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

Release Date: November 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/r 2017 Mar 2018 Apr 2018 May 2018 Jun 2018 Jul 2018/r Aug 2018 Sep 2018/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,828,093 4,841,457 4,882,839 4,859,260 5,092,615 5,033,477 5,068,244 5,025,439
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,605,986 3,514,240 3,647,030 3,607,755 3,640,202 3,585,161 3,484,063 3,420,972 3,447,782 3,420,462
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,925,770 1,813,295 1,980,573 1,983,134 2,006,195 1,958,961 1,907,106 1,860,611 1,903,382 1,921,009
4 Other 1,680,216 1,700,945 1,666,457 1,624,621 1,634,007 1,626,200 1,576,957 1,560,361 1,544,400 1,499,453
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 904,964 998,532 980,637 949,735 973,676 963,790 907,380 904,394 886,924 823,905
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,128,088 1,140,917 1,181,063 1,233,702 1,242,637 1,274,099 1,608,552 1,612,505 1,620,462 1,604,977
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 724,731 668,867 702,406 715,966 710,442 740,415 749,675 758,164 750,329 714,321
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 226,594 271,298 247,994 269,487 280,269 277,064 273,878 270,971 261,695 253,777
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 95,644 123,132 115,250 117,222 127,828 126,435 128,725 124,074 123,269 119,476
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 41,548 23,391 17,056 19,270 17,653 20,008 18,590 16,126 12,896 12,469
11 Other 176,763 200,752 230,663 248,249 251,926 256,620 584,999 583,370 608,438 636,879
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 47,712 45,352 52,787 49,314 54,952 60,042 63,513 63,380 59,060 59,575
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 38,105 28,870 34,088 31,809 34,310 38,708 41,679 40,306 37,449 40,869
14 Deposits2 20,163 21,543 26,065 26,032 28,143 30,344 30,072 32,542 30,446 32,052
15 Other 17,942 7,327 8,023 5,777 6,167 8,364 11,607 7,764 7,003 8,817
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 9,607 16,482 18,699 17,505 20,642 21,334 21,834 23,074 21,611 18,706
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 5,926 10,437 8,306 8,299 9,751 10,010 11,421 11,135 11,168 8,229
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 3,681 6,045 10,393 9,206 10,891 11,324 10,413 11,939 10,443 10,477
 
19 Official institutions7 724,868 730,606 718,957 723,398 746,902 774,145 756,284 757,728 761,453 728,859
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 351,636 395,046 363,436 368,735 382,260 385,188 379,100 374,571 390,823 374,390
21 Deposits2 85,884 98,512 91,587 90,107 93,877 96,342 102,030 103,180 119,619 118,918
22 Other 265,752 296,534 271,849 278,628 288,383 288,846 277,070 271,391 271,204 255,472
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 373,232 335,560 355,521 354,663 364,642 388,957 377,184 383,157 370,630 354,469
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 336,669 297,684 317,227 318,605 323,179 346,300 336,326 339,614 329,288 316,688
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 36,563 37,876 38,294 36,058 41,463 42,657 40,858 43,543 41,342 37,781
 
26 Banks8 2,278,480 2,015,708 2,191,088 2,152,623 2,152,623 2,069,070 1,982,275 1,935,683 1,949,326 1,939,300
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 2,069,269 1,817,551 1,983,134 1,934,644 1,934,826 1,877,193 1,782,787 1,731,214 1,738,444 1,734,634
28 Deposits2 1,153,615 986,878 1,098,106 1,077,488 1,095,717 1,050,260 982,410 946,103 962,012 972,714
29 Other 915,654 830,673 885,028 857,156 839,109 826,933 800,377 785,111 776,432 761,920
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 209,211 198,157 207,954 217,979 217,797 191,877 199,488 204,469 210,882 204,666
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 125,964 99,440 109,024 106,670 103,253 83,553 81,096 89,208 87,904 79,532
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 24,756 23,541 23,721 32,745 35,157 26,246 24,109 24,451 24,922 21,900
33 Other 58,491 75,176 75,209 78,564 79,387 82,078 94,283 90,810 98,056 103,234
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,683,014 1,863,491 1,865,261 1,916,122 1,928,362 1,956,003 2,290,543 2,276,686 2,298,405 2,297,705
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,146,976 1,272,773 1,266,372 1,272,567 1,288,806 1,284,072 1,280,497 1,274,881 1,281,066 1,270,569
36 Deposits2 666,108 706,362 764,815 789,507 788,458 782,015 792,594 778,786 791,305 797,325
37 Other 480,868 566,411 501,557 483,060 500,348 502,057 487,903 496,095 489,761 473,244
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 536,038 590,718 598,889 643,555 639,556 671,931 1,010,046 1,001,805 1,017,339 1,027,136
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 256,172 261,306 267,849 282,392 274,259 300,552 320,832 318,207 321,969 309,872
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 161,620 204,203 175,875 191,671 192,901 196,996 199,221 191,852 185,825 184,380
41 Other 118,246 125,209 155,165 169,492 172,396 174,383 489,993 491,746 509,545 532,884
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,739,369 1,541,686 1,629,923 1,622,828 1,627,154 1,573,451 1,488,873 1,466,375 1,481,654 1,471,032
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,828,093 4,841,457 4,882,839 4,859,260 5,092,615 5,033,477 5,068,244 5,025,439
 
44 Foreign countries 4,686,362 4,609,805 4,775,306 4,792,143 4,827,887 4,799,218 5,029,102 4,970,097 5,009,184 4,965,864
 
45 Europe 1,790,962 1,794,635 1,964,591 1,949,037 1,934,289 1,907,548 1,853,167 1,833,012 1,819,509 1,777,987
46 Austria 3,541 3,956 3,043 3,478 3,652 3,337 3,171 3,911 3,621 4,140
47 Belgium 30,866 34,902 36,919 38,993 36,128 37,206 40,484 35,824 34,864 38,015
48 Denmark 5,533 8,323 5,378 5,853 4,902 5,457 5,452 5,482 5,511 6,923
49 Finland 14,044 10,297 5,631 2,183 2,053 913 3,631 1,635 6,295 10,822
50 France 102,290 120,368 136,451 131,945 137,720 147,689 152,211 161,454 160,610 152,126
51 Germany 66,449 67,035 120,732 132,213 130,625 165,223 142,698 141,561 141,435 138,088
52 Greece 3,724 1,789 1,909 1,708 1,752 1,922 2,035 2,113 2,063 2,339
53 Ireland 185,494 176,333 198,984 210,055 214,058 209,080 218,137 222,944 220,227 204,981
54 Italy 21,489 23,051 19,744 22,367 22,371 23,510 22,373 26,001 25,593 24,929
55 Luxembourg 152,619 168,225 162,202 185,715 187,382 179,182 180,005 190,465 184,396 198,270
56 Netherlands 57,420 67,503 71,962 61,245 58,142 59,668 64,175 55,597 57,923 52,885
57 Norway 3,623 5,536 3,704 3,004 3,526 3,557 4,255 3,971 4,067 4,216
58 Portugal 2,151 1,927 1,990 1,788 1,743 1,861 1,712 1,424 1,328 1,585
59 Russia 15,690 14,764 12,206 13,028 9,137 12,998 13,218 16,403 18,817 23,152
60 Spain 21,456 19,345 18,128 16,618 17,563 17,325 16,987 15,462 13,350 15,233
61 Sweden 12,523 3,496 12,157 10,447 8,577 15,815 16,011 15,738 17,183 16,824
62 Switzerland 78,871 73,384 80,230 88,255 82,572 90,635 82,013 79,989 79,486 75,036
63 Turkey 48,791 37,739 31,896 24,336 26,551 25,651 23,852 25,684 16,353 9,729
64 United Kingdom 865,876 873,391 971,804 924,898 934,723 853,207 806,960 771,626 767,290 742,856
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 48,008 35,786 33,593 33,335 18,676 17,638 18,746 19,588 18,914 20,234
66 Serbia 942 487 454 445 234 282 313 302 414 190
67 Other Europe 49,563 46,997 35,473 37,129 32,204 35,391 34,730 35,837 39,768 35,416
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,553,598 1,593,759 1,776,120 1,759,527 1,770,031 1,730,869 1,686,228 1,661,481 1,653,821 1,621,175
 
69 Canada 163,881 181,283 169,533 175,986 197,886 186,182 192,265 196,088 197,422 187,450
 
70 Latin America 258,393 258,972 254,079 244,646 254,799 265,263 250,986 251,774 244,712 239,830
71 Argentina 12,446 13,374 13,875 13,691 17,233 23,535 18,380 19,548 21,211 19,163
72 Brazil 46,607 52,594 53,576 52,169 52,976 55,944 53,330 49,121 36,248 32,418
73 Chile 22,328 24,294 22,795 23,630 22,766 23,492 23,909 22,981 22,792 25,050
74 Colombia 7,922 8,730 9,349 9,219 9,743 9,842 9,910 10,220 11,396 9,942
75 Ecuador 3,891 3,156 3,114 3,233 2,863 2,571 2,461 2,491 2,434 2,517
76 Guatemala 2,297 2,400 2,079 2,252 2,290 2,363 2,372 2,738 2,698 2,292
77 Mexico 84,414 76,519 73,676 73,008 74,966 77,975 72,962 74,661 79,383 81,931
78 Panama 13,625 17,515 15,827 15,381 14,785 14,211 14,831 14,844 14,218 14,091
79 Peru 16,563 16,533 17,089 12,706 15,713 15,299 13,847 16,495 15,477 13,372
80 Uruguay 14,066 12,925 12,996 11,426 13,660 12,299 11,405 10,977 11,291 11,710
81 Venezuela 19,374 17,051 14,629 12,745 12,377 11,850 11,741 11,723 11,662 11,647
82 Other Latin America 14,860 13,881 15,074 15,186 15,427 15,882 15,838 15,975 15,902 15,697
 
83 Caribbean 1,471,019 1,293,338 1,258,634 1,239,965 1,275,946 1,266,514 1,557,866 1,539,271 1,554,114 1,576,269
84 Bahamas 49,115 59,327 52,156 47,668 44,179 40,674 36,419 36,709 41,177 38,053
85 Bermuda 52,657 61,194 54,165 54,075 51,082 49,956 48,650 53,100 55,591 57,861
86 British Virgin Islands 52,399 47,823 37,536 40,407 38,537 41,613 42,195 40,543 41,142 39,923
87 Cayman Islands 1,260,789 1,074,266 1,065,788 1,057,283 1,100,305 1,095,891 1,392,231 1,367,835 1,376,938 1,401,884
88 Cuba 46 25 25 24 25 164 25 25 27 26
89 Jamaica 2,183 2,583 1,463 1,387 1,293 1,402 1,321 1,212 1,310 1,220
90 Netherlands Antilles16 5,996 5,173 9,711 5,859 7,737 4,377 5,199 8,021 6,440 5,783
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,358 4,227 3,645 3,564 3,706 3,866 3,865 3,830 4,043 3,767
92 Other Caribbean 43,476 38,720 34,145 29,698 29,082 28,571 27,961 27,996 27,446 27,752
 
93 Asia 911,271 983,297 990,992 1,029,966 1,016,307 1,033,139 1,026,043 999,959 1,046,034 1,041,521
94 China - Mainland 101,933 107,386 102,210 111,689 103,320 117,505 104,871 116,593 128,984 127,194
95 China - Hong Kong 146,914 125,216 124,244 111,223 111,821 106,876 113,881 104,981 108,408 105,680
96 India 22,454 20,996 26,324 32,374 28,584 25,172 21,302 19,633 19,280 21,256
97 Indonesia 12,919 10,954 12,160 13,449 16,303 16,611 16,279 11,421 14,473 10,725
98 Israel 16,284 16,429 18,310 15,989 16,444 17,839 19,580 18,854 22,480 21,719
99 Japan 294,395 348,855 348,090 370,105 369,304 370,479 359,079 350,313 354,268 353,401
100 Korea (South) 33,466 42,529 33,543 44,686 41,631 45,255 52,061 47,260 49,308 50,611
101 Philippines 6,437 8,014 7,431 5,312 4,715 4,846 4,825 5,353 5,768 6,486
102 Taiwan 34,181 37,584 35,529 30,653 25,049 28,267 29,259 28,438 28,027 27,711
103 Thailand 29,155 36,723 19,534 17,068 24,357 24,596 22,528 22,366 20,840 20,674
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 121,902 119,562 151,149 154,581 165,560 172,863 174,683 179,979 189,410 190,140
105 Other Asia 91,231 109,049 112,468 122,837 109,219 102,830 107,695 94,768 104,788 105,924
 
106 Africa 36,158 45,542 83,037 92,413 87,113 85,593 87,679 85,662 83,785 78,263
107 Egypt 7,525 16,247 35,698 42,180 41,815 40,906 41,316 40,635 40,565 38,688
108 Morocco 761 837 1,147 623 725 674 819 909 747 715
109 South Africa 3,770 4,109 13,673 16,304 15,067 12,250 13,556 9,980 10,655 7,872
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,122 6,716 15,331 14,777 13,187 13,895 13,953 14,397 13,871 13,428
111 Other Africa 17,980 17,633 17,188 18,529 16,319 17,868 18,035 19,741 17,947 17,560
 
112 Other countries 54,678 52,738 54,440 60,130 61,547 54,979 61,096 64,331 63,608 64,544
113 Australia 48,311 44,634 47,997 54,041 55,462 49,091 54,667 57,496 56,376 57,868
114 New Zealand 4,483 5,703 3,967 3,520 3,496 3,137 3,973 4,254 4,587 4,352
115 All Other 1,884 2,401 2,476 2,569 2,589 2,751 2,456 2,581 2,645 2,324
 
116 International and regional organizations 47,712 45,352 52,787 49,314 54,952 60,042 63,513 63,380 59,060 59,575
117 International14 37,839 33,545 37,725 34,536 39,067 42,726 44,392 46,006 43,943 44,647
118 Regional15 9,873 11,807 15,062 14,778 15,885 17,316 19,121 17,374 15,117 14,928
  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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