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

Release Date: July 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 Nov 2017/r Dec 2017/r Jan 2018/r Feb 2018/r Mar 2018/r Apr 2018/r May 2018/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,767,698 2,708,591 2,727,069 2,813,768 2,771,886 2,844,448 2,807,020 2,799,694 2,783,226 2,720,321
 
2 Foreign countries 2,762,236 2,698,827 2,719,198 2,806,881 2,765,362 2,838,892 2,800,730 2,792,811 2,775,763 2,712,391
 
3 Europe 1,105,590 1,032,363 1,109,169 1,246,613 1,193,945 1,295,246 1,280,492 1,246,852 1,256,814 1,172,744
4 Austria 3,376 3,971 3,363 5,709 2,028 7,513 6,924 3,360 3,204 6,316
5 Belgium 7,831 6,791 14,309 7,829 10,403 9,120 9,165 8,614 8,934 9,994
6 Denmark 602 577 1,138 1,607 937 1,220 1,433 1,151 753 726
7 Finland 14,552 17,439 11,283 4,075 4,097 4,791 5,780 8,487 10,907 13,043
8 France 91,160 72,832 88,322 105,074 93,598 114,677 100,760 101,461 107,578 111,286
9 Germany 35,095 32,013 32,280 53,221 39,580 56,463 55,823 51,186 52,191 50,145
10 Greece 176 57 49 218 285 237 133 137 172 178
11 Ireland 72,795 28,490 34,862 39,273 27,925 28,098 28,100 33,269 32,518 30,941
12 Italy 5,965 4,836 2,647 1,863 2,628 2,947 3,416 4,269 3,104 3,583
13 Luxembourg 33,271 38,884 38,889 45,193 49,863 44,264 43,191 47,820 45,226 46,086
14 Netherlands 57,523 51,441 54,585 47,712 44,322 45,832 46,106 44,286 47,047 45,123
15 Norway 2,360 1,882 6,045 26,830 22,333 21,997 19,414 17,292 18,949 26,006
16 Portugal 544 257 264 268 261 280 269 268 268 265
17 Russia 1,124 649 160 291 235 561 172 187 249 187
18 Spain 4,173 4,292 5,858 4,821 3,875 5,151 5,231 5,553 5,240 5,131
19 Sweden 8,402 12,207 25,013 44,504 30,600 44,354 43,641 39,509 46,272 47,612
20 Switzerland 40,388 92,619 63,112 59,967 60,625 71,459 72,960 75,456 79,830 21,403
21 Turkey 5,874 6,045 3,427 3,150 3,171 3,605 3,577 3,336 3,837 3,267
22 United Kingdom 703,096 643,245 703,434 774,539 779,630 815,955 816,308 782,354 772,953 733,372
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 14,515 9,404 8,894 12,049 12,107 11,544 11,494 11,538 11,506 11,469
24 Other Europe 2,768 4,432 11,235 8,420 5,442 5,178 6,595 7,319 6,076 6,611
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,039,711 919,224 1,025,538 1,143,878 1,095,017 1,185,632 1,172,470 1,138,598 1,141,990 1,109,818
 
26 Canada 172,011 171,863 157,474 173,696 172,330 160,670 153,145 149,378 155,464 159,966
 
27 Latin America 201,459 201,134 183,534 170,876 164,768 168,405 166,023 174,906 172,160 168,719
28 Argentina 4,671 4,129 3,073 5,438 5,067 4,860 5,306 5,809 5,928 5,983
29 Brazil 100,434 91,818 82,077 73,375 66,931 70,076 68,923 72,373 70,767 69,305
30 Chile 18,215 17,945 18,717 17,969 18,882 17,104 16,021 17,139 17,969 18,589
31 Columbia 8,342 10,062 9,561 7,643 7,746 8,082 8,372 8,914 8,700 8,570
32 Ecuador 1,698 2,056 2,768 2,841 2,646 2,621 2,641 2,696 2,715 2,690
33 Guatemala 2,742 3,070 2,762 3,168 3,285 3,033 3,036 3,039 2,947 2,981
34 Mexico 41,193 44,422 38,939 36,845 36,102 37,234 36,442 39,290 38,521 36,435
35 Panama 7,001 8,479 8,616 6,754 7,421 7,521 7,601 8,306 7,760 7,911
36 Peru 7,389 8,602 7,615 7,325 6,958 7,954 7,906 7,410 6,996 6,687
37 Uruguay 2,626 2,656 2,073 2,738 2,665 2,725 2,696 2,667 2,686 2,437
38 Venezuala 2,431 2,625 2,404 2,336 2,338 2,458 2,308 2,524 2,404 2,406
39 Other Latin America 4,717 5,270 4,929 4,444 4,727 4,737 4,771 4,739 4,767 4,725
 
40 Caribbean 677,852 654,121 572,719 554,826 541,707 558,002 573,029 573,151 572,642 604,917
41 Bahamas 46,089 32,479 26,209 22,602 22,331 20,581 19,927 19,452 18,306 18,492
42 Bermuda 22,092 23,824 22,032 19,057 20,131 19,989 18,511 17,618 19,430 20,478
43 British Virgin Islands 22,843 22,917 28,642 20,980 16,493 20,333 20,008 17,618 17,392 16,314
44 Cayman Islands 568,396 553,913 475,715 469,648 464,686 480,961 498,553 505,221 503,913 537,121
45 Jamaica 421 307 424 310 307 318 286 316 314 276
46 Netherlands Antilles6 2,694 1,698 2,263 3,534 3,687 2,963 3,508 4,394 4,907 4,392
47 Trinidad and Tobago 1,011 724 725 592 560 554 625 575 559 457
48 Other Caribbean 14,306 18,259 16,709 18,103 13,512 12,303 11,611 7,957 7,821 7,387
 
49 Asia 544,509 579,878 611,788 580,306 606,108 575,201 543,425 568,174 551,123 539,873
  China  
50 Mainland 32,872 25,873 29,870 29,895 29,492 29,757 30,012 34,312 35,247 34,490
51 Hong Kong 50,793 44,946 40,685 41,972 48,331 48,560 55,293 75,155 69,896 62,427
52 India 19,002 21,479 19,179 19,756 21,369 21,918 22,030 19,971 18,390 16,283
53 Indonesia 3,955 2,624 2,519 2,588 2,738 2,547 2,556 2,606 2,756 2,676
54 Israel 2,149 2,824 2,643 2,736 2,700 2,804 2,607 2,551 2,514 2,474
55 Japan 341,256 393,080 416,725 374,995 391,728 358,058 317,533 315,198 309,835 304,900
56 Korea (South) 18,468 16,041 15,241 17,081 18,255 18,812 18,538 18,553 17,662 17,826
57 Philippines 932 865 1,080 1,003 1,085 912 821 812 542 667
58 Taiwan 12,436 15,603 14,001 10,367 11,589 12,048 13,104 16,588 13,023 15,397
59 Thailand 676 733 685 1,118 1,245 1,348 1,335 1,345 1,182 817
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 16,404 14,558 22,202 21,927 19,525 18,834 18,717 22,396 19,799 22,591
61 Other Asia 45,566 41,252 46,958 56,868 58,051 59,603 60,879 58,687 60,277 59,325
 
62 Africa 12,882 9,292 13,211 12,996 16,583 17,960 17,243 16,427 17,213 16,776
63 Egypt 633 1,904 5,653 5,110 4,571 4,783 4,660 4,489 4,413 3,607
64 Morocco 473 262 284 92 231 220 241 167 153 134
65 South Africa 651 704 581 1,633 1,240 2,161 1,596 1,357 2,279 1,160
66 Oil-exporting countries4 602 385 266 273 240 244 308 276 245 686
67 Other Africa 10,523 6,037 6,427 5,888 10,301 10,552 10,438 10,138 10,123 11,189
 
68 Other countries 47,933 50,176 71,303 67,568 69,921 63,408 67,373 63,923 50,347 49,396
69 Australia 44,044 45,674 67,098 62,552 65,274 58,593 62,637 59,264 45,713 44,602
70 New Zealand 1,128 860 741 2,037 1,808 2,083 1,956 1,922 1,988 2,065
71 All Other 2,761 3,642 3,464 2,979 2,839 2,732 2,780 2,737 2,646 2,729
 
72 International and regional organzations5 5,462 9,764 7,871 6,887 6,524 5,556 6,290 6,883 7,463 7,930
  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: July 27, 2018