Release Date: December 2021
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2018 2019 2020 Apr 2021 May 2021 Jun 2021 Jul 2021 Aug 2021 Sep 2021 Oct 2021/p
1 Total 6,081,353 6,589,915 6,993,268 7,163,156 7,200,028 7,261,721 7,325,277 7,329,650 7,259,875 7,331,939
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 433,281 450,762 403,827 459,152 479,030 486,126 484,915 495,307 511,358 502,890
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 315,141 268,567 360,969 320,212 296,117 278,212 286,373 268,164 265,793 257,570
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,641,438 3,808,130 3,825,344 3,881,203 3,929,747 3,960,935 3,991,536 3,971,903 3,966,563 3,945,833
5 Nonmarketable3 195 209 225 230 232 233 234 236 237 239
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,691,298 2,062,247 2,402,903 2,502,359 2,494,902 2,536,215 2,562,219 2,594,040 2,515,924 2,625,407
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 611,620 665,273 664,797 657,988 657,957 659,444 658,637 665,576 654,659 651,369
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 165,997 180,968 200,789 190,256 189,598 189,815 188,844 186,807 183,432 182,032
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 913,681 1,216,006 1,537,317 1,654,115 1,647,347 1,686,956 1,714,738 1,741,657 1,677,833 1,792,006
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 883,117 991,966 1,088,662 1,159,344 1,166,217 1,185,674 1,208,794 1,227,131 1,198,958 1,214,193
11 Canada 35,040 46,049 44,920 42,995 47,691 48,916 50,721 51,163 50,057 51,962
12 Latin America and Caribbean 529,560 516,432 510,592 533,370 534,839 523,950 525,527 528,100 530,961 528,528
13 Asia 4,501,441 4,898,667 5,217,238 5,294,670 5,317,274 5,367,482 5,403,097 5,387,101 5,344,021 5,392,603
14 Africa 88,782 99,192 90,177 91,209 92,168 92,781 94,300 89,606 90,455 88,308
15 Other countries 43,413 37,609 41,679 41,568 41,839 42,918 42,838 46,549 45,423 56,319
  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: January 3, 2022