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

Release Date: October 2017
Liabilities to Foreigners Reported by Financial Firms in the United States (Table 3.17) 1
Payable in U.S. Dollars
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2014 2015 2016/r Feb 2017/r Mar 2017/r Apr 2017/r May 2017/r Jun 2017/r Jul 2017/r Aug 2017/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,846,578 4,734,047 4,651,729 4,806,554 4,759,044 4,876,454 4,858,044 4,871,116 4,951,744 5,007,673
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,803,635 3,605,959 3,507,359 3,667,255 3,616,979 3,708,380 3,657,939 3,673,531 3,746,711 3,837,547
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 2,007,899 1,925,743 1,803,412 1,877,610 1,860,199 1,913,761 1,918,218 1,919,598 1,982,007 2,027,453
4 Other 1,795,736 1,680,216 1,703,947 1,789,645 1,756,780 1,794,619 1,739,721 1,753,933 1,764,704 1,810,094
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 908,879 904,964 997,032 1,019,742 1,011,967 1,008,976 994,136 1,027,267 1,004,434 1,027,652
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,042,943 1,128,088 1,144,370 1,139,299 1,142,065 1,168,074 1,200,105 1,197,585 1,205,033 1,170,126
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 671,641 724,731 672,377 660,427 673,011 680,195 704,175 698,748 701,847 696,078
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 238,897 226,594 271,242 277,931 265,746 276,127 281,698 276,999 285,166 258,229
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 102,180 95,644 123,118 127,079 125,662 131,227 137,499 138,928 136,958 129,206
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 41,825 41,548 23,334 25,916 21,414 18,295 17,729 16,826 17,480 18,018
11 Other 132,405 176,763 200,751 200,941 203,308 211,752 214,232 221,838 218,020 215,819
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 35,833 47,712 46,114 52,131 47,895 50,743 50,006 50,611 51,363 50,179
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 24,664 38,105 29,627 37,921 35,754 37,619 32,406 33,879 32,802 32,105
14 Deposits2 20,205 20,163 22,300 27,132 27,272 31,642 26,319 22,626 28,369 27,591
15 Other 4,459 17,942 7,327 10,789 8,482 5,977 6,087 11,253 4,433 4,514
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 11,169 9,607 16,487 14,210 12,141 13,124 17,600 16,732 18,561 18,074
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 5,298 5,926 10,442 7,489 7,082 7,122 8,620 8,340 9,331 10,199
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 5,871 3,681 6,045 6,721 5,059 6,002 8,980 8,392 9,230 7,875
 
19 Official institutions7 628,380 724,868 737,466 756,729 756,539 756,410 755,919 764,528 772,852 773,212
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 253,880 351,636 401,463 412,488 400,232 390,593 387,052 395,593 401,291 410,209
21 Deposits2 92,298 85,884 104,929 114,667 110,515 114,645 108,592 111,936 109,868 113,904
22 Other 161,582 265,752 296,534 297,821 289,717 275,948 278,460 283,657 291,423 296,305
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 374,500 373,232 336,003 344,241 356,307 365,817 368,867 368,935 371,561 363,003
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 335,308 336,669 298,373 302,441 317,775 326,535 329,310 330,460 330,559 324,094
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 39,192 36,563 37,630 41,800 38,532 39,282 39,557 38,475 41,002 38,909
 
26 Banks8 2,472,162 2,278,453 2,015,725 2,139,233 2,065,187 2,141,081 2,118,019 2,140,949 2,217,656 2,272,850
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 2,302,531 2,069,242 1,811,161 1,939,665 1,875,295 1,941,385 1,917,155 1,944,238 2,013,996 2,065,551
28 Deposits2 1,245,080 1,153,588 983,427 1,028,797 999,211 1,036,704 1,054,628 1,060,104 1,097,759 1,133,182
29 Other 1,057,451 915,654 827,734 910,868 876,084 904,681 862,527 884,134 916,237 932,369
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 169,631 209,211 204,564 199,568 189,892 199,696 200,864 196,711 203,660 207,299
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 105,962 125,964 107,597 99,216 93,502 96,351 100,847 98,704 105,972 108,278
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 20,819 24,756 23,878 25,535 25,006 26,037 25,691 23,970 24,936 25,205
33 Other 42,850 58,491 73,089 74,817 71,384 77,308 74,326 74,037 72,752 73,816
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,710,203 1,683,014 1,852,424 1,858,461 1,889,423 1,928,220 1,934,100 1,915,028 1,909,873 1,911,432
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,222,560 1,146,976 1,265,108 1,277,181 1,305,698 1,338,783 1,321,326 1,299,821 1,298,622 1,329,682
36 Deposits2 650,316 666,108 692,756 707,014 723,201 730,770 728,679 724,932 746,011 752,776
37 Other 572,244 480,868 572,352 570,167 582,497 608,013 592,647 574,889 552,611 576,906
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 487,643 536,038 587,316 581,280 583,725 589,437 612,774 615,207 611,251 581,750
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 225,073 256,172 255,965 251,281 254,652 250,187 265,398 261,244 255,985 253,507
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 173,015 161,620 203,808 204,021 197,327 204,956 207,638 206,289 210,146 186,386
41 Other 89,555 118,246 127,543 125,978 131,746 134,294 139,738 147,674 145,120 141,857
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,997,224 1,739,369 1,547,205 1,656,344 1,598,718 1,657,830 1,638,791 1,643,666 1,721,814 1,790,323
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,846,578 4,734,047 4,651,729 4,806,554 4,759,044 4,876,454 4,858,044 4,871,116 4,951,744 5,007,673
 
44 Foreign countries 4,810,745 4,686,335 4,605,615 4,754,423 4,711,149 4,825,711 4,808,038 4,820,505 4,900,381 4,957,494
 
45 Europe 1,991,001 1,790,962 1,770,340 1,846,295 1,822,178 1,863,131 1,861,988 1,875,491 1,869,087 1,914,672
46 Austria 5,376 3,541 3,859 4,611 3,581 4,239 4,639 4,567 3,968 4,803
47 Belgium 33,218 30,866 34,721 33,255 43,272 28,236 32,676 28,533 26,734 25,116
48 Denmark 4,649 5,533 7,646 6,225 7,070 6,093 5,803 5,830 5,429 5,625
49 Finland 11,262 14,044 10,453 6,368 8,144 4,411 7,212 7,964 3,843 3,358
50 France 125,366 102,290 118,513 132,421 119,593 123,013 128,109 129,465 135,889 141,738
51 Germany 76,825 66,449 66,753 72,364 67,243 70,149 71,135 69,381 67,126 72,359
52 Greece 4,169 3,724 1,784 1,820 1,817 1,774 1,832 1,875 1,746 1,774
53 Ireland 205,040 185,494 174,742 198,229 193,298 201,618 199,173 202,917 201,851 200,953
54 Italy 15,977 21,489 23,056 23,200 27,664 25,517 24,966 23,640 25,511 24,342
55 Luxembourg 139,593 152,619 167,857 169,870 160,605 165,745 169,106 164,691 171,640 164,762
56 Netherlands 47,666 57,420 65,562 62,146 64,415 63,171 69,425 67,162 66,800 68,177
57 Norway 4,945 3,623 5,500 4,502 4,213 3,478 4,306 3,339 3,329 3,236
58 Portugal 2,971 2,151 1,900 1,627 1,585 1,771 2,013 1,593 1,616 1,579
59 Russia 14,003 15,690 15,251 19,419 22,580 23,637 25,221 23,095 24,725 16,210
60 Spain 14,945 21,456 19,022 21,411 24,357 24,530 24,579 16,750 21,505 21,733
61 Sweden 12,550 12,523 3,146 7,646 8,142 7,055 3,241 9,513 11,338 11,713
62 Switzerland 71,207 78,871 72,752 73,054 72,775 70,744 71,772 79,810 79,419 79,769
63 Turkey 64,556 48,791 37,697 39,520 38,852 36,926 37,537 40,681 36,966 39,944
64 United Kingdom 1,015,913 865,876 857,449 889,810 875,514 923,721 900,219 916,417 902,453 951,573
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 65,138 48,008 35,592 34,193 32,583 33,277 34,890 35,891 35,263 35,102
66 Serbia 1,362 942 467 366 324 393 396 469 645 325
67 Other Europe 54,269 49,563 46,617 44,237 44,550 43,633 43,737 41,909 41,293 40,481
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,725,421 1,553,598 1,570,246 1,638,971 1,615,861 1,660,027 1,652,422 1,659,645 1,657,479 1,709,452
 
69 Canada 167,835 163,881 179,487 177,368 172,855 171,422 170,865 181,259 188,918 184,467
 
70 Latin America 251,598 258,393 273,204 277,110 276,709 284,280 283,281 283,282 280,302 286,204
71 Argentina 11,673 12,446 13,992 17,184 16,440 16,900 14,517 13,935 15,617 15,385
72 Brazil 48,838 46,607 58,054 58,863 61,307 62,827 64,434 66,049 62,872 66,992
73 Chile 24,192 22,328 25,229 22,704 23,494 24,497 22,994 24,957 23,379 24,034
74 Colombia 11,359 7,922 10,330 11,484 9,924 11,365 11,630 11,265 10,941 12,014
75 Ecuador 3,472 3,891 3,406 3,262 3,210 3,219 3,296 3,191 3,074 3,100
76 Guatemala 2,072 2,297 2,493 2,849 2,885 2,846 2,750 3,357 2,671 2,549
77 Mexico 77,764 84,414 82,255 82,616 83,115 82,631 83,221 77,021 81,003 80,629
78 Panama 12,880 13,625 17,639 16,788 16,488 16,414 17,108 17,017 17,408 18,295
79 Peru 12,378 16,563 15,715 17,865 16,706 18,871 18,200 20,861 19,176 19,667
80 Uruguay 11,414 14,066 12,842 11,263 10,665 11,542 11,840 11,659 11,427 11,501
81 Venezuela 20,914 19,374 16,975 16,696 17,063 16,676 17,184 17,247 16,810 16,162
82 Other Latin America 14,642 14,860 14,274 15,536 15,412 16,492 16,107 16,723 15,924 15,876
 
83 Caribbean 1,583,064 1,471,019 1,291,245 1,343,209 1,336,769 1,384,851 1,386,922 1,371,582 1,415,397 1,435,095
84 Bahamas 88,569 49,115 60,101 58,818 60,429 59,833 64,949 54,164 55,200 56,187
85 Bermuda 58,898 52,657 60,143 57,658 58,566 58,718 57,580 52,553 53,755 52,749
86 British Virgin Islands 52,026 52,399 47,536 47,744 47,301 44,744 48,215 46,270 45,907 45,853
87 Cayman Islands 1,343,378 1,260,789 1,072,485 1,128,137 1,117,504 1,166,187 1,164,892 1,168,539 1,209,958 1,227,376
88 Cuba 48 46 25 26 26 24 24 24 24 24
89 Jamaica 1,312 2,183 2,626 2,591 2,648 2,777 2,400 2,022 1,526 2,205
90 Netherlands Antilles16 4,954 5,996 5,118 4,010 4,534 4,995 3,672 3,883 4,707 5,291
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,309 4,358 4,506 3,807 3,878 4,251 3,890 3,784 4,053 3,718
92 Other Caribbean 29,570 43,476 38,705 40,418 41,883 43,322 41,300 40,343 40,267 41,692
 
93 Asia 740,538 911,244 981,303 999,877 993,543 1,001,885 982,778 981,768 998,310 1,003,851
94 China - Mainland 93,580 101,933 108,147 107,380 107,485 110,219 98,836 100,426 104,000 101,547
95 China - Hong Kong 98,889 146,914 124,716 128,738 126,963 130,472 140,591 135,056 132,578 132,961
96 India 12,921 22,454 20,997 30,492 39,020 32,197 36,302 35,025 38,915 37,549
97 Indonesia 14,420 12,919 10,952 9,862 12,900 11,786 10,458 13,458 11,321 11,884
98 Israel 20,605 16,284 16,341 18,268 18,313 17,521 16,426 17,314 19,454 20,607
99 Japan 191,522 294,395 347,634 366,050 353,867 357,240 345,786 334,722 342,692 352,525
100 Korea (South) 34,603 33,466 42,236 36,919 37,648 36,875 32,839 34,933 35,224 33,976
101 Philippines 6,558 6,437 8,149 5,704 6,219 6,375 5,645 5,686 5,147 5,449
102 Taiwan 27,084 34,154 37,940 37,650 32,025 34,499 34,311 30,459 33,618 38,278
103 Thailand 26,997 29,155 36,562 26,722 23,438 22,809 20,818 18,251 18,734 22,608
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 132,947 121,902 119,663 130,761 134,853 136,125 134,465 142,356 139,997 129,325
105 Other Asia 80,412 91,231 107,966 101,331 100,812 105,767 106,301 114,082 116,630 117,142
 
106 Africa 31,622 36,158 45,308 47,177 47,311 51,862 53,588 55,558 70,555 66,218
107 Egypt 5,100 7,525 16,246 18,186 19,050 20,506 25,053 25,638 29,181 30,981
108 Morocco 484 761 836 972 1,012 1,013 1,561 1,448 2,161 1,593
109 South Africa 2,997 3,770 4,129 3,465 3,354 3,722 3,936 4,382 14,152 11,204
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,126 6,122 6,828 7,715 7,655 8,547 7,141 8,364 9,478 8,998
111 Other Africa 16,915 17,980 17,269 16,839 16,240 18,074 15,897 15,726 15,583 13,442
 
112 Other countries 45,087 54,678 64,728 63,387 61,784 68,280 68,616 71,565 77,812 66,987
113 Australia 40,102 48,311 56,763 54,397 55,089 61,143 61,727 64,305 68,926 60,552
114 New Zealand 3,274 4,483 5,679 6,622 4,466 4,748 4,503 4,987 6,371 4,197
115 All Other 1,711 1,884 2,286 2,368 2,229 2,389 2,386 2,273 2,515 2,238
 
116 International and regional organizations 35,833 47,712 46,114 52,131 47,895 50,743 50,006 50,611 51,363 50,179
117 International14 23,447 37,839 34,223 39,370 36,091 38,016 33,278 34,611 33,930 33,925
118 Regional15 12,386 9,873 11,891 12,761 11,804 12,727 16,728 16,000 17,433 16,254
  1. Prior to December 2013, reporting firms include all types of depository institutions as well as some bank holding companies and brokers and dealers. Effective December 2013, data include, in addition, all other nonbank financial firms. Excludes bonds and notes of maturities longer than one year.   Return to table
  2. Non-negotiable deposits and brokerage balances.   Return to table
  3. Financial claims on residents of the United States, other than long-term securities, held by or through reporting firms for foreign customers. Also includes loans to U.S. residents in managed foreign offices of U.S. reporting institutions.   Return to table
  4. Includes nonmarketable certificates of indebtedness and Treasury bills issued to official institutions of foreign countries.   Return to table
  5. Principally bankers acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable time certificates of deposit, and short-term agency securities.   Return to table
  6. Principally the Bank for International Settlements, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. Also includes African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations. Excludes "holdings of dollars" of the International Monetary Fund.   Return to table
  7. Foreign central banks and foreign central governments.   Return to table
  8. Excludes central banks, which are included in `Official institutions.` Includes positions with affiliated banking offices also included in memo line (44) above.   Return to table
  9. Includes positions with affiliated non-banking offices also included in memo line (44) above.   Return to table
  10. 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
  11. The European Union includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. As of July 2013, includes Croatia.   Return to table
  12. Comprises Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  13. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.   Return to table
  14. Principally the Bank for International Settlements, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. Excludes "holdings of dollars" of the International Monetary Fund.   Return to table
  15. African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations.   Return to table
  16. As of December 2013, Netherlands Antilles are reported separately as Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curacao, St. Martin and St. Barthelemy, and Sint Maarten but are summed here for continuity.   Return to table
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