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

Release Date: January 2019
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 May 2018/r Jun 2018/r Jul 2018/r Aug 2018/r Sep 2018/r Oct 2018/r Nov 2018/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,708,591 2,727,069 2,778,944 2,722,968 2,637,294 2,584,064 2,622,140 2,625,159 2,662,670 2,737,052
 
2 Foreign countries 2,698,827 2,719,198 2,773,313 2,715,932 2,632,279 2,577,354 2,615,960 2,620,346 2,655,931 2,730,821
 
3 Europe 1,032,363 1,124,452 1,217,691 1,175,165 1,119,003 1,088,087 1,102,744 1,110,036 1,142,686 1,190,059
4 Austria 3,971 3,363 2,053 6,341 3,190 6,353 8,262 4,075 6,003 7,847
5 Belgium 6,791 14,309 10,405 9,996 10,994 8,747 8,561 7,920 9,415 10,379
6 Denmark 577 1,138 941 730 515 508 520 606 536 600
7 Finland 17,439 11,283 4,097 13,043 12,633 12,428 15,283 20,782 20,929 23,255
8 France 72,832 88,322 93,614 111,299 95,956 97,369 112,948 98,476 135,217 142,697
9 Germany 32,013 32,280 39,588 50,151 50,490 51,801 49,297 53,812 57,556 60,287
10 Greece 57 49 194 179 178 184 188 176 180 83
11 Ireland 28,490 34,862 27,928 30,942 30,560 29,889 31,097 34,109 36,343 39,302
12 Italy 4,836 2,647 2,648 3,600 3,388 4,125 3,937 3,443 3,480 3,300
13 Luxembourg 38,884 38,889 49,868 46,086 45,804 43,464 47,072 59,174 61,178 61,565
14 Netherlands 51,441 54,585 44,358 45,140 42,666 43,088 41,676 41,565 39,747 38,898
15 Norway 1,882 6,045 22,333 26,006 18,807 23,164 22,586 29,637 22,830 25,118
16 Portugal 257 264 262 266 271 329 331 259 264 261
17 Russia 649 160 238 188 214 182 188 163 127 623
18 Spain 4,292 5,858 3,881 5,231 4,387 3,663 5,289 5,560 4,002 4,575
19 Sweden 12,207 25,013 30,602 47,613 50,598 50,076 46,121 40,509 43,937 43,678
20 Switzerland 92,619 63,112 60,655 21,458 20,928 21,479 21,075 21,504 22,283 22,007
21 Turkey 6,045 3,427 3,174 3,270 3,277 3,214 2,992 2,505 2,494 2,249
22 United Kingdom 643,245 718,717 803,183 735,536 706,081 669,999 665,914 666,482 656,009 683,636
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 9,404 8,894 12,262 11,471 11,814 11,822 12,271 12,398 12,980 12,622
24 Other Europe 4,432 11,235 5,407 6,619 6,252 6,203 7,136 6,881 7,176 7,077
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 919,224 1,040,821 1,118,613 1,112,175 1,063,518 1,027,784 1,043,206 1,043,040 1,080,870 1,126,982
 
26 Canada 171,863 157,474 172,257 160,041 159,290 158,024 161,206 154,621 148,088 162,619
 
27 Latin America 201,134 183,534 165,110 168,904 164,233 157,771 157,840 160,770 164,567 165,333
28 Argentina 4,129 3,073 5,103 6,003 6,645 6,307 6,440 6,746 6,911 6,783
29 Brazil 91,818 82,077 66,963 69,316 64,759 57,204 57,809 58,417 60,733 61,565
30 Chile 17,945 18,717 18,891 18,594 18,125 18,470 17,931 18,322 19,313 19,006
31 Columbia 10,062 9,561 7,752 8,574 8,486 8,225 8,187 8,401 8,617 8,718
32 Ecuador 2,056 2,768 2,652 2,694 2,865 2,791 2,778 2,658 2,648 2,762
33 Guatemala 3,070 2,762 3,286 2,982 2,963 2,917 2,941 2,809 2,769 2,867
34 Mexico 44,422 38,939 36,196 36,554 36,146 37,964 38,046 39,188 38,318 38,015
35 Panama 8,479 8,616 7,560 7,920 8,083 7,845 7,975 8,623 8,796 9,098
36 Peru 8,602 7,615 6,962 6,690 6,646 6,678 6,441 6,203 7,130 7,267
37 Uruguay 2,656 2,073 2,667 2,439 2,432 2,359 2,389 2,374 2,424 2,390
38 Venezuala 2,625 2,404 2,343 2,410 2,376 2,397 2,365 2,363 2,299 2,190
39 Other Latin America 5,270 4,929 4,735 4,728 4,707 4,614 4,538 4,666 4,609 4,672
 
40 Caribbean 654,121 572,719 544,428 605,153 584,855 599,389 624,237 596,678 612,096 629,813
41 Bahamas 32,479 26,209 22,331 18,492 18,674 18,101 19,185 18,397 20,187 19,414
42 Bermuda 23,824 22,032 20,846 20,478 19,455 21,259 20,940 19,261 21,832 23,168
43 British Virgin Islands 22,917 28,642 16,585 16,314 17,480 17,188 17,425 15,712 16,066 15,151
44 Cayman Islands 553,913 475,715 466,440 537,123 515,468 530,000 553,561 529,752 540,229 557,557
45 Jamaica 307 424 313 281 331 299 367 327 321 370
46 Netherlands Antilles6 1,698 2,263 3,846 4,616 5,542 4,507 4,245 4,853 4,948 5,481
47 Trinidad and Tobago 724 725 561 458 444 442 398 330 269 236
48 Other Caribbean 18,259 16,709 13,506 7,391 7,461 7,593 8,116 8,046 8,244 8,436
 
49 Asia 579,878 611,788 606,364 540,195 538,681 509,087 505,671 534,783 526,092 521,584
  China  
50 Mainland 25,873 29,870 29,574 34,499 31,140 29,581 31,364 31,912 30,120 28,526
51 Hong Kong 44,946 40,685 48,335 62,490 62,912 60,678 59,525 60,327 57,662 57,415
52 India 21,479 19,179 21,476 16,314 15,452 14,507 14,387 15,065 14,985 14,965
53 Indonesia 2,624 2,519 2,742 2,679 2,840 2,841 2,803 2,820 2,785 2,771
54 Israel 2,824 2,643 2,595 2,479 2,760 2,685 2,722 2,811 2,901 2,653
55 Japan 393,080 416,725 391,805 304,977 310,701 292,290 289,130 316,860 310,347 309,755
56 Korea (South) 16,041 15,241 18,224 17,835 17,734 18,193 17,142 18,107 18,340 16,352
57 Philippines 865 1,080 1,101 676 642 609 621 545 774 800
58 Taiwan 15,603 14,001 11,608 15,415 16,655 12,461 10,393 10,992 10,701 12,025
59 Thailand 733 685 1,262 837 614 678 744 982 647 977
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 14,558 22,202 19,518 22,599 21,139 20,451 20,258 19,353 20,428 19,316
61 Other Asia 41,252 46,958 58,124 59,395 56,092 54,113 56,582 55,009 56,402 56,029
 
62 Africa 9,292 13,211 16,904 17,036 17,037 17,756 16,290 16,293 15,703 16,176
63 Egypt 1,904 5,653 4,577 3,611 3,744 3,341 3,279 3,209 3,350 3,371
64 Morocco 262 284 231 135 106 158 103 73 93 95
65 South Africa 704 581 1,251 1,171 1,147 1,287 883 1,042 966 994
66 Oil-exporting countries4 385 266 245 692 770 756 797 939 901 881
67 Other Africa 6,037 6,427 10,600 11,427 11,270 12,214 11,228 11,030 10,393 10,835
 
68 Other countries 50,176 56,020 50,559 49,438 49,180 47,240 47,972 47,165 46,699 45,237
69 Australia 45,674 51,815 45,742 44,641 44,271 42,645 43,531 42,547 42,196 40,850
70 New Zealand 860 741 1,814 2,068 2,169 1,856 1,803 2,002 1,898 1,805
71 All Other 3,642 3,464 3,003 2,729 2,740 2,739 2,638 2,616 2,605 2,582
 
72 International and regional organzations5 9,764 7,871 5,631 7,036 5,015 6,710 6,180 4,813 6,739 6,231
  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: February 1, 2019