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

Release Date: July 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 Nov 2017/r Dec 2017/r Jan 2018/r Feb 2018/r Mar 2018/r Apr 2018/r May 2018/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,847,339 4,734,074 4,655,157 5,000,724 4,821,940 4,961,037 4,937,801 4,837,280 4,878,720 4,854,486
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,804,396 3,605,986 3,514,240 3,795,423 3,639,165 3,759,631 3,689,996 3,600,958 3,633,848 3,579,161
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 2,008,710 1,925,770 1,813,295 2,012,458 1,956,962 2,008,633 1,957,461 1,956,373 1,978,240 1,934,407
4 Other 1,795,686 1,680,216 1,700,945 1,782,965 1,682,203 1,750,998 1,732,535 1,644,585 1,655,608 1,644,754
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 908,879 904,964 998,532 1,042,126 980,637 1,009,731 1,015,992 949,734 973,678 963,790
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,042,943 1,128,088 1,140,917 1,205,301 1,182,775 1,201,406 1,247,805 1,236,322 1,244,872 1,275,325
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 671,641 724,731 668,867 710,663 702,406 710,106 726,382 715,966 710,442 740,404
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 238,897 226,594 271,298 265,857 249,706 252,833 278,616 272,107 282,504 278,301
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 102,180 95,644 123,132 121,413 115,763 115,918 124,720 117,799 128,366 126,943
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 41,825 41,548 23,391 17,300 17,056 20,710 24,073 19,270 17,653 20,008
11 Other 132,405 176,763 200,752 228,781 230,663 238,467 242,807 248,249 251,926 256,620
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 35,833 47,712 45,352 51,070 52,764 49,362 53,397 49,289 54,927 60,018
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 24,664 38,105 28,870 31,719 34,065 32,445 34,823 31,784 34,285 38,684
14 Deposits2 20,205 20,163 21,543 26,328 26,042 27,641 27,607 26,007 28,118 30,320
15 Other 4,459 17,942 7,327 5,391 8,023 4,804 7,216 5,777 6,167 8,364
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 11,169 9,607 16,482 19,351 18,699 16,917 18,574 17,505 20,642 21,334
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 5,298 5,926 10,437 8,840 8,306 8,694 9,175 8,299 9,751 10,010
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 5,871 3,681 6,045 10,511 10,393 8,223 9,399 9,206 10,891 11,324
 
19 Official institutions7 628,380 724,868 730,606 755,096 718,992 755,220 751,229 723,390 746,893 774,136
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 253,880 351,636 395,046 374,419 363,471 390,607 378,193 368,727 382,251 385,179
21 Deposits2 92,298 85,884 98,512 97,384 91,579 105,615 103,799 90,099 93,868 96,334
22 Other 161,582 265,752 296,534 277,035 271,892 284,992 274,394 278,628 288,383 288,845
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 374,500 373,232 335,560 380,677 355,521 364,613 373,036 354,663 364,642 388,957
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 335,308 336,669 297,684 339,572 317,227 325,029 333,908 318,605 323,179 346,300
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 39,192 36,563 37,876 41,105 38,294 39,584 39,128 36,058 41,463 42,657
 
26 Banks8 2,472,982 2,278,480 2,015,708 2,259,797 2,191,865 2,237,922 2,175,022 2,153,793 2,153,519 2,069,119
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 2,303,351 2,069,269 1,817,551 2,048,695 1,983,046 2,029,659 1,957,518 1,934,653 1,934,826 1,876,886
28 Deposits2 1,245,950 1,153,615 986,878 1,117,874 1,098,124 1,100,195 1,059,220 1,077,488 1,095,717 1,050,260
29 Other 1,057,401 915,654 830,673 930,821 884,922 929,464 898,298 857,165 839,109 826,626
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 169,631 209,211 198,157 211,102 208,819 208,263 217,504 219,140 218,693 192,233
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 105,962 125,964 99,440 110,120 109,024 108,080 111,361 106,670 103,253 83,553
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 20,819 24,756 23,541 26,261 24,586 24,651 27,942 33,906 36,053 26,602
33 Other 42,850 58,491 75,176 74,721 75,209 75,532 78,201 78,564 79,387 82,078
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,710,144 1,683,014 1,863,491 1,934,761 1,858,319 1,918,533 1,958,153 1,910,808 1,923,381 1,951,213
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,222,501 1,146,976 1,272,773 1,340,590 1,258,583 1,306,920 1,319,462 1,265,794 1,282,486 1,278,412
36 Deposits2 650,257 666,108 706,362 770,872 741,217 775,182 766,835 762,779 760,537 757,493
37 Other 572,244 480,868 566,411 569,718 517,366 531,738 552,627 503,015 521,949 520,919
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 487,643 536,038 590,718 594,171 599,736 611,613 638,691 645,014 640,895 672,801
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 225,073 256,172 261,306 252,131 267,849 268,303 271,938 282,392 274,259 300,541
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 173,015 161,620 204,203 188,319 176,722 180,583 202,355 193,130 194,240 197,877
41 Other 89,555 118,246 125,209 153,721 155,165 162,727 164,398 169,492 172,396 174,383
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,998,044 1,739,369 1,541,686 1,739,271 1,625,201 1,705,652 1,672,643 1,619,216 1,624,007 1,570,837
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,847,339 4,734,074 4,655,157 5,000,724 4,821,940 4,961,037 4,937,801 4,837,280 4,878,720 4,854,486
 
44 Foreign countries 4,811,506 4,686,362 4,609,805 4,949,654 4,769,176 4,911,675 4,884,404 4,787,991 4,823,793 4,794,468
 
45 Europe 1,991,001 1,790,962 1,782,050 1,969,331 1,942,815 1,970,970 1,991,598 1,935,738 1,930,719 1,904,035
46 Austria 5,376 3,541 3,956 2,780 2,874 3,381 3,231 3,306 3,480 3,165
47 Belgium 33,218 30,866 34,902 30,693 36,897 38,694 38,222 38,970 36,105 37,183
48 Denmark 4,649 5,533 8,323 5,404 5,353 5,176 5,439 5,828 4,877 5,432
49 Finland 11,262 14,044 10,297 2,386 5,625 1,043 2,558 2,176 2,046 906
50 France 125,366 102,290 120,368 141,721 136,312 137,204 135,022 131,806 137,581 147,551
51 Germany 76,825 66,449 67,035 93,218 120,698 128,335 128,203 132,179 130,591 165,189
52 Greece 4,169 3,724 1,789 1,643 1,899 1,912 2,270 1,697 1,741 1,911
53 Ireland 205,040 185,494 176,333 211,992 198,970 222,165 210,128 210,041 214,044 209,066
54 Italy 15,977 21,489 23,051 21,130 19,510 19,710 22,663 22,128 22,131 23,269
55 Luxembourg 139,593 152,619 168,225 173,371 162,201 170,156 188,224 185,714 187,381 179,181
56 Netherlands 47,666 57,420 67,503 67,089 71,929 66,393 63,888 61,212 58,107 59,633
57 Norway 4,945 3,623 5,536 5,242 3,700 3,727 3,294 3,001 3,523 3,554
58 Portugal 2,971 2,151 1,927 1,754 1,977 1,398 1,721 1,775 1,730 1,848
59 Russia 14,003 15,690 14,764 14,383 12,191 9,266 8,362 13,014 9,123 12,987
60 Spain 14,945 21,456 19,345 16,543 18,076 16,190 15,614 16,565 17,508 17,267
61 Sweden 12,550 12,523 3,496 11,983 12,137 11,325 10,639 10,427 8,557 15,795
62 Switzerland 71,207 78,871 73,384 81,784 80,034 89,356 87,697 88,059 82,373 90,436
63 Turkey 64,556 48,791 37,739 42,469 31,879 35,772 30,531 24,320 26,534 25,634
64 United Kingdom 1,015,913 865,876 860,806 968,394 951,190 940,028 962,903 912,763 932,330 850,872
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 65,138 48,008 35,786 36,251 33,557 33,718 32,805 33,312 18,648 17,609
66 Serbia 1,362 942 487 338 444 268 200 434 223 271
67 Other Europe 54,269 49,563 46,997 38,764 35,361 35,754 37,984 37,012 32,088 35,275
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,725,421 1,553,598 1,581,174 1,761,791 1,754,677 1,771,314 1,800,065 1,746,551 1,766,792 1,727,685
 
69 Canada 167,835 163,881 181,283 181,578 171,088 176,128 185,395 178,444 199,956 187,263
 
70 Latin America 251,598 258,393 258,972 266,825 253,758 265,311 254,828 244,327 254,490 264,956
71 Argentina 11,673 12,446 13,374 16,938 13,830 15,815 14,982 13,647 17,190 23,490
72 Brazil 48,838 46,607 52,594 58,477 53,552 57,242 55,317 52,144 52,952 55,919
73 Chile 24,192 22,328 24,294 22,523 22,741 23,888 23,962 23,578 22,713 23,439
74 Colombia 11,359 7,922 8,730 9,000 9,331 9,123 9,956 9,200 9,725 9,824
75 Ecuador 3,472 3,891 3,156 3,070 3,103 3,212 3,138 3,222 2,852 2,560
76 Guatemala 2,072 2,297 2,400 2,120 2,074 2,079 2,385 2,247 2,285 2,358
77 Mexico 77,764 84,414 76,519 79,303 73,583 77,489 72,291 72,917 74,885 77,899
78 Panama 12,880 13,625 17,515 15,772 15,812 16,017 15,132 15,366 14,770 14,196
79 Peru 12,378 16,563 16,533 17,852 17,076 17,881 17,038 12,692 15,699 15,285
80 Uruguay 11,414 14,066 12,925 11,945 12,984 12,829 11,843 11,414 13,648 12,287
81 Venezuela 20,914 19,374 17,051 14,734 14,621 14,233 13,478 12,737 12,369 11,842
82 Other Latin America 14,642 14,860 13,881 15,091 15,051 15,503 15,306 15,163 15,402 15,857
 
83 Caribbean 1,583,064 1,471,019 1,293,338 1,361,213 1,258,277 1,305,095 1,287,899 1,239,889 1,275,435 1,266,301
84 Bahamas 88,569 49,115 59,327 56,592 52,156 54,512 51,745 47,668 44,179 40,674
85 Bermuda 58,898 52,657 61,194 51,222 54,164 56,700 60,044 54,074 51,080 49,955
86 British Virgin Islands 52,026 52,399 47,823 41,810 37,536 37,727 38,309 40,381 38,511 41,587
87 Cayman Islands 1,343,378 1,260,789 1,074,266 1,159,275 1,065,787 1,111,014 1,092,937 1,057,282 1,100,304 1,095,753
88 Cuba 48 46 25 24 24 24 26 23 24 163
89 Jamaica 1,312 2,183 2,583 1,613 1,454 1,566 1,363 1,378 1,284 1,393
90 Netherlands Antilles16 4,954 5,996 5,173 5,343 9,402 6,632 5,428 5,859 7,304 4,377
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,309 4,358 4,227 3,419 3,636 3,665 3,616 3,554 3,696 3,857
92 Other Caribbean 29,570 43,476 38,720 41,915 34,118 33,255 34,431 29,670 29,053 28,542
 
93 Asia 740,479 911,271 983,297 1,021,230 990,079 1,027,426 1,006,934 1,029,100 1,015,482 1,032,298
94 China - Mainland 93,580 101,933 107,386 114,328 102,183 123,711 109,574 111,661 103,296 117,481
95 China - Hong Kong 98,889 146,914 125,216 126,161 124,111 128,629 116,468 111,107 111,736 106,778
96 India 12,921 22,454 20,996 28,084 26,235 31,172 26,878 32,286 28,497 25,084
97 Indonesia 14,420 12,919 10,954 13,342 12,148 10,340 10,833 13,439 16,292 16,601
98 Israel 20,605 16,284 16,429 18,371 18,288 21,647 17,931 15,967 16,422 17,817
99 Japan 191,522 294,395 348,855 358,773 347,972 357,814 359,852 369,985 369,188 370,364
100 Korea (South) 34,603 33,466 42,529 36,737 33,533 43,297 46,279 44,676 41,622 45,246
101 Philippines 6,558 6,437 8,014 6,497 7,383 5,744 6,447 5,281 4,692 4,815
102 Taiwan 27,084 34,181 37,584 34,548 35,525 34,252 33,832 30,647 25,043 28,263
103 Thailand 26,997 29,155 36,723 21,525 19,448 22,924 23,980 16,983 24,271 24,510
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 132,888 121,902 119,562 149,554 151,115 141,069 147,522 154,547 165,526 172,830
105 Other Asia 80,412 91,231 109,049 113,310 112,138 106,827 107,338 122,521 108,897 102,509
 
106 Africa 31,622 36,158 45,542 77,942 82,194 85,863 89,801 91,559 86,254 84,721
107 Egypt 5,100 7,525 16,247 33,334 35,680 36,549 40,700 42,162 41,797 40,887
108 Morocco 484 761 837 1,182 1,141 1,719 1,265 616 718 667
109 South Africa 2,997 3,770 4,109 14,442 13,646 14,514 13,567 16,277 15,040 12,223
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,126 6,122 6,716 13,149 15,301 15,824 14,672 14,747 13,157 13,864
111 Other Africa 16,915 17,980 17,633 15,835 16,426 17,257 19,597 17,757 15,542 17,080
 
112 Other countries 45,907 54,678 65,323 71,535 70,965 80,882 67,949 68,934 61,457 54,894
113 Australia 40,922 48,311 57,219 63,188 64,549 73,825 61,395 62,872 55,398 49,031
114 New Zealand 3,274 4,483 5,703 5,867 3,953 4,507 4,010 3,507 3,484 3,127
115 All Other 1,711 1,884 2,401 2,480 2,463 2,550 2,544 2,555 2,575 2,736
 
116 International and regional organizations 35,833 47,712 45,352 51,070 52,764 49,362 53,397 49,289 54,927 60,018
117 International14 23,447 37,839 33,545 34,496 37,702 33,596 37,039 34,511 39,042 42,702
118 Regional15 12,386 9,873 11,807 16,574 15,062 15,766 16,358 14,778 15,885 17,316
  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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