UNITED STATES
	Table A:  Gross External Debt Position: By Sector 1/ as of September 30, 2015
		U.S. Dollars in Millions 2/
	General Government			6,199,521
		Short-term		667,370
			Currency and deposits 3/
			Debt securities	667,370
			Loans	0
			Trade credit and advances	0
			Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/	0
		Long-term		5,532,151
			Special drawing rights (allocations) 6/	49,574
			Currency and deposits 3/
			Debt securities	5,378,119
			Loans	0
			Trade credit and advances	104,458
			Other debt liabilities 4/	0
	Central Bank			588,699
		Short-term		588,699
			Currency and deposits 3/	588,699
			Debt securities	0
			Loans	0
			Trade credit and advances
			Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/	0
		Long-term		0
			Special drawing rights (allocations) 6/
			Currency and deposits 3/	0
			Debt securities	0
			Loans	0
			Trade credit and advances
			Other debt liabilities 4/	0
	Deposit-Taking Corporations, except the Central Bank			2,860,933
		Short-term		2,267,538
			Currency and deposits 3/	1,528,522
			Debt securities	114,578
			Loans	624,438
			Trade credit and advances
			Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/	0
		Long-term		593,395
			Currency and deposits 3/	142,160
			Debt securities	315,802
			Loans	135,433
			Trade credit and advances
			Other debt liabilities 4/	0
	Other Sectors			6,547,953
		Short-term		1,859,602
			Currency and deposits 3/	367,345
			Debt securities	107,307
			Loans	1,346,938
			Trade credit and advances	38,012
			Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/	0
		Long-term		4,688,351
			Currency and deposits 3/	3,957
			Debt securities	4,356,002
			Loans	294,587
			Trade credit and advances	33,805
			Other debt liabilities 4/	0
	Direct Investment: Intercompany Lending			1,578,621
			Debt liabilities of direct investment enterprises to direct investors	1,024,860
			Debt liabilities of direct investors to direct investment enterprises	553,761
			Debt liabilities to fellow enterprises
	Gross External Debt Position			17,775,727
	Memorandum items
	Arrears: By Sector			14,052
			General Government	0
			Central Bank	0
			Deposit-Taking Corporations, except the Central Bank	1,326
			Other Sectors	12,726
			Direct investment: Intercompany Lending	0
	Debt Securities: By Sector 2/			9,557,607
			General Government	5,498,700
			Central Bank	0
			Deposit-Taking Corporations, except the Central Bank	312,510
			Other Sectors	3,746,397
	1/ Source: Department of the Treasury, June 30, 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.