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

Release Date: February 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 Jun 2018 Jul 2018 Aug 2018 Sep 2018 Oct 2018/r Nov 2018/r Dec 2018/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,708,591 2,727,069 2,778,944 2,637,294 2,584,064 2,622,140 2,625,159 2,662,624 2,736,681 2,713,148
 
2 Foreign countries 2,698,827 2,719,198 2,773,313 2,632,279 2,577,354 2,615,960 2,620,346 2,655,885 2,730,450 2,708,664
 
3 Europe 1,032,363 1,124,452 1,217,691 1,119,003 1,088,087 1,102,744 1,110,036 1,142,686 1,190,038 1,190,808
4 Austria 3,971 3,363 2,053 3,190 6,353 8,262 4,075 6,003 7,847 4,109
5 Belgium 6,791 14,309 10,405 10,994 8,747 8,561 7,920 9,415 10,379 6,464
6 Denmark 577 1,138 941 515 508 520 606 536 600 351
7 Finland 17,439 11,283 4,097 12,633 12,428 15,283 20,782 20,929 23,255 24,037
8 France 72,832 88,322 93,614 95,956 97,369 112,948 98,476 135,217 142,697 129,227
9 Germany 32,013 32,280 39,588 50,490 51,801 49,297 53,812 57,556 60,287 52,002
10 Greece 57 49 194 178 184 188 176 180 83 97
11 Ireland 28,490 34,862 27,928 30,560 29,889 31,097 34,109 36,343 39,302 37,712
12 Italy 4,836 2,647 2,648 3,388 4,125 3,937 3,443 3,480 3,300 3,304
13 Luxembourg 38,884 38,889 49,868 45,804 43,464 47,072 59,174 61,178 61,565 89,775
14 Netherlands 51,441 54,585 44,358 42,666 43,088 41,676 41,565 39,747 38,877 38,200
15 Norway 1,882 6,045 22,333 18,807 23,164 22,586 29,637 22,830 25,118 22,065
16 Portugal 257 264 262 271 329 331 259 264 261 280
17 Russia 649 160 238 214 182 188 163 127 623 138
18 Spain 4,292 5,858 3,881 4,387 3,663 5,289 5,560 4,002 4,575 5,873
19 Sweden 12,207 25,013 30,602 50,598 50,076 46,121 40,509 43,937 43,678 41,549
20 Switzerland 92,619 63,112 60,655 20,928 21,479 21,075 21,504 22,283 22,007 19,804
21 Turkey 6,045 3,427 3,174 3,277 3,214 2,992 2,505 2,494 2,249 2,009
22 United Kingdom 643,245 718,717 803,183 706,081 669,999 665,914 666,482 656,009 683,636 696,054
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 9,404 8,894 12,262 11,814 11,822 12,271 12,398 12,980 12,622 11,035
24 Other Europe 4,432 11,235 5,407 6,252 6,203 7,136 6,881 7,176 7,077 6,723
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 919,224 1,040,821 1,118,613 1,063,518 1,027,784 1,043,206 1,043,040 1,080,870 1,126,961 1,135,340
 
26 Canada 171,863 157,474 172,257 159,290 158,024 161,206 154,621 148,038 162,269 176,479
 
27 Latin America 201,134 183,534 165,110 164,233 157,771 157,840 160,770 164,567 165,333 163,533
28 Argentina 4,129 3,073 5,103 6,645 6,307 6,440 6,746 6,911 6,783 5,837
29 Brazil 91,818 82,077 66,963 64,759 57,204 57,809 58,417 60,733 61,565 59,423
30 Chile 17,945 18,717 18,891 18,125 18,470 17,931 18,322 19,313 19,006 19,766
31 Columbia 10,062 9,561 7,752 8,486 8,225 8,187 8,401 8,617 8,718 8,630
32 Ecuador 2,056 2,768 2,652 2,865 2,791 2,778 2,658 2,648 2,762 2,736
33 Guatemala 3,070 2,762 3,286 2,963 2,917 2,941 2,809 2,769 2,867 2,708
34 Mexico 44,422 38,939 36,196 36,146 37,964 38,046 39,188 38,318 38,015 39,149
35 Panama 8,479 8,616 7,560 8,083 7,845 7,975 8,623 8,796 9,098 8,891
36 Peru 8,602 7,615 6,962 6,646 6,678 6,441 6,203 7,130 7,267 7,282
37 Uruguay 2,656 2,073 2,667 2,432 2,359 2,389 2,374 2,424 2,390 2,409
38 Venezuala 2,625 2,404 2,343 2,376 2,397 2,365 2,363 2,299 2,190 1,886
39 Other Latin America 5,270 4,929 4,735 4,707 4,614 4,538 4,666 4,609 4,672 4,816
 
40 Caribbean 654,121 572,719 544,428 584,855 599,389 624,237 596,678 612,100 629,813 582,669
41 Bahamas 32,479 26,209 22,331 18,674 18,101 19,185 18,397 20,187 19,414 18,872
42 Bermuda 23,824 22,032 20,846 19,455 21,259 20,940 19,261 21,832 23,168 20,333
43 British Virgin Islands 22,917 28,642 16,585 17,480 17,188 17,425 15,712 16,066 15,151 17,540
44 Cayman Islands 553,913 475,715 466,440 515,468 530,000 553,561 529,752 540,233 557,557 512,069
45 Jamaica 307 424 313 331 299 367 327 321 370 360
46 Netherlands Antilles6 1,698 2,263 3,846 5,542 4,507 4,245 4,853 4,948 5,481 5,357
47 Trinidad and Tobago 724 725 561 444 442 398 330 269 236 257
48 Other Caribbean 18,259 16,709 13,506 7,461 7,593 8,116 8,046 8,244 8,436 7,881
 
49 Asia 579,878 611,788 606,364 538,681 509,087 505,671 534,783 526,092 521,584 533,156
  China  
50 Mainland 25,873 29,870 29,574 31,140 29,581 31,364 31,912 30,120 28,526 29,415
51 Hong Kong 44,946 40,685 48,335 62,912 60,678 59,525 60,327 57,662 57,415 61,188
52 India 21,479 19,179 21,476 15,452 14,507 14,387 15,065 14,985 14,965 15,591
53 Indonesia 2,624 2,519 2,742 2,840 2,841 2,803 2,820 2,785 2,771 3,221
54 Israel 2,824 2,643 2,595 2,760 2,685 2,722 2,811 2,901 2,653 2,679
55 Japan 393,080 416,725 391,805 310,701 292,290 289,130 316,860 310,347 309,755 311,719
56 Korea (South) 16,041 15,241 18,224 17,734 18,193 17,142 18,107 18,340 16,352 17,423
57 Philippines 865 1,080 1,101 642 609 621 545 774 800 1,057
58 Taiwan 15,603 14,001 11,608 16,655 12,461 10,393 10,992 10,701 12,025 13,524
59 Thailand 733 685 1,262 614 678 744 982 647 977 762
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 14,558 22,202 19,518 21,139 20,451 20,258 19,353 20,428 19,316 19,818
61 Other Asia 41,252 46,958 58,124 56,092 54,113 56,582 55,009 56,402 56,029 56,759
 
62 Africa 9,292 13,211 16,904 17,037 17,756 16,290 16,293 15,703 16,176 16,409
63 Egypt 1,904 5,653 4,577 3,744 3,341 3,279 3,209 3,350 3,371 2,970
64 Morocco 262 284 231 106 158 103 73 93 95 96
65 South Africa 704 581 1,251 1,147 1,287 883 1,042 966 994 1,801
66 Oil-exporting countries4 385 266 245 770 756 797 939 901 881 935
67 Other Africa 6,037 6,427 10,600 11,270 12,214 11,228 11,030 10,393 10,835 10,607
 
68 Other countries 50,176 56,020 50,559 49,180 47,240 47,972 47,165 46,699 45,237 45,610
69 Australia 45,674 51,815 45,742 44,271 42,645 43,531 42,547 42,196 40,850 41,089
70 New Zealand 860 741 1,814 2,169 1,856 1,803 2,002 1,898 1,805 1,967
71 All Other 3,642 3,464 3,003 2,740 2,739 2,638 2,616 2,605 2,582 2,554
 
72 International and regional organzations5 9,764 7,871 5,631 5,015 6,710 6,180 4,813 6,739 6,231 4,484
  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 22, 2019