Release Date: March 2023
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2019 2020 2021 Jul 2022/r Aug 2022/r Sep 2022/r Oct 2022/r Nov 2022/r Dec 2022/r Jan 2023/p
1 Total 6,589,915 6,992,253 6,998,606 6,592,666 6,624,511 6,327,945 6,352,899 6,556,189 6,448,030 6,628,291
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 450,762 402,812 451,995 455,746 459,026 480,979 523,059 526,956 497,466 555,727
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 268,567 360,969 247,640 234,016 230,463 220,008 203,816 217,164 238,714 249,597
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,808,130 3,825,344 3,869,770 3,660,721 3,646,163 3,493,436 3,409,969 3,453,333 3,439,079 3,464,028
5 Nonmarketable3 209 225 242 252 253 255 257 258 260 261
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 2,062,247 2,402,903 2,428,959 2,241,931 2,288,606 2,133,267 2,215,798 2,358,478 2,272,511 2,358,678
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 665,273 664,797 636,262 671,443 651,225 625,815 621,338 672,754 668,807 685,653
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 180,968 200,789 171,789 165,055 177,623 165,949 163,323 172,016 170,809 176,264
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 1,216,006 1,537,317 1,620,908 1,405,433 1,459,758 1,341,503 1,431,137 1,513,708 1,432,895 1,496,761
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 991,966 1,088,662 1,187,688 1,117,648 1,136,842 1,069,016 1,091,874 1,147,961 1,103,049 1,181,590
11 Canada 46,049 44,920 38,405 49,400 55,590 49,325 55,238 63,918 61,617 64,484
12 Latin America and Caribbean 516,432 510,494 513,281 513,976 517,809 500,291 501,762 521,108 510,426 520,527
13 Asia 4,898,667 5,216,338 5,063,003 4,733,862 4,735,489 4,527,994 4,520,475 4,634,862 4,580,229 4,667,573
14 Africa 99,192 90,175 85,411 73,276 77,491 79,179 77,796 74,834 75,097 77,746
15 Other countries 37,609 41,664 110,818 104,504 101,290 102,140 105,754 113,506 117,612 116,371
  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 31, 2023