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

Release Date: December 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/r 2015/r 2016/r Apr 2017/r May 2017/r Jun 2017/r Jul 2017/r Aug 2017/r Sep 2017/r Oct 2017/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,847,339 4,734,074 4,650,589 4,874,609 4,857,039 4,869,123 4,949,709 5,007,033 4,881,533 5,036,567
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,804,396 3,605,986 3,506,161 3,706,178 3,656,385 3,671,120 3,744,165 3,836,395 3,700,761 3,808,185
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 2,008,710 1,925,770 1,803,412 1,913,761 1,918,218 1,919,598 1,982,007 2,027,453 1,928,785 2,008,155
4 Other 1,795,686 1,680,216 1,702,749 1,792,417 1,738,167 1,751,522 1,762,158 1,808,942 1,771,976 1,800,030
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 908,879 904,964 997,030 1,008,831 994,134 1,027,266 1,004,430 1,027,647 995,922 1,035,693
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,042,943 1,128,088 1,144,428 1,168,431 1,200,654 1,198,003 1,205,544 1,170,638 1,180,772 1,228,382
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 671,641 724,731 672,378 680,201 704,182 698,752 701,837 694,684 703,168 736,156
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 238,897 226,594 271,299 276,478 282,255 277,428 285,687 260,135 251,710 271,362
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 102,180 95,644 123,132 131,262 137,534 138,959 136,996 129,241 125,010 125,403
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 41,825 41,548 23,334 18,295 17,729 16,827 17,490 16,741 14,870 15,899
11 Other 132,405 176,763 200,751 211,752 214,217 221,823 218,020 215,819 225,894 220,864
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 35,833 47,712 46,114 50,843 50,106 50,712 51,464 50,179 48,047 48,996
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 24,664 38,105 29,627 37,719 32,506 33,980 32,903 32,105 32,927 30,972
14 Deposits2 20,205 20,163 22,300 31,642 26,319 22,626 28,369 27,591 26,825 25,520
15 Other 4,459 17,942 7,327 6,077 6,187 11,354 4,534 4,514 6,102 5,452
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 11,169 9,607 16,487 13,124 17,600 16,732 18,561 18,074 15,120 18,024
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 5,298 5,926 10,442 7,122 8,620 8,340 9,331 10,199 8,000 8,705
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 5,871 3,681 6,045 6,002 8,980 8,392 9,230 7,875 7,120 9,319
 
19 Official institutions7 628,380 724,868 737,466 756,410 755,919 764,317 772,829 772,514 745,866 765,984
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 253,880 351,636 401,463 390,593 387,052 395,382 401,288 409,511 380,065 392,892
21 Deposits2 92,298 85,884 104,929 114,645 108,592 111,936 109,868 113,206 99,563 107,153
22 Other 161,582 265,752 296,534 275,948 278,460 283,446 291,420 296,305 280,502 285,739
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 374,500 373,232 336,003 365,817 368,867 368,935 371,541 363,003 365,801 373,092
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 335,308 336,669 298,373 326,535 329,310 330,460 330,559 324,089 325,181 332,161
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 39,192 36,563 37,630 39,282 39,557 38,475 40,982 38,914 40,620 40,931
 
26 Banks8 2,472,982 2,278,480 2,015,707 2,140,914 2,118,010 2,140,865 2,217,463 2,272,846 2,167,549 2,239,250
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 2,303,351 2,069,269 1,811,143 1,941,218 1,917,146 1,944,154 2,013,803 2,065,543 1,959,744 2,024,453
28 Deposits2 1,245,950 1,153,615 983,427 1,036,704 1,054,628 1,060,104 1,097,759 1,133,182 1,051,618 1,101,156
29 Other 1,057,401 915,654 827,716 904,514 862,518 884,050 916,044 932,361 908,126 923,297
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 169,631 209,211 204,564 199,696 200,864 196,711 203,660 207,303 207,805 214,797
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 105,962 125,964 107,597 96,351 100,847 98,704 105,972 108,278 108,169 117,859
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 20,819 24,756 23,878 26,037 25,691 23,970 24,936 25,209 24,853 25,517
33 Other 42,850 58,491 73,089 77,308 74,326 74,037 72,752 73,816 74,783 71,421
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,710,144 1,683,014 1,851,302 1,926,442 1,933,004 1,913,229 1,907,953 1,911,494 1,920,071 1,982,337
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,222,501 1,146,976 1,263,928 1,336,648 1,319,681 1,297,604 1,296,171 1,329,236 1,328,025 1,359,868
36 Deposits2 650,257 666,108 692,756 730,770 728,679 724,932 746,011 753,474 750,779 774,326
37 Other 572,244 480,868 571,172 605,878 591,002 572,672 550,160 575,762 577,246 585,542
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 487,643 536,038 587,374 589,794 613,323 615,625 611,782 582,258 592,046 622,469
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 225,073 256,172 255,966 250,193 265,405 261,248 255,975 252,118 261,818 277,431
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 173,015 161,620 203,865 205,307 208,195 206,718 210,687 188,283 179,273 195,735
41 Other 89,555 118,246 127,543 134,294 139,723 147,659 145,120 141,857 150,955 149,303
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,998,044 1,739,369 1,547,205 1,657,830 1,638,791 1,643,666 1,721,814 1,790,323 1,679,353 1,730,638
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,847,339 4,734,074 4,650,589 4,874,609 4,857,039 4,869,123 4,949,709 5,007,033 4,881,533 5,036,567
 
44 Foreign countries 4,811,506 4,686,362 4,604,475 4,823,766 4,806,933 4,818,411 4,898,245 4,956,854 4,833,486 4,987,571
 
45 Europe 1,991,001 1,790,962 1,769,988 1,862,341 1,861,544 1,875,049 1,868,950 1,914,782 1,845,299 1,943,036
46 Austria 5,376 3,541 3,859 4,239 4,639 4,567 3,968 4,803 2,818 2,379
47 Belgium 33,218 30,866 34,721 28,236 32,676 28,533 26,734 25,116 25,035 35,238
48 Denmark 4,649 5,533 7,646 6,093 5,803 5,830 5,429 5,625 4,950 4,838
49 Finland 11,262 14,044 10,453 4,411 7,212 7,964 3,843 3,358 1,829 673
50 France 125,366 102,290 118,507 122,922 128,109 129,460 135,865 141,738 132,392 141,788
51 Germany 76,825 66,449 66,750 70,149 71,129 69,372 67,121 72,358 71,158 78,673
52 Greece 4,169 3,724 1,784 1,774 1,832 1,875 1,746 1,774 1,967 1,581
53 Ireland 205,040 185,494 174,721 201,615 199,155 202,896 201,778 200,943 190,744 211,016
54 Italy 15,977 21,489 23,056 25,517 24,966 23,640 25,511 24,342 20,580 20,065
55 Luxembourg 139,593 152,619 167,862 165,956 169,361 164,908 171,955 165,074 158,621 181,594
56 Netherlands 47,666 57,420 65,561 63,170 69,424 67,161 66,798 68,169 66,514 65,321
57 Norway 4,945 3,623 5,500 3,478 4,306 3,339 3,329 3,236 3,015 4,282
58 Portugal 2,971 2,151 1,900 1,769 2,013 1,593 1,618 1,581 2,254 953
59 Russia 14,003 15,690 15,251 23,637 25,221 23,095 24,725 16,210 20,465 16,246
60 Spain 14,945 21,456 19,022 24,530 24,579 16,750 21,505 21,733 18,164 17,826
61 Sweden 12,550 12,523 3,146 7,055 3,241 9,513 11,338 11,712 6,706 11,215
62 Switzerland 71,207 78,871 72,778 70,817 71,937 79,849 79,557 79,921 85,052 82,160
63 Turkey 64,556 48,791 37,697 36,926 37,537 40,681 36,966 39,944 42,905 45,912
64 United Kingdom 1,015,913 865,876 857,121 922,749 899,384 915,760 901,965 951,237 915,573 946,137
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 65,138 48,008 35,568 33,276 34,887 35,891 35,263 35,102 34,979 34,975
66 Serbia 1,362 942 467 393 396 469 645 325 539 461
67 Other Europe 54,269 49,563 46,617 43,629 43,736 41,904 41,293 40,481 39,037 39,702
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,725,421 1,553,598 1,569,892 1,659,169 1,651,817 1,659,169 1,657,204 1,709,410 1,629,432 1,729,494
 
69 Canada 167,835 163,881 179,486 171,391 170,822 181,231 188,853 184,458 176,646 192,466
 
70 Latin America 251,598 258,393 273,211 284,281 283,298 283,294 280,313 286,226 272,332 277,932
71 Argentina 11,673 12,446 13,992 16,900 14,517 13,935 15,617 15,387 15,018 16,241
72 Brazil 48,838 46,607 58,055 62,827 64,432 66,044 62,874 66,991 60,794 62,365
73 Chile 24,192 22,328 25,228 24,497 22,993 24,957 23,379 24,034 19,931 24,259
74 Colombia 11,359 7,922 10,330 11,363 11,630 11,264 10,935 12,014 9,805 9,044
75 Ecuador 3,472 3,891 3,406 3,219 3,296 3,191 3,074 3,100 2,935 2,830
76 Guatemala 2,072 2,297 2,493 2,846 2,750 3,357 2,671 2,549 1,975 2,419
77 Mexico 77,764 84,414 82,255 82,631 83,222 77,020 81,002 80,629 84,063 85,073
78 Panama 12,880 13,625 17,640 16,410 17,108 17,016 17,408 18,295 18,019 16,020
79 Peru 12,378 16,563 15,715 18,860 18,200 20,861 19,176 19,667 17,271 18,163
80 Uruguay 11,414 14,066 12,846 11,544 11,841 11,661 11,427 11,501 11,314 11,214
81 Venezuela 20,914 19,374 16,976 16,676 17,184 17,247 16,810 16,162 15,256 14,746
82 Other Latin America 14,642 14,860 14,275 16,508 16,125 16,741 15,940 15,897 15,951 15,558
 
83 Caribbean 1,583,064 1,471,019 1,290,446 1,383,762 1,386,291 1,370,202 1,413,551 1,434,330 1,397,648 1,414,554
84 Bahamas 88,569 49,115 60,101 59,749 64,947 54,142 55,126 56,187 56,774 55,338
85 Bermuda 58,898 52,657 60,143 58,718 57,580 52,516 53,721 52,715 53,859 56,869
86 British Virgin Islands 52,026 52,399 47,533 44,744 48,135 46,265 45,910 45,856 45,915 45,051
87 Cayman Islands 1,343,378 1,260,789 1,071,690 1,165,183 1,164,343 1,167,225 1,208,217 1,226,642 1,189,395 1,203,102
88 Cuba 48 46 25 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
89 Jamaica 1,312 2,183 2,626 2,777 2,400 2,022 1,526 2,205 1,695 1,518
90 Netherlands Antilles16 4,954 5,996 5,118 4,995 3,672 3,883 4,707 5,291 5,856 5,757
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,309 4,358 4,506 4,251 3,890 3,784 4,053 3,718 3,546 3,487
92 Other Caribbean 29,570 43,476 38,704 43,321 41,300 40,341 40,267 41,692 40,584 43,408
 
93 Asia 740,479 911,271 981,308 1,001,854 982,777 981,742 998,226 1,003,852 997,213 1,013,823
94 China - Mainland 93,580 101,933 108,147 110,219 98,835 100,426 104,000 101,547 115,405 109,309
95 China - Hong Kong 98,889 146,914 124,721 130,440 140,592 135,040 132,520 132,961 127,731 131,661
96 India 12,921 22,454 20,997 32,197 36,302 35,025 38,915 37,549 32,085 28,156
97 Indonesia 14,420 12,919 10,952 11,786 10,458 13,458 11,321 11,884 12,332 12,588
98 Israel 20,605 16,284 16,341 17,523 16,428 17,316 19,456 20,609 19,412 18,769
99 Japan 191,522 294,395 347,634 357,240 345,786 334,711 342,692 352,525 347,498 355,341
100 Korea (South) 34,603 33,466 42,236 36,875 32,839 34,932 35,224 33,975 29,216 37,150
101 Philippines 6,558 6,437 8,149 6,375 5,645 5,686 5,147 5,450 6,413 6,053
102 Taiwan 27,084 34,181 37,940 34,499 34,311 30,459 33,071 38,278 34,753 35,231
103 Thailand 26,997 29,155 36,562 22,809 20,818 18,251 19,281 22,608 22,890 17,649
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 132,888 121,902 119,663 136,124 134,462 142,356 139,975 129,324 130,860 141,893
105 Other Asia 80,412 91,231 107,966 105,767 106,301 114,082 116,624 117,142 118,618 120,023
 
106 Africa 31,622 36,158 45,308 51,862 53,588 55,327 70,552 66,218 74,395 77,260
107 Egypt 5,100 7,525 16,246 20,506 25,053 25,638 29,181 30,981 33,998 33,932
108 Morocco 484 761 836 1,013 1,561 1,448 2,161 1,593 1,182 1,361
109 South Africa 2,997 3,770 4,129 3,722 3,936 4,170 14,149 11,204 13,292 13,705
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,126 6,122 6,828 8,547 7,141 8,364 9,478 8,998 11,664 12,529
111 Other Africa 16,915 17,980 17,269 18,074 15,897 15,707 15,583 13,442 14,259 15,733
 
112 Other countries 45,907 54,678 64,728 68,275 68,613 71,566 77,800 66,988 69,953 68,500
113 Australia 40,922 48,311 56,762 61,136 61,722 64,304 68,912 60,551 63,457 58,298
114 New Zealand 3,274 4,483 5,680 4,750 4,505 4,989 6,373 4,199 4,177 7,755
115 All Other 1,711 1,884 2,286 2,389 2,386 2,273 2,515 2,238 2,319 2,447
 
116 International and regional organizations 35,833 47,712 46,114 50,843 50,106 50,712 51,464 50,179 48,047 48,996
117 International14 23,447 37,839 34,223 38,116 33,378 34,712 34,031 33,925 32,048 32,530
118 Regional15 12,386 9,873 11,891 12,727 16,728 16,000 17,433 16,254 15,999 16,466
  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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