Release Date: September 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 2015 2016 2017/r Jan 2018/r Feb 2018 Mar 2018 Apr 2018 May 2018/r Jun 2018 Jul 2018/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,708,591 2,727,069 2,779,304 2,851,116 2,812,066 2,803,938 2,786,172 2,723,323 2,637,645 2,584,329
 
2 Foreign countries 2,698,827 2,719,198 2,772,780 2,845,560 2,805,776 2,797,055 2,778,709 2,715,393 2,631,736 2,576,805
 
3 Europe 1,032,363 1,109,169 1,197,928 1,298,009 1,284,732 1,249,996 1,258,966 1,175,008 1,118,848 1,087,931
4 Austria 3,971 3,363 2,028 7,513 6,924 3,360 3,204 6,316 3,165 6,328
5 Belgium 6,791 14,309 10,403 9,120 9,165 8,614 8,934 9,994 10,992 8,745
6 Denmark 577 1,138 937 1,220 1,433 1,151 753 726 511 504
7 Finland 17,439 11,283 4,097 4,791 5,780 8,487 10,907 13,043 12,633 12,428
8 France 72,832 88,322 93,601 114,677 100,760 101,461 107,578 111,286 95,944 97,357
9 Germany 32,013 32,280 39,584 56,465 55,825 51,187 52,193 50,147 50,486 51,797
10 Greece 57 49 193 145 133 137 172 178 177 183
11 Ireland 28,490 34,862 27,927 28,098 28,100 33,269 32,518 30,941 30,559 29,888
12 Italy 4,836 2,647 2,631 2,947 3,416 4,269 3,104 3,583 3,372 4,109
13 Luxembourg 38,884 38,889 49,868 44,270 43,191 47,820 45,226 46,086 45,804 43,464
14 Netherlands 51,441 54,585 44,349 45,854 46,116 44,295 47,057 45,132 42,658 43,079
15 Norway 1,882 6,045 22,333 21,997 19,414 17,292 18,949 26,006 18,807 23,164
16 Portugal 257 264 261 280 269 268 268 265 270 328
17 Russia 649 160 237 561 172 187 249 187 213 181
18 Spain 4,292 5,858 3,877 5,151 5,231 5,553 5,240 5,227 4,383 3,659
19 Sweden 12,207 25,013 30,601 44,354 43,641 39,509 46,272 47,612 50,597 50,075
20 Switzerland 92,619 63,112 60,601 71,434 72,960 75,456 79,830 21,403 20,873 21,423
21 Turkey 6,045 3,427 3,171 3,605 3,577 3,336 3,837 3,267 3,274 3,211
22 United Kingdom 643,245 703,434 783,568 818,688 820,528 785,486 775,089 735,526 706,071 669,990
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 9,404 8,894 12,262 11,705 11,501 11,539 11,509 11,471 11,814 11,822
24 Other Europe 4,432 11,235 5,399 5,134 6,596 7,320 6,077 6,612 6,245 6,196
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 919,224 1,025,538 1,098,911 1,188,304 1,176,703 1,141,741 1,144,139 1,112,080 1,063,425 1,027,691
 
26 Canada 171,863 157,474 172,247 160,574 153,198 149,473 155,562 160,031 159,280 158,014
 
27 Latin America 201,134 183,534 165,077 168,600 166,084 175,062 172,390 168,872 164,202 157,739
28 Argentina 4,129 3,073 5,101 4,884 5,324 5,839 5,958 6,001 6,643 6,305
29 Brazil 91,818 82,077 66,960 70,107 68,928 72,384 70,780 69,313 64,756 57,201
30 Chile 17,945 18,717 18,887 17,094 16,012 17,140 17,969 18,590 18,121 18,466
31 Columbia 10,062 9,561 7,748 8,087 8,373 8,915 8,701 8,570 8,482 8,221
32 Ecuador 2,056 2,768 2,649 2,622 2,642 2,697 2,716 2,691 2,862 2,788
33 Guatemala 3,070 2,762 3,285 3,033 3,036 3,039 2,947 2,981 2,962 2,916
34 Mexico 44,422 38,939 36,194 37,278 36,481 39,396 38,701 36,552 36,144 37,962
35 Panama 8,479 8,616 7,554 7,616 7,603 8,307 7,761 7,913 8,076 7,838
36 Peru 8,602 7,615 6,960 7,955 7,907 7,411 6,997 6,688 6,644 6,676
37 Uruguay 2,656 2,073 2,666 2,725 2,696 2,667 2,686 2,438 2,431 2,358
38 Venezuala 2,625 2,404 2,342 2,459 2,310 2,526 2,406 2,409 2,376 2,396
39 Other Latin America 5,270 4,929 4,731 4,740 4,772 4,741 4,768 4,726 4,705 4,612
 
40 Caribbean 654,121 572,719 544,419 561,708 573,643 573,646 572,767 605,143 584,844 599,377
41 Bahamas 32,479 26,209 22,331 20,612 19,927 19,452 18,306 18,492 18,674 18,101
42 Bermuda 23,824 22,032 20,846 20,695 18,511 17,618 19,430 20,478 19,455 21,259
43 British Virgin Islands 22,917 28,642 16,585 20,417 20,008 17,618 17,392 16,314 17,480 17,188
44 Cayman Islands 553,913 475,715 466,440 483,367 498,553 505,221 503,917 537,123 515,468 529,998
45 Jamaica 307 424 308 318 286 316 314 276 326 294
46 Netherlands Antilles6 1,698 2,263 3,846 3,451 4,122 4,889 5,028 4,616 5,542 4,507
47 Trinidad and Tobago 724 725 560 554 625 575 559 457 443 441
48 Other Caribbean 18,259 16,709 13,503 12,294 11,611 7,957 7,821 7,387 7,456 7,589
 
49 Asia 579,878 611,788 606,294 574,953 543,406 568,468 551,410 540,126 538,609 509,014
  China  
50 Mainland 25,873 29,870 29,574 29,771 30,024 34,324 35,257 34,498 31,139 29,579
51 Hong Kong 44,946 40,685 48,333 48,623 55,438 75,227 69,963 62,489 62,910 60,676
52 India 21,479 19,179 21,471 21,595 21,698 19,998 18,418 16,310 15,447 14,503
53 Indonesia 2,624 2,519 2,740 2,548 2,557 2,608 2,757 2,677 2,839 2,840
54 Israel 2,824 2,643 2,591 2,696 2,608 2,552 2,515 2,475 2,756 2,681
55 Japan 393,080 416,725 391,801 358,120 317,586 315,279 309,918 304,974 310,698 292,287
56 Korea (South) 16,041 15,241 18,224 18,773 18,546 18,563 17,683 17,835 17,734 18,193
57 Philippines 865 1,080 1,096 916 825 826 547 671 637 604
58 Taiwan 15,603 14,001 11,608 12,064 13,119 16,605 13,040 15,415 16,655 12,461
59 Thailand 733 685 1,254 1,353 1,341 1,355 1,188 829 606 670
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 14,558 22,202 19,511 18,834 18,747 22,396 19,799 22,591 21,131 20,443
61 Other Asia 41,252 46,958 58,091 59,660 60,917 58,735 60,325 59,362 56,057 54,077
 
62 Africa 9,292 13,211 16,656 18,049 17,246 16,431 17,216 16,779 16,777 17,494
63 Egypt 1,904 5,653 4,573 4,783 4,660 4,489 4,413 3,607 3,740 3,337
64 Morocco 262 284 231 220 241 167 153 134 105 157
65 South Africa 704 581 1,242 2,163 1,598 1,359 2,281 1,162 1,138 1,278
66 Oil-exporting countries4 385 266 240 244 308 277 245 686 764 750
67 Other Africa 6,037 6,427 10,370 10,639 10,439 10,139 10,124 11,190 11,030 11,972
 
68 Other countries 50,176 71,303 70,159 63,667 67,467 63,979 50,398 49,434 49,176 47,236
69 Australia 45,674 67,098 65,343 58,696 62,729 59,317 45,761 44,638 44,268 42,642
70 New Zealand 860 741 1,813 2,085 1,958 1,925 1,991 2,067 2,168 1,855
71 All Other 3,642 3,464 3,003 2,886 2,780 2,737 2,646 2,729 2,740 2,739
 
72 International and regional organzations5 9,764 7,871 6,524 5,556 6,290 6,883 7,463 7,930 5,909 7,524
  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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