Release Date: September 2019
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2016 2017 2018/r Jan 2019/r Feb 2019/r Mar 2019/r Apr 2019/r May 2019/r Jun 2019/r Jul 2019/p
1 Total 5,727,822 6,174,343 6,061,434 6,185,885 6,253,322 6,313,962 6,389,272 6,375,816 6,503,662 6,531,641
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 432,922 402,227 433,243 438,194 435,193 428,795 463,827 457,777 470,065 473,676
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 297,684 317,227 310,384 305,129 315,330 313,367 302,304 292,683 279,159 282,228
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,515,589 3,706,546 3,640,382 3,675,040 3,709,370 3,759,167 3,760,039 3,811,052 3,856,553 3,851,029
5 Nonmarketable3 169 181 195 196 197 198 199 201 202 203
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,481,458 1,748,162 1,677,230 1,767,326 1,793,232 1,812,435 1,862,903 1,814,103 1,897,683 1,924,505
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 439,010 539,849 611,402 628,046 631,023 634,989 643,316 646,400 657,899 665,894
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 161,703 166,272 164,879 163,227 161,213 161,773 161,855 165,858 169,415 168,377
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 880,745 1,042,041 900,949 976,053 1,000,996 1,015,673 1,057,732 1,001,845 1,070,369 1,090,234
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 945,668 982,346 883,115 915,922 950,345 957,578 968,412 972,448 987,851 991,263
11 Canada 42,135 37,430 35,040 41,528 39,823 41,430 41,318 42,176 43,889 43,406
12 Latin America and Caribbean 513,441 487,093 529,527 534,696 537,079 546,963 550,316 548,907 558,672 556,008
13 Asia 4,146,924 4,553,666 4,490,022 4,571,790 4,597,042 4,634,622 4,695,608 4,681,876 4,777,864 4,804,750
14 Africa 50,750 87,189 88,596 83,851 89,092 96,565 94,308 94,414 97,050 97,689
15 Other countries 28,904 26,619 35,134 38,098 39,941 36,804 39,310 35,995 38,336 38,525
  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: September 27, 2019