Release Date: May 2021
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2017 2018 2019/r Sep 2020/r Oct 2020/r Nov 2020/r Dec 2020/r Jan 2021/r Feb 2021/r Mar 2021/p
1 Total 6,174,343 6,081,353 6,589,915 6,796,101 6,740,885 6,914,964 6,991,379 7,063,907 7,047,567 7,059,277
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 402,227 433,281 450,762 408,162 407,894 404,535 401,808 437,495 435,669 445,687
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 317,227 315,141 268,567 371,483 375,411 370,816 360,969 378,069 406,234 360,598
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,706,546 3,641,438 3,808,130 3,827,164 3,791,127 3,805,149 3,825,344 3,846,330 3,828,969 3,841,354
5 Nonmarketable3 181 195 209 221 222 224 225 226 228 229
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,748,162 1,691,298 2,062,247 2,189,071 2,166,231 2,334,240 2,403,033 2,401,787 2,376,467 2,411,409
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 539,849 611,620 665,273 653,972 659,676 672,086 664,797 671,627 657,980 645,666
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 166,272 165,997 180,968 192,813 190,497 196,556 200,789 194,369 189,304 188,711
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 1,042,041 913,681 1,216,006 1,342,286 1,316,058 1,465,598 1,537,447 1,535,791 1,529,183 1,577,032
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 982,346 883,117 991,966 1,053,591 1,046,304 1,069,948 1,088,662 1,122,041 1,128,841 1,128,596
11 Canada 37,430 35,040 46,049 47,178 47,504 48,896 44,918 44,208 44,327 43,738
12 Latin America and Caribbean 487,093 529,560 516,432 515,131 512,227 513,464 510,560 525,487 529,811 525,436
13 Asia 4,553,666 4,501,441 4,898,667 5,053,458 5,008,965 5,152,244 5,215,530 5,235,227 5,209,259 5,223,781
14 Africa 87,189 88,782 99,192 87,253 86,546 88,436 90,177 91,743 88,823 91,016
15 Other countries 26,619 43,413 37,609 39,490 39,339 41,976 41,532 45,201 46,506 46,710
  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: May 28, 2021