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

Release Date: December 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 Apr 2018 May 2018 Jun 2018 Jul 2018 Aug 2018/r Sep 2018/r Oct 2018/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,708,591 2,727,069 2,779,837 2,786,706 2,723,863 2,638,188 2,584,879 2,622,954 2,626,015 2,662,984
 
2 Foreign countries 2,698,827 2,719,198 2,773,313 2,779,243 2,715,933 2,632,279 2,577,355 2,615,960 2,620,388 2,656,245
 
3 Europe 1,032,363 1,124,452 1,217,691 1,259,121 1,175,165 1,119,003 1,088,088 1,102,744 1,110,009 1,142,690
4 Austria 3,971 3,363 2,053 3,229 6,341 3,190 6,353 8,262 4,075 6,003
5 Belgium 6,791 14,309 10,405 8,936 9,996 10,994 8,747 8,561 7,920 9,415
6 Denmark 577 1,138 941 757 730 515 508 520 606 536
7 Finland 17,439 11,283 4,097 10,907 13,043 12,633 12,428 15,283 20,782 20,929
8 France 72,832 88,322 93,614 107,590 111,299 95,956 97,369 112,948 98,476 135,217
9 Germany 32,013 32,280 39,588 52,197 50,151 50,490 51,801 49,297 53,812 57,568
10 Greece 57 49 194 173 179 178 184 188 176 180
11 Ireland 28,490 34,862 27,928 32,519 30,942 30,560 29,889 31,097 34,109 36,343
12 Italy 4,836 2,647 2,648 3,120 3,600 3,388 4,125 3,937 3,443 3,480
13 Luxembourg 38,884 38,889 49,868 45,226 46,086 45,804 43,464 47,072 59,147 61,148
14 Netherlands 51,441 54,585 44,358 47,066 45,140 42,666 43,088 41,676 41,565 39,747
15 Norway 1,882 6,045 22,333 18,949 26,006 18,807 23,164 22,586 29,637 22,830
16 Portugal 257 264 262 269 266 271 329 331 259 264
17 Russia 649 160 238 250 188 214 182 188 163 127
18 Spain 4,292 5,858 3,881 5,244 5,231 4,387 3,663 5,289 5,560 4,002
19 Sweden 12,207 25,013 30,602 46,273 47,613 50,598 50,076 46,121 40,509 43,937
20 Switzerland 92,619 63,112 60,655 79,884 21,458 20,928 21,479 21,075 21,504 22,283
21 Turkey 6,045 3,427 3,174 3,840 3,270 3,277 3,214 2,992 2,505 2,494
22 United Kingdom 643,245 718,717 803,183 775,099 735,536 706,081 670,000 665,914 666,482 656,031
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 9,404 8,894 12,262 11,509 11,471 11,814 11,822 12,271 12,398 12,980
24 Other Europe 4,432 11,235 5,407 6,084 6,619 6,252 6,203 7,136 6,881 7,176
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 919,224 1,040,821 1,118,613 1,144,233 1,112,175 1,063,518 1,027,785 1,043,206 1,043,013 1,080,874
 
26 Canada 171,863 157,474 172,257 155,572 160,041 159,290 158,024 161,206 154,677 148,088
 
27 Latin America 201,134 183,534 165,110 172,422 168,904 164,233 157,771 157,840 160,785 164,598
28 Argentina 4,129 3,073 5,103 5,960 6,003 6,645 6,307 6,440 6,746 6,911
29 Brazil 91,818 82,077 66,963 70,783 69,316 64,759 57,204 57,809 58,444 60,764
30 Chile 17,945 18,717 18,891 17,973 18,594 18,125 18,470 17,931 18,310 19,313
31 Columbia 10,062 9,561 7,752 8,705 8,574 8,486 8,225 8,187 8,401 8,617
32 Ecuador 2,056 2,768 2,652 2,719 2,694 2,865 2,791 2,778 2,658 2,648
33 Guatemala 3,070 2,762 3,286 2,948 2,982 2,963 2,917 2,941 2,809 2,769
34 Mexico 44,422 38,939 36,196 38,703 36,554 36,146 37,964 38,046 39,188 38,318
35 Panama 8,479 8,616 7,560 7,768 7,920 8,083 7,845 7,975 8,623 8,796
36 Peru 8,602 7,615 6,962 6,999 6,690 6,646 6,678 6,441 6,203 7,130
37 Uruguay 2,656 2,073 2,667 2,687 2,439 2,432 2,359 2,389 2,374 2,424
38 Venezuala 2,625 2,404 2,343 2,407 2,410 2,376 2,397 2,365 2,363 2,299
39 Other Latin America 5,270 4,929 4,735 4,770 4,728 4,707 4,614 4,538 4,666 4,609
 
40 Caribbean 654,121 572,719 544,428 572,778 605,153 584,855 599,389 624,237 596,678 612,368
41 Bahamas 32,479 26,209 22,331 18,306 18,492 18,674 18,101 19,185 18,397 20,187
42 Bermuda 23,824 22,032 20,846 19,430 20,478 19,455 21,259 20,940 19,261 21,854
43 British Virgin Islands 22,917 28,642 16,585 17,392 16,314 17,480 17,188 17,425 15,712 16,066
44 Cayman Islands 553,913 475,715 466,440 503,917 537,123 515,468 530,000 553,561 529,752 540,479
45 Jamaica 307 424 313 319 281 331 299 367 327 321
46 Netherlands Antilles6 1,698 2,263 3,846 5,028 4,616 5,542 4,507 4,245 4,853 4,948
47 Trinidad and Tobago 724 725 561 560 458 444 442 398 330 269
48 Other Caribbean 18,259 16,709 13,506 7,826 7,391 7,461 7,593 8,116 8,046 8,244
 
49 Asia 579,878 611,788 606,364 551,478 540,196 538,681 509,087 505,671 534,781 526,099
  China  
50 Mainland 25,873 29,870 29,574 35,257 34,499 31,140 29,581 31,364 31,912 30,128
51 Hong Kong 44,946 40,685 48,335 69,965 62,491 62,912 60,678 59,525 60,325 57,662
52 India 21,479 19,179 21,476 18,422 16,314 15,452 14,507 14,387 15,065 14,985
53 Indonesia 2,624 2,519 2,742 2,759 2,679 2,840 2,841 2,803 2,820 2,785
54 Israel 2,824 2,643 2,595 2,519 2,479 2,760 2,685 2,722 2,811 2,901
55 Japan 393,080 416,725 391,805 309,921 304,977 310,701 292,290 289,130 316,860 310,347
56 Korea (South) 16,041 15,241 18,224 17,683 17,835 17,734 18,193 17,142 18,107 18,340
57 Philippines 865 1,080 1,101 552 676 642 609 621 545 774
58 Taiwan 15,603 14,001 11,608 13,040 15,415 16,655 12,461 10,393 10,992 10,701
59 Thailand 733 685 1,262 1,196 837 614 678 744 982 647
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 14,558 22,202 19,518 19,806 22,599 21,139 20,451 20,258 19,353 20,428
61 Other Asia 41,252 46,958 58,124 60,358 59,395 56,092 54,113 56,582 55,009 56,401
 
62 Africa 9,292 13,211 16,904 17,470 17,036 17,037 17,756 16,290 16,293 15,703
63 Egypt 1,904 5,653 4,577 4,417 3,611 3,744 3,341 3,279 3,209 3,350
64 Morocco 262 284 231 154 135 106 158 103 73 93
65 South Africa 704 581 1,251 2,290 1,171 1,147 1,287 883 1,042 966
66 Oil-exporting countries4 385 266 245 251 692 770 756 797 939 901
67 Other Africa 6,037 6,427 10,600 10,358 11,427 11,270 12,214 11,228 11,030 10,393
 
68 Other countries 50,176 56,020 50,559 50,402 49,438 49,180 47,240 47,972 47,165 46,699
69 Australia 45,674 51,815 45,742 45,764 44,641 44,271 42,645 43,531 42,547 42,196
70 New Zealand 860 741 1,814 1,992 2,068 2,169 1,856 1,803 2,002 1,898
71 All Other 3,642 3,464 3,003 2,646 2,729 2,740 2,739 2,638 2,616 2,605
 
72 International and regional organzations5 9,764 7,871 6,524 7,463 7,930 5,909 7,524 6,994 5,627 6,739
  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: December 28, 2018