What is the total value of the U.S. dollar bond market?  Including
Treasuries (held here or overseas), Corporate Bonds, Home Loans, etc. 
All denominated in U.S. dollars.

My own research on this topic is outdated, 2002.
  $20,200,000,000,000: U.S. bond market, yr end, '02:   http://tinyurl.com/vr7g  

I would like 2004 year information, and if not that, I'll settle for
2003.  I need a link, a source for the data.

$50 bonus tip if the source for the data is a U.S. government source
that regularly updates the statistics.

For example, I can get updated stats on M3 at 
http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h6/Current/

HOW BIG IS THE BOND MARKET?

US Bond Market: $23 Trillion 

Source: Page 12
The Value of Bonds
Brown University's Division of Engineering 
http://www.engin.brown.edu/courses/en90/fall/2003/230%20bonds%20presentation.ppt


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According to the Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF) newsletter
published in the summer of 2004, the size of the global bond market at
the end of 2003 was US$45 trillion and the United States makes up
47.6% of the world bond market.

Therefore the U.S. Bond Market totaled US$21.42 trillion at the end of 2003.

Irish Association of Pension Funds (IAPF): Summer 2004 Newsletter
http://www.iapf.ie/IrishPensionsMag/Summer2004/file,702,en.pdf


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$21 trillion

?Today?s total value of major US dollar credit markets is about $21
trillion.  Of that, Treasury marketable debt is $3.5 trillion. The
mortgage backed securities market is nearly $5 trillion. The
asset-backed securities market is $1.6 trillion.  The corporate bond
market is $4.1 trillion. The agency debt market is $2.4 trillion and
other offerings (such as municipal securities and money market
instruments) account for $4.3 billion. Over the last 10 years,
Treasury marketable debt has net increased by approximately $389
billion while the other markets have grown by a combined $10.8
trillion.?


FROM THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
September 29, 2003
Remarks of 
Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets Brian C. Roseboro to  CFO
Magazine Forum on Total Working Capital Management
New York, NY 

U.S. Department of the Treasury
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/js769.htm


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Search strategy.
"U.S. Bond Market"  trillion
"U.S. Bond Market"  trillion site:.gov
Total ?Bond Market? United States 2003..2004
corporate treasury agency  municipal  bond market total trillion

I hope you find this information useful!


Best regards,
Bobbie7

Thank you!  Excellent back up, with 3 links: 21-23 trillion!!!

Unfortunately, the govt source was simply a press release, and not a
continually updated page on the topic.  Not your fault, but not
exactly what I was hoping for.  But I'll give the full tip anyway.

Dear Jason_happy,

Thank you very much for the five star rating and the very generous tip!

Sincerely,
Bobbie7

You can also find this information on the Bond Market Association's website.
http://www.bondmarkets.com/story.asp?id=98