Release Date: February 2020
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2016 2017 2018 Jun 2019/r Jul 2019 Aug 2019 Sep 2019 Oct 2019 Nov 2019/r Dec 2019/p
1 Total 5,727,822 6,174,343 6,081,353 6,540,164 6,570,683 6,617,541 6,598,418 6,598,565 6,615,821 6,587,899
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 432,922 402,227 433,281 470,797 474,116 468,250 476,181 474,499 478,597 447,149
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 297,684 317,227 315,141 287,312 285,828 295,202 290,828 288,085 273,610 268,567
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,515,589 3,706,546 3,641,438 3,858,547 3,853,908 3,904,940 3,860,184 3,835,238 3,827,737 3,808,850
5 Nonmarketable3 169 181 195 202 203 204 206 207 208 209
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,481,458 1,748,162 1,691,298 1,923,306 1,956,628 1,948,945 1,971,019 2,000,536 2,035,669 2,063,124
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 439,010 539,849 611,620 658,127 666,223 665,539 662,535 665,505 669,999 664,629
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 161,703 166,272 165,997 168,485 168,710 180,452 181,300 180,961 181,181 182,559
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 880,745 1,042,041 913,681 1,096,694 1,121,695 1,102,954 1,127,184 1,154,070 1,184,489 1,215,936
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 945,668 982,346 883,117 983,607 991,265 1,006,397 995,457 997,107 1,000,762 993,146
11 Canada 42,135 37,430 35,040 43,895 43,406 45,213 44,952 46,390 46,334 44,933
12 Latin America and Caribbean 513,441 487,093 529,560 558,745 556,432 562,106 545,066 539,445 531,359 516,419
13 Asia 4,146,924 4,553,666 4,501,441 4,819,022 4,841,050 4,863,862 4,866,950 4,876,626 4,896,809 4,896,660
14 Africa 50,750 87,189 88,782 97,077 97,807 99,840 104,903 99,696 100,178 99,230
15 Other countries 28,904 26,619 43,413 37,818 40,723 40,123 41,090 39,301 40,379 37,511
  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: February 28, 2020