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

Release Date: October 2021
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 2018 2019 2020/r Feb 2021/r Mar 2021/r Apr 2021/r May 2021/r Jun 2021 Jul 2021 Aug 2021/p
1 Total claims reported by financial firms 3,384,894 3,600,192 3,672,254 n.a. 3,834,456 n.a. n.a. 3,862,789 n.a. n.a.
 
2 Financial firms' own claims on foreigners 2,825,614 3,075,839 3,269,354 3,275,059 3,289,971 3,312,553 3,304,886 3,236,494 3,168,085 3,256,227
3 Foreign official institutions 47,476 47,896 67,579 70,534 85,613 72,216 75,238 70,367 68,900 73,158
4 Foreign banks2 1,279,899 1,393,617 1,481,659 1,529,037 1,489,347 1,542,749 1,517,846 1,438,235 1,428,134 1,426,615
5 Other foreigners3 1,498,239 1,634,326 1,720,116 1,675,488 1,715,011 1,697,588 1,711,802 1,727,892 1,671,051 1,756,454
 
6 Claims of financial firms’ domestic customers4 559,280 524,353 402,900 n.a. 544,485 n.a. n.a. 626,295 n.a. n.a.
7 Non-negotiable deposits 74,136 76,056 72,405 n.a. 66,583 n.a. n.a. 66,494 n.a. n.a.
8 Negotiable CDs 123,287 82,797 55,102 n.a. 64,381 n.a. n.a. 76,100 n.a. n.a.
9 Other short-term negotiable instruments5 329,469 352,339 254,598 n.a. 394,438 n.a. n.a. 457,033 n.a. n.a.
10 Other claims 32,388 13,161 20,795 n.a. 19,083 n.a. n.a. 26,668 n.a. n.a.
 
  Memo  
11 Non-negotiable deposits 455,271 504,895 484,394 524,668 543,129 537,219 529,428 490,040 465,154 475,681
12 Negotiable CDs 498 2 106 74 100 100 67 55 70 277
13 Other short-term negotiable instruments 5,127 5,553 5,986 8,352 5,346 6,151 6,604 5,986 8,944 8,277
14 Other claims 2,364,718 2,565,389 2,778,868 2,741,965 2,741,396 2,769,083 2,768,787 2,740,413 2,693,917 2,771,992
15 Own foreign offices6 1,382,431 1,519,612 1,619,989 1,696,573 1,673,618 1,674,999 1,723,635 1,613,346 1,604,158 1,620,579
 
16 Loans collateralized by repurchase agreements 1,028,433 1,185,529 1,282,307 1,159,846 1,160,487 1,157,419 1,124,339 1,123,674 1,091,596 1,165,384
  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 29, 2021