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

Release Date: June 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 Oct 2018 Nov 2018 Dec 2018 Jan 2019 Feb 2019 Mar 2019/r Apr 2019/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,708,591 2,727,069 2,778,944 2,662,262 2,736,310 2,708,610 2,862,333 2,908,817 2,969,388 3,094,133
 
2 Foreign countries 2,698,827 2,719,198 2,773,313 2,655,523 2,730,079 2,704,126 2,856,165 2,904,424 2,965,425 3,086,747
 
3 Europe 1,032,363 1,124,452 1,217,691 1,142,686 1,190,037 1,186,819 1,261,493 1,255,717 1,242,946 1,308,903
4 Austria 3,971 3,363 2,053 6,003 7,847 4,109 8,478 7,958 5,651 3,488
5 Belgium 6,791 14,309 10,405 9,415 10,379 6,464 9,780 12,543 10,678 8,950
6 Denmark 577 1,138 941 536 600 351 456 409 377 419
7 Finland 17,439 11,283 4,097 20,929 23,255 24,037 23,863 22,972 19,163 17,672
8 France 72,832 88,322 93,614 135,217 142,697 129,104 140,019 135,827 114,094 147,588
9 Germany 32,013 32,280 39,588 57,556 60,287 48,139 64,071 60,187 51,151 62,089
10 Greece 57 49 194 180 83 97 100 82 79 85
11 Ireland 28,490 34,862 27,928 36,343 39,302 37,712 46,347 43,127 42,743 48,609
12 Italy 4,836 2,647 2,648 3,480 3,300 3,304 3,860 3,774 4,277 3,271
13 Luxembourg 38,884 38,889 49,868 61,178 61,565 89,775 91,384 87,170 87,385 87,872
14 Netherlands 51,441 54,585 44,358 39,747 38,877 38,195 38,653 39,413 39,620 40,439
15 Norway 1,882 6,045 22,333 22,830 25,118 22,065 27,621 23,056 22,365 24,364
16 Portugal 257 264 262 264 261 280 285 297 276 271
17 Russia 649 160 238 127 623 138 220 115 117 145
18 Spain 4,292 5,858 3,881 4,002 4,575 5,873 6,910 8,048 8,382 6,655
19 Sweden 12,207 25,013 30,602 43,937 43,678 41,549 51,847 54,211 55,794 53,086
20 Switzerland 92,619 63,112 60,655 22,283 22,007 19,804 22,523 23,074 23,924 24,681
21 Turkey 6,045 3,427 3,174 2,494 2,249 2,009 1,934 1,639 1,538 1,326
22 United Kingdom 643,245 718,717 803,183 656,009 683,635 696,056 703,949 711,173 739,701 759,015
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 9,404 8,894 12,262 12,980 12,622 11,035 14,234 17,719 14,125 14,273
24 Other Europe 4,432 11,235 5,407 7,176 7,077 6,723 4,959 2,923 1,506 4,605
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 919,224 1,040,821 1,118,613 1,080,870 1,126,960 1,131,351 1,194,224 1,189,738 1,180,483 1,243,482
 
26 Canada 171,863 157,474 172,257 148,038 162,269 176,404 158,218 169,501 168,700 184,248
 
27 Latin America 201,134 183,534 165,110 164,567 165,333 163,533 165,480 166,864 167,209 170,471
28 Argentina 4,129 3,073 5,103 6,911 6,783 5,837 5,968 6,076 6,698 6,773
29 Brazil 91,818 82,077 66,963 60,733 61,565 59,423 60,945 61,663 62,514 64,560
30 Chile 17,945 18,717 18,891 19,313 19,006 19,766 19,101 18,797 18,313 18,697
31 Columbia 10,062 9,561 7,752 8,617 8,718 8,630 8,308 8,444 8,064 7,987
32 Ecuador 2,056 2,768 2,652 2,648 2,762 2,736 2,584 2,438 2,358 2,555
33 Guatemala 3,070 2,762 3,286 2,769 2,867 2,708 2,497 2,614 2,596 2,716
34 Mexico 44,422 38,939 36,196 38,318 38,015 39,149 40,685 41,995 42,089 43,728
35 Panama 8,479 8,616 7,560 8,796 9,098 8,891 8,662 8,467 8,392 8,247
36 Peru 8,602 7,615 6,962 7,130 7,267 7,282 7,547 7,404 7,123 6,412
37 Uruguay 2,656 2,073 2,667 2,424 2,390 2,409 2,439 2,407 2,349 2,441
38 Venezuala 2,625 2,404 2,343 2,299 2,190 1,886 1,880 1,817 1,802 1,782
39 Other Latin America 5,270 4,929 4,735 4,609 4,672 4,816 4,864 4,742 4,911 4,573
 
40 Caribbean 654,121 572,719 544,428 612,100 629,814 582,669 691,846 747,210 809,781 856,832
41 Bahamas 32,479 26,209 22,331 20,187 19,414 18,872 21,652 22,337 22,310 22,693
42 Bermuda 23,824 22,032 20,846 21,832 23,168 20,333 22,803 24,602 28,357 29,067
43 British Virgin Islands 22,917 28,642 16,585 16,066 15,151 17,540 16,913 16,942 20,710 24,207
44 Cayman Islands 553,913 475,715 466,440 540,233 557,558 512,069 616,933 667,950 724,116 767,742
45 Jamaica 307 424 313 321 370 360 408 440 437 382
46 Netherlands Antilles6 1,698 2,263 3,846 4,948 5,481 5,357 4,627 5,129 5,326 5,351
47 Trinidad and Tobago 724 725 561 269 236 257 253 310 291 301
48 Other Caribbean 18,259 16,709 13,506 8,244 8,436 7,881 8,257 9,500 8,234 7,089
 
49 Asia 579,878 611,788 606,364 525,730 521,213 532,682 521,390 509,045 520,156 510,336
  China  
50 Mainland 25,873 29,870 29,574 30,120 28,526 29,416 28,382 29,935 31,515 29,879
51 Hong Kong 44,946 40,685 48,335 57,662 57,415 61,188 54,873 53,137 56,005 51,279
52 India 21,479 19,179 21,476 14,985 14,965 15,590 15,161 15,434 15,971 15,753
53 Indonesia 2,624 2,519 2,742 2,785 2,771 3,221 3,096 2,955 3,030 2,981
54 Israel 2,824 2,643 2,595 2,901 2,653 2,679 2,740 2,646 2,633 2,758
55 Japan 393,080 416,725 391,805 309,985 309,384 311,246 305,377 292,525 294,735 301,036
56 Korea (South) 16,041 15,241 18,224 18,340 16,352 17,422 18,493 20,393 18,550 17,122
57 Philippines 865 1,080 1,101 774 800 1,057 1,112 892 938 1,019
58 Taiwan 15,603 14,001 11,608 10,701 12,025 13,524 9,875 9,487 12,027 9,399
59 Thailand 733 685 1,262 647 977 762 1,178 975 812 770
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 14,558 22,202 19,518 20,428 19,316 19,818 21,143 22,005 21,006 19,632
61 Other Asia 41,252 46,958 58,124 56,402 56,029 56,759 59,960 58,661 62,934 58,708
 
62 Africa 9,292 13,211 16,904 15,703 16,176 16,409 14,180 12,531 13,364 12,461
63 Egypt 1,904 5,653 4,577 3,350 3,371 2,970 2,285 2,023 2,339 1,673
64 Morocco 262 284 231 93 95 96 94 139 96 104
65 South Africa 704 581 1,251 966 994 1,801 1,050 889 803 745
66 Oil-exporting countries4 385 266 245 901 881 935 886 415 473 401
67 Other Africa 6,037 6,427 10,600 10,393 10,835 10,607 9,865 9,065 9,653 9,538
 
68 Other countries 50,176 56,020 50,559 46,699 45,237 45,610 43,558 43,556 43,269 43,496
69 Australia 45,674 51,815 45,742 42,196 40,850 41,089 38,919 39,208 38,793 39,061
70 New Zealand 860 741 1,814 1,898 1,805 1,967 1,971 1,773 1,799 1,737
71 All Other 3,642 3,464 3,003 2,605 2,582 2,554 2,668 2,575 2,677 2,698
 
72 International and regional organzations5 9,764 7,871 5,631 6,739 6,231 4,484 6,168 4,393 3,963 7,386
  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
Back to Top
Last Update: June 28, 2019