Release Date: March 2012
Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions (3.15)
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item | 2008 | 2009 | 2010/r | Jul 2011/r | Aug 2011/r | Sep 2011/r | Oct 2011/r | Nov 2011/r | Dec 2011/r | Jan 2012/p |
1 | Total | 3,932,132 | 4,305,918 | 4,757,829 | 5,051,492 | 5,109,557 | 5,048,273 | 5,064,433 | 5,079,323 | 5,088,262 | 5,122,320 |
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| By Type | |
2 | Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 | 253,746 | 185,927 | 178,499 | 188,539 | 217,517 | 196,248 | 182,255 | 190,196 | 204,523 | 192,694 |
3 | U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 | 457,876 | 528,063 | 462,303 | 392,314 | 409,224 | 387,297 | 374,642 | 378,981 | 357,610 | 349,584 |
| U.S. Treasury bonds and notes | |
4 | Marketable | 1,952,565 | 2,317,125 | 2,840,514 | 3,149,894 | 3,194,850 | 3,228,220 | 3,222,238 | 3,245,894 | 3,255,948 | 3,289,010 |
5 | Nonmarketable3 | 1,203 | 1,302 | 1,409 | 1,476 | 1,486 | 1,495 | 1,505 | 1,515 | 1,525 | 1,536 |
6 | U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 | 1,266,743 | 1,273,501 | 1,275,105 | 1,319,270 | 1,286,480 | 1,235,013 | 1,283,793 | 1,262,737 | 1,268,656 | 1,289,496 |
7 | of which: long-term U.S. agency securities | 891,948 | 745,004 | 632,170 | 634,007 | 633,287 | 624,162 | 614,820 | 599,841 | 601,786 | 594,425 |
8 | of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds | 96,979 | 104,774 | 102,449 | 104,725 | 106,184 | 104,017 | 106,322 | 105,354 | 103,732 | 105,066 |
9 | of which: U.S. corporate stocks | 277,816 | 423,723 | 540,486 | 580,538 | 547,009 | 506,833 | 562,651 | 557,543 | 563,139 | 590,005 |
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| By Area | |
10 | Europe | 517,045 | 545,289 | 646,767 | 681,712 | 739,746 | 721,911 | 701,406 | 680,915 | 706,690 | 713,395 |
11 | Canada | 15,013 | 12,035 | 19,084 | 23,814 | 23,461 | 23,635 | 25,812 | 24,407 | 27,689 | 25,983 |
12 | Latin America and Caribbean | 328,734 | 327,588 | 357,335 | 420,537 | 421,327 | 417,990 | 418,864 | 414,571 | 425,888 | 426,845 |
13 | Asia | 3,005,198 | 3,344,722 | 3,656,919 | 3,848,297 | 3,851,381 | 3,810,740 | 3,848,784 | 3,894,530 | 3,857,882 | 3,885,329 |
14 | Africa | 39,397 | 52,695 | 53,160 | 48,794 | 48,827 | 43,547 | 41,717 | 38,352 | 41,462 | 40,819 |
15 | Other countries | 24,958 | 23,584 | 25,834 | 28,338 | 24,816 | 30,448 | 27,849 | 26,548 | 28,649 | 29,949 |
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. Beginning in September 2011, figures for Treasury securities are based on TIC SLT data when available, and TIC S transactions data otherwise.