Release Date: July 2021
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2017 2018 2019 Nov 2020 Dec 2020 Jan 2021 Feb 2021 Mar 2021 Apr 2021 May 2021/p
1 Total 6,174,343 6,081,353 6,589,915 6,914,964 6,991,379 7,063,976 7,047,641 7,059,351 7,157,735 7,197,327
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 402,227 433,281 450,762 404,535 401,808 437,495 435,669 445,687 457,180 476,645
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 317,227 315,141 268,567 370,816 360,969 378,069 406,234 360,598 320,212 296,117
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,706,546 3,641,438 3,808,130 3,805,149 3,825,344 3,846,330 3,828,969 3,841,354 3,881,203 3,929,747
5 Nonmarketable3 181 195 209 224 225 226 228 229 230 232
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,748,162 1,691,298 2,062,247 2,334,240 2,403,033 2,401,856 2,376,541 2,411,483 2,498,910 2,494,586
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 539,849 611,620 665,273 672,086 664,797 671,627 657,980 645,666 657,988 657,957
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 166,272 165,997 180,968 196,556 200,789 194,369 189,304 188,711 190,256 189,598
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 1,042,041 913,681 1,216,006 1,465,598 1,537,447 1,535,860 1,529,257 1,577,106 1,650,666 1,647,031
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 982,346 883,117 991,966 1,069,948 1,088,662 1,122,041 1,128,841 1,128,596 1,159,333 1,166,263
11 Canada 37,430 35,040 46,049 48,896 44,918 44,208 44,327 43,738 42,995 47,691
12 Latin America and Caribbean 487,093 529,560 516,432 513,464 510,560 525,487 529,811 525,436 533,593 534,540
13 Asia 4,553,666 4,501,441 4,898,667 5,152,244 5,215,530 5,235,296 5,209,333 5,223,855 5,289,145 5,315,110
14 Africa 87,189 88,782 99,192 88,436 90,177 91,743 88,823 91,016 91,201 92,023
15 Other countries 26,619 43,413 37,609 41,976 41,532 45,201 46,506 46,710 41,468 41,700
  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 30, 2021