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

Release Date: January 2018
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 2014 2015 2016/r May 2017/r Jun 2017/r Jul 2017/r Aug 2017/r Sep 2017/r Oct 2017/r Nov 2017/p
1 Total claims reported by financial firms 3,295,002 3,183,253 3,115,939 n.a. 3,262,078 n.a. n.a. 3,316,551 n.a. n.a.
 
2 Financial firms' own claims on foreigners 2,767,698 2,708,591 2,717,289 2,778,887 2,797,861 2,845,263 2,830,433 2,812,255 2,825,317 2,809,468
3 Foreign official institutions 38,535 42,678 62,998 56,388 59,579 60,367 64,262 61,048 66,039 66,691
4 Foreign banks2 1,686,260 1,563,880 1,461,190 1,465,575 1,490,292 1,521,265 1,490,344 1,486,651 1,482,676 1,458,667
5 Other foreigners3 1,042,903 1,102,033 1,193,101 1,256,924 1,247,990 1,263,631 1,275,827 1,264,556 1,276,602 1,284,110
 
6 Claims of financial firms’ domestic customers4 527,304 474,662 398,650 n.a. 464,217 n.a. n.a. 504,296 n.a. n.a.
7 Non-negotiable deposits 175,869 141,817 125,430 n.a. 125,415 n.a. n.a. 130,734 n.a. n.a.
8 Negotiable CDs 54,794 51,843 59,791 n.a. 87,429 n.a. n.a. 100,039 n.a. n.a.
9 Other short-term negotiable instruments5 270,788 253,740 182,066 n.a. 222,802 n.a. n.a. 243,862 n.a. n.a.
10 Other claims 25,853 27,262 31,363 n.a. 28,571 n.a. n.a. 29,661 n.a. n.a.
 
  Memo  
11 Non-negotiable deposits 709,778 675,366 563,168 519,551 505,970 524,704 492,514 513,502 506,609 500,603
12 Negotiable CDs 3,083 846 1,290 1,520 1,501 1,281 1,031 1,222 1,056 1,001
13 Other short-term negotiable instruments 3,137 4,513 5,511 9,349 8,227 11,910 11,359 10,336 10,165 10,612
14 Other claims 2,051,700 2,027,866 2,147,320 2,248,467 2,282,163 2,307,368 2,325,529 2,287,195 2,307,487 2,297,252
15 Own foreign offices6 1,559,927 1,415,652 1,404,293 1,467,492 1,499,520 1,527,590 1,496,220 1,496,150 1,487,825 1,487,648
 
16 Loans collateralized by repurchase agreements 753,564 820,215 931,640 970,793 946,779 951,415 966,220 919,635 957,047 935,590
  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: January 26, 2018