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How much US Treasury debt was due within a year on 28 February 2009?

On , $2.64 trillion of marketable US Treasury debt was due within 12 months, 51.2% more than a year earlier ($1.74 trillion on ), the largest amount of any month-end we hold.

March 2009 is the largest month, with $541.09 billion

Marketable Treasury debt maturing each month, $ trillion

  • Bills
  • Notes and bonds
  • TIPS and floating rate notes
March 2009 is the largest month, with $541.09 billion0.000.250.500.751.00Mar0.54Apr0.41May0.35Jun0.23Jul0.28Aug0.23Sep0.08Oct0.09Nov0.13Dec0.10Jan0.08Feb0.11March 2009 is the largest month, with $541.09 billion0.000.250.500.751.00MarMayJulSepNovJan

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
March 2009541,089502,44238,6470006
April 2009409,830371,05038,7810008
May 2009353,759271,03782,7220009
June 2009232,031195,00537,0260007
July 2009283,917247,02436,8930007
August 2009229,414139,01790,3970008
September 200976,96639,99236,9740004
October 200994,87156,00038,8710003
November 2009125,06957,00068,0690004
December 2009103,49861,99841,5000003
January 201078,08222,00041,925014,15704
February 2010109,34123,00186,3400005
All of these months2,637,8661,985,567638,143014,157068

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What is all marketable debt made of?

KindAmount, $ millionShare
Bills1,985,56733.2%
Notes2,868,88048.0%
Bonds609,30810.2%
TIPS511,5108.6%
Floating rate notes00.0%
All marketable debt5,975,265100.0%

Bills, the securities that mature within a year of issue, made up 33.2% of marketable debt at the month-end and 75.3% 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
28 February 20092,637,8661,985,56775.3%
29 February 20081,744,5411,125,39264.5%

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
March 2009541,08917,9033.3%
April 2009409,8304,7161.2%
May 2009353,75916,0404.5%
June 2009232,0313,7071.6%
July 2009283,9174,1151.4%
August 2009229,41414,8646.5%
September 200976,9662,1322.8%
October 200994,8713,4703.7%
November 2009125,06913,61410.9%
December 2009103,4983,8953.8%
January 201078,0825,1416.6%
February 2010109,34111,99611.0%

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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