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

Release Date: April 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 Aug 2018/r Sep 2018/r Oct 2018/r Nov 2018/r Dec 2018/r Jan 2019/r Feb 2019/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,708,591 2,727,069 2,778,944 2,621,817 2,624,808 2,662,262 2,736,310 2,708,911 2,862,333 2,908,817
 
2 Foreign countries 2,698,827 2,719,198 2,773,313 2,615,637 2,619,995 2,655,523 2,730,079 2,704,427 2,856,165 2,904,424
 
3 Europe 1,032,363 1,124,452 1,217,691 1,102,744 1,110,036 1,142,686 1,190,037 1,186,947 1,261,493 1,255,717
4 Austria 3,971 3,363 2,053 8,262 4,075 6,003 7,847 4,109 8,478 7,958
5 Belgium 6,791 14,309 10,405 8,561 7,920 9,415 10,379 6,464 9,780 12,543
6 Denmark 577 1,138 941 520 606 536 600 351 456 409
7 Finland 17,439 11,283 4,097 15,283 20,782 20,929 23,255 24,037 23,863 22,972
8 France 72,832 88,322 93,614 112,948 98,476 135,217 142,697 129,227 140,019 135,827
9 Germany 32,013 32,280 39,588 49,297 53,812 57,556 60,287 48,139 64,071 60,187
10 Greece 57 49 194 188 176 180 83 97 100 82
11 Ireland 28,490 34,862 27,928 31,097 34,109 36,343 39,302 37,712 46,347 43,127
12 Italy 4,836 2,647 2,648 3,937 3,443 3,480 3,300 3,304 3,860 3,774
13 Luxembourg 38,884 38,889 49,868 47,072 59,174 61,178 61,565 89,775 91,384 87,170
14 Netherlands 51,441 54,585 44,358 41,676 41,565 39,747 38,877 38,200 38,653 39,413
15 Norway 1,882 6,045 22,333 22,586 29,637 22,830 25,118 22,065 27,621 23,056
16 Portugal 257 264 262 331 259 264 261 280 285 297
17 Russia 649 160 238 188 163 127 623 138 220 115
18 Spain 4,292 5,858 3,881 5,289 5,560 4,002 4,575 5,873 6,910 8,048
19 Sweden 12,207 25,013 30,602 46,121 40,509 43,937 43,678 41,549 51,847 54,211
20 Switzerland 92,619 63,112 60,655 21,075 21,504 22,283 22,007 19,804 22,523 23,074
21 Turkey 6,045 3,427 3,174 2,992 2,505 2,494 2,249 2,009 1,934 1,639
22 United Kingdom 643,245 718,717 803,183 665,914 666,482 656,009 683,635 696,056 703,949 711,173
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 9,404 8,894 12,262 12,271 12,398 12,980 12,622 11,035 14,234 17,719
24 Other Europe 4,432 11,235 5,407 7,136 6,881 7,176 7,077 6,723 4,959 2,923
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 919,224 1,040,821 1,118,613 1,043,206 1,043,040 1,080,870 1,126,960 1,131,479 1,194,224 1,189,738
 
26 Canada 171,863 157,474 172,257 161,206 154,621 148,038 162,269 176,479 158,218 169,501
 
27 Latin America 201,134 183,534 165,110 157,840 160,770 164,567 165,333 163,533 165,480 166,864
28 Argentina 4,129 3,073 5,103 6,440 6,746 6,911 6,783 5,837 5,968 6,076
29 Brazil 91,818 82,077 66,963 57,809 58,417 60,733 61,565 59,423 60,945 61,663
30 Chile 17,945 18,717 18,891 17,931 18,322 19,313 19,006 19,766 19,101 18,797
31 Columbia 10,062 9,561 7,752 8,187 8,401 8,617 8,718 8,630 8,308 8,444
32 Ecuador 2,056 2,768 2,652 2,778 2,658 2,648 2,762 2,736 2,584 2,438
33 Guatemala 3,070 2,762 3,286 2,941 2,809 2,769 2,867 2,708 2,497 2,614
34 Mexico 44,422 38,939 36,196 38,046 39,188 38,318 38,015 39,149 40,685 41,995
35 Panama 8,479 8,616 7,560 7,975 8,623 8,796 9,098 8,891 8,662 8,467
36 Peru 8,602 7,615 6,962 6,441 6,203 7,130 7,267 7,282 7,547 7,404
37 Uruguay 2,656 2,073 2,667 2,389 2,374 2,424 2,390 2,409 2,439 2,407
38 Venezuala 2,625 2,404 2,343 2,365 2,363 2,299 2,190 1,886 1,880 1,817
39 Other Latin America 5,270 4,929 4,735 4,538 4,666 4,609 4,672 4,816 4,864 4,742
 
40 Caribbean 654,121 572,719 544,428 624,237 596,678 612,100 629,814 582,669 691,846 747,210
41 Bahamas 32,479 26,209 22,331 19,185 18,397 20,187 19,414 18,872 21,652 22,337
42 Bermuda 23,824 22,032 20,846 20,940 19,261 21,832 23,168 20,333 22,803 24,602
43 British Virgin Islands 22,917 28,642 16,585 17,425 15,712 16,066 15,151 17,540 16,913 16,942
44 Cayman Islands 553,913 475,715 466,440 553,561 529,752 540,233 557,558 512,069 616,933 667,950
45 Jamaica 307 424 313 367 327 321 370 360 408 440
46 Netherlands Antilles6 1,698 2,263 3,846 4,245 4,853 4,948 5,481 5,357 4,627 5,129
47 Trinidad and Tobago 724 725 561 398 330 269 236 257 253 310
48 Other Caribbean 18,259 16,709 13,506 8,116 8,046 8,244 8,436 7,881 8,257 9,500
 
49 Asia 579,878 611,788 606,364 505,348 534,432 525,730 521,213 532,780 521,390 509,045
  China  
50 Mainland 25,873 29,870 29,574 31,364 31,912 30,120 28,526 29,416 28,382 29,935
51 Hong Kong 44,946 40,685 48,335 59,525 60,327 57,662 57,415 61,188 54,873 53,137
52 India 21,479 19,179 21,476 14,387 15,065 14,985 14,965 15,591 15,161 15,434
53 Indonesia 2,624 2,519 2,742 2,803 2,820 2,785 2,771 3,221 3,096 2,955
54 Israel 2,824 2,643 2,595 2,722 2,811 2,901 2,653 2,679 2,740 2,646
55 Japan 393,080 416,725 391,805 288,807 316,509 309,985 309,384 311,343 305,377 292,525
56 Korea (South) 16,041 15,241 18,224 17,142 18,107 18,340 16,352 17,422 18,493 20,393
57 Philippines 865 1,080 1,101 621 545 774 800 1,057 1,112 892
58 Taiwan 15,603 14,001 11,608 10,393 10,992 10,701 12,025 13,524 9,875 9,487
59 Thailand 733 685 1,262 744 982 647 977 762 1,178 975
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 14,558 22,202 19,518 20,258 19,353 20,428 19,316 19,818 21,143 22,005
61 Other Asia 41,252 46,958 58,124 56,582 55,009 56,402 56,029 56,759 59,960 58,661
 
62 Africa 9,292 13,211 16,904 16,290 16,293 15,703 16,176 16,409 14,180 12,531
63 Egypt 1,904 5,653 4,577 3,279 3,209 3,350 3,371 2,970 2,285 2,023
64 Morocco 262 284 231 103 73 93 95 96 94 139
65 South Africa 704 581 1,251 883 1,042 966 994 1,801 1,050 889
66 Oil-exporting countries4 385 266 245 797 939 901 881 935 886 415
67 Other Africa 6,037 6,427 10,600 11,228 11,030 10,393 10,835 10,607 9,865 9,065
 
68 Other countries 50,176 56,020 50,559 47,972 47,165 46,699 45,237 45,610 43,558 43,556
69 Australia 45,674 51,815 45,742 43,531 42,547 42,196 40,850 41,089 38,919 39,208
70 New Zealand 860 741 1,814 1,803 2,002 1,898 1,805 1,967 1,971 1,773
71 All Other 3,642 3,464 3,003 2,638 2,616 2,605 2,582 2,554 2,668 2,575
 
72 International and regional organzations5 9,764 7,871 5,631 6,180 4,813 6,739 6,231 4,484 6,168 4,393
  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: April 26, 2019