| United States | |||||
| Table B: Gross External Debt Position: September 30, 2008 | |||||
| Currency Composition of Gross External Debt | |||||
| (Millions of U.S. Dollars) | |||||
| Foreign Currency | |||||
| Short-term | 238,341 | ||||
| Long-term | 916,890 | ||||
| Total | 1,155,231 | ||||
| Domestic Currency | |||||
| Short-term | 4,388,921 | ||||
| Long-term | 6,273,013 | ||||
| Total | 10,661,934 | ||||
| Unknown * | 2,113,149 | ||||
| Gross External Debt | 13,930,314 | ||||
| * 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. | |||||
| September 30, 2009 | |||||