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

Release Date: January 2021
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 May 2020/r Jun 2020/r Jul 2020/r Aug 2020/r Sep 2020/r Oct 2020 Nov 2020/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,778,944 2,825,614 3,075,839 3,144,195 3,180,717 3,147,196 3,131,093 3,131,906 3,076,649 3,251,222
 
2 Foreign countries 2,773,313 2,821,131 3,072,064 3,139,652 3,177,141 3,143,466 3,127,849 3,128,628 3,073,148 3,247,636
 
3 Europe 1,217,691 1,252,274 1,189,992 1,270,201 1,245,319 1,206,928 1,190,531 1,172,439 1,174,316 1,258,084
4 Austria 2,053 4,109 3,230 2,683 2,381 5,741 5,626 2,555 6,720 6,668
5 Belgium 10,405 6,464 4,231 6,811 6,867 5,046 5,435 4,732 4,138 3,775
6 Denmark 941 351 1,021 881 968 738 963 835 722 1,287
7 Finland 4,097 24,037 19,185 21,127 20,816 18,358 19,095 18,020 15,865 14,749
8 France 93,614 128,434 141,066 144,556 117,380 136,197 137,429 104,383 115,119 126,831
9 Germany 39,588 48,140 33,580 43,181 39,634 49,995 43,449 44,774 45,841 45,586
10 Greece 194 98 28 21 26 27 28 74 74 76
11 Ireland 27,928 38,365 44,314 49,518 54,218 49,454 48,053 51,105 54,150 45,934
12 Italy 2,648 3,304 1,761 4,554 3,946 3,773 2,885 2,805 2,869 2,546
13 Luxembourg 49,868 90,232 60,136 59,037 57,300 57,677 56,521 56,855 56,458 55,662
14 Netherlands 44,358 25,110 24,994 33,328 32,109 29,500 27,600 23,899 24,519 26,220
15 Norway 22,333 22,065 21,133 15,615 22,338 20,055 19,777 15,907 22,837 23,998
16 Portugal 262 284 231 236 248 249 252 367 378 377
17 Russia 238 138 157 179 97 89 110 87 98 102
18 Spain 3,881 5,951 3,766 4,015 3,617 3,786 3,934 3,911 4,042 4,167
19 Sweden 30,602 41,549 48,626 49,548 51,708 41,910 42,467 45,494 38,045 37,653
20 Switzerland 60,655 19,903 20,819 29,830 31,163 30,272 30,294 28,250 27,196 23,319
21 Turkey 3,174 2,011 1,163 1,232 977 970 784 880 971 1,108
22 United Kingdom 803,183 770,442 735,226 780,584 782,607 736,631 720,125 749,616 736,290 821,382
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 12,262 14,561 18,605 16,099 15,256 14,777 15,808 12,928 12,145 12,591
24 Other Europe 5,407 6,726 6,720 7,166 1,663 1,683 9,896 4,962 5,839 4,053
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,118,613 1,193,179 1,127,632 409,992 377,149 388,881 379,976 351,273 362,013 362,385
 
26 Canada 172,257 176,220 225,515 190,546 219,974 204,005 205,276 204,769 199,789 229,306
 
27 Latin America 165,110 166,118 166,390 171,765 163,214 161,318 156,010 155,012 153,426 151,052
28 Argentina 5,103 5,836 5,437 4,321 4,074 3,903 3,662 3,530 3,415 3,258
29 Brazil 66,963 59,772 63,465 63,866 58,806 56,121 54,167 57,605 58,559 58,097
30 Chile 18,891 20,124 20,381 20,236 18,805 19,821 17,491 16,506 15,870 15,180
31 Columbia 7,752 8,663 8,418 9,276 9,112 8,835 8,331 7,860 7,477 7,220
32 Ecuador 2,652 2,736 2,329 1,864 1,701 1,550 1,592 1,619 1,468 1,467
33 Guatemala 3,286 2,708 2,718 2,665 2,512 2,361 2,231 2,098 2,402 2,155
34 Mexico 36,196 40,731 41,295 44,690 43,766 44,646 44,791 43,508 42,335 41,847
35 Panama 7,560 9,064 7,335 8,536 8,510 8,346 8,051 7,025 6,879 6,877
36 Peru 6,962 7,296 6,447 7,183 6,949 7,024 6,855 6,330 6,063 6,076
37 Uruguay 2,667 2,448 2,614 2,777 2,840 2,742 2,999 3,084 3,015 2,971
38 Venezuala 2,343 1,913 1,767 1,757 1,789 1,798 1,844 1,877 1,866 1,867
39 Other Latin America 4,735 4,827 4,184 4,594 4,350 4,171 3,996 3,970 4,077 4,037
 
40 Caribbean 544,428 628,141 830,981 863,724 879,600 886,671 887,868 899,969 852,001 890,483
41 Bahamas 22,331 20,897 37,662 42,840 39,476 39,769 36,912 33,686 33,952 31,873
42 Bermuda 20,846 21,625 27,845 21,917 22,140 23,424 22,477 22,232 20,769 20,971
43 British Virgin Islands 16,585 20,313 18,055 18,562 17,622 16,527 17,647 17,539 17,663 18,518
44 Cayman Islands 466,440 551,408 731,502 770,771 791,750 798,427 802,735 817,957 770,179 810,802
45 Jamaica 313 360 445 431 407 373 386 392 369 382
46 Netherlands Antilles6 3,846 5,383 7,984 842 794 887 703 622 732 572
47 Trinidad and Tobago 561 257 298 285 321 286 383 311 311 283
48 Other Caribbean 13,506 7,898 7,190 8,076 7,090 6,978 6,625 7,230 8,026 7,082
 
49 Asia 606,364 536,332 600,854 592,257 616,855 634,224 637,117 645,739 642,841 671,650
  China  
50 Mainland 29,574 29,421 30,695 31,071 31,196 28,154 30,657 28,383 27,091 25,229
51 Hong Kong 48,335 61,237 61,711 50,903 44,052 44,760 44,442 48,068 45,307 45,586
52 India 21,476 15,584 15,431 14,139 13,788 12,656 12,835 11,405 11,554 11,591
53 Indonesia 2,742 3,221 3,396 3,326 3,214 3,100 3,007 2,951 3,095 3,019
54 Israel 2,595 2,684 2,617 3,218 2,801 2,795 2,723 2,559 2,623 2,734
55 Japan 391,805 314,811 378,760 376,510 408,485 433,445 433,490 440,246 439,725 461,714
56 Korea (South) 18,224 17,422 15,427 16,470 15,479 14,771 14,636 14,772 16,424 18,277
57 Philippines 1,101 1,057 1,145 835 757 698 773 545 642 835
58 Taiwan 11,608 13,524 6,382 7,435 7,753 7,523 7,700 8,316 8,429 9,806
59 Thailand 1,262 762 1,583 1,079 1,004 914 1,068 1,515 1,052 1,062
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 19,518 19,779 21,191 20,806 22,999 20,954 20,156 22,674 22,463 24,054
61 Other Asia 58,124 56,830 62,516 66,465 65,327 64,454 65,630 64,305 64,436 67,743
 
62 Africa 16,904 16,438 11,248 10,937 10,842 11,078 10,717 11,523 11,761 12,222
63 Egypt 4,577 2,970 1,012 251 266 306 256 245 212 213
64 Morocco 231 96 151 101 43 57 21 24 6 5
65 South Africa 1,251 1,801 1,033 1,127 1,252 1,264 1,287 1,400 1,596 1,454
66 Oil-exporting countries4 245 935 542 571 497 624 593 638 618 539
67 Other Africa 10,600 10,636 8,510 8,887 8,784 8,827 8,560 9,216 9,329 10,011
 
68 Other countries 50,559 45,608 47,084 40,222 41,337 39,242 40,330 39,177 39,014 34,839
69 Australia 45,742 41,085 42,823 35,816 37,022 35,364 36,459 35,608 35,427 31,208
70 New Zealand 1,814 1,969 1,266 1,366 1,376 983 857 643 648 677
71 All Other 3,003 2,554 2,995 3,040 2,939 2,895 3,014 2,926 2,939 2,954
 
72 International and regional organzations5 5,631 4,483 3,775 4,543 3,576 3,730 3,244 3,278 3,501 3,586
  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: January 29, 2021