International Summary Statistics

Release Date: March 2018
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2014 2015/r 2016/r Jul 2017/r Aug 2017/r Sep 2017/r Oct 2017/r Nov 2017/r Dec 2017/r Jan 2018/p
1 Total 6,064,696 5,942,580 5,814,991 6,039,188 6,062,747 6,073,091 6,110,598 6,097,681 6,058,950 6,113,816
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 293,072 388,199 432,670 434,824 441,294 420,685 433,341 415,221 401,709 429,044
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 335,308 336,669 297,684 330,563 324,093 325,181 332,161 339,572 317,227 325,029
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,787,112 3,756,794 3,515,589 3,703,754 3,727,413 3,745,058 3,746,711 3,714,909 3,708,337 3,672,372
5 Nonmarketable3 146 157 169 176 177 178 179 180 181 182
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,594,328 1,471,942 1,465,458 1,569,871 1,569,770 1,581,989 1,598,206 1,627,799 1,631,496 1,687,189
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 451,580 442,109 424,663 426,362 423,818 415,952 412,552 412,502 411,678 406,438
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 163,205 164,050 163,840 173,430 176,216 174,790 173,904 174,609 174,472 175,559
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 979,543 865,782 876,956 970,080 969,736 991,248 1,011,750 1,040,689 1,045,345 1,105,191
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 935,309 947,150 957,562 994,488 995,493 1,018,000 1,015,880 1,018,431 989,543 1,008,821
11 Canada 36,842 39,735 42,437 39,816 39,003 38,465 40,261 40,130 39,048 39,133
12 Latin America and Caribbean 535,755 525,390 511,556 509,514 512,877 508,374 514,688 501,168 488,855 504,443
13 Asia 4,482,148 4,353,218 4,221,695 4,387,157 4,414,346 4,399,450 4,422,406 4,419,116 4,424,380 4,436,255
14 Africa 44,091 47,318 53,292 75,743 71,581 79,389 84,556 87,228 87,513 92,936
15 Other countries 31,228 29,270 29,996 32,118 29,111 29,095 32,507 31,329 29,347 31,981
  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: March 30, 2018