Release Date: April 2024
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (Table 3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2020 2021 2022 Aug 2023/r Sep 2023 Oct 2023 Nov 2023 Dec 2023/r Jan 2024/r Feb 2024/p
1 Total 6,992,253 6,998,606 6,319,747 6,665,904 6,504,596 6,409,577 6,640,638 6,854,445 6,875,254 6,875,981
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 402,812 451,995 497,599 485,682 475,169 485,721 523,399 524,836 538,437 509,741
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 360,969 247,640 238,714 237,766 234,473 234,787 245,977 249,969 250,314 266,289
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,825,344 3,869,770 3,428,905 3,500,383 3,456,517 3,405,614 3,438,080 3,536,968 3,542,762 3,498,635
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 2,154,269 2,442,073 2,338,437 2,283,455 2,433,182 2,542,672 2,543,741 2,601,316
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 664,797 636,262 633,720 644,637 621,123 608,390 631,316 655,244 643,453 626,423
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 200,789 171,789 157,944 174,959 170,576 170,796 179,448 189,463 192,860 197,811
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 1,537,317 1,620,908 1,362,605 1,622,477 1,546,738 1,504,269 1,622,418 1,697,965 1,707,428 1,777,082
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 1,088,662 1,187,688 1,077,432 1,289,705 1,248,976 1,227,894 1,269,284 1,296,730 1,350,210 1,348,510
11 Canada 44,920 38,405 49,367 44,872 43,366 42,793 43,619 46,155 44,932 46,242
12 Latin America and Caribbean 510,494 513,281 502,912 520,764 515,619 513,456 527,310 536,116 541,425 541,945
13 Asia 5,216,338 5,063,003 4,521,031 4,636,301 4,524,475 4,457,637 4,628,636 4,796,790 4,755,020 4,751,661
14 Africa 90,175 85,411 75,012 76,865 75,151 74,213 73,373 79,007 79,976 80,476
15 Other countries 41,664 110,818 93,993 97,397 97,009 93,584 98,416 99,647 103,691 107,147
  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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