Release Date: November 2019
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2016 2017 2018/r Mar 2019/r Apr 2019/r May 2019/r Jun 2019/r Jul 2019/r Aug 2019/r Sep 2019/p
1 Total 5,727,822 6,174,343 6,066,229 6,319,099 6,396,952 6,383,254 6,514,080 6,537,941 6,617,541 6,598,418
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 432,922 402,227 433,281 428,795 463,827 457,778 470,067 474,116 468,250 476,181
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 297,684 317,227 315,141 318,504 307,846 297,982 287,312 285,828 295,202 290,828
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,515,589 3,706,546 3,640,382 3,759,167 3,760,039 3,811,052 3,856,553 3,851,029 3,904,940 3,860,184
5 Nonmarketable3 169 181 195 198 199 201 202 203 204 206
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,481,458 1,748,162 1,677,230 1,812,435 1,865,041 1,816,241 1,899,946 1,926,765 1,948,945 1,971,019
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 439,010 539,849 611,402 634,989 643,316 646,400 657,899 665,894 665,539 662,535
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 161,703 166,272 164,879 161,773 161,855 165,858 169,415 168,377 180,452 181,300
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 880,745 1,042,041 900,949 1,015,673 1,059,870 1,003,983 1,072,632 1,092,494 1,102,954 1,127,184
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 945,668 982,346 883,115 957,578 968,412 972,448 987,851 991,263 1,006,397 995,457
11 Canada 42,135 37,430 35,040 41,430 41,318 42,176 43,889 43,406 45,213 44,952
12 Latin America and Caribbean 513,441 487,093 529,559 546,963 550,316 548,907 558,672 556,348 562,106 545,066
13 Asia 4,146,924 4,553,666 4,494,732 4,639,759 4,701,197 4,687,223 4,786,085 4,808,513 4,863,862 4,866,950
14 Africa 50,750 87,189 88,596 96,565 94,308 94,414 97,050 97,689 99,840 104,903
15 Other countries 28,904 26,619 35,187 36,804 41,401 38,086 40,533 40,722 40,123 41,090
  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: November 29, 2019