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

Release Date: December 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 Apr 2020/r May 2020/r Jun 2020/r Jul 2020/r Aug 2020/r Sep 2020/r Oct 2020/p
1 Total claims reported by financial firms 3,298,002 3,384,894 3,569,924 n.a. n.a. 3,653,867 n.a. n.a. 3,588,641 n.a.
 
2 Financial firms' own claims on foreigners 2,778,944 2,825,614 3,075,838 3,221,239 3,144,211 3,180,716 3,147,196 3,131,093 3,131,905 3,076,649
3 Foreign official institutions 51,159 47,476 46,807 62,970 73,506 62,357 57,371 56,350 58,828 58,789
4 Foreign banks2 1,490,850 1,279,899 1,394,706 1,427,781 1,378,448 1,419,823 1,408,914 1,389,222 1,416,046 1,427,222
5 Other foreigners3 1,236,935 1,498,239 1,634,325 1,730,488 1,692,257 1,698,536 1,680,911 1,685,521 1,657,031 1,590,638
 
6 Claims of financial firms’ domestic customers4 519,058 559,280 494,086 n.a. n.a. 473,151 n.a. n.a. 456,736 n.a.
7 Non-negotiable deposits 127,007 74,136 76,056 n.a. n.a. 79,258 n.a. n.a. 72,265 n.a.
8 Negotiable CDs 102,795 123,287 80,344 n.a. n.a. 78,580 n.a. n.a. 75,059 n.a.
9 Other short-term negotiable instruments5 259,964 329,469 324,437 n.a. n.a. 301,129 n.a. n.a. 293,272 n.a.
10 Other claims 29,292 32,388 13,249 n.a. n.a. 14,184 n.a. n.a. 16,140 n.a.
 
  Memo  
11 Non-negotiable deposits 533,379 455,271 507,591 489,144 490,015 496,905 506,453 491,118 505,464 506,315
12 Negotiable CDs 747 498 2 471 402 521 348 50 52 51
13 Other short-term negotiable instruments 8,054 5,127 5,553 11,017 9,543 6,665 8,892 9,648 6,546 8,410
14 Other claims 2,236,764 2,364,718 2,562,692 2,720,607 2,644,251 2,676,625 2,631,503 2,630,277 2,619,843 2,561,873
15 Own foreign offices6 1,505,060 1,382,431 1,519,612 1,592,065 1,564,141 1,593,484 1,554,395 1,545,363 1,563,337 1,580,849
 
16 Loans collateralized by repurchase agreements 895,713 1,028,433 1,181,784 1,233,517 1,169,921 1,205,971 1,182,296 1,177,447 1,179,990 1,110,392
  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: December 23, 2020