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International Summary Statistics

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: March 2012

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Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2008 2009 2010/r Jul 2011/r Aug 2011/r Sep 2011/r Oct 2011/r Nov 2011/r Dec 2011/r Jan 2012/p
1 Total 3,932,132 4,305,918 4,757,829 5,051,492 5,109,557 5,048,273 5,064,433 5,079,323 5,088,262 5,122,320
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 253,746 185,927 178,499 188,539 217,517 196,248 182,255 190,196 204,523 192,694
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 457,876 528,063 462,303 392,314 409,224 387,297 374,642 378,981 357,610 349,584
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 1,952,565 2,317,125 2,840,514 3,149,894 3,194,850 3,228,220 3,222,238 3,245,894 3,255,948 3,289,010
5 Nonmarketable3 1,203 1,302 1,409 1,476 1,486 1,495 1,505 1,515 1,525 1,536
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,266,743 1,273,501 1,275,105 1,319,270 1,286,480 1,235,013 1,283,793 1,262,737 1,268,656 1,289,496
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 891,948 745,004 632,170 634,007 633,287 624,162 614,820 599,841 601,786 594,425
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 96,979 104,774 102,449 104,725 106,184 104,017 106,322 105,354 103,732 105,066
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 277,816 423,723 540,486 580,538 547,009 506,833 562,651 557,543 563,139 590,005
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 517,045 545,289 646,767 681,712 739,746 721,911 701,406 680,915 706,690 713,395
11 Canada 15,013 12,035 19,084 23,814 23,461 23,635 25,812 24,407 27,689 25,983
12 Latin America and Caribbean 328,734 327,588 357,335 420,537 421,327 417,990 418,864 414,571 425,888 426,845
13 Asia 3,005,198 3,344,722 3,656,919 3,848,297 3,851,381 3,810,740 3,848,784 3,894,530 3,857,882 3,885,329
14 Africa 39,397 52,695 53,160 48,794 48,827 43,547 41,717 38,352 41,462 40,819
15 Other countries 24,958 23,584 25,834 28,338 24,816 30,448 27,849 26,548 28,649 29,949
  1. Principally demand deposits, time deposits, bankers acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable time certificates of deposit, and borrowings under repurchase agreements.   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 current value of zero-coupon Treasury bond issues to foreign governments as follows: Venezuela, beginning December 1990, 30-year maturity issue; 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. Beginning in September 2011, figures for Treasury securities are based on TIC SLT data when available, and TIC S transactions data otherwise.
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Last update: March 30, 2012