Statistics Reported by Banks and Other Financial Firms in the United States

Release Date: October 2017
Financial Firms' Own Claims on Foreigners Reported by Financial Firms in the United States (Table 3.18) 1
Payable in U.S. Dollars
Millions of dollars, end of period
Area or country 2014 2015 2016 Feb 2017 Mar 2017 Apr 2017 May 2017 Jun 2017 Jul 2017 Aug 2017/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,771,174 2,711,472 2,722,027 2,753,694 2,741,326 2,781,147 2,781,753 2,803,660 2,848,408 2,830,457
 
2 Foreign countries 2,765,712 2,701,708 2,714,242 2,743,048 2,733,018 2,772,449 2,772,103 2,798,573 2,840,460 2,819,410
 
3 Europe 1,105,590 1,032,363 1,102,748 1,168,771 1,168,406 1,243,085 1,216,052 1,208,344 1,249,532 1,216,504
4 Austria 3,376 3,971 3,215 3,024 3,127 3,034 3,430 2,807 2,714 2,996
5 Belgium 7,831 6,791 14,311 15,280 16,168 14,565 13,754 10,393 9,736 10,164
6 Denmark 602 577 1,136 886 917 906 844 924 880 843
7 Finland 14,552 17,439 11,283 11,651 9,192 6,896 6,164 5,213 4,958 4,794
8 France 91,160 72,832 88,018 115,960 92,793 120,602 119,090 103,419 110,837 118,567
9 Germany 35,095 32,013 32,302 43,617 41,832 49,626 48,245 41,101 44,807 48,285
10 Greece 176 57 48 46 49 45 62 57 77 178
11 Ireland 72,795 28,490 35,295 35,070 36,674 33,181 37,149 33,914 36,952 36,430
12 Italy 5,965 4,836 2,644 2,597 4,692 3,254 3,128 3,415 2,717 2,967
13 Luxembourg 33,271 38,884 39,132 39,322 39,492 41,217 36,566 44,360 45,931 44,060
14 Netherlands 57,523 51,441 53,361 54,938 51,805 54,689 50,451 50,917 52,896 50,980
15 Norway 2,360 1,882 5,889 6,896 5,816 7,494 5,837 17,177 22,760 16,590
16 Portugal 544 257 271 277 275 308 283 279 324 276
17 Russia 1,124 649 159 271 130 146 348 181 245 242
18 Spain 4,173 4,292 5,867 3,824 3,573 4,244 3,436 4,493 4,066 3,599
19 Sweden 8,402 12,207 24,947 27,816 30,294 31,086 31,929 38,448 37,211 37,800
20 Switzerland 40,388 92,619 62,914 50,208 50,365 50,787 50,721 56,928 56,068 60,941
21 Turkey 5,874 6,045 3,480 3,906 3,119 3,483 3,267 3,265 3,200 3,250
22 United Kingdom 703,096 643,245 698,175 738,850 761,617 801,456 785,026 772,945 794,510 755,250
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 14,515 9,404 8,902 8,931 9,541 9,549 9,835 12,403 12,302 11,671
24 Other Europe 2,768 4,432 11,399 5,401 6,936 6,517 6,487 5,705 6,341 6,621
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,039,711 919,224 1,019,325 1,096,204 1,097,060 1,169,167 1,143,746 1,117,653 1,153,790 1,122,827
 
26 Canada 172,011 171,863 157,419 159,854 163,711 151,660 156,390 164,419 171,217 187,851
 
27 Latin America 201,459 201,134 185,547 180,775 181,371 175,038 173,030 177,732 174,266 177,391
28 Argentina 4,671 4,129 3,223 3,102 3,171 3,287 3,132 4,392 4,128 5,130
29 Brazil 100,434 91,818 83,947 80,551 82,536 76,853 75,659 79,634 78,980 79,805
30 Chile 18,215 17,945 18,817 17,897 17,994 17,321 17,370 17,357 17,102 18,044
31 Columbia 8,342 10,062 9,573 9,628 9,810 10,221 10,318 9,173 8,866 8,509
32 Ecuador 1,698 2,056 2,764 2,680 2,665 2,653 2,636 2,658 2,681 2,662
33 Guatemala 2,742 3,070 2,762 2,774 2,765 2,886 2,747 2,900 2,972 3,036
34 Mexico 41,193 44,422 38,769 38,712 37,592 36,883 36,680 37,648 35,562 35,745
35 Panama 7,001 8,479 8,639 8,521 8,222 8,189 7,744 7,601 7,838 7,542
36 Peru 7,389 8,602 7,614 7,724 7,553 7,787 7,873 7,401 7,220 7,697
37 Uruguay 2,626 2,656 2,079 2,189 2,269 2,277 2,393 2,421 2,334 2,534
38 Venezuala 2,431 2,625 2,403 2,356 2,440 2,338 2,359 2,137 2,178 2,173
39 Other Latin America 4,717 5,270 4,957 4,641 4,354 4,343 4,119 4,410 4,405 4,514
 
40 Caribbean 681,328 657,002 574,537 575,570 573,428 569,343 576,771 564,383 576,558 553,289
41 Bahamas 46,089 32,479 26,298 27,235 27,879 24,259 26,837 23,593 23,981 22,117
42 Bermuda 22,092 23,824 22,024 22,985 23,026 23,345 24,222 21,702 22,092 20,241
43 British Virgin Islands 22,843 22,917 28,396 26,826 24,599 22,922 24,967 23,320 22,828 21,804
44 Cayman Islands 571,872 556,794 477,760 479,284 477,218 476,475 476,306 477,583 487,617 468,132
45 Jamaica 421 307 416 365 333 348 330 341 373 368
46 Netherlands Antilles6 2,694 1,698 2,215 1,401 1,852 2,363 2,749 2,549 2,511 1,951
47 Trinidad and Tobago 1,011 724 724 666 595 546 514 416 545 624
48 Other Caribbean 14,306 18,259 16,704 16,808 17,926 19,085 20,846 14,879 16,611 18,052
 
49 Asia 544,509 579,878 609,495 578,751 567,485 554,396 571,732 602,261 589,755 604,156
  China  
50 Mainland 32,872 25,873 28,569 26,811 28,161 27,592 29,402 30,946 28,831 27,086
51 Hong Kong 50,793 44,946 40,496 37,485 41,059 44,613 42,582 42,414 42,849 44,741
52 India 19,002 21,479 19,161 18,753 19,057 18,169 18,816 18,659 18,346 18,592
53 Indonesia 3,955 2,624 2,562 2,353 2,362 2,375 2,359 2,624 2,525 2,538
54 Israel 2,149 2,824 2,511 2,511 2,443 2,456 2,473 2,414 2,690 2,817
55 Japan 341,256 393,080 416,502 396,447 376,313 364,505 374,690 405,059 394,459 406,493
56 Korea (South) 18,468 16,041 15,160 16,640 17,439 16,037 18,106 18,259 16,833 17,127
57 Philippines 932 865 1,082 1,077 906 1,157 928 862 782 823
58 Taiwan 12,436 15,603 13,832 9,372 12,595 10,771 9,629 10,327 11,082 10,176
59 Thailand 676 733 661 632 612 705 625 615 777 672
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 16,404 14,558 22,203 19,309 16,959 16,894 19,128 18,195 18,128 18,154
61 Other Asia 45,566 41,252 46,756 47,361 49,579 49,122 52,994 51,887 52,453 54,937
 
62 Africa 12,882 9,292 13,198 13,830 13,727 14,128 14,180 13,745 13,468 12,833
63 Egypt 633 1,904 5,651 5,900 5,618 5,832 5,935 5,743 5,676 5,619
64 Morocco 473 262 289 269 286 272 222 185 163 147
65 South Africa 651 704 579 609 658 771 1,009 706 733 658
66 Oil-exporting countries4 602 385 271 257 569 442 414 367 403 396
67 Other Africa 10,523 6,037 6,408 6,795 6,596 6,811 6,600 6,744 6,493 6,013
 
68 Other countries 47,933 50,176 71,298 65,497 64,890 64,799 63,948 67,689 65,664 67,386
69 Australia 44,044 45,674 67,098 60,991 60,534 60,345 59,151 62,650 60,444 62,728
70 New Zealand 1,128 860 735 736 1,004 1,070 1,421 1,743 1,904 1,668
71 All Other 2,761 3,642 3,465 3,770 3,352 3,384 3,376 3,296 3,316 2,990
 
72 International and regional organzations5 5,462 9,764 7,785 10,646 8,308 8,698 9,650 5,087 7,948 11,047
  1. Prior to December 2013, reporting firms include all types of depository institutions as well as some bank holding companies and brokers and dealers. Effective December 2013, data include, in addition, all other nonbank financial firms.   Return to table
  2. The European Union includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. As of July 2013, includes Croatia.   Return to table
  3. Comprises Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  4. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.   Return to table
  5. Principally the Bank for International Settlements, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. Also includes African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations. Excludes "holdings of dollars" of the International Monetary Fund.   Return to table
  6. As of December 2013, Netherlands Antilles are reported separately as Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curacao, St. Martin and St. Barthelemy,and Sint Maarten but are summed here for continuity.  Return to table
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Last Update: October 27, 2017