Release Date: December 2020
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2017 2018 2019 Apr 2020/r May 2020/r Jun 2020/r Jul 2020/r Aug 2020 Sep 2020/r Oct 2020/p
1 Total 6,174,343 6,081,353 6,589,271 6,598,213 6,727,003 6,717,010 6,795,838 6,866,518 6,791,879 6,687,659
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 402,227 433,281 450,118 515,957 499,047 451,444 434,097 432,774 408,306 408,014
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 317,227 315,141 268,567 331,014 355,721 382,477 393,564 385,016 371,483 375,411
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,706,546 3,641,438 3,808,130 3,716,137 3,750,008 3,765,257 3,798,138 3,814,756 3,827,839 3,791,823
5 Nonmarketable3 181 195 209 214 216 217 218 220 221 222
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,748,162 1,691,298 2,062,247 2,034,891 2,122,011 2,117,615 2,169,821 2,233,752 2,184,030 2,112,189
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 539,849 611,620 665,273 713,245 703,292 686,369 675,437 663,884 654,337 634,364
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 166,272 165,997 180,968 189,105 196,341 199,877 202,235 198,374 195,833 194,516
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 1,042,041 913,681 1,216,006 1,132,541 1,222,378 1,231,369 1,292,149 1,371,494 1,333,860 1,283,309
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 982,346 883,117 991,966 989,188 1,019,257 1,028,710 1,056,637 1,083,321 1,055,625 1,053,249
11 Canada 37,430 35,040 46,049 49,377 52,997 49,235 49,622 48,563 47,178 45,961
12 Latin America and Caribbean 487,093 529,560 516,366 517,556 513,112 503,899 508,435 518,926 515,412 511,845
13 Asia 4,553,666 4,501,441 4,898,063 4,914,434 5,016,044 5,009,320 5,054,266 5,087,673 5,046,332 4,948,991
14 Africa 87,189 88,782 99,240 90,677 86,586 86,260 86,974 85,916 87,464 86,833
15 Other countries 26,619 43,413 37,587 36,981 39,007 39,586 39,904 42,119 39,868 41,413
  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 the current value of a zero-coupon Treasury bond issued to the government of 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 23, 2020