Release Date: July 2020
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2016 2017 2018 Nov 2019/r Dec 2019/r Jan 2020/r Feb 2020/r Mar 2020/r Apr 2020/r May 2020/p
1 Total 5,727,822 6,174,343 6,081,353 6,619,198 6,588,279 6,699,677 6,719,245 6,523,167 6,594,099 6,629,684
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 432,922 402,227 433,281 482,737 449,126 463,223 442,303 501,070 511,814 491,991
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 297,684 317,227 315,141 273,610 268,567 294,820 306,080 283,222 331,014 355,721
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,515,589 3,706,546 3,641,438 3,827,429 3,808,130 3,874,847 3,958,617 3,834,422 3,716,137 3,750,008
5 Nonmarketable3 169 181 195 208 209 211 212 213 214 216
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,481,458 1,748,162 1,691,298 2,035,214 2,062,247 2,066,576 2,012,033 1,904,240 2,034,920 2,031,748
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 439,010 539,849 611,620 670,206 665,273 676,484 703,139 711,673 713,274 672,208
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 161,703 166,272 165,997 180,587 180,968 183,378 187,147 184,187 189,105 184,750
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 880,745 1,042,041 913,681 1,184,421 1,216,006 1,206,714 1,121,747 1,008,380 1,132,541 1,174,791
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 945,668 982,346 883,117 1,001,660 992,276 1,016,423 1,021,904 954,071 989,119 1,021,301
11 Canada 42,135 37,430 35,040 46,357 44,933 47,933 48,034 48,408 46,936 48,659
12 Latin America and Caribbean 513,441 487,093 529,560 531,077 516,366 536,959 537,040 509,293 517,539 508,646
13 Asia 4,146,924 4,553,666 4,501,441 4,899,641 4,897,958 4,957,480 4,972,336 4,875,358 4,912,877 4,923,530
14 Africa 50,750 87,189 88,782 100,079 99,240 101,901 101,310 97,338 90,677 86,226
15 Other countries 28,904 26,619 43,413 40,384 37,506 38,981 38,621 38,699 36,951 41,690
  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 31, 2020