Release Date: August 2017
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2013/r 2014/r 2015/r Dec 2016/r Jan 2017/r Feb 2017/r Mar 2017/r Apr 2017/r May 2017/r Jun 2017/p
1 Total 5,768,950 6,062,331 5,943,104 5,621,027 5,707,272 5,769,770 5,810,706 5,845,432 5,885,988 5,950,662
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 269,746 293,072 388,199 439,093 456,848 454,288 438,764 429,875 426,609 434,068
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 398,420 335,308 336,669 298,373 301,134 302,441 317,775 326,535 329,310 330,460
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,654,385 3,787,112 3,756,794 3,426,958 3,484,242 3,513,508 3,561,985 3,584,877 3,605,713 3,664,679
5 Nonmarketable3 1,787 146 157 169 170 171 172 173 174 175
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,495,026 1,594,051 1,471,944 1,456,434 1,464,878 1,499,362 1,492,010 1,503,972 1,524,182 1,521,280
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 442,233 451,376 442,045 412,632 404,911 405,137 397,677 396,329 402,395 393,609
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 143,478 163,127 164,159 163,628 163,992 163,477 164,079 165,629 168,863 168,717
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 909,315 979,549 865,739 880,175 895,975 930,748 930,254 942,013 952,924 958,954
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 899,308 934,457 947,466 888,731 936,339 952,338 973,556 968,922 981,653 993,078
11 Canada 37,946 36,842 39,552 42,428 45,851 43,299 42,089 42,507 42,551 40,722
12 Latin America and Caribbean 503,056 534,574 525,830 502,550 516,678 512,515 503,754 512,040 509,427 511,729
13 Asia 4,247,503 4,481,749 4,353,130 4,113,343 4,127,187 4,179,024 4,205,718 4,230,743 4,262,772 4,317,838
14 Africa 45,791 44,091 47,318 44,756 51,500 53,101 57,465 62,237 60,533 57,397
15 Other countries 36,498 31,265 29,294 29,024 29,529 29,310 27,950 28,815 28,890 29,745
  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: August 25, 2017