Release Date: March 2019
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2015 2016 2017/r Jul 2018/r Aug 2018/r Sep 2018/r Oct 2018/r Nov 2018/r Dec 2018/r Jan 2019/p
1 Total 5,898,032 5,727,822 6,174,343 6,230,550 6,295,081 6,263,604 6,145,504 6,110,440 6,073,936 6,197,605
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 388,199 432,922 402,227 418,082 432,133 412,171 423,049 432,937 432,128 436,124
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 336,669 297,684 317,227 339,614 329,288 316,688 306,648 311,805 310,384 305,129
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,756,794 3,515,589 3,706,546 3,667,956 3,691,594 3,693,229 3,640,298 3,589,220 3,639,148 3,674,717
5 Nonmarketable3 157 169 181 189 190 191 193 194 195 196
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,416,213 1,481,458 1,748,162 1,804,709 1,841,876 1,841,325 1,775,316 1,776,284 1,692,081 1,781,439
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 439,231 439,010 539,849 585,463 588,940 594,773 593,904 602,878 612,431 628,063
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 160,061 161,703 166,272 153,730 154,678 167,233 163,804 161,194 162,317 160,981
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 816,921 880,745 1,042,041 1,065,516 1,098,258 1,079,319 1,017,608 1,012,212 917,333 992,395
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 941,744 945,668 982,346 921,177 928,923 914,309 884,596 891,149 881,771 914,557
11 Canada 37,941 42,135 37,430 36,208 36,356 36,259 36,098 35,276 34,765 41,020
12 Latin America and Caribbean 531,823 513,441 487,093 540,313 540,580 544,219 546,203 537,551 529,268 535,603
13 Asia 4,311,316 4,146,924 4,553,666 4,605,179 4,662,700 4,645,829 4,561,361 4,534,819 4,514,131 4,595,439
14 Africa 46,023 50,750 87,189 100,003 97,715 94,731 90,839 84,983 85,380 80,728
15 Other countries 29,185 28,904 26,619 27,670 28,807 28,257 26,407 26,662 28,621 30,258
  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. Effective with the data as of September 2011, figures for long-term securities are based on TIC SLT data when available, and TIC S transactions data otherwise.
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Last Update: March 29, 2019