| United States | |||||
| Table B: Gross External Debt Position: December 31, 2005 | |||||
| Currency Composition of Gross External Debt | |||||
| (Millions of U.S. Dollars) | |||||
| Foreign Currency | |||||
| Short-term | 119,291 | ||||
| Long-term | 648,088 | ||||
| Total | 767,379 | ||||
| Domestic Currency | |||||
| Short-term | 3,254,048 | ||||
| Long-term | 4,357,500 | ||||
| Total | 7,611,548 | ||||
| Unknown * | 1,181,696 | ||||
| Gross External Debt | 9,560,623 | ||||
| * 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 31, 2006 | |||||