Release Date: June 2018
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2014 2015 2016 Oct 2017 Nov 2017 Dec 2017 Jan 2018 Feb 2018 Mar 2018 Apr 2018/p
1 Total 6,064,696 5,942,580 5,815,072 6,110,710 6,097,884 6,058,908 6,114,869 6,088,151 6,082,332 6,049,013
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 293,072 388,199 432,922 433,554 415,524 401,765 430,191 417,321 404,785 423,714
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 335,308 336,669 297,684 332,161 339,572 317,227 325,029 333,908 318,605 323,179
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,787,112 3,756,794 3,515,589 3,746,711 3,714,909 3,708,337 3,672,372 3,695,898 3,730,739 3,676,438
5 Nonmarketable3 146 157 169 179 180 181 182 183 185 186
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,594,328 1,471,942 1,465,403 1,598,105 1,627,699 1,631,398 1,687,095 1,640,841 1,628,018 1,625,496
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 451,580 442,109 424,621 412,461 412,409 411,587 406,344 404,363 419,362 416,815
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 163,205 164,050 163,759 173,741 174,445 174,308 175,393 174,466 176,492 172,969
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 979,543 865,782 877,023 1,011,902 1,040,845 1,045,503 1,105,358 1,062,012 1,032,164 1,035,712
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 935,309 947,150 957,513 1,015,795 1,018,346 989,458 1,008,737 997,226 983,380 932,247
11 Canada 36,842 39,735 42,440 40,266 40,135 39,053 39,139 40,051 38,161 37,611
12 Latin America and Caribbean 535,755 525,390 511,553 514,694 501,174 488,861 505,597 510,056 524,091 535,466
13 Asia 4,482,148 4,353,218 4,221,829 4,422,582 4,419,393 4,424,413 4,436,235 4,412,782 4,413,094 4,419,800
14 Africa 44,091 47,318 53,288 84,555 87,226 87,512 92,935 96,245 96,365 93,720
15 Other countries 31,228 29,270 29,996 32,519 31,329 29,347 31,981 31,563 27,028 29,972
  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: June 29, 2018