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International Summary Statistics

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: October 2012

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Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2009 2010 2011/r Feb 2012/r Mar 2012/r Apr 2012/r May 2012/r Jun 2012/r Jul 2012/r Aug 2012/p
1 Total 4,305,918 4,744,909 5,073,114 5,197,436 5,204,852 5,263,699 5,278,125 5,290,977 5,315,897 5,371,508
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 185,927 178,499 205,973 195,677 191,606 201,426 206,014 192,156 199,183 200,788
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 528,063 462,303 357,610 360,713 355,959 345,681 359,764 362,205 354,975 372,971
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 2,317,125 2,840,489 3,258,876 3,346,014 3,359,838 3,431,757 3,464,919 3,489,132 3,517,799 3,536,939
5 Nonmarketable3 1,302 1,409 1,525 1,545 1,556 1,566 1,576 1,587 1,597 1,608
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,273,501 1,262,209 1,249,130 1,293,487 1,295,893 1,283,269 1,245,852 1,245,897 1,242,343 1,259,202
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 745,004 632,159 607,280 601,293 586,595 575,311 577,518 555,271 543,064 545,173
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 104,774 102,351 103,541 105,784 104,603 105,488 104,004 102,131 103,221 105,477
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 423,723 527,699 538,309 586,410 604,695 602,470 564,330 588,495 596,058 608,552
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 545,289 646,756 707,114 735,220 750,681 758,966 765,724 791,428 798,067 822,118
11 Canada 12,035 19,071 27,765 29,576 30,152 29,935 30,406 29,644 29,475 30,439
12 Latin America and Caribbean 327,588 357,333 428,870 426,718 441,902 454,626 464,054 472,294 487,692 491,696
13 Asia 3,344,722 3,644,036 3,839,243 3,933,379 3,911,887 3,943,713 3,936,146 3,919,151 3,922,688 3,949,021
14 Africa 52,695 53,155 41,471 40,632 39,215 42,499 43,896 43,168 45,274 44,727
15 Other countries 23,584 25,832 28,650 31,910 31,014 33,961 37,898 35,291 32,701 33,506
  1. Principally demand deposits, time deposits, bankers acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable time certificates of deposit, and borrowings under repurchase agreements.   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 current value of zero-coupon Treasury bond issues to foreign governments as follows: Venezuela, beginning December 1990, 30-year maturity issue; 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. Beginning in September 2011, figures for Treasury securities are based on TIC SLT data when available, and TIC S transactions data otherwise.
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Last update: October 26, 2012