Release Date: December 2019
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2016 2017 2018/r Apr 2019/r May 2019/r Jun 2019/r Jul 2019/r Aug 2019 Sep 2019 Oct 2019/p
1 Total 5,727,822 6,174,343 6,081,352 6,429,728 6,413,631 6,546,148 6,570,598 6,617,541 6,598,418 6,598,565
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 432,922 402,227 433,281 463,827 457,778 470,067 474,116 468,250 476,181 474,499
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 297,684 317,227 315,141 307,846 297,982 287,312 285,828 295,202 290,828 288,085
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,515,589 3,706,546 3,641,439 3,762,857 3,813,950 3,859,292 3,853,909 3,904,940 3,860,184 3,835,238
5 Nonmarketable3 169 181 195 199 201 202 203 204 206 207
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,481,458 1,748,162 1,691,296 1,894,999 1,843,720 1,929,275 1,956,542 1,948,945 1,971,019 2,000,536
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 439,010 539,849 611,622 643,561 646,647 658,145 666,142 665,539 662,535 665,505
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 161,703 166,272 165,999 162,305 166,178 169,751 168,706 180,452 181,300 180,961
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 880,745 1,042,041 913,675 1,089,133 1,030,895 1,101,379 1,121,694 1,102,954 1,127,184 1,154,070
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 945,668 982,346 883,117 968,414 972,450 987,853 991,265 1,006,397 995,457 997,107
11 Canada 42,135 37,430 35,040 41,318 42,176 43,889 43,406 45,213 44,952 46,390
12 Latin America and Caribbean 513,441 487,093 529,559 550,316 548,907 558,672 556,348 562,106 545,066 539,445
13 Asia 4,146,924 4,553,666 4,501,441 4,733,845 4,717,476 4,818,024 4,841,050 4,863,862 4,866,950 4,876,626
14 Africa 50,750 87,189 88,782 94,434 94,536 97,177 97,807 99,840 104,903 99,696
15 Other countries 28,904 26,619 43,413 41,401 38,086 40,533 40,722 40,123 41,090 39,301
  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: December 27, 2019