Release Date: December 2022
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2019 2020 2021/r Apr 2022/r May 2022/r Jun 2022/r Jul 2022/r Aug 2022/r Sep 2022/r Oct 2022/p
1 Total 6,589,915 6,992,253 7,046,515 6,649,746 6,608,918 6,510,463 6,648,382 6,509,726 6,215,809 6,238,061
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 450,762 402,812 451,995 446,584 433,742 446,925 455,746 459,026 480,979 523,059
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 268,567 360,969 247,640 256,610 248,599 238,336 234,016 230,463 220,008 203,816
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,808,130 3,825,344 3,914,792 3,695,342 3,665,034 3,665,535 3,710,001 3,674,948 3,521,520 3,445,267
5 Nonmarketable3 209 225 242 247 249 250 252 253 255 257
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 2,062,247 2,402,903 2,431,846 2,250,963 2,261,294 2,159,417 2,248,367 2,145,036 1,993,047 2,065,662
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 665,273 664,797 636,345 633,210 657,076 650,248 671,443 649,723 624,324 619,770
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 180,968 200,789 170,807 159,689 160,456 160,517 166,975 164,816 153,329 151,189
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 1,216,006 1,537,317 1,624,694 1,458,064 1,443,762 1,348,652 1,409,949 1,330,497 1,215,394 1,294,703
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 991,966 1,088,662 1,177,984 1,118,309 1,091,224 1,069,964 1,123,908 1,112,990 1,038,333 1,062,201
11 Canada 46,049 44,920 38,405 44,528 45,516 52,711 49,401 54,263 41,982 48,366
12 Latin America and Caribbean 516,432 510,494 531,746 532,563 531,546 515,603 519,300 522,853 513,744 515,285
13 Asia 4,898,667 5,216,338 5,111,680 4,779,318 4,768,740 4,709,141 4,786,691 4,649,367 4,455,412 4,444,105
14 Africa 99,192 90,175 84,726 75,693 72,519 70,577 72,664 76,716 78,582 77,271
15 Other countries 37,609 41,664 101,974 99,335 99,373 92,467 96,418 93,537 87,756 90,833
  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: December 30, 2022