Release Date: March 2022
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2018 2019 2020 Jul 2021 Aug 2021 Sep 2021 Oct 2021 Nov 2021/r Dec 2021/r Jan 2022/p
1 Total 6,081,353 6,589,915 6,992,253 7,042,184 7,042,694 6,980,194 7,036,829 7,013,196 7,008,207 6,915,373
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 433,281 450,762 402,812 494,232 505,255 516,644 511,557 483,971 472,298 464,726
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 315,141 268,567 360,969 276,366 257,990 255,413 247,716 239,523 247,640 266,721
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,641,438 3,808,130 3,825,344 3,977,457 3,958,039 3,952,281 3,931,482 3,965,052 3,912,600 3,903,262
5 Nonmarketable3 195 209 225 234 236 237 239 240 242 243
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,691,298 2,062,247 2,402,903 2,293,895 2,321,174 2,255,619 2,345,835 2,324,410 2,375,427 2,280,421
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 611,620 665,273 664,797 654,479 661,822 648,758 645,791 642,680 636,305 630,974
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 165,997 180,968 200,789 172,165 170,476 168,405 168,493 167,598 168,294 163,143
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 913,681 1,216,006 1,537,317 1,467,251 1,488,876 1,438,456 1,531,551 1,514,132 1,570,828 1,486,304
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 883,117 991,966 1,088,662 1,204,486 1,222,735 1,194,804 1,209,930 1,199,100 1,178,021 1,190,229
11 Canada 35,040 46,049 44,920 38,849 38,742 38,580 37,960 37,606 38,817 40,627
12 Latin America and Caribbean 529,560 516,432 510,494 524,962 527,781 531,514 530,013 530,687 517,649 524,246
13 Asia 4,501,441 4,898,667 5,216,338 5,138,000 5,118,555 5,080,835 5,115,775 5,105,666 5,130,930 5,028,278
14 Africa 88,782 99,192 90,175 92,849 88,135 89,038 86,834 85,715 84,726 76,577
15 Other countries 43,413 37,609 41,664 43,038 46,746 45,423 56,317 54,422 58,064 55,416
  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: March 25, 2022