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2003 Annual Report: Financial Review: Statements and Notes: Note 5 Trading Account Assets and Liabilities

Note 5

Trading Account Assets and Liabilities

The Corporation engages in a variety of trading-related activities that are either for clients or its own account.

The fair values of the components of trading account assets and liabilities at December 31, 2003 and 2002 were:

December 31
(Dollars in millions) 2003 2002
Trading account assets
U.S. government and agency securities $ 16,073 $ 19,875
Corporate securities, trading loans, and other 25,647 21,286
Equity securities 11,445 5,380
Mortgage trading loans and
     asset-backed securities 8,221 8,703
Foreign sovereign debt 7,161 8,752
     Total $ 68,547 $ 63,996
Trading account liabilities
U.S. government and agency securities $ 7,304 $ 8,531
Equity securities 8,863 4,825
Corporate securities, trading loans, and other 5,379 7,320
Foreign sovereign debt 5,276 3,465
Mortgage trading loans and
     asset-backed securities 22 1,433
     Total $ 26,844 $ 25,574


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