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Data as of May 7, 2009
Volume Statistics for Commercial Paper Issuance

Volume statistics of daily commercial paper issuance are provided for the total market, as well as for each of the commercial paper discount rate categories; AA nonfinanial, A2/P2 nonfinancial, AA financial, and AA asset-backed. The criteria that determine which issues are included in the AA asset-backed, AA financial, AA nonfinanial, and A2/P2 nonfinancial categories are detailed under Rate Calculations in the about section of the commercial paper release. The market statistics reflect all sales of commercial paper to investors by dealers or direct issuers, excluding secondary issues and repurchase agreement and financing issues.



Period AA nonfinancial
Amount 1   Number of Issues
Total 1 - 4 days 5 - 9 days 10 - 20 days 21 - 40 days 41 - 80 days 81+ days Total 1 - 4 days 5 - 9 days 10 - 20 days 21 - 40 days 41 - 80 days 81+ days
Annual average
2007 1,427 757 113 115 176 147 120   96 49 11 10 13 8 5
2008 1,641 636 143 198 319 239 105 107 42 11 14 22 13 5
2009* 5,234 4,034 209 217 342 277 154 191 127 14 12 18 13 7
Monthly average
2008-Dec 1,497 744 209 199 143 125 77   79 36 11 10 9 7 4
2009-Jan 3,274 2,109 224 160 348 253 180 140 82 12 10 17 12 8
Feb 7,760 6,384 330 219 401 334 91 275 199 22 13 25 13 4
Mar 5,218 3,955 251 317 324 145 226 193 126 18 16 16 9 8
Apr 4,749 3,694 80 182 326 356 110 166 109 7 10 16 17 6
May* 5,678 4,649 77 148 245 394 164 170 122 4 8 11 15 10
Weekly (Friday) average
2009-Apr 10 5,019 4,025 101 65 209 589 29   182 126 14 5 12 21 3
17 5,854 4,459 62 264 602 292 175 191 125 6 11 23 18 8
24 3,834 2,749 125 125 240 520 76 134 80 7 8 15 20 4
May 1 5,350 4,507 78 187 192 304 82 173 123 5 13 12 14 5
8* 5,582 4,685 80 157 231 226 202 167 122 4 7 11 12 12
Daily
2009-May 1 6,061 4,506 67 114 299 1,066 10   183 122 5 13 11 30 2
4 5,942 4,828 10 111 602 211 180 179 125 2 9 21 10 12
5 5,629 4,969 149 75 20 66 349 172 134 6 3 6 9 14
6 5,414 4,743 78 38 256 26 273 161 123 6 4 8 3 17
7 5,343 4,199 84 403 48 602 8 155 104 3 12 9 24 3
Note. Day ranges are days to maturity.
1 Millions of dollars.
* Data through May 7.


Period A2/P2 nonfinancial
Amount 1   Number of Issues
Total 1 - 4 days 5 - 9 days 10 - 20 days 21 - 40 days 41 - 80 days 81+ days Total 1 - 4 days 5 - 9 days 10 - 20 days 21 - 40 days 41 - 80 days 81+ days
Annual average
2007 6,573 5,120 443 315 447 174 73   432 290 38 29 47 19 8
2008 6,966 5,243 585 507 446 145 39 504 330 56 52 47 16 4
2009* 3,152 2,289 235 273 257 67 31 309 206 28 30 35 8 2
Monthly average
2008-Dec 3,831 2,538 435 434 280 112 33   406 248 51 53 37 14 2
2009-Jan 3,338 2,298 275 343 308 71 42 329 212 29 35 42 8 3
Feb 3,074 2,227 186 287 251 80 44 292 196 21 29 34 9 3
Mar 3,134 2,363 257 231 219 47 17 312 212 34 27 31 6 2
Apr 3,110 2,286 221 249 262 67 25 306 206 27 30 34 8 2
May* 2,965 2,178 218 235 227 79 29 288 187 29 27 37 6 2
Weekly (Friday) average
2009-Apr 10 2,627 2,011 227 184 150 54 1   249 177 25 21 20 6 0
17 3,351 2,532 255 268 232 56 9 338 229 30 37 34 6 0
24 3,293 2,445 251 254 235 54 53 327 221 35 29 34 5 2
May 1 2,957 2,207 201 228 225 70 26 300 203 24 29 34 8 2
8* 2,827 2,127 197 194 204 69 36 270 177 28 24 33 6 3
Daily
2009-May 1 3,519 2,382 299 400 319 119 0   361 231 31 39 54 6 0
4 2,966 2,456 176 164 152 14 5 274 195 24 26 26 2 1
5 3,168 2,264 325 238 260 38 43 325 191 45 30 48 7 4
6 2,746 1,885 267 171 176 153 95 241 148 38 18 23 8 6
7 2,427 1,905 21 202 229 70 0 238 172 5 23 33 5 0
Note. Day ranges are days to maturity.
1 Millions of dollars.
* Data through May 7.


Period AA financial
Amount 1   Number of Issues
Total 1 - 4 days 5 - 9 days 10 - 20 days 21 - 40 days 41 - 80 days 81+ days Total 1 - 4 days 5 - 9 days 10 - 20 days 21 - 40 days 41 - 80 days 81+ days
Annual average
2007 13,098 8,321 995 690 1,073 621 1,397   716 387 63 51 91 47 77
2008 10,844 6,907 659 505 955 498 1,319 520 297 36 28 61 36 62
2009* 12,918 10,076 448 498 1,052 128 716 420 314 20 19 41 8 19
Monthly average
2008-Dec 12,838 11,046 736 395 625 30 7   449 380 26 14 25 3 1
2009-Jan 13,272 8,944 298 375 1,033 163 2,459 427 288 13 17 45 11 54
Feb 14,327 12,017 434 521 1,048 155 152 477 380 19 19 37 11 9
Mar 14,683 12,376 592 620 834 79 182 470 377 25 22 34 5 7
Apr 10,356 7,819 470 523 1,186 122 237 334 236 21 17 44 7 9
May* 9,661 7,041 373 250 1,508 138 351 342 231 19 11 55 8 18
Weekly (Friday) average
2009-Apr 10 7,784 6,070 525 171 775 17 226   230 162 22 7 27 4 8
17 10,640 7,777 479 712 1,255 279 139 340 231 22 24 45 12 7
24 11,621 9,141 512 386 1,401 51 132 392 292 23 15 51 4 7
May 1 10,822 7,708 387 658 1,542 252 274 371 246 17 23 62 10 14
8* 9,518 7,114 341 158 1,485 58 363 337 235 20 7 51 5 20
Daily
2009-May 1 10,229 6,747 501 617 1,602 460 302   362 214 19 27 72 19 11
4 8,812 6,949 215 211 934 44 460 323 217 19 6 47 4 30
5 8,833 7,357 296 35 766 80 300 302 228 20 3 31 8 12
6 11,306 7,044 337 249 3,085 44 545 382 245 18 9 79 7 24
7 9,123 7,105 516 136 1,156 62 147 339 250 21 8 46 2 12
Note. Day ranges are days to maturity.
1 Millions of dollars.
* Data through May 7.


Period AA asset-backed
Amount 1   Number of Issues
Total 1 - 4 days 5 - 9 days 10 - 20 days 21 - 40 days 41 - 80 days 81+ days Total 1 - 4 days 5 - 9 days 10 - 20 days 21 - 40 days 41 - 80 days 81+ days
Annual average
2007 69,907 45,552 4,001 3,087 10,649 2,854 3,765   2,446 1,496 153 125 422 116 134
2008 64,219 44,068 3,749 2,454 7,600 2,569 3,778 1,926 1,264 114 81 253 95 119
2009* 37,877 21,982 3,591 1,243 5,952 1,793 3,315 1,153 662 103 41 186 63 97
Monthly average
2008-Dec 45,996 31,361 4,383 1,381 4,675 1,915 2,281   1,371 908 124 43 156 69 71
2009-Jan 43,016 25,566 3,390 1,768 6,163 1,939 4,190 1,250 732 92 52 190 68 116
Feb 39,025 23,031 4,026 1,082 6,423 1,912 2,551 1,169 674 110 41 195 67 82
Mar 34,086 19,969 3,271 840 6,118 1,794 2,094 1,070 623 99 30 193 60 65
Apr 36,404 19,824 3,662 1,324 5,540 1,576 4,478 1,137 625 108 44 178 59 123
May* 36,121 22,022 3,840 1,174 4,404 1,704 2,977 1,133 666 115 40 149 66 96
Weekly (Friday) average
2009-Apr 10 28,635 14,518 3,850 1,001 5,472 1,392 2,401   932 461 117 37 186 56 75
17 37,996 19,781 4,062 1,627 6,561 1,804 4,161 1,201 632 118 54 208 69 120
24 37,237 22,483 3,561 1,138 5,460 1,595 3,001 1,174 702 102 38 168 60 104
May 1 43,843 23,921 3,136 1,652 4,710 1,437 8,987 1,277 736 93 48 150 47 204
8* 37,708 22,977 4,218 1,128 4,753 1,685 2,948 1,177 690 129 39 156 69 96
Daily
2009-May 1 29,771 18,201 2,330 1,360 3,007 1,779 3,094   955 571 61 44 123 57 99
4 35,269 18,813 5,667 2,100 4,119 1,048 3,523 1,154 617 157 62 153 46 119
5 37,588 23,829 3,512 1,370 4,553 1,853 2,471 1,159 694 118 42 158 73 74
6 38,735 25,509 4,123 351 4,298 1,961 2,494 1,206 758 125 13 133 97 80
7 39,241 23,757 3,569 690 6,043 1,878 3,305 1,189 691 114 37 179 59 109
Note. Day ranges are days to maturity.
1 Millions of dollars.
* Data through May 7.


Period Market
Amount 1   Number of Issues
Total 1 - 4 days 5 - 9 days 10 - 20 days 21 - 40 days 41 - 80 days 81+ days Total 1 - 4 days 5 - 9 days 10 - 20 days 21 - 40 days 41 - 80 days 81+ days
Annual average
2007 171,953 118,200 10,804 7,289 19,249 6,403 10,008   8,108 5,020 614 450 1,075 390 559
2008 150,234 103,181 9,014 6,594 14,892 6,094 10,459 6,197 3,875 449 365 732 332 444
2009* 109,680 71,678 6,759 3,656 11,859 4,330 11,399 3,940 2,436 283 190 478 195 357
Monthly average
2008-Dec 124,055 83,476 9,661 5,099 11,098 6,085 8,636   4,544 2,806 390 264 493 284 308
2009-Jan 120,801 75,297 6,566 4,287 12,165 4,811 17,676 4,216 2,496 270 216 503 220 512
Feb 115,497 79,529 7,064 3,312 11,915 4,127 9,550 4,096 2,631 295 183 470 188 328
Mar 104,101 70,166 6,738 3,444 11,814 3,974 7,964 3,838 2,457 301 178 464 174 264
Apr 101,141 63,450 6,684 3,751 12,039 4,365 10,851 3,697 2,211 271 191 488 199 336
May* 105,211 70,213 6,794 2,951 9,819 4,596 10,838 3,771 2,360 273 159 432 194 353
Weekly (Friday) average
2009-Apr 10 82,752 51,221 6,900 3,072 10,952 3,909 6,699   3,075 1,772 292 166 436 172 237
17 107,567 67,021 7,344 4,499 13,991 5,314 9,398 3,898 2,312 292 211 534 233 315
24 101,449 68,335 6,820 3,234 11,385 4,497 7,178 3,773 2,398 267 172 464 203 270
May 1 119,453 71,463 5,956 4,018 11,559 4,564 21,893 4,113 2,441 231 199 487 197 558
8* 107,115 71,748 6,999 2,645 10,093 4,062 11,567 3,798 2,387 287 142 431 179 372
Daily
2009-May 1 97,597 64,076 5,975 4,172 8,725 6,729 7,919   3,664 2,250 217 227 437 255 278
4 105,456 71,242 7,429 4,292 9,007 3,258 10,229 3,863 2,430 307 198 430 156 342
5 108,884 73,201 6,188 2,625 8,799 4,316 13,755 3,898 2,453 266 142 437 173 427
6 111,498 73,682 7,599 1,477 11,997 3,853 12,889 3,857 2,402 333 104 418 196 404
7 102,620 68,865 6,781 2,189 10,569 4,821 9,395 3,572 2,263 241 123 437 192 316
Note. Day ranges are days to maturity.
1 Millions of dollars.
* Data through May 7.


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