Joint BIS-IMF-OECD-World Bank statistics on external debt(1)
Argentina Data last updated 30 November 2001

(in millions of US dollars) STOCKS (end of period) FLOWS (2)
1999

Dec.

2000 2001   2000

Year

2000

4th Qtr.

2001
Sep. Dec. Mar. June Sep. 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr.
External debt - all maturities    
A Bank loans (3) 36,117 35,224 34,661 33,580 35,200   574 1,142 -856 1,680
B Debt securities issued abroad 63,285 72,214 71,399 68,853 67,676 68,758 10,270 -2,119 -933 -197
C Brady bonds 16,662 11,072 10,803 10,473 7,676 6,846 -4,879 0 -330  
D Non-bank trade credits (4) 5,042   4,493   3,697   -163 -219   -545
E Multilateral claims 19,705 18,941 21,233 23,532 24,291 32,675 1,490 1,863 2,627 880
F Official bilateral loans (DAC creditors) 2,309   1,922       -173      
Debt due within a year  
G Liabilities to banks (5)(*) 35,096 37,851 38,704 36,916 36,983          
H Debt securities issued abroad (6) 7,228 8,741 7,378 5,646 4,141 5,001        
I Non-bank trade credits (4) 1,471   1,516   1,238          
Memorandum items:  
J Total liabilities to banks (7) (locational) 48,262 48,507 47,098 45,037 46,427   1,213 261 -1,664 1,540
K Total liabilities to banks (6) (consolidated) 66,858 69,648 68,830 65,929 64,325          
L Total trade credits 9,293   8,464   7,624   -160 -212   -434
M Total claims on banks (8) 37,761 41,727 40,214 34,279 36,603   3,166 -961 -5,865 2,370
N International reserve assets (excluding gold) 26,252 24,868 25,147 21,919 21,077 20,555        


(see also Background summary matrix )
 
Notes:
(*)Data on short-term liabilities to banks (item G) include foreign currency lending by foreign banks in Argentina which has been financed locally in foreign currency as follows: end-1999: $19688 mn; end-September 2000: $21590 mn; end-December 2000: $21163 mn; end-March 2001: $20724 mn; end-June 2001: $21340 mn
(1) From creditor and market sources, except for data on Brady bonds which are from debtor sources, all currencies included
(2) Flow data for items B, C, E and F; exchange rate adjusted changes for items A, D, J, L and M; no data available for items G, H, I, K and N
(3) From BIS locational banking statistics, which are based on the country of residence of reporting banks
(4) Official and officially guaranteed. Break in series end 1998 due to reallocation of rescheduled export credits from line F to line D
(5) From BIS consolidated banking statistics, which are based on the country of head office of reporting banks and which include banks' holdings of securities
(6) Including debt securities held by foreign banks, which are also included in line G
(7) From BIS locational banking statistics, which are based on the country of residence of reporting banks and which include banks' holdings of securities
(8) From BIS locational banking statistics, which are based on the country of residence of reporting banks


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