Release Date: July 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 Nov 2020 Dec 2020/r Jan 2021 Feb 2021 Mar 2021 Apr 2021 May 2021/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,778,944 2,825,614 3,075,839 3,251,258 3,254,265 3,262,029 3,254,159 3,266,399 3,281,179 3,305,115
 
2 Foreign countries 2,773,313 2,821,131 3,072,064 3,247,672 3,251,748 3,259,803 3,251,715 3,263,867 3,278,339 3,301,796
 
3 Europe 1,217,691 1,252,274 1,189,992 1,258,053 1,309,380 1,354,125 1,350,556 1,350,590 1,356,656 1,390,962
4 Austria 2,053 4,109 3,230 6,668 2,416 6,893 6,374 5,574 7,853 7,721
5 Belgium 10,405 6,464 4,231 3,777 3,910 4,831 4,378 4,830 5,272 3,507
6 Denmark 941 351 1,021 1,287 1,435 1,550 1,547 1,678 2,179 2,191
7 Finland 4,097 24,037 19,185 14,749 13,869 20,356 19,088 18,623 18,645 18,099
8 France 93,614 128,434 141,066 126,832 120,252 128,545 136,029 119,590 141,315 167,262
9 Germany 39,588 48,140 33,580 45,590 33,344 52,967 57,224 49,835 54,296 57,251
10 Greece 194 98 28 76 118 234 119 119 116 120
11 Ireland 27,928 38,365 44,314 45,887 50,616 47,981 46,981 47,384 47,773 58,788
12 Italy 2,648 3,304 1,761 2,546 3,176 1,695 1,554 1,557 2,229 1,975
13 Luxembourg 49,868 90,232 60,136 55,662 57,543 57,709 57,241 57,478 57,195 56,968
14 Netherlands 44,358 25,110 24,994 26,221 25,747 25,839 26,776 25,197 24,943 24,582
15 Norway 22,333 22,065 21,133 23,998 10,079 20,111 24,839 21,410 19,251 13,975
16 Portugal 262 284 231 377 372 392 396 403 403 381
17 Russia 238 138 157 102 107 168 201 193 188 105
18 Spain 3,881 5,951 3,766 4,167 4,003 5,767 5,309 6,246 4,322 5,055
19 Sweden 30,602 41,549 48,626 37,653 34,783 37,050 44,353 46,777 44,590 38,629
20 Switzerland 60,655 19,903 20,819 23,320 25,840 23,844 23,422 22,086 20,090 30,655
21 Turkey 3,174 2,011 1,163 1,108 971 920 957 1,113 1,203 1,171
22 United Kingdom 803,183 770,442 735,226 821,389 899,479 896,821 873,927 899,180 886,753 881,695
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 12,262 14,561 18,605 12,591 15,473 12,445 12,486 12,811 13,141 12,701
24 Other Europe 5,407 6,726 6,720 4,053 5,847 8,007 7,355 8,506 4,899 8,131
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,118,613 1,193,179 1,127,632 362,346 341,356 386,804 401,636 380,443 402,378 437,230
 
26 Canada 172,257 176,220 225,515 229,311 274,334 260,728 266,519 281,598 294,839 279,422
 
27 Latin America 165,110 166,118 166,390 151,061 149,610 147,197 147,940 145,090 148,347 146,272
28 Argentina 5,103 5,836 5,437 3,258 3,373 3,561 3,626 3,582 3,708 3,861
29 Brazil 66,963 59,772 63,465 58,097 59,428 57,485 57,513 54,977 56,960 54,063
30 Chile 18,891 20,124 20,381 15,180 14,007 13,784 13,787 14,335 14,583 14,310
31 Columbia 7,752 8,663 8,418 7,222 6,801 6,586 6,756 6,873 6,273 6,453
32 Ecuador 2,652 2,736 2,329 1,468 1,559 1,488 1,449 1,467 1,521 1,459
33 Guatemala 3,286 2,708 2,718 2,155 2,335 1,974 1,897 1,989 2,003 2,006
34 Mexico 36,196 40,731 41,295 41,848 39,651 40,109 40,817 40,013 41,477 41,530
35 Panama 7,560 9,064 7,335 6,878 7,094 7,110 7,073 6,810 6,755 6,778
36 Peru 6,962 7,296 6,447 6,077 6,298 6,237 6,085 5,783 5,709 6,460
37 Uruguay 2,667 2,448 2,614 2,971 3,008 2,974 3,075 3,291 3,401 3,441
38 Venezuala 2,343 1,913 1,767 1,870 1,901 1,926 1,906 1,870 1,883 1,866
39 Other Latin America 4,735 4,827 4,184 4,037 4,155 3,963 3,956 4,100 4,074 4,045
 
40 Caribbean 544,428 628,141 830,981 890,532 803,818 810,985 804,934 805,036 793,280 770,525
41 Bahamas 22,331 20,897 37,662 31,873 17,164 14,273 13,863 12,512 13,008 13,347
42 Bermuda 20,846 21,625 27,845 20,971 22,680 22,088 23,178 22,093 23,505 22,918
43 British Virgin Islands 16,585 20,313 18,055 18,518 18,317 18,798 18,317 17,042 20,354 22,357
44 Cayman Islands 466,440 551,408 731,502 810,850 735,896 745,747 740,679 745,382 728,552 702,673
45 Jamaica 313 360 445 382 362 372 372 422 418 417
46 Netherlands Antilles6 3,846 5,383 7,984 572 794 546 658 508 637 548
47 Trinidad and Tobago 561 257 298 283 297 281 336 341 365 273
48 Other Caribbean 13,506 7,898 7,190 7,083 8,308 8,880 7,531 6,736 6,441 7,992
 
49 Asia 606,364 536,332 600,854 671,653 665,762 633,622 625,210 621,362 629,589 656,275
  China  
50 Mainland 29,574 29,421 30,695 25,229 23,714 27,813 30,751 32,000 30,715 30,621
51 Hong Kong 48,335 61,237 61,711 45,586 46,242 47,041 42,591 45,688 43,538 39,302
52 India 21,476 15,584 15,431 11,593 11,786 11,653 10,957 12,113 11,412 11,422
53 Indonesia 2,742 3,221 3,396 3,019 2,949 2,889 2,914 2,883 2,670 2,524
54 Israel 2,595 2,684 2,617 2,735 2,761 2,674 2,567 2,717 2,903 2,687
55 Japan 391,805 314,811 378,760 461,714 448,722 409,248 400,078 391,402 402,605 427,586
56 Korea (South) 18,224 17,422 15,427 18,277 18,607 18,560 19,834 20,905 23,429 23,820
57 Philippines 1,101 1,057 1,145 835 1,018 768 710 528 484 446
58 Taiwan 11,608 13,524 6,382 9,806 10,007 10,522 12,102 12,684 12,794 13,757
59 Thailand 1,262 762 1,583 1,062 1,122 1,111 1,083 730 737 842
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 19,518 19,779 21,191 24,054 23,890 23,396 24,670 27,046 29,107 29,364
61 Other Asia 58,124 56,830 62,516 67,743 74,944 77,947 76,953 72,666 69,195 73,904
 
62 Africa 16,904 16,438 11,248 12,222 11,761 11,519 10,830 10,615 10,166 10,981
63 Egypt 4,577 2,970 1,012 213 223 229 225 225 189 185
64 Morocco 231 96 151 5 8 10 6 12 5 9
65 South Africa 1,251 1,801 1,033 1,454 1,419 1,386 1,091 1,027 1,027 1,040
66 Oil-exporting countries4 245 935 542 539 631 584 563 607 622 612
67 Other Africa 10,600 10,636 8,510 10,011 9,480 9,310 8,945 8,744 8,323 9,135
 
68 Other countries 50,559 45,608 47,084 34,840 37,083 41,627 45,726 49,576 45,462 47,359
69 Australia 45,742 41,085 42,823 31,209 33,480 37,806 41,783 45,764 42,072 44,103
70 New Zealand 1,814 1,969 1,266 677 506 693 759 731 595 562
71 All Other 3,003 2,554 2,995 2,954 3,097 3,128 3,184 3,081 2,795 2,694
 
72 International and regional organzations5 5,631 4,483 3,775 3,586 2,517 2,226 2,444 2,532 2,840 3,319
  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: July 30, 2021