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How much US Treasury debt was due within a year on 31 March 2012?

On , $2.92 trillion of marketable US Treasury debt was due within 12 months, 9.5% more than a year earlier ($2.66 trillion on ), the largest amount of any month-end we hold.

April 2012 is the largest month, with $577.68 billion

Marketable Treasury debt maturing each month, $ trillion

  • Bills
  • Notes and bonds
  • TIPS and floating rate notes
April 2012 is the largest month, with $577.68 billion0.000.250.500.751.00Apr0.58May0.45Jun0.35Jul0.25Aug0.29Sep0.24Oct0.12Nov0.14Dec0.12Jan0.12Feb0.14Mar0.12April 2012 is the largest month, with $577.68 billion0.000.250.500.751.00AprJunAugOctDecFeb

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
April 2012577,676461,43396,946019,29708
May 2012446,351346,006100,3450008
June 2012354,467262,00292,4650007
July 2012247,651127,99890,644029,00908
August 2012294,354177,994116,3600009
September 2012238,102147,01791,0850007
October 2012115,53224,99990,5330004
November 2012140,42425,001115,4230005
December 2012117,62824,99992,6290004
January 2013117,94424,99592,9500004
February 2013144,69625,993118,7030005
March 2013123,61325,99997,6140004
All of these months2,918,4371,674,4351,195,696048,306073

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What is all marketable debt made of?

KindAmount, $ millionShare
Bills1,674,43516.3%
Notes6,714,60265.4%
Bonds1,109,85010.8%
TIPS769,0367.5%
Floating rate notes00.0%
All marketable debt10,267,924100.0%

Bills, the securities that mature within a year of issue, made up 16.3% of marketable debt at the month-end and 57.4% of what matures in the months above.

Weighted by amount, marketable debt had 62.9 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 March 20122,918,4371,674,43557.4%
31 March 20112,664,9061,698,50063.7%

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
April 2012577,67631,0995.4%
May 2012446,3514,5061.0%
June 2012354,4675,6711.6%
July 2012247,6517,1282.9%
August 2012294,35415,8135.4%
September 2012238,1023,2001.3%
October 2012115,53210.0%
November 2012140,4245,1073.6%
December 2012117,6282,3642.0%
January 2013117,9442,7422.3%
February 2013144,69612,6258.7%
March 2013123,6135,2054.2%

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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