Release Date: January 2023
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2019 2020 2021/r May 2022/r Jun 2022/r Jul 2022/r Aug 2022/r Sep 2022/r Oct 2022/r Nov 2022/p
1 Total 6,589,915 6,992,253 7,043,638 6,602,559 6,499,932 6,643,445 6,492,092 6,208,096 6,179,940 6,336,605
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 450,762 402,812 451,995 433,742 446,925 455,746 459,026 480,979 523,059 526,950
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 268,567 360,969 247,640 248,599 238,336 234,016 230,463 220,008 203,816 217,160
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,808,130 3,825,344 3,914,792 3,665,085 3,665,834 3,711,361 3,676,199 3,521,520 3,392,277 3,433,286
5 Nonmarketable3 209 225 242 249 250 252 253 255 257 258
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 2,062,247 2,402,903 2,428,969 2,254,884 2,148,587 2,242,070 2,126,151 1,985,334 2,060,531 2,158,951
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 665,273 664,797 636,345 657,076 650,248 671,443 649,723 624,324 619,981 637,002
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 180,968 200,789 171,716 160,611 160,338 165,194 164,561 153,346 150,290 157,644
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 1,216,006 1,537,317 1,620,908 1,437,197 1,338,001 1,405,433 1,311,867 1,207,664 1,290,260 1,364,305
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 991,966 1,088,662 1,192,908 1,102,714 1,070,156 1,123,226 1,113,176 1,047,189 1,065,896 1,116,665
11 Canada 46,049 44,920 38,405 45,516 48,017 49,401 49,326 42,010 48,389 51,758
12 Latin America and Caribbean 516,432 510,494 517,294 520,069 515,603 519,295 522,853 505,073 501,402 514,488
13 Asia 4,898,667 5,216,338 5,098,790 4,753,296 4,694,013 4,773,301 4,634,701 4,439,020 4,387,512 4,475,286
14 Africa 99,192 90,175 85,423 73,183 71,140 73,278 77,430 79,122 77,741 74,735
15 Other countries 37,609 41,664 110,818 107,781 101,003 104,944 94,606 95,682 99,000 103,673
  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: January 27, 2023