Release Date: November 2017
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2014 2015/r 2016/r Mar 2017/r Apr 2017/r May 2017/r Jun 2017/r Jul 2017/r Aug 2017/r Sep 2017/p
1 Total 6,062,331 5,943,090 5,709,725 5,817,652 5,853,594 5,896,439 5,962,066 6,029,878 6,053,048 5,685,739
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 293,072 388,199 439,093 438,764 429,875 426,609 433,857 442,290 448,420 417,682
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 335,308 336,669 298,373 317,775 326,535 329,310 330,460 330,559 324,094 325,188
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,787,112 3,756,794 3,515,589 3,561,985 3,584,877 3,605,713 3,664,679 3,703,754 3,727,413 3,377,320
5 Nonmarketable3 146 157 169 172 173 174 175 176 177 178
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,594,051 1,471,993 1,456,501 1,498,956 1,512,134 1,534,633 1,532,895 1,553,099 1,552,944 1,565,371
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 451,376 442,036 412,691 403,014 402,756 410,981 403,335 403,095 400,490 392,697
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 163,127 164,187 163,635 165,688 167,364 170,728 170,606 173,003 175,789 174,363
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 979,549 865,770 880,175 930,254 942,013 952,924 958,954 977,001 976,665 998,311
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 934,457 947,438 954,919 973,558 968,924 981,655 993,080 1,001,800 1,002,835 913,265
11 Canada 36,842 39,552 44,128 42,089 42,507 42,551 40,722 41,831 41,020 40,320
12 Latin America and Caribbean 534,574 525,816 514,915 503,863 512,164 509,566 511,868 508,923 512,136 461,231
13 Asia 4,481,749 4,353,155 4,117,281 4,212,553 4,238,779 4,273,082 4,329,312 4,370,815 4,397,939 4,182,609
14 Africa 44,091 47,318 50,502 57,465 62,237 60,533 57,186 75,263 70,886 61,022
15 Other countries 31,265 29,294 27,784 27,950 28,815 28,890 29,745 31,101 28,096 27,154
  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: November 24, 2017