Release Date: September 2018
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2015/r 2016/r 2017/r Jan 2018/r Feb 2018/r Mar 2018/r Apr 2018/r May 2018/r Jun 2018/r Jul 2018/p
1 Total 5,898,032 5,727,822 6,179,219 6,217,805 6,207,081 6,214,593 6,190,270 6,203,993 6,183,962 6,232,003
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 388,199 432,922 401,722 430,191 417,321 404,785 423,714 427,837 419,950 418,106
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 336,669 297,684 317,227 325,029 333,908 318,605 323,179 346,300 336,326 339,614
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,756,794 3,515,589 3,708,177 3,671,958 3,695,537 3,730,284 3,679,957 3,644,341 3,651,911 3,667,956
5 Nonmarketable3 157 169 181 182 183 185 186 187 188 189
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,416,213 1,481,458 1,751,912 1,790,445 1,760,132 1,760,734 1,763,234 1,785,328 1,775,587 1,806,138
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 439,231 439,010 539,801 534,820 538,175 556,678 561,436 573,566 578,660 585,460
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 160,061 161,703 168,313 164,227 164,017 166,316 163,292 157,835 154,045 153,736
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 816,921 880,745 1,043,798 1,091,398 1,057,940 1,037,740 1,038,506 1,053,927 1,042,882 1,066,942
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 941,744 945,668 983,109 998,586 986,443 973,674 924,895 910,513 895,094 921,646
11 Canada 37,941 42,135 37,376 37,184 38,126 35,739 35,225 34,930 35,765 36,208
12 Latin America and Caribbean 531,823 513,441 489,882 506,750 511,393 526,646 538,783 547,965 539,910 541,931
13 Asia 4,311,316 4,146,924 4,552,288 4,550,694 4,543,365 4,554,867 4,567,220 4,587,613 4,587,679 4,604,567
14 Africa 46,023 50,750 87,002 92,477 95,978 96,272 93,790 95,832 98,489 99,981
15 Other countries 29,185 28,904 29,562 32,114 31,776 27,395 30,357 27,140 27,025 27,670
  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: Effective with the data as of September 2011, figures for long-term securities holdings are based on TIC SLT data when available, and TIC S transactions data otherwise.
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Last Update: September 28, 2018