This section allows cross-market comparisons.
Bond Market Data
Size of FCY Bond Market in USD
Data vary across markets. For details download spreadsheet.
Foreign Currency Bonds in USD Billions

This indicator shows the total volume of foreign currency (FCY) bonds outstanding, which have been issued by residents (government and corporate issuers) of each market.

Bonds are defined as long-term bonds and notes, treasury bills, commercial paper, and other short-term notes.
Note on the Data:

1. The total amount of FCY bonds outstanding is from the Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS) International Financial Statistics (Securities Statistics, foreign currency portion of Table 11).

2. End-of-period rates are from Bloomberg.