UNITED STATES
	Table A:  Gross External Debt Position: By Sector 1/ as of December 31, 2015
		U.S. Dollars in Millions 2/
	General Government			6,279,766
		Short-term		724,796
			Currency and deposits 3/	0
			Debt securities	724,796
			Loans	0
			Trade credit and advances	0
			Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/	0
		Long-term		5,554,970
			Special drawing rights (allocations) 6/	48,938
			Currency and deposits 3/	0
			Debt securities	5,399,067
			Loans	0
			Trade credit and advances	106,965
			Other debt liabilities 4/	0
	Central Bank			601,821
		Short-term		601,821
			Currency and deposits 3/	601,821
			Debt securities	0
			Loans	0
			Trade credit and advances	0
			Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/	0
		Long-term		0
			Special drawing rights (allocations) 6/	0
			Currency and deposits 3/	0
			Debt securities	0
			Loans	0
			Trade credit and advances	0
			Other debt liabilities 4/	0
	Deposit-Taking Corporations, except the Central Bank			2,726,336
		Short-term		2,098,613
			Currency and deposits 3/	1,453,507
			Debt securities	121,676
			Loans	523,430
			Trade credit and advances	0
			Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/	0
		Long-term		627,723
			Currency and deposits 3/	179,713
			Debt securities	337,622
			Loans	110,388
			Trade credit and advances	0
			Other debt liabilities 4/	0
	Other Sectors			6,388,768
		Short-term		1,758,545
			Currency and deposits 3/	324,907
			Debt securities	107,881
			Loans	1,289,803
			Trade credit and advances	35,954
			Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/	0
		Long-term		4,630,223
			Currency and deposits 3/	3,657
			Debt securities	4,266,778
			Loans	325,766
			Trade credit and advances	34,022
			Other debt liabilities 4/	0
	Direct Investment: Intercompany Lending			1,567,691
			Debt liabilities of direct investment enterprises to direct investors	1,038,936
			Debt liabilities of direct investors to direct investment enterprises	528,755
			Debt liabilities to fellow enterprises
	Gross External Debt Position			17,564,382
	Memorandum items
	Arrears: By Sector			15,091
			General Government	0
			Central Bank	0
			Deposit-Taking Corporations, except the Central Bank	1,887
			Other Sectors	13,204
			Direct investment: Intercompany Lending	0
	Debt Securities: By Sector 2/			9,493,541
			General Government	5,481,304
			Central Bank	0
			Deposit-Taking Corporations, except the Central Bank	305,355
			Other Sectors	3,706,882
	1/ Source: Department of the Treasury, March 31, 2016.
	2/ All debt are presented at face value. Exception: long-term debt securities in
	the memorandum section are valued at market value, as recommended.
	3/ It is recommended that all currency and deposits be included in the short-term category
	unless detailed information is available to make the short-term/long-term attribution.
	4/ Other debt liabilities comprise insurance, pension, and standardized guarantee schemes,
	and other accounts payable. It is recommended that insurance, pension, and standardized
	guaranteed schemes be classified as long term.
	5/ Arrears are recorded in the original debt instrument.
	6/ In line with BPM6, SDR allocations should be reported as long-term external debt liabilities.