Release Date: May 2012
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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.