Table 1.  Governmental Bonds, by Type and Term of Issue, 2006
[Money amounts are in millions of dollars]  
Type and term of issue Number Amount
  (1) (2)
All issues, total [1] 25,226 319,394
    Short-term 6,671 47,160
    Long-term 18,555 272,234
New money issues, total 20,880 218,318
    Short-term 5,064 38,150
    Long-term 15,816 180,167
Refunding issues, total 6,412 101,076
    Short-term 2,248 9,009
    Long-term 4,164 92,067
[1] A given bond issue can include both new money and refunding proceeds.  Thus, the number of new money issues plus the number of refunding issues will sometimes exceed the total number of issues.  However, the money amounts are additive to the totals.
NOTE:  Detail may not add to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: IRS, Statistics of Income Division, July 2008.