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International Summary Statistics

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: November 2012

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Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2009 2010 2011 Mar 2012/r Apr 2012/r May 2012/r Jun 2012/r Jul 2012/r Aug 2012/r Sep 2012/p
1 Total 4,305,918 4,744,909 5,073,114 5,203,584 5,262,135 5,276,325 5,288,810 5,354,225 5,413,212 5,442,637
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 185,927 178,499 205,973 191,606 201,426 206,014 192,156 199,183 200,788 199,051
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 528,063 462,303 357,610 355,959 345,681 359,764 362,205 354,975 372,971 383,757
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 2,317,125 2,840,489 3,258,876 3,359,838 3,431,757 3,464,919 3,489,132 3,558,966 3,582,411 3,583,319
5 Nonmarketable3 1,302 1,409 1,525 1,556 1,566 1,576 1,587 1,597 1,608 1,619
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,273,501 1,262,209 1,249,130 1,294,625 1,281,705 1,244,052 1,243,730 1,239,504 1,255,434 1,274,891
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 745,004 632,159 607,280 585,328 573,747 575,718 553,104 540,225 541,405 542,102
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 104,774 102,351 103,541 104,603 105,488 104,004 102,131 103,221 105,477 109,296
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 423,723 527,699 538,309 604,695 602,470 564,330 588,495 596,058 608,552 623,493
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 545,289 646,756 707,114 750,653 758,931 765,685 791,381 807,687 841,280 854,590
11 Canada 12,035 19,071 27,765 30,152 29,935 30,406 29,644 29,612 30,521 30,892
12 Latin America and Caribbean 327,588 357,333 428,870 441,896 454,619 464,046 472,284 492,205 497,027 488,832
13 Asia 3,344,722 3,644,036 3,839,243 3,910,653 3,942,190 3,934,395 3,917,043 3,942,639 3,961,389 3,985,708
14 Africa 52,695 53,155 41,471 39,215 42,499 43,896 43,168 48,103 48,326 47,862
15 Other countries 23,584 25,832 28,650 31,014 33,960 37,898 35,291 33,979 34,669 34,751
  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: November 30, 2012