Release Date: June 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 Oct 2017 Nov 2017 Dec 2017/r Jan 2018/r Feb 2018/r Mar 2018/r Apr 2018/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,767,698 2,708,591 2,728,075 2,831,225 2,815,167 2,773,398 2,846,438 2,807,767 2,799,875 2,783,313
 
2 Foreign countries 2,762,236 2,698,827 2,720,204 2,820,882 2,808,280 2,766,874 2,840,882 2,801,477 2,792,992 2,775,850
 
3 Europe 1,105,590 1,032,363 1,110,010 1,239,561 1,247,844 1,195,302 1,296,909 1,281,964 1,248,155 1,243,538
4 Austria 3,376 3,971 3,363 6,379 5,709 2,028 7,513 6,924 3,360 3,204
5 Belgium 7,831 6,791 14,309 11,701 7,829 10,403 9,120 9,165 8,614 8,934
6 Denmark 602 577 1,138 807 1,607 937 1,220 1,433 1,151 753
7 Finland 14,552 17,439 11,283 4,478 4,075 4,097 4,791 5,780 8,487 10,907
8 France 91,160 72,832 88,322 118,938 105,074 93,598 114,677 100,760 101,461 107,578
9 Germany 35,095 32,013 32,280 48,601 53,221 39,580 56,463 55,823 51,186 52,191
10 Greece 176 57 49 215 218 285 237 133 137 172
11 Ireland 72,795 28,490 35,469 38,861 40,504 29,282 29,761 29,572 34,669 32,518
12 Italy 5,965 4,836 2,647 2,642 1,863 2,628 2,947 3,416 4,269 3,104
13 Luxembourg 33,271 38,884 38,889 47,153 45,193 49,863 44,264 43,191 47,820 45,226
14 Netherlands 57,523 51,441 54,585 47,732 47,712 44,322 45,832 46,106 44,286 47,047
15 Norway 2,360 1,882 6,045 27,500 26,830 22,333 21,997 19,414 17,292 18,949
16 Portugal 544 257 264 269 268 261 280 269 268 268
17 Russia 1,124 649 160 331 291 235 561 172 187 249
18 Spain 4,173 4,292 5,858 5,008 4,821 3,875 5,151 5,231 5,553 5,240
19 Sweden 8,402 12,207 25,013 44,393 44,504 30,600 44,354 43,641 39,509 46,272
20 Switzerland 40,388 92,619 63,112 54,973 59,967 60,625 71,459 72,960 75,456 79,830
21 Turkey 5,874 6,045 3,427 3,615 3,150 3,171 3,605 3,577 3,336 3,837
22 United Kingdom 703,096 643,245 703,668 757,142 774,539 779,630 815,955 816,308 782,257 759,677
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 14,515 9,404 8,894 11,624 12,049 12,107 11,544 11,494 11,538 11,506
24 Other Europe 2,768 4,432 11,235 7,199 8,420 5,442 5,178 6,595 7,319 6,076
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,039,711 919,224 1,026,379 1,141,038 1,145,109 1,096,374 1,187,295 1,173,942 1,139,901 1,128,714
 
26 Canada 172,011 171,863 157,482 188,353 173,702 172,337 160,679 153,153 149,387 155,464
 
27 Latin America 201,459 201,134 183,534 172,655 170,876 164,768 168,405 166,023 174,918 172,172
28 Argentina 4,671 4,129 3,073 5,523 5,438 5,067 4,860 5,306 5,809 5,928
29 Brazil 100,434 91,818 82,077 73,752 73,375 66,931 70,076 68,923 72,373 70,767
30 Chile 18,215 17,945 18,717 17,838 17,969 18,882 17,104 16,021 17,151 17,981
31 Columbia 8,342 10,062 9,561 8,569 7,643 7,746 8,082 8,372 8,914 8,700
32 Ecuador 1,698 2,056 2,768 2,884 2,841 2,646 2,621 2,641 2,696 2,715
33 Guatemala 2,742 3,070 2,762 3,053 3,168 3,285 3,033 3,036 3,039 2,947
34 Mexico 41,193 44,422 38,939 37,376 36,845 36,102 37,234 36,442 39,290 38,521
35 Panama 7,001 8,479 8,616 6,735 6,754 7,421 7,521 7,601 8,306 7,760
36 Peru 7,389 8,602 7,615 7,562 7,325 6,958 7,954 7,906 7,410 6,996
37 Uruguay 2,626 2,656 2,073 2,601 2,738 2,665 2,725 2,696 2,667 2,686
38 Venezuala 2,431 2,625 2,404 2,318 2,336 2,338 2,458 2,308 2,524 2,404
39 Other Latin America 4,717 5,270 4,929 4,444 4,444 4,727 4,737 4,771 4,739 4,767
 
40 Caribbean 677,852 654,121 572,876 557,274 554,988 541,855 558,320 572,296 571,832 572,642
41 Bahamas 46,089 32,479 26,209 25,696 22,602 22,331 20,581 19,927 19,452 18,306
42 Bermuda 22,092 23,824 22,032 19,344 19,057 20,131 19,989 18,511 17,618 19,430
43 British Virgin Islands 22,843 22,917 28,642 22,683 20,980 16,493 20,333 20,008 17,618 17,392
44 Cayman Islands 568,396 553,913 475,872 466,700 469,810 464,834 481,279 497,820 503,902 503,913
45 Jamaica 421 307 424 270 310 307 318 286 316 314
46 Netherlands Antilles6 2,694 1,698 2,263 2,977 3,534 3,687 2,963 3,508 4,394 4,907
47 Trinidad and Tobago 1,011 724 725 590 592 560 554 625 575 559
48 Other Caribbean 14,306 18,259 16,709 19,014 18,103 13,512 12,303 11,611 7,957 7,821
 
49 Asia 544,509 579,878 611,788 586,754 580,306 606,108 575,201 543,425 568,400 551,348
  China  
50 Mainland 32,872 25,873 29,870 31,623 29,895 29,492 29,757 30,012 34,312 35,247
51 Hong Kong 50,793 44,946 40,685 44,961 41,972 48,331 48,560 55,293 75,055 69,745
52 India 19,002 21,479 19,179 19,683 19,756 21,369 21,918 22,030 20,343 18,813
53 Indonesia 3,955 2,624 2,519 2,593 2,588 2,738 2,547 2,556 2,606 2,756
54 Israel 2,149 2,824 2,643 2,770 2,736 2,700 2,804 2,607 2,551 2,514
55 Japan 341,256 393,080 416,725 379,820 374,995 391,728 358,058 317,533 315,198 309,835
56 Korea (South) 18,468 16,041 15,241 17,240 17,081 18,255 18,812 18,538 18,553 17,662
57 Philippines 932 865 1,080 884 1,003 1,085 912 821 812 542
58 Taiwan 12,436 15,603 14,001 11,225 10,367 11,589 12,048 13,104 16,588 13,023
59 Thailand 676 733 685 825 1,118 1,245 1,348 1,335 1,345 1,182
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 16,404 14,558 22,202 18,273 21,927 19,525 18,834 18,717 22,350 19,752
61 Other Asia 45,566 41,252 46,958 56,857 56,868 58,051 59,603 60,879 58,687 60,277
 
62 Africa 12,882 9,292 13,211 13,750 12,996 16,583 17,960 17,243 16,427 17,213
63 Egypt 633 1,904 5,653 6,375 5,110 4,571 4,783 4,660 4,489 4,413
64 Morocco 473 262 284 95 92 231 220 241 167 153
65 South Africa 651 704 581 810 1,633 1,240 2,161 1,596 1,357 2,279
66 Oil-exporting countries4 602 385 266 294 273 240 244 308 276 245
67 Other Africa 10,523 6,037 6,427 6,176 5,888 10,301 10,552 10,438 10,138 10,123
 
68 Other countries 47,933 50,176 71,303 62,535 67,568 69,921 63,408 67,373 63,873 63,473
69 Australia 44,044 45,674 67,098 57,725 62,552 65,274 58,593 62,637 59,214 58,839
70 New Zealand 1,128 860 741 1,822 2,037 1,808 2,083 1,956 1,922 1,988
71 All Other 2,761 3,642 3,464 2,988 2,979 2,839 2,732 2,780 2,737 2,646
 
72 International and regional organzations5 5,462 9,764 7,871 10,343 6,887 6,524 5,556 6,290 6,883 7,463
  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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