Release Date: September 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 2017 2018 2019/r Jan 2020/r Feb 2020/r Mar 2020/r Apr 2020/r May 2020/r Jun 2020/r Jul 2020/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,778,944 2,825,614 3,037,053 3,110,397 3,149,684 3,263,823 3,192,243 3,121,711 3,178,647 3,147,352
 
2 Foreign countries 2,773,313 2,821,131 3,033,278 3,105,445 3,144,988 3,259,546 3,187,880 3,117,168 3,175,071 3,143,622
 
3 Europe 1,217,691 1,252,274 1,199,397 1,273,383 1,261,204 1,304,038 1,322,420 1,268,161 1,249,355 1,211,189
4 Austria 2,053 4,109 3,230 8,778 5,838 4,190 2,324 2,683 2,381 5,741
5 Belgium 10,405 6,464 4,231 5,274 5,673 8,289 6,865 6,811 6,867 5,046
6 Denmark 941 351 1,021 1,238 715 1,351 913 881 968 738
7 Finland 4,097 24,037 19,185 20,804 21,430 18,601 19,860 21,127 20,816 18,358
8 France 93,614 128,434 141,066 166,366 154,769 136,356 143,964 144,556 117,380 136,197
9 Germany 39,588 48,140 33,580 45,136 42,629 38,925 42,651 43,181 39,634 49,995
10 Greece 194 98 28 29 71 26 25 21 26 27
11 Ireland 27,928 38,365 44,314 43,686 46,352 66,263 55,199 49,518 54,218 49,455
12 Italy 2,648 3,304 1,761 2,334 2,403 2,119 2,601 4,554 3,946 3,773
13 Luxembourg 49,868 90,232 60,136 61,501 62,983 63,754 60,943 59,037 57,300 57,677
14 Netherlands 44,358 25,110 24,994 29,278 27,103 30,106 34,151 33,328 32,109 29,510
15 Norway 22,333 22,065 21,133 19,054 24,368 17,175 19,350 15,615 22,338 20,055
16 Portugal 262 284 231 223 228 204 233 236 248 249
17 Russia 238 138 157 98 98 86 97 179 97 89
18 Spain 3,881 5,951 3,766 6,077 6,640 6,973 4,112 4,015 3,617 3,786
19 Sweden 30,602 41,549 48,626 55,618 57,675 53,990 57,015 49,548 51,708 41,910
20 Switzerland 60,655 19,903 20,819 18,238 19,978 24,730 31,419 29,830 31,163 30,272
21 Turkey 3,174 2,011 1,163 1,259 1,327 1,218 1,285 1,232 977 970
22 United Kingdom 803,183 770,442 744,631 763,339 755,661 809,684 819,883 778,544 786,643 740,881
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 12,262 14,561 18,605 19,324 19,242 18,683 18,211 16,099 15,256 14,777
24 Other Europe 5,407 6,726 6,720 5,729 6,021 1,315 1,319 7,166 1,663 1,683
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,118,613 1,193,179 1,137,037 1,214,895 420,779 413,212 413,297 409,992 377,149 388,892
 
26 Canada 172,257 176,220 225,473 221,419 205,437 202,623 199,472 190,547 219,974 204,007
 
27 Latin America 165,110 166,118 166,991 165,888 169,601 179,452 176,812 172,027 163,564 161,669
28 Argentina 5,103 5,836 5,437 5,200 5,149 4,920 4,599 4,321 4,074 3,903
29 Brazil 66,963 59,772 64,066 66,329 69,216 70,699 67,401 64,128 59,156 56,472
30 Chile 18,891 20,124 20,381 19,171 18,975 20,602 21,872 20,236 18,805 19,821
31 Columbia 7,752 8,663 8,418 8,484 8,549 9,442 9,402 9,276 9,112 8,835
32 Ecuador 2,652 2,736 2,329 2,219 2,289 2,154 1,938 1,864 1,701 1,550
33 Guatemala 3,286 2,708 2,718 2,623 2,689 2,899 2,807 2,665 2,512 2,361
34 Mexico 36,196 40,731 41,295 39,878 40,222 44,414 43,738 44,690 43,766 44,646
35 Panama 7,560 9,064 7,335 7,137 7,252 8,285 8,566 8,536 8,510 8,346
36 Peru 6,962 7,296 6,447 6,307 6,193 7,087 7,194 7,183 6,949 7,024
37 Uruguay 2,667 2,448 2,614 2,582 2,761 2,655 2,781 2,777 2,840 2,742
38 Venezuala 2,343 1,913 1,767 1,772 1,820 1,782 1,774 1,757 1,789 1,798
39 Other Latin America 4,735 4,827 4,184 4,186 4,486 4,513 4,740 4,594 4,350 4,171
 
40 Caribbean 544,428 628,141 784,229 854,212 901,447 907,897 848,730 845,011 875,172 882,213
41 Bahamas 22,331 20,897 37,662 32,516 31,506 33,733 29,198 42,840 39,476 39,769
42 Bermuda 20,846 21,625 23,796 28,753 23,054 25,539 25,326 21,760 22,000 23,283
43 British Virgin Islands 16,585 20,313 17,192 19,310 19,708 16,571 15,874 16,289 17,611 16,527
44 Cayman Islands 466,440 551,408 689,662 765,163 818,668 819,868 769,919 754,488 787,473 794,110
45 Jamaica 313 360 445 439 390 470 424 431 407 373
46 Netherlands Antilles6 3,846 5,383 7,984 1,231 769 4,887 598 842 794 887
47 Trinidad and Tobago 561 257 298 306 307 292 317 285 321 286
48 Other Caribbean 13,506 7,898 7,190 6,494 7,045 6,537 7,074 8,076 7,090 6,978
 
49 Asia 606,364 536,332 600,855 531,485 545,675 608,667 588,675 592,257 616,826 634,224
  China  
50 Mainland 29,574 29,421 30,695 30,505 33,768 29,850 28,399 31,071 31,209 28,154
51 Hong Kong 48,335 61,237 61,712 47,935 51,986 53,702 50,741 50,903 44,052 44,760
52 India 21,476 15,584 15,431 14,767 14,569 16,349 15,086 14,139 13,788 12,656
53 Indonesia 2,742 3,221 3,396 3,220 3,194 3,127 3,273 3,326 3,214 3,100
54 Israel 2,595 2,684 2,617 2,795 2,869 2,775 2,957 3,218 2,801 2,795
55 Japan 391,805 314,811 378,760 326,350 325,643 388,887 382,947 376,510 408,432 433,445
56 Korea (South) 18,224 17,422 15,427 15,760 19,339 15,548 15,942 16,470 15,480 14,771
57 Philippines 1,101 1,057 1,145 674 907 783 696 835 757 698
58 Taiwan 11,608 13,524 6,382 8,825 10,148 9,256 6,735 7,435 7,753 7,523
59 Thailand 1,262 762 1,583 1,444 1,057 904 924 1,079 1,004 914
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 19,518 19,779 21,191 19,967 20,811 20,930 19,215 20,806 22,999 20,954
61 Other Asia 58,124 56,830 62,516 59,243 61,384 66,556 61,760 66,465 65,337 64,454
 
62 Africa 16,904 16,438 11,248 11,353 11,093 13,939 12,617 10,937 10,842 11,078
63 Egypt 4,577 2,970 1,012 755 639 808 226 251 266 306
64 Morocco 231 96 151 146 146 151 128 101 43 57
65 South Africa 1,251 1,801 1,033 1,028 1,075 1,730 1,254 1,127 1,252 1,264
66 Oil-exporting countries4 245 935 542 206 485 576 585 571 497 624
67 Other Africa 10,600 10,636 8,510 9,218 8,748 10,674 10,424 8,887 8,784 8,827
 
68 Other countries 50,559 45,608 45,085 47,705 50,531 42,930 39,154 38,228 39,338 39,242
69 Australia 45,742 41,085 40,824 43,305 46,268 38,028 34,771 33,822 35,023 35,364
70 New Zealand 1,814 1,969 1,266 1,352 1,166 1,829 1,258 1,366 1,376 983
71 All Other 3,003 2,554 2,995 3,048 3,097 3,073 3,125 3,040 2,939 2,895
 
72 International and regional organzations5 5,631 4,483 3,775 4,952 4,696 4,277 4,363 4,543 3,576 3,730
  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: September 25, 2020