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

Release Date: May 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 Sep 2018 Oct 2018 Nov 2018 Dec 2018/r Jan 2019 Feb 2019 Mar 2019/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,708,591 2,727,069 2,778,944 2,624,808 2,662,262 2,736,310 2,708,610 2,862,333 2,908,817 2,969,652
 
2 Foreign countries 2,698,827 2,719,198 2,773,313 2,619,995 2,655,523 2,730,079 2,704,126 2,856,165 2,904,424 2,965,689
 
3 Europe 1,032,363 1,124,452 1,217,691 1,110,036 1,142,686 1,190,037 1,186,819 1,261,493 1,255,717 1,243,252
4 Austria 3,971 3,363 2,053 4,075 6,003 7,847 4,109 8,478 7,958 5,651
5 Belgium 6,791 14,309 10,405 7,920 9,415 10,379 6,464 9,780 12,543 10,678
6 Denmark 577 1,138 941 606 536 600 351 456 409 377
7 Finland 17,439 11,283 4,097 20,782 20,929 23,255 24,037 23,863 22,972 19,163
8 France 72,832 88,322 93,614 98,476 135,217 142,697 129,104 140,019 135,827 114,360
9 Germany 32,013 32,280 39,588 53,812 57,556 60,287 48,139 64,071 60,187 51,151
10 Greece 57 49 194 176 180 83 97 100 82 79
11 Ireland 28,490 34,862 27,928 34,109 36,343 39,302 37,712 46,347 43,127 42,743
12 Italy 4,836 2,647 2,648 3,443 3,480 3,300 3,304 3,860 3,774 4,277
13 Luxembourg 38,884 38,889 49,868 59,174 61,178 61,565 89,775 91,384 87,170 87,385
14 Netherlands 51,441 54,585 44,358 41,565 39,747 38,877 38,195 38,653 39,413 39,620
15 Norway 1,882 6,045 22,333 29,637 22,830 25,118 22,065 27,621 23,056 22,365
16 Portugal 257 264 262 259 264 261 280 285 297 276
17 Russia 649 160 238 163 127 623 138 220 115 117
18 Spain 4,292 5,858 3,881 5,560 4,002 4,575 5,873 6,910 8,048 8,382
19 Sweden 12,207 25,013 30,602 40,509 43,937 43,678 41,549 51,847 54,211 55,794
20 Switzerland 92,619 63,112 60,655 21,504 22,283 22,007 19,804 22,523 23,074 23,924
21 Turkey 6,045 3,427 3,174 2,505 2,494 2,249 2,009 1,934 1,639 1,538
22 United Kingdom 643,245 718,717 803,183 666,482 656,009 683,635 696,056 703,949 711,173 739,741
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 9,404 8,894 12,262 12,398 12,980 12,622 11,035 14,234 17,719 14,125
24 Other Europe 4,432 11,235 5,407 6,881 7,176 7,077 6,723 4,959 2,923 1,506
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 919,224 1,040,821 1,118,613 1,043,040 1,080,870 1,126,960 1,131,351 1,194,224 1,189,738 1,180,789
 
26 Canada 171,863 157,474 172,257 154,621 148,038 162,269 176,404 158,218 169,501 168,700
 
27 Latin America 201,134 183,534 165,110 160,770 164,567 165,333 163,533 165,480 166,864 167,199
28 Argentina 4,129 3,073 5,103 6,746 6,911 6,783 5,837 5,968 6,076 6,698
29 Brazil 91,818 82,077 66,963 58,417 60,733 61,565 59,423 60,945 61,663 62,514
30 Chile 17,945 18,717 18,891 18,322 19,313 19,006 19,766 19,101 18,797 18,313
31 Columbia 10,062 9,561 7,752 8,401 8,617 8,718 8,630 8,308 8,444 8,064
32 Ecuador 2,056 2,768 2,652 2,658 2,648 2,762 2,736 2,584 2,438 2,358
33 Guatemala 3,070 2,762 3,286 2,809 2,769 2,867 2,708 2,497 2,614 2,596
34 Mexico 44,422 38,939 36,196 39,188 38,318 38,015 39,149 40,685 41,995 42,089
35 Panama 8,479 8,616 7,560 8,623 8,796 9,098 8,891 8,662 8,467 8,382
36 Peru 8,602 7,615 6,962 6,203 7,130 7,267 7,282 7,547 7,404 7,123
37 Uruguay 2,656 2,073 2,667 2,374 2,424 2,390 2,409 2,439 2,407 2,349
38 Venezuala 2,625 2,404 2,343 2,363 2,299 2,190 1,886 1,880 1,817 1,802
39 Other Latin America 5,270 4,929 4,735 4,666 4,609 4,672 4,816 4,864 4,742 4,911
 
40 Caribbean 654,121 572,719 544,428 596,678 612,100 629,814 582,669 691,846 747,210 809,794
41 Bahamas 32,479 26,209 22,331 18,397 20,187 19,414 18,872 21,652 22,337 22,310
42 Bermuda 23,824 22,032 20,846 19,261 21,832 23,168 20,333 22,803 24,602 28,357
43 British Virgin Islands 22,917 28,642 16,585 15,712 16,066 15,151 17,540 16,913 16,942 20,670
44 Cayman Islands 553,913 475,715 466,440 529,752 540,233 557,558 512,069 616,933 667,950 724,169
45 Jamaica 307 424 313 327 321 370 360 408 440 437
46 Netherlands Antilles6 1,698 2,263 3,846 4,853 4,948 5,481 5,357 4,627 5,129 5,326
47 Trinidad and Tobago 724 725 561 330 269 236 257 253 310 291
48 Other Caribbean 18,259 16,709 13,506 8,046 8,244 8,436 7,881 8,257 9,500 8,234
 
49 Asia 579,878 611,788 606,364 534,432 525,730 521,213 532,682 521,390 509,045 520,111
  China  
50 Mainland 25,873 29,870 29,574 31,912 30,120 28,526 29,416 28,382 29,935 31,515
51 Hong Kong 44,946 40,685 48,335 60,327 57,662 57,415 61,188 54,873 53,137 56,005
52 India 21,479 19,179 21,476 15,065 14,985 14,965 15,590 15,161 15,434 15,970
53 Indonesia 2,624 2,519 2,742 2,820 2,785 2,771 3,221 3,096 2,955 3,030
54 Israel 2,824 2,643 2,595 2,811 2,901 2,653 2,679 2,740 2,646 2,633
55 Japan 393,080 416,725 391,805 316,509 309,985 309,384 311,246 305,377 292,525 294,735
56 Korea (South) 16,041 15,241 18,224 18,107 18,340 16,352 17,422 18,493 20,393 18,506
57 Philippines 865 1,080 1,101 545 774 800 1,057 1,112 892 938
58 Taiwan 15,603 14,001 11,608 10,992 10,701 12,025 13,524 9,875 9,487 12,027
59 Thailand 733 685 1,262 982 647 977 762 1,178 975 812
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 14,558 22,202 19,518 19,353 20,428 19,316 19,818 21,143 22,005 21,006
61 Other Asia 41,252 46,958 58,124 55,009 56,402 56,029 56,759 59,960 58,661 62,934
 
62 Africa 9,292 13,211 16,904 16,293 15,703 16,176 16,409 14,180 12,531 13,364
63 Egypt 1,904 5,653 4,577 3,209 3,350 3,371 2,970 2,285 2,023 2,339
64 Morocco 262 284 231 73 93 95 96 94 139 96
65 South Africa 704 581 1,251 1,042 966 994 1,801 1,050 889 803
66 Oil-exporting countries4 385 266 245 939 901 881 935 886 415 473
67 Other Africa 6,037 6,427 10,600 11,030 10,393 10,835 10,607 9,865 9,065 9,653
 
68 Other countries 50,176 56,020 50,559 47,165 46,699 45,237 45,610 43,558 43,556 43,269
69 Australia 45,674 51,815 45,742 42,547 42,196 40,850 41,089 38,919 39,208 38,793
70 New Zealand 860 741 1,814 2,002 1,898 1,805 1,967 1,971 1,773 1,799
71 All Other 3,642 3,464 3,003 2,616 2,605 2,582 2,554 2,668 2,575 2,677
 
72 International and regional organzations5 9,764 7,871 5,631 4,813 6,739 6,231 4,484 6,168 4,393 3,963
  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: May 31, 2019