UNITED STATES
Table A:  Gross External Debt Position: By Sector 1/ 2/ as of December 31, 2017
U.S. Dollars in Millions
General Government  6,532,477
Short-term 702,535
Currency and deposits 3/ 0
Debt securities 702,535
Loans 0
Trade credit and advances 0
Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/ 0
Long-term 5,829,942
Special drawing rights (allocations) 6/ 50,294
Currency and deposits 3/ 0
Debt securities 5,661,513
Loans 0
Trade credit and advances 118,135
Other debt liabilities 4/ 0
Central Bank 713,880
Short-term 713,880
Currency and deposits 3/ 713,880
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 3,042,808
Short-term 2,214,224
Currency and deposits 3/ 1,435,865
Debt securities 152,976
Loans 625,383
Trade credit and advances 0
Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/ 0
Long-term 828,584
Currency and deposits 3/ 248,535
Debt securities 322,488
Loans 257,561
Trade credit and advances 0
Other debt liabilities 4/ 0
Other Sectors 6,914,277
Short-term 1,820,048
Currency and deposits 3/ 355,023
Debt securities 104,538
Loans 1,328,704
Trade credit and advances 31,783
Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/ 0
Long-term 5,094,229
Currency and deposits 3/ 3,771
Debt securities 4,753,047
Loans 293,512
Trade credit and advances 43,899
Other debt liabilities 4/ 0
Direct Investment: Intercompany Lending 1,815,861
Debt liabilities of direct investment enterprises to direct investors               1,169,196
Debt liabilities of direct investors to direct investment enterprises  646,665
Debt liabilities to fellow enterprises
Gross External Debt Position 19,019,303
     
Memorandum items
Arrears: By Sector 33,546
General Government 0
Central Bank 0
Deposit-Taking Corporations, except the Central Bank 17,283
Other Sectors 16,263
Direct investment: Intercompany Lending 0
Debt Securities: By Sector 2/  10,596,614
General Government 5,672,793
Central Bank 0
Deposit-Taking Corporations, except the Central Bank 327,499
Other Sectors 4,596,322
     
1/ Source: Department of the Treasury, March 30, 2018.
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. Arrears are shown separately in
the memorandum items.  
6/ In line with BPM6, SDR allocations should be reported as long-term external debt liabilities.