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

Release Date: December 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 Apr 2018/r May 2018/r Jun 2018/r Jul 2018/r Aug 2018/r Sep 2018/r Oct 2018/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,944,594 5,002,990 4,980,845 5,093,836 5,034,807 5,069,620 5,026,784 5,124,120
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,605,986 3,514,240 3,647,030 3,640,202 3,585,161 3,484,063 3,420,972 3,447,781 3,420,462 3,501,326
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,925,770 1,813,295 1,980,573 2,006,195 1,958,961 1,907,106 1,860,611 1,903,382 1,921,009 1,917,991
4 Other 1,680,216 1,700,945 1,666,457 1,634,007 1,626,200 1,576,957 1,560,361 1,544,399 1,499,453 1,583,335
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 904,964 998,532 980,637 973,676 963,790 907,380 904,394 886,924 823,905 917,404
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,128,088 1,140,917 1,297,564 1,362,788 1,395,684 1,609,773 1,613,835 1,621,839 1,606,322 1,622,794
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 724,731 668,867 703,141 711,877 741,477 750,806 759,405 751,616 715,577 723,838
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 226,594 271,298 248,036 280,363 277,154 273,968 271,060 261,785 253,866 251,461
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 95,644 123,132 115,250 127,828 126,435 128,725 124,074 123,269 119,476 123,097
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 41,548 23,391 17,056 17,653 20,008 18,590 16,126 12,896 12,469 12,045
11 Other 176,763 200,752 346,387 370,548 377,053 584,999 583,370 608,438 636,879 647,495
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 47,712 45,352 52,787 54,952 60,042 63,513 63,380 59,060 59,575 55,709
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 38,105 28,870 34,088 34,310 38,708 41,679 40,306 37,449 40,869 37,040
14 Deposits2 20,163 21,543 26,065 28,143 30,344 30,072 32,542 30,446 32,052 29,841
15 Other 17,942 7,327 8,023 6,167 8,364 11,607 7,764 7,003 8,817 7,199
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 9,607 16,482 18,699 20,642 21,334 21,834 23,074 21,611 18,706 18,669
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 5,926 10,437 8,306 9,751 10,010 11,421 11,135 11,168 8,229 7,895
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 3,681 6,045 10,393 10,891 11,324 10,413 11,939 10,443 10,477 10,774
 
19 Official institutions7 724,868 730,606 719,444 747,474 774,694 756,284 757,728 761,453 728,859 729,601
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 351,636 395,046 363,436 382,260 385,188 379,100 374,571 390,823 374,390 385,503
21 Deposits2 85,884 98,512 91,587 93,877 96,342 102,030 103,180 119,619 118,918 117,931
22 Other 265,752 296,534 271,849 288,383 288,846 277,070 271,391 271,204 255,472 267,572
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 373,232 335,560 356,008 365,214 389,506 377,184 383,157 370,630 354,469 344,098
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 336,669 297,684 317,227 323,179 346,300 336,326 339,614 329,288 316,688 306,648
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 36,563 37,876 38,781 42,035 43,206 40,858 43,543 41,342 37,781 37,450
 
26 Banks8 2,278,480 2,015,708 2,212,826 2,172,894 2,090,059 1,982,284 1,935,683 1,949,379 1,939,353 1,991,878
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 2,069,269 1,817,551 1,983,134 1,934,826 1,877,193 1,782,787 1,731,214 1,738,444 1,734,634 1,792,278
28 Deposits2 1,153,615 986,878 1,098,106 1,095,717 1,050,260 982,410 946,103 962,012 972,714 983,221
29 Other 915,654 830,673 885,028 839,109 826,933 800,377 785,111 776,432 761,920 809,057
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 209,211 198,157 229,692 238,068 212,866 199,497 204,469 210,935 204,719 199,600
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 125,964 99,440 109,052 103,273 83,568 81,105 89,208 87,957 79,585 83,327
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 24,756 23,541 23,731 35,157 26,246 24,109 24,451 24,922 21,900 17,749
33 Other 58,491 75,176 96,909 99,638 103,052 94,283 90,810 98,056 103,234 98,524
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,683,014 1,863,491 1,959,537 2,027,670 2,056,050 2,291,755 2,278,016 2,299,728 2,298,997 2,346,932
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,146,976 1,272,773 1,266,372 1,288,806 1,284,072 1,280,497 1,274,881 1,281,065 1,270,569 1,286,505
36 Deposits2 666,108 706,362 764,815 788,458 782,015 792,594 778,786 791,305 797,325 786,998
37 Other 480,868 566,411 501,557 500,348 502,057 487,903 496,095 489,760 473,244 499,507
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 536,038 590,718 693,165 738,864 771,978 1,011,258 1,003,135 1,018,663 1,028,428 1,060,427
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 256,172 261,306 268,556 275,674 301,599 321,954 319,448 323,203 311,075 325,968
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 161,620 204,203 175,907 192,995 197,086 199,311 191,941 185,915 184,469 186,166
41 Other 118,246 125,209 248,702 270,195 273,293 489,993 491,746 509,545 532,884 548,293
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,739,369 1,541,686 1,629,923 1,627,154 1,573,451 1,488,873 1,466,375 1,481,653 1,471,032 1,552,933
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,944,594 5,002,990 4,980,845 5,093,836 5,034,807 5,069,620 5,026,784 5,124,120
 
44 Foreign countries 4,686,362 4,609,805 4,891,807 4,948,038 4,920,803 5,030,323 4,971,427 5,010,560 4,967,209 5,068,411
 
45 Europe 1,790,962 1,794,635 1,988,626 1,956,705 1,930,227 1,853,224 1,833,063 1,819,561 1,778,039 1,893,122
46 Austria 3,541 3,956 3,298 3,978 3,650 3,171 3,911 3,621 4,140 3,774
47 Belgium 30,866 34,902 36,969 36,177 37,255 40,484 35,824 34,864 38,015 32,294
48 Denmark 5,533 8,323 5,664 5,200 5,762 5,452 5,482 5,511 6,923 6,377
49 Finland 14,044 10,297 5,631 2,053 913 3,631 1,635 6,295 10,822 7,484
50 France 102,290 120,368 140,738 141,172 151,185 152,211 161,454 160,610 152,126 160,155
51 Germany 66,449 67,035 121,939 131,691 166,330 142,698 141,561 141,435 138,088 158,650
52 Greece 3,724 1,789 1,909 1,752 1,922 2,035 2,113 2,063 2,339 2,243
53 Ireland 185,494 176,333 203,353 218,158 213,059 218,137 222,944 220,227 204,981 213,696
54 Italy 21,489 23,051 19,778 22,384 23,522 22,373 26,001 25,593 24,929 26,046
55 Luxembourg 152,619 168,225 167,963 192,892 184,880 180,005 190,465 184,396 198,270 211,822
56 Netherlands 57,420 67,503 74,072 60,221 61,663 64,184 55,597 57,923 52,885 49,957
57 Norway 3,623 5,536 4,403 4,222 4,250 4,255 3,971 4,067 4,216 4,985
58 Portugal 2,151 1,927 1,990 1,743 1,861 1,712 1,424 1,330 1,587 1,125
59 Russia 15,690 14,764 12,206 9,137 12,998 13,218 16,403 18,817 23,152 19,470
60 Spain 21,456 19,345 18,172 17,632 17,393 17,030 15,505 13,393 15,276 14,542
61 Sweden 12,523 3,496 12,420 8,823 16,061 16,011 15,738 17,183 16,824 16,713
62 Switzerland 78,871 73,384 80,472 82,810 90,870 82,013 79,989 79,486 75,036 76,313
63 Turkey 48,791 37,739 31,896 26,551 25,651 23,852 25,684 16,353 9,729 11,932
64 United Kingdom 865,876 873,391 975,513 938,298 856,998 806,965 771,634 767,297 742,863 815,413
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 48,008 35,786 34,233 19,288 18,243 18,746 19,588 18,914 20,234 21,720
66 Serbia 942 487 454 234 282 313 302 414 190 226
67 Other Europe 49,563 46,997 35,552 32,291 35,478 34,730 35,837 39,768 35,416 38,186
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,553,598 1,593,759 1,798,544 1,790,842 1,751,956 1,686,285 1,661,532 1,653,873 1,621,227 1,732,799
 
69 Canada 163,881 181,283 177,462 206,487 195,108 192,291 196,121 197,457 187,484 194,916
 
70 Latin America 258,393 258,972 254,564 255,315 265,724 251,273 252,060 245,042 240,134 243,013
71 Argentina 12,446 13,374 13,890 17,255 23,553 18,399 19,571 21,240 19,177 21,615
72 Brazil 46,607 52,594 53,576 52,976 55,944 53,330 49,121 36,248 32,418 33,695
73 Chile 22,328 24,294 22,795 22,770 23,492 23,921 22,993 22,804 25,051 24,123
74 Colombia 7,922 8,730 9,349 9,743 9,842 9,910 10,220 11,396 9,942 11,303
75 Ecuador 3,891 3,156 3,114 2,863 2,571 2,461 2,491 2,435 2,518 2,616
76 Guatemala 2,297 2,400 2,079 2,290 2,363 2,373 2,739 2,699 2,293 2,141
77 Mexico 84,414 76,519 74,084 75,415 78,353 73,141 74,837 79,566 82,112 80,861
78 Panama 13,625 17,515 15,875 14,813 14,254 14,882 14,887 14,294 14,171 14,370
79 Peru 16,563 16,533 17,089 15,713 15,305 13,853 16,501 15,483 13,378 14,247
80 Uruguay 14,066 12,925 13,000 13,668 12,304 11,410 10,988 11,301 11,720 10,930
81 Venezuela 19,374 17,051 14,629 12,377 11,850 11,741 11,723 11,662 11,647 11,054
82 Other Latin America 14,860 13,881 15,084 15,432 15,893 15,852 15,989 15,914 15,707 16,058
 
83 Caribbean 1,471,019 1,293,338 1,335,573 1,357,878 1,349,458 1,558,709 1,540,212 1,555,053 1,577,204 1,549,823
84 Bahamas 49,115 59,327 52,317 44,305 40,797 36,432 36,715 41,183 38,058 35,103
85 Bermuda 52,657 61,194 54,959 51,942 50,833 48,650 53,100 55,591 57,861 55,255
86 British Virgin Islands 52,399 47,823 37,874 38,926 41,904 42,414 40,763 41,360 40,128 41,903
87 Cayman Islands 1,260,789 1,074,266 1,141,430 1,180,854 1,177,536 1,392,834 1,368,542 1,377,645 1,402,592 1,382,452
88 Cuba 46 25 25 25 164 25 25 27 26 19
89 Jamaica 2,183 2,583 1,463 1,293 1,402 1,321 1,212 1,310 1,220 1,119
90 Netherlands Antilles16 5,996 5,173 9,711 7,737 4,377 5,199 8,021 6,440 5,792 5,747
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,358 4,227 3,645 3,706 3,866 3,865 3,830 4,043 3,767 3,905
92 Other Caribbean 43,476 38,720 34,149 29,090 28,579 27,969 28,004 27,454 27,760 24,320
 
93 Asia 911,271 983,297 996,202 1,021,177 1,037,968 1,026,051 999,978 1,046,054 1,041,541 1,046,326
94 China - Mainland 101,933 107,386 102,210 103,375 117,560 104,871 116,593 128,984 127,194 135,725
95 China - Hong Kong 146,914 125,216 124,304 111,829 106,883 113,881 104,981 108,408 105,680 102,265
96 India 22,454 20,996 26,324 28,584 25,172 21,302 19,633 19,279 21,256 18,808
97 Indonesia 12,919 10,954 12,160 16,311 16,619 16,279 11,421 14,473 10,725 11,693
98 Israel 16,284 16,429 18,375 16,520 17,909 19,580 18,854 22,480 21,719 16,863
99 Japan 294,395 348,855 352,328 373,345 374,452 359,079 350,313 354,268 353,401 365,141
100 Korea (South) 33,466 42,529 33,720 41,668 45,293 52,061 47,260 49,308 50,611 46,995
101 Philippines 6,437 8,014 7,440 4,715 4,847 4,825 5,353 5,768 6,486 5,803
102 Taiwan 34,181 37,584 35,566 25,062 28,280 29,259 28,438 28,027 27,711 27,460
103 Thailand 29,155 36,723 19,583 24,415 24,657 22,528 22,366 20,840 20,674 26,036
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 121,902 119,562 151,179 165,560 172,877 174,683 179,979 189,410 190,140 182,940
105 Other Asia 91,231 109,049 113,013 109,793 103,419 107,703 94,787 104,809 105,944 106,597
 
106 Africa 36,158 45,542 83,040 87,116 85,596 87,679 85,662 83,785 78,263 74,402
107 Egypt 7,525 16,247 35,698 41,815 40,906 41,316 40,635 40,565 38,688 38,284
108 Morocco 761 837 1,147 725 674 819 909 747 715 920
109 South Africa 3,770 4,109 13,673 15,067 12,250 13,556 9,980 10,655 7,872 5,493
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,122 6,716 15,331 13,187 13,895 13,953 14,397 13,871 13,428 13,088
111 Other Africa 17,980 17,633 17,191 16,322 17,871 18,035 19,741 17,947 17,560 16,617
 
112 Other countries 54,678 52,738 56,340 63,360 56,722 61,096 64,331 63,608 64,544 66,809
113 Australia 48,311 44,634 49,866 57,275 50,834 54,667 57,496 56,376 57,868 60,372
114 New Zealand 4,483 5,703 3,998 3,496 3,137 3,973 4,254 4,587 4,352 3,962
115 All Other 1,884 2,401 2,476 2,589 2,751 2,456 2,581 2,645 2,324 2,475
 
116 International and regional organizations 47,712 45,352 52,787 54,952 60,042 63,513 63,380 59,060 59,575 55,709
117 International14 37,839 33,545 37,725 39,067 42,726 44,392 46,006 43,943 44,647 40,173
118 Regional15 9,873 11,807 15,062 15,885 17,316 19,121 17,374 15,117 14,928 15,536
  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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