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International Summary Statistics

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: April 2012

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Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2008 2009 2010 Aug 2011 Sep 2011 Oct 2011 Nov 2011 Dec 2011 Jan 2012 Feb 2012/p
1 Total 3,932,132 4,305,918 4,757,797 5,109,492 5,047,622 5,063,781 5,078,672 5,087,887 5,164,117 5,209,771
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 253,746 185,927 178,499 217,517 196,248 182,255 190,196 204,523 193,206 192,689
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 457,876 528,063 462,303 409,224 387,297 374,642 378,981 357,610 349,584 360,288
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 1,952,565 2,317,125 2,840,514 3,194,850 3,227,632 3,221,650 3,245,306 3,255,636 3,330,359 3,341,432
5 Nonmarketable3 1,203 1,302 1,409 1,486 1,495 1,505 1,515 1,525 1,536 1,545
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,266,743 1,273,501 1,275,072 1,286,416 1,234,950 1,283,729 1,262,674 1,268,593 1,289,432 1,313,817
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 891,948 745,004 632,171 633,290 624,165 614,823 599,843 601,788 594,427 593,882
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 96,979 104,774 102,415 106,117 103,952 106,255 105,288 103,666 104,999 106,479
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 277,816 423,723 540,486 547,009 506,833 562,651 557,543 563,139 590,005 613,456
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 517,045 545,289 646,767 739,746 721,577 701,072 680,581 706,684 725,668 726,722
11 Canada 15,013 12,035 19,071 23,436 23,611 25,788 24,382 27,664 26,403 27,445
12 Latin America and Caribbean 328,734 327,588 357,334 421,325 417,855 418,730 414,437 425,880 427,156 422,992
13 Asia 3,005,198 3,344,722 3,656,906 3,851,354 3,810,593 3,848,636 3,894,382 3,857,555 3,914,774 3,961,196
14 Africa 39,397 52,695 53,155 48,817 43,538 41,707 38,342 41,452 40,899 40,727
15 Other countries 24,958 23,584 25,834 24,816 30,448 27,849 26,548 28,649 29,217 30,689
  1. Principally demand deposits, time deposits, bankers acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable time certificates of deposit, and borrowings under repurchase agreements.   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 current value of zero-coupon Treasury bond issues to foreign governments as follows: Venezuela, beginning December 1990, 30-year maturity issue; 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: 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.
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Last update: April 27, 2012