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

Release Date: February 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 Jun 2018/r Jul 2018/r Aug 2018/r Sep 2018/r Oct 2018/r Nov 2018/r Dec 2018/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,939,718 5,091,735 5,028,795 5,064,378 5,021,068 5,116,629 5,203,722 5,213,777
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,605,986 3,514,240 3,646,315 3,486,191 3,419,130 3,446,761 3,418,978 3,500,474 3,556,186 3,463,032
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,925,770 1,813,295 1,979,858 1,905,954 1,858,765 1,902,359 1,919,526 1,917,127 1,942,605 1,898,567
4 Other 1,680,216 1,700,945 1,666,457 1,580,237 1,560,365 1,544,402 1,499,452 1,583,347 1,613,581 1,564,465
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 904,964 998,532 980,637 907,380 904,394 886,924 823,905 917,404 945,658 888,655
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,128,088 1,140,917 1,293,403 1,605,544 1,609,665 1,617,617 1,602,090 1,616,155 1,647,536 1,750,745
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 724,731 668,867 703,141 750,747 759,405 751,616 715,577 723,838 743,671 745,759
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 226,594 271,298 244,511 270,353 267,456 258,125 249,941 251,733 239,134 235,642
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 95,644 123,132 111,089 124,555 119,904 119,047 115,244 123,097 115,770 115,128
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 41,548 23,391 17,086 18,600 16,161 12,910 12,479 12,062 10,870 10,398
11 Other 176,763 200,752 345,751 584,444 582,804 607,876 636,572 640,584 664,731 769,344
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 47,712 45,352 52,787 63,513 63,380 59,060 59,575 55,709 59,082 62,981
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 38,105 28,870 34,088 41,679 40,306 37,449 40,869 37,040 36,665 43,952
14 Deposits2 20,163 21,543 26,065 30,072 32,542 30,446 32,052 29,841 29,479 30,659
15 Other 17,942 7,327 8,023 11,607 7,764 7,003 8,817 7,199 7,186 13,293
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 9,607 16,482 18,699 21,834 23,074 21,611 18,706 18,669 22,417 19,029
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 5,926 10,437 8,306 11,421 11,135 11,168 8,229 7,895 11,076 8,385
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 3,681 6,045 10,393 10,413 11,939 10,443 10,477 10,774 11,341 10,644
 
19 Official institutions7 724,868 730,606 719,409 756,252 757,696 761,421 728,859 729,697 744,742 742,512
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 351,636 395,046 363,401 379,068 374,539 390,791 374,390 385,503 395,816 397,274
21 Deposits2 85,884 98,512 91,552 101,998 103,148 119,587 118,918 117,931 121,678 111,501
22 Other 265,752 296,534 271,849 277,070 271,391 271,204 255,472 267,572 274,138 285,773
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 373,232 335,560 356,008 377,184 383,157 370,630 354,469 344,194 348,926 345,238
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 336,669 297,684 317,227 336,326 339,614 329,288 316,688 306,648 311,805 310,384
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 36,563 37,876 38,781 40,858 43,543 41,342 37,781 37,546 37,121 34,854
 
26 Banks8 2,278,480 2,015,708 2,208,665 1,978,114 1,931,518 1,945,163 1,935,125 1,996,171 2,043,877 2,028,581
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 2,069,269 1,817,551 1,983,134 1,782,787 1,731,219 1,738,450 1,734,638 1,792,292 1,829,415 1,794,693
28 Deposits2 1,153,615 986,878 1,098,106 982,410 946,103 962,012 972,714 983,221 1,009,973 991,340
29 Other 915,654 830,673 885,028 800,377 785,116 776,438 761,924 809,071 819,442 803,353
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 209,211 198,157 225,531 195,327 200,299 206,713 200,487 203,879 214,462 233,888
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 125,964 99,440 109,052 81,105 89,208 87,957 79,585 83,327 84,825 89,558
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 24,756 23,541 19,570 19,939 20,281 20,700 17,668 17,749 16,308 15,826
33 Other 58,491 75,176 96,909 94,283 90,810 98,056 103,234 102,803 113,329 128,504
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,683,014 1,863,491 1,958,857 2,293,856 2,276,201 2,298,734 2,297,509 2,335,052 2,356,021 2,379,703
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,146,976 1,272,773 1,265,692 1,282,657 1,273,066 1,280,071 1,269,081 1,285,639 1,294,290 1,227,113
36 Deposits2 666,108 706,362 764,135 791,474 776,972 790,314 795,842 786,134 781,475 765,067
37 Other 480,868 566,411 501,557 491,183 496,094 489,757 473,239 499,505 512,815 462,046
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 536,038 590,718 693,165 1,011,199 1,003,135 1,018,663 1,028,428 1,049,413 1,061,731 1,152,590
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 256,172 261,306 268,556 321,895 319,448 323,203 311,075 325,968 335,965 337,432
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 161,620 204,203 176,543 199,866 192,507 186,477 184,776 186,438 175,139 174,909
41 Other 118,246 125,209 248,066 489,438 491,180 508,983 532,577 537,007 550,627 640,249
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,739,369 1,541,686 1,687,661 1,491,015 1,465,606 1,480,660 1,469,961 1,552,202 1,575,334 1,562,784
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,939,718 5,091,735 5,028,795 5,064,378 5,021,068 5,116,629 5,203,722 5,213,777
 
44 Foreign countries 4,686,362 4,609,805 4,886,931 5,028,222 4,965,415 5,005,318 4,961,493 5,060,920 5,144,640 5,150,796
 
45 Europe 1,790,962 1,794,635 1,988,073 1,855,219 1,831,593 1,818,697 1,776,834 1,894,237 1,949,057 1,926,650
46 Austria 3,541 3,956 3,298 3,171 3,911 3,621 4,140 3,793 3,506 3,627
47 Belgium 30,866 34,902 36,969 40,484 35,824 34,864 38,015 32,287 34,504 41,003
48 Denmark 5,533 8,323 5,664 5,452 5,482 5,511 6,923 6,305 6,845 6,970
49 Finland 14,044 10,297 5,631 3,631 1,635 6,295 10,822 7,484 15,054 9,220
50 France 102,290 120,368 140,738 152,211 161,454 160,610 152,126 160,221 176,479 162,270
51 Germany 66,449 67,035 121,939 142,698 141,561 141,435 138,088 158,898 161,046 163,925
52 Greece 3,724 1,789 1,909 2,035 2,113 2,063 2,339 2,243 2,472 2,466
53 Ireland 185,494 176,333 203,091 217,984 222,468 219,833 204,560 213,937 214,534 202,392
54 Italy 21,489 23,051 19,778 22,373 26,001 25,593 24,929 26,048 27,848 28,110
55 Luxembourg 152,619 168,225 167,672 180,291 189,471 183,926 197,483 212,136 204,204 204,823
56 Netherlands 57,420 67,503 74,072 64,184 55,597 57,923 52,885 49,949 56,089 55,402
57 Norway 3,623 5,536 4,403 4,255 3,971 4,067 4,216 5,349 3,971 5,745
58 Portugal 2,151 1,927 1,990 1,712 1,424 1,330 1,587 1,125 1,693 1,410
59 Russia 15,690 14,764 12,206 13,218 16,403 18,817 23,152 19,470 17,791 21,338
60 Spain 21,456 19,345 18,172 17,030 15,505 13,393 15,276 14,543 14,307 20,005
61 Sweden 12,523 3,496 12,420 16,011 15,738 17,183 16,824 16,686 13,649 20,683
62 Switzerland 78,871 73,384 80,472 82,013 79,989 79,486 75,036 76,274 80,871 80,113
63 Turkey 48,791 37,739 31,896 23,852 25,684 16,353 9,729 11,932 10,451 9,705
64 United Kingdom 865,876 873,391 975,513 808,827 771,634 767,297 742,866 815,522 840,811 822,348
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 48,008 35,786 34,233 18,746 19,588 18,914 20,234 21,644 21,546 20,470
66 Serbia 942 487 454 313 302 414 190 226 1,242 209
67 Other Europe 49,563 46,997 35,552 34,730 35,837 39,768 35,416 38,166 40,144 44,414
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,553,598 1,593,759 1,797,991 1,688,280 1,660,062 1,653,009 1,620,022 1,733,665 1,785,460 1,757,044
 
69 Canada 163,881 181,283 177,462 192,291 196,111 197,402 187,429 196,681 208,984 215,531
 
70 Latin America 258,393 258,972 254,484 251,042 251,820 245,042 239,984 242,662 245,306 230,143
71 Argentina 12,446 13,374 13,890 18,399 19,571 21,240 19,177 21,615 20,670 19,315
72 Brazil 46,607 52,594 53,496 53,099 48,881 36,248 32,268 33,344 33,654 30,107
73 Chile 22,328 24,294 22,795 23,921 22,993 22,804 25,051 24,123 25,979 23,465
74 Colombia 7,922 8,730 9,349 9,910 10,220 11,396 9,942 11,303 13,136 13,939
75 Ecuador 3,891 3,156 3,114 2,461 2,491 2,435 2,518 2,616 2,645 2,678
76 Guatemala 2,297 2,400 2,079 2,373 2,739 2,699 2,293 2,141 2,373 2,651
77 Mexico 84,414 76,519 74,084 73,141 74,837 79,566 82,112 80,861 77,173 71,435
78 Panama 13,625 17,515 15,875 14,882 14,887 14,294 14,171 14,370 14,852 15,027
79 Peru 16,563 16,533 17,089 13,853 16,501 15,483 13,378 14,247 15,534 13,356
80 Uruguay 14,066 12,925 13,000 11,410 10,988 11,301 11,720 10,930 12,139 11,571
81 Venezuela 19,374 17,051 14,629 11,741 11,723 11,662 11,647 11,054 11,126 10,798
82 Other Latin America 14,860 13,881 15,084 15,852 15,989 15,914 15,707 16,058 16,025 15,801
 
83 Caribbean 1,471,019 1,293,338 1,331,369 1,554,905 1,535,967 1,550,756 1,572,896 1,537,852 1,524,173 1,547,429
84 Bahamas 49,115 59,327 52,297 36,432 36,715 41,183 38,058 35,116 35,304 36,806
85 Bermuda 52,657 61,194 54,959 48,650 53,100 55,591 57,860 55,098 57,455 58,448
86 British Virgin Islands 52,399 47,823 37,874 42,414 40,763 41,360 40,128 41,911 43,480 40,252
87 Cayman Islands 1,260,789 1,074,266 1,141,407 1,393,200 1,368,467 1,377,570 1,402,650 1,370,617 1,351,549 1,374,622
88 Cuba 46 25 25 25 25 27 26 19 22 19
89 Jamaica 2,183 2,583 1,463 1,321 1,212 1,310 1,220 1,119 1,036 885
90 Netherlands Antilles16 5,996 5,173 9,711 5,199 8,021 6,440 5,792 5,747 7,327 8,325
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,358 4,227 3,645 3,865 3,830 4,043 3,767 3,905 3,918 4,147
92 Other Caribbean 43,476 38,720 29,988 23,799 23,834 23,232 23,395 24,320 24,082 23,925
 
93 Asia 911,271 983,297 996,163 1,025,990 999,931 1,046,028 1,041,543 1,047,923 1,083,003 1,092,486
94 China - Mainland 101,933 107,386 102,210 104,871 116,598 128,990 127,198 135,804 127,019 131,132
95 China - Hong Kong 146,914 125,216 124,304 113,872 104,981 108,408 105,678 102,265 112,523 107,758
96 India 22,454 20,996 26,324 21,302 19,633 19,279 21,256 18,808 19,275 17,408
97 Indonesia 12,919 10,954 12,160 16,279 11,421 14,473 10,725 11,693 17,625 17,397
98 Israel 16,284 16,429 18,375 19,580 18,854 22,480 21,719 16,863 17,343 15,921
99 Japan 294,395 348,855 352,328 359,079 350,313 354,268 353,401 366,590 371,123 363,799
100 Korea (South) 33,466 42,529 33,716 52,061 47,260 49,308 50,611 46,972 45,884 45,928
101 Philippines 6,437 8,014 7,440 4,825 5,353 5,768 6,486 5,803 6,438 13,553
102 Taiwan 34,181 37,584 35,566 29,259 28,438 28,027 27,711 27,460 33,351 37,161
103 Thailand 29,155 36,723 19,583 22,528 22,366 20,840 20,674 26,036 27,659 29,777
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 121,902 119,562 151,144 174,631 179,927 189,378 190,140 182,938 199,493 197,208
105 Other Asia 91,231 109,049 113,013 107,703 94,787 104,809 105,944 106,691 105,270 115,444
 
106 Africa 36,158 45,542 83,040 87,679 85,662 83,785 78,263 74,402 73,721 76,208
107 Egypt 7,525 16,247 35,698 41,316 40,635 40,565 38,688 38,284 37,868 36,092
108 Morocco 761 837 1,147 819 909 747 715 920 727 942
109 South Africa 3,770 4,109 13,673 13,556 9,980 10,655 7,872 5,493 4,324 5,626
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,122 6,716 15,331 13,953 14,397 13,871 13,428 13,088 13,718 14,618
111 Other Africa 17,980 17,633 17,191 18,035 19,741 17,947 17,560 16,617 17,084 18,930
 
112 Other countries 54,678 52,738 56,340 61,096 64,331 63,608 64,544 67,163 60,396 62,349
113 Australia 48,311 44,634 49,866 54,667 57,496 56,376 57,868 60,716 53,101 55,048
114 New Zealand 4,483 5,703 3,998 3,973 4,254 4,587 4,352 3,972 4,758 4,803
115 All Other 1,884 2,401 2,476 2,456 2,581 2,645 2,324 2,475 2,537 2,498
 
116 International and regional organizations 47,712 45,352 52,787 63,513 63,380 59,060 59,575 55,709 59,082 62,981
117 International14 37,839 33,545 37,725 44,392 46,006 43,943 44,647 40,173 42,483 46,362
118 Regional15 9,873 11,807 15,062 19,121 17,374 15,117 14,928 15,536 16,599 16,619
  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
Back to Top
Last Update: February 22, 2019