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

Release Date: June 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 Oct 2018/r Nov 2018/r Dec 2018/r Jan 2019 Feb 2019 Mar 2019/r Apr 2019/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,200,914 5,288,007 5,217,252 5,246,451 5,238,209 5,331,448 5,407,686
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,605,986 3,514,240 3,646,315 3,500,474 3,556,186 3,466,507 3,507,942 3,510,727 3,534,248 3,641,158
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,925,770 1,813,295 1,979,858 1,917,127 1,942,605 1,898,668 1,865,093 1,890,634 1,875,263 1,922,763
4 Other 1,680,216 1,700,945 1,666,457 1,583,347 1,613,581 1,567,839 1,642,849 1,620,093 1,658,985 1,718,395
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 904,964 998,532 980,637 917,404 945,658 892,046 957,910 965,416 989,573 1,040,685
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,128,088 1,140,917 1,331,087 1,700,440 1,731,821 1,750,745 1,738,509 1,727,482 1,797,200 1,766,528
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 724,731 668,867 703,141 723,838 743,671 745,759 733,289 739,931 763,800 734,303
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 226,594 271,298 244,511 251,733 239,134 235,642 244,615 230,776 233,106 224,889
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 95,644 123,132 111,089 123,097 115,770 115,128 121,524 115,266 116,863 110,284
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 41,548 23,391 17,086 12,062 10,870 10,398 10,762 11,425 14,299 13,312
11 Other 176,763 200,752 383,435 724,869 749,016 769,344 760,605 756,775 800,294 807,336
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 47,712 45,352 52,787 55,709 59,082 62,981 66,140 71,896 72,665 72,846
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 38,105 28,870 34,088 37,040 36,665 43,952 46,012 49,897 48,726 48,439
14 Deposits2 20,163 21,543 26,065 29,841 29,479 30,659 32,973 33,038 31,070 31,386
15 Other 17,942 7,327 8,023 7,199 7,186 13,293 13,039 16,859 17,656 17,053
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 9,607 16,482 18,699 18,669 22,417 19,029 20,128 21,999 23,939 24,407
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 5,926 10,437 8,306 7,895 11,076 8,385 9,019 10,797 14,705 14,625
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 3,681 6,045 10,393 10,774 11,341 10,644 11,109 11,202 9,234 9,782
 
19 Official institutions7 724,868 730,606 719,454 729,697 744,742 742,512 741,253 747,444 742,162 766,131
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 351,636 395,046 363,401 385,503 395,816 397,274 399,889 396,255 388,943 425,556
21 Deposits2 85,884 98,512 91,552 117,931 121,678 111,501 116,171 112,002 113,475 126,804
22 Other 265,752 296,534 271,849 267,572 274,138 285,773 283,718 284,253 275,468 298,752
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 373,232 335,560 356,053 344,194 348,926 345,238 341,364 351,189 353,219 340,575
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 336,669 297,684 317,227 306,648 311,805 310,384 305,129 315,330 313,367 302,304
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 36,563 37,876 38,826 37,546 37,121 34,854 36,235 35,859 39,852 38,271
 
26 Banks8 2,278,480 2,015,708 2,222,598 1,996,171 2,043,877 2,029,581 2,004,815 1,974,130 1,960,823 2,028,746
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 2,069,269 1,817,551 1,983,134 1,792,292 1,829,415 1,795,693 1,792,085 1,759,622 1,722,200 1,790,306
28 Deposits2 1,153,615 986,878 1,098,106 983,221 1,009,973 991,340 956,118 975,312 973,272 985,560
29 Other 915,654 830,673 885,028 809,071 819,442 804,353 835,967 784,310 748,928 804,746
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 209,211 198,157 239,464 203,879 214,462 233,888 212,730 214,508 238,623 238,440
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 125,964 99,440 109,052 83,327 84,825 89,558 84,626 95,422 96,461 97,078
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 24,756 23,541 19,570 17,749 16,308 15,826 17,956 17,834 16,133 15,576
33 Other 58,491 75,176 110,842 102,803 113,329 128,504 110,148 101,252 126,029 125,786
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,683,014 1,863,491 1,982,563 2,419,337 2,440,306 2,382,178 2,434,243 2,444,739 2,555,798 2,539,963
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,146,976 1,272,773 1,265,692 1,285,639 1,294,290 1,229,588 1,269,956 1,304,953 1,374,379 1,376,857
36 Deposits2 666,108 706,362 764,135 786,134 781,475 765,168 759,831 770,282 757,446 779,013
37 Other 480,868 566,411 501,557 499,505 512,815 464,420 510,125 534,671 616,933 597,844
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 536,038 590,718 716,871 1,133,698 1,146,016 1,152,590 1,164,287 1,139,786 1,181,419 1,163,106
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 256,172 261,306 268,556 325,968 335,965 337,432 334,515 318,382 339,267 320,296
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 161,620 204,203 176,543 186,438 175,139 174,909 179,929 166,511 168,444 161,844
41 Other 118,246 125,209 271,772 621,292 634,912 640,249 649,843 654,893 673,708 680,966
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,739,369 1,541,686 1,687,661 1,552,202 1,575,334 1,562,787 1,559,049 1,540,383 1,549,291 1,581,909
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,200,914 5,288,007 5,217,252 5,246,451 5,238,209 5,331,448 5,407,686
 
44 Foreign countries 4,686,362 4,609,805 4,924,615 5,145,205 5,228,925 5,154,271 5,180,311 5,166,313 5,258,783 5,334,840
 
45 Europe 1,790,962 1,794,635 1,996,884 1,894,237 1,949,057 1,929,126 1,925,480 1,887,649 1,912,906 1,932,097
46 Austria 3,541 3,956 3,444 3,793 3,506 3,627 4,171 3,686 3,523 3,693
47 Belgium 30,866 34,902 37,175 32,287 34,504 41,003 50,366 33,919 31,681 32,024
48 Denmark 5,533 8,323 5,808 6,305 6,845 6,970 5,940 5,960 5,992 5,540
49 Finland 14,044 10,297 5,631 7,484 15,054 9,220 10,774 15,475 15,256 14,279
50 France 102,290 120,368 142,017 160,221 176,479 162,371 181,826 182,552 179,457 197,050
51 Germany 66,449 67,035 122,622 158,898 161,046 163,925 164,900 162,784 159,059 153,654
52 Greece 3,724 1,789 1,909 2,243 2,472 2,466 2,547 2,689 2,597 2,565
53 Ireland 185,494 176,333 205,149 213,937 214,534 202,392 213,186 211,829 200,213 207,867
54 Italy 21,489 23,051 19,990 26,048 27,848 28,110 24,871 24,941 25,902 25,053
55 Luxembourg 152,619 168,225 169,382 212,136 204,204 204,823 217,965 216,674 216,993 217,451
56 Netherlands 57,420 67,503 74,273 49,949 56,089 55,402 50,769 47,250 51,934 57,584
57 Norway 3,623 5,536 4,403 5,349 3,971 5,745 3,953 3,303 3,184 3,565
58 Portugal 2,151 1,927 1,990 1,125 1,693 1,410 1,353 1,726 1,372 1,433
59 Russia 15,690 14,764 12,206 19,470 17,791 21,338 17,540 17,634 17,823 16,872
60 Spain 21,456 19,345 18,435 14,543 14,307 20,005 17,911 16,946 19,330 18,207
61 Sweden 12,523 3,496 12,420 16,686 13,649 20,683 9,792 14,441 18,579 14,243
62 Switzerland 78,871 73,384 80,524 76,274 80,871 80,113 80,782 81,536 84,270 90,403
63 Turkey 48,791 37,739 31,896 11,932 10,451 9,705 8,558 8,941 14,609 17,053
64 United Kingdom 865,876 873,391 977,122 815,522 840,811 822,352 783,036 758,401 785,452 778,415
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 48,008 35,786 34,398 21,644 21,546 22,841 23,871 24,697 23,699 22,976
66 Serbia 942 487 454 226 1,242 209 152 353 302 350
67 Other Europe 49,563 46,997 35,635 38,166 40,144 44,414 51,217 51,912 51,680 51,821
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,553,598 1,593,759 1,806,585 1,733,665 1,785,460 1,757,149 1,757,638 1,716,477 1,736,763 1,748,321
 
69 Canada 163,881 181,283 181,614 196,681 208,984 215,531 169,190 206,616 212,448 209,639
 
70 Latin America 258,393 258,972 254,713 242,662 245,306 231,143 242,540 238,380 230,464 237,465
71 Argentina 12,446 13,374 13,890 21,615 20,670 19,315 19,976 21,709 19,476 21,424
72 Brazil 46,607 52,594 53,496 33,344 33,654 30,107 25,768 24,620 28,252 28,825
73 Chile 22,328 24,294 22,901 24,123 25,979 23,465 26,476 24,300 16,066 17,831
74 Colombia 7,922 8,730 9,407 11,303 13,136 13,939 15,066 14,898 11,162 10,846
75 Ecuador 3,891 3,156 3,114 2,616 2,645 2,678 2,643 2,710 2,951 3,235
76 Guatemala 2,297 2,400 2,079 2,141 2,373 2,651 2,214 2,251 2,365 2,367
77 Mexico 84,414 76,519 74,120 80,861 77,173 72,435 79,985 77,390 78,311 80,234
78 Panama 13,625 17,515 15,882 14,370 14,852 15,027 15,562 16,105 16,168 16,258
79 Peru 16,563 16,533 17,089 14,247 15,534 13,356 15,780 15,206 17,381 16,965
80 Uruguay 14,066 12,925 13,000 10,930 12,139 11,571 12,532 12,154 12,209 13,434
81 Venezuela 19,374 17,051 14,651 11,054 11,126 10,798 10,759 10,833 10,812 10,825
82 Other Latin America 14,860 13,881 15,084 16,058 16,025 15,801 15,779 16,204 15,311 15,221
 
83 Caribbean 1,471,019 1,293,338 1,348,931 1,622,137 1,608,458 1,547,431 1,619,032 1,637,876 1,714,394 1,715,691
84 Bahamas 49,115 59,327 52,332 35,116 35,304 36,806 38,995 40,096 45,050 45,235
85 Bermuda 52,657 61,194 55,284 55,098 57,455 58,450 58,595 57,289 59,114 56,216
86 British Virgin Islands 52,399 47,823 37,917 41,911 43,480 40,252 40,933 41,557 46,104 43,205
87 Cayman Islands 1,260,789 1,074,266 1,158,566 1,454,902 1,435,834 1,374,622 1,442,429 1,461,360 1,527,380 1,538,157
88 Cuba 46 25 25 19 22 19 22 20 19 24
89 Jamaica 2,183 2,583 1,463 1,119 1,036 885 1,247 1,424 1,382 1,303
90 Netherlands Antilles16 5,996 5,173 9,711 5,747 7,327 8,325 8,814 6,415 6,492 5,879
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,358 4,227 3,645 3,905 3,918 4,147 4,101 4,353 4,113 4,141
92 Other Caribbean 43,476 38,720 29,988 24,320 24,082 23,925 23,896 25,362 24,740 21,531
 
93 Asia 911,271 983,297 1,002,403 1,047,923 1,083,003 1,092,483 1,087,870 1,055,894 1,046,296 1,098,739
94 China - Mainland 101,933 107,386 102,652 135,804 127,019 131,132 154,921 128,771 126,348 128,201
95 China - Hong Kong 146,914 125,216 124,389 102,265 112,523 107,755 96,472 98,912 84,029 88,321
96 India 22,454 20,996 26,415 18,808 19,275 17,408 20,203 20,967 29,260 26,236
97 Indonesia 12,919 10,954 12,160 11,693 17,625 17,397 11,013 13,596 11,843 12,909
98 Israel 16,284 16,429 18,464 16,863 17,343 15,921 27,983 25,139 20,904 27,706
99 Japan 294,395 348,855 356,631 366,590 371,123 363,799 362,392 363,667 366,517 393,467
100 Korea (South) 33,466 42,529 34,172 46,972 45,884 45,928 42,676 39,895 39,064 36,666
101 Philippines 6,437 8,014 7,440 5,803 6,438 13,553 12,875 11,051 10,699 12,955
102 Taiwan 34,181 37,584 35,654 27,460 33,351 37,161 31,319 33,851 31,407 31,738
103 Thailand 29,155 36,723 19,590 26,036 27,659 29,777 33,407 37,123 28,093 22,549
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 121,902 119,562 151,512 182,938 199,493 197,208 185,428 176,239 188,179 206,582
105 Other Asia 91,231 109,049 113,324 106,691 105,270 115,444 109,181 106,683 109,953 111,409
 
106 Africa 36,158 45,542 83,040 74,402 73,721 76,208 71,222 79,832 86,222 82,987
107 Egypt 7,525 16,247 35,698 38,284 37,868 36,092 33,747 39,188 40,132 38,087
108 Morocco 761 837 1,147 920 727 942 953 929 790 1,033
109 South Africa 3,770 4,109 13,673 5,493 4,324 5,626 5,536 7,839 8,052 7,593
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,122 6,716 15,331 13,088 13,718 14,618 14,148 14,562 16,196 14,508
111 Other Africa 17,980 17,633 17,191 16,617 17,084 18,930 16,838 17,314 21,052 21,766
 
112 Other countries 54,678 52,738 57,030 67,163 60,396 62,349 64,977 60,066 56,053 58,222
113 Australia 48,311 44,634 50,466 60,716 53,101 55,048 56,782 50,206 48,867 50,857
114 New Zealand 4,483 5,703 4,088 3,972 4,758 4,803 5,646 7,375 4,675 4,741
115 All Other 1,884 2,401 2,476 2,475 2,537 2,498 2,549 2,485 2,511 2,624
 
116 International and regional organizations 47,712 45,352 52,787 55,709 59,082 62,981 66,140 71,896 72,665 72,846
117 International14 37,839 33,545 37,725 40,173 42,483 46,362 49,807 55,347 59,419 57,520
118 Regional15 9,873 11,807 15,062 15,536 16,599 16,619 16,333 16,549 13,246 15,326
  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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