Release Date: September 2020
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2017 2018 2019 Jan 2020 Feb 2020 Mar 2020 Apr 2020 May 2020/r Jun 2020/r Jul 2020/p
1 Total 6,174,343 6,081,353 6,588,279 6,699,667 6,719,245 6,523,167 6,594,099 6,720,953 6,705,643 6,734,626
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 402,227 433,281 449,126 463,213 442,303 501,070 511,814 492,991 446,298 429,723
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 317,227 315,141 268,567 294,820 306,080 283,222 331,014 355,721 382,477 393,564
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 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 3,798,138
5 Nonmarketable3 181 195 209 211 212 213 214 216 217 218
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,748,162 1,691,298 2,062,247 2,066,576 2,012,033 1,904,240 2,034,920 2,122,017 2,117,071 2,112,983
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 539,849 611,620 665,273 676,484 703,139 711,673 713,274 703,298 686,396 647,886
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 166,272 165,997 180,968 183,378 187,147 184,187 189,105 196,341 199,954 197,048
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 1,042,041 913,681 1,216,006 1,206,714 1,121,747 1,008,380 1,132,541 1,222,378 1,230,721 1,268,049
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 982,346 883,117 992,276 1,016,413 1,021,904 954,071 989,119 1,019,201 1,029,431 1,062,880
11 Canada 37,430 35,040 44,933 47,933 48,034 48,408 46,936 50,070 46,343 45,405
12 Latin America and Caribbean 487,093 529,560 516,366 536,959 537,040 509,293 517,539 513,093 503,890 504,817
13 Asia 4,553,666 4,501,441 4,897,958 4,957,480 4,972,336 4,875,358 4,912,877 5,013,043 5,005,840 4,992,696
14 Africa 87,189 88,782 99,240 101,901 101,310 97,338 90,677 86,586 80,583 87,041
15 Other countries 26,619 43,413 37,506 38,981 38,621 38,699 36,951 38,960 39,556 42,266
  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.
Back to Top
Last Update: September 25, 2020