Release Date: October 2023
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2020 2021 2022 Feb 2023/r Mar 2023/r Apr 2023/r May 2023/r Jun 2023/r Jul 2023 Aug 2023/p
1 Total 6,992,253 6,998,606 6,309,595 6,451,713 6,596,731 6,667,037 6,651,964 6,714,732 6,747,646 6,712,228
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 402,812 451,995 497,599 559,685 557,837 586,425 542,194 528,542 512,158 499,495
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 360,969 247,640 238,714 256,939 252,271 231,346 234,421 215,910 236,573 237,766
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,825,344 3,869,770 3,428,905 3,435,907 3,517,615 3,558,355 3,548,264 3,551,523 3,523,805 3,501,742
5 Nonmarketable3 225 242 260 263 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 2,402,903 2,428,959 2,144,117 2,198,919 2,269,008 2,290,911 2,327,085 2,418,757 2,475,110 2,473,225
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 664,797 636,262 633,720 632,438 653,881 656,473 652,884 657,888 654,386 645,591
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 200,789 171,789 157,944 157,094 164,956 166,461 168,541 170,173 170,252 176,440
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 1,537,317 1,620,908 1,352,453 1,409,387 1,450,171 1,467,977 1,505,660 1,590,696 1,650,472 1,651,194
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 1,088,662 1,187,688 1,077,358 1,152,956 1,161,013 1,201,562 1,224,628 1,270,051 1,292,375 1,292,243
11 Canada 44,920 38,405 49,367 50,577 45,849 48,403 45,627 45,690 44,696 44,750
12 Latin America and Caribbean 510,494 513,281 502,795 516,185 520,907 531,660 546,771 545,204 548,240 539,854
13 Asia 5,216,338 5,063,003 4,511,096 4,555,761 4,687,238 4,706,434 4,656,562 4,671,326 4,679,056 4,654,997
14 Africa 90,175 85,411 74,986 76,848 81,574 79,642 77,327 80,150 78,129 76,866
15 Other countries 41,664 110,818 93,993 99,386 100,150 99,336 101,049 102,311 105,150 103,518
  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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Last Update: October 27, 2023