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

Release Date: November 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/r Mar 2017/r Apr 2017/r May 2017/r Jun 2017/r Jul 2017/r Aug 2017/r Sep 2017/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,771,174 2,711,472 2,719,831 2,738,642 2,778,602 2,780,239 2,800,548 2,846,553 2,830,774 2,813,893
 
2 Foreign countries 2,765,712 2,701,708 2,712,046 2,730,334 2,769,903 2,770,604 2,795,500 2,838,605 2,819,727 2,805,455
 
3 Europe 1,105,590 1,032,363 1,102,128 1,167,156 1,242,148 1,215,261 1,206,678 1,248,719 1,216,823 1,204,193
4 Austria 3,376 3,971 3,215 3,126 3,032 3,430 2,807 2,714 2,996 3,121
5 Belgium 7,831 6,791 14,311 16,168 14,562 13,754 10,393 9,736 10,164 8,610
6 Denmark 602 577 1,134 914 905 842 921 876 843 908
7 Finland 14,552 17,439 11,283 9,192 6,896 6,164 5,213 4,958 4,794 3,335
8 France 91,160 72,832 88,013 92,783 120,569 119,089 103,372 110,811 118,567 102,443
9 Germany 35,095 32,013 32,290 41,816 49,621 48,234 41,069 44,940 48,604 51,573
10 Greece 176 57 48 49 45 62 57 77 178 186
11 Ireland 72,795 28,490 35,271 36,596 33,155 37,080 33,850 36,914 36,430 37,874
12 Italy 5,965 4,836 2,644 4,688 3,240 3,126 3,401 2,711 2,967 2,552
13 Luxembourg 33,271 38,884 39,117 39,408 41,158 36,504 44,175 45,845 44,060 45,542
14 Netherlands 57,523 51,441 53,358 51,785 54,684 50,439 50,894 52,803 50,980 50,119
15 Norway 2,360 1,882 5,889 5,816 7,494 5,837 17,177 22,760 16,590 21,123
16 Portugal 544 257 271 272 290 275 279 324 276 274
17 Russia 1,124 649 159 130 146 348 181 245 242 313
18 Spain 4,173 4,292 5,867 3,572 4,244 3,436 4,492 4,065 3,599 4,576
19 Sweden 8,402 12,207 24,947 30,288 31,082 31,929 38,448 37,211 37,800 45,351
20 Switzerland 40,388 92,619 62,902 50,290 50,738 50,705 56,588 56,046 60,941 56,497
21 Turkey 5,874 6,045 3,480 3,119 3,483 3,267 3,265 3,200 3,250 3,121
22 United Kingdom 703,096 643,245 697,630 760,681 800,746 784,422 772,026 793,844 755,250 748,229
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 14,515 9,404 8,902 9,536 9,544 9,832 12,398 12,302 11,671 11,471
24 Other Europe 2,768 4,432 11,397 6,928 6,514 6,486 5,672 6,337 6,621 6,975
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,039,711 919,224 1,018,719 1,095,897 1,168,287 1,142,975 1,116,365 1,153,002 1,123,146 1,111,194
 
26 Canada 172,011 171,863 157,414 163,687 151,507 156,380 164,315 171,161 187,852 178,905
 
27 Latin America 201,459 201,134 185,488 181,330 174,902 173,002 177,614 174,344 177,391 174,269
28 Argentina 4,671 4,129 3,223 3,169 3,287 3,132 4,391 4,128 5,130 5,668
29 Brazil 100,434 91,818 83,947 82,536 76,853 75,648 79,594 79,070 79,805 73,664
30 Chile 18,215 17,945 18,816 17,992 17,302 17,355 17,350 17,097 18,044 16,942
31 Columbia 8,342 10,062 9,573 9,810 10,221 10,317 9,125 8,866 8,509 8,863
32 Ecuador 1,698 2,056 2,764 2,665 2,653 2,636 2,658 2,681 2,662 2,739
33 Guatemala 2,742 3,070 2,762 2,765 2,886 2,747 2,900 2,972 3,036 2,990
34 Mexico 41,193 44,422 38,725 37,577 36,877 36,680 37,635 35,558 35,745 38,500
35 Panama 7,001 8,479 8,635 8,214 8,189 7,744 7,599 7,838 7,542 7,789
36 Peru 7,389 8,602 7,614 7,539 7,676 7,873 7,400 7,218 7,697 7,690
37 Uruguay 2,626 2,656 2,069 2,269 2,277 2,393 2,421 2,334 2,534 2,607
38 Venezuala 2,431 2,625 2,403 2,440 2,338 2,359 2,137 2,178 2,173 2,392
39 Other Latin America 4,717 5,270 4,957 4,354 4,343 4,118 4,404 4,404 4,514 4,425
 
40 Caribbean 681,328 657,002 573,038 572,186 568,147 576,167 563,291 575,620 553,289 544,878
41 Bahamas 46,089 32,479 26,298 27,817 24,175 26,822 23,501 23,971 22,117 21,303
42 Bermuda 22,092 23,824 22,024 22,967 22,910 23,764 21,225 21,431 20,241 18,560
43 British Virgin Islands 22,843 22,917 28,390 24,592 22,861 24,919 23,313 22,792 21,804 21,526
44 Cayman Islands 571,872 556,794 476,219 476,104 475,859 476,223 477,068 487,386 468,132 463,852
45 Jamaica 421 307 416 333 348 330 341 373 368 291
46 Netherlands Antilles6 2,694 1,698 2,263 1,852 2,363 2,749 2,549 2,511 1,951 2,500
47 Trinidad and Tobago 1,011 724 724 595 546 514 416 545 624 619
48 Other Caribbean 14,306 18,259 16,704 17,926 19,085 20,846 14,878 16,611 18,052 16,227
 
49 Asia 544,509 579,878 609,485 567,382 554,316 571,668 602,189 589,679 604,153 625,820
  China  
50 Mainland 32,872 25,873 28,564 28,160 27,590 29,399 30,940 28,828 27,085 32,840
51 Hong Kong 50,793 44,946 40,491 41,037 44,610 42,567 42,401 42,838 44,741 44,970
52 India 19,002 21,479 19,161 19,041 18,169 18,816 18,659 18,346 18,592 18,819
53 Indonesia 3,955 2,624 2,562 2,362 2,372 2,359 2,624 2,525 2,538 2,562
54 Israel 2,149 2,824 2,511 2,443 2,455 2,473 2,414 2,689 2,817 2,805
55 Japan 341,256 393,080 416,502 376,311 364,505 374,685 405,051 394,453 406,493 419,944
56 Korea (South) 18,468 16,041 15,160 17,429 16,037 18,093 18,253 16,787 17,127 17,813
57 Philippines 932 865 1,082 906 1,157 921 861 781 823 993
58 Taiwan 12,436 15,603 13,832 12,576 10,723 9,617 10,324 11,080 10,176 11,896
59 Thailand 676 733 661 599 705 625 615 777 672 982
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 16,404 14,558 22,203 16,944 16,875 19,121 18,168 18,127 18,154 17,840
61 Other Asia 45,566 41,252 46,756 49,574 49,118 52,992 51,879 52,448 54,935 54,356
 
62 Africa 12,882 9,292 13,197 13,727 14,128 14,180 13,743 13,434 12,833 12,770
63 Egypt 633 1,904 5,651 5,618 5,832 5,935 5,743 5,644 5,619 5,603
64 Morocco 473 262 289 286 272 222 185 163 147 106
65 South Africa 651 704 579 658 771 1,009 705 733 658 880
66 Oil-exporting countries4 602 385 271 569 442 414 367 403 396 295
67 Other Africa 10,523 6,037 6,407 6,596 6,811 6,600 6,743 6,491 6,013 5,886
 
68 Other countries 47,933 50,176 71,296 64,866 64,755 63,946 67,670 65,648 67,386 64,620
69 Australia 44,044 45,674 67,096 60,511 60,302 59,149 62,631 60,428 62,728 59,891
70 New Zealand 1,128 860 735 1,003 1,069 1,421 1,743 1,904 1,668 1,792
71 All Other 2,761 3,642 3,465 3,352 3,384 3,376 3,296 3,316 2,990 2,937
 
72 International and regional organzations5 5,462 9,764 7,785 8,308 8,699 9,635 5,048 7,948 11,047 8,438
  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: November 24, 2017