Release Date: January 2018
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2014 2015 2016/r May 2017/r Jun 2017/r Jul 2017/r Aug 2017/r Sep 2017 Oct 2017 Nov 2017/p
1 Total 6,064,696 5,942,569 5,703,304 5,889,671 5,954,933 6,022,492 6,045,969 6,056,512 6,094,712 6,081,714
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 293,072 388,199 432,672 419,825 426,145 434,824 441,294 420,685 433,823 415,224
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 335,308 336,669 298,373 329,310 330,460 330,559 324,089 325,181 332,161 339,572
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,787,112 3,756,794 3,515,589 3,605,713 3,665,171 3,703,754 3,727,413 3,745,058 3,746,711 3,714,909
5 Nonmarketable3 146 157 169 174 175 176 177 178 179 180
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,594,328 1,471,931 1,456,501 1,534,649 1,532,982 1,553,179 1,552,996 1,565,410 1,581,838 1,611,829
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 451,580 442,099 412,691 410,992 403,421 403,174 400,542 392,739 389,395 389,542
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 163,205 164,050 163,635 170,737 170,615 173,011 175,797 174,372 173,488 174,192
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 979,543 865,782 880,175 952,921 958,947 976,994 976,656 998,300 1,018,956 1,048,095
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 935,309 947,150 954,945 981,691 993,145 1,001,864 1,002,874 1,025,390 1,023,730 1,025,862
11 Canada 36,842 39,735 44,128 42,551 40,722 41,831 41,020 40,522 42,364 42,293
12 Latin America and Caribbean 535,755 525,390 508,561 502,763 504,340 501,847 505,189 500,684 506,995 493,441
13 Asia 4,482,148 4,353,208 4,117,288 4,273,082 4,329,854 4,370,649 4,397,763 4,383,029 4,406,186 4,403,227
14 Africa 44,091 47,318 50,400 60,529 56,973 75,054 70,888 78,696 83,862 86,530
15 Other countries 31,228 29,270 27,786 28,893 29,747 31,103 28,098 28,063 31,455 30,247
  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: January 26, 2018