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

Release Date: August 2017
Financial Firms' Own and Domestic Customers' Claims on Foreigners Reported by Financial Firms in the United States (Table 3.19) 1
Payable in U.S. Dollars
Millions of dollars, end of period
Type of Claim 2013 2014 2015/r Dec 2016/r Jan 2017/r Feb 2017/r Mar 2017/r Apr 2017/r May 2017/r Jun 2017/p
1 Total claims reported by financial firms 3,351,405 3,298,478 3,186,134 3,120,677 n.a. n.a. 3,174,260 n.a. n.a. n.a.
 
2 Financial firms' own claims on foreigners 2,764,190 2,771,174 2,711,472 2,722,027 2,763,393 2,753,694 2,741,326 2,781,147 2,781,753 2,803,057
3 Foreign official institutions 30,144 38,535 42,678 62,998 57,441 56,569 59,058 56,672 56,378 59,564
4 Foreign banks2 1,770,963 1,689,736 1,566,761 1,465,263 1,481,727 1,463,261 1,454,573 1,475,692 1,469,043 1,496,997
5 Other foreigners3 963,083 1,042,903 1,102,033 1,193,766 1,224,225 1,233,864 1,227,695 1,248,783 1,256,332 1,246,496
 
6 Claims of financial firms’ domestic customers4 587,215 527,304 474,662 398,650 n.a. n.a. 432,934 n.a. n.a. n.a.
7 Non-negotiable deposits 248,003 175,869 141,817 125,430 n.a. n.a. 119,955 n.a. n.a. n.a.
8 Negotiable CDs 72,488 54,794 51,843 59,791 n.a. n.a. 71,990 n.a. n.a. n.a.
9 Other short-term negotiable instruments5 240,324 270,788 253,740 182,066 n.a. n.a. 211,899 n.a. n.a. n.a.
10 Other claims 26,400 25,853 27,262 31,363 n.a. n.a. 29,090 n.a. n.a. n.a.
 
  Memo  
11 Non-negotiable deposits 779,228 713,254 678,247 565,901 562,488 545,912 532,621 553,278 522,375 509,757
12 Negotiable CDs 2,731 3,083 846 1,290 990 755 1,112 1,470 1,520 1,501
13 Other short-term negotiable instruments 12,827 3,137 4,513 5,511 6,398 6,621 4,619 7,729 9,349 8,237
14 Other claims 1,969,404 2,051,700 2,027,866 2,149,325 2,193,517 2,200,406 2,202,974 2,218,670 2,248,509 2,283,562
15 Own foreign offices6 1,689,076 1,559,927 1,418,533 1,406,304 1,426,018 1,415,805 1,424,524 1,474,621 1,467,649 1,500,017
 
16 Loans collateralized by repurchase agreements 740,038 753,564 820,215 931,640 984,061 987,249 954,637 951,253 970,795 946,793
  1. For financial firms’ claims, data are monthly; for claims of financial firms’ domestic customers, data are for the quarter ending with the month indicated. Prior to December 2013, reporting firms include all types of depository institutions as well as bank holding companies and brokers and dealers. Effective December 2013, data include, in addition, all other nonbank financial firms.   Return to table
  2. Includes positions with affiliated banking offices also included in memo line (15) above.   Return to table
  3. Includes positions with affiliated non-banking offices also included in memo line (15) above.   Return to table
  4. Claims on foreigners reported by firms located in the United States, in which the assets are held by the firm for the accounts of domestic customers. Includes balances in off-shore sweep accounts.   Return to table
  5. Primarily bankers acceptances and commercial paper.   Return to table
  6. For U.S. banks, includes amounts owed to own foreign branches and foreign subsidiaries consolidated in the quarterly Consolidated Reports of Condition filed with regulatory agencies. For all other U.S. financial firms, includes amounts owed to affiliated foreign offices. For agencies, branches, and majority-owned subsidiaries of foreign financial firms, consists principally of amounts owed to the head office or parent foreign office, and to foreign branches, agencies, or wholly owned subsidiaries of the head office or parent foreign financial firm.   Return to table
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Last Update: August 25, 2017