Release Date: October 2022
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2019 2020 2021/r Feb 2022/r Mar 2022/r Apr 2022/r May 2022/r Jun 2022/r Jul 2022/r Aug 2022/p
1 Total 6,589,915 6,992,253 6,987,997 6,846,810 6,802,285 6,592,231 6,553,681 6,454,652 6,594,664 6,452,977
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 450,762 402,812 452,064 424,229 439,607 444,319 433,845 446,925 455,746 459,026
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 268,567 360,969 247,640 278,341 259,685 256,610 248,599 238,336 234,016 230,463
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,808,130 3,825,344 3,912,600 3,886,521 3,806,722 3,693,679 3,663,424 3,664,015 3,708,404 3,673,389
5 Nonmarketable3 209 225 242 245 246 247 249 250 252 253
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 2,062,247 2,402,903 2,375,451 2,257,474 2,296,025 2,197,376 2,207,564 2,105,126 2,196,246 2,089,846
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 665,273 664,797 636,305 635,873 636,707 633,170 657,037 650,214 671,409 649,688
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 180,968 200,789 168,294 160,427 158,933 156,990 157,712 157,527 164,235 161,865
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 1,216,006 1,537,317 1,570,852 1,461,174 1,500,385 1,407,216 1,392,815 1,297,385 1,360,602 1,278,293
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 991,966 1,088,662 1,177,984 1,160,262 1,141,810 1,116,835 1,091,224 1,059,821 1,112,996 1,102,628
11 Canada 46,049 44,920 38,405 39,891 40,362 44,387 45,516 47,879 49,401 49,326
12 Latin America and Caribbean 516,432 510,494 517,069 522,059 523,421 521,228 520,249 515,603 519,300 522,853
13 Asia 4,898,667 5,216,338 5,111,749 4,986,919 4,961,665 4,778,638 4,768,843 4,709,140 4,786,691 4,649,395
14 Africa 99,192 90,175 84,726 82,576 76,344 75,693 72,519 70,577 72,664 76,716
15 Other countries 37,609 41,664 58,064 55,103 58,683 55,450 55,330 51,632 53,612 52,059
  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: October 28, 2022