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

Release Date: December 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 Apr 2019/r May 2019 Jun 2019 Jul 2019 Aug 2019/r Sep 2019/r Oct 2019/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,727,069 2,778,944 2,825,614 3,082,338 2,987,915 2,978,726 3,061,691 3,000,226 3,047,180 3,065,062
 
2 Foreign countries 2,719,198 2,773,313 2,821,131 3,074,952 2,982,633 2,974,580 3,055,412 2,994,500 3,043,195 3,058,764
 
3 Europe 1,124,452 1,217,691 1,252,274 1,292,479 1,217,625 1,208,431 1,235,413 1,198,577 1,228,528 1,252,027
4 Austria 3,363 2,053 4,109 3,488 6,371 2,944 4,994 4,400 3,309 6,870
5 Belgium 14,309 10,405 6,464 8,945 6,735 7,178 6,566 6,547 7,691 6,155
6 Denmark 1,138 941 351 419 564 351 712 472 884 455
7 Finland 11,283 4,097 24,037 17,672 16,200 13,003 14,904 13,945 14,871 18,334
8 France 88,322 93,614 128,434 147,596 144,965 134,853 164,017 125,971 137,918 163,012
9 Germany 32,280 39,588 48,140 61,888 55,994 51,260 57,901 61,056 49,440 54,622
10 Greece 49 194 98 86 79 81 73 67 91 50
11 Ireland 34,862 27,928 38,365 48,633 42,715 45,414 48,657 46,249 47,040 48,226
12 Italy 2,647 2,648 3,304 3,275 3,883 3,938 3,791 3,081 3,170 2,836
13 Luxembourg 38,889 49,868 90,232 88,158 84,425 85,700 86,260 85,467 83,672 69,136
14 Netherlands 54,585 44,358 25,110 27,267 26,781 24,244 26,628 26,501 25,523 27,618
15 Norway 6,045 22,333 22,065 24,364 24,406 27,979 24,804 24,978 23,550 23,241
16 Portugal 264 262 284 275 282 316 234 234 244 236
17 Russia 160 238 138 145 632 567 1,023 138 130 109
18 Spain 5,858 3,881 5,951 6,699 6,231 8,614 4,965 5,792 7,138 5,926
19 Sweden 25,013 30,602 41,549 53,086 54,100 53,620 50,672 52,028 52,207 53,790
20 Switzerland 63,112 60,655 19,903 24,674 19,739 19,692 19,911 20,431 20,480 18,664
21 Turkey 3,427 3,174 2,011 1,374 1,285 1,164 1,128 1,246 1,288 1,273
22 United Kingdom 718,717 803,183 770,442 755,548 701,221 707,956 697,431 700,003 727,756 730,844
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 8,894 12,262 14,561 14,274 14,736 16,432 18,573 16,915 16,935 16,288
24 Other Europe 11,235 5,407 6,726 4,613 6,281 3,124 2,169 3,056 5,191 4,342
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,040,821 1,118,613 1,193,179 1,227,008 1,155,999 1,141,570 1,169,549 1,134,485 1,165,767 1,192,055
 
26 Canada 157,474 172,257 176,220 185,225 166,900 183,151 202,035 196,780 196,770 194,113
 
27 Latin America 183,534 165,110 166,118 170,632 169,457 171,692 166,583 165,139 165,363 166,590
28 Argentina 3,073 5,103 5,836 6,773 6,439 6,389 6,628 5,769 5,873 5,605
29 Brazil 82,077 66,963 59,772 64,563 63,362 64,575 59,888 60,274 62,460 64,432
30 Chile 18,717 18,891 20,124 18,709 18,218 19,702 19,596 19,670 19,942 20,965
31 Columbia 9,561 7,752 8,663 7,987 8,383 8,435 8,243 8,082 8,310 8,335
32 Ecuador 2,768 2,652 2,736 2,555 2,494 2,600 2,506 2,545 2,429 2,400
33 Guatemala 2,762 3,286 2,708 2,716 2,569 2,552 2,531 2,600 2,565 2,557
34 Mexico 38,939 36,196 40,731 43,785 44,169 44,193 44,749 43,870 41,521 40,067
35 Panama 8,616 7,560 9,064 8,321 8,279 7,756 7,510 7,469 7,258 7,351
36 Peru 7,615 6,962 7,296 6,411 6,594 6,616 6,340 6,288 6,540 6,328
37 Uruguay 2,073 2,667 2,448 2,442 2,585 2,606 2,555 2,545 2,556 2,679
38 Venezuala 2,404 2,343 1,913 1,793 1,803 1,826 1,822 1,851 1,825 1,786
39 Other Latin America 4,929 4,735 4,827 4,577 4,562 4,442 4,215 4,176 4,084 4,085
 
40 Caribbean 572,719 544,428 628,141 860,244 879,946 822,336 872,605 850,496 863,169 877,776
41 Bahamas 26,209 22,331 20,897 22,709 23,518 22,988 24,528 24,255 28,540 39,154
42 Bermuda 22,032 20,846 21,625 29,101 32,764 29,393 30,698 33,083 32,003 30,111
43 British Virgin Islands 28,642 16,585 20,313 24,282 22,771 18,994 19,986 18,056 19,427 20,519
44 Cayman Islands 475,715 466,440 551,408 771,013 787,373 737,969 783,906 762,719 771,890 774,457
45 Jamaica 424 313 360 382 450 418 449 399 419 410
46 Netherlands Antilles6 2,263 3,846 5,383 5,366 5,172 5,449 5,455 4,698 4,530 4,473
47 Trinidad and Tobago 725 561 257 301 282 292 273 337 293 284
48 Other Caribbean 16,709 13,506 7,898 7,090 7,616 6,833 7,310 6,949 6,067 8,368
 
49 Asia 611,788 606,364 536,332 510,417 494,995 535,228 528,978 533,470 538,221 516,063
  China  
50 Mainland 29,870 29,574 29,421 29,883 29,075 30,226 29,780 29,733 27,685 28,341
51 Hong Kong 40,685 48,335 61,237 51,315 52,029 64,374 56,592 49,526 67,002 57,952
52 India 19,179 21,476 15,584 15,753 15,512 15,615 15,659 15,888 15,606 14,429
53 Indonesia 2,519 2,742 3,221 2,981 3,017 3,164 3,217 3,001 2,941 2,923
54 Israel 2,643 2,595 2,684 2,761 2,421 2,877 2,781 2,599 2,619 2,676
55 Japan 416,725 391,805 314,811 301,046 278,666 305,188 306,740 318,192 311,094 301,438
56 Korea (South) 15,241 18,224 17,422 17,121 18,881 18,167 21,741 18,790 17,544 16,917
57 Philippines 1,080 1,101 1,057 1,019 1,001 980 972 1,020 1,031 1,043
58 Taiwan 14,001 11,608 13,524 9,400 12,021 11,421 9,841 8,980 9,985 7,394
59 Thailand 685 1,262 762 770 764 1,154 1,274 1,220 970 1,262
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 22,202 19,518 19,779 19,672 18,870 19,082 19,545 21,116 20,278 20,823
61 Other Asia 46,958 58,124 56,830 58,696 62,738 62,980 60,836 63,405 61,466 60,865
 
62 Africa 13,211 16,904 16,438 12,461 12,296 11,599 11,940 11,612 12,360 11,621
63 Egypt 5,653 4,577 2,970 1,673 1,432 725 948 781 999 710
64 Morocco 284 231 96 104 92 114 105 118 103 107
65 South Africa 581 1,251 1,801 745 1,140 1,125 1,225 1,010 1,317 1,080
66 Oil-exporting countries4 266 245 935 401 406 384 233 337 445 399
67 Other Africa 6,427 10,600 10,636 9,538 9,226 9,251 9,429 9,366 9,496 9,325
 
68 Other countries 56,020 50,559 45,608 43,494 41,414 42,143 37,858 38,426 38,784 40,574
69 Australia 51,815 45,742 41,085 39,059 37,178 37,898 33,694 34,262 34,797 36,625
70 New Zealand 741 1,814 1,969 1,737 1,616 1,438 1,495 1,450 1,385 1,263
71 All Other 3,464 3,003 2,554 2,698 2,620 2,807 2,669 2,714 2,602 2,686
 
72 International and regional organzations5 7,871 5,631 4,483 7,386 5,282 4,146 6,279 5,726 3,985 6,298
  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: December 27, 2019