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L.223 Trade Credit
   Billions of dollars; amounts outstanding end of period, not seasonally adjusted                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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2005
2006
2007
2008
2009   Q1
2009   Q2
2009   Q3
2009   Q4
2010   Q1
2010   Q2
2010   Q3
LineAll sectors; trade payables; liability
	3003.6
	3195.9
	3398.0
	3255.9
	3204.3
	3211.0
	3238.8
	3271.1
	3325.5
	3403.0
	3445.4
	1Nonprofit organizations; trade payables; liability
	186.3
	199.9
	214.5
	230.2
	231.8
	233.8
	237.9
	241.2
	246.3
	251.3
	254.9
	2Nonfarm nonfinancial corporate business; trade payables; liability
	1699.4
	1813.0
	1898.9
	1669.0
	1589.9
	1576.9
	1571.8
	1607.0
	1639.1
	1691.2
	1730.1
	3Nonfarm nonfinancial noncorporate business; trade payables; liability
	329.4
	349.4
	378.7
	398.8
	394.1
	386.7
	377.9
	369.7
	362.0
	354.8
	349.7
	4Farm business; trade payables; liability
	6.3
	-0.7
	-4.8
	19.8
	23.1
	22.9
	24.8
	24.5
	27.8
	26.4
	21.0
	5State and local governments, excluding employee retirement funds; trade payables; liability
	482.0
	516.4
	553.5
	593.0
	602.5
	612.1
	621.8
	631.4
	641.1
	650.8
	660.6
	6Federal government; trade payables; liability
	202.7
	208.9
	238.2
	260.7
	255.6
	257.6
	268.8
	266.1
	282.1
	295.0
	289.5
	7Rest of the world; trade payables; liability
	54.5
	60.7
	73.1
	63.2
	59.5
	66.4
	68.9
	61.2
	65.0
	81.5
	84.5
	8Security brokers and dealers; trade payables; liability
	43.1
	48.3
	45.8
	21.2
	47.8
	54.5
	66.9
	70.1
	62.2
	52.0
	55.1
	9All sectors; trade receivables; asset
	2993.6
	3036.7
	3287.3
	3140.3
	3101.5
	3129.7
	3129.1
	3038.2
	3143.4
	3216.7
	3235.4
	10Nonfarm nonfinancial corporate business; trade receivables; asset
	2108.2
	2090.0
	2253.0
	2081.1
	2060.0
	2100.2
	2113.9
	2044.8
	2151.4
	2219.2
	2265.7
	11Nonfarm nonfinancial noncorporate business; trade receivables; asset
	430.9
	470.9
	525.6
	559.8
	551.7
	539.2
	524.2
	510.2
	497.0
	484.8
	476.2
	12State and local governments, excluding employee retirement funds; trade receivables; asset
	144.7
	158.5
	167.3
	162.5
	162.8
	165.6
	169.4
	171.7
	175.3
	173.8
	178.3
	13Federal government; trade receivables; asset
	71.0
	59.4
	60.6
	64.7
	65.0
	68.2
	70.6
	72.6
	74.6
	74.0
	72.3
	14Rest of the world; trade receivables; asset
	56.9
	62.8
	83.6
	89.9
	88.4
	91.5
	97.9
	95.0
	105.8
	124.2
	101.9
	15Property-casualty insurance companies; trade receivables; asset
	82.1
	87.0
	85.4
	86.7
	87.4
	87.3
	85.4
	83.0
	84.8
	86.7
	86.9
	16Issuers of asset-backed securities; trade receivables; asset
	99.8
	108.3
	111.7
	95.5
	86.1
	77.7
	67.8
	61.1
	54.4
	54.0
	54.1
	17Instrument discrepancies; trade receivables
	10.0
	159.2
	110.7
	115.6
	102.7
	81.3
	109.7
	232.8
	182.1
	186.3
	210.1
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|Nonprofit organizations; trade payables; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|Nonfarm nonfinancial corporate business; trade payables; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|Nonfarm nonfinancial noncorporate business; trade payables; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Farm business; trade payables; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|State and local governments, excluding employee retirement funds; trade payables; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|Federal government; trade payables; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
|Rest of the world; trade payables; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|Security brokers and dealers; trade payables; liability                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
|All sectors; trade receivables; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Nonfarm nonfinancial corporate business; trade receivables; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Nonfarm nonfinancial noncorporate business; trade receivables; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|State and local governments, excluding employee retirement funds; trade receivables; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
|Federal government; trade receivables; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|Rest of the world; trade receivables; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
|Property-casualty insurance companies; trade receivables; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|Issuers of asset-backed securities; trade receivables; asset                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|Instrument discrepancies; trade receivables                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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