Release Date: December 2017
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2014/r 2015/r 2016/r Apr 2017/r May 2017/r Jun 2017/r Jul 2017/r Aug 2017/r Sep 2017/r Oct 2017/p
1 Total 6,064,696 5,942,569 5,709,725 5,853,612 5,896,455 5,962,153 6,029,938 6,053,100 6,056,512 6,094,712
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 293,072 388,199 439,093 429,875 426,609 433,857 442,270 448,425 420,685 433,823
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 335,308 336,669 298,373 326,535 329,310 330,460 330,559 324,089 325,181 332,161
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,787,112 3,756,794 3,515,589 3,584,877 3,605,713 3,664,679 3,703,754 3,727,413 3,745,058 3,746,711
5 Nonmarketable3 146 157 169 173 174 175 176 177 178 179
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,594,328 1,471,931 1,456,501 1,512,152 1,534,649 1,532,982 1,553,179 1,552,996 1,565,410 1,581,838
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 451,580 442,099 412,691 402,768 410,992 403,421 403,174 400,542 392,739 389,395
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 163,205 164,050 163,635 167,372 170,737 170,615 173,011 175,797 174,372 173,488
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 979,543 865,782 880,175 942,012 952,921 958,947 976,994 976,656 998,300 1,018,956
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 935,309 947,150 954,919 968,924 981,655 993,080 1,001,800 1,002,835 1,025,390 1,023,730
11 Canada 36,842 39,735 44,128 42,507 42,551 40,722 41,831 41,020 40,522 42,364
12 Latin America and Caribbean 535,755 525,390 514,915 512,183 509,585 511,889 508,944 512,156 500,684 506,995
13 Asia 4,482,148 4,353,208 4,117,281 4,238,778 4,273,079 4,329,378 4,370,854 4,397,970 4,383,029 4,406,186
14 Africa 44,091 47,318 50,502 62,237 60,533 57,187 75,264 70,886 78,696 83,862
15 Other countries 31,228 29,270 27,784 28,815 28,890 29,745 31,101 28,096 28,063 31,455
  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 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: December 29, 2017