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

Release Date: March 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 Jul 2018/r Aug 2018/r Sep 2018/r Oct 2018/r Nov 2018/r Dec 2018/r Jan 2019/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,116,263 5,151,846 5,108,731 5,204,292 5,291,385 5,217,148 5,246,557
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,605,986 3,514,240 3,646,315 3,419,130 3,446,761 3,418,978 3,500,474 3,556,186 3,466,403 3,508,048
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,925,770 1,813,295 1,979,858 1,858,765 1,902,359 1,919,526 1,917,127 1,942,605 1,898,567 1,865,158
4 Other 1,680,216 1,700,945 1,666,457 1,560,365 1,544,402 1,499,452 1,583,347 1,613,581 1,567,836 1,642,890
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 904,964 998,532 980,637 904,394 886,924 823,914 917,404 945,658 892,046 957,910
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,128,088 1,140,917 1,331,087 1,697,133 1,705,085 1,689,753 1,703,818 1,735,199 1,750,745 1,738,509
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 724,731 668,867 703,141 759,405 751,616 715,577 723,838 743,671 745,759 733,289
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 226,594 271,298 244,511 267,456 258,125 249,941 251,733 239,134 235,642 244,615
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 95,644 123,132 111,089 119,904 119,047 115,244 123,097 115,770 115,128 121,524
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 41,548 23,391 17,086 16,161 12,910 12,479 12,062 10,870 10,398 10,762
11 Other 176,763 200,752 383,435 670,272 695,344 724,235 728,247 752,394 769,344 760,605
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 47,712 45,352 52,787 63,380 59,060 59,575 55,709 59,082 62,981 66,140
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 38,105 28,870 34,088 40,306 37,449 40,869 37,040 36,665 43,952 46,012
14 Deposits2 20,163 21,543 26,065 32,542 30,446 32,052 29,841 29,479 30,659 32,973
15 Other 17,942 7,327 8,023 7,764 7,003 8,817 7,199 7,186 13,293 13,039
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 9,607 16,482 18,699 23,074 21,611 18,706 18,669 22,417 19,029 20,128
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 5,926 10,437 8,306 11,135 11,168 8,229 7,895 11,076 8,385 9,019
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 3,681 6,045 10,393 11,939 10,443 10,477 10,774 11,341 10,644 11,109
 
19 Official institutions7 724,868 730,606 719,454 757,696 761,421 728,859 729,697 744,742 742,512 741,253
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 351,636 395,046 363,401 374,539 390,791 374,390 385,503 395,816 397,274 399,889
21 Deposits2 85,884 98,512 91,552 103,148 119,587 118,918 117,931 121,678 111,501 116,171
22 Other 265,752 296,534 271,849 271,391 271,204 255,472 267,572 274,138 285,773 283,718
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 373,232 335,560 356,053 383,157 370,630 354,469 344,194 348,926 345,238 341,364
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 336,669 297,684 317,227 339,614 329,288 316,688 306,648 311,805 310,384 305,129
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 36,563 37,876 38,826 43,543 41,342 37,781 37,546 37,121 34,854 36,235
 
26 Banks8 2,278,480 2,015,708 2,222,598 1,931,518 1,945,163 1,935,125 1,996,171 2,043,877 2,029,581 2,004,815
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 2,069,269 1,817,551 1,983,134 1,731,219 1,738,450 1,734,638 1,792,292 1,829,415 1,795,693 1,792,085
28 Deposits2 1,153,615 986,878 1,098,106 946,103 962,012 972,714 983,221 1,009,973 991,340 956,118
29 Other 915,654 830,673 885,028 785,116 776,438 761,924 809,071 819,442 804,353 835,967
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 209,211 198,157 239,464 200,299 206,713 200,487 203,879 214,462 233,888 212,730
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 125,964 99,440 109,052 89,208 87,957 79,585 83,327 84,825 89,558 84,626
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 24,756 23,541 19,570 20,281 20,700 17,668 17,749 16,308 15,826 17,956
33 Other 58,491 75,176 110,842 90,810 98,056 103,234 102,803 113,329 128,504 110,148
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,683,014 1,863,491 1,982,563 2,363,669 2,386,202 2,385,172 2,422,715 2,443,684 2,382,074 2,434,349
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,146,976 1,272,773 1,265,692 1,273,066 1,280,071 1,269,081 1,285,639 1,294,290 1,229,484 1,270,062
36 Deposits2 666,108 706,362 764,135 776,972 790,314 795,842 786,134 781,475 765,067 759,896
37 Other 480,868 566,411 501,557 496,094 489,757 473,239 499,505 512,815 464,417 510,166
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 536,038 590,718 716,871 1,090,603 1,106,131 1,116,091 1,137,076 1,149,394 1,152,590 1,164,287
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 256,172 261,306 268,556 319,448 323,203 311,075 325,968 335,965 337,432 334,515
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 161,620 204,203 176,543 192,507 186,477 184,776 186,438 175,139 174,909 179,929
41 Other 118,246 125,209 271,772 578,648 596,451 620,240 624,670 638,290 640,249 649,843
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,739,369 1,541,686 1,687,661 1,465,606 1,480,660 1,469,961 1,552,202 1,575,334 1,562,784 1,559,084
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,116,263 5,151,846 5,108,731 5,204,292 5,291,385 5,217,148 5,246,557
 
44 Foreign countries 4,686,362 4,609,805 4,924,615 5,052,883 5,092,786 5,049,156 5,148,583 5,232,303 5,154,167 5,180,417
 
45 Europe 1,790,962 1,794,635 1,996,884 1,831,593 1,818,697 1,776,834 1,894,237 1,949,057 1,929,021 1,925,496
46 Austria 3,541 3,956 3,444 3,911 3,621 4,140 3,793 3,506 3,627 4,171
47 Belgium 30,866 34,902 37,175 35,824 34,864 38,015 32,287 34,504 41,003 50,366
48 Denmark 5,533 8,323 5,808 5,482 5,511 6,923 6,305 6,845 6,970 5,940
49 Finland 14,044 10,297 5,631 1,635 6,295 10,822 7,484 15,054 9,220 10,774
50 France 102,290 120,368 142,017 161,454 160,610 152,126 160,221 176,479 162,270 181,826
51 Germany 66,449 67,035 122,622 141,561 141,435 138,088 158,898 161,046 163,925 164,902
52 Greece 3,724 1,789 1,909 2,113 2,063 2,339 2,243 2,472 2,466 2,547
53 Ireland 185,494 176,333 205,149 222,468 219,833 204,560 213,937 214,534 202,392 213,186
54 Italy 21,489 23,051 19,990 26,001 25,593 24,929 26,048 27,848 28,110 24,872
55 Luxembourg 152,619 168,225 169,382 189,471 183,926 197,483 212,136 204,204 204,823 217,965
56 Netherlands 57,420 67,503 74,273 55,597 57,923 52,885 49,949 56,089 55,402 50,769
57 Norway 3,623 5,536 4,403 3,971 4,067 4,216 5,349 3,971 5,745 3,953
58 Portugal 2,151 1,927 1,990 1,424 1,330 1,587 1,125 1,693 1,410 1,353
59 Russia 15,690 14,764 12,206 16,403 18,817 23,152 19,470 17,791 21,338 17,540
60 Spain 21,456 19,345 18,435 15,505 13,393 15,276 14,543 14,307 20,005 17,911
61 Sweden 12,523 3,496 12,420 15,738 17,183 16,824 16,686 13,649 20,683 9,792
62 Switzerland 78,871 73,384 80,524 79,989 79,486 75,036 76,274 80,871 80,113 80,786
63 Turkey 48,791 37,739 31,896 25,684 16,353 9,729 11,932 10,451 9,705 8,558
64 United Kingdom 865,876 873,391 977,122 771,634 767,297 742,866 815,522 840,811 822,348 783,045
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 48,008 35,786 34,398 19,588 18,914 20,234 21,644 21,546 22,841 23,871
66 Serbia 942 487 454 302 414 190 226 1,242 209 152
67 Other Europe 49,563 46,997 35,635 35,837 39,768 35,416 38,166 40,144 44,414 51,217
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,553,598 1,593,759 1,806,585 1,660,062 1,653,009 1,620,022 1,733,665 1,785,460 1,757,044 1,757,650
 
69 Canada 163,881 181,283 181,614 196,111 197,402 187,429 196,681 208,984 215,531 169,194
 
70 Latin America 258,393 258,972 254,713 251,820 245,042 239,984 242,662 245,306 231,143 242,541
71 Argentina 12,446 13,374 13,890 19,571 21,240 19,177 21,615 20,670 19,315 19,976
72 Brazil 46,607 52,594 53,496 48,881 36,248 32,268 33,344 33,654 30,107 25,770
73 Chile 22,328 24,294 22,901 22,993 22,804 25,051 24,123 25,979 23,465 26,476
74 Colombia 7,922 8,730 9,407 10,220 11,396 9,942 11,303 13,136 13,939 15,065
75 Ecuador 3,891 3,156 3,114 2,491 2,435 2,518 2,616 2,645 2,678 2,643
76 Guatemala 2,297 2,400 2,079 2,739 2,699 2,293 2,141 2,373 2,651 2,214
77 Mexico 84,414 76,519 74,120 74,837 79,566 82,112 80,861 77,173 72,435 79,985
78 Panama 13,625 17,515 15,882 14,887 14,294 14,171 14,370 14,852 15,027 15,562
79 Peru 16,563 16,533 17,089 16,501 15,483 13,378 14,247 15,534 13,356 15,780
80 Uruguay 14,066 12,925 13,000 10,988 11,301 11,720 10,930 12,139 11,571 12,532
81 Venezuela 19,374 17,051 14,651 11,723 11,662 11,647 11,054 11,126 10,798 10,759
82 Other Latin America 14,860 13,881 15,084 15,989 15,914 15,707 16,058 16,025 15,801 15,779
 
83 Caribbean 1,471,019 1,293,338 1,348,931 1,623,435 1,638,224 1,660,559 1,625,515 1,611,836 1,547,429 1,619,104
84 Bahamas 49,115 59,327 52,332 36,715 41,183 38,058 35,116 35,304 36,806 38,995
85 Bermuda 52,657 61,194 55,284 53,100 55,591 57,860 55,098 57,455 58,448 58,595
86 British Virgin Islands 52,399 47,823 37,917 40,763 41,360 40,128 41,911 43,480 40,252 40,998
87 Cayman Islands 1,260,789 1,074,266 1,158,566 1,455,935 1,465,038 1,490,313 1,458,280 1,439,212 1,374,622 1,442,436
88 Cuba 46 25 25 25 27 26 19 22 19 22
89 Jamaica 2,183 2,583 1,463 1,212 1,310 1,220 1,119 1,036 885 1,247
90 Netherlands Antilles16 5,996 5,173 9,711 8,021 6,440 5,792 5,747 7,327 8,325 8,814
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,358 4,227 3,645 3,830 4,043 3,767 3,905 3,918 4,147 4,101
92 Other Caribbean 43,476 38,720 29,988 23,834 23,232 23,395 24,320 24,082 23,925 23,896
 
93 Asia 911,271 983,297 1,002,403 999,931 1,046,028 1,041,543 1,047,923 1,083,003 1,092,486 1,087,880
94 China - Mainland 101,933 107,386 102,652 116,598 128,990 127,198 135,804 127,019 131,132 154,921
95 China - Hong Kong 146,914 125,216 124,389 104,981 108,408 105,678 102,265 112,523 107,758 96,473
96 India 22,454 20,996 26,415 19,633 19,279 21,256 18,808 19,275 17,408 20,203
97 Indonesia 12,919 10,954 12,160 11,421 14,473 10,725 11,693 17,625 17,397 11,013
98 Israel 16,284 16,429 18,464 18,854 22,480 21,719 16,863 17,343 15,921 27,983
99 Japan 294,395 348,855 356,631 350,313 354,268 353,401 366,590 371,123 363,799 362,394
100 Korea (South) 33,466 42,529 34,172 47,260 49,308 50,611 46,972 45,884 45,928 42,676
101 Philippines 6,437 8,014 7,440 5,353 5,768 6,486 5,803 6,438 13,553 12,875
102 Taiwan 34,181 37,584 35,654 28,438 28,027 27,711 27,460 33,351 37,161 31,319
103 Thailand 29,155 36,723 19,590 22,366 20,840 20,674 26,036 27,659 29,777 33,407
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 121,902 119,562 151,512 179,927 189,378 190,140 182,938 199,493 197,208 185,428
105 Other Asia 91,231 109,049 113,324 94,787 104,809 105,944 106,691 105,270 115,444 109,188
 
106 Africa 36,158 45,542 83,040 85,662 83,785 78,263 74,402 73,721 76,208 71,222
107 Egypt 7,525 16,247 35,698 40,635 40,565 38,688 38,284 37,868 36,092 33,747
108 Morocco 761 837 1,147 909 747 715 920 727 942 953
109 South Africa 3,770 4,109 13,673 9,980 10,655 7,872 5,493 4,324 5,626 5,536
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,122 6,716 15,331 14,397 13,871 13,428 13,088 13,718 14,618 14,148
111 Other Africa 17,980 17,633 17,191 19,741 17,947 17,560 16,617 17,084 18,930 16,838
 
112 Other countries 54,678 52,738 57,030 64,331 63,608 64,544 67,163 60,396 62,349 64,980
113 Australia 48,311 44,634 50,466 57,496 56,376 57,868 60,716 53,101 55,048 56,785
114 New Zealand 4,483 5,703 4,088 4,254 4,587 4,352 3,972 4,758 4,803 5,646
115 All Other 1,884 2,401 2,476 2,581 2,645 2,324 2,475 2,537 2,498 2,549
 
116 International and regional organizations 47,712 45,352 52,787 63,380 59,060 59,575 55,709 59,082 62,981 66,140
117 International14 37,839 33,545 37,725 46,006 43,943 44,647 40,173 42,483 46,362 49,807
118 Regional15 9,873 11,807 15,062 17,374 15,117 14,928 15,536 16,599 16,619 16,333
  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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