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

Release Date: April 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 Aug 2017/r Sep 2017/r Oct 2017/r Nov 2017/r Dec 2017/r Jan 2018/r Feb 2018/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,767,698 2,708,591 2,728,075 2,842,466 2,818,430 2,831,225 2,815,167 2,771,797 2,843,737 2,806,907
 
2 Foreign countries 2,762,236 2,698,827 2,720,204 2,831,316 2,809,992 2,820,882 2,808,280 2,765,273 2,838,181 2,800,617
 
3 Europe 1,105,590 1,032,363 1,110,010 1,229,208 1,209,057 1,239,561 1,247,844 1,195,285 1,296,591 1,281,663
4 Austria 3,376 3,971 3,363 3,197 3,121 6,379 5,709 2,028 7,513 6,924
5 Belgium 7,831 6,791 14,309 10,174 8,610 11,701 7,829 10,403 9,001 9,058
6 Denmark 602 577 1,138 960 925 807 1,607 937 1,220 1,433
7 Finland 14,552 17,439 11,283 4,794 3,335 4,478 4,075 4,097 4,791 5,780
8 France 91,160 72,832 88,322 119,218 102,825 118,938 105,074 93,598 114,677 100,760
9 Germany 35,095 32,013 32,280 49,079 52,281 48,601 53,221 39,580 56,463 55,823
10 Greece 176 57 49 180 188 215 218 285 237 133
11 Ireland 72,795 28,490 35,469 36,451 37,652 38,861 40,504 29,282 29,804 29,616
12 Italy 5,965 4,836 2,647 2,770 2,352 2,642 1,863 2,628 2,947 3,416
13 Luxembourg 33,271 38,884 38,889 46,537 47,730 47,153 45,193 49,863 44,182 43,109
14 Netherlands 57,523 51,441 54,585 52,461 50,083 47,732 47,712 44,322 45,829 46,103
15 Norway 2,360 1,882 6,045 16,748 21,262 27,500 26,830 22,333 21,997 19,414
16 Portugal 544 257 264 272 275 269 268 261 280 269
17 Russia 1,124 649 160 292 313 331 291 235 561 172
18 Spain 4,173 4,292 5,858 3,777 4,782 5,008 4,821 3,875 5,151 5,231
19 Sweden 8,402 12,207 25,013 37,860 45,408 44,393 44,504 30,600 44,344 43,631
20 Switzerland 40,388 92,619 63,112 61,531 56,877 54,973 59,967 60,625 71,459 72,960
21 Turkey 5,874 6,045 3,427 3,250 3,122 3,615 3,150 3,171 3,605 3,566
22 United Kingdom 703,096 643,245 703,668 761,327 749,182 757,142 774,539 779,613 815,826 816,176
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 14,515 9,404 8,894 11,928 11,757 11,624 12,049 12,107 11,544 11,494
24 Other Europe 2,768 4,432 11,235 6,402 6,977 7,199 8,420 5,442 5,160 6,595
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,039,711 919,224 1,026,379 1,134,694 1,115,252 1,141,038 1,145,109 1,096,357 1,186,995 1,173,652
 
26 Canada 172,011 171,863 157,482 188,842 179,979 188,353 173,702 170,757 158,793 153,153
 
27 Latin America 201,459 201,134 183,534 176,138 174,415 172,655 170,876 164,768 168,314 165,931
28 Argentina 4,671 4,129 3,073 5,133 5,691 5,523 5,438 5,067 4,860 5,306
29 Brazil 100,434 91,818 82,077 77,971 73,665 73,752 73,375 66,931 70,056 68,923
30 Chile 18,215 17,945 18,717 18,350 16,997 17,838 17,969 18,882 17,104 16,021
31 Columbia 8,342 10,062 9,561 8,524 8,865 8,569 7,643 7,746 8,074 8,364
32 Ecuador 1,698 2,056 2,768 2,668 2,739 2,884 2,841 2,646 2,621 2,641
33 Guatemala 2,742 3,070 2,762 2,974 2,991 3,053 3,168 3,285 3,029 3,032
34 Mexico 41,193 44,422 38,939 36,020 38,557 37,376 36,845 36,102 37,234 36,442
35 Panama 7,001 8,479 8,616 7,608 7,789 6,735 6,754 7,421 7,476 7,556
36 Peru 7,389 8,602 7,615 7,721 7,693 7,562 7,325 6,958 7,954 7,906
37 Uruguay 2,626 2,656 2,073 2,537 2,608 2,601 2,738 2,665 2,725 2,696
38 Venezuala 2,431 2,625 2,404 2,183 2,392 2,318 2,336 2,338 2,458 2,308
39 Other Latin America 4,717 5,270 4,929 4,449 4,428 4,444 4,444 4,727 4,723 4,736
 
40 Caribbean 677,852 654,121 572,876 551,449 542,034 557,274 554,988 541,851 558,287 572,272
41 Bahamas 46,089 32,479 26,209 22,123 21,307 25,696 22,602 22,331 20,581 19,927
42 Bermuda 22,092 23,824 22,032 20,255 18,400 19,344 19,057 20,131 19,966 18,488
43 British Virgin Islands 22,843 22,917 28,642 22,005 21,589 22,683 20,980 16,493 20,333 20,008
44 Cayman Islands 568,396 553,913 475,872 466,135 461,129 466,700 469,810 464,830 481,269 497,819
45 Jamaica 421 307 424 327 292 270 310 307 318 286
46 Netherlands Antilles6 2,694 1,698 2,263 1,951 2,471 2,977 3,534 3,687 2,963 3,508
47 Trinidad and Tobago 1,011 724 725 625 619 590 592 560 554 625
48 Other Caribbean 14,306 18,259 16,709 18,028 16,227 19,014 18,103 13,512 12,303 11,611
 
49 Asia 544,509 579,878 611,788 605,092 626,987 586,754 580,306 606,108 574,845 543,047
  China  
50 Mainland 32,872 25,873 29,870 27,228 33,389 31,623 29,895 29,492 29,503 29,736
51 Hong Kong 50,793 44,946 40,685 44,738 45,048 44,961 41,972 48,331 48,560 55,293
52 India 19,002 21,479 19,179 18,427 18,749 19,683 19,756 21,369 21,918 22,030
53 Indonesia 3,955 2,624 2,519 2,528 2,562 2,593 2,588 2,738 2,547 2,556
54 Israel 2,149 2,824 2,643 2,823 2,853 2,770 2,736 2,700 2,804 2,607
55 Japan 341,256 393,080 416,725 406,497 419,946 379,820 374,995 391,728 358,058 317,533
56 Korea (South) 18,468 16,041 15,241 17,151 17,851 17,240 17,081 18,255 18,812 18,538
57 Philippines 932 865 1,080 823 998 884 1,003 1,085 912 821
58 Taiwan 12,436 15,603 14,001 10,466 12,183 11,225 10,367 11,589 12,048 13,104
59 Thailand 676 733 685 730 1,029 825 1,118 1,245 1,348 1,335
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 16,404 14,558 22,202 18,513 17,850 18,273 21,927 19,525 18,754 18,637
61 Other Asia 45,566 41,252 46,958 55,168 54,529 56,857 56,868 58,051 59,581 60,857
 
62 Africa 12,882 9,292 13,211 12,917 12,803 13,750 12,996 16,583 17,943 17,178
63 Egypt 633 1,904 5,653 5,621 5,605 6,375 5,110 4,571 4,783 4,660
64 Morocco 473 262 284 142 106 95 92 231 220 241
65 South Africa 651 704 581 683 885 810 1,633 1,240 2,151 1,586
66 Oil-exporting countries4 602 385 266 397 301 294 273 240 237 301
67 Other Africa 10,523 6,037 6,427 6,074 5,906 6,176 5,888 10,301 10,552 10,390
 
68 Other countries 47,933 50,176 71,303 67,670 64,717 62,535 67,568 69,921 63,408 67,373
69 Australia 44,044 45,674 67,098 62,954 59,984 57,725 62,552 65,274 58,593 62,637
70 New Zealand 1,128 860 741 1,691 1,796 1,822 2,037 1,808 2,083 1,956
71 All Other 2,761 3,642 3,464 3,025 2,937 2,988 2,979 2,839 2,732 2,780
 
72 International and regional organzations5 5,462 9,764 7,871 11,150 8,438 10,343 6,887 6,524 5,556 6,290
  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: April 27, 2018