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

Release Date: July 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 Nov 2018/r Dec 2018/r Jan 2019/r Feb 2019/r Mar 2019/r Apr 2019/r May 2019/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,708,591 2,727,069 2,778,944 2,811,000 2,828,928 2,957,881 2,998,913 2,968,257 3,093,971 3,044,432
 
2 Foreign countries 2,698,827 2,719,198 2,773,313 2,804,771 2,824,445 2,951,513 2,994,471 2,964,294 3,086,585 3,039,150
 
3 Europe 1,032,363 1,124,452 1,217,691 1,198,420 1,264,825 1,282,109 1,260,460 1,242,946 1,308,770 1,277,001
4 Austria 3,971 3,363 2,053 7,852 4,109 8,478 7,966 5,651 3,488 6,371
5 Belgium 6,791 14,309 10,405 10,197 6,464 9,780 12,543 10,678 8,942 6,740
6 Denmark 577 1,138 941 600 351 456 409 377 419 564
7 Finland 17,439 11,283 4,097 23,258 24,037 23,863 22,972 19,163 17,672 16,200
8 France 72,832 88,322 93,614 142,055 128,424 139,345 135,154 114,094 147,587 144,960
9 Germany 32,013 32,280 39,588 60,335 48,139 64,071 60,186 51,151 61,886 59,579
10 Greece 57 49 194 88 97 100 82 79 85 78
11 Ireland 28,490 34,862 27,928 39,885 38,315 47,163 44,350 42,743 48,633 45,323
12 Italy 4,836 2,647 2,648 3,333 3,304 3,860 3,774 4,277 3,271 3,880
13 Luxembourg 38,884 38,889 49,868 61,868 89,985 91,631 87,360 87,385 87,873 84,150
14 Netherlands 51,441 54,585 44,358 38,889 38,196 38,654 39,414 39,620 40,439 39,983
15 Norway 1,882 6,045 22,333 25,118 22,065 27,621 23,056 22,365 24,364 24,406
16 Portugal 257 264 262 266 280 285 297 276 271 278
17 Russia 649 160 238 623 138 220 115 117 145 632
18 Spain 4,292 5,858 3,881 4,599 5,873 6,910 8,048 8,382 6,655 6,187
19 Sweden 12,207 25,013 30,602 43,678 41,549 51,847 54,211 55,794 53,086 54,100
20 Switzerland 92,619 63,112 60,655 22,033 19,815 22,554 23,105 23,924 24,680 19,744
21 Turkey 6,045 3,427 3,174 2,249 2,009 1,934 1,639 1,538 1,374 1,285
22 United Kingdom 643,245 718,717 803,183 691,759 773,887 724,115 715,134 739,701 759,014 741,516
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 9,404 8,894 12,262 12,652 11,065 14,263 17,722 14,125 14,273 14,736
24 Other Europe 4,432 11,235 5,407 7,083 6,723 4,959 2,923 1,506 4,613 6,289
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 919,224 1,040,821 1,118,613 1,135,287 1,209,316 1,214,780 1,194,447 1,180,483 1,243,294 1,215,362
 
26 Canada 171,863 157,474 172,257 162,282 174,763 156,556 168,260 167,579 184,232 165,824
 
27 Latin America 201,134 183,534 165,110 165,330 163,530 165,477 166,861 167,199 170,471 169,318
28 Argentina 4,129 3,073 5,103 6,780 5,834 5,965 6,073 6,698 6,773 6,440
29 Brazil 91,818 82,077 66,963 61,565 59,423 60,945 61,663 62,514 64,560 63,371
30 Chile 17,945 18,717 18,891 19,006 19,766 19,101 18,797 18,313 18,697 18,211
31 Columbia 10,062 9,561 7,752 8,718 8,630 8,308 8,444 8,064 7,987 8,383
32 Ecuador 2,056 2,768 2,652 2,762 2,736 2,584 2,438 2,358 2,555 2,494
33 Guatemala 3,070 2,762 3,286 2,867 2,708 2,497 2,614 2,596 2,716 2,569
34 Mexico 44,422 38,939 36,196 38,015 39,149 40,685 41,995 42,089 43,728 44,112
35 Panama 8,479 8,616 7,560 9,098 8,891 8,662 8,467 8,382 8,247 8,205
36 Peru 8,602 7,615 6,962 7,267 7,282 7,547 7,404 7,123 6,412 6,594
37 Uruguay 2,656 2,073 2,667 2,390 2,409 2,439 2,407 2,349 2,441 2,584
38 Venezuala 2,625 2,404 2,343 2,190 1,886 1,880 1,817 1,802 1,782 1,792
39 Other Latin America 5,270 4,929 4,735 4,672 4,816 4,864 4,742 4,911 4,573 4,563
 
40 Caribbean 654,121 572,719 544,428 692,544 623,308 764,111 828,593 809,781 856,775 876,632
41 Bahamas 32,479 26,209 22,331 22,147 20,604 24,524 25,194 22,310 22,693 23,503
42 Bermuda 23,824 22,032 20,846 25,432 21,039 24,272 27,764 28,357 29,069 32,751
43 British Virgin Islands 22,917 28,642 16,585 18,763 19,639 20,006 22,134 20,710 24,207 22,697
44 Cayman Islands 553,913 475,715 466,440 611,679 548,171 681,764 738,122 724,116 767,683 784,177
45 Jamaica 307 424 313 370 360 408 440 437 382 450
46 Netherlands Antilles6 1,698 2,263 3,846 5,481 5,357 4,627 5,129 5,326 5,351 5,158
47 Trinidad and Tobago 724 725 561 236 257 253 310 291 301 282
48 Other Caribbean 18,259 16,709 13,506 8,436 7,881 8,257 9,500 8,234 7,089 7,614
 
49 Asia 579,878 611,788 606,364 524,734 535,942 524,815 513,552 520,156 510,383 496,679
  China  
50 Mainland 25,873 29,870 29,574 28,527 29,416 28,382 29,935 31,515 29,879 29,070
51 Hong Kong 44,946 40,685 48,335 57,414 61,180 54,873 53,136 56,005 51,294 51,995
52 India 21,479 19,179 21,476 14,963 15,584 15,158 15,432 15,971 15,753 15,512
53 Indonesia 2,624 2,519 2,742 2,771 3,221 3,096 2,955 3,030 2,981 3,017
54 Israel 2,824 2,643 2,595 2,653 2,679 2,740 2,646 2,633 2,758 2,418
55 Japan 393,080 416,725 391,805 312,893 314,530 308,770 296,850 294,735 301,041 280,394
56 Korea (South) 16,041 15,241 18,224 16,352 17,422 18,493 20,393 18,550 17,122 18,883
57 Philippines 865 1,080 1,101 800 1,057 1,112 892 938 1,019 1,001
58 Taiwan 15,603 14,001 11,608 12,025 13,525 9,875 9,486 12,027 9,399 12,020
59 Thailand 733 685 1,262 977 762 1,178 975 812 770 764
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 14,558 22,202 19,518 19,335 19,818 21,185 22,199 21,006 19,661 18,858
61 Other Asia 41,252 46,958 58,124 56,024 56,748 59,953 58,653 62,934 58,706 62,747
 
62 Africa 9,292 13,211 16,904 16,176 16,409 14,180 12,531 13,364 12,461 12,296
63 Egypt 1,904 5,653 4,577 3,371 2,970 2,285 2,023 2,339 1,673 1,432
64 Morocco 262 284 231 95 96 94 139 96 104 92
65 South Africa 704 581 1,251 994 1,801 1,050 889 803 745 1,140
66 Oil-exporting countries4 385 266 245 881 935 886 415 473 401 406
67 Other Africa 6,037 6,427 10,600 10,835 10,607 9,865 9,065 9,653 9,538 9,226
 
68 Other countries 50,176 56,020 50,559 45,285 45,668 44,265 44,214 43,269 43,493 41,400
69 Australia 45,674 51,815 45,742 40,898 41,147 39,626 39,866 38,793 39,058 37,161
70 New Zealand 860 741 1,814 1,805 1,967 1,971 1,773 1,799 1,737 1,619
71 All Other 3,642 3,464 3,003 2,582 2,554 2,668 2,575 2,677 2,698 2,620
 
72 International and regional organzations5 9,764 7,871 5,631 6,229 4,483 6,368 4,442 3,963 7,386 5,282
  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: July 26, 2019