Release Date: July 2022
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2018 2019 2020 Nov 2021 Dec 2021 Jan 2022 Feb 2022/r Mar 2022 Apr 2022/r May 2022/p
1 Total 6,081,353 6,589,915 6,992,253 6,993,839 6,988,741 6,916,400 6,847,486 6,803,366 6,595,527 6,582,158
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 433,281 450,762 402,812 464,614 452,064 464,695 424,229 439,607 446,667 433,847
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 315,141 268,567 360,969 239,523 247,640 266,721 278,341 259,685 256,610 248,599
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,641,438 3,808,130 3,825,344 3,965,052 3,912,600 3,903,262 3,886,521 3,806,722 3,693,679 3,663,887
5 Nonmarketable3 195 209 225 240 242 243 245 246 247 249
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,691,298 2,062,247 2,402,903 2,324,410 2,376,195 2,281,479 2,258,150 2,297,106 2,198,324 2,235,576
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 611,620 665,273 664,797 642,680 636,305 630,974 635,873 636,707 633,170 656,793
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 165,997 180,968 200,789 167,598 168,294 163,143 160,427 158,933 156,990 158,378
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 913,681 1,216,006 1,537,317 1,514,132 1,571,596 1,487,362 1,461,850 1,501,466 1,408,164 1,420,405
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 883,117 991,966 1,088,662 1,199,061 1,178,022 1,190,233 1,160,296 1,141,810 1,118,338 1,120,389
11 Canada 35,040 46,049 44,920 37,606 38,817 40,627 40,245 40,685 44,797 45,779
12 Latin America and Caribbean 529,560 516,432 510,494 529,969 517,069 524,233 522,059 523,421 521,228 519,603
13 Asia 4,501,441 4,898,667 5,216,338 5,087,066 5,112,043 5,029,314 4,987,207 4,962,423 4,780,021 4,768,538
14 Africa 88,782 99,192 90,175 85,715 84,726 76,577 82,576 76,344 75,693 72,519
15 Other countries 43,413 37,609 41,664 54,422 58,064 55,416 55,103 58,683 55,450 55,330
  1. Principally demand deposits, time deposits, bankers acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable time certificates of deposit, and borrowings under repurchase agreements. Includes certain positions reported by nonbanks such as repurchases agreements with broker-dealers.   Return to table
  2. Includes nonmarketable certificates of indebtedness and Treasury bills issued to official institutions of foreign countries.   Return to table
  3. Excludes notes issued to foreign official nonreserve agencies. Includes the current value of a zero-coupon Treasury bond issued to the government of Argentina (beginning April 1993, 30-year maturity issue.)   Return to table
  4. Debt securities of U.S. government corporations and federally sponsored agencies, and U.S. corporate stocks and bonds.   Return to table
Source: Staff estimates based on Treasury International Capital (TIC) annual Surveys of Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities and on monthly TIC S transactions data. Effective with the data as of September 2011, figures for long-term securities are based on TIC SLT data when available, and TIC S transactions data otherwise.
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Last Update: July 29, 2022