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International Summary Statistics

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: February 2017

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Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2013 2014 2015 Jun 2016/r Jul 2016/r Aug 2016/r Sep 2016/r Oct 2016/r Nov 2016/r Dec 2016/p
1 Total 5,768,950 6,062,331 6,002,210 6,011,133 6,017,779 5,962,350 5,902,843 5,819,571 5,768,874 5,822,210
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 269,746 293,072 389,302 435,643 428,636 440,006 429,582 432,603 437,704 438,143
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 398,420 335,308 336,669 272,525 276,564 272,788 292,130 295,107 295,551 298,373
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,654,385 3,787,112 3,756,794 3,764,386 3,733,680 3,675,736 3,609,336 3,546,129 3,474,754 3,515,589
5 Nonmarketable3 1,787 146 157 163 164 165 166 167 168 169
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,495,026 1,594,051 1,519,288 1,538,416 1,578,735 1,573,655 1,571,629 1,545,565 1,560,697 1,569,936
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 442,233 451,376 425,216 417,252 417,166 412,532 412,305 408,970 395,972 389,586
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 143,478 163,127 158,738 161,952 162,317 163,361 162,409 158,834 154,318 153,196
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 909,315 979,549 935,334 959,212 999,252 997,762 996,915 977,761 1,010,408 1,027,154
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 899,308 934,457 955,283 983,962 975,156 965,381 957,568 935,419 946,532 949,973
11 Canada 37,946 36,842 39,141 42,108 42,865 42,437 45,406 45,083 44,548 45,245
12 Latin America and Caribbean 503,056 534,574 531,431 518,883 523,484 521,473 519,987 513,370 515,658 515,597
13 Asia 4,247,503 4,481,749 4,400,294 4,395,484 4,408,644 4,361,525 4,308,600 4,254,178 4,185,735 4,233,155
14 Africa 45,791 44,091 46,354 41,474 37,455 41,013 41,392 43,044 48,114 50,456
15 Other countries 36,498 31,265 29,370 28,915 29,870 30,224 29,601 28,201 28,016 27,518
  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 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: February 24, 2017