Release Date: February 2023
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2019 2020 2021/r Jun 2022/r Jul 2022/r Aug 2022/r Sep 2022/r Oct 2022/r Nov 2022/r Dec 2022/p
1 Total 6,589,915 6,992,253 6,998,606 6,411,552 6,593,106 6,438,212 6,156,574 6,179,940 6,370,037 6,265,793
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 450,762 402,812 451,995 446,925 455,746 459,026 480,979 523,059 526,956 497,466
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 268,567 360,969 247,640 238,336 234,016 230,463 220,008 203,816 217,164 238,714
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,808,130 3,825,344 3,869,770 3,616,688 3,660,721 3,622,109 3,469,752 3,392,413 3,433,431 3,420,979
5 Nonmarketable3 209 225 242 250 252 253 255 257 258 260
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 2,062,247 2,402,903 2,428,959 2,109,353 2,242,371 2,126,361 1,985,580 2,060,395 2,192,228 2,108,374
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 665,273 664,797 636,262 650,413 671,443 649,643 624,323 619,845 670,824 666,622
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 180,968 200,789 171,789 159,722 165,055 164,425 153,221 150,290 158,445 157,008
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 1,216,006 1,537,317 1,620,908 1,299,218 1,405,873 1,312,293 1,208,036 1,290,260 1,362,959 1,284,744
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 991,966 1,088,662 1,187,688 1,064,858 1,117,648 1,107,422 1,041,702 1,065,896 1,121,707 1,076,472
11 Canada 46,049 44,920 38,405 48,017 49,400 49,325 42,010 48,389 55,037 52,198
12 Latin America and Caribbean 516,432 510,494 513,281 510,677 513,976 517,443 499,931 501,402 523,512 510,025
13 Asia 4,898,667 5,216,338 5,063,003 4,615,857 4,733,862 4,591,987 4,398,127 4,387,512 4,488,274 4,447,664
14 Africa 99,192 90,175 85,411 71,140 73,276 77,429 79,122 77,741 74,775 75,048
15 Other countries 37,609 41,664 110,818 101,003 104,944 94,606 95,682 99,000 106,732 104,386
  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: February 24, 2023