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

Release Date: October 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 2016 2017 2018 Feb 2019 Mar 2019 Apr 2019 May 2019 Jun 2019 Jul 2019 Aug 2019/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,727,069 2,778,944 2,830,023 2,999,953 2,968,894 3,094,542 3,041,452 3,024,257 3,105,659 3,000,224
 
2 Foreign countries 2,719,198 2,773,313 2,825,540 2,995,511 2,964,931 3,087,156 3,036,170 3,020,111 3,099,380 2,994,498
 
3 Europe 1,124,452 1,217,691 1,264,866 1,260,531 1,242,954 1,308,775 1,273,454 1,255,695 1,279,857 1,198,577
4 Austria 3,363 2,053 4,109 7,966 5,651 3,488 6,371 2,944 4,994 4,400
5 Belgium 14,309 10,405 6,464 12,543 10,684 8,945 6,751 7,194 6,581 6,547
6 Denmark 1,138 941 351 409 377 419 564 351 712 472
7 Finland 11,283 4,097 24,037 22,972 19,163 17,672 16,200 13,003 14,904 13,945
8 France 88,322 93,614 128,424 135,154 114,094 147,587 144,960 134,843 164,073 125,971
9 Germany 32,280 39,588 48,139 60,186 51,151 61,886 55,992 51,259 61,662 61,056
10 Greece 49 194 97 82 79 85 78 80 72 67
11 Ireland 34,862 27,928 38,326 44,391 42,743 48,633 45,358 45,414 48,657 46,249
12 Italy 2,647 2,648 3,304 3,774 4,277 3,271 3,880 3,935 3,788 3,081
13 Luxembourg 38,889 49,868 89,985 87,360 87,385 87,873 84,150 85,407 85,924 85,467
14 Netherlands 54,585 44,358 38,204 39,422 39,620 40,439 39,983 24,200 26,585 26,501
15 Norway 6,045 22,333 22,065 23,056 22,365 24,364 24,406 27,979 24,804 24,978
16 Portugal 264 262 280 297 276 271 278 315 233 234
17 Russia 160 238 138 115 117 145 632 567 1,023 138
18 Spain 5,858 3,881 5,873 8,048 8,382 6,655 6,187 8,570 4,965 5,792
19 Sweden 25,013 30,602 41,549 54,211 55,794 53,086 54,100 53,620 50,672 52,028
20 Switzerland 63,112 60,655 19,815 23,105 23,924 24,680 19,744 19,697 19,913 20,431
21 Turkey 3,427 3,174 2,009 1,639 1,538 1,374 1,285 1,164 1,128 1,246
22 United Kingdom 718,717 803,183 773,909 715,156 739,703 759,016 741,518 755,596 738,425 699,848
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 8,894 12,262 11,065 17,722 14,125 14,273 14,736 16,432 18,573 16,915
24 Other Europe 11,235 5,407 6,723 2,923 1,506 4,613 6,281 3,124 2,169 3,211
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,040,821 1,118,613 1,209,357 1,194,518 1,180,491 1,243,299 1,211,823 1,188,829 1,213,991 1,134,330
 
26 Canada 157,474 172,257 175,441 168,918 168,170 184,797 166,402 182,765 201,741 196,780
 
27 Latin America 183,534 165,110 163,501 166,831 167,199 170,471 169,318 171,569 166,485 165,139
28 Argentina 3,073 5,103 5,834 6,073 6,698 6,773 6,440 6,390 6,629 5,769
29 Brazil 82,077 66,963 59,394 61,633 62,514 64,560 63,371 64,596 59,922 60,274
30 Chile 18,717 18,891 19,766 18,797 18,313 18,697 18,211 19,687 19,579 19,670
31 Columbia 9,561 7,752 8,630 8,444 8,064 7,987 8,383 8,435 8,243 8,082
32 Ecuador 2,768 2,652 2,736 2,438 2,358 2,555 2,494 2,600 2,506 2,545
33 Guatemala 2,762 3,286 2,708 2,614 2,596 2,716 2,569 2,552 2,531 2,600
34 Mexico 38,939 36,196 39,149 41,995 42,089 43,728 44,112 44,148 44,716 43,870
35 Panama 8,616 7,560 8,891 8,467 8,382 8,247 8,205 7,681 7,438 7,469
36 Peru 7,615 6,962 7,282 7,404 7,123 6,412 6,594 6,617 6,341 6,288
37 Uruguay 2,073 2,667 2,409 2,407 2,349 2,441 2,584 2,605 2,554 2,545
38 Venezuala 2,404 2,343 1,886 1,817 1,802 1,782 1,792 1,816 1,811 1,851
39 Other Latin America 4,929 4,735 4,816 4,742 4,911 4,573 4,563 4,442 4,215 4,176
 
40 Caribbean 572,719 544,428 623,451 828,697 809,819 856,776 876,646 818,989 869,723 850,494
41 Bahamas 26,209 22,331 20,604 25,194 22,310 22,693 23,503 22,976 24,515 24,255
42 Bermuda 22,032 20,846 21,124 27,797 28,357 29,069 32,751 29,358 30,663 33,083
43 British Virgin Islands 28,642 16,585 19,639 22,134 20,710 24,207 22,697 18,904 19,916 18,056
44 Cayman Islands 475,715 466,440 548,229 738,193 724,154 767,684 784,190 734,774 781,157 762,717
45 Jamaica 424 313 360 440 437 382 450 418 449 399
46 Netherlands Antilles6 2,263 3,846 5,357 5,129 5,326 5,351 5,158 5,435 5,441 4,698
47 Trinidad and Tobago 725 561 257 310 291 301 282 292 273 337
48 Other Caribbean 16,709 13,506 7,881 9,500 8,234 7,089 7,615 6,832 7,309 6,949
 
49 Asia 611,788 606,364 536,171 513,771 520,156 510,383 496,653 537,364 532,003 533,470
  China  
50 Mainland 29,870 29,574 29,416 29,935 31,515 29,879 29,057 30,226 29,769 29,733
51 Hong Kong 40,685 48,335 61,180 53,136 56,005 51,294 51,995 64,352 56,541 49,526
52 India 19,179 21,476 15,584 15,432 15,971 15,753 15,512 15,615 15,659 15,888
53 Indonesia 2,519 2,742 3,221 2,955 3,030 2,981 3,017 3,164 3,217 3,001
54 Israel 2,643 2,595 2,679 2,646 2,633 2,758 2,418 2,874 2,778 2,599
55 Japan 416,725 391,805 314,810 297,137 294,735 301,041 280,382 307,341 309,825 318,192
56 Korea (South) 15,241 18,224 17,422 20,393 18,550 17,122 18,881 18,168 21,741 18,790
57 Philippines 1,080 1,101 1,057 892 938 1,019 1,001 980 972 1,020
58 Taiwan 14,001 11,608 13,525 9,486 12,027 9,399 12,021 11,421 9,841 8,980
59 Thailand 685 1,262 762 975 812 770 764 1,154 1,274 1,220
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 22,202 19,518 19,767 22,131 21,006 19,661 18,858 19,071 19,533 21,116
61 Other Asia 46,958 58,124 56,748 58,653 62,934 58,706 62,747 62,998 60,853 63,405
 
62 Africa 13,211 16,904 16,438 12,549 13,364 12,461 12,296 11,599 11,732 11,612
63 Egypt 5,653 4,577 2,970 2,023 2,339 1,673 1,432 725 740 781
64 Morocco 284 231 96 139 96 104 92 114 105 118
65 South Africa 581 1,251 1,801 889 803 745 1,140 1,125 1,225 1,010
66 Oil-exporting countries4 266 245 935 415 473 401 406 384 233 337
67 Other Africa 6,427 10,600 10,636 9,083 9,653 9,538 9,226 9,251 9,429 9,366
 
68 Other countries 56,020 50,559 45,672 44,214 43,269 43,493 41,401 42,130 37,839 38,426
69 Australia 51,815 45,742 41,151 39,866 38,793 39,058 37,162 37,882 33,672 34,262
70 New Zealand 741 1,814 1,967 1,773 1,799 1,737 1,619 1,441 1,498 1,450
71 All Other 3,464 3,003 2,554 2,575 2,677 2,698 2,620 2,807 2,669 2,714
 
72 International and regional organzations5 7,871 5,631 4,483 4,442 3,963 7,386 5,282 4,146 6,279 5,726
  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: October 25, 2019