Release Date: March 2021
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2017 2018 2019 Jul 2020/r Aug 2020/r Sep 2020/r Oct 2020/r Nov 2020/r Dec 2020/r Jan 2021/p
1 Total 6,174,343 6,081,353 6,589,271 6,796,610 6,866,871 6,784,706 6,729,696 6,902,960 6,978,062 7,064,071
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 402,227 433,281 450,118 434,097 432,774 408,306 408,014 404,517 401,808 437,495
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 317,227 315,141 268,567 393,564 385,016 371,483 375,411 370,816 360,969 378,069
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,706,546 3,641,438 3,808,130 3,797,431 3,814,049 3,827,164 3,791,127 3,805,149 3,825,344 3,846,330
5 Nonmarketable3 181 195 209 218 220 221 222 224 225 226
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,748,162 1,691,298 2,062,247 2,171,300 2,234,812 2,177,532 2,154,922 2,322,254 2,389,716 2,401,951
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 539,849 611,620 665,273 675,055 663,610 653,972 659,676 672,086 664,797 671,627
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 166,272 165,997 180,968 198,961 195,099 192,813 190,497 196,556 200,789 194,369
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 1,042,041 913,681 1,216,006 1,297,284 1,376,103 1,330,747 1,304,749 1,453,612 1,524,130 1,535,955
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 982,346 883,117 991,966 1,054,574 1,081,324 1,053,591 1,046,304 1,069,948 1,088,663 1,122,048
11 Canada 37,430 35,040 46,049 49,622 48,563 47,178 47,504 48,896 44,918 44,208
12 Latin America and Caribbean 487,093 529,560 516,366 508,299 518,931 515,293 512,391 513,517 510,560 525,495
13 Asia 4,553,666 4,501,441 4,898,063 5,057,793 5,090,572 5,041,821 4,997,530 5,140,158 5,202,212 5,235,376
14 Africa 87,189 88,782 99,240 86,818 85,761 87,342 86,637 88,473 90,177 91,743
15 Other countries 26,619 43,413 37,587 39,504 41,720 39,481 39,330 41,968 41,532 45,201
  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: March 26, 2021