Release Date: February 2018
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2014 2015/r 2016/r Jun 2017/r Jul 2017/r Aug 2017/r Sep 2017/r Oct 2017/r Nov 2017/r Dec 2017/p
1 Total 6,064,696 5,942,580 5,703,308 5,954,587 6,023,016 6,046,496 6,057,037 6,094,753 6,082,158 6,043,454
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 293,072 388,199 432,672 426,145 434,824 441,294 420,685 433,341 415,221 401,709
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 335,308 336,669 298,373 330,460 330,559 324,089 325,181 332,161 339,572 317,227
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,787,112 3,754,812 3,515,589 3,664,300 3,703,754 3,727,413 3,745,058 3,746,711 3,714,909 3,708,337
5 Nonmarketable3 146 157 169 175 176 177 178 179 180 181
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,594,328 1,471,942 1,456,505 1,533,507 1,553,703 1,553,523 1,565,935 1,582,361 1,612,276 1,616,000
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 451,580 442,109 412,695 403,946 403,698 401,070 393,264 389,918 389,990 389,125
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 163,205 164,050 163,635 170,615 173,011 175,797 174,372 173,488 174,192 174,052
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 979,543 865,782 880,175 958,947 976,994 976,656 998,300 1,018,956 1,048,095 1,052,822
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 935,309 947,150 954,945 992,797 1,001,865 1,002,875 1,025,391 1,023,249 1,025,862 997,020
11 Canada 36,842 39,735 44,128 40,722 41,831 41,020 40,522 42,364 42,293 41,231
12 Latin America and Caribbean 535,755 525,390 508,561 504,553 501,857 505,199 500,694 507,004 493,449 481,106
13 Asia 4,482,148 4,353,218 4,117,292 4,329,640 4,371,159 4,398,276 4,383,539 4,406,695 4,403,661 4,408,918
14 Africa 44,091 47,318 50,400 56,975 75,056 70,891 78,698 83,864 86,533 86,815
15 Other countries 31,228 29,270 27,786 29,747 31,103 28,098 28,064 31,455 30,247 28,256
  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: February 23, 2018