International Summary Statistics

Release Date: June 2020

Note: On July 22, 2020, footnote 3 was changed from “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" to “Excludes notes issued to foreign official nonreserve agencies. Includes the current value of a zero-coupon Treasury bond issued to the government of Argentina (beginning April 1993, 30-year maturity issue)."

Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2016 2017 2018 Oct 2019 Nov 2019 Dec 2019/r Jan 2020/r Feb 2020/r Mar 2020/r Apr 2020/p
1 Total 5,727,822 6,174,343 6,081,353 6,598,266 6,615,058 6,586,302 6,696,848 6,713,257 6,527,003 6,526,507
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 432,922 402,227 433,281 474,499 478,597 447,149 460,394 436,315 501,070 511,814
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 297,684 317,227 315,141 288,085 273,610 268,567 294,820 306,080 283,222 331,014
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,515,589 3,706,546 3,641,438 3,834,579 3,827,429 3,808,130 3,874,847 3,958,617 3,834,422 3,716,137
5 Nonmarketable3 169 181 195 207 208 209 211 212 213 214
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,481,458 1,748,162 1,691,298 2,000,896 2,035,214 2,062,247 2,066,576 2,012,033 1,908,076 1,967,328
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 439,010 539,849 611,620 666,059 670,206 665,273 676,484 703,139 711,673 675,190
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 161,703 166,272 165,997 180,828 180,587 180,968 183,378 187,147 184,187 177,243
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 880,745 1,042,041 913,681 1,154,009 1,184,421 1,216,006 1,206,714 1,121,747 1,012,216 1,114,895
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 945,668 982,346 883,117 997,109 1,000,747 991,613 1,015,510 1,020,943 958,106 990,625
11 Canada 42,135 37,430 35,040 46,390 46,334 44,933 47,933 48,034 48,408 45,308
12 Latin America and Caribbean 513,441 487,093 529,560 539,349 531,077 516,366 536,959 537,040 509,293 511,984
13 Asia 4,146,924 4,553,666 4,501,441 4,876,531 4,896,457 4,896,655 4,955,583 4,967,525 4,875,159 4,848,740
14 Africa 50,750 87,189 88,782 99,590 100,068 99,229 101,889 101,299 97,338 90,313
15 Other countries 28,904 26,619 43,413 39,297 40,375 37,506 38,974 38,416 38,699 39,863
  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 the current value of a zero-coupon Treasury bond issued to the government of 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: July 22, 2020