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

Release Date: April 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/r Aug 2017/r Sep 2017/r Oct 2017/r Nov 2017/r Dec 2017/r Jan 2018/r Feb 2018/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,847,339 4,734,074 4,653,661 4,994,936 4,869,964 5,024,341 4,998,737 4,819,719 4,958,022 4,930,127
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,804,396 3,605,986 3,512,744 3,845,735 3,711,600 3,821,370 3,793,436 3,636,944 3,756,616 3,683,451
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 2,008,710 1,925,770 1,813,301 2,040,034 1,942,337 2,024,971 2,005,378 1,949,932 2,001,631 1,952,775
4 Other 1,795,686 1,680,216 1,699,443 1,805,701 1,769,263 1,796,399 1,788,058 1,687,012 1,754,985 1,730,676
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 908,879 904,964 997,030 1,027,650 995,925 1,035,693 1,040,339 978,644 1,007,261 1,014,732
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,042,943 1,128,088 1,140,917 1,149,201 1,158,364 1,202,971 1,205,301 1,182,775 1,201,406 1,246,676
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 671,641 724,731 668,867 673,704 682,136 710,772 710,663 702,406 710,106 726,382
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 238,897 226,594 271,298 259,678 250,336 271,336 265,857 249,706 252,833 278,616
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 102,180 95,644 123,132 129,061 125,010 125,403 121,413 115,763 115,918 124,720
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 41,825 41,548 23,391 16,741 14,895 15,899 17,300 17,056 20,710 24,073
11 Other 132,405 176,763 200,752 215,819 225,892 220,863 228,781 230,663 238,467 241,678
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 35,833 47,712 45,352 48,852 48,277 50,376 50,870 52,564 48,821 53,102
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 24,664 38,105 28,870 30,778 33,157 32,352 31,519 33,865 31,904 34,528
14 Deposits2 20,205 20,163 21,543 26,264 27,055 26,900 26,128 25,842 27,100 27,312
15 Other 4,459 17,942 7,327 4,514 6,102 5,452 5,391 8,023 4,804 7,216
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 11,169 9,607 16,482 18,074 15,120 18,024 19,351 18,699 16,917 18,574
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 5,298 5,926 10,437 10,199 8,000 8,705 8,840 8,306 8,694 9,175
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 5,871 3,681 6,045 7,875 7,120 9,319 10,511 10,393 8,223 9,399
 
19 Official institutions7 628,380 724,868 730,606 765,657 746,066 765,715 755,096 718,992 755,220 751,229
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 253,880 351,636 395,046 402,453 380,068 392,426 374,419 363,471 390,607 378,193
21 Deposits2 92,298 85,884 98,512 106,148 99,566 107,169 97,384 91,579 105,615 103,799
22 Other 161,582 265,752 296,534 296,305 280,502 285,257 277,035 271,892 284,992 274,394
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 374,500 373,232 335,560 363,204 365,998 373,289 380,677 355,521 364,613 373,036
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 335,308 336,669 297,684 324,093 325,181 332,161 339,572 317,227 325,029 333,908
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 39,192 36,563 37,876 39,111 40,817 41,128 41,105 38,294 39,584 39,128
 
26 Banks8 2,472,982 2,278,480 2,015,714 2,268,616 2,170,046 2,242,697 2,259,797 2,191,865 2,237,922 2,174,071
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 2,303,351 2,069,269 1,817,557 2,069,457 1,967,840 2,032,072 2,048,695 1,983,046 2,029,659 1,957,616
28 Deposits2 1,245,950 1,153,615 986,884 1,133,867 1,056,509 1,107,201 1,110,994 1,091,294 1,093,734 1,059,917
29 Other 1,057,401 915,654 830,673 935,590 911,331 924,871 937,701 891,752 935,925 897,699
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 169,631 209,211 198,157 199,159 202,206 210,625 211,102 208,819 208,263 216,455
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 105,962 125,964 99,440 98,016 100,293 110,972 110,120 109,024 108,080 111,361
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 20,819 24,756 23,541 24,452 24,123 25,294 26,261 24,586 24,651 27,942
33 Other 42,850 58,491 75,176 76,691 77,790 74,359 74,721 75,209 75,532 77,152
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,710,144 1,683,014 1,861,989 1,911,811 1,905,575 1,965,553 1,932,974 1,856,298 1,916,059 1,951,725
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,222,501 1,146,976 1,271,271 1,343,047 1,330,535 1,364,520 1,338,803 1,256,562 1,304,446 1,313,114
36 Deposits2 650,257 666,108 706,362 773,755 759,207 783,701 770,872 741,217 775,182 761,747
37 Other 572,244 480,868 564,909 569,292 571,328 580,819 567,931 515,345 529,264 551,367
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 487,643 536,038 590,718 568,764 575,040 601,033 594,171 599,736 611,613 638,611
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 225,073 256,172 261,306 241,396 248,662 258,934 252,131 267,849 268,303 271,938
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 173,015 161,620 204,203 188,583 178,629 195,932 188,319 176,722 180,583 202,355
41 Other 89,555 118,246 125,209 138,785 147,749 146,167 153,721 155,165 162,727 164,318
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,998,044 1,739,369 1,541,689 1,790,490 1,679,610 1,731,180 1,738,471 1,625,173 1,705,448 1,671,844
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,847,339 4,734,074 4,653,661 4,994,936 4,869,964 5,024,341 4,998,737 4,819,719 4,958,022 4,930,127
 
44 Foreign countries 4,811,506 4,686,362 4,608,309 4,946,084 4,821,687 4,973,965 4,947,867 4,767,155 4,909,201 4,877,025
 
45 Europe 1,991,001 1,790,962 1,780,719 1,926,037 1,850,695 1,949,608 1,967,724 1,941,008 1,968,837 1,988,424
46 Austria 5,376 3,541 3,956 4,865 2,823 2,385 2,780 2,874 3,381 3,231
47 Belgium 33,218 30,866 34,902 25,253 25,212 35,415 30,693 36,897 38,694 38,222
48 Denmark 4,649 5,533 8,323 5,771 4,950 4,838 5,404 5,353 5,176 5,439
49 Finland 11,262 14,044 10,297 3,280 1,832 676 2,386 5,625 1,043 2,558
50 France 125,366 102,290 120,368 142,981 136,051 145,090 141,721 136,312 137,204 135,022
51 Germany 76,825 66,449 67,035 73,782 71,180 78,688 93,218 120,698 128,335 128,203
52 Greece 4,169 3,724 1,789 1,908 1,969 1,583 1,643 1,899 1,912 2,270
53 Ireland 205,040 185,494 175,479 201,351 190,858 211,123 210,385 197,242 220,034 207,423
54 Italy 15,977 21,489 23,051 24,270 20,482 20,066 21,130 19,510 19,710 22,663
55 Luxembourg 139,593 152,619 168,098 165,400 158,683 181,668 173,371 162,143 170,156 187,916
56 Netherlands 47,666 57,420 67,503 71,655 66,521 65,328 67,089 71,929 66,393 63,847
57 Norway 4,945 3,623 5,536 3,263 3,015 4,282 5,242 3,700 3,727 3,294
58 Portugal 2,971 2,151 1,927 1,581 2,254 1,475 1,754 1,977 1,398 1,721
59 Russia 14,003 15,690 14,764 16,208 20,466 16,247 14,383 12,191 9,266 8,362
60 Spain 14,945 21,456 19,345 22,030 18,277 17,833 16,543 18,076 16,190 15,614
61 Sweden 12,550 12,523 3,496 11,840 6,732 11,216 11,983 12,137 11,325 10,639
62 Switzerland 71,207 78,871 73,384 80,317 83,493 82,189 81,784 80,034 89,356 87,657
63 Turkey 64,556 48,791 37,739 39,968 42,954 45,968 42,469 31,879 35,772 30,531
64 United Kingdom 1,015,913 865,876 860,456 954,064 917,911 948,752 968,394 951,169 940,026 962,860
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 65,138 48,008 35,786 35,205 35,351 35,043 36,251 33,557 33,718 32,803
66 Serbia 1,362 942 487 330 539 461 338 444 268 200
67 Other Europe 54,269 49,563 46,997 40,715 39,140 39,281 38,764 35,361 35,754 37,949
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,725,421 1,553,598 1,579,843 1,720,019 1,635,959 1,736,430 1,760,184 1,752,870 1,769,181 1,796,951
 
69 Canada 167,835 163,881 181,277 185,613 177,241 193,157 181,564 171,032 176,108 185,237
 
70 Latin America 251,598 258,393 258,972 272,286 272,725 278,312 266,825 253,758 265,311 254,737
71 Argentina 11,673 12,446 13,374 15,024 15,049 16,274 16,938 13,830 15,815 14,982
72 Brazil 48,838 46,607 52,594 62,686 60,860 62,421 58,477 53,552 57,242 55,317
73 Chile 24,192 22,328 24,294 22,721 20,082 24,382 22,523 22,741 23,888 23,962
74 Colombia 11,359 7,922 8,730 9,776 9,825 9,074 9,000 9,331 9,123 9,956
75 Ecuador 3,472 3,891 3,156 2,772 2,935 2,830 3,070 3,103 3,212 3,131
76 Guatemala 2,072 2,297 2,400 2,418 1,977 2,421 2,120 2,074 2,079 2,365
77 Mexico 77,764 84,414 76,519 75,563 84,108 85,114 79,303 73,583 77,489 72,273
78 Panama 12,880 13,625 17,515 18,311 18,033 16,037 15,772 15,812 16,017 15,088
79 Peru 12,378 16,563 16,533 19,638 17,292 18,180 17,852 17,076 17,881 17,038
80 Uruguay 11,414 14,066 12,925 11,534 11,321 11,220 11,945 12,984 12,829 11,843
81 Venezuela 20,914 19,374 17,051 16,043 15,286 14,788 14,734 14,621 14,233 13,478
82 Other Latin America 14,642 14,860 13,881 15,800 15,957 15,571 15,091 15,051 15,503 15,304
 
83 Caribbean 1,583,064 1,471,019 1,293,179 1,423,064 1,376,326 1,390,850 1,361,047 1,258,125 1,304,775 1,285,692
84 Bahamas 88,569 49,115 59,327 55,459 55,394 53,853 56,592 52,156 54,512 51,742
85 Bermuda 58,898 52,657 61,194 52,957 53,809 56,397 51,222 54,164 56,700 59,784
86 British Virgin Islands 52,026 52,399 47,823 45,504 44,676 43,305 41,810 37,536 37,727 38,276
87 Cayman Islands 1,343,378 1,260,789 1,074,107 1,216,536 1,170,732 1,183,091 1,159,109 1,065,635 1,110,694 1,091,047
88 Cuba 48 46 25 24 24 24 24 24 24 26
89 Jamaica 1,312 2,183 2,583 2,191 1,696 1,519 1,613 1,454 1,566 1,359
90 Netherlands Antilles16 4,954 5,996 5,173 5,281 5,856 5,757 5,343 9,402 6,632 5,428
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,309 4,358 4,227 3,298 3,546 3,487 3,419 3,636 3,665 3,616
92 Other Caribbean 29,570 43,476 38,720 41,814 40,593 43,417 41,915 34,118 33,255 34,414
 
93 Asia 740,479 911,271 983,297 1,005,120 1,000,031 1,016,033 1,021,230 990,074 1,027,425 1,005,504
94 China - Mainland 93,580 101,933 107,386 102,083 117,051 109,894 114,328 102,183 123,711 108,634
95 China - Hong Kong 98,889 146,914 125,216 130,469 127,602 131,812 126,161 124,106 128,628 116,363
96 India 12,921 22,454 20,996 37,482 32,098 28,163 28,084 26,235 31,172 26,878
97 Indonesia 14,420 12,919 10,954 11,887 12,333 12,589 13,342 12,148 10,340 10,833
98 Israel 20,605 16,284 16,429 20,735 19,435 18,791 18,371 18,288 21,647 17,930
99 Japan 191,522 294,395 348,855 352,786 347,959 355,689 358,773 347,972 357,814 359,785
100 Korea (South) 34,603 33,466 42,529 34,049 29,311 37,285 36,737 33,533 43,297 46,199
101 Philippines 6,558 6,437 8,014 5,465 6,415 6,055 6,497 7,383 5,744 6,443
102 Taiwan 27,084 34,181 37,584 39,756 34,883 35,605 34,548 35,525 34,252 33,782
103 Thailand 26,997 29,155 36,723 22,652 22,943 17,682 21,525 19,448 22,924 23,980
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 132,888 121,902 119,562 128,367 130,885 141,922 149,554 151,115 141,069 147,522
105 Other Asia 80,412 91,231 109,049 119,389 119,116 120,546 113,310 112,138 106,827 107,155
 
106 Africa 31,622 36,158 45,542 66,185 74,652 77,267 77,942 82,193 85,863 89,797
107 Egypt 5,100 7,525 16,247 30,983 34,001 33,934 33,334 35,680 36,549 40,696
108 Morocco 484 761 837 1,594 1,182 1,361 1,182 1,141 1,719 1,265
109 South Africa 2,997 3,770 4,109 11,196 13,298 13,709 14,442 13,646 14,514 13,567
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,126 6,122 6,716 8,989 11,664 12,529 13,149 15,301 15,824 14,672
111 Other Africa 16,915 17,980 17,633 13,423 14,507 15,734 15,835 16,425 17,257 19,597
 
112 Other countries 45,907 54,678 65,323 67,779 70,017 68,738 71,535 70,965 80,882 67,634
113 Australia 40,922 48,311 57,219 61,311 63,497 58,469 63,188 64,549 73,825 61,087
114 New Zealand 3,274 4,483 5,703 4,224 4,200 7,821 5,867 3,953 4,507 4,010
115 All Other 1,711 1,884 2,401 2,244 2,320 2,448 2,480 2,463 2,550 2,537
 
116 International and regional organizations 35,833 47,712 45,352 48,852 48,277 50,376 50,870 52,564 48,821 53,102
117 International14 23,447 37,839 33,545 32,596 32,278 33,910 34,496 37,702 33,449 36,939
118 Regional15 12,386 9,873 11,807 16,256 15,999 16,466 16,374 14,862 15,372 16,163
  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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