Release Date: December 2023
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2020 2021 2022 Apr 2023 May 2023 Jun 2023/r Jul 2023/r Aug 2023/r Sep 2023/r Oct 2023/p
1 Total 6,992,253 6,998,606 6,309,595 6,667,037 6,651,964 6,703,186 6,734,174 6,701,888 6,545,292 6,448,470
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 402,812 451,995 497,599 586,425 542,194 528,865 512,158 499,495 496,378 504,742
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 360,969 247,640 238,714 231,346 234,421 218,105 236,573 237,766 234,473 234,787
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,825,344 3,869,770 3,428,905 3,558,355 3,548,264 3,549,830 3,522,192 3,500,383 3,456,517 3,405,614
5 Nonmarketable3 225 242 260 0 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 2,290,911 2,327,085 2,406,386 2,463,251 2,464,244 2,357,924 2,303,327
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 664,797 636,262 633,720 656,473 652,884 656,921 653,433 644,637 621,123 608,390
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 200,789 171,789 157,944 166,461 168,541 168,046 168,711 174,970 170,587 170,806
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 1,537,317 1,620,908 1,352,453 1,467,977 1,505,660 1,581,419 1,641,107 1,644,637 1,566,214 1,524,131
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 1,088,662 1,187,688 1,077,358 1,201,562 1,224,628 1,267,664 1,290,639 1,290,576 1,249,867 1,229,059
11 Canada 44,920 38,405 49,367 48,403 45,627 45,690 44,696 44,750 43,244 42,661
12 Latin America and Caribbean 510,494 513,281 502,795 531,660 546,771 545,095 546,955 538,571 533,403 531,347
13 Asia 5,216,338 5,063,003 4,511,096 4,706,434 4,656,562 4,665,748 4,672,191 4,651,026 4,544,123 4,475,104
14 Africa 90,175 85,411 74,986 79,642 77,327 80,202 78,129 76,866 75,152 74,213
15 Other countries 41,664 110,818 93,993 99,336 101,049 98,787 101,564 100,099 99,503 96,086
  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: December 29, 2023