| United States | |||||
| Table B: Gross External Debt Position: December 31, 2011 | |||||
| Currency Composition of Gross External Debt | |||||
| (Millions of U.S. Dollars) | |||||
| Foreign Currency | |||||
| Short-term | 231,298 | ||||
| Long-term | 975,422 | ||||
| Total | 1,206,720 | ||||
| Domestic Currency | |||||
| Short-term | 4,777,867 | ||||
| Long-term | 7,149,065 | ||||
| Total | 11,926,932 | ||||
| Unknown * | 1,914,004 | ||||
| Gross External Debt | 15,047,656 | ||||
| * The currency composition is unknown for debt in Direct Investment, | |||||
| Other debt liabilities of the General Government, and a small | |||||
| portion of loans to the Other Sectors. | |||||
| March 30, 2012 | |||||