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

Release Date: February 2018
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 Jun 2017/r Jul 2017/r Aug 2017/r Sep 2017/r Oct 2017/r Nov 2017/r Dec 2017/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,847,339 4,734,074 4,643,956 4,865,825 4,950,027 5,004,826 4,882,002 5,037,109 5,013,609 4,846,734
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,804,396 3,605,986 3,499,528 3,667,822 3,744,483 3,834,368 3,701,230 3,808,727 3,780,663 3,637,925
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 2,008,710 1,925,770 1,800,085 1,919,630 1,985,277 2,028,670 1,931,970 2,012,328 1,993,405 1,950,986
4 Other 1,795,686 1,680,216 1,699,443 1,748,192 1,759,206 1,805,698 1,769,260 1,796,399 1,787,258 1,686,939
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 908,879 904,964 997,030 1,027,266 1,004,430 1,027,647 995,922 1,035,693 1,040,339 978,644
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,042,943 1,128,088 1,144,428 1,198,003 1,205,544 1,170,458 1,180,772 1,228,382 1,232,946 1,208,809
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 671,641 724,731 672,378 698,752 701,837 694,684 703,168 736,156 737,508 727,791
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 238,897 226,594 271,299 277,428 285,687 259,955 251,710 271,362 265,845 250,355
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 102,180 95,644 123,132 138,959 136,996 129,061 125,010 125,403 121,413 115,763
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 41,825 41,548 23,334 16,827 17,490 16,741 14,870 15,899 17,288 17,056
11 Other 132,405 176,763 200,751 221,823 218,020 215,819 225,894 220,864 229,593 230,663
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 35,833 47,712 45,357 49,220 49,648 48,622 48,047 48,996 50,670 52,419
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 24,664 38,105 28,870 32,488 31,087 30,548 32,927 30,972 31,319 33,720
14 Deposits2 20,205 20,163 21,543 21,134 26,553 26,034 26,825 25,520 25,928 25,697
15 Other 4,459 17,942 7,327 11,354 4,534 4,514 6,102 5,452 5,391 8,023
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 11,169 9,607 16,487 16,732 18,561 18,074 15,120 18,024 19,351 18,699
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 5,298 5,926 10,442 8,340 9,331 10,199 8,000 8,705 8,840 8,306
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 5,871 3,681 6,045 8,392 9,230 7,875 7,120 9,319 10,511 10,393
 
19 Official institutions7 628,380 724,868 731,045 756,605 765,383 765,383 745,866 765,502 754,793 718,936
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 253,880 351,636 395,042 387,670 393,842 402,380 380,065 392,410 374,312 363,471
21 Deposits2 92,298 85,884 98,508 104,224 102,422 106,075 99,563 107,153 97,277 91,579
22 Other 161,582 265,752 296,534 283,446 291,420 296,305 280,502 285,257 277,035 271,892
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 374,500 373,232 336,003 368,935 371,541 363,003 365,801 373,092 380,481 355,465
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 335,308 336,669 298,373 330,460 330,559 324,089 325,181 332,161 339,572 317,227
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 39,192 36,563 37,630 38,475 40,982 38,914 40,620 40,931 40,909 38,238
 
26 Banks8 2,472,982 2,278,480 2,014,373 2,137,633 2,214,412 2,271,888 2,170,588 2,241,448 2,257,525 2,200,891
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 2,303,351 2,069,269 1,809,809 1,940,922 2,010,752 2,064,549 1,962,742 2,026,651 2,042,621 1,985,938
28 Deposits2 1,245,950 1,153,615 979,136 1,053,643 1,091,529 1,128,959 1,051,411 1,101,780 1,105,720 1,094,212
29 Other 1,057,401 915,654 830,673 887,279 919,223 935,590 911,331 924,871 936,901 891,726
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 169,631 209,211 204,564 196,711 203,660 207,339 207,846 214,797 214,904 214,953
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 105,962 125,964 107,597 98,704 105,972 108,278 108,169 117,859 115,879 117,319
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 20,819 24,756 23,878 23,970 24,936 25,209 24,853 25,517 26,378 25,328
33 Other 42,850 58,491 73,089 74,037 72,752 73,852 74,824 71,421 72,647 72,306
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,710,144 1,683,014 1,853,181 1,922,367 1,920,584 1,918,933 1,917,501 1,981,163 1,950,621 1,874,488
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,222,501 1,146,976 1,265,807 1,306,742 1,308,802 1,336,891 1,325,496 1,358,694 1,332,411 1,254,796
36 Deposits2 650,257 666,108 700,898 740,629 764,773 767,602 754,171 777,875 764,480 739,498
37 Other 572,244 480,868 564,909 566,113 544,029 569,289 571,325 580,819 567,931 515,298
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 487,643 536,038 587,374 615,625 611,782 582,042 592,005 622,469 618,210 619,692
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 225,073 256,172 255,966 261,248 255,975 252,118 261,818 277,431 273,217 284,939
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 173,015 161,620 203,865 206,718 210,687 188,103 179,273 195,735 188,190 176,629
41 Other 89,555 118,246 127,543 147,659 145,120 141,821 150,914 149,303 156,803 158,124
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,998,044 1,739,369 1,541,689 1,643,252 1,720,752 1,790,490 1,679,610 1,731,180 1,738,471 1,623,376
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,847,339 4,734,074 4,643,956 4,865,825 4,950,027 5,004,826 4,882,002 5,037,109 5,013,609 4,846,734
 
44 Foreign countries 4,811,506 4,686,362 4,598,599 4,816,605 4,900,379 4,956,204 4,833,955 4,988,113 4,962,939 4,794,315
 
45 Europe 1,991,001 1,790,962 1,774,438 1,881,553 1,875,751 1,922,019 1,845,768 1,943,578 1,960,622 1,944,147
46 Austria 5,376 3,541 3,952 4,656 4,025 4,860 2,818 2,379 2,775 2,872
47 Belgium 33,218 30,866 34,712 28,526 26,721 25,116 25,035 35,238 30,509 36,897
48 Denmark 4,649 5,533 7,868 5,940 5,672 5,859 4,950 4,838 5,404 5,353
49 Finland 11,262 14,044 10,296 7,956 3,847 3,279 1,829 673 2,383 5,624
50 France 125,366 102,290 118,633 129,611 136,019 141,821 132,392 141,788 137,360 136,708
51 Germany 76,825 66,449 66,825 70,776 68,523 73,755 71,158 78,673 93,209 120,689
52 Greece 4,169 3,724 1,784 1,889 1,760 1,787 1,967 1,581 1,641 1,897
53 Ireland 205,040 185,494 175,306 203,155 202,149 201,228 190,744 211,016 210,285 200,153
54 Italy 15,977 21,489 23,048 23,531 25,384 24,267 20,478 20,062 21,126 19,507
55 Luxembourg 139,593 152,619 167,882 165,136 172,602 165,387 158,662 181,631 173,358 162,142
56 Netherlands 47,666 57,420 67,497 69,422 69,251 71,648 66,514 65,321 67,082 71,923
57 Norway 4,945 3,623 5,535 3,349 3,335 3,243 3,015 4,282 5,242 3,700
58 Portugal 2,971 2,151 1,926 1,621 1,625 1,581 2,254 1,474 1,754 1,976
59 Russia 14,003 15,690 14,763 23,091 24,694 16,207 20,465 16,246 14,382 12,190
60 Spain 14,945 21,456 19,342 17,051 21,796 22,020 18,266 17,829 16,535 18,071
61 Sweden 12,550 12,523 3,495 9,645 11,468 11,814 6,706 11,215 12,007 12,136
62 Switzerland 71,207 78,871 73,076 80,164 80,118 80,352 85,052 82,160 81,760 80,233
63 Turkey 64,556 48,791 37,690 40,675 36,969 39,950 42,905 45,912 42,439 31,875
64 United Kingdom 1,015,913 865,876 857,602 916,586 902,351 951,538 915,516 946,137 965,496 950,937
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 65,138 48,008 35,749 36,637 35,938 35,723 35,464 35,480 36,875 33,557
66 Serbia 1,362 942 487 472 646 330 539 461 338 444
67 Other Europe 54,269 49,563 46,969 41,665 40,860 40,254 39,037 39,181 38,663 35,262
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,725,421 1,553,598 1,573,964 1,664,833 1,663,212 1,715,832 1,629,416 1,730,052 1,752,516 1,755,817
 
69 Canada 167,835 163,881 180,098 181,722 189,185 184,844 176,646 192,466 180,935 171,112
 
70 Latin America 251,598 258,393 258,563 269,080 269,410 271,964 272,332 277,932 266,461 253,653
71 Argentina 11,673 12,446 13,345 13,566 16,771 14,997 15,018 16,241 16,904 13,800
72 Brazil 48,838 46,607 52,564 62,409 59,928 62,631 60,794 62,365 58,412 53,544
73 Chile 24,192 22,328 24,174 23,698 22,092 22,594 19,931 24,259 22,399 22,737
74 Colombia 11,359 7,922 8,719 9,488 9,464 9,763 9,805 9,044 8,975 9,329
75 Ecuador 3,472 3,891 3,156 2,867 2,746 2,772 2,935 2,830 3,070 3,103
76 Guatemala 2,072 2,297 2,398 3,235 2,529 2,416 1,975 2,419 2,118 2,072
77 Mexico 77,764 84,414 76,484 71,108 75,692 75,527 84,063 85,073 79,256 73,536
78 Panama 12,880 13,625 17,511 16,532 17,133 18,298 18,019 16,020 15,756 15,812
79 Peru 12,378 16,563 16,487 20,817 19,143 19,615 17,271 18,163 17,833 17,074
80 Uruguay 11,414 14,066 12,913 11,657 11,458 11,529 11,314 11,214 11,939 12,978
81 Venezuela 20,914 19,374 16,953 17,117 16,676 16,026 15,256 14,746 14,713 14,620
82 Other Latin America 14,642 14,860 13,859 16,586 15,778 15,796 15,951 15,558 15,086 15,048
 
83 Caribbean 1,583,064 1,471,019 1,293,790 1,375,158 1,419,015 1,439,783 1,397,648 1,414,554 1,386,683 1,283,613
84 Bahamas 88,569 49,115 60,283 54,382 55,334 56,776 56,774 55,338 56,885 52,156
85 Bermuda 58,898 52,657 61,147 52,940 54,590 53,301 53,859 56,869 51,199 54,212
86 British Virgin Islands 52,026 52,399 47,716 47,200 46,880 46,847 45,915 45,051 43,117 38,877
87 Cayman Islands 1,343,378 1,260,789 1,073,924 1,170,992 1,212,039 1,230,261 1,189,395 1,203,102 1,183,180 1,089,738
88 Cuba 48 46 25 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
89 Jamaica 1,312 2,183 2,582 1,991 1,535 2,190 1,695 1,518 1,612 1,453
90 Netherlands Antilles16 4,954 5,996 5,173 3,904 4,705 5,281 5,856 5,757 5,343 9,402
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,309 4,358 4,227 3,355 3,612 3,298 3,546 3,487 3,419 3,636
92 Other Caribbean 29,570 43,476 38,713 40,370 40,296 41,805 40,584 43,408 41,904 34,115
 
93 Asia 740,479 911,271 981,138 982,050 998,289 1,003,748 997,213 1,013,823 1,019,083 988,646
94 China - Mainland 93,580 101,933 107,360 100,102 103,898 100,864 115,405 109,309 113,748 101,659
95 China - Hong Kong 98,889 146,914 125,080 135,224 132,692 133,045 127,731 131,661 125,983 124,007
96 India 12,921 22,454 20,991 34,998 38,881 37,477 32,085 28,156 28,079 26,229
97 Indonesia 14,420 12,919 10,953 13,461 11,325 11,886 12,332 12,588 13,341 12,147
98 Israel 20,605 16,284 16,401 17,364 19,520 20,654 19,412 18,769 18,251 18,271
99 Japan 191,522 294,395 348,110 334,769 342,743 352,554 347,498 355,341 358,729 347,964
100 Korea (South) 34,603 33,466 42,297 35,043 35,286 33,989 29,216 37,150 36,612 33,527
101 Philippines 6,558 6,437 8,012 5,728 5,187 5,463 6,413 6,053 6,495 7,381
102 Taiwan 27,084 34,181 37,438 30,301 32,873 38,014 34,753 35,231 34,165 35,196
103 Thailand 26,997 29,155 36,563 18,255 19,281 22,608 22,890 17,649 21,508 19,448
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 132,888 121,902 119,539 141,623 139,054 128,343 130,860 141,893 149,525 151,091
105 Other Asia 80,412 91,231 108,394 115,182 117,549 118,851 118,618 120,023 112,647 111,726
 
106 Africa 31,622 36,158 45,534 55,026 70,311 66,174 74,395 77,260 77,935 82,187
107 Egypt 5,100 7,525 16,246 25,640 29,182 30,981 33,998 33,932 33,332 35,678
108 Morocco 484 761 837 1,450 2,162 1,594 1,182 1,361 1,182 1,141
109 South Africa 2,997 3,770 4,105 4,161 14,130 11,192 13,292 13,705 14,439 13,643
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,126 6,122 6,716 8,361 9,469 8,989 11,664 12,529 13,149 15,301
111 Other Africa 16,915 17,980 17,630 15,414 15,368 13,418 14,259 15,733 15,833 16,424
 
112 Other countries 45,907 54,678 65,038 72,016 78,418 67,672 69,953 68,500 71,220 70,957
113 Australia 40,922 48,311 56,943 64,748 69,521 61,226 63,457 58,298 62,920 64,548
114 New Zealand 3,274 4,483 5,695 4,986 6,367 4,203 4,177 7,755 5,821 3,947
115 All Other 1,711 1,884 2,400 2,282 2,530 2,243 2,319 2,447 2,479 2,462
 
116 International and regional organizations 35,833 47,712 45,357 49,220 49,648 48,622 48,047 48,996 50,670 52,419
117 International14 23,447 37,839 33,545 33,215 32,211 32,366 32,048 32,530 34,296 37,557
118 Regional15 12,386 9,873 11,812 16,005 17,437 16,256 15,999 16,466 16,374 14,862
  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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