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

Release Date: November 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/r Mar 2019/r Apr 2019/r May 2019/r Jun 2019/r Jul 2019/r Aug 2019/r Sep 2019/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,727,069 2,778,944 2,825,614 2,962,081 3,082,293 2,987,915 2,978,726 3,061,691 3,000,224 3,047,252
 
2 Foreign countries 2,719,198 2,773,313 2,821,131 2,958,118 3,074,907 2,982,633 2,974,580 3,055,412 2,994,498 3,043,267
 
3 Europe 1,124,452 1,217,691 1,252,274 1,226,934 1,292,479 1,217,625 1,208,431 1,235,413 1,198,577 1,228,537
4 Austria 3,363 2,053 4,109 5,651 3,488 6,371 2,944 4,994 4,400 3,309
5 Belgium 14,309 10,405 6,464 10,684 8,945 6,735 7,178 6,566 6,547 7,691
6 Denmark 1,138 941 351 377 419 564 351 712 472 884
7 Finland 11,283 4,097 24,037 19,163 17,672 16,200 13,003 14,904 13,945 14,871
8 France 88,322 93,614 128,434 114,104 147,596 144,965 134,853 164,017 125,971 137,918
9 Germany 32,280 39,588 48,140 51,152 61,888 55,994 51,260 57,901 61,056 49,440
10 Greece 49 194 98 80 86 79 81 73 67 91
11 Ireland 34,862 27,928 38,365 42,762 48,633 42,715 45,414 48,657 46,249 47,040
12 Italy 2,647 2,648 3,304 4,281 3,275 3,883 3,938 3,791 3,081 3,170
13 Luxembourg 38,889 49,868 90,232 87,697 88,158 84,425 85,700 86,260 85,467 83,681
14 Netherlands 54,585 44,358 25,110 26,480 27,267 26,781 24,244 26,628 26,501 25,523
15 Norway 6,045 22,333 22,065 22,365 24,364 24,406 27,979 24,804 24,978 23,550
16 Portugal 264 262 284 280 275 282 316 234 234 244
17 Russia 160 238 138 117 145 632 567 1,023 138 130
18 Spain 5,858 3,881 5,951 8,460 6,699 6,231 8,614 4,965 5,792 7,138
19 Sweden 25,013 30,602 41,549 55,794 53,086 54,100 53,620 50,672 52,028 52,207
20 Switzerland 63,112 60,655 19,903 24,013 24,674 19,739 19,692 19,911 20,431 20,480
21 Turkey 3,427 3,174 2,011 1,540 1,374 1,285 1,164 1,128 1,246 1,288
22 United Kingdom 718,717 803,183 770,442 736,294 755,548 701,221 707,956 697,431 700,003 727,756
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 8,894 12,262 14,561 14,131 14,274 14,736 16,432 18,573 16,915 16,935
24 Other Europe 11,235 5,407 6,726 1,509 4,613 6,281 3,124 2,169 3,056 5,191
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,040,821 1,118,613 1,193,179 1,164,374 1,227,008 1,155,999 1,141,570 1,169,549 1,134,485 1,165,776
 
26 Canada 157,474 172,257 176,220 169,045 185,225 166,900 183,151 202,035 196,780 196,770
 
27 Latin America 183,534 165,110 166,118 170,031 170,632 169,457 171,692 166,583 165,139 165,315
28 Argentina 3,073 5,103 5,836 6,700 6,773 6,439 6,389 6,628 5,769 5,873
29 Brazil 82,077 66,963 59,772 62,988 64,563 63,362 64,575 59,888 60,274 62,460
30 Chile 18,717 18,891 20,124 18,669 18,709 18,218 19,702 19,596 19,670 19,942
31 Columbia 9,561 7,752 8,663 8,102 7,987 8,383 8,435 8,243 8,082 8,310
32 Ecuador 2,768 2,652 2,736 2,358 2,555 2,494 2,600 2,506 2,545 2,429
33 Guatemala 2,762 3,286 2,708 2,596 2,716 2,569 2,552 2,531 2,600 2,565
34 Mexico 38,939 36,196 40,731 43,753 43,785 44,169 44,193 44,749 43,870 41,510
35 Panama 8,616 7,560 9,064 8,589 8,321 8,279 7,756 7,510 7,469 7,248
36 Peru 7,615 6,962 7,296 7,143 6,411 6,594 6,616 6,340 6,288 6,540
37 Uruguay 2,073 2,667 2,448 2,388 2,442 2,585 2,606 2,555 2,545 2,556
38 Venezuala 2,404 2,343 1,913 1,823 1,793 1,803 1,826 1,822 1,851 1,807
39 Other Latin America 4,929 4,735 4,827 4,922 4,577 4,562 4,442 4,215 4,176 4,075
 
40 Caribbean 572,719 544,428 628,141 815,304 860,199 879,946 822,336 872,605 850,494 863,168
41 Bahamas 26,209 22,331 20,897 22,587 22,709 23,518 22,988 24,528 24,255 28,540
42 Bermuda 22,032 20,846 21,625 28,855 29,101 32,764 29,393 30,698 33,083 32,003
43 British Virgin Islands 28,642 16,585 20,313 21,428 24,282 22,771 18,994 19,986 18,056 19,427
44 Cayman Islands 475,715 466,440 551,408 728,106 770,968 787,373 737,969 783,906 762,717 771,890
45 Jamaica 424 313 360 437 382 450 418 449 399 419
46 Netherlands Antilles6 2,263 3,846 5,383 5,352 5,366 5,172 5,449 5,455 4,698 4,530
47 Trinidad and Tobago 725 561 257 291 301 282 292 273 337 293
48 Other Caribbean 16,709 13,506 7,898 8,248 7,090 7,616 6,833 7,310 6,949 6,066
 
49 Asia 611,788 606,364 536,332 520,314 510,417 494,995 535,228 528,978 533,470 538,333
  China  
50 Mainland 29,870 29,574 29,421 31,519 29,883 29,075 30,226 29,780 29,733 27,685
51 Hong Kong 40,685 48,335 61,237 56,062 51,315 52,029 64,374 56,592 49,526 67,002
52 India 19,179 21,476 15,584 15,971 15,753 15,512 15,615 15,659 15,888 15,334
53 Indonesia 2,519 2,742 3,221 3,030 2,981 3,017 3,164 3,217 3,001 2,941
54 Israel 2,643 2,595 2,684 2,636 2,761 2,421 2,877 2,781 2,599 2,619
55 Japan 416,725 391,805 314,811 294,735 301,046 278,666 305,188 306,740 318,192 311,094
56 Korea (South) 15,241 18,224 17,422 18,551 17,121 18,881 18,167 21,741 18,790 17,928
57 Philippines 1,080 1,101 1,057 938 1,019 1,001 980 972 1,020 1,031
58 Taiwan 14,001 11,608 13,524 12,027 9,400 12,021 11,421 9,841 8,980 9,985
59 Thailand 685 1,262 762 812 770 764 1,154 1,274 1,220 970
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 22,202 19,518 19,779 21,022 19,672 18,870 19,082 19,545 21,116 20,278
61 Other Asia 46,958 58,124 56,830 63,011 58,696 62,738 62,980 60,836 63,405 61,466
 
62 Africa 13,211 16,904 16,438 13,365 12,461 12,296 11,599 11,940 11,612 12,360
63 Egypt 5,653 4,577 2,970 2,339 1,673 1,432 725 948 781 999
64 Morocco 284 231 96 96 104 92 114 105 118 103
65 South Africa 581 1,251 1,801 803 745 1,140 1,125 1,225 1,010 1,317
66 Oil-exporting countries4 266 245 935 473 401 406 384 233 337 445
67 Other Africa 6,427 10,600 10,636 9,654 9,538 9,226 9,251 9,429 9,366 9,496
 
68 Other countries 56,020 50,559 45,608 43,125 43,494 41,414 42,143 37,858 38,426 38,784
69 Australia 51,815 45,742 41,085 38,648 39,059 37,178 37,898 33,694 34,262 34,797
70 New Zealand 741 1,814 1,969 1,800 1,737 1,616 1,438 1,495 1,450 1,385
71 All Other 3,464 3,003 2,554 2,677 2,698 2,620 2,807 2,669 2,714 2,602
 
72 International and regional organzations5 7,871 5,631 4,483 3,963 7,386 5,282 4,146 6,279 5,726 3,985
  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: November 29, 2019