781

Receipts: 

Excise taxes (transferred from general fund): 

$1.10 tax on underground coal .................................................................................................................................................................... 279,180,000

$0.55 tax on surface coal............................................................................................................................................................................. 182,017,000

4.4 percent tax on underground coal........................................................................................................................................................... 14,007,000

4.4 percent tax on surface coal.................................................................................................................................................................... 119,599,000

Fines, penalties, and interest....................................................................................................................................................................... 1,028,883

Collection—responsible mine operators...................................................................................................................................................... 9,024,855

Recovery of prior year funds........................................................................................................................................................................ -

Repayable advances from the general fund................................................................................................................................................ 60,000,000

Total receipts............................................................................................................................................................................................ 664,856,738

Net receipts .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 664,856,738

Outlays: 

Treasury administrative expenses................................................................................................................................................................... 479,829

Salaries and expenses—DOL—Departmental Management.......................................................................................................................... 25,091,000

Salaries and expenses—DOL—Office of Inspector General .......................................................................................................................... 327,000

Salaries and expenses—DOL—Employment Standards Administration........................................................................................................ 32,720,000

Total outlays................................................................................................................................................................................................. 58,617,829

Expenses: 

Program expenses—DOL................................................................................................................................................................................ 238,422,876

Interest on repayable advances....................................................................................................................................................................... -

Repayment of bond principal ........................................................................................................................................................................... 353,424,061

Interest on principal debt.................................................................................................................................................................................. 11,332,939

Total expenses............................................................................................................................................................................................. 603,179,876

Balance Sept. 30, 2010 ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 55,527,814

Cumulative debt, end of year ............................................................................................................................................................................... $5,804,881,362

 

Black Lung Disability Trust Fund 

Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2011-2015 

[In thousands of dollars. Source: DOL] 

 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Balance Oct. 1 ........................................................................................ 55,528 55,528 55,528 55,528 55,528

Receipts: 

Excise taxes....................................................................................... 613,000 636,000 647,000 659,000 656,000

Advances from the general fund........................................................ 120,768 179,072 242,123 308,730 391,019

Fines, penalties, and interest............................................................. 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000

Total receipts ................................................................................. 735,768 817,072 891,123 969,730 1,049,019

Outlays: 

Benefit payments ............................................................................... 216,189 204,490 193,575 182,328 171,450

Administrative expenses.................................................................... 58,494 58,806 60,737 62,769 62,769

Repayable advances ......................................................................... 60,000 120,768 179,072 242,123 308,730

Interest on repayable advances ........................................................ 180 1,522 5,300 9,661 13,461

Repayment of principal debt.............................................................. 379,286 394,287 396,403 397,383 395,769

Interest on principal debt ................................................................... 21,619 37,199 56,036 75,466 96,840

Total outlays................................................................................... 735,768 817,072 891,123 969,730 1,049,019

Balance Sept. 30.................................................................................... 55,528 55,528 55,528 55,528 55,528

Cumulative debt, end of year................................................................. 5,546,363 5,331,148 5,176,868 5,088,215 5,083,465

 

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

 
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INTRODUCTION: Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund 

The Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund was established on 

the books of the Treasury on April 1, 1987, according to the 

Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-

662, November 17, 1986) (26 United States Code 9505). 

Amounts in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are 

available as provided by appropriation acts for making 

expenditures to carry out section 210(a) of the Water 

Resources Development Act of 1986. The appropriations act 

for the Department of Transportation (DOT) for fiscal year 

1995 (Public Law 103-331, September 28, 1994), section 

339, waived collection of charges or tolls on the Saint 

Lawrence Seaway in accordance with section 13(b) of the 

Act of May 13, 1954 (as in effect on April 1, 1987). 

Legislation was passed in the North American Free Trade 

Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 103-182, 

section 683), which amends paragraph (3) of section 9505(c) 

of the IRC of 1986, to authorize payment of up to $5 million 

annually to Treasury for all expenses of administration 

incurred by the Treasury, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

and the Department of Commerce (Commerce) related to the 

administration of subchapter A of chapter 36 (relating to 

harbor maintenance tax). Section 201 of the Water 

Resources Development Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-303) 

authorizes use of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for 

construction of dredged material disposal facilities 

associated with the operation and maintenance of Federal 

navigation projects for commercial navigation. 

A summary judgment issued October 25, 1995, by the 

United States Court of International Trade in the case United 

States Shoe Corp. v. United States (Court No. 94-11-00668) 

found the Harbor Maintenance fee unconstitutional under the 

Export Clause of the Constitution (Article I, section 9, clause 

5) and enjoined the Customs Service from collecting the fee. 

The decision was affirmed by the Supreme Court on 

March 31, 1998 (118 Supreme Court 1290). With the tax on 

exports no longer collected, revenues have been reduced by 

approximately 30 percent. 

The Code requires the Secretary of the Treasury to 

submit an annual report to Congress [26 United States Code 

9602(a)]. The report must present the financial condition and 

results of operations of the fund during the past fiscal year 

and the expected condition and operations of the fund during 

the next 5 fiscal years. 

TABLE TF-4.—Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund 

Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2010 

[Source: Department of the Army Corps of Engineers] 

Balance Oct. 1, 2009 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ $5,094,932,471 

Receipts: 

Excise taxes: 

Imports .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 910,653,933 

Exports.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... -110,551 

Domestic ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 107,805,741 

Passengers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10,565,482 

Foreign trade................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 192,849,764 

Interest on investments................................................................................................................................................................................................. 76,922,116 

Total receipts ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1,298,686,485 

Expenses: 

Corps of Engineers ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 793,000,000 

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation/DOT................................................................................................................................................ 32,324,000 

Administrative cost for Department of Homeland Security (Customs)............................................................................................................................. 3,226,000 

Operating expenses, miscellaneous returns .................................................................................................................................................................... - 

Total expenses.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 828,550,000 

Balance Sept. 30, 2010 ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ $5,565,068,956 
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Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund 

Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2011-2015* 

[In millions of dollars. Source: Department of the Army Corps of Engineers] 

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Balance Oct. 1 ..................................................................................................... 5,565.0 6,260.0 7,067.0 8,034.0 9,126.0

Receipts: 

Harbor maintenance fee .................................................................................. 1,310.0 1,378.0 1,433.0 1,503.0 1,562.0

Interest on investments.................................................................................... 185.0 224.0 331.0 387.0 515.0

Total receipts ............................................................................................... 1,495.0 1,602.0 1,764.0 1,890.0 2,077.0

Outlays: 

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, legislative proposal 

not subject to paygo..................................................................................... -----

Corps of Engineers operation, maintenance, 

and administrative expenses ....................................................................... 724.0 693.0 695.0 695.0 710.0

Corps of Engineers construction ..................................................................... 40.0 65.0 65.0 65.0 65.0

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation/DOT............................... 32.0 33.0 33.0 34.0 34.0

Administrative expenses for Department of Homeland Security 

(Customs Service).................................................................................................... 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0

Total outlays................................................................................................. 800.0 795.0 797.0 798.0 813.0

Balance Sept. 30.................................................................................................. 6,260.0 7,067.0 8,034.0 9,126.0 10,390.0

* Outyear projections are for planning purposes and are based on economic conditions and 

agencies’ best projections of revenues and expenses. 
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INTRODUCTION: Hazardous Substance Superfund 

The Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund was 

established on the books of the Treasury in fiscal year 1981, 

in accordance with section 221 of the Hazardous Substance 

Response Revenue Act of 1980 [42 United States Code 

9631(a), repealed]. The trust fund was renamed the 

Hazardous Substance Superfund (Superfund) and relocated 

in accordance with section 517 of the Superfund 

Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 [Public Law 

99-499, dated October 17, 1986 (26 United States Code 

9507)]. 

The authority to collect excise taxes on petroleum and 

chemicals, and an environmental tax for all corporations 

with modified alternative taxable income in excess of $2 

million, expired in 1995. To implement the Superfund 

program, amounts are appropriated from the Superfund to 

the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for 

programmatic and administrative expenses. 

An annual report to Congress by the Secretary of 

Treasury is required by 26 United States Code 9602(a). 

These reports present the financial condition of the 

Superfund and the results of operation for the past fiscal 

year, and its expected condition during the next 5 fiscal 

years. 

TABLE TF-5.—Hazardous Substance Superfund 1, 2

Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2010 

[Source: EPA] 

Balance Oct. 1, 2009 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... $25,850,000

Receipts: 

Crude and petroleum .................................................................................................................................................................................. -

Certain chemicals........................................................................................................................................................................................ -

Corporate environmental ............................................................................................................................................................................ 3,000,000

General fund appropriation ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1,281,000,000

Cost recoveries ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 53,000,000

Fines and penalties..................................................................................................................................................................................... 3,000,000

Interest on investments............................................................................................................................................................................... 70,000,000

Offsetting collections................................................................................................................................................................................... -

Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry offsetting collections.................................................................................................. -

Total receipts........................................................................................................................................................................................... 1,410,000,000

Expenses: 

EPA expense .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1,307,000,000

Other expenses........................................................................................................................................................................................... 4,000,000

Total expenses........................................................................................................................................................................................ 1,311,000,000

Balance Sept. 30, 2010................................................................................................................................................................................... $124,850,000

1

 Reporting in this Superfund Trust Fund table is consistent with previously reported 

presentations. However, the structure of this table may not accurately reflect the status of 

this trust fund. As a result, this table may be revised in future reports and other resources 

should be utilized for accurate trust fund reporting. 

2

 Reporting excludes the Iron Mountain account in the Hazardous Substance Superfund 

Trust Fund. 
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Hazardous Substance Superfund 

Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2011-2015 1

[In millions of dollars. Source: EPA] 

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Balance Oct. 1 ................................................................................................. 125 177 1,746 2,863 4,097

Receipts: 

Interest ......................................................................................................... 96 96 96 96 96

Recoveries ................................................................................................... 104 104 104 104 104

Fines and penalties...................................................................................... 2 2 2 2 2

Taxes ........................................................................................................... - 1,569 2,189 2,306 2,366

Offsetting collections.................................................................................... - --- -

General revenues ........................................................................................ 1,182 1,509 - - -

Total receipts ........................................................................................... 1,384 2,830 2,391 2,508 2,568

Appropriations.................................................................................................. 1,307 1,236 1,236 1,236 1,236

Other expenses................................................................................................ 25 25 25 38 38

Balance Sept. 30.............................................................................................. 177 1,746 2,863 4,097 5,391

1

 Reporting in this Superfund Trust Fund table is consistent with previously reported 

presentations. However, the structure of this table may not accurately reflect the status of 

this trust fund. As a result, this table may be revised in future reports and other resources 

should be utilized for accurate trust fund reporting. 
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INTRODUCTION: Highway Trust Fund 

The Highway Trust Fund was established on the books 

of the Treasury in fiscal year 1957, according to provisions 

of the Highway Revenue Act of 1956 (Act of June 29, 1956, 

chapter 462, section 209). It has been amended and extended 

by various highway surface transportation and other acts 

since 1959. Section 1110(d) of the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy For 

Users (SAFETEA-LU) (Public Law 109-59) extended the 

Highway Trust Fund to be available for making expenditures 

before September 30, 2009 (October 1, 2009, in the case of 

expenditures for administrative expenses). 

Amounts equivalent to taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel, 

special motor fuels, certain tires, heavy trucks and trailers, 

and heavy vehicle use are designated by the Act to be 

appropriated and transferred from the general fund of the 

Treasury to the trust fund. These transfers are made twice 

monthly based on estimates by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

subject to later adjustments to reflect the amount of actual 

tax receipts. Amounts available in the fund exceeding outlay 

requirements are invested in non-interest-bearing public debt 

securities. 

Within the fund is a mass transit account, funded by a 

portion of the excise tax collections under sections 4041 and 

4081 of the IRC (title 26 United States Code). The funds 

from this account are used for expenditures in accordance 

with chapter 53 of title 49 United States Code, the 

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 

(Public Law 102-240), the Transportation Equity Act for the 

21st Century (TEA-21), and SAFETEA-LU. The remaining 

excise taxes are included in a separate account within the 

trust fund commonly referred to as the highway account. 

Expenditures from this account are made according to the 

provisions of various transportation acts. 

Amounts required for outlays to carry out the eligible 

surface transportation programs are made available to the 

responsible operating administrations within the Department 

of Transportation. Other charges to the trust fund are made 

by the Secretary of the Treasury for transfer of certain taxes 

to the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the Aquatic 

Resources Trust Fund. 

The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 

Secretary of Transportation, is required to submit annual 

reports to Congress by section 9602(a) of title 26 United 

States Code. These reports cover the financial condition and 

results of operations of the fund for the past fiscal year and 

expected condition and operations during the next 5 fiscal 

years. 

In addition, the Secretary of the Treasury is required by 

26 U.S.C. 9503(d)(7) to report to specified Congressional 

Committees any estimate which he, in consultation with the 

Secretary of Transportation, makes pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 

9503(d)(1) or any determination which he makes pursuant to 

26 U.S.C. 9503(d)(2). The Congressional Committees are 

the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 

Representatives, the Committee on Finance of the Senate, 

the Committees on the Budget of both Houses, the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

House of Representatives, and the Committee on 

Environment and Public Works of the Senate. 
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TABLE TF-6.—Highway Trust Fund 

Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2010 

[Source: DOT] 

Description IRC section (26 United States Code) Amount

Balance Oct. 1, 2009 * ......................................................................................................................................................................................... $14,093,569,808 

Receipts: Excise taxes (transferred from general fund): Gasoline ........................................................................................................ 4081.......................................................................... 24,836,919,000

Diesel and special motor fuels...................................................................... 4041.......................................................................... 9,135,819,000

Highway tires................................................................................................. 4071.......................................................................... 318,251,000

Retail tax on trucks........................................................................................ 4051.......................................................................... 1,562,325,000

Heavy vehicle use......................................................................................... 4481.......................................................................... 886,623,000

Total excise taxes .................................................................................................................................................................................... 36,739,937,000

Less refunds and tax credits (reimbursed to general fund): 

Diesel fuel..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 363,476,900

Gasoline ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 205,591,620

Total refunds and tax credits ................................................................................................................................................................... 569,068,520

Less transfers: 

To Land and Water Conservation Fund ...................................................................................................................................................... 1,000,000

To Aquatic Resources Trust Fund............................................................................................................................................................... 490,006,000

To Airport Resources Trust Fund ................................................................................................................................................................ 712,143,000

To general fund............................................................................................................................................................................................ 6,800,000

Total transfers .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1,209,949,000

Other income: 

Fines and penalties...................................................................................................................................................................................... 24,918,331

Cash Management Improvement Act interest (net)..................................................................................................................................... 17,485,140

Transfer from TIFIA loan subsidy re-estimate ............................................................................................................................................. 5,404,435

Transfer from general fund – P.L. 110-318 ................................................................................................................................................. 19,500,000,000

Total other income ................................................................................................................................................................................... 19,547,807,906

Net receipts .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 54,508,727,386

Expenses: 

Federal Highway Administration: 

Federal aid to highways............................................................................................................................................................................... 30,778,205,296

Right-of-way revolving fund ......................................................................................................................................................................... -15,727,853

Appalachian Development Highway System............................................................................................................................................... -1,339,064

Other ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 41,355,056

Total ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 30,802,493,435

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ............................................................................................................................................... 512,972,013

Federal Transit Administration..................................................................................................................................................................... 7,362,974,530

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: 

Operations and research ......................................................................................................................................................................... 120,369,342

Highway traffic safety grants.................................................................................................................................................................... 565,787,030

National driver register............................................................................................................................................................................. 4,723,463

Total ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 690,879,835

Federal Railroad Administration: 

Other agencies............................................................................................................................................................................................. 370,450

Total expenses......................................................................................................................................................................................... 39,369,690,263

Balance Sept. 30, 2010........................................................................................................................................................................................ $29,232,606,931

* Due to rounding in the prior year table, the closing balance does not equal the actual 

balance shown here. 
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Highway Trust Fund 

Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2011-2015 * 

[In billions of dollars. Source: DOT] 

Combined Statement Highway and Mass Transit Accounts 

 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Balance Oct. 1 ............................................................... 29 22 10 -2 -14

Receipts: 

Excise taxes, net of refunds....................................... 38 39 40 41 42

Interest, net ................................................................ - - - - -

Total receipts ......................................................... 38 39 40 41 42

Outlays........................................................................... 45 51 52 53 54

Balance Sept. 30............................................................ 22 10 -2 -14 -26

 

Mass Transit Account 

 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 

Balance Oct. 1 .................................................................... 9 6 1 -4 -8

Receipts: 

Excise taxes, net of refunds............................................ 5 5 5 5 5

Interest, net ..................................................................... - - - - -

Total receipts .............................................................. 5 5 5 5 5

Outlays................................................................................ 8 10 10 9 9

Balance Sept. 30................................................................. 6 1 -4 -8 -12

 

Highway Account 

 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 

Balance Oct. 1 ......................................................................... 20 16 8 - -8

Receipts: 

+Excise taxes, net of refunds .............................................. 33 34 35 36 36

Interest, net .......................................................................... - - - - -

Total receipts ................................................................... 33 34 35 36 36

Outlays..................................................................................... 37 42 43 44 45

Balance Sept. 30...................................................................... 16 8 - -8 -17

Unfunded authorizations (EOY)............................................... 104 105 106 107 107

Forty-eight-month revenue estimate........................................ 140 143 145 147 148

 

* Assumes the current stream of revenues and spending levels are maintained. Numbers may 

not add due to rounding. 
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TABLE TF-6A.—Highway Trust Fund 

The following information is released according to the 

provisions of the Byrd Amendment [codified at 26 United 

States Code 9503(d)] and represents data concerning the 

Highway Trust Fund. The figure described as “unfunded 

authorizations” is the latest estimate received from the DOT 

for fiscal year 2011. 

The 48-month revenue estimates for the highway and 

mass transit accounts, respectively, include the latest 

estimates received from Treasury’s Office of Tax Analysis 

for excise taxes, net of refunds. They represent net highway 

receipts for those periods beginning at the close of fiscal 

year 2011. 

Highway Account * 

[In billions of dollars. Source: DOT] 

Commitments (unobligated balances plus unpaid obligations, fiscal year 2012) .............................................................................................................. 105 

less: 

Cash balance (fiscal year 2012) ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 

Unfunded authorizations (fiscal year 2012)........................................................................................................................................................................ 97 

48-month revenue estimate (fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016)............................................................................................................................ 143

* Assumes the current stream of revenues and spending levels are maintained. 

Mass Transit Account * 

[In billions of dollars. Source: DOT] 

Commitments (unobligated balances plus unpaid obligations, fiscal year 2012) .............................................................................................................. 17 

less: 

Cash balance (fiscal year 2012) ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 

Unfunded authorizations (fiscal year 2012)........................................................................................................................................................................ 16 

48-month revenue estimate (fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016)............................................................................................................................ 20 

* Assumes the current stream of revenues and spending levels are maintained. Numbers 

may not add due to rounding. 
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INTRODUCTION: Inland Waterways Trust Fund 

The Inland Waterways Trust Fund was established by the 

Treasury in fiscal year 1984, pursuant to section 203 of the 

Inland Waterways Revenue Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-

502) and continued pursuant to section 1405 of the Water 

Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-662, 

codified at 26 United States Code 9506). Under 26 United 

States Code 9506(b), amounts from taxes on fuel used in 

commercial transportation on inland waterways, as 

determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, are 

appropriated to the trust fund. 

The Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 

(Public Law 100-647, approved November 10, 1988) 

increased the tax each year, 1990 through 1995. These 

amounts are transferred quarterly from the general fund 

based on estimates made by the Secretary, subject to 

adjustments in later transfers to the amounts of actual tax 

receipts. 

The Secretary of the Treasury invests in interest-bearing 

obligations of the United States that portion of the trust fund, 

in his judgment, not required to meet current withdrawals. 

The interest on, and proceeds from, the sale or redemption of 

any obligation held in the trust fund is credited to the trust 

fund. The Inland Waterways Revenue Act of 1978 (Public 

Law 95-502) provides that amounts in the trust fund shall be 

available as provided, by appropriations acts, for 

construction and rehabilitation expenditures for navigation 

on the inland and intracoastal waterways of the United States 

described in 33 United States Code 1804. Expenditures must 

be otherwise authorized by law. 

Annual reports to Congress are required by 26 United 

States Code 9602(a) to be submitted by the Secretary of the 

Treasury. These reports are required to cover the financial 

condition and the results of operations of the fund during the 

past fiscal year and its expected condition and operations 

during the next 5 fiscal years. 

TABLE TF-7.—Inland Waterways Trust Fund 

Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2010 

[Source: Department of the Army Corps of Engineers] 

Balance Oct. 1, 2009........................................................................................................................................................................................... $57,723,355

Receipts: 

Fuel taxes/revenues......................................................................................................................................................................................... 73,948,000

Interest on investments.................................................................................................................................................................................... 128,203

Gain on sale of investments ............................................................................................................................................................................ 843

Total receipts................................................................................................................................................................................................ 74,076,203

Transfers: 

Corps of Engineers .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 73,284,670

Balance Sept. 30, 2010........................................................................................................................................................................................ $58,514,888

Inland Waterways Trust Fund 

Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2011-2015 * 

[In millions of dollars. Source: Department of the Army Corps of Engineers] 

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 

Balance Oct. 1....................................................................................................... 59 42 34 35 33

Receipts: 

Fuel taxes.......................................................................................................... 77 77 79 80 81

Interest on investments..................................................................................... - - - - -

Total receipts................................................................................................. 77 77 79 80 81

Transfers: 

Corps of Engineers ........................................................................................... 94 85 78 82 80

Balance Sept. 30................................................................................................... 42 34 35 33 34

 

* Outyear projections are based on economic conditions and agencies’ best projections of 

revenues and expenditures. 
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INTRODUCTION: Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 

The Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust 

Fund was established in fiscal year 1981 according to 

provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 

Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-510, 

codified at 26 United States Code 9508), as amended by the 

Superfund Amendments and Re-authorization Act of 1986 

(Public Law 99-499, dated October 17, 1986), sections 13163I 

and 13242(d)(42) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 

of 1993 (Public Law 103-66, dated August 10, 1993), and 

section 1032(e)(13) of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1987 

(Public Law 105-34, dated August 5, 1997). 

The LUST Trust Fund is financed by taxes collected on 

gasoline, diesel fuels, special motor fuels, aviation fuels and 

fuels used in commercial transportation on inland 

waterways. Amounts available in the LUST Trust Fund, 

exceeding current expenditure requirements, are invested by 

the Secretary of the Treasury in interest-bearing Government 

securities (e.g., Treasury bills). All interest earned is credited 

directly to the LUST Trust Fund. 

To carry out the LUST program, amounts are 

appropriated for the LUST Trust Fund to the EPA for 

programmatic and administrative expenses. 

An annual report to Congress by the Secretary of the 

Treasury is required by 26 United States Code 9602(a). 

These reports present the financial condition of the LUST 

Trust Fund and results of operations for the past fiscal year 

and its expected condition and operations during the next 5 

fiscal years. 

TABLE TF-8.—Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 

Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2010 1, 2

[Source: EPA] 

Balance Oct. 1, 2009...................................................................................................................................................................................... $3,008,000,000 

Receipts: 

Taxes.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 169,000,000 

Interest........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 134,000,000 

Gross tax receipts .................................................................................................................................................................................. 303,000,000 

Undisbursed balances: 

Environmental Protection Agency Leaking Underground Storage Tank balances ................................................................................... - 

Total undisbursed balances ................................................................................................................................................................... - 

Expenses: 

Environmental Protection Agency Leaking Underground Storage Tank expenses .................................................................................. 113,000,000 

Other expenses.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1,000,000 

Total expenses....................................................................................................................................................................................... 114,000,000 

Balance Sept. 30, 2010.................................................................................................................................................................................. $3,197,000,000 

1

 Reporting in this trust fund table is consistent with previously reported presentations. 

However, the structure of this table may not accurately reflect the status of this trust fund. 

As a result, this table may be revised in future reports and other resources should be 

utilized for accurate trust fund reporting. 

2

 Includes $200 million for American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) of 2009. 

Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund 

Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2010-2015 1

[In millions of dollars. Source: EPA] 

 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Balance Oct. 1................................................................................................................. 3,197 3,384 3,570 3,795 4,054

Receipts: 

Taxes........................................................................................................................... 179 181 183 187 190

Interest ........................................................................................................................ 121 117 154 184 210

Total receipts........................................................................................................... 300 298 337 371 400

Appropriations ................................................................................................................. 113 112 112 112 112

Other Expenses .............................................................................................................. - - - - -

Balance Sept. 30............................................................................................................. 3,384 3,570 3,795 4,054 4,342

1

 Reporting in this trust fund table is consistent with previously reported presentations. 

However, the structure of this table may not accurately reflect the status of the trust fund. 

As a result, this table may be revised in future reports and other resources should be 

utilized for accurate trust fund reporting. 
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INTRODUCTION: Nuclear Waste Fund 

The Nuclear Waste Fund was established on the books of 

the Treasury in fiscal year 1983, according to section 302 of 

the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 [Public Law 97-425, 

codified at 42 United States Code 10222I]. Receipts 

represent fees collected from public utilities based on 

electricity generated by nuclear power reactors and spent 

nuclear fuel. Expenditures from the fund are for purposes of 

radioactive waste disposal activities. 

Amounts available in the fund exceeding current needs 

may be invested by the Secretary of the Treasury in 

obligations of the United States (1) having maturities in 

tandem with the needs of the waste fund and (2) bearing 

interest at rates determined appropriate, taking into 

consideration the current average market yield on 

outstanding marketable obligations of the United States with 

remaining periods to maturity comparable to the maturities 

of such investments, except that the interest rate on such 

investments shall not exceed the average interest rate 

applicable to existing borrowings. 

An annual report to Congress by the Secretary of the 

Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of the 

Department of Energy (DOE), is required by 42 United 

States Code 10222(e)(1). This report must present the 

financial condition and the results of operations of the waste 

fund during the preceding fiscal year. 

TABLE TF-9.—Nuclear Waste Fund 

Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2010 

[Source: DOE] 

Balance Sept. 30, 2009........................................................................................................................................................................................ $10,469,566

Receipts: 

Fees collected.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 754,373,444

Penalties and interest on fee payments........................................................................................................................................................... -

Interest on investments.................................................................................................................................................................................... 1,180,440,536

Total receipts................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1,934,813,980

Nonexpenditure transfers: 

SF-1151 transfers in (+)................................................................................................................................................................................... -

SF-1151 transfers out (-).................................................................................................................................................................................. -32,891,000

Net nonexpenditure transfers....................................................................................................................................................................... -32,891,000

Outlays: 

DOE radioactive waste disposal activities ....................................................................................................................................................... 103,581,130

Cost investments.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1,803,978,903

Total outlays................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1,907,560,033

Balance Sept. 30, 2010........................................................................................................................................................................................ $4,832,513

 
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CHARTS TF-A and B.—Major Trust Funds 

[Data depicted in these charts are derived from the Trust Fund tables, which are provided by various 

Government agencies. See tables TF-1, TF-3, TF-5, TF-6 and TF-9.] 

-300

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300

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900

1200

1500

Nuclear

Waste

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Airport and

Airway

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Hazardous

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Superfund

2009

2010

Interest on

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Fiscal Years

2009-2010

(In millions of dollars)

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

55

60

Highway

Trust Fund

Airport

and

Airway

Trust Fund

Black

Lung

Trust Fund

Nuclear

Waste

Fund

Hazardous

Substance

Superfund

Receipts

Expenses

Receipts and

Expenses,

Fiscal Year

2010

(In billions of dollars)
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INTRODUCTION: Reforestation Trust Fund 

The Reforestation Trust Fund was established on the 

books of the Treasury in fiscal year 1981 to continue 

through September 30, 1985, according to provisions of 

Title III—Reforestation, of the Recreational Boating Safety 

and Facilities Improvement Act of 1980 [Public Law 96-

451, codified at 16 United States Code 1606a(a)]. 

The act provides that the Secretary of the Treasury shall 

transfer to the trust fund tariffs, limited to not more than $30 

million for any fiscal year, received in the Treasury from 

October 1, 1979, through September 30, 1985, on (1) rough 

and primary wood products and wood waste; (2) lumber, 

flooring and moldings; and (3) wood veneers, plywood, 

other wood-veneer assemblies and building boards. Public 

Law 99-190, title II, 99 Statutes at Large 1245, extended the 

receipts for the trust fund. Amounts available in the 

reforestation trust fund exceeding current withdrawals are 

invested in interest-bearing obligations of the United States 

or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest 

by the United States. The interest on, and the proceeds from 

the sale or redemption of, any obligations are credited to the 

trust fund. 

The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture is 

authorized to obligate available sums in the trust fund 

(including any amounts not obligated in previous years) for 

(1) reforestation and timber stand improvement and (2) 

administrative costs of the Government for these activities. 

Annual reports are required by 16 United States Code 

1606aI (1) to be submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

after consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, on the 

financial condition and the results of the operations of the 

trust fund during the past fiscal year and on its expected 

condition and operations during the next fiscal year. 

TABLE TF-10.—Reforestation Trust Fund 

Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2010 

[Source: Department of Agriculture] 

Balance Oct. 1, 2009 ........................................................................................................................................................................................... $5,672,644

Receipts: 

Excise taxes (tariffs)......................................................................................................................................................................................... 30,000,000

Redemption of investment ............................................................................................................................................................................... -

Total receipts................................................................................................................................................................................................ 30,000,000

Expenses: 

Expenditure ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 30,562,900

Total expenses............................................................................................................................................................................................. 30,562,900

Adjustment ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... -

Balance Sept. 30, 2010........................................................................................................................................................................................ $5,109,744

Reforestation Trust Fund 

Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2011 

[In thousands of dollars. Source: Department of Agriculture] 

Balance Oct. 1..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5,110

Receipts: 

Excise taxes (tariffs)........................................................................................................................................................................................ 30,000

Redemption of investment .............................................................................................................................................................................. -

Total receipts............................................................................................................................................................................................... 30,000

Outlays ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 30,000

Balance Sept. 30................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5,110
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INTRODUCTION: Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund 

The Aquatic Resources Trust Fund (ARTF) was 

established on the books of the Treasury pursuant to the 

Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 [Public Law 98-369, division 

A, title X, section 1016(a), approved July 18, 1984]. The 

ARTF was restructured and renamed the Sport Fish 

Restoration and Boating Trust Fund by the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: 

A Legacy for Users or “SAFETEA-LU” [Public Law 109-

59, title XI, subtitle B, part 2, section 11115, approved 

August 10, 2005,] as amended by the Sportfishing and 

Recreational Boating Safety Amendments Act of 2005 

[Public Law 109-74, approved September 29, 2005]. P.L. 

109-59 (The Transportation Equity Act) comprehensively 

amended and reauthorized the Sport Fish Restoration 

Program to (beginning in fiscal years 2006-2009) 

permanently appropriate boat safety funding and modify 

distribution of funds whereby all accounts will annually 

receive a fixed percentage of the total fund revenue, 

eliminated the ARTF to create a Sport Fish Restoration and 

Boating Trust Fund, and modified the excise tax on certain 

sport fishing equipment. P.L. 109-59 expired September 30, 

2009. Reauthorization is currently pending before Congress. 

Effective October 1, 2005, motorboat fuel taxes (less $1 

million transferred to the Land and Water Conservation 

Fund) and small engine gasoline taxes [pursuant to the 

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Public Law 

101-508, title XI, section 11211(i)(2) and (3)] were 

transferred from the Highway Trust Fund to the Sport Fish 

Restoration and Boating Trust Fund. In addition, amounts 

equivalent to the excise taxes received on sport fishing 

equipment and import duties on fishing tackle, yachts, and 

pleasure craft are appropriated into the fund. 

Amounts in the trust fund are used, as provided by 

appropriation acts, for the purposes of carrying out the 

Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act, approved 

August 9, 1950, the purposes of section 13106 of title 46, 

United States Code, the purpose of section 7404)d) of the 

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, and the 

Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act 

(as amended by SAFETEA-LU). 

When the provisions of 26 United States Code 9602(b) 

are met, amounts available in the fund exceeding outlay 

requirements are invested in public debt securities with the 

interest credited to the fund. 

Annual reports to Congress required by 26 United States 

Code 9602(a), are submitted by the Secretary of the 

Treasury. These reports are required to cover the financial 

condition and results of operations of the fund during the 

past fiscal year and those expected during the next 5 fiscal 

years. 
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TABLE TF-11.—Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund 

Sport Fish Restoration Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2010 

[Source: Bureau of the Public Debt] 

Balance Oct. 1, 2009 ............................................................................................................................................................................................ $681,695,057

Revenue: 

Tax revenue: 

Gas, motorboat ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 387,999,000

Fish equipment.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 87,531,000

Electronic outboard motors........................................................................................................................................................................... 2,224,000

Customs/import duties .................................................................................................................................................................................. 36,174,309

Gas, motorboat small engines ...................................................................................................................................................................... 102,007,000

Total, tax revenue ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 615,935,309

Investment revenue: 

Interest on investments................................................................................................................................................................................. 20,999,165

Loss on sale of securities.............................................................................................................................................................................. 134,304

Total, investment revenue......................................................................................................................................................................... 21,133,469

Total revenue ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 637,068,778

Nonexpenditure appropriations: 

Interior ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 461,647,658

Interior (U.S. Coast Guard)........................................................................................................................................................................... 120,809,841

Interior (Corps of Engineers)......................................................................................................................................................................... 84,566,889

Total appropriations .................................................................................................................................................................................. 667,024,388

Balance Sept. 30, 2010......................................................................................................................................................................................... $651,739,447

Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund 

Sport Fish Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2011-2015 

[In thousands of dollars. Source: Department of the Interior] 

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 

Balance Oct. 1 ..................................................................................... 651,739 668,515 684,482 702,969 719,883

Receipts/revenue: 

Taxes ............................................................................................ 629,000 644,000 657,000 672,000 686,000

Interest .......................................................................................... 38,098 39,065 44,552 46,466 46,430

Transfers....................................................................................... - - - - -

Total receipts ............................................................................ 667,098 683,065 701,552 718,466 732,430

Expenses: 

Expenses/transfers ....................................................................... 650,322 667,098 683,065 701,552 718,466

Total expenses.......................................................................... 650,322 667,098 683,065 701,552 718,466

Balance Sept. 30............................................................................... 668,515 684,482 702,969 719,883 733,847
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Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund 

Boating Safety Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2010 

[Source: Bureau of the Public Debt] 

Balance Oct. 1, 2009........................................................................................................................................................................................... $24,260,445

Revenue: 

Investment revenue: 

Interest on investments ................................................................................................................................................................................... 2,981

Loss on sale of securities................................................................................................................................................................................ - 

Total investment revenue................................................................................................................................................................................ 2,981

Total revenue .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2,981

Nonexpenditure appropriations: 

+*Interior (Coast Guard).................................................................................................................................................................................. 16,135,182

Interior ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8,128,245

Total appropriations..................................................................................................................................................................................... 24,263,427

Balance Sept. 30, 2010....................................................................................................................................................................................... -

Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund 

Boating Safety Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2011-2015 

[In thousands of dollars. Source: Department of Transportation] 

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 

Balance Oct. 1 ............................................................................. - - - - -

Receipts/revenue: 

Taxes ....................................................................................... --- - -

Interest ..................................................................................... --- - -

Transfers.................................................................................. - - - - -

Total receipts ....................................................................... - - - - -

Expenses: 

Expenses/outlays..................................................................... --- - -

Transfers FWS, USCG ............................................................ - - - - -

Total expenses..................................................................... - - - - -

Balance Sept. 30.......................................................................... - - - - -

* In accordance with Public Law 109-59, the old Boat Safety Account will be liquidated by the 

end of fiscal year 2010. 
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INTRODUCTION: Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 

The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund was established on the 

books of the Treasury by section 8033 of the Omnibus Budget 

Reconciliation Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-509). It was made 

effective on January 1, 1990, by section 7811(m)(3) of the 

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 (Public Law 

101-239) and amended by section 9001of the Oil Pollution 

Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-380). The Energy Improvement 

and Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-343) increased 

the barrel tax on petroleum from five cents per barrel to eight 

cents from 2009 through 2016, and to nine cents in 2017. The 

act also repeals the requirement that the tax be suspended 

when the unobligated balance exceeds $2.7 billion. 

Amounts equivalent to the taxes received from the 

environmental tax on petroleum, but only to the extent of the 

Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund rate, are appropriated to the 

fund. 

Certain amounts were transferred from other funds and 

were appropriated to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund as 

provided by 26 United States Code 9509(b). Certain paid 

penalties and amounts recovered for damages are also 

appropriated to the fund. 

Amounts in the fund are available for oil spill cleanup 

costs and certain other related purposes as provided by 

appropriations acts or section 6002(b) of the Oil Pollution Act 

of 1990 (Public Law 101-380). 

When the provisions of 26 United States Code 9602(b) are 

met, amounts available in the fund exceeding outlay 

requirements are invested in public debt securities. Interest is 

credited to the fund. 

Annual reports to Congress, required by 26 United States 

Code 9602(a), are submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury. 

These reports are required to cover the financial condition and 

results of operations of the fund during the past fiscal year and 

those expected during the next 5 fiscal years. 
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TABLE TF-12.—Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 

Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2010 

[Source: Bureau of the Public Debt] 

Balance Oct. 1, 2009 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... $1,313,962,706

Revenue: 

Tax on crude oil/petroleum products ......................................................................................................................................................................... -

Other income.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. -

Trans-Alaska Pipeline liability fund deposit ............................................................................................................................................................... -

Cost recoveries .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 521,331,674

Fines and penalties.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19,151,625

Excise taxes ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 475,850,807

Net revenue before interest ................................................................................................................................................................................... 1,016,334,106

Investment income: 

Interest on investments.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 18,721,405

Realized gain ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. -

Total investment income ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 18,721,405

Total revenue ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1,035,055,511

Expenditure: 

Treasury administrative expense – BPD ................................................................................................................................................................... 80,964

Nonexpenditure transfers: 

Transfer to Denali commission .................................................................................................................................................................................. 7,142,869

Transfer to Interior...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6,303,000

Transfer to EPA.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18,379,000

Transfer to DOT ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... -

Transfer to U.S. Coast Guard-70x8312 (claims) ....................................................................................................................................................... 42,288,016

Transfer to U.S. Coast Guard-70x8349 (emergency fund) ....................................................................................................................................... 700,225,795

Transfer to U.S. Coast Guard-annual (earmarked) ................................................................................................................................................... 45,000,000

Transfer to North Pacific ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 18,905,000

Total nonexpenditure transfers .............................................................................................................................................................................. 838,243,680

Total expenditure/nonexpenditure transfers .......................................................................................................................................................... 838,324,644

Balance Sept. 30, 2010.................................................................................................................................................................................................. $1,510,693,573

Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund 

Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2011-2015 

[In millions of dollars. Source: Department of Homeland Security] 

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Balance Oct. 1 ............................................................................................... 1,511 1,491 1,831 2,176 2,525

Estimated receipts ......................................................................................... 885 544 536 540 546

Estimated expenses ...................................................................................... 905 204 191 191 191

Balance Sept. 30............................................................................................ 1,491 1,831 2,176 2,525 2,880
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INTRODUCTION: Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund 

The Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund was 

created on the books of the Treasury by section 9202 of the 

Revenue Act of 1987 (Public Law 100-203, approved 

December 22, 1987). Excise taxes on diphtheria, pertussis, 

tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, hepatitis B, 

haemophilus influenza type b, varicella, rotavirus, 

pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, hepatitis A (26 United 

States Code 4131), and trivalent influenza are appropriated 

into the trust fund, which is the source of funds to pay 

compensation awards for a vaccine-related injury or death 

occurring after October 1, 1988, as well as program 

administrative expenses. Additionally, two new vaccines 

have been added for coverage effective February 1, 2007; the 

meningococcal vaccine and the human papillomavirus 

vaccine. 

Annual reports to Congress, required by 26 United States 

Code 9602(a), are submitted by the Secretary of the 

Treasury. These reports are required to cover the financial 

condition and results of operations of the fund during the past 

fiscal year and those expected during the next 5 fiscal years. 

TABLE TF-13.—Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund 

Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2010 

[Source: Bureau of the Public Debt] 

Balance Oct. 1, 2009 ........................................................................................................................................................................................... $3,241,043,091

Receipts: 

Excise tax receipts ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 217,638,000

Interest on investments.................................................................................................................................................................................... 99,228,845

Total receipts................................................................................................................................................................................................ 316,866,845

Expenditure appropriations: 

U.S. Court of Federal Claims expenses .......................................................................................................................................................... 5,428,000

U.S. Department of Justice expenses ............................................................................................................................................................. 7,833,000

GF Transfer – program management.............................................................................................................................................................. 194,075,283

Total outlays................................................................................................................................................................................................. 207,336,283

Nonexpenditure appropriations: 

Health resources.............................................................................................................................................................................................. -

Total expenditures/nonexpenditure appropriations ..................................................................................................................................... 207,336,283

Balance Sept. 30, 2010........................................................................................................................................................................................ $3,241,043,091

Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund 

Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2011-2015 

[In thousands of dollars. Source: Department of Health and Human Services ] 

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 

Balance Oct. 1 ........................................................................................ 3,241,043 3,444,405 3,654,461 3,871,413 4,095,467

Receipts (from tax) ................................................................................. 242,280 249,548 257,035 264,746 272,688

Interest on investments....................................................................... 102,243 105,310 108,470 111,724 115,075

Total receipts .................................................................................. 344,523 354,858 365,505 376,470 387,763

Outlays: 

U.S. Court of Federal Claims expenses ............................................. 8,528 8,528 8,528 8,528 8,528

U.S. Department of Justice expenses ................................................ 11,258 11,258 11,258 11,258 11,258

Total outlays.................................................................................... 19,786 19,786 19,786 19,786 19,786

Nonexpenditure transfers: 

Transfers to health resources............................................................. 121,375 125,016 128,767 132,630 136,609

Total outlays/transfers .................................................................... 141,161 144,802 148,553 152,416 156,395

Balance Sept. 30..................................................................................... 3,444,405 3,654,461 3,871,413 4,095,467 4,326,835
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INTRODUCTION: Wool Research, Development, 

and Promotion Trust Fund 

The Wool Research, Development, and Promotion Trust 

Fund was established in fiscal year 2000 with a sunset 

provision effective January, 1, 2004, according to provisions 

of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (Public Law 

106-200, signed May 18, 2000). The Trade Act of 2002 

(Public Law 107-210, signed August 6, 2002) extended the 

sunset provision to January 1, 2006. The Miscellaneous 

Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004 (Public Law 

108-429, signed December 3, 2004) extended the sunset 

provision to 2008. The Pension Protection Act of 2006 

(Public Law 109-280, signed August 17, 2006) extended the 

sunset provision to 2010. The Emergency Economic 

Stabilization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-343, signed 

October 3, 2008) extended the sunset provision to 2015. 

The Act provides that the Secretary of the Treasury shall 

transfer to the trust fund out of the general fund of the U.S. 

Treasury amounts determined to be equivalent to the duty 

received on articles under chapters 51 and 52 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. The 

amount to be transferred is limited to $2,500,000 in any 

fiscal year and may be invested in U.S. Treasury securities. 

The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to provide grants 

to a nationally recognized council established for the 

development of the United States wool market for the 

following purposes: 

• Assist United States wool producers in improving 

the quality of wool and wool production methods for wool 

produced in the United States. 

• Disseminate information on improvements to United 

States wool producers. 

• Assist United States wool producers in developing 

and promoting the wool market. 

Annual reports to Congress are required on the financial 

condition and the results of the operations of the trust fund 

during the past fiscal year and on its expected condition and 

operations during the next fiscal year. 

TABLE TF-14.—Wool Research, Development, and Promotion Trust Fund 

Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2010 

[In thousands of dollars. Source: Department of Agriculture] 

Balance Oct. 1, 2009 ................................................................................................................................................................................................ -

Receipts: 

Harmonized tariff................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2,250

Total receipts..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2,250

Expenses: 

Expenditure ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2,250

Total expenses.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2,250

Balance Sept. 30, 2010............................................................................................................................................................................................ -

Wool Research, Development, and Promotion Trust Fund 

Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2011 

[In thousands of dollars. Source: Department of Agriculture] 

Balance Oct. 1........................................................................................................................................................................................................... -

Receipts: 

Harmonized tariff................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2,250

Total receipts..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2,250

Expenses: 

Expenditure ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2,250

Total expenses.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2,250

Balance Sept. 30...................................................................................................................................................................................................... -
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INTRODUCTION: Agriculture Disaster Relief Trust Fund 

The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public 

Law 110-246) created the “Agriculture Disaster Relief Trust 

Fund” (Disaster Trust Fund). The Disaster Trust Fund is 

described in Section 902 of the public law. 

The Disaster Trust Fund is appropriated an amount to 

3.08 percent of the amounts received in the general fund of 

the Treasury of the United States during fiscal years 2008 

through 2011 attributable to the duties collected on articles 

entered, or withdrawn from the warehouse, for consumption 

under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. 

The collection activity is made by the U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP). The CBP transfers the funds monthly to the Disaster 

Trust Fund Receipt Account. 

The Disaster Trust Fund shall make amounts available 

for the purpose of expenditures to meet obligations of the 

United States incurred under Section 901 of Section 531 of 

the Federal Crop Insurance Act. The Disaster Trust Fund 

will be used to make payments to farmers and ranchers 

under five disaster programs. 

• Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments 

Program (SURE) 

• Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) 

• Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) 

• Tree Assistance Program (TAP) 

• Emergency Assistance of Livestock, Honey Bees, 

and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) 

The Farm Service Agency shall invest such portions of 

the Disaster Trust Fund that is not required to meet current 

payment amounts. Investments may only be made in interest 

bearing obligations of the United States. 

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 

of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) created the “Agriculture 

Disaster Relief Trust Fund, Recovery Act” (Disaster Trust 

Fund-Recovery Act). The Disaster Trust Fund-Recovery Act 

provided for additional payments to farmers and ranchers 

from the SURE and TAP programs. The additional payments 

are tracked separately to meet the ARRA reporting 

requirements. 

The Disaster Trust Fund has indefinite borrowing 

authority via repayable advances. 

Annual reports to Congress, required by 26 United States 

Code 9602(a), are submitted by the Secretary of the 

Treasury. These reports are required to cover the financial 

condition and results of operations of the fund during the 

past fiscal year and those expected during the next 5 fiscal 

years. 

TABLE TF-15.—Agriculture Disaster Relief Trust Fund 

Results of Operations, Fiscal Year 2010 

[In thousands of dollars. Source: Department of Labor] 

Balance Oct. 1........................................................................................................................................................................................................... $1,533,443

Receipts: 

Transferred from customers.................................................................................................................................................................................. 776,282

Borrowing authority ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 295,621

Interest .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 463

Total receipts..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1,072,366

Outlays: 

Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program...................................................................................................................................... 978,588

Livestock Forage Disaster Program ..................................................................................................................................................................... 264,657

Livestock Indemnity Program................................................................................................................................................................................ 92,330

Tree Assistance Program ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1,515

Emergency Assistance of Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program.......................................................................................... 21,526

Total benefit payments...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1,358,616

Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program...................................................................................................................................... 578,169

Tree Assistance Program ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 158

Total benefit payments—Recovery Act ............................................................................................................................................................ 578,327

Interest .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. -

Total outlays...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1,936,943

Balance Sept. 30...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 668,866

Cumulative debt, end of year ................................................................................................................................................................................... 295,621
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Agriculture Disaster Relief Trust Fund Trust Fund 

Expected Condition and Results of Operations, Fiscal Years 2011-2015 

[In thousands of dollars. Source: Department of Health and Human Services ] 

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Balance Oct. 1 ............................................................................................ 668,866 231,866 231,866 231,866 231,866

Receipts: 

Transferred from customers ................................................................... 877,000 - - - -

Borrowing authority................................................................................. 884,000 1,523,000 1,284,000 - -

Interest .................................................................................................... - - - - -

Total receipts ...................................................................................... 1,761,000 1,523,000 1,284,000 - -

Outlays: 

Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program........................ 1,287,000 921,000 992,000 - -

Livestock Forage Disaster Program ....................................................... 524,000 474,000 228,000 - -

Livestock Indemnity Program ................................................................. 77,000 73,000 37,000 - -

Tree Assistance Program ....................................................................... 5,000 5,000 2,000 - -

Emergency Assistance of Livestock, Honey Bees, and FarmRaised Fish Program .......................................................................... 50,000 50,000 25,000 - -

Total benefit payments ....................................................................... 1,943,000 1,523,000 1,284,000 - -

Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program........................ 255,000 - - - -

Tree assistance program........................................................................ - - - - -

Total benefit payments—Recovery Act .............................................. 255,000 - - - -

Interest .................................................................................................... - - - - -

Total outlays........................................................................................ 2,198,000 1,523,000 1,284,000 - -

Balance Sept. 30..................................................................................... 231,866 231,866 231,866 231,866 231,866

Note.—Detail may not add to totals due to rounding. 
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Research Paper Series 

Available through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy 

9002. “Historical Trends in the U.S. Cost of Capital.” Robert Gillingham and John S. Greenlees. December 1990. 

9003. “The Effect of Marginal Tax Rates on Capital Gains Revenue: Another Look at the Evidence.” Robert Gillingham and 

John S. Greenlees. December 1990. 

9004. “An Econometric Model of Capital Gains Realization Behavior.” Robert Gillingham, John S. Greenlees, and Kimberly 

D. Zieschang. August 1990. 

9101. “The Impact of Government Deficits on Personal and National Saving Rates.” (Revised) Michael R. Darby, Robert 

Gillingham, and John S. Greenlees. February 1991. 

9102. “Social Security and the Public Debt.” James E. Duggan. October 1991. 

9201. “Issues in Eastern European Social Security Reform.” John C. Hambor. June 1992. 

9202. “Life-Health Insurance Markets.” John S. Greenlees and James E. Duggan. July 1992. 

9203. “Property-Casualty Insurance Markets.” Lucy Huffman and David Bernstein. August 1992. 

9301. “The Bank-Reported Data in the U.S. Balance of Payments: Basic Features and an Assessment of their Reliability.” 

Michael Cayton. February 1993. 

9302. “The Returns Paid to Early Social Security Cohorts.” James E. Duggan, Robert Gillingham, and John S. Greenlees. 

April 1993. 

9303. “Distributional Effects of Social Security: The Notch Issue Revisited.” James E. Duggan, Robert Gillingham, and John 

S. Greenlees. Revised April 1995. 

9501. “Progressive Returns to Social Security? An Answer from Social Security Records.” James E. Duggan, Robert 

Gillingham, and John S. Greenlees. November 1995. 

9701. “Housing Bias in the CPI and Its Effects on the Budget Deficit and Social Security Trust Fund.” James E. Duggan, 

Robert Gillingham, and John S. Greenlees. January 1997. 

9702. “An Improved Method for Estimating the Total Taxable Resources of the States.” Michael Compson and John 

Navratil. December 1997. 

2001-01. “Some Regulatory and Institutional Barriers to Congestion Pricing at Airports.” Edward Murphy and John D. 

Worth. May 2001. 

2001-02. “Actuarial Nonequivalence in Early and Delayed Social Security Benefit Claims.” James E. Duggan and 

Christopher J. Soares. June 2001. 
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2003-01. “Annuity Risk: Volatility and Inflation Exposure in Payments from Immediate Life Annuities.” Christopher J. 

Soares and Mark Warshawsky. January 2003. 

2005-01. “Possible Alternatives to the Medicare Trustees’ Long-Term Projections of Health Spending.” Jason D. Brown and 

Ralph M. Monaco. January 2005. 

2005-02. “The Long-Term Real Interest Rate for Social Security.” James A. Girola. March 2005. 

2006-01. “Implications of Returns on Treasury Inflation-Indexed Securities for Projections of the Long-Term Real Interest 

Rate.” James A. Girola. March 2006. 

2007-01. “Mortality and Lifetime Income Evidence from Social Security Records.” James E. Duggan, Robert Gillingham, 

and John S. Greenlees. December 2006. 

2007-02. “The Impact of Post-9/11 Visa Policies on Travel to the United States.” Brent Neiman and Phillip L. Swagel. 

June 2007. 

2008-01. “Prefunding Social Security Benefits to Achieve Intergenerational Fairness: Can It Be Done in the Social Security 

Trust Fund?” Randall P. Mariger. December 2008. 

2008-02. “Do Social Security Surpluses Pay Down Publicly Held Debt? Evidence from Budget Data.” Randall P. Mariger. 

December 2008. 

Copies may be obtained by writing to: 

Ann Bailey, Department of the Treasury 

1500 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Room 4409 MT 

Washington, DC 20220 

Telephone (202) 622-1519 or fax (202) 622-4112
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Glossary 

With References to Applicable Sections and Tables 

Source: Financial Management Service 

Amounts outstanding and in circulation (USCC)—Includes 

all issues by the Bureau of the Mint purposely intended as a 

medium of exchange. Coins sold by the Bureau of the Mint at 

premium prices are excluded; however, uncirculated coin sets 

sold at face value plus handling charge are included. 

Average discount rate (PDO-1, -2)—In Treasury bill auctions, 

purchasers tender competitive bids on a discount rate basis. 

The average discount rate is the weighted, or adjusted, 

average of all bids accepted in the auction. 

Budget authority (“Federal Fiscal Operations”)—Congress 

passes laws giving budget authority to Government entities, 

which gives the agencies the power to spend Federal funds. 

Congress can stipulate various criteria for the spending of 

these funds. For example, Congress can stipulate that a given 

agency must spend within a specific year, number of years, or 

any time in the future. 

The basic forms of budget authority are appropriations, 

authority to borrow, contract authority, and authority to 

obligate and expend offsetting receipts and collections. The 

period of time during which Congress makes funds available 

may be specified as 1-year, multiple-year, or no-year. The 

available amount may be classified as either definite or 

indefinite; a specific amount or an unspecified amount can 

be made available. Authority also may be classified as 

current or permanent. Permanent authority requires no 

current action by Congress. 

Budget deficit—The total, cumulative amount by which 

budget outlays (spending) exceed budget receipts (income). 

Cash management bills (PDO-1)—Marketable Treasury 

bills of irregular maturity lengths, sold periodically to fund 

short-term cash needs of Treasury. Their sale, having higher 

minimum and multiple purchase requirements than those of 

other issues, is generally restricted to competitive bidders. 

Competitive tenders (“Treasury Financing Operations”)—

A bid to purchase a stated amount of one issue of Treasury 

securities at a specified yield or discount. The bid is accepted 

if it is within the range accepted in the auction. (See 

Noncompetitive tenders.) 

Currency no longer issued (USCC)—Old and new series 

gold and silver certificates, Federal Reserve notes, national 

bank notes, and 1890 Series Treasury notes. 

 Debt outstanding subject to limitation (FD-6)—The debt 

incurred by the Treasury subject to the statutory limit set by 

Congress. Until World War I, a specific amount of debt was 

authorized to each separate security issue. Beginning with the 

Second Liberty Loan Act of 1917, the nature of the limitation 

was modified until, in 1941, it developed into an overall limit 

on the outstanding Federal debt. As of December 2010, the 

debt limit was $14,294,000 million; the limit may change 

from year to year. 

The debt subject to limitation includes most of 

Treasury’s public debt except securities issued to the Federal 

Financing Bank, upon which there is a limitation of $15 

billion, and certain categories of older debt (totaling 

approximately $595 million as of February 1991). 

Discount—The interest deducted in advance when purchasing 

notes or bonds. (See Accrued discount.) 

Discount rate (PDO-1)—The difference between par value 

and the actual purchase price paid, annualized over a 360-day 

year. Because this rate is less than the actual yield (couponequivalent rate), the yield should be used in any comparison 

with coupon issue securities. 

Dollar coins (USCC)—Include standard silver and nonsilver 

coins. 

Domestic series (FD-2)—Nonmarketable, interest- and noninterest-bearing securities issued periodically by Treasury to 

the Resolution Funding Corporation (RFC) for investment of 

funds authorized under section 21B of the Federal Home Loan 

Bank Act (12 United States Code 1441b). 

Federal intrafund transactions (“Federal Fiscal Operations”)—Intrabudgetary transactions in which payments and 

receipts both occur within the same Federal fund group 

(Federal funds or trust funds). 

Federal Reserve notes (USCC)—Issues by the U.S. 

Government to the public through the Federal Reserve banks 

and their member banks. They represent money owed by the 

Government to the public. Currently, the item “Federal 

Reserve notes—amounts outstanding” consists of new series 

issues. The Federal Reserve note is the only class of currency 

currently issued. 

Foreign (“Foreign Currency Positions,” IFS-2, -3)—

Locations other than those included under the definition of the 

United States. (See United States.) 

Foreigner (“Capital Movements,” IFS-2)—All institutions 

and individuals living outside the United States, including 

U.S. citizens living abroad, and branches, subsidiaries, and 

other affiliates abroad of U.S. banks and business concerns; 

central governments, central banks, and other official 

institutions of countries other than the United States; and 
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international and regional organizations, wherever located. 

Also refers to persons in the United States to the extent that 

they are known by reporting institutions to be acting for 

foreigners. 

Foreign official institutions (“Capital Movements”)—

Includes central governments of foreign countries, including 

all departments and agencies of national governments; central 

banks, exchange authorities, and all fiscal agents of foreign 

national governments that undertake activities similar to those 

of a treasury, central bank, or stabilization fund; diplomatic 

and consular establishments of foreign national governments; 

and any international or regional organization, including 

subordinate and affiliate agencies, created by treaty or 

convention between sovereign states. 

Foreign public borrower (“Capital Movements”)—Includes 

foreign official institutions, as defined above, the corporations 

and agencies of foreign central governments, including 

development banks and institutions, and other agencies that 

are majority-owned by the central government or its 

departments; and state provincial and local governments of 

foreign countries and their departments and agencies. 

Foreign-targeted issue (PDO-2)—Foreign-targeted issues 

were notes sold between October 1984 and February 1986 to 

foreign institutions, foreign branches of U.S. institutions, 

foreign central banks or monetary authorities, or to 

international organizations in which the United States held 

membership. Sold as companion issues, they could be 

converted to domestic (normal) Treasury notes with the same 

maturity and interest rates. Interest was paid annually. 

Fractional coins (USCC)—Coins minted in denominations 

of 50, 25, and 10 cents, and minor coins (5 cents and 1 cent). 

Government account series (FD-2)—Certain trust fund 

statutes require the Secretary of the Treasury to apply monies 

held by these funds toward the issuance of nonmarketable 

special securities. These securities are sold directly by 

Treasury to a specific Government agency, trust fund, or 

account. Their rate is based on an average of market yields on 

outstanding Treasury obligations, and they may be redeemed 

at the option of the holder. Roughly 80 percent of these are 

issued to five holders: the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 

Insurance Trust Fund; the civil service retirement and 

disability fund; the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund; the 

military retirement fund; and the Unemployment Trust Fund. 

Interfund transactions (“Federal Fiscal Operations”)—

Transactions in which payments are made from one fund 

group (either Federal funds or trust funds) to a receipt account 

in another group. 

International Monetary Fund (“Exchange Stabilization 

Fund,” IFS-1)—(IMF) Established by the United Nations, 

the IMF promotes international trade, stability of exchange, 

and monetary cooperation. Members are allowed to draw 

from the fund. 

Intrabudgetary transactions (“Federal Fiscal Operations”)—

These occur when payment and receipt both occur within the 

budget, or when payment is made from off-budget Federal 

entities whose budget authority and outlays are excluded from 

the budget totals. 

Noncompetitive tenders (“Treasury Financing Operations”)—This is a tender or bid to purchase a stated par 

amount of securities at the highest yield or discount rate 

awarded to competitive bidders for a single-price auction. 

Obligations (“Federal Fiscal Operations”)—An unpaid 

commitment to acquire goods or services. 

Off-budget Federal entities (“Federal Fiscal Operations”)—

Federally owned and controlled entities whose transactions are 

excluded from the budget totals under provisions of law. Their 

receipts, outlays, and surplus or deficit are not included in 

budget receipts, outlays, or deficits. Their budget authority is 

not included in totals of the budget. 

Outlays (“Federal Fiscal Operations”)—Payments on 

obligations in the form of cash, checks, the issuance of bonds 

or notes, or the maturing of interest coupons. 

Own foreign offices (“Capital Movements”)—Refers to 

U.S. reporting institutions’ parent organizations, branches 

and/or majority-owned subsidiaries located outside the United 

States. 

Par value—The face value of bonds or notes, including 

interest. 

Quarterly financing (“Treasury Financing Operations”)—

Treasury has historically offered packages of several 

“coupon” security issues on the 15th of February, May, 

August, and November, or on the next working day. These 

issues currently consist of a 3-year note, a 10-year note, and a 

30-year bond. Treasury sometimes offers additional amounts 

of outstanding long-term notes or bonds, rather than selling 

new security issues. (See Reopening.) 

Receipts (“Federal Fiscal Operations”)—Funds collected 

from selling land, capital, or services, as well as collections 

from the public (budget receipts), such as taxes, fines, duties, 

and fees. 

Reopening (PDO-2)—The offer for sale of additional 

amounts of outstanding issues, rather than an entirely new 

issue. A reopened issue will always have the same maturity 

date, CUSIP-number, and interest rate as the original issue. 

Special drawing rights (“Exchange Stabilization Fund,” 

IFS-1)—International assets created by IMF that serve to 

increase international liquidity and provide additional 

international reserves. SDRs may be purchased and sold 

among eligible holders through IMF. (See IMF.) 

SDR allocations are the counterpart to SDRs issued by 

IMF based on members’ quotas in IMF. Although shown in 

Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF) statements as liabilities, 
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they must be redeemed by ESF only in the event of 

liquidation of, or U.S. withdrawal from, the SDR department 

of IMF or cancellation of SDRs. 

SDR certificates are issued to the Federal Reserve 

System against SDRs when SDRs are legalized as money. 

Proceeds of monetization are deposited into an ESF account 

at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. 

Spot (“Foreign Currency Positions”)—Due for receipt or 

delivery within 2 workdays. 

State and local government series (SLGS) (FD-2)—Special 

nonmarketable certificates, notes, and bonds offered to State 

and local governments as a means to invest proceeds from 

their own tax-exempt financing. Interest rates and maturities 

comply with IRS arbitrage provisions. SLGS are offered in 

both time deposit and demand deposit forms. Time deposit 

certificates have maturities of up to 1 year. Notes mature in 1 

to 10 years and bonds mature in more than 10 years. Demand 

deposit securities are 1-day certificates rolled over with a rate 

adjustment daily. 

Statutory debt limit (FD-6)—By Act of Congress there is a 

limit, either temporary or permanent, on the amount of public 

debt that may be outstanding. When this limit is reached, 

Treasury may not sell new debt issues until Congress 

increases or extends the limit. For a detailed listing of changes 

in the limit since 1941, see the Budget of the United States 

Government. (See debt outstanding subject to limitation.) 

STRIPS (PDO-2)—Separate Trading of Registered Interest 

and Principal Securities. Long-term notes and bonds may be 

divided into principal and interest-paying components, which 

may be transferred and sold in amounts as small as $1,000. 

STRIPS are sold at auction at a minimum par amount, varying 

for each issue. The amount is an arithmetic function of the 

issue’s interest rate. 

Treasury bills—The shortest term Federal security (maturity 

dates normally varying from 3 to 12 months), are sold at a 

discount. 

Trust fund transaction (“Federal Fiscal Operations”)—

An intrabudgetary transaction in which both payments and 

receipts occur within the same trust fund group. 

United States—Includes the 50 States, District of Columbia, 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Midway 

Island, Virgin Islands, Wake Island, and all other territories 

and possessions. 

U.S. notes (USCC)—Legal tender notes of five different 

issues: 1862 ($5-$1,000 notes); 1862 ($1-$2 notes); 1863 ($5-

$1,000 notes); 1863 ($1-$10,000 notes); and 1901 ($10 notes). 
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