| United States | |||||
| Table B: Gross External Debt Position: September 30, 2012 | |||||
| Currency Composition of Gross External Debt | |||||
| (Millions of U.S. Dollars) | |||||
| Foreign Currency | |||||
| Short-term | 234,725 | ||||
| Long-term | 1,033,314 | ||||
| Total | 1,268,039 | ||||
| Domestic Currency | |||||
| Short-term | 4,544,744 | ||||
| Long-term | 8,095,267 | ||||
| Total | 12,640,011 | ||||
| Unknown * | 1,942,270 | ||||
| Gross External Debt | 15,850,320 | ||||
| * 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. | |||||
| December 31, 2012 | |||||