FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

The Treasury Department announced today two additions to its statistical reporting, motivated by the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS). First, monthly data on the gross foreign claims and liabilities of the banking sector are published on the Internet.. Data are available on a global basis and for specific regions. The quarterly Treasury Bulletin also includes data on gross foreign claims and liabilities (Table CM I-4 for liabilities and Table CM II-3 for claims). A notice that monthly data are available on the Internet will be included in future editions of the Treasury Bulletin. Second, a maturity breakdown of total outstanding central government debt will be published in future releases of the Monthly Statement of Public Debt. Currently, a maturity breakdown is published only for marketable securities.

Data as of January 31, 1999 are as follows:

¹Maturity of over one year.
²Total is for public debt securities. Does not include agency securities, which cannot be broken down by maturity. However, these represent less than 1% of total outstanding debt of the federal government.

Maturity Breakdown of Total Outstanding Debt ($ millions)

Short-Term Debt

Treasury Bills

662,725

Nonmarketable

259,066

Total Short-Term Debt

921,791

Long-Term Debt1

Marketable

Treasury Notes

1,976,869

Treasury Bonds

653,209

Total Marketable

2,630,078

Nonmarketable

2,016,194

Total Long-Term Debt

4,646,272

Grand Total Outstanding Debt2

5,568,063

The SDDS was established in 1996 to provide guidance on the dissemination of economic and financial data for countries that have, or that might seek, access to international capital markets. The United States is a subscriber to the SDDS.