UNITED STATES
Table A:  Gross External Debt Position: By Sector 1/ 2/ as of September 30, 2017
U.S. Dollars in Millions
General Government  6,518,221
Short-term 682,541
Currency and deposits 3/ 0
Debt securities 682,541
Loans 0
Trade credit and advances 0
Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/ 0
Long-term 5,835,680
Special drawing rights (allocations) 6/ 49,912
Currency and deposits 3/ 0
Debt securities 5,678,613
Loans 0
Trade credit and advances 107,155
Other debt liabilities 4/ 0
Central Bank 696,525
Short-term 696,525
Currency and deposits 3/ 696,525
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 2,998,432
Short-term 2,183,304
Currency and deposits 3/ 1,432,761
Debt securities 158,823
Loans 591,720
Trade credit and advances 0
Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/ 0
Long-term 815,128
Currency and deposits 3/ 244,878
Debt securities 302,540
Loans 267,710
Trade credit and advances 0
Other debt liabilities 4/ 0
Other Sectors 7,013,979
Short-term 1,857,616
Currency and deposits 3/ 369,901
Debt securities 93,675
Loans 1,361,500
Trade credit and advances 32,540
Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/ 0
Long-term 5,156,363
Currency and deposits 3/ 3,728
Debt securities 4,806,265
Loans 303,173
Trade credit and advances 43,197
Other debt liabilities 4/ 0
Direct Investment: Intercompany Lending 1,817,054
Debt liabilities of direct investment enterprises to direct investors               1,162,056
Debt liabilities of direct investors to direct investment enterprises  654,998
Debt liabilities to fellow enterprises
Gross External Debt Position 19,044,211
     
Memorandum items
Arrears: By Sector 15,490
General Government 0
Central Bank 0
Deposit-Taking Corporations, except the Central Bank 4,329
Other Sectors 11,161
Direct investment: Intercompany Lending 0
Debt Securities: By Sector 2/  10,586,447
General Government 5,706,838
Central Bank 0
Deposit-Taking Corporations, except the Central Bank 306,000
Other Sectors 4,573,609
     
1/ Source: Department of the Treasury, June 29, 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.