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

Release Date: November 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 Mar 2020/r Apr 2020/r May 2020/r Jun 2020/r Jul 2020 Aug 2020/r Sep 2020/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,778,944 2,825,614 3,075,838 3,306,511 3,221,239 3,144,211 3,180,716 3,147,196 3,131,093 3,131,895
 
2 Foreign countries 2,773,313 2,821,131 3,072,063 3,302,234 3,216,876 3,139,668 3,177,140 3,143,466 3,127,849 3,128,617
 
3 Europe 1,217,691 1,252,274 1,205,440 1,310,223 1,328,420 1,274,161 1,249,355 1,211,035 1,193,687 1,176,438
4 Austria 2,053 4,109 3,230 4,190 2,324 2,683 2,381 5,741 5,626 2,555
5 Belgium 10,405 6,464 4,231 8,289 6,865 6,811 6,867 5,046 5,435 4,732
6 Denmark 941 351 1,021 1,351 913 881 968 738 963 835
7 Finland 4,097 24,037 19,185 18,601 19,860 21,127 20,816 18,358 19,095 18,020
8 France 93,614 128,434 141,066 136,356 143,964 144,556 117,380 136,197 137,429 104,383
9 Germany 39,588 48,140 33,580 38,925 42,651 43,181 39,634 49,995 43,449 44,774
10 Greece 194 98 28 26 25 21 26 27 28 74
11 Ireland 27,928 38,365 44,314 66,263 55,199 49,518 54,218 49,454 48,053 51,105
12 Italy 2,648 3,304 1,761 2,119 2,601 4,554 3,946 3,773 2,885 2,805
13 Luxembourg 49,868 90,232 60,136 63,754 60,943 59,037 57,300 57,677 56,521 56,855
14 Netherlands 44,358 25,110 24,994 30,106 34,151 33,328 32,109 29,500 27,600 23,899
15 Norway 22,333 22,065 21,133 17,175 19,350 15,615 22,338 20,055 19,777 15,907
16 Portugal 262 284 231 204 233 236 248 249 252 367
17 Russia 238 138 157 86 97 179 97 89 110 87
18 Spain 3,881 5,951 3,766 6,973 4,112 4,015 3,617 3,786 3,934 3,911
19 Sweden 30,602 41,549 48,626 53,990 57,015 49,548 51,708 41,910 42,467 45,494
20 Switzerland 60,655 19,903 20,819 24,730 31,419 29,830 31,163 30,272 30,294 28,250
21 Turkey 3,174 2,011 1,163 1,218 1,285 1,232 977 970 784 880
22 United Kingdom 803,183 770,442 750,674 815,869 825,883 784,544 786,643 740,738 723,281 753,615
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 12,262 14,561 18,605 18,683 18,211 16,099 15,256 14,777 15,808 12,928
24 Other Europe 5,407 6,726 6,720 1,315 1,319 7,166 1,663 1,683 9,896 4,962
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,118,613 1,193,179 1,143,080 413,212 413,297 409,992 377,149 388,881 379,976 351,273
 
26 Canada 172,257 176,220 225,515 202,671 199,472 190,546 219,974 204,005 205,276 204,759
 
27 Latin America 165,110 166,118 166,991 179,452 176,812 172,027 163,564 161,669 156,358 155,359
28 Argentina 5,103 5,836 5,437 4,920 4,599 4,321 4,074 3,903 3,662 3,530
29 Brazil 66,963 59,772 64,066 70,699 67,401 64,128 59,156 56,472 54,515 57,952
30 Chile 18,891 20,124 20,381 20,602 21,872 20,236 18,805 19,821 17,491 16,506
31 Columbia 7,752 8,663 8,418 9,442 9,402 9,276 9,112 8,835 8,331 7,860
32 Ecuador 2,652 2,736 2,329 2,154 1,938 1,864 1,701 1,550 1,592 1,619
33 Guatemala 3,286 2,708 2,718 2,899 2,807 2,665 2,512 2,361 2,231 2,098
34 Mexico 36,196 40,731 41,295 44,414 43,738 44,690 43,766 44,646 44,791 43,508
35 Panama 7,560 9,064 7,335 8,285 8,566 8,536 8,510 8,346 8,051 7,025
36 Peru 6,962 7,296 6,447 7,087 7,194 7,183 6,949 7,024 6,855 6,330
37 Uruguay 2,667 2,448 2,614 2,655 2,781 2,777 2,840 2,742 2,999 3,084
38 Venezuala 2,343 1,913 1,767 1,782 1,774 1,757 1,789 1,798 1,844 1,877
39 Other Latin America 4,735 4,827 4,184 4,513 4,740 4,594 4,350 4,171 3,996 3,970
 
40 Caribbean 544,428 628,141 814,930 942,250 869,620 859,518 875,189 882,213 884,364 895,622
41 Bahamas 22,331 20,897 37,662 33,733 29,198 42,840 39,476 39,769 36,912 33,686
42 Bermuda 20,846 21,625 27,644 25,539 25,326 21,760 22,000 23,283 22,336 22,091
43 British Virgin Islands 16,585 20,313 18,055 18,533 16,953 18,562 17,611 16,527 17,647 17,539
44 Cayman Islands 466,440 551,408 715,652 852,259 789,730 766,722 787,490 794,110 799,372 813,751
45 Jamaica 313 360 445 470 424 431 407 373 386 392
46 Netherlands Antilles6 3,846 5,383 7,984 4,887 598 842 794 887 703 622
47 Trinidad and Tobago 561 257 298 292 317 285 321 286 383 311
48 Other Caribbean 13,506 7,898 7,190 6,537 7,074 8,076 7,090 6,978 6,625 7,230
 
49 Asia 606,364 536,332 600,855 608,777 588,785 592,257 616,879 634,224 637,117 645,739
  China  
50 Mainland 29,574 29,421 30,695 29,850 28,399 31,071 31,209 28,154 30,657 28,383
51 Hong Kong 48,335 61,237 61,712 53,702 50,741 50,903 44,052 44,760 44,442 48,068
52 India 21,476 15,584 15,431 16,349 15,086 14,139 13,788 12,656 12,835 11,405
53 Indonesia 2,742 3,221 3,396 3,127 3,273 3,326 3,214 3,100 3,007 2,951
54 Israel 2,595 2,684 2,617 2,775 2,957 3,218 2,801 2,795 2,723 2,559
55 Japan 391,805 314,811 378,760 388,887 382,947 376,510 408,485 433,445 433,490 440,246
56 Korea (South) 18,224 17,422 15,427 15,548 15,942 16,470 15,479 14,771 14,636 14,772
57 Philippines 1,101 1,057 1,145 783 696 835 757 698 773 545
58 Taiwan 11,608 13,524 6,382 9,366 6,845 7,435 7,753 7,523 7,700 8,316
59 Thailand 1,262 762 1,583 904 924 1,079 1,004 914 1,068 1,515
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 19,518 19,779 21,191 20,930 19,215 20,806 22,999 20,954 20,156 22,674
61 Other Asia 58,124 56,830 62,516 66,556 61,760 66,465 65,338 64,454 65,630 64,305
 
62 Africa 16,904 16,438 11,248 13,939 12,617 10,937 10,842 11,078 10,717 11,523
63 Egypt 4,577 2,970 1,012 808 226 251 266 306 256 245
64 Morocco 231 96 151 151 128 101 43 57 21 24
65 South Africa 1,251 1,801 1,033 1,730 1,254 1,127 1,252 1,264 1,287 1,400
66 Oil-exporting countries4 245 935 542 576 585 571 497 624 593 638
67 Other Africa 10,600 10,636 8,510 10,674 10,424 8,887 8,784 8,827 8,560 9,216
 
68 Other countries 50,559 45,608 47,084 44,922 41,150 40,222 41,337 39,242 40,330 39,177
69 Australia 45,742 41,085 42,823 40,020 36,767 35,816 37,022 35,364 36,459 35,608
70 New Zealand 1,814 1,969 1,266 1,829 1,258 1,366 1,376 983 857 643
71 All Other 3,003 2,554 2,995 3,073 3,125 3,040 2,939 2,895 3,014 2,926
 
72 International and regional organzations5 5,631 4,483 3,775 4,277 4,363 4,543 3,576 3,730 3,244 3,278
  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: November 27, 2020