Release Date: July 2019
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2015 2016 2017 Nov 2018/r Dec 2018/r Jan 2019/r Feb 2019/r Mar 2019/r Apr 2019/r May 2019/p
1 Total 5,898,032 5,727,822 6,174,343 6,111,797 6,062,113 6,186,016 6,253,454 6,314,091 6,389,402 6,375,939
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 388,199 432,922 402,227 434,294 433,243 438,194 435,193 428,795 463,827 457,777
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 336,669 297,684 317,227 311,805 310,384 305,129 315,330 313,367 302,304 292,683
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,756,794 3,515,589 3,706,546 3,589,220 3,640,382 3,675,040 3,709,370 3,759,167 3,760,039 3,811,052
5 Nonmarketable3 157 169 181 194 195 196 197 198 199 201
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,416,213 1,481,458 1,748,162 1,776,284 1,677,909 1,767,457 1,793,364 1,812,564 1,863,033 1,814,226
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 439,231 439,010 539,849 602,878 612,458 628,046 631,023 634,989 643,316 646,400
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 160,061 161,703 166,272 161,194 164,526 163,227 161,213 161,773 161,855 165,858
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 816,921 880,745 1,042,041 1,012,212 900,925 976,184 1,001,128 1,015,802 1,057,862 1,001,968
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 941,744 945,668 982,346 891,149 883,203 916,039 950,463 957,693 968,528 972,558
11 Canada 37,941 42,135 37,430 35,971 34,994 41,528 39,823 41,430 41,318 42,176
12 Latin America and Caribbean 531,823 513,441 487,093 537,664 529,349 534,696 537,079 546,963 550,316 548,907
13 Asia 4,311,316 4,146,924 4,553,666 4,535,118 4,490,837 4,571,804 4,597,056 4,634,636 4,695,622 4,681,889
14 Africa 46,023 50,750 87,189 84,983 88,596 83,851 89,092 96,565 94,308 94,414
15 Other countries 29,185 28,904 26,619 26,912 35,134 38,098 39,941 36,804 39,310 35,995
  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. Effective with the data as of September 2011, figures for long-term securities are based on TIC SLT data when available, and TIC S transactions data otherwise.
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Last Update: July 26, 2019