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

Release Date: March 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 Jul 2020 Aug 2020 Sep 2020 Oct 2020 Nov 2020 Dec 2020/r Jan 2021/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,778,944 2,825,614 3,075,839 3,147,086 3,131,041 3,131,993 3,076,757 3,251,259 3,254,636 3,262,067
 
2 Foreign countries 2,773,313 2,821,131 3,072,064 3,143,356 3,127,797 3,128,715 3,073,256 3,247,673 3,252,118 3,259,841
 
3 Europe 1,217,691 1,252,274 1,189,992 1,206,611 1,190,322 1,172,302 1,174,309 1,258,054 1,309,415 1,354,130
4 Austria 2,053 4,109 3,230 5,741 5,626 2,555 6,720 6,668 2,416 6,893
5 Belgium 10,405 6,464 4,231 5,048 5,437 4,734 4,140 3,777 3,947 4,831
6 Denmark 941 351 1,021 738 963 835 722 1,287 1,435 1,550
7 Finland 4,097 24,037 19,185 18,358 19,095 18,020 15,865 14,749 13,869 20,356
8 France 93,614 128,434 141,066 136,198 137,430 104,384 115,120 126,832 120,252 128,544
9 Germany 39,588 48,140 33,580 49,998 43,452 44,777 45,845 45,590 33,343 52,967
10 Greece 194 98 28 27 28 74 74 76 118 234
11 Ireland 27,928 38,365 44,314 49,305 47,936 50,988 54,090 45,887 50,616 47,981
12 Italy 2,648 3,304 1,761 3,773 2,885 2,805 2,869 2,546 3,176 1,695
13 Luxembourg 49,868 90,232 60,136 57,662 56,505 56,849 56,458 55,662 57,537 57,709
14 Netherlands 44,358 25,110 24,994 29,501 27,601 23,900 24,519 26,221 25,747 25,839
15 Norway 22,333 22,065 21,133 20,055 19,777 15,907 22,837 23,998 10,079 20,111
16 Portugal 262 284 231 249 252 367 378 377 372 392
17 Russia 238 138 157 89 110 87 98 102 107 168
18 Spain 3,881 5,951 3,766 3,787 3,935 3,912 4,042 4,167 4,003 5,767
19 Sweden 30,602 41,549 48,626 41,910 42,467 45,494 38,045 37,653 34,783 37,050
20 Switzerland 60,655 19,903 20,819 30,273 30,295 28,251 27,197 23,320 25,840 23,844
21 Turkey 3,174 2,011 1,163 970 784 880 971 1,108 971 920
22 United Kingdom 803,183 770,442 735,226 736,469 720,040 749,593 736,335 821,390 899,484 896,827
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 12,262 14,561 18,605 14,777 15,808 12,928 12,145 12,591 15,473 12,445
24 Other Europe 5,407 6,726 6,720 1,683 9,896 4,962 5,839 4,053 5,847 8,007
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,118,613 1,193,179 1,127,632 388,725 379,851 351,158 361,960 362,346 341,386 386,803
 
26 Canada 172,257 176,220 225,515 203,949 205,213 204,773 199,793 229,311 274,523 260,728
 
27 Latin America 165,110 166,118 166,390 161,327 156,018 155,021 153,435 151,061 149,610 147,200
28 Argentina 5,103 5,836 5,437 3,903 3,662 3,530 3,416 3,258 3,373 3,561
29 Brazil 66,963 59,772 63,465 56,121 54,167 57,605 58,559 58,097 59,428 57,485
30 Chile 18,891 20,124 20,381 19,821 17,491 16,506 15,870 15,180 14,007 13,784
31 Columbia 7,752 8,663 8,418 8,837 8,333 7,862 7,479 7,222 6,801 6,586
32 Ecuador 2,652 2,736 2,329 1,551 1,593 1,620 1,469 1,468 1,559 1,488
33 Guatemala 3,286 2,708 2,718 2,361 2,231 2,098 2,402 2,155 2,335 1,974
34 Mexico 36,196 40,731 41,295 44,647 44,792 43,509 42,336 41,848 39,651 40,112
35 Panama 7,560 9,064 7,335 8,346 8,051 7,025 6,879 6,878 7,094 7,110
36 Peru 6,962 7,296 6,447 7,025 6,856 6,331 6,064 6,077 6,298 6,237
37 Uruguay 2,667 2,448 2,614 2,742 2,999 3,084 3,015 2,971 3,008 2,974
38 Venezuala 2,343 1,913 1,767 1,802 1,846 1,880 1,869 1,870 1,901 1,926
39 Other Latin America 4,735 4,827 4,184 4,171 3,997 3,971 4,077 4,037 4,155 3,963
 
40 Caribbean 544,428 628,141 830,981 886,922 888,077 900,177 852,099 890,532 803,965 810,987
41 Bahamas 22,331 20,897 37,662 39,769 36,912 33,686 33,952 31,873 17,164 14,273
42 Bermuda 20,846 21,625 27,845 23,466 22,507 22,261 20,769 20,971 22,678 22,088
43 British Virgin Islands 16,585 20,313 18,055 16,527 17,647 17,539 17,663 18,518 18,317 18,800
44 Cayman Islands 466,440 551,408 731,502 798,636 802,913 818,135 770,276 810,850 736,045 745,747
45 Jamaica 313 360 445 373 386 392 369 382 362 372
46 Netherlands Antilles6 3,846 5,383 7,984 887 703 622 732 572 794 546
47 Trinidad and Tobago 561 257 298 286 383 311 311 283 297 281
48 Other Caribbean 13,506 7,898 7,190 6,978 6,626 7,231 8,027 7,083 8,308 8,880
 
49 Asia 606,364 536,332 600,854 634,227 637,120 645,742 642,844 671,653 665,761 633,650
  China  
50 Mainland 29,574 29,421 30,695 28,154 30,657 28,383 27,091 25,229 23,714 27,813
51 Hong Kong 48,335 61,237 61,711 44,760 44,442 48,068 45,307 45,586 46,242 47,041
52 India 21,476 15,584 15,431 12,658 12,837 11,407 11,556 11,593 11,786 11,653
53 Indonesia 2,742 3,221 3,396 3,100 3,007 2,951 3,095 3,019 2,949 2,889
54 Israel 2,595 2,684 2,617 2,796 2,724 2,560 2,624 2,735 2,761 2,674
55 Japan 391,805 314,811 378,760 433,445 433,490 440,246 439,725 461,714 448,722 409,248
56 Korea (South) 18,224 17,422 15,427 14,771 14,636 14,772 16,424 18,277 18,607 18,560
57 Philippines 1,101 1,057 1,145 698 773 545 642 835 1,018 768
58 Taiwan 11,608 13,524 6,382 7,523 7,700 8,316 8,429 9,806 10,007 10,522
59 Thailand 1,262 762 1,583 914 1,068 1,515 1,052 1,062 1,122 1,111
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 19,518 19,779 21,191 20,954 20,156 22,674 22,463 24,054 23,889 23,396
61 Other Asia 58,124 56,830 62,516 64,454 65,630 64,305 64,436 67,743 74,944 77,975
 
62 Africa 16,904 16,438 11,248 11,078 10,717 11,523 11,761 12,222 11,761 11,519
63 Egypt 4,577 2,970 1,012 306 256 245 212 213 223 229
64 Morocco 231 96 151 57 21 24 6 5 8 10
65 South Africa 1,251 1,801 1,033 1,264 1,287 1,400 1,596 1,454 1,419 1,386
66 Oil-exporting countries4 245 935 542 624 593 638 618 539 631 584
67 Other Africa 10,600 10,636 8,510 8,827 8,560 9,216 9,329 10,011 9,480 9,310
 
68 Other countries 50,559 45,608 47,084 39,242 40,330 39,177 39,015 34,840 37,083 41,627
69 Australia 45,742 41,085 42,823 35,364 36,459 35,608 35,428 31,209 33,480 37,806
70 New Zealand 1,814 1,969 1,266 983 857 643 648 677 506 693
71 All Other 3,003 2,554 2,995 2,895 3,014 2,926 2,939 2,954 3,097 3,128
 
72 International and regional organzations5 5,631 4,483 3,775 3,730 3,244 3,278 3,501 3,586 2,518 2,226
  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: March 26, 2021