Release Date: August 2020
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2016 2017 2018 Dec 2019 Jan 2020/r Feb 2020 Mar 2020 Apr 2020 May 2020/r Jun 2020/p
1 Total 5,727,822 6,174,343 6,081,353 6,588,279 6,699,667 6,719,245 6,523,167 6,594,099 6,718,512 6,631,027
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 432,922 402,227 433,281 449,126 463,213 442,303 501,070 511,814 492,991 446,298
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 297,684 317,227 315,141 268,567 294,820 306,080 283,222 331,014 355,721 382,477
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,515,589 3,706,546 3,641,438 3,808,130 3,874,847 3,958,617 3,834,422 3,716,137 3,750,008 3,759,580
5 Nonmarketable3 169 181 195 209 211 212 213 214 216 217
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,481,458 1,748,162 1,691,298 2,062,247 2,066,576 2,012,033 1,904,240 2,034,920 2,119,576 2,042,455
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 439,010 539,849 611,620 665,273 676,484 703,139 711,673 713,274 703,298 656,641
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 161,703 166,272 165,997 180,968 183,378 187,147 184,187 189,105 196,341 188,584
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 880,745 1,042,041 913,681 1,216,006 1,206,714 1,121,747 1,008,380 1,132,541 1,219,937 1,197,231
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 945,668 982,346 883,117 992,276 1,016,413 1,021,904 954,071 989,119 1,019,201 1,032,041
11 Canada 42,135 37,430 35,040 44,933 47,933 48,034 48,408 46,936 50,070 44,812
12 Latin America and Caribbean 513,441 487,093 529,560 516,366 536,959 537,040 509,293 517,539 513,093 500,365
13 Asia 4,146,924 4,553,666 4,501,441 4,897,958 4,957,480 4,972,336 4,875,358 4,912,877 5,010,602 4,931,885
14 Africa 50,750 87,189 88,782 99,240 101,901 101,310 97,338 90,677 86,586 80,324
15 Other countries 28,904 26,619 43,413 37,506 38,981 38,621 38,699 36,951 38,960 42,025
  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: August 28, 2020