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

Release Date: March 2018
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 Jul 2017/r Aug 2017/r Sep 2017/r Oct 2017/r Nov 2017/r Dec 2017/r Jan 2018/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,767,698 2,708,591 2,717,660 2,845,771 2,830,960 2,812,807 2,826,118 2,810,312 2,771,761 2,844,572
 
2 Foreign countries 2,762,236 2,698,827 2,709,789 2,837,777 2,819,810 2,804,369 2,815,775 2,803,425 2,765,237 2,839,016
 
3 Europe 1,105,590 1,032,363 1,102,695 1,251,302 1,219,817 1,206,109 1,236,866 1,244,727 1,195,285 1,296,668
4 Austria 3,376 3,971 3,363 2,912 3,197 3,121 6,379 5,709 2,028 7,513
5 Belgium 7,831 6,791 14,309 9,748 10,174 8,610 11,701 7,829 10,403 9,001
6 Denmark 602 577 1,135 877 843 909 778 1,461 937 1,220
7 Finland 14,552 17,439 11,283 4,958 4,794 3,335 4,478 4,075 4,097 4,799
8 France 91,160 72,832 88,001 110,774 118,567 102,443 118,437 104,779 93,598 114,669
9 Germany 35,095 32,013 32,276 44,844 48,619 51,573 48,343 52,958 39,580 56,462
10 Greece 176 57 49 79 180 188 215 218 285 237
11 Ireland 72,795 28,490 35,353 36,918 36,431 37,631 38,843 40,482 29,282 29,804
12 Italy 5,965 4,836 2,647 2,532 2,770 2,352 2,642 1,863 2,628 2,947
13 Luxembourg 33,271 38,884 38,887 48,099 46,408 47,631 47,123 45,114 49,863 44,182
14 Netherlands 57,523 51,441 54,285 54,245 52,461 50,083 47,732 47,712 44,322 45,829
15 Norway 2,360 1,882 5,901 22,794 16,624 21,123 27,339 26,667 22,333 21,997
16 Portugal 544 257 264 319 272 275 269 268 261 280
17 Russia 1,124 649 160 306 292 313 331 291 235 561
18 Spain 4,173 4,292 5,856 4,230 3,775 4,781 5,007 4,820 3,875 5,151
19 Sweden 8,402 12,207 25,013 37,274 37,860 45,408 44,393 44,504 30,600 44,344
20 Switzerland 40,388 92,619 63,014 56,166 61,088 56,515 54,858 59,792 60,625 71,615
21 Turkey 5,874 6,045 3,427 3,186 3,250 3,122 3,615 3,150 3,171 3,605
22 United Kingdom 703,096 643,245 697,344 792,858 754,181 748,248 755,825 772,857 779,613 815,749
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 14,515 9,404 8,893 12,294 11,629 11,471 11,359 11,758 12,107 11,544
24 Other Europe 2,768 4,432 11,235 5,889 6,402 6,977 7,199 8,420 5,442 5,159
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,039,711 919,224 1,019,307 1,155,842 1,126,169 1,113,091 1,138,884 1,142,621 1,096,357 1,186,917
 
26 Canada 172,011 171,863 157,427 171,933 188,664 179,581 188,091 173,588 170,757 160,388
 
27 Latin America 201,459 201,134 183,452 172,498 176,048 174,294 172,521 170,733 164,768 168,301
28 Argentina 4,671 4,129 3,073 4,113 5,133 5,691 5,523 5,438 5,067 4,860
29 Brazil 100,434 91,818 82,075 77,076 77,971 73,665 73,752 73,375 66,931 70,043
30 Chile 18,215 17,945 18,699 17,024 18,328 16,944 17,785 17,906 18,882 17,104
31 Columbia 8,342 10,062 9,558 8,861 8,521 8,863 8,563 7,636 7,746 8,074
32 Ecuador 1,698 2,056 2,768 2,689 2,668 2,739 2,884 2,841 2,646 2,621
33 Guatemala 2,742 3,070 2,762 2,918 2,974 2,991 3,053 3,168 3,285 3,029
34 Mexico 41,193 44,422 38,880 35,788 35,962 38,493 37,301 36,772 36,102 37,234
35 Panama 7,001 8,479 8,616 7,864 7,608 7,789 6,735 6,754 7,421 7,476
36 Peru 7,389 8,602 7,615 7,242 7,719 7,693 7,562 7,325 6,958 7,954
37 Uruguay 2,626 2,656 2,073 2,337 2,537 2,608 2,601 2,738 2,665 2,725
38 Venezuala 2,431 2,625 2,404 2,188 2,183 2,392 2,318 2,336 2,338 2,458
39 Other Latin America 4,717 5,270 4,929 4,398 4,444 4,426 4,444 4,444 4,727 4,723
 
40 Caribbean 677,852 654,121 571,815 572,451 550,315 540,852 556,388 554,087 541,851 557,942
41 Bahamas 46,089 32,479 26,199 23,972 22,119 21,303 25,692 22,598 22,331 20,581
42 Bermuda 22,092 23,824 22,028 21,433 20,244 18,390 19,340 19,057 20,131 19,919
43 British Virgin Islands 22,843 22,917 28,559 22,976 21,983 21,526 22,557 20,871 16,493 20,333
44 Cayman Islands 568,396 553,913 474,908 484,076 465,038 460,024 465,948 469,022 464,830 480,971
45 Jamaica 421 307 424 332 327 292 270 310 307 318
46 Netherlands Antilles6 2,694 1,698 2,263 2,511 1,951 2,471 2,977 3,534 3,687 2,952
47 Trinidad and Tobago 1,011 724 725 546 625 619 590 592 560 554
48 Other Caribbean 14,306 18,259 16,709 16,605 18,028 16,227 19,014 18,103 13,512 12,314
 
49 Asia 544,509 579,878 609,906 590,445 604,650 626,121 585,719 579,807 606,072 574,368
  China  
50 Mainland 32,872 25,873 28,605 28,843 27,094 32,861 30,952 29,644 29,492 29,499
51 Hong Kong 50,793 44,946 40,505 42,894 44,694 44,985 44,786 41,939 48,327 48,551
52 India 19,002 21,479 19,179 18,313 18,424 18,749 19,683 19,755 21,369 21,918
53 Indonesia 3,955 2,624 2,519 2,525 2,528 2,562 2,593 2,588 2,738 2,547
54 Israel 2,149 2,824 2,517 2,695 2,823 2,811 2,725 2,734 2,700 2,804
55 Japan 341,256 393,080 416,715 394,461 406,497 419,946 379,820 374,995 391,697 358,027
56 Korea (South) 18,468 16,041 15,161 16,787 17,114 17,815 17,219 17,040 18,255 18,812
57 Philippines 932 865 1,080 781 823 993 879 997 1,085 912
58 Taiwan 12,436 15,603 13,998 11,309 10,437 12,180 11,219 10,348 11,589 12,048
59 Thailand 676 733 646 776 671 982 765 1,017 1,245 1,348
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 16,404 14,558 22,202 18,567 18,513 17,850 18,273 21,927 19,525 18,463
61 Other Asia 45,566 41,252 46,779 52,494 55,032 54,387 56,805 56,823 58,050 59,439
 
62 Africa 12,882 9,292 13,198 13,475 12,871 12,790 13,743 12,989 16,583 17,943
63 Egypt 633 1,904 5,653 5,646 5,621 5,605 6,375 5,110 4,571 4,783
64 Morocco 473 262 284 158 142 106 95 92 231 220
65 South Africa 651 704 581 753 679 883 807 1,626 1,240 2,151
66 Oil-exporting countries4 602 385 266 409 397 301 294 273 240 237
67 Other Africa 10,523 6,037 6,414 6,509 6,032 5,895 6,172 5,888 10,301 10,552
 
68 Other countries 47,933 50,176 71,296 65,673 67,445 64,622 62,447 67,494 69,921 63,406
69 Australia 44,044 45,674 67,095 60,428 62,734 59,891 57,639 62,480 65,274 58,591
70 New Zealand 1,128 860 736 1,906 1,686 1,794 1,820 2,035 1,808 2,083
71 All Other 2,761 3,642 3,465 3,339 3,025 2,937 2,988 2,979 2,839 2,732
 
72 International and regional organzations5 5,462 9,764 7,871 7,994 11,150 8,438 10,343 6,887 6,524 5,556
  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: March 30, 2018