Release Date: April 2023
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2019 2020 2021 Aug 2022/r Sep 2022/r Oct 2022/r Nov 2022/r Dec 2022/r Jan 2023/r Feb 2023/p
1 Total 6,589,915 6,992,253 6,998,606 6,624,527 6,327,945 6,352,900 6,521,914 6,414,060 6,604,220 6,517,961
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 450,762 402,812 451,995 459,026 480,979 523,059 526,956 497,466 555,727 559,684
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 268,567 360,969 247,640 230,463 220,008 203,816 217,164 238,714 249,597 256,939
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,808,130 3,825,344 3,869,770 3,646,163 3,493,436 3,409,969 3,453,333 3,439,079 3,464,028 3,443,877
5 Nonmarketable3 209 225 242 253 255 257 258 260 261 263
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 2,062,247 2,402,903 2,428,959 2,288,622 2,133,267 2,215,799 2,324,203 2,238,541 2,334,607 2,257,198
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 665,273 664,797 636,262 651,290 625,876 621,397 638,479 634,308 651,408 632,925
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 180,968 200,789 171,789 177,558 165,888 163,265 172,016 171,201 176,264 175,892
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 1,216,006 1,537,317 1,620,908 1,459,774 1,341,503 1,431,137 1,513,708 1,433,032 1,506,935 1,448,381
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 991,966 1,088,662 1,187,688 1,136,842 1,069,016 1,091,874 1,139,298 1,094,407 1,172,249 1,174,067
11 Canada 46,049 44,920 38,405 55,590 49,325 55,238 60,638 58,337 60,941 56,820
12 Latin America and Caribbean 516,432 510,494 513,281 517,809 500,291 501,762 513,247 502,570 513,043 516,803
13 Asia 4,898,667 5,216,338 5,063,003 4,735,505 4,527,994 4,520,476 4,620,984 4,566,616 4,664,586 4,573,485
14 Africa 99,192 90,175 85,411 77,491 79,179 77,796 74,781 75,044 77,707 76,269
15 Other countries 37,609 41,664 110,818 101,290 102,140 105,754 112,966 117,086 115,694 120,517
  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: April 28, 2023