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International Summary Statistics

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: May 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/r Sep 2011/r Oct 2011/r Nov 2011/r Dec 2011/r Jan 2012/r Feb 2012/r Mar 2012/p
1 Total 3,932,132 4,305,918 4,744,909 5,027,542 5,042,259 5,058,353 5,068,503 5,145,646 5,193,062 5,216,657
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 253,746 185,927 178,499 196,248 182,255 190,196 204,523 194,356 193,801 188,051
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 457,876 528,063 462,303 387,297 374,642 378,981 357,610 349,584 360,713 355,959
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 1,952,565 2,317,125 2,840,489 3,227,632 3,221,650 3,245,306 3,255,715 3,330,367 3,343,029 3,374,584
5 Nonmarketable3 1,203 1,302 1,409 1,495 1,505 1,515 1,525 1,536 1,545 1,556
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,266,743 1,273,501 1,262,209 1,214,870 1,262,207 1,242,355 1,249,130 1,269,803 1,293,974 1,296,507
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 891,948 745,004 632,159 626,568 618,208 604,291 607,280 600,894 601,212 586,532
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 96,979 104,774 102,351 103,825 106,127 105,162 103,541 104,873 106,352 105,280
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 277,816 423,723 527,699 484,476 537,872 532,902 538,309 564,036 586,410 604,695
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 517,045 545,289 646,756 721,625 701,141 680,673 706,798 725,802 735,146 746,724
11 Canada 15,013 12,035 19,071 23,611 25,787 24,382 27,664 26,403 29,483 30,088
12 Latin America and Caribbean 328,734 327,588 357,333 417,865 418,744 414,456 425,904 427,191 423,752 432,927
13 Asia 3,005,198 3,344,722 3,644,036 3,790,454 3,827,030 3,873,951 3,838,032 3,896,131 3,931,548 3,937,159
14 Africa 39,397 52,695 53,155 43,538 41,707 38,343 41,453 40,899 41,222 38,726
15 Other countries 24,958 23,584 25,832 30,449 27,850 26,549 28,651 29,219 31,910 31,033
  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: May 25, 2012