Release Date: April 2012
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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.