Release Date: October 2017
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2014 2015 2016 Feb 2017 Mar 2017 Apr 2017 May 2017 Jun 2017 Jul 2017/r Aug 2017/p
1 Total 6,062,331 5,943,104 5,709,658 5,769,770 5,810,706 5,845,432 5,885,988 5,950,662 6,017,110 6,039,674
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 293,072 388,199 439,093 454,288 438,764 429,875 426,609 434,068 442,293 449,118
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 335,308 336,669 298,373 302,441 317,775 326,535 329,310 330,460 330,559 324,094
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,787,112 3,756,794 3,515,589 3,513,508 3,561,985 3,584,877 3,605,713 3,664,679 3,703,754 3,727,413
5 Nonmarketable3 146 157 169 171 172 173 174 175 176 177
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,594,051 1,471,944 1,456,434 1,499,362 1,492,010 1,503,972 1,524,182 1,521,280 1,540,328 1,538,872
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 451,376 442,045 412,632 405,137 397,677 396,329 402,395 393,609 392,487 388,584
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 163,127 164,159 163,628 163,477 164,079 165,629 168,863 168,717 170,840 173,623
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 979,549 865,739 880,175 930,748 930,254 942,013 952,924 958,954 977,001 976,665
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 934,457 947,466 954,917 952,338 973,556 968,922 981,653 993,078 1,001,768 1,002,802
11 Canada 36,842 39,552 44,128 43,299 42,089 42,507 42,551 40,722 41,831 41,020
12 Latin America and Caribbean 534,574 525,830 514,851 512,515 503,754 512,040 509,427 511,729 508,764 512,674
13 Asia 4,481,749 4,353,130 4,117,281 4,179,024 4,205,718 4,230,743 4,262,772 4,317,838 4,358,235 4,384,059
14 Africa 44,091 47,318 50,502 53,101 57,465 62,237 60,533 57,397 75,266 70,886
15 Other countries 31,265 29,294 27,784 29,310 27,950 28,815 28,890 29,745 31,101 28,096
  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: October 27, 2017