Release Date: May 2019
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2015 2016 2017/r Sep 2018 Oct 2018 Nov 2018 Dec 2018 Jan 2019 Feb 2019 Mar 2019/p
1 Total 5,898,032 5,727,822 6,174,343 6,263,604 6,145,504 6,110,440 6,072,881 6,197,414 6,264,507 6,308,659
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 388,199 432,922 402,227 412,171 423,049 432,937 432,128 436,124 432,114 428,675
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 336,669 297,684 317,227 316,688 306,648 311,805 310,384 305,129 315,330 313,367
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,756,794 3,515,589 3,706,546 3,693,229 3,640,298 3,589,220 3,639,148 3,674,717 3,709,030 3,755,759
5 Nonmarketable3 157 169 181 191 193 194 195 196 197 198
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,416,213 1,481,458 1,748,162 1,841,325 1,775,316 1,776,284 1,691,026 1,781,248 1,807,836 1,810,660
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 439,231 439,010 539,849 594,773 593,904 602,878 612,431 628,063 631,019 634,121
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 160,061 161,703 166,272 167,233 163,804 161,194 162,317 160,981 158,951 157,837
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 816,921 880,745 1,042,041 1,079,319 1,017,608 1,012,212 916,278 992,204 1,017,866 1,018,702
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 941,744 945,668 982,346 914,309 884,596 891,149 881,754 914,557 948,979 951,848
11 Canada 37,941 42,135 37,430 36,259 36,098 35,276 34,765 41,020 38,401 41,528
12 Latin America and Caribbean 531,823 513,441 487,093 544,219 546,203 537,551 529,269 535,412 537,825 547,085
13 Asia 4,311,316 4,146,924 4,553,666 4,645,829 4,561,361 4,534,819 4,513,422 4,595,439 4,621,485 4,645,061
14 Africa 46,023 50,750 87,189 94,731 90,839 84,983 85,380 80,728 86,005 93,377
15 Other countries 29,185 28,904 26,619 28,257 26,407 26,662 28,291 30,258 31,812 29,760
  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: May 31, 2019