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

Release Date: January 2019
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 May 2018/r Jun 2018/r Jul 2018/r Aug 2018/r Sep 2018/r Oct 2018/r Nov 2018/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,940,433 4,979,793 5,092,890 5,030,637 5,065,398 5,022,552 5,124,120 5,204,180
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,605,986 3,514,240 3,647,030 3,588,279 3,487,346 3,420,972 3,447,781 3,420,462 3,501,326 3,556,644
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,925,770 1,813,295 1,980,573 1,958,961 1,907,106 1,860,611 1,903,382 1,921,009 1,917,991 1,943,074
4 Other 1,680,216 1,700,945 1,666,457 1,629,318 1,580,240 1,560,361 1,544,399 1,499,453 1,583,335 1,613,570
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 904,964 998,532 980,637 963,790 907,380 904,394 886,924 823,905 917,404 945,658
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,128,088 1,140,917 1,293,403 1,391,514 1,605,544 1,609,665 1,617,617 1,602,090 1,622,794 1,647,536
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 724,731 668,867 703,141 741,477 750,747 759,405 751,616 715,577 723,838 743,671
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 226,594 271,298 243,875 272,984 270,353 266,890 257,563 249,634 251,733 239,134
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 95,644 123,132 111,089 122,265 124,555 119,904 119,047 115,244 123,097 115,770
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 41,548 23,391 17,056 20,008 18,600 16,126 12,896 12,469 12,062 10,870
11 Other 176,763 200,752 346,387 377,053 584,444 583,370 608,438 636,879 647,223 664,731
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 47,712 45,352 52,787 60,042 63,513 63,380 59,060 59,575 55,709 59,082
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 38,105 28,870 34,088 38,708 41,679 40,306 37,449 40,869 37,040 36,665
14 Deposits2 20,163 21,543 26,065 30,344 30,072 32,542 30,446 32,052 29,841 29,479
15 Other 17,942 7,327 8,023 8,364 11,607 7,764 7,003 8,817 7,199 7,186
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 9,607 16,482 18,699 21,334 21,834 23,074 21,611 18,706 18,669 22,417
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 5,926 10,437 8,306 10,010 11,421 11,135 11,168 8,229 7,895 11,076
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 3,681 6,045 10,393 11,324 10,413 11,939 10,443 10,477 10,774 11,341
 
19 Official institutions7 724,868 730,606 719,444 774,694 756,284 757,728 761,453 728,859 729,601 744,742
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 351,636 395,046 363,436 385,188 379,100 374,571 390,823 374,390 385,503 395,816
21 Deposits2 85,884 98,512 91,587 96,342 102,030 103,180 119,619 118,918 117,931 121,678
22 Other 265,752 296,534 271,849 288,846 277,070 271,391 271,204 255,472 267,572 274,138
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 373,232 335,560 356,008 389,506 377,184 383,157 370,630 354,469 344,098 348,926
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 336,669 297,684 317,227 346,300 336,326 339,614 329,288 316,688 306,648 311,805
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 36,563 37,876 38,781 43,206 40,858 43,543 41,342 37,781 37,450 37,121
 
26 Banks8 2,278,480 2,015,708 2,208,665 2,085,889 1,978,114 1,931,513 1,945,157 1,935,121 1,991,878 2,043,864
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 2,069,269 1,817,551 1,983,134 1,877,193 1,782,787 1,731,214 1,738,444 1,734,634 1,792,278 1,829,402
28 Deposits2 1,153,615 986,878 1,098,106 1,050,260 982,410 946,103 962,012 972,714 983,221 1,009,973
29 Other 915,654 830,673 885,028 826,933 800,377 785,111 776,432 761,920 809,057 819,429
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 209,211 198,157 225,531 208,696 195,327 200,299 206,713 200,487 199,600 214,462
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 125,964 99,440 109,052 83,568 81,105 89,208 87,957 79,585 83,327 84,825
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 24,756 23,541 19,570 22,076 19,939 20,281 20,700 17,668 17,749 16,308
33 Other 58,491 75,176 96,909 103,052 94,283 90,810 98,056 103,234 98,524 113,329
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,683,014 1,863,491 1,959,537 2,059,168 2,294,979 2,278,016 2,299,728 2,298,997 2,346,932 2,356,492
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,146,976 1,272,773 1,266,372 1,287,190 1,283,780 1,274,881 1,281,065 1,270,569 1,286,505 1,294,761
36 Deposits2 666,108 706,362 764,815 782,015 792,594 778,786 791,305 797,325 786,998 781,944
37 Other 480,868 566,411 501,557 505,175 491,186 496,095 489,760 473,244 499,507 512,817
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 536,038 590,718 693,165 771,978 1,011,199 1,003,135 1,018,663 1,028,428 1,060,427 1,061,731
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 256,172 261,306 268,556 301,599 321,895 319,448 323,203 311,075 325,968 335,965
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 161,620 204,203 175,907 197,086 199,866 191,941 185,915 184,469 186,438 175,139
41 Other 118,246 125,209 248,702 273,293 489,438 491,746 509,545 532,884 548,021 550,627
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,739,369 1,541,686 1,687,661 1,575,631 1,491,015 1,465,601 1,480,654 1,469,957 1,552,188 1,575,321
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,940,433 4,979,793 5,092,890 5,030,637 5,065,398 5,022,552 5,124,120 5,204,180
 
44 Foreign countries 4,686,362 4,609,805 4,887,646 4,919,751 5,029,377 4,967,257 5,006,338 4,962,977 5,068,411 5,145,098
 
45 Europe 1,790,962 1,794,635 1,988,626 1,933,094 1,856,041 1,833,063 1,819,561 1,778,042 1,893,122 1,949,408
46 Austria 3,541 3,956 3,298 3,650 3,171 3,911 3,621 4,140 3,774 3,506
47 Belgium 30,866 34,902 36,969 37,255 40,484 35,824 34,864 38,015 32,294 34,504
48 Denmark 5,533 8,323 5,664 5,762 5,452 5,482 5,511 6,923 6,377 6,845
49 Finland 14,044 10,297 5,631 913 3,631 1,635 6,295 10,822 7,484 15,054
50 France 102,290 120,368 140,738 151,185 152,211 161,454 160,610 152,126 160,155 176,479
51 Germany 66,449 67,035 121,939 166,330 142,698 141,561 141,435 138,088 158,650 161,046
52 Greece 3,724 1,789 1,909 1,922 2,035 2,113 2,063 2,339 2,243 2,472
53 Ireland 185,494 176,333 203,353 213,193 218,271 222,944 220,227 204,981 213,696 214,560
54 Italy 21,489 23,051 19,778 23,522 22,373 26,001 25,593 24,929 26,046 27,848
55 Luxembourg 152,619 168,225 167,963 185,701 180,826 190,465 184,396 198,270 211,822 204,529
56 Netherlands 57,420 67,503 74,072 61,663 64,184 55,597 57,923 52,885 49,957 56,089
57 Norway 3,623 5,536 4,403 4,250 4,255 3,971 4,067 4,216 4,985 3,971
58 Portugal 2,151 1,927 1,990 1,861 1,712 1,424 1,330 1,587 1,125 1,693
59 Russia 15,690 14,764 12,206 12,998 13,218 16,403 18,817 23,152 19,470 17,791
60 Spain 21,456 19,345 18,172 17,393 17,030 15,505 13,393 15,276 14,542 14,307
61 Sweden 12,523 3,496 12,420 16,061 16,011 15,738 17,183 16,824 16,713 13,649
62 Switzerland 78,871 73,384 80,472 90,870 82,013 79,989 79,486 75,036 76,313 80,871
63 Turkey 48,791 37,739 31,896 25,651 23,852 25,684 16,353 9,729 11,932 10,451
64 United Kingdom 865,876 873,391 975,513 858,910 808,827 771,634 767,297 742,866 815,413 840,811
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 48,008 35,786 34,233 18,243 18,746 19,588 18,914 20,234 21,720 21,546
66 Serbia 942 487 454 282 313 302 414 190 226 1,242
67 Other Europe 49,563 46,997 35,552 35,478 34,730 35,837 39,768 35,416 38,186 40,144
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,553,598 1,593,759 1,798,544 1,754,823 1,689,102 1,661,532 1,653,873 1,621,230 1,732,799 1,785,811
 
69 Canada 163,881 181,283 177,462 195,108 192,291 196,121 197,457 187,484 194,916 209,029
 
70 Latin America 258,393 258,972 254,564 265,724 251,273 252,060 245,042 240,134 243,013 245,306
71 Argentina 12,446 13,374 13,890 23,553 18,399 19,571 21,240 19,177 21,615 20,670
72 Brazil 46,607 52,594 53,576 55,944 53,330 49,121 36,248 32,418 33,695 33,654
73 Chile 22,328 24,294 22,795 23,492 23,921 22,993 22,804 25,051 24,123 25,979
74 Colombia 7,922 8,730 9,349 9,842 9,910 10,220 11,396 9,942 11,303 13,136
75 Ecuador 3,891 3,156 3,114 2,571 2,461 2,491 2,435 2,518 2,616 2,645
76 Guatemala 2,297 2,400 2,079 2,363 2,373 2,739 2,699 2,293 2,141 2,373
77 Mexico 84,414 76,519 74,084 78,353 73,141 74,837 79,566 82,112 80,861 77,173
78 Panama 13,625 17,515 15,875 14,254 14,882 14,887 14,294 14,171 14,370 14,852
79 Peru 16,563 16,533 17,089 15,305 13,853 16,501 15,483 13,378 14,247 15,534
80 Uruguay 14,066 12,925 13,000 12,304 11,410 10,988 11,301 11,720 10,930 12,139
81 Venezuela 19,374 17,051 14,629 11,850 11,741 11,723 11,662 11,647 11,054 11,126
82 Other Latin America 14,860 13,881 15,084 15,893 15,852 15,989 15,914 15,707 16,058 16,025
 
83 Caribbean 1,471,019 1,293,338 1,331,412 1,345,539 1,554,955 1,536,042 1,550,831 1,572,971 1,549,823 1,524,248
84 Bahamas 49,115 59,327 52,317 40,797 36,432 36,715 41,183 38,058 35,103 35,304
85 Bermuda 52,657 61,194 54,959 50,833 48,650 53,100 55,591 57,860 55,255 57,455
86 British Virgin Islands 52,399 47,823 37,874 41,904 42,414 40,763 41,360 40,128 41,903 43,480
87 Cayman Islands 1,260,789 1,074,266 1,141,430 1,177,787 1,393,250 1,368,542 1,377,645 1,402,725 1,382,452 1,351,624
88 Cuba 46 25 25 164 25 25 27 26 19 22
89 Jamaica 2,183 2,583 1,463 1,402 1,321 1,212 1,310 1,220 1,119 1,036
90 Netherlands Antilles16 5,996 5,173 9,711 4,377 5,199 8,021 6,440 5,792 5,747 7,327
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,358 4,227 3,645 3,866 3,865 3,830 4,043 3,767 3,905 3,918
92 Other Caribbean 43,476 38,720 29,988 24,409 23,799 23,834 23,232 23,395 24,320 24,082
 
93 Asia 911,271 983,297 996,202 1,037,968 1,026,042 999,978 1,046,054 1,041,539 1,046,326 1,082,990
94 China - Mainland 101,933 107,386 102,210 117,560 104,871 116,593 128,984 127,194 135,725 126,984
95 China - Hong Kong 146,914 125,216 124,304 106,883 113,872 104,981 108,408 105,678 102,265 112,523
96 India 22,454 20,996 26,324 25,172 21,302 19,633 19,279 21,256 18,808 19,275
97 Indonesia 12,919 10,954 12,160 16,619 16,279 11,421 14,473 10,725 11,693 17,625
98 Israel 16,284 16,429 18,375 17,909 19,580 18,854 22,480 21,719 16,863 17,343
99 Japan 294,395 348,855 352,328 374,452 359,079 350,313 354,268 353,401 365,141 371,123
100 Korea (South) 33,466 42,529 33,720 45,293 52,061 47,260 49,308 50,611 46,995 45,906
101 Philippines 6,437 8,014 7,440 4,847 4,825 5,353 5,768 6,486 5,803 6,438
102 Taiwan 34,181 37,584 35,566 28,280 29,259 28,438 28,027 27,711 27,460 33,351
103 Thailand 29,155 36,723 19,583 24,657 22,528 22,366 20,840 20,674 26,036 27,659
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 121,902 119,562 151,179 172,877 174,683 179,979 189,410 190,140 182,940 199,493
105 Other Asia 91,231 109,049 113,013 103,419 107,703 94,787 104,809 105,944 106,597 105,270
 
106 Africa 36,158 45,542 83,040 85,596 87,679 85,662 83,785 78,263 74,402 73,721
107 Egypt 7,525 16,247 35,698 40,906 41,316 40,635 40,565 38,688 38,284 37,868
108 Morocco 761 837 1,147 674 819 909 747 715 920 727
109 South Africa 3,770 4,109 13,673 12,250 13,556 9,980 10,655 7,872 5,493 4,324
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,122 6,716 15,331 13,895 13,953 14,397 13,871 13,428 13,088 13,718
111 Other Africa 17,980 17,633 17,191 17,871 18,035 19,741 17,947 17,560 16,617 17,084
 
112 Other countries 54,678 52,738 56,340 56,722 61,096 64,331 63,608 64,544 66,809 60,396
113 Australia 48,311 44,634 49,866 50,834 54,667 57,496 56,376 57,868 60,372 53,101
114 New Zealand 4,483 5,703 3,998 3,137 3,973 4,254 4,587 4,352 3,962 4,758
115 All Other 1,884 2,401 2,476 2,751 2,456 2,581 2,645 2,324 2,475 2,537
 
116 International and regional organizations 47,712 45,352 52,787 60,042 63,513 63,380 59,060 59,575 55,709 59,082
117 International14 37,839 33,545 37,725 42,726 44,392 46,006 43,943 44,647 40,173 42,483
118 Regional15 9,873 11,807 15,062 17,316 19,121 17,374 15,117 14,928 15,536 16,599
  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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