Release Date: May 2023
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2019 2020 2021 Sep 2022 Oct 2022 Nov 2022 Dec 2022 Jan 2023/r Feb 2023/r Mar 2023/p
1 Total 6,589,915 6,992,253 6,998,606 6,327,945 6,352,900 6,521,914 6,414,060 6,604,575 6,514,913 6,699,317
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 450,762 402,812 451,995 480,979 523,059 526,956 497,466 555,727 559,684 557,837
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 268,567 360,969 247,640 220,008 203,816 217,164 238,714 249,597 256,939 252,271
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,808,130 3,825,344 3,869,770 3,493,436 3,409,969 3,453,333 3,439,079 3,464,028 3,443,842 3,527,179
5 Nonmarketable3 209 225 242 255 257 258 260 261 263 0
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 2,062,247 2,402,903 2,428,959 2,133,267 2,215,799 2,324,203 2,238,541 2,334,962 2,254,185 2,362,030
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 665,273 664,797 636,262 625,876 621,397 638,479 634,308 651,408 632,925 654,550
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 180,968 200,789 171,789 165,888 163,265 172,016 171,201 176,264 172,885 183,743
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 1,216,006 1,537,317 1,620,908 1,341,503 1,431,137 1,513,708 1,433,032 1,507,290 1,448,375 1,523,737
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 991,966 1,088,662 1,187,688 1,069,016 1,091,874 1,139,298 1,094,407 1,172,249 1,171,888 1,185,618
11 Canada 46,049 44,920 38,405 49,325 55,238 60,638 58,337 60,941 56,820 52,804
12 Latin America and Caribbean 516,432 510,494 513,281 500,291 501,762 513,247 502,570 513,043 515,959 520,872
13 Asia 4,898,667 5,216,338 5,063,003 4,527,994 4,520,476 4,620,984 4,566,616 4,664,941 4,573,460 4,741,812
14 Africa 99,192 90,175 85,411 79,179 77,796 74,781 75,044 77,707 76,269 81,562
15 Other countries 37,609 41,664 110,818 102,140 105,754 112,966 117,086 115,694 120,517 116,649
  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: Treasury International Capital (TIC) Form BL1, Form BL2, and Form SLT.
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