Release Date: October 2018
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2015 2016 2017/r Feb 2018/r Mar 2018/r Apr 2018/r May 2018/r Jun 2018/r Jul 2018/r Aug 2018/p
1 Total 5,898,032 5,727,822 6,179,227 6,207,088 6,214,601 6,190,279 6,204,001 6,182,390 6,230,645 6,295,274
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 388,199 432,922 401,730 417,328 404,793 423,723 427,845 419,958 418,114 432,165
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 336,669 297,684 317,227 333,908 318,605 323,179 346,300 336,326 339,614 329,288
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,756,794 3,515,589 3,708,177 3,695,537 3,730,284 3,679,957 3,644,341 3,651,911 3,667,956 3,691,691
5 Nonmarketable3 157 169 181 183 185 186 187 188 189 190
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,416,213 1,481,458 1,751,912 1,760,132 1,760,734 1,763,234 1,785,328 1,774,007 1,804,772 1,841,940
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 439,231 439,010 539,801 538,175 556,678 561,436 573,566 578,446 585,460 588,940
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 160,061 161,703 168,313 164,017 166,316 163,292 157,835 154,045 153,736 154,717
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 816,921 880,745 1,043,798 1,057,940 1,037,740 1,038,506 1,053,927 1,041,516 1,065,576 1,098,283
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 941,744 945,668 983,109 986,443 973,674 924,895 910,513 894,626 921,177 928,923
11 Canada 37,941 42,135 37,376 38,126 35,739 35,225 34,930 35,765 36,208 36,356
12 Latin America and Caribbean 531,823 513,441 489,882 511,393 526,647 538,785 547,967 538,077 540,313 540,580
13 Asia 4,311,316 4,146,924 4,552,292 4,543,368 4,554,870 4,567,223 4,587,615 4,588,383 4,605,272 4,662,891
14 Africa 46,023 50,750 87,005 95,980 96,274 93,793 95,835 98,514 100,005 97,717
15 Other countries 29,185 28,904 29,563 31,778 27,397 30,358 27,141 27,025 27,670 28,807
  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: October 26, 2018