UNITED STATES
Table A:  Gross External Debt Position: By Sector 1/ 2/ as of December 31, 2018
U.S. Dollars in Millions
General Government  6,586,619
Short-term 746,599
Currency and deposits 3/ 0
Debt securities 746,599
Loans 0
Trade credit and advances 0
Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/ 0
Long-term 5,840,020
Special drawing rights (allocations) 6/ 49,117
Currency and deposits 3/ 0
Debt securities 5,671,994
Loans 0
Trade credit and advances 118,909
Other debt liabilities 4/ 0
Central Bank 779,198
Short-term 779,198
Currency and deposits 3/ 779,198
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 2,949,627
Short-term 2,132,635
Currency and deposits 3/ 1,389,185
Debt securities 140,991
Loans 602,459
Trade credit and advances 0
Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/ 0
Long-term 816,992
Currency and deposits 3/ 268,125
Debt securities 277,230
Loans 271,637
Trade credit and advances 0
Other debt liabilities 4/ 0
Other Sectors 7,729,679
Short-term 2,425,615
Currency and deposits 3/ 371,501
Debt securities 93,334
Loans 1,920,690
Trade credit and advances 40,090
Other debt liabilities 4/ 5/ 0
Long-term 5,304,064
Currency and deposits 3/ 4,024
Debt securities 4,943,408
Loans 316,979
Trade credit and advances 39,653
Other debt liabilities 4/ 0
Direct Investment: Intercompany Lending 1,720,764
Debt liabilities of direct investment enterprises to direct investors               1,107,908
Debt liabilities of direct investors to direct investment enterprises  612,856
Debt liabilities to fellow enterprises
Gross External Debt Position 19,765,887
     
Memorandum items
Arrears: By Sector 17,443
General Government 0
Central Bank 0
Deposit-Taking Corporations, except the Central Bank 6,316
Other Sectors 11,127
Direct investment: Intercompany Lending 0
Debt Securities: By Sector 2/  10,339,822
General Government 5,615,737
Central Bank 0
Deposit-Taking Corporations, except the Central Bank 261,974
Other Sectors 4,462,111
     
1/ Source: Department of the Treasury, March 29, 2019.
2/ All debts 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.