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Today's Date: May 7, 2009     Release Date: March 18, 2009     Next Release Date: June 17, 2009
Earliest Quarter Revised on March 18, 2009: No Revision

Table 11b. Foreign Official Assets and Other Foreign Assets in the United States Reported by U.S. Banks
[Millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted]
Line (Credits +; increase in foreign assets. Debits -; decrease in foreign assets.) 1997 1998
I II III IV I II III IV
A1 Foreign official assets in the United States, net (table 1, line 56) 27,763 -6,019 23,474 -26,182 11,072 -10,235 -46,640 25,900
      By type:  
2         U.S. Treasury securities (table 1, line 58) 22,351 -12,373 7,604 -24,272 11,336 -20,305 -32,823 31,871
3             Bills and certificates -2,662 -32,309 -2,340 -13,309 5,034 -18,998 -6,190 6,030
4             Bonds and notes, marketable 24,897 20,309 9,831 -11,078 6,186 -1,426 -26,755 26,118
5             Bonds and notes, nonmarketable 116 -373 113 115 116 119 122 -277
6         Other U.S. Government securities (table 1, line 59) 754 962 2,712 101 2,610 254 1,906 1,562
7         Other U.S. Government liabilities (table 1, line 60) -155 -286 -562 122 -954 -760 -281 -1,331
8         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks, not included elsewhere
             (table 1, line 61)
8,123 4,643 12,817 -3,297 -964 9,744 -12,948 -5,333
9             Banks' liabilities for own account, payable in dollars1 11,623 6,783 8,047 -3,831 1,734 -1,438 -17,258 -4,810
10                 Demand deposits 857 -886 263 569 -267 533 1,025 -602
11                 Time deposits1 -645 7,210 383 1,112 -1,430 -4,045 -8,161 1,746
12                 Other liabilities2 11,411 459 7,401 -5,512 3,431 2,074 -10,122 -5,954
13             Banks' custody liabilities, payable in dollars1 3 -3,500 -2,140 4,770 534 -2,698 11,182 4,310 -523
14         Other foreign official assets (table 1, line 62) -3,310 1,035 903 1,164 -956 832 -2,494 -869
      By area (see text table C)  
B1 Other foreign assets in the United States, net (table 1, lines 65 and 69) 49,587 66,654 41,214 122,006 -55,477 55,682 70,232 -2,087
      By type:  
2         U.S. Treasury securities (line 65) 29,053 33,928 36,133 31,321 -6,535 21,814 -5,082 18,384
              By security:  
3                 Bills and certificates -4,363 3,431 7,181 736 -6,702 -3,354 -2,431 16,866
4a                 Marketable bonds and notes 33,416 30,497 28,952 30,585 167 25,168 -2,651 1,518
4b                 Nonmarketable bonds and notes11 ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
5         U.S. liabilities reported by U.S. banks (line 69) 20,534 32,726 5,081 90,685 -48,942 33,868 75,314 -20,471
6             Banks' own liabilities1 22,055 11,531 1,324 87,650 -56,251 28,855 50,484 -21,144
7                 Payable in dollars 12,212 12,461 -10,559 88,006 -40,501 41,464 48,434 -25,667
                      By account:  
8                         Liabilities to own foreign offices 11,996 5,201 -6,724 73,062 -44,966 37,747 64,153 20,854
                          Liabilities to unaffiliated foreigners:  
9                             demand deposits -216 2,756 -1,476 3,203 1,470 2,963 -3,542 -3,366
10                             time deposits1 1,959 -8,737 729 9,625 -13,961 7,623 -4,575 -23,982
11                             other liabilities2 -1,527 13,241 -3,088 2,116 16,956 -6,869 -7,602 -19,173
                      By holder:  
                          Liabilities to:  
12                             own foreign offices 11,996 5,201 -6,724 73,062 -44,966 37,747 64,153 20,854
13                             unaffiliated foreign banks -7,543 3,237 -5,487 5,567 -10,827 9,055 -10,714 -30,693
14                             other private foreigners 9,306 2,335 3,624 9,415 11,854 -3,855 -5,842 -12,400
15                             international financial institutions4 -1,547 1,688 -1,972 -38 3,438 -1,483 837 -3,428
                      By type of reporting institution:5  
                          U.S.-owned banks' liabilities to:  
16                             own foreign offices 6,305 -2,083 -122 37,249 -6,883 5,826 12,727 5,813
17                             unaffiliated foreign banks -6,261 195 -3,243 10,398 -1,322 5,379 -3,598 -304
18                             other private foreigners and international
                                 financial institutions4
-8,981 3,238 -371 8,141 -5,212 5,671 1,940 6,045
                          Foreign-owned banks' liabilities to:  
19                             own foreign offices 5,691 7,284 -6,602 35,813 -38,083 31,921 51,426 15,041
20                             unaffiliated foreign banks -57 -1,648 -2,315 906 -13,249 5,477 -8,852 -27,552
21                             other private foreigners and international
                                 financial institutions4
6,272 -253 540 -4,957 5,740 -2,194 -255 -8,114
                          Brokers' and dealers' liabilities to:  
22                             unaffiliated foreign banks -1,225 4,690 71 -5,737 3,744 -1,801 1,736 -2,837
23                             other private foreigners and international
                                 financial institutions4
10,468 1,038 1,483 6,193 14,764 -8,815 -6,690 -13,759
24                 Payable in foreign currencies 9,843 -930 11,883 -356 -15,750 -12,609 2,050 4,523
25             Banks' custody liabilities, payable in dollars1 3 -1,521 21,195 3,757 3,035 7,309 5,013 24,830 673
26                 Of which: Negotiable and readily transferable
                     instruments
-2,234 18,485 3,411 2,083 5,761 5,158 25,178 159
      By area:  
27         Industrial countries6 39,668 43,717 38,825 90,883 -44,385 6,017 59,565 14,930
28             Western Europe 26,811 30,330 52,921 68,540 -18,396 10,860 35,426 -31,846
29             Canada -268 5,076 -9,723 -1,166 -3,439 3,404 959 725
30             Other 13,125 8,311 -4,373 23,509 -22,550 -8,247 23,180 46,051
31         Caribbean banking centers7 899 15,283 -501 20,478 -30,644 53,650 -5,972 -17,859
32         Other areas 9,020 7,654 2,890 10,645 19,553 -3,985 16,639 842
33                 Of which: Members of OPEC, included below8 1,050 -150 206 -184 3,200 -4,565 2,003 -1,285
34             Latin America -578 -456 78 4,222 8,065 1,084 6,067 -1,030
35             Asia 10,669 2,051 5,228 5,332 4,959 375 8,261 3,800
36             Africa 117 877 -244 248 166 -899 3 -167
37             Other9 -1,188 5,182 -2,172 843 6,363 -4,545 2,308 -1,761
  Memoranda:  
1 International banking facilities' (IBF's) own liabilities, payable
     in dollars (in lines A9 and B7 above)
-2,114 8,313 813 47,443 -33,779 -10,985 32,720 -24,867
                      By holder:  
                          Liabilities to:  
2                             own foreign offices 5,660 127 2,990 38,838 -19,621 -12,611 52,195 1,121
3                             unaffiliated foreign banks -5,613 -5,316 -2,826 7,059 -16,408 8,645 -11,804 -20,574
4                             foreign official agencies -1,038 12,249 2,765 2,428 -1,544 -6,621 -7,135 -2,759
5                             other private foreigners and international
                                 financial institutions4
-1,123 1,253 -2,116 -882 3,794 -398 -536 -2,655
                      By bank ownership:5  
6                         U.S.-owned IBF's -3,543 -4,925 -2,265 10,049 -4,667 2,781 2,307 -6,568
7                         Foreign-owned IBF's 1,429 13,238 3,078 37,394 -29,112 -13,766 30,413 -18,299
8 Negotiable certificates of deposit held for foreigners1 (in lines
     A13 and B25 above)
57 2,004 -726 175 6,348 -1,131 6,155 -429
9 Repurchase agreements 10 (in lines A12 and B11 above) ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

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