Release Date: August 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 Dec 2019/r Jan 2020/r Feb 2020/r Mar 2020 Apr 2020/r May 2020/r Jun 2020/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,727,069 2,778,944 2,825,614 3,024,069 3,095,361 3,135,114 3,251,294 3,178,784 3,121,389 3,177,858
 
2 Foreign countries 2,719,198 2,773,313 2,821,131 3,020,294 3,090,409 3,130,418 3,247,017 3,174,421 3,116,846 3,174,282
 
3 Europe 1,124,452 1,217,691 1,252,274 1,187,616 1,259,868 1,248,044 1,292,742 1,310,530 1,267,972 1,249,128
4 Austria 3,363 2,053 4,109 3,230 8,778 5,838 4,190 2,324 2,683 2,381
5 Belgium 14,309 10,405 6,464 4,231 5,274 5,673 8,289 6,865 6,811 6,867
6 Denmark 1,138 941 351 1,021 1,238 715 1,351 913 881 968
7 Finland 11,283 4,097 24,037 19,185 20,804 21,430 18,601 19,858 21,127 20,816
8 France 88,322 93,614 128,434 141,066 166,366 154,769 136,356 143,964 144,554 117,378
9 Germany 32,280 39,588 48,140 32,790 44,835 42,429 38,260 42,068 43,181 39,634
10 Greece 49 194 98 28 29 71 26 25 21 26
11 Ireland 34,862 27,928 38,365 44,314 43,686 46,352 66,263 55,199 49,518 54,218
12 Italy 2,647 2,648 3,304 1,761 2,334 2,403 2,119 2,601 4,554 3,946
13 Luxembourg 38,889 49,868 90,232 60,136 61,501 62,983 63,754 60,943 59,034 57,272
14 Netherlands 54,585 44,358 25,110 24,994 29,278 27,103 30,106 34,151 33,328 32,109
15 Norway 6,045 22,333 22,065 21,133 19,054 24,368 17,175 19,350 15,615 22,338
16 Portugal 264 262 284 231 223 228 204 233 236 248
17 Russia 160 238 138 157 98 98 86 97 179 97
18 Spain 5,858 3,881 5,951 3,766 6,077 6,640 6,973 4,112 4,015 3,617
19 Sweden 25,013 30,602 41,549 48,625 55,617 57,674 53,989 57,012 49,548 51,708
20 Switzerland 63,112 60,655 19,903 20,819 18,238 19,978 24,730 31,419 29,721 31,067
21 Turkey 3,427 3,174 2,011 1,163 1,259 1,327 1,218 1,285 1,232 977
22 United Kingdom 718,717 803,183 770,442 733,641 750,126 742,702 799,054 808,581 778,469 786,515
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 8,894 12,262 14,561 18,605 19,324 19,242 18,683 18,211 16,099 15,256
24 Other Europe 11,235 5,407 6,726 6,720 5,729 6,021 1,315 1,319 7,166 1,690
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,040,821 1,118,613 1,193,179 1,125,256 1,201,380 420,578 412,546 412,709 409,987 377,146
 
26 Canada 157,474 172,257 176,220 224,565 220,486 204,483 201,787 198,390 190,547 219,974
 
27 Latin America 183,534 165,110 166,118 166,991 165,888 169,601 179,286 176,812 172,027 163,564
28 Argentina 3,073 5,103 5,836 5,437 5,200 5,149 4,920 4,599 4,321 4,074
29 Brazil 82,077 66,963 59,772 64,066 66,329 69,216 70,533 67,401 64,128 59,156
30 Chile 18,717 18,891 20,124 20,381 19,171 18,975 20,602 21,872 20,236 18,805
31 Columbia 9,561 7,752 8,663 8,418 8,484 8,549 9,442 9,402 9,276 9,112
32 Ecuador 2,768 2,652 2,736 2,329 2,219 2,289 2,154 1,938 1,864 1,701
33 Guatemala 2,762 3,286 2,708 2,718 2,623 2,689 2,899 2,807 2,665 2,512
34 Mexico 38,939 36,196 40,731 41,295 39,878 40,222 44,414 43,738 44,690 43,766
35 Panama 8,616 7,560 9,064 7,335 7,137 7,252 8,285 8,566 8,536 8,510
36 Peru 7,615 6,962 7,296 6,447 6,307 6,193 7,087 7,194 7,183 6,949
37 Uruguay 2,073 2,667 2,448 2,614 2,582 2,761 2,655 2,781 2,777 2,840
38 Venezuala 2,404 2,343 1,913 1,767 1,772 1,820 1,782 1,774 1,757 1,789
39 Other Latin America 4,929 4,735 4,827 4,184 4,186 4,486 4,513 4,740 4,594 4,350
 
40 Caribbean 572,719 544,428 628,141 783,934 853,624 900,991 907,666 848,243 844,911 874,943
41 Bahamas 26,209 22,331 20,897 37,662 32,516 31,506 33,733 29,198 42,840 39,476
42 Bermuda 22,032 20,846 21,625 23,796 28,753 23,054 25,539 25,326 21,760 22,000
43 British Virgin Islands 28,642 16,585 20,313 17,192 19,310 19,708 16,571 15,874 16,289 17,611
44 Cayman Islands 475,715 466,440 551,408 689,367 764,575 818,212 819,637 769,432 754,388 787,244
45 Jamaica 424 313 360 445 439 390 470 424 431 407
46 Netherlands Antilles6 2,263 3,846 5,383 7,984 1,231 769 4,887 598 842 794
47 Trinidad and Tobago 725 561 257 298 306 307 292 317 285 321
48 Other Caribbean 16,709 13,506 7,898 7,190 6,494 7,045 6,537 7,074 8,076 7,090
 
49 Asia 611,788 606,364 536,332 600,855 531,485 545,675 608,667 588,675 592,224 616,493
  China  
50 Mainland 29,870 29,574 29,421 30,695 30,505 33,768 29,850 28,399 31,071 31,209
51 Hong Kong 40,685 48,335 61,237 61,712 47,935 51,986 53,702 50,741 50,870 43,979
52 India 19,179 21,476 15,584 15,431 14,767 14,569 16,349 15,086 14,139 13,788
53 Indonesia 2,519 2,742 3,221 3,396 3,220 3,194 3,127 3,273 3,326 3,214
54 Israel 2,643 2,595 2,684 2,617 2,795 2,869 2,775 2,957 3,218 2,801
55 Japan 416,725 391,805 314,811 378,760 326,350 325,643 388,887 382,947 376,510 408,172
56 Korea (South) 15,241 18,224 17,422 15,427 15,760 19,339 15,548 15,942 16,470 15,480
57 Philippines 1,080 1,101 1,057 1,145 674 907 783 696 835 757
58 Taiwan 14,001 11,608 13,524 6,382 8,825 10,148 9,256 6,735 7,435 7,753
59 Thailand 685 1,262 762 1,583 1,444 1,057 904 924 1,079 1,004
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 22,202 19,518 19,779 21,191 19,967 20,811 20,930 19,215 20,806 22,999
61 Other Asia 46,958 58,124 56,830 62,516 59,243 61,384 66,556 61,760 66,465 65,337
 
62 Africa 13,211 16,904 16,438 11,248 11,353 11,093 13,939 12,617 10,937 10,842
63 Egypt 5,653 4,577 2,970 1,012 755 639 808 226 251 266
64 Morocco 284 231 96 151 146 146 151 128 101 43
65 South Africa 581 1,251 1,801 1,033 1,028 1,075 1,730 1,254 1,127 1,252
66 Oil-exporting countries4 266 245 935 542 206 485 576 585 571 497
67 Other Africa 6,427 10,600 10,636 8,510 9,218 8,748 10,674 10,424 8,887 8,784
 
68 Other countries 56,020 50,559 45,608 45,085 47,705 50,531 42,930 39,154 38,228 39,338
69 Australia 51,815 45,742 41,085 40,824 43,305 46,268 38,028 34,771 33,822 35,023
70 New Zealand 741 1,814 1,969 1,266 1,352 1,166 1,829 1,258 1,366 1,376
71 All Other 3,464 3,003 2,554 2,995 3,048 3,097 3,073 3,125 3,040 2,939
 
72 International and regional organzations5 7,871 5,631 4,483 3,775 4,952 4,696 4,277 4,363 4,543 3,576
  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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Last Update: August 28, 2020