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

Release Date: October 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 2017 2018 2019/r Feb 2020/r Mar 2020/r Apr 2020/r May 2020/r Jun 2020/r Jul 2020/r Aug 2020/p
1 Total claims reported by financial firms 3,298,002 3,384,894 3,595,246 n.a. 3,860,667 n.a. n.a. 3,666,741 n.a. n.a.
 
2 Financial firms' own claims on foreigners 2,778,944 2,825,614 3,075,837 3,175,262 3,306,401 3,221,129 3,144,212 3,180,716 3,147,196 3,131,064
3 Foreign official institutions 51,159 47,476 40,978 60,500 47,250 56,019 66,054 55,979 54,299 56,350
4 Foreign banks2 1,490,850 1,279,899 1,394,825 1,403,047 1,425,892 1,427,671 1,378,448 1,419,707 1,408,914 1,389,222
5 Other foreigners3 1,236,935 1,498,239 1,640,034 1,711,715 1,833,259 1,737,439 1,699,710 1,705,030 1,683,983 1,685,492
 
6 Claims of financial firms’ domestic customers4 519,058 559,280 519,409 n.a. 554,266 n.a. n.a. 486,025 n.a. n.a.
7 Non-negotiable deposits 127,007 74,136 76,056 n.a. 98,142 n.a. n.a. 79,258 n.a. n.a.
8 Negotiable CDs 102,795 123,287 109,347 n.a. 134,335 n.a. n.a. 91,197 n.a. n.a.
9 Other short-term negotiable instruments5 259,964 329,469 320,757 n.a. 309,766 n.a. n.a. 300,893 n.a. n.a.
10 Other claims 29,292 32,388 13,249 n.a. 12,023 n.a. n.a. 14,677 n.a. n.a.
 
  Memo  
11 Non-negotiable deposits 533,379 455,271 507,591 515,494 499,026 489,144 490,015 496,905 506,453 491,118
12 Negotiable CDs 747 498 2 0 425 471 402 521 348 50
13 Other short-term negotiable instruments 8,054 5,127 5,553 8,915 6,949 11,017 9,543 6,781 8,892 9,648
14 Other claims 2,236,764 2,364,718 2,562,691 2,650,853 2,800,001 2,720,497 2,644,252 2,676,509 2,631,503 2,630,248
15 Own foreign offices6 1,505,060 1,382,431 1,556,644 1,574,735 1,593,162 1,614,527 1,588,118 1,618,838 1,583,059 1,573,923
 
16 Loans collateralized by repurchase agreements 895,713 1,028,433 1,181,784 1,229,376 1,314,860 1,233,517 1,169,921 1,205,971 1,182,296 1,177,447
  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: October 30, 2020