The figures for deposits placed by banks overseas include deposits from banks' trustee accounts, which may originate from non-banks. They include liabilities to the banks' own offices abroad. Liabilities to the International Monetary Fund are excluded.
Debt securities comprise the reporting institutions' holdings of certain non-resident investments.
A negative figure indicates a net short position. Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Reunion, Rwanda, Senegal, St Helena, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe. International organisations includes the institutions of the European Union but excludes the International Monetary Fund and the Bank for International Settlements.