Release Date: April 2020
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2016 2017 2018 Aug 2019/r Sep 2019/r Oct 2019/r Nov 2019/r Dec 2019/r Jan 2020/r Feb 2020/p
1 Total 5,727,822 6,174,343 6,081,353 6,617,319 6,598,205 6,598,356 6,615,636 6,587,797 6,698,888 6,715,138
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 432,922 402,227 433,281 468,250 476,181 474,499 478,597 447,149 460,394 436,315
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 297,684 317,227 315,141 295,202 290,828 288,085 273,610 268,567 294,820 306,080
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,515,589 3,706,546 3,641,438 3,904,774 3,860,028 3,835,085 3,827,586 3,808,696 3,874,984 3,958,617
5 Nonmarketable3 169 181 195 204 206 207 208 209 211 212
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,481,458 1,748,162 1,691,298 1,948,889 1,970,962 2,000,480 2,035,635 2,063,176 2,068,479 2,013,914
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 439,010 539,849 611,620 665,630 662,623 665,596 670,089 664,707 676,403 703,053
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 161,703 166,272 165,997 180,305 181,155 180,814 181,057 182,463 185,362 189,114
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 880,745 1,042,041 913,681 1,102,954 1,127,184 1,154,070 1,184,489 1,216,006 1,206,714 1,121,747
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 945,668 982,346 883,117 1,006,397 995,457 997,107 1,000,762 993,146 1,017,393 1,022,825
11 Canada 42,135 37,430 35,040 45,213 44,952 46,390 46,334 44,933 47,933 48,034
12 Latin America and Caribbean 513,441 487,093 529,560 562,021 544,990 539,368 531,284 516,340 537,021 537,038
13 Asia 4,146,924 4,553,666 4,501,441 4,863,730 4,866,817 4,876,498 4,896,704 4,896,643 4,955,673 4,967,526
14 Africa 50,750 87,189 88,782 99,839 104,903 99,696 100,177 99,229 101,889 101,299
15 Other countries 28,904 26,619 43,413 40,119 41,086 39,297 40,375 37,506 38,979 38,416
  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: April 24, 2020