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International Summary Statistics

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: December 2015

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Selected U.S. Liabilities to Foreign Official Institutions  (3.15) 
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2012 2013 2014 Apr 2015 May 2015 Jun 2015/r Jul 2015/r Aug 2015/r Sep 2015/r Oct 2015/p
1 Total 5,474,757 5,768,950 5,987,251 6,074,794 6,101,991 6,066,635 6,089,338 6,026,293 5,974,615 6,003,146
 
  By Type  
2 Liabilities reported by banks in the United States1 204,762 269,746 282,324 348,017 336,565 322,997 335,474 342,228 361,818 369,538
3 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates2 372,720 398,420 335,308 367,597 376,945 368,283 358,739 353,239 325,696 305,291
  U.S. Treasury bonds and notes  
4 Marketable 3,658,464 3,654,385 3,787,112 3,777,124 3,796,218 3,810,520 3,814,383 3,822,208 3,819,262 3,791,742
5 Nonmarketable3 1,651 1,787 146 150 151 151 152 153 154 155
6 U.S. Securities other than U.S. Treasury securities4 1,290,195 1,495,027 1,582,361 1,581,906 1,592,112 1,564,684 1,580,590 1,508,465 1,467,685 1,536,420
7 of which: long-term U.S. agency securities 484,112 442,234 426,672 416,615 413,662 410,014 407,079 398,094 392,980 387,670
8 of which: long-term U.S. corporate bonds 120,733 143,478 154,395 151,910 153,416 150,720 150,913 150,501 147,525 146,813
9 of which: U.S. corporate stocks 685,350 909,315 1,001,294 1,013,380 1,025,034 1,003,950 1,022,598 959,871 927,180 1,001,937
 
  By Area  
10 Europe 840,728 899,305 915,270 918,881 922,853 920,200 934,743 944,341 948,501 939,297
11 Canada 33,891 37,946 36,304 38,575 40,454 37,687 38,288 37,177 37,539 37,670
12 Latin America and Caribbean 498,778 503,056 525,200 545,006 543,295 535,165 540,595 528,850 515,927 513,308
13 Asia 4,031,487 4,247,503 4,438,248 4,492,178 4,515,437 4,491,055 4,498,904 4,435,392 4,397,729 4,434,635
14 Africa 42,391 45,791 40,729 48,089 46,699 50,265 44,419 48,531 46,692 47,188
15 Other countries 28,091 36,498 31,216 31,777 32,963 31,979 32,102 31,727 27,956 30,765
  1. Principally demand deposits, time deposits, bankers acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable time certificates of deposit, and borrowings under repurchase agreements. Includes certain positions reported by nonbanks such as repurchases agreements with broker-dealers.   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: December 28, 2015