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

Release Date: July 2020
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 2016 2017 2018 Nov 2019/r Dec 2019/r Jan 2020/r Feb 2020/r Mar 2020 Apr 2020 May 2020/p
1 Total claims reported by financial firms 3,125,719 3,298,002 3,384,894 n.a. 3,529,130 n.a. n.a. 3,804,774 n.a. n.a.
 
2 Financial firms' own claims on foreigners 2,727,069 2,778,944 2,825,614 3,127,870 3,025,280 3,096,509 3,135,656 3,251,294 3,178,784 3,121,400
3 Foreign official institutions 64,389 51,159 47,476 43,607 40,978 48,138 57,061 44,290 50,035 63,326
4 Foreign banks2 1,462,729 1,490,850 1,279,899 1,431,630 1,394,663 1,422,135 1,406,302 1,428,860 1,433,051 1,381,083
5 Other foreigners3 1,199,951 1,236,935 1,498,239 1,652,633 1,589,639 1,626,236 1,672,293 1,778,144 1,695,698 1,676,991
 
6 Claims of financial firms’ domestic customers4 398,650 519,058 559,280 n.a. 503,850 n.a. n.a. 553,480 n.a. n.a.
7 Non-negotiable deposits 125,430 127,007 74,136 n.a. 76,056 n.a. n.a. 98,037 n.a. n.a.
8 Negotiable CDs 59,791 102,795 123,287 n.a. 107,267 n.a. n.a. 134,335 n.a. n.a.
9 Other short-term negotiable instruments5 182,066 259,964 329,469 n.a. 307,278 n.a. n.a. 309,783 n.a. n.a.
10 Other claims 31,363 29,292 32,388 n.a. 13,249 n.a. n.a. 11,325 n.a. n.a.
 
  Memo  
11 Non-negotiable deposits 566,098 533,379 455,271 526,026 507,572 525,807 515,463 498,995 489,114 490,015
12 Negotiable CDs 1,290 747 498 42 2 51 0 425 471 402
13 Other short-term negotiable instruments 5,511 8,054 5,127 8,538 5,553 8,319 8,915 7,168 10,798 9,543
14 Other claims 2,154,170 2,236,764 2,364,718 2,593,264 2,512,153 2,562,332 2,611,278 2,744,706 2,678,401 2,621,440
15 Own foreign offices6 1,403,770 1,505,060 1,382,431 1,622,547 1,557,861 1,601,140 1,575,345 1,593,761 1,614,668 1,587,979
 
16 Loans collateralized by repurchase agreements 931,914 895,713 1,028,433 1,234,301 1,130,348 1,139,854 1,189,636 1,260,724 1,192,361 1,147,264
  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: July 31, 2020