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How much US Treasury debt was due within a year on 31 December 2008?

On , $2.50 trillion of marketable US Treasury debt was due within 12 months, 52.3% more than a year earlier ($1.64 trillion on ).

January 2009 is the largest month, with $718.52 billion

Marketable Treasury debt maturing each month, $ trillion

  • Bills
  • Notes and bonds
  • TIPS and floating rate notes
January 2009 is the largest month, with $718.52 billion0.000.250.500.751.00Jan0.72Feb0.27Mar0.25Apr0.21May0.23Jun0.23Jul0.15Aug0.11Sep0.08Oct0.09Nov0.09Dec0.06January 2009 is the largest month, with $718.52 billion0.000.250.500.751.00JanMarMayJulSepNov

Source: U.S. Treasury, Fiscal Data, Monthly Statement of the Public Debt. Observed .

Each month as a table
Marketable Treasury debt maturing each month ($ million)
Maturing inTotalBillsNotesBondsTIPSFRNsSecurities
January 2009718,519658,53338,979021,00708
February 2009274,820212,04062,7800007
March 2009252,690214,04438,6470006
April 2009205,814167,03338,7810008
May 2009231,736149,01482,7220009
June 2009232,032195,00637,0260007
July 2009147,899111,00636,8930004
August 2009110,39720,00090,3970005
September 200976,96639,99236,9740004
October 200994,87156,00038,8710003
November 200990,06922,00068,0690004
December 200963,49821,99841,5000003
All of these months2,499,3101,866,666611,637021,007068

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What is all marketable debt made of?

KindAmount, $ millionShare
Bills1,866,66632.3%
Notes2,792,16348.3%
Bonds594,59510.3%
TIPS530,1309.2%
Floating rate notes00.0%
All marketable debt5,783,554100.0%

Bills, the securities that mature within a year of issue, made up 32.3% of marketable debt at the month-end and 74.7% of what matures in the months above.

Weighted by amount, marketable debt had 49.6 months to go until it matures, on average, at the month-end.

How does it compare with a year earlier?

Debt due within the next months ($ million)
Month-endTotalBillsBills share
31 December 20082,499,3101,866,66674.7%
31 December 20071,641,2681,003,87461.2%

About these figures

The Federal Reserve's part and the source

How much of it did the Federal Reserve hold?

Maturing debt held in the Federal Reserve's System Open Market Account ($ million)
Maturing inTotalHeld by the FedFed share
January 2009718,51925,8913.6%
February 2009274,8208,4473.1%
March 2009252,6905,7662.3%
April 2009205,8144,7162.3%
May 2009231,73616,0406.9%
June 2009232,0323,7071.6%
July 2009147,8994,1152.8%
August 2009110,39714,86413.5%
September 200976,9662,1322.8%
October 200994,8713,4703.7%
November 200990,06913,61415.1%
December 200963,4983,8956.1%

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, SOMA holdings. Observed .

Source

Source: U.S. Treasury, Fiscal Data, Monthly Statement of the Public Debt. Observed .

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

  • U.S. Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Fiscal Data (source). Licence: Public domain, a work of the US federal government
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