UNITED STATES
	Table A:  Gross External Debt Position: By Sector 1/ as of Sept 30, 2015
		U.S. Dollars in Millions 2/
	General Government			6,170,734
		Short-term		666,068
			Currency and deposits 3/
			Debt securities	666,068
			Loans	0
			Trade credit and advances	0
			Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/	0
		Long-term		5,504,666
			Special drawing rights (allocations) 6/	49,574
			Currency and deposits 3/
			Debt securities	5,350,226
			Loans	0
			Trade credit and advances	104,866
			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			2,857,529
		Short-term		2,246,308
			Currency and deposits 3/	1,506,530
			Debt securities	114,578
			Loans	625,200
			Trade credit and advances
			Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/	0
		Long-term		611,221
			Currency and deposits 3/	142,536
			Debt securities	333,042
			Loans	135,643
			Trade credit and advances
			Other debt liabilities 4/	0
	Other Sectors			6,429,789
		Short-term		1,843,736
			Currency and deposits 3/	345,139
			Debt securities	107,254
			Loans	1,353,287
			Trade credit and advances	38,056
			Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/	0
		Long-term		4,586,053
			Currency and deposits 3/	3,717
			Debt securities	4,247,175
			Loans	301,592
			Trade credit and advances	33,569
			Other debt liabilities 4/	0
	Direct Investment: Intercompany Lending			1,558,903
			Debt liabilities of direct investment enterprises to direct investors	1,034,586
			Debt liabilities of direct investors to direct investment enterprises	524,317
			Debt liabilities to fellow enterprises
	Gross External Debt Position			17,605,654
	Memorandum items
	Arrears: By Sector			14,871
			General Government	0
			Central Bank	0
			Deposit-Taking Corporations, except the Central Bank	1,745
			Other Sectors	13,126
			Direct investment: Intercompany Lending	0
	Debt Securities: By Sector 2/			9,544,937
			General Government	5,496,582
			Central Bank	0
			Deposit-Taking Corporations, except the Central Bank	306,072
			Other Sectors	3,742,283
	1/ Source: Department of the Treasury, December 31, 2015.
	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.