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

Release Date: October 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 2015 2016 2017/r Feb 2018/r Mar 2018/r Apr 2018/r May 2018/r Jun 2018/r Jul 2018/r Aug 2018/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,828,093 4,943,045 4,841,457 4,882,839 4,859,260 5,092,615 5,033,478 5,068,244
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,605,986 3,514,240 3,647,030 3,697,437 3,607,755 3,640,202 3,585,161 3,484,063 3,420,973 3,447,782
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,925,770 1,813,295 1,980,573 1,984,378 1,983,134 2,006,195 1,958,961 1,907,106 1,860,611 1,903,382
4 Other 1,680,216 1,700,945 1,666,457 1,713,059 1,624,621 1,634,007 1,626,200 1,576,957 1,560,362 1,544,400
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 904,964 998,532 980,637 1,015,994 949,735 973,676 963,790 907,380 904,394 886,924
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,128,088 1,140,917 1,181,063 1,245,608 1,233,702 1,242,637 1,274,099 1,608,552 1,612,505 1,620,462
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 724,731 668,867 702,406 726,382 715,966 710,442 740,415 749,675 758,164 750,329
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 226,594 271,298 247,994 276,419 269,487 280,269 277,064 273,878 270,971 261,695
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 95,644 123,132 115,250 124,193 117,222 127,828 126,435 128,725 124,074 123,269
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 41,548 23,391 17,056 24,073 19,270 17,653 20,008 18,590 16,126 12,896
11 Other 176,763 200,752 230,663 242,807 248,249 251,926 256,620 584,999 583,370 608,438
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 47,712 45,352 52,787 53,422 49,314 54,952 60,042 63,513 63,380 59,060
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 38,105 28,870 34,088 34,848 31,809 34,310 38,708 41,679 40,306 37,449
14 Deposits2 20,163 21,543 26,065 27,632 26,032 28,143 30,344 30,072 32,542 30,446
15 Other 17,942 7,327 8,023 7,216 5,777 6,167 8,364 11,607 7,764 7,003
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 9,607 16,482 18,699 18,574 17,505 20,642 21,334 21,834 23,074 21,611
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 5,926 10,437 8,306 9,175 8,299 9,751 10,010 11,421 11,135 11,168
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 3,681 6,045 10,393 9,399 9,206 10,891 11,324 10,413 11,939 10,443
 
19 Official institutions7 724,868 730,606 718,957 751,236 723,398 746,902 774,145 756,284 757,728 761,453
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 351,636 395,046 363,436 378,200 368,735 382,260 385,188 379,100 374,571 390,823
21 Deposits2 85,884 98,512 91,587 103,806 90,107 93,877 96,342 102,030 103,180 119,619
22 Other 265,752 296,534 271,849 274,394 278,628 288,383 288,846 277,070 271,391 271,204
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 373,232 335,560 355,521 373,036 354,663 364,642 388,957 377,184 383,157 370,630
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 336,669 297,684 317,227 333,908 318,605 323,179 346,300 336,326 339,614 329,288
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 36,563 37,876 38,294 39,128 36,058 41,463 42,657 40,858 43,543 41,342
 
26 Banks8 2,278,480 2,015,708 2,191,088 2,174,030 2,152,623 2,152,623 2,069,070 1,982,275 1,935,683 1,949,326
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 2,069,269 1,817,551 1,983,134 1,957,509 1,934,644 1,934,826 1,877,193 1,782,787 1,731,214 1,738,444
28 Deposits2 1,153,615 986,878 1,098,106 1,059,220 1,077,488 1,095,717 1,050,260 982,410 946,103 962,012
29 Other 915,654 830,673 885,028 898,289 857,156 839,109 826,933 800,377 785,111 776,432
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 209,211 198,157 207,954 216,521 217,979 217,797 191,877 199,488 204,469 210,882
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 125,964 99,440 109,024 111,361 106,670 103,253 83,553 81,096 89,208 87,904
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 24,756 23,541 23,721 26,959 32,745 35,157 26,246 24,109 24,451 24,922
33 Other 58,491 75,176 75,209 78,201 78,564 79,387 82,078 94,283 90,810 98,056
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,683,014 1,863,491 1,865,261 1,964,357 1,916,122 1,928,362 1,956,003 2,290,543 2,276,687 2,298,405
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,146,976 1,272,773 1,266,372 1,326,880 1,272,567 1,288,806 1,284,072 1,280,497 1,274,882 1,281,066
36 Deposits2 666,108 706,362 764,815 793,720 789,507 788,458 782,015 792,594 778,786 791,305
37 Other 480,868 566,411 501,557 533,160 483,060 500,348 502,057 487,903 496,096 489,761
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 536,038 590,718 598,889 637,477 643,555 639,556 671,931 1,010,046 1,001,805 1,017,339
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 256,172 261,306 267,849 271,938 282,392 274,259 300,552 320,832 318,207 321,969
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 161,620 204,203 175,875 201,141 191,671 192,901 196,996 199,221 191,852 185,825
41 Other 118,246 125,209 155,165 164,398 169,492 172,396 174,383 489,993 491,746 509,545
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,739,369 1,541,686 1,629,923 1,676,915 1,622,828 1,627,154 1,573,451 1,488,873 1,466,376 1,481,654
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,828,093 4,943,045 4,841,457 4,882,839 4,859,260 5,092,615 5,033,478 5,068,244
 
44 Foreign countries 4,686,362 4,609,805 4,775,306 4,889,623 4,792,143 4,827,887 4,799,218 5,029,102 4,970,098 5,009,184
 
45 Europe 1,790,962 1,782,050 1,964,591 2,007,238 1,949,037 1,934,289 1,907,548 1,853,167 1,833,013 1,819,509
46 Austria 3,541 3,956 3,043 3,402 3,478 3,652 3,337 3,171 3,911 3,621
47 Belgium 30,866 34,902 36,919 38,245 38,993 36,128 37,206 40,484 35,824 34,864
48 Denmark 5,533 8,323 5,378 5,464 5,853 4,902 5,457 5,452 5,482 5,511
49 Finland 14,044 10,297 5,631 2,564 2,183 2,053 913 3,631 1,635 6,295
50 France 102,290 120,368 136,451 135,160 131,945 137,720 147,689 152,211 161,454 160,610
51 Germany 66,449 67,035 120,732 128,238 132,213 130,625 165,223 142,698 141,561 141,435
52 Greece 3,724 1,789 1,909 2,281 1,708 1,752 1,922 2,035 2,113 2,063
53 Ireland 185,494 176,333 198,984 210,142 210,055 214,058 209,080 218,137 222,944 220,227
54 Italy 21,489 23,051 19,744 22,901 22,367 22,371 23,510 22,373 26,001 25,593
55 Luxembourg 152,619 168,225 162,202 188,225 185,715 187,382 179,182 180,005 190,465 184,396
56 Netherlands 57,420 67,503 71,962 63,923 61,245 58,142 59,668 64,175 55,597 57,923
57 Norway 3,623 5,536 3,704 3,297 3,004 3,526 3,557 4,255 3,971 4,067
58 Portugal 2,151 1,927 1,990 1,734 1,788 1,743 1,861 1,712 1,424 1,328
59 Russia 15,690 14,764 12,206 8,376 13,028 9,137 12,998 13,218 16,403 18,817
60 Spain 21,456 19,345 18,128 15,667 16,618 17,563 17,325 16,987 15,462 13,350
61 Sweden 12,523 3,496 12,157 10,659 10,447 8,577 15,815 16,011 15,738 17,183
62 Switzerland 78,871 73,384 80,230 87,894 88,255 82,572 90,635 82,013 79,989 79,486
63 Turkey 48,791 37,739 31,896 30,548 24,336 26,551 25,651 23,852 25,684 16,353
64 United Kingdom 865,876 860,806 971,804 977,372 924,898 934,723 853,207 806,960 771,627 767,290
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 48,008 35,786 33,593 32,835 33,335 18,676 17,638 18,746 19,588 18,914
66 Serbia 942 487 454 211 445 234 282 313 302 414
67 Other Europe 49,563 46,997 35,473 38,100 37,129 32,204 35,391 34,730 35,837 39,768
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,553,598 1,581,174 1,776,120 1,815,375 1,759,527 1,770,031 1,730,869 1,686,228 1,661,482 1,653,821
 
69 Canada 163,881 181,283 169,533 183,332 175,986 197,886 186,182 192,265 196,088 197,422
 
70 Latin America 258,393 258,972 254,079 255,117 244,646 254,799 265,263 250,986 251,774 244,712
71 Argentina 12,446 13,374 13,875 15,024 13,691 17,233 23,535 18,380 19,548 21,211
72 Brazil 46,607 52,594 53,576 55,340 52,169 52,976 55,944 53,330 49,121 36,248
73 Chile 22,328 24,294 22,795 24,017 23,630 22,766 23,492 23,909 22,981 22,792
74 Colombia 7,922 8,730 9,349 9,974 9,219 9,743 9,842 9,910 10,220 11,396
75 Ecuador 3,891 3,156 3,114 3,149 3,233 2,863 2,571 2,461 2,491 2,434
76 Guatemala 2,297 2,400 2,079 2,390 2,252 2,290 2,363 2,372 2,738 2,698
77 Mexico 84,414 76,519 73,676 72,355 73,008 74,966 77,975 72,962 74,661 79,383
78 Panama 13,625 17,515 15,827 15,147 15,381 14,785 14,211 14,831 14,844 14,218
79 Peru 16,563 16,533 17,089 17,052 12,706 15,713 15,299 13,847 16,495 15,477
80 Uruguay 14,066 12,925 12,996 11,854 11,426 13,660 12,299 11,405 10,977 11,291
81 Venezuela 19,374 17,051 14,629 13,486 12,745 12,377 11,850 11,741 11,723 11,662
82 Other Latin America 14,860 13,881 15,074 15,329 15,186 15,427 15,882 15,838 15,975 15,902
 
83 Caribbean 1,471,019 1,293,338 1,258,634 1,287,947 1,239,965 1,275,946 1,266,514 1,557,866 1,539,271 1,554,114
84 Bahamas 49,115 59,327 52,156 51,745 47,668 44,179 40,674 36,419 36,709 41,177
85 Bermuda 52,657 61,194 54,165 60,045 54,075 51,082 49,956 48,650 53,100 55,591
86 British Virgin Islands 52,399 47,823 37,536 38,309 40,407 38,537 41,613 42,195 40,543 41,142
87 Cayman Islands 1,260,789 1,074,266 1,065,788 1,092,938 1,057,283 1,100,305 1,095,891 1,392,231 1,367,835 1,376,938
88 Cuba 46 25 25 27 24 25 164 25 25 27
89 Jamaica 2,183 2,583 1,463 1,372 1,387 1,293 1,402 1,321 1,212 1,310
90 Netherlands Antilles16 5,996 5,173 9,711 5,428 5,859 7,737 4,377 5,199 8,021 6,440
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,358 4,227 3,645 3,625 3,564 3,706 3,866 3,865 3,830 4,043
92 Other Caribbean 43,476 38,720 34,145 34,458 29,698 29,082 28,571 27,961 27,996 27,446
 
93 Asia 911,271 983,297 990,992 1,007,713 1,029,966 1,016,307 1,033,139 1,026,043 999,959 1,046,034
94 China - Mainland 101,933 107,386 102,210 109,597 111,689 103,320 117,505 104,871 116,593 128,984
95 China - Hong Kong 146,914 125,216 124,244 116,530 111,223 111,821 106,876 113,881 104,981 108,408
96 India 22,454 20,996 26,324 26,965 32,374 28,584 25,172 21,302 19,633 19,280
97 Indonesia 12,919 10,954 12,160 10,843 13,449 16,303 16,611 16,279 11,421 14,473
98 Israel 16,284 16,429 18,310 17,953 15,989 16,444 17,839 19,580 18,854 22,480
99 Japan 294,395 348,855 348,090 359,955 370,105 369,304 370,479 359,079 350,313 354,268
100 Korea (South) 33,466 42,529 33,543 46,289 44,686 41,631 45,255 52,061 47,260 49,308
101 Philippines 6,437 8,014 7,431 6,491 5,312 4,715 4,846 4,825 5,353 5,768
102 Taiwan 34,181 37,584 35,529 33,835 30,653 25,049 28,267 29,259 28,438 28,027
103 Thailand 29,155 36,723 19,534 24,062 17,068 24,357 24,596 22,528 22,366 20,840
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 121,902 119,562 151,149 147,556 154,581 165,560 172,863 174,683 179,979 189,410
105 Other Asia 91,231 109,049 112,468 107,637 122,837 109,219 102,830 107,695 94,768 104,788
 
106 Africa 36,158 45,542 83,037 90,649 92,413 87,113 85,593 87,679 85,662 83,785
107 Egypt 7,525 16,247 35,698 40,718 42,180 41,815 40,906 41,316 40,635 40,565
108 Morocco 761 837 1,147 1,272 623 725 674 819 909 747
109 South Africa 3,770 4,109 13,673 13,594 16,304 15,067 12,250 13,556 9,980 10,655
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,122 6,716 15,331 14,702 14,777 13,187 13,895 13,953 14,397 13,871
111 Other Africa 17,980 17,633 17,188 20,363 18,529 16,319 17,868 18,035 19,741 17,947
 
112 Other countries 54,678 65,323 54,440 57,627 60,130 61,547 54,979 61,096 64,331 63,608
113 Australia 48,311 57,219 47,997 51,047 54,041 55,462 49,091 54,667 57,496 56,376
114 New Zealand 4,483 5,703 3,967 4,022 3,520 3,496 3,137 3,973 4,254 4,587
115 All Other 1,884 2,401 2,476 2,558 2,569 2,589 2,751 2,456 2,581 2,645
 
116 International and regional organizations 47,712 45,352 52,787 53,422 49,314 54,952 60,042 63,513 63,380 59,060
117 International14 37,839 33,545 37,725 37,064 34,536 39,067 42,726 44,392 46,006 43,943
118 Regional15 9,873 11,807 15,062 16,358 14,778 15,885 17,316 19,121 17,374 15,117
  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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