Release Date: June 2020
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 Oct 2019 Nov 2019 Dec 2019 Jan 2020 Feb 2020 Mar 2020/r Apr 2020/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,727,069 2,778,944 2,825,614 3,066,621 3,106,058 3,024,357 3,074,450 3,114,620 3,251,294 3,178,784
 
2 Foreign countries 2,719,198 2,773,313 2,821,131 3,060,323 3,100,497 3,020,582 3,069,498 3,109,924 3,247,017 3,174,421
 
3 Europe 1,124,452 1,217,691 1,252,274 1,252,354 1,283,808 1,183,748 1,255,000 1,246,702 1,292,742 1,310,530
4 Austria 3,363 2,053 4,109 6,870 8,633 3,230 8,778 5,838 4,190 2,324
5 Belgium 14,309 10,405 6,464 6,155 5,551 4,231 5,274 5,673 8,289 6,865
6 Denmark 1,138 941 351 455 593 1,021 1,238 715 1,351 913
7 Finland 11,283 4,097 24,037 18,334 18,599 19,185 20,804 21,430 18,601 19,858
8 France 88,322 93,614 128,434 163,012 165,560 141,066 166,366 154,769 136,356 143,964
9 Germany 32,280 39,588 48,140 54,622 55,992 32,790 44,835 42,429 38,260 42,068
10 Greece 49 194 98 50 54 28 29 71 26 25
11 Ireland 34,862 27,928 38,365 48,231 49,535 44,509 44,258 46,350 66,263 55,199
12 Italy 2,647 2,648 3,304 2,837 2,009 1,761 2,334 2,403 2,119 2,601
13 Luxembourg 38,889 49,868 90,232 69,348 59,498 59,458 60,691 62,178 63,754 60,943
14 Netherlands 54,585 44,358 25,110 27,625 26,942 24,994 29,278 27,103 30,106 34,151
15 Norway 6,045 22,333 22,065 23,241 22,393 21,133 19,054 24,368 17,175 19,350
16 Portugal 264 262 284 238 243 231 223 228 204 233
17 Russia 160 238 138 109 140 157 98 98 86 97
18 Spain 5,858 3,881 5,951 5,930 5,712 3,766 6,077 6,640 6,973 4,112
19 Sweden 25,013 30,602 41,549 53,790 51,328 48,625 55,617 57,674 53,989 57,012
20 Switzerland 63,112 60,655 19,903 18,677 19,547 20,819 18,238 19,978 24,730 31,419
21 Turkey 3,427 3,174 2,011 1,273 1,154 1,163 1,259 1,327 1,218 1,285
22 United Kingdom 718,717 803,183 770,442 730,907 765,773 730,260 745,500 742,172 799,054 808,581
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 8,894 12,262 14,561 16,288 19,055 18,601 19,320 19,237 18,683 18,211
24 Other Europe 11,235 5,407 6,726 4,362 5,498 6,720 5,729 6,021 1,315 1,319
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,040,821 1,118,613 1,193,179 1,192,358 1,221,027 1,121,392 1,196,516 419,776 412,546 412,709
 
26 Canada 157,474 172,257 176,220 194,143 197,688 225,685 221,209 205,020 201,787 198,390
 
27 Latin America 183,534 165,110 166,118 167,223 166,527 166,920 165,827 169,601 179,286 176,812
28 Argentina 3,073 5,103 5,836 5,714 5,369 5,437 5,200 5,149 4,920 4,599
29 Brazil 82,077 66,963 59,772 64,503 63,556 64,066 66,329 69,216 70,533 67,401
30 Chile 18,717 18,891 20,124 20,974 21,874 20,381 19,171 18,975 20,602 21,872
31 Columbia 9,561 7,752 8,663 8,350 8,489 8,418 8,484 8,549 9,442 9,402
32 Ecuador 2,768 2,652 2,736 2,400 2,383 2,329 2,219 2,289 2,154 1,938
33 Guatemala 2,762 3,286 2,708 2,558 2,552 2,718 2,623 2,689 2,899 2,807
34 Mexico 38,939 36,196 40,731 40,242 39,860 41,224 39,817 40,222 44,414 43,738
35 Panama 8,616 7,560 9,064 7,539 7,574 7,335 7,137 7,252 8,285 8,566
36 Peru 7,615 6,962 7,296 6,330 6,288 6,447 6,307 6,193 7,087 7,194
37 Uruguay 2,073 2,667 2,448 2,700 2,640 2,614 2,582 2,761 2,655 2,781
38 Venezuala 2,404 2,343 1,913 1,801 1,782 1,767 1,772 1,820 1,782 1,774
39 Other Latin America 4,929 4,735 4,827 4,112 4,160 4,184 4,186 4,486 4,513 4,740
 
40 Caribbean 572,719 544,428 628,141 878,336 834,760 788,649 839,617 888,320 907,666 848,243
41 Bahamas 26,209 22,331 20,897 39,217 39,525 37,656 32,515 31,504 33,733 29,198
42 Bermuda 22,032 20,846 21,625 30,118 26,672 23,752 28,641 23,006 25,539 25,313
43 British Virgin Islands 28,642 16,585 20,313 20,932 17,437 17,126 19,248 19,708 16,571 15,874
44 Cayman Islands 475,715 466,440 551,408 774,526 738,692 694,198 750,744 805,591 819,637 769,432
45 Jamaica 424 313 360 410 357 445 439 390 470 424
46 Netherlands Antilles6 2,263 3,846 5,383 4,474 5,540 7,984 1,231 769 4,887 598
47 Trinidad and Tobago 725 561 257 284 350 298 306 307 292 317
48 Other Caribbean 16,709 13,506 7,898 8,375 6,187 7,190 6,493 7,045 6,537 7,087
 
49 Asia 611,788 606,364 536,332 516,061 561,263 599,434 528,994 538,868 608,667 588,675
  China  
50 Mainland 29,870 29,574 29,421 28,341 27,994 30,695 30,023 29,255 29,850 28,399
51 Hong Kong 40,685 48,335 61,237 57,952 56,596 61,712 47,935 51,977 53,702 50,741
52 India 19,179 21,476 15,584 14,429 15,244 15,431 14,767 14,570 16,349 15,086
53 Indonesia 2,519 2,742 3,221 2,883 2,996 3,396 3,220 3,194 3,127 3,273
54 Israel 2,643 2,595 2,684 2,705 2,621 2,617 2,795 2,869 2,775 2,957
55 Japan 416,725 391,805 314,811 301,438 347,731 377,375 324,361 323,503 388,887 382,947
56 Korea (South) 15,241 18,224 17,422 16,917 19,988 15,427 15,760 19,339 15,548 15,942
57 Philippines 1,080 1,101 1,057 1,043 1,036 1,145 674 907 783 696
58 Taiwan 14,001 11,608 13,524 7,402 6,065 6,382 8,825 10,148 9,256 6,735
59 Thailand 685 1,262 762 1,262 912 1,583 1,444 1,057 904 924
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 22,202 19,518 19,779 20,824 21,202 21,177 19,967 20,696 20,930 19,215
61 Other Asia 46,958 58,124 56,830 60,865 58,878 62,494 59,223 61,353 66,556 61,760
 
62 Africa 13,211 16,904 16,438 11,621 11,619 11,179 11,284 11,082 13,939 12,617
63 Egypt 5,653 4,577 2,970 710 688 1,012 755 639 808 226
64 Morocco 284 231 96 107 85 151 146 146 151 128
65 South Africa 581 1,251 1,801 1,080 1,010 1,033 1,028 1,075 1,730 1,254
66 Oil-exporting countries4 266 245 935 399 484 542 206 485 576 585
67 Other Africa 6,427 10,600 10,636 9,325 9,352 8,441 9,149 8,737 10,674 10,424
 
68 Other countries 56,020 50,559 45,608 40,585 44,832 44,967 47,567 50,331 42,930 39,154
69 Australia 51,815 45,742 41,085 36,625 40,955 40,706 43,167 46,068 38,028 34,771
70 New Zealand 741 1,814 1,969 1,264 1,191 1,266 1,352 1,166 1,829 1,258
71 All Other 3,464 3,003 2,554 2,696 2,686 2,995 3,048 3,097 3,073 3,125
 
72 International and regional organzations5 7,871 5,631 4,483 6,298 5,561 3,775 4,952 4,696 4,277 4,363
  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 includes the United Kingdom through January 2020. 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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