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

Release Date: December 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/r 2015/r 2016/r Apr 2017/r May 2017/r Jun 2017/r Jul 2017/r Aug 2017/r Sep 2017/r Oct 2017/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,767,698 2,708,591 2,718,062 2,776,068 2,777,415 2,796,752 2,842,738 2,827,337 2,809,511 2,821,284
 
2 Foreign countries 2,762,236 2,698,827 2,710,277 2,767,369 2,767,780 2,791,704 2,834,790 2,816,290 2,801,073 2,810,941
 
3 Europe 1,105,590 1,032,363 1,102,130 1,242,148 1,215,261 1,206,678 1,248,665 1,216,823 1,203,911 1,234,104
4 Austria 3,376 3,971 3,215 3,032 3,430 2,807 2,714 2,996 3,121 6,379
5 Belgium 7,831 6,791 14,311 14,562 13,754 10,393 9,736 10,164 8,610 11,701
6 Denmark 602 577 1,134 905 842 921 876 843 908 777
7 Finland 14,552 17,439 11,283 6,896 6,164 5,213 4,958 4,794 3,335 4,478
8 France 91,160 72,832 88,013 120,569 119,089 103,372 110,774 118,567 102,443 118,437
9 Germany 35,095 32,013 32,290 49,621 48,234 41,069 44,940 48,604 51,573 48,342
10 Greece 176 57 48 45 62 57 77 178 186 213
11 Ireland 72,795 28,490 35,338 33,155 37,080 33,850 36,914 36,430 37,629 38,841
12 Italy 5,965 4,836 2,644 3,240 3,126 3,401 2,711 2,967 2,552 2,642
13 Luxembourg 33,271 38,884 39,117 41,158 36,504 44,175 45,845 44,060 45,542 44,926
14 Netherlands 57,523 51,441 53,358 54,684 50,439 50,894 52,786 50,980 50,082 47,464
15 Norway 2,360 1,882 5,889 7,494 5,837 17,177 22,760 16,590 21,123 27,317
16 Portugal 544 257 271 290 275 279 324 276 274 268
17 Russia 1,124 649 159 146 348 181 245 242 313 331
18 Spain 4,173 4,292 5,867 4,244 3,436 4,492 4,065 3,599 4,576 5,002
19 Sweden 8,402 12,207 24,947 31,082 31,929 38,448 37,211 37,800 45,351 44,330
20 Switzerland 40,388 92,619 62,902 50,738 50,705 56,588 56,046 60,941 56,497 54,767
21 Turkey 5,874 6,045 3,480 3,483 3,267 3,265 3,200 3,250 3,121 3,614
22 United Kingdom 703,096 643,245 697,632 800,746 784,422 772,026 793,844 755,250 748,229 755,722
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 14,515 9,404 8,902 9,544 9,832 12,398 12,302 11,671 11,471 11,359
24 Other Europe 2,768 4,432 11,330 6,514 6,486 5,672 6,337 6,621 6,975 7,194
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,039,711 919,224 1,018,721 1,168,287 1,142,975 1,116,365 1,152,948 1,123,146 1,110,912 1,136,239
 
26 Canada 172,011 171,863 157,414 151,507 156,380 164,315 171,161 187,852 178,905 187,443
 
27 Latin America 201,459 201,134 185,488 174,902 173,002 177,614 174,264 177,391 174,249 172,418
28 Argentina 4,671 4,129 3,223 3,287 3,132 4,391 4,128 5,130 5,668 5,501
29 Brazil 100,434 91,818 83,947 76,853 75,648 79,594 78,990 79,805 73,664 73,751
30 Chile 18,215 17,945 18,816 17,302 17,355 17,350 17,097 18,044 16,942 17,784
31 Columbia 8,342 10,062 9,573 10,221 10,317 9,125 8,866 8,509 8,863 8,561
32 Ecuador 1,698 2,056 2,764 2,653 2,636 2,658 2,681 2,662 2,739 2,884
33 Guatemala 2,742 3,070 2,762 2,886 2,747 2,900 2,972 3,036 2,990 3,052
34 Mexico 41,193 44,422 38,725 36,877 36,680 37,635 35,558 35,745 38,480 37,251
35 Panama 7,001 8,479 8,635 8,189 7,744 7,599 7,838 7,542 7,789 6,735
36 Peru 7,389 8,602 7,614 7,676 7,873 7,400 7,218 7,697 7,690 7,538
37 Uruguay 2,626 2,656 2,069 2,277 2,393 2,421 2,334 2,534 2,607 2,600
38 Venezuala 2,431 2,625 2,403 2,338 2,359 2,137 2,178 2,173 2,392 2,318
39 Other Latin America 4,717 5,270 4,957 4,343 4,118 4,404 4,404 4,514 4,425 4,443
 
40 Caribbean 677,852 654,121 571,257 565,613 573,343 559,495 571,948 549,852 540,859 556,282
41 Bahamas 46,089 32,479 26,298 24,175 26,822 23,501 23,971 22,117 21,303 25,692
42 Bermuda 22,092 23,824 22,024 22,910 23,764 21,225 21,431 20,241 18,389 19,339
43 British Virgin Islands 22,843 22,917 28,390 22,861 24,919 23,313 22,792 21,804 21,526 22,542
44 Cayman Islands 568,396 553,913 474,438 473,325 473,399 473,272 483,714 464,695 460,033 465,599
45 Jamaica 421 307 416 348 330 341 373 368 291 269
46 Netherlands Antilles6 2,694 1,698 2,263 2,363 2,749 2,549 2,511 1,951 2,471 3,240
47 Trinidad and Tobago 1,011 724 724 546 514 416 545 624 619 590
48 Other Caribbean 14,306 18,259 16,704 19,085 20,846 14,878 16,611 18,052 16,227 19,011
 
49 Asia 544,509 579,878 609,495 554,316 571,668 602,189 589,679 604,153 625,759 584,564
  China  
50 Mainland 32,872 25,873 28,564 27,590 29,399 30,940 28,828 27,085 32,840 30,852
51 Hong Kong 50,793 44,946 40,491 44,610 42,567 42,401 42,838 44,741 44,960 44,692
52 India 19,002 21,479 19,161 18,169 18,816 18,659 18,346 18,592 18,768 19,682
53 Indonesia 3,955 2,624 2,562 2,372 2,359 2,624 2,525 2,538 2,562 2,593
54 Israel 2,149 2,824 2,511 2,455 2,473 2,414 2,689 2,817 2,805 2,719
55 Japan 341,256 393,080 416,502 364,505 374,685 405,051 394,453 406,493 419,944 379,798
56 Korea (South) 18,468 16,041 15,160 16,037 18,093 18,253 16,787 17,127 17,813 17,116
57 Philippines 932 865 1,082 1,157 921 861 781 823 993 879
58 Taiwan 12,436 15,603 13,832 10,723 9,617 10,324 11,080 10,176 11,896 10,938
59 Thailand 676 733 661 705 625 615 777 672 982 765
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 16,404 14,558 22,203 16,875 19,121 18,168 18,127 18,154 17,840 17,776
61 Other Asia 45,566 41,252 46,766 49,118 52,992 51,879 52,448 54,935 54,356 56,754
 
62 Africa 12,882 9,292 13,197 14,128 14,180 13,743 13,434 12,833 12,770 13,714
63 Egypt 633 1,904 5,651 5,832 5,935 5,743 5,644 5,619 5,603 6,373
64 Morocco 473 262 289 272 222 185 163 147 106 95
65 South Africa 651 704 579 771 1,009 705 733 658 880 805
66 Oil-exporting countries4 602 385 271 442 414 367 403 396 295 288
67 Other Africa 10,523 6,037 6,407 6,811 6,600 6,743 6,491 6,013 5,886 6,153
 
68 Other countries 47,933 50,176 71,296 64,755 63,946 67,670 65,639 67,386 64,620 62,416
69 Australia 44,044 45,674 67,096 60,302 59,149 62,631 60,428 62,728 59,891 57,633
70 New Zealand 1,128 860 735 1,069 1,421 1,743 1,904 1,668 1,792 1,818
71 All Other 2,761 3,642 3,465 3,384 3,376 3,296 3,307 2,990 2,937 2,965
 
72 International and regional organzations5 5,462 9,764 7,785 8,699 9,635 5,048 7,948 11,047 8,438 10,343
  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: December 29, 2017