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

Release Date: May 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 Sep 2017 Oct 2017/r Nov 2017/r Dec 2017/r Jan 2018/r Feb 2018/r Mar 2018/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,847,339 4,734,074 4,653,661 4,869,964 5,024,541 4,998,937 4,819,919 4,958,563 4,931,551 4,836,773
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,804,396 3,605,986 3,512,744 3,711,600 3,821,570 3,793,636 3,637,144 3,757,157 3,683,746 3,600,451
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 2,008,710 1,925,770 1,813,301 1,942,337 2,025,171 2,005,578 1,950,132 2,008,633 1,952,270 1,956,373
4 Other 1,795,686 1,680,216 1,699,443 1,769,263 1,796,399 1,788,058 1,687,012 1,748,524 1,731,476 1,644,078
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 908,879 904,964 997,030 995,925 1,035,693 1,040,339 978,644 1,007,261 1,014,732 949,226
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,042,943 1,128,088 1,140,917 1,158,364 1,202,971 1,205,301 1,182,775 1,201,406 1,247,805 1,236,322
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 671,641 724,731 668,867 682,136 710,772 710,663 702,406 710,106 726,382 715,966
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 238,897 226,594 271,298 250,336 271,336 265,857 249,706 252,833 278,616 272,107
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 102,180 95,644 123,132 125,010 125,403 121,413 115,763 115,918 124,720 117,799
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 41,825 41,548 23,391 14,895 15,899 17,300 17,056 20,710 24,073 19,270
11 Other 132,405 176,763 200,752 225,892 220,863 228,781 230,663 238,467 242,807 248,249
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 35,833 47,712 45,352 48,277 50,576 51,070 52,764 49,362 53,397 49,289
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 24,664 38,105 28,870 33,157 32,552 31,719 34,065 32,445 34,823 31,784
14 Deposits2 20,205 20,163 21,543 27,055 27,100 26,328 26,042 27,641 27,607 26,007
15 Other 4,459 17,942 7,327 6,102 5,452 5,391 8,023 4,804 7,216 5,777
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 11,169 9,607 16,482 15,120 18,024 19,351 18,699 16,917 18,574 17,505
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 5,298 5,926 10,437 8,000 8,705 8,840 8,306 8,694 9,175 8,299
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 5,871 3,681 6,045 7,120 9,319 10,511 10,393 8,223 9,399 9,206
 
19 Official institutions7 628,380 724,868 730,606 746,066 765,715 755,096 718,992 755,220 751,229 723,390
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 253,880 351,636 395,046 380,068 392,426 374,419 363,471 390,607 378,193 368,727
21 Deposits2 92,298 85,884 98,512 99,566 107,169 97,384 91,579 105,615 103,799 90,099
22 Other 161,582 265,752 296,534 280,502 285,257 277,035 271,892 284,992 274,394 278,628
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 374,500 373,232 335,560 365,998 373,289 380,677 355,521 364,613 373,036 354,663
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 335,308 336,669 297,684 325,181 332,161 339,572 317,227 325,029 333,908 318,605
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 39,192 36,563 37,876 40,817 41,128 41,105 38,294 39,584 39,128 36,058
 
26 Banks8 2,472,982 2,278,480 2,015,714 2,170,046 2,242,697 2,259,797 2,191,865 2,237,922 2,175,120 2,153,793
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 2,303,351 2,069,269 1,817,557 1,967,840 2,032,072 2,048,695 1,983,046 2,029,659 1,957,616 1,934,653
28 Deposits2 1,245,950 1,153,615 986,884 1,056,509 1,107,201 1,110,994 1,091,294 1,100,195 1,059,117 1,077,488
29 Other 1,057,401 915,654 830,673 911,331 924,871 937,701 891,752 929,464 898,499 857,165
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 169,631 209,211 198,157 202,206 210,625 211,102 208,819 208,263 217,504 219,140
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 105,962 125,964 99,440 100,293 110,972 110,120 109,024 108,080 111,361 106,670
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 20,819 24,756 23,541 24,123 25,294 26,261 24,586 24,651 27,942 33,906
33 Other 42,850 58,491 75,176 77,790 74,359 74,721 75,209 75,532 78,201 78,564
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,710,144 1,683,014 1,861,989 1,905,575 1,965,553 1,932,974 1,856,298 1,916,059 1,951,805 1,910,301
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,222,501 1,146,976 1,271,271 1,330,535 1,364,520 1,338,803 1,256,562 1,304,446 1,313,114 1,265,287
36 Deposits2 650,257 666,108 706,362 759,207 783,701 770,872 741,217 775,182 761,747 762,779
37 Other 572,244 480,868 564,909 571,328 580,819 567,931 515,345 529,264 551,367 502,508
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 487,643 536,038 590,718 575,040 601,033 594,171 599,736 611,613 638,691 645,014
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 225,073 256,172 261,306 248,662 258,934 252,131 267,849 268,303 271,938 282,392
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 173,015 161,620 204,203 178,629 195,932 188,319 176,722 180,583 202,355 193,130
41 Other 89,555 118,246 125,209 147,749 146,167 153,721 155,165 162,727 164,398 169,492
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,998,044 1,739,369 1,541,689 1,679,610 1,731,180 1,739,271 1,625,173 1,705,648 1,672,644 1,619,217
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,847,339 4,734,074 4,653,661 4,869,964 5,024,541 4,998,937 4,819,919 4,958,563 4,931,551 4,836,773
 
44 Foreign countries 4,811,506 4,686,362 4,608,309 4,821,687 4,973,965 4,947,867 4,767,155 4,909,201 4,878,154 4,787,484
 
45 Europe 1,991,001 1,790,962 1,780,719 1,850,695 1,949,608 1,967,724 1,941,008 1,968,837 1,988,424 1,933,942
46 Austria 5,376 3,541 3,956 2,823 2,385 2,780 2,874 3,381 3,231 3,306
47 Belgium 33,218 30,866 34,902 25,212 35,415 30,693 36,897 38,694 38,222 38,970
48 Denmark 4,649 5,533 8,323 4,950 4,838 5,404 5,353 5,176 5,439 5,828
49 Finland 11,262 14,044 10,297 1,832 676 2,386 5,625 1,043 2,558 2,176
50 France 125,366 102,290 120,368 136,051 145,090 141,721 136,312 137,204 135,022 131,806
51 Germany 76,825 66,449 67,035 71,180 78,688 93,218 120,698 128,335 128,203 132,179
52 Greece 4,169 3,724 1,789 1,969 1,583 1,643 1,899 1,912 2,270 1,697
53 Ireland 205,040 185,494 175,479 190,858 211,123 210,385 197,242 220,034 207,423 208,243
54 Italy 15,977 21,489 23,051 20,482 20,066 21,130 19,510 19,710 22,663 22,128
55 Luxembourg 139,593 152,619 168,098 158,683 181,668 173,371 162,143 170,156 187,916 185,714
56 Netherlands 47,666 57,420 67,503 66,521 65,328 67,089 71,929 66,393 63,847 61,212
57 Norway 4,945 3,623 5,536 3,015 4,282 5,242 3,700 3,727 3,294 3,001
58 Portugal 2,971 2,151 1,927 2,254 1,475 1,754 1,977 1,398 1,721 1,775
59 Russia 14,003 15,690 14,764 20,466 16,247 14,383 12,191 9,266 8,362 13,014
60 Spain 14,945 21,456 19,345 18,277 17,833 16,543 18,076 16,190 15,614 16,565
61 Sweden 12,550 12,523 3,496 6,732 11,216 11,983 12,137 11,325 10,639 10,427
62 Switzerland 71,207 78,871 73,384 83,493 82,189 81,784 80,034 89,356 87,657 88,059
63 Turkey 64,556 48,791 37,739 42,954 45,968 42,469 31,879 35,772 30,531 24,320
64 United Kingdom 1,015,913 865,876 860,456 917,911 948,752 968,394 951,169 940,026 962,860 912,765
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 65,138 48,008 35,786 35,351 35,043 36,251 33,557 33,718 32,803 33,312
66 Serbia 1,362 942 487 539 461 338 444 268 200 434
67 Other Europe 54,269 49,563 46,997 39,140 39,281 38,764 35,361 35,754 37,949 37,012
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,725,421 1,553,598 1,579,843 1,635,959 1,736,430 1,760,184 1,752,870 1,769,181 1,796,951 1,744,755
 
69 Canada 167,835 163,881 181,277 177,241 193,157 181,564 171,032 176,108 185,237 178,420
 
70 Latin America 251,598 258,393 258,972 272,725 278,312 266,825 253,758 265,311 254,737 244,327
71 Argentina 11,673 12,446 13,374 15,049 16,274 16,938 13,830 15,815 14,982 13,647
72 Brazil 48,838 46,607 52,594 60,860 62,421 58,477 53,552 57,242 55,317 52,144
73 Chile 24,192 22,328 24,294 20,082 24,382 22,523 22,741 23,888 23,962 23,578
74 Colombia 11,359 7,922 8,730 9,825 9,074 9,000 9,331 9,123 9,956 9,200
75 Ecuador 3,472 3,891 3,156 2,935 2,830 3,070 3,103 3,212 3,131 3,222
76 Guatemala 2,072 2,297 2,400 1,977 2,421 2,120 2,074 2,079 2,365 2,247
77 Mexico 77,764 84,414 76,519 84,108 85,114 79,303 73,583 77,489 72,273 72,917
78 Panama 12,880 13,625 17,515 18,033 16,037 15,772 15,812 16,017 15,088 15,366
79 Peru 12,378 16,563 16,533 17,292 18,180 17,852 17,076 17,881 17,038 12,692
80 Uruguay 11,414 14,066 12,925 11,321 11,220 11,945 12,984 12,829 11,843 11,414
81 Venezuela 20,914 19,374 17,051 15,286 14,788 14,734 14,621 14,233 13,478 12,737
82 Other Latin America 14,642 14,860 13,881 15,957 15,571 15,091 15,051 15,503 15,304 15,163
 
83 Caribbean 1,583,064 1,471,019 1,293,179 1,376,326 1,390,850 1,361,047 1,258,125 1,304,775 1,285,692 1,241,203
84 Bahamas 88,569 49,115 59,327 55,394 53,853 56,592 52,156 54,512 51,742 47,668
85 Bermuda 58,898 52,657 61,194 53,809 56,397 51,222 54,164 56,700 59,784 54,074
86 British Virgin Islands 52,026 52,399 47,823 44,676 43,305 41,810 37,536 37,727 38,276 40,381
87 Cayman Islands 1,343,378 1,260,789 1,074,107 1,170,732 1,183,091 1,159,109 1,065,635 1,110,694 1,091,047 1,058,596
88 Cuba 48 46 25 24 24 24 24 24 26 23
89 Jamaica 1,312 2,183 2,583 1,696 1,519 1,613 1,454 1,566 1,359 1,378
90 Netherlands Antilles16 4,954 5,996 5,173 5,856 5,757 5,343 9,402 6,632 5,428 5,859
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,309 4,358 4,227 3,546 3,487 3,419 3,636 3,665 3,616 3,554
92 Other Caribbean 29,570 43,476 38,720 40,593 43,417 41,915 34,118 33,255 34,414 29,670
 
93 Asia 740,479 911,271 983,297 1,000,031 1,016,033 1,021,230 990,074 1,027,425 1,006,633 1,029,099
94 China - Mainland 93,580 101,933 107,386 117,051 109,894 114,328 102,183 123,711 109,574 111,661
95 China - Hong Kong 98,889 146,914 125,216 127,602 131,812 126,161 124,106 128,628 116,393 111,107
96 India 12,921 22,454 20,996 32,098 28,163 28,084 26,235 31,172 26,878 32,285
97 Indonesia 14,420 12,919 10,954 12,333 12,589 13,342 12,148 10,340 10,833 13,439
98 Israel 20,605 16,284 16,429 19,435 18,791 18,371 18,288 21,647 17,930 15,967
99 Japan 191,522 294,395 348,855 347,959 355,689 358,773 347,972 357,814 359,814 369,985
100 Korea (South) 34,603 33,466 42,529 29,311 37,285 36,737 33,533 43,297 46,279 44,676
101 Philippines 6,558 6,437 8,014 6,415 6,055 6,497 7,383 5,744 6,443 5,281
102 Taiwan 27,084 34,181 37,584 34,883 35,605 34,548 35,525 34,252 33,832 30,647
103 Thailand 26,997 29,155 36,723 22,943 17,682 21,525 19,448 22,924 23,980 16,983
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 132,888 121,902 119,562 130,885 141,922 149,554 151,115 141,069 147,522 154,547
105 Other Asia 80,412 91,231 109,049 119,116 120,546 113,310 112,138 106,827 107,155 122,521
 
106 Africa 31,622 36,158 45,542 74,652 77,267 77,942 82,193 85,863 89,797 91,559
107 Egypt 5,100 7,525 16,247 34,001 33,934 33,334 35,680 36,549 40,696 42,162
108 Morocco 484 761 837 1,182 1,361 1,182 1,141 1,719 1,265 616
109 South Africa 2,997 3,770 4,109 13,298 13,709 14,442 13,646 14,514 13,567 16,277
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,126 6,122 6,716 11,664 12,529 13,149 15,301 15,824 14,672 14,747
111 Other Africa 16,915 17,980 17,633 14,507 15,734 15,835 16,425 17,257 19,597 17,757
 
112 Other countries 45,907 54,678 65,323 70,017 68,738 71,535 70,965 80,882 67,634 68,934
113 Australia 40,922 48,311 57,219 63,497 58,469 63,188 64,549 73,825 61,087 62,872
114 New Zealand 3,274 4,483 5,703 4,200 7,821 5,867 3,953 4,507 4,010 3,507
115 All Other 1,711 1,884 2,401 2,320 2,448 2,480 2,463 2,550 2,537 2,555
 
116 International and regional organizations 35,833 47,712 45,352 48,277 50,576 51,070 52,764 49,362 53,397 49,289
117 International14 23,447 37,839 33,545 32,278 33,910 34,496 37,702 33,596 37,039 34,511
118 Regional15 12,386 9,873 11,807 15,999 16,666 16,574 15,062 15,766 16,358 14,778
  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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