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

Release Date: July 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 Nov 2018/r Dec 2018/r Jan 2019/r Feb 2019/r Mar 2019/r Apr 2019/r May 2019/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,324,741 5,294,650 5,306,793 5,291,445 5,331,627 5,407,593 5,405,593
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,605,986 3,514,240 3,646,315 3,592,920 3,543,905 3,568,284 3,563,963 3,534,427 3,641,065 3,639,009
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,925,770 1,813,295 1,979,858 1,942,732 1,897,588 1,864,309 1,889,757 1,874,301 1,923,904 1,905,000
4 Other 1,680,216 1,700,945 1,666,457 1,650,188 1,646,317 1,703,975 1,674,206 1,660,126 1,717,161 1,734,009
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 904,964 998,532 980,637 982,265 970,960 1,018,194 1,018,713 989,569 1,040,538 1,086,344
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,128,088 1,140,917 1,331,087 1,731,821 1,750,745 1,738,509 1,727,482 1,797,200 1,766,528 1,766,584
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 724,731 668,867 703,141 743,671 745,759 733,289 739,931 763,800 734,303 726,985
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 226,594 271,298 244,511 239,134 235,642 244,615 230,776 233,106 224,889 226,825
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 95,644 123,132 111,089 115,770 115,128 121,524 115,266 116,863 110,284 105,688
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 41,548 23,391 17,086 10,870 10,398 10,762 11,425 14,299 13,312 18,413
11 Other 176,763 200,752 383,435 749,016 769,344 760,605 756,775 800,294 807,336 812,774
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 47,712 45,352 52,787 59,081 62,980 66,140 71,896 72,665 72,846 71,211
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 38,105 28,870 34,088 36,664 43,951 46,012 49,897 48,726 48,439 51,603
14 Deposits2 20,163 21,543 26,065 29,479 30,659 32,973 33,038 31,070 31,386 31,461
15 Other 17,942 7,327 8,023 7,185 13,292 13,039 16,859 17,656 17,053 20,142
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 9,607 16,482 18,699 22,417 19,029 20,128 21,999 23,939 24,407 19,608
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 5,926 10,437 8,306 11,076 8,385 9,019 10,797 14,705 14,625 12,370
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 3,681 6,045 10,393 11,341 10,644 11,109 11,202 9,234 9,782 7,238
 
19 Official institutions7 724,868 730,606 719,454 746,099 743,627 743,323 750,523 742,162 766,131 750,460
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 351,636 395,046 363,401 397,173 398,389 401,959 399,334 388,943 425,556 422,032
21 Deposits2 85,884 98,512 91,552 121,805 111,638 116,572 112,112 113,475 126,804 110,870
22 Other 265,752 296,534 271,849 275,368 286,751 285,387 287,222 275,468 298,752 311,162
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 373,232 335,560 356,053 348,926 345,238 341,364 351,189 353,219 340,575 328,428
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 336,669 297,684 317,227 311,805 310,384 305,129 315,330 313,367 302,304 292,683
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 36,563 37,876 38,826 37,121 34,854 36,235 35,859 39,852 38,271 35,745
 
26 Banks8 2,278,480 2,015,708 2,222,598 2,012,971 1,998,113 1,977,103 1,947,747 1,959,652 2,029,259 1,998,374
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 2,069,269 1,817,551 1,983,134 1,798,509 1,764,225 1,764,373 1,733,239 1,721,029 1,790,819 1,755,406
28 Deposits2 1,153,615 986,878 1,098,106 1,009,973 989,687 954,697 974,139 972,101 987,083 994,077
29 Other 915,654 830,673 885,028 788,536 774,538 809,676 759,100 748,928 803,736 761,329
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 209,211 198,157 239,464 214,462 233,888 212,730 214,508 238,623 238,440 242,968
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 125,964 99,440 109,052 84,825 89,558 84,626 95,422 96,461 97,078 99,428
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 24,756 23,541 19,570 16,308 15,826 17,956 17,834 16,133 15,576 14,335
33 Other 58,491 75,176 110,842 113,329 128,504 110,148 101,252 126,029 125,786 129,205
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,683,014 1,863,491 1,982,563 2,506,590 2,489,930 2,520,227 2,521,279 2,557,148 2,539,357 2,585,548
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,146,976 1,272,773 1,265,692 1,360,574 1,337,340 1,355,940 1,381,493 1,375,729 1,376,251 1,409,968
36 Deposits2 666,108 706,362 764,135 781,475 765,604 760,067 770,468 757,655 778,631 768,592
37 Other 480,868 566,411 501,557 579,099 571,736 595,873 611,025 618,074 597,620 641,376
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 536,038 590,718 716,871 1,146,016 1,152,590 1,164,287 1,139,786 1,181,419 1,163,106 1,175,580
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 256,172 261,306 268,556 335,965 337,432 334,515 318,382 339,267 320,296 322,504
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 161,620 204,203 176,543 175,139 174,909 179,929 166,511 168,444 161,844 170,144
41 Other 118,246 125,209 271,772 634,912 640,249 649,843 654,893 673,708 680,966 682,932
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,739,369 1,541,686 1,687,661 1,575,334 1,561,100 1,557,631 1,539,136 1,548,047 1,581,972 1,571,095
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,324,741 5,294,650 5,306,793 5,291,445 5,331,627 5,407,593 5,405,593
 
44 Foreign countries 4,686,362 4,609,805 4,924,615 5,265,660 5,231,670 5,240,653 5,219,549 5,258,962 5,334,747 5,334,382
 
45 Europe 1,790,962 1,794,635 1,996,884 1,950,220 1,987,193 1,946,344 1,898,570 1,914,256 1,931,982 1,989,214
46 Austria 3,541 3,956 3,444 3,531 3,627 4,171 3,711 3,523 3,693 3,839
47 Belgium 30,866 34,902 37,175 34,346 41,003 50,366 33,949 31,681 32,024 37,825
48 Denmark 5,533 8,323 5,808 6,872 7,000 5,962 5,976 5,992 5,540 5,701
49 Finland 14,044 10,297 5,631 15,070 9,220 10,774 15,491 15,256 14,279 14,457
50 France 102,290 120,368 142,017 175,746 162,139 181,596 182,505 179,457 196,903 201,196
51 Germany 66,449 67,035 122,622 161,273 163,925 164,900 163,005 159,059 153,654 154,774
52 Greece 3,724 1,789 1,909 2,498 2,466 2,547 2,714 2,597 2,565 2,719
53 Ireland 185,494 176,333 205,149 216,203 203,996 214,614 212,475 200,213 207,868 214,619
54 Italy 21,489 23,051 19,990 28,003 28,110 24,871 25,094 25,902 25,054 24,111
55 Luxembourg 152,619 168,225 169,382 206,577 207,291 220,945 220,576 218,343 217,451 212,147
56 Netherlands 57,420 67,503 74,273 56,140 55,402 50,769 47,299 51,934 57,584 58,930
57 Norway 3,623 5,536 4,403 3,971 5,745 3,953 3,308 3,184 3,565 3,898
58 Portugal 2,151 1,927 1,990 1,715 1,410 1,353 1,747 1,372 1,433 1,448
59 Russia 15,690 14,764 12,206 17,791 21,338 17,540 17,634 17,823 16,872 17,527
60 Spain 21,456 19,345 18,435 14,419 20,005 17,911 16,185 19,330 18,208 17,287
61 Sweden 12,523 3,496 12,420 13,649 20,683 9,792 14,441 18,579 14,243 14,487
62 Switzerland 78,871 73,384 80,524 80,971 80,216 80,897 81,536 84,270 90,402 96,070
63 Turkey 48,791 37,739 31,896 10,451 9,705 8,558 8,941 14,609 17,053 19,981
64 United Kingdom 865,876 873,391 977,122 838,014 876,431 799,552 764,945 785,452 778,445 813,555
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 48,008 35,786 34,398 21,566 22,856 23,893 24,735 23,699 22,976 24,511
66 Serbia 942 487 454 1,242 209 152 353 302 350 587
67 Other Europe 49,563 46,997 35,635 40,172 44,414 51,228 51,949 51,680 51,821 49,545
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,553,598 1,593,759 1,806,585 1,786,503 1,815,098 1,778,365 1,727,355 1,738,113 1,748,207 1,793,934
 
69 Canada 163,881 181,283 181,614 208,988 213,881 167,584 205,449 211,277 209,636 199,955
 
70 Latin America 258,393 258,972 254,713 245,417 231,209 242,624 238,408 230,464 237,496 242,016
71 Argentina 12,446 13,374 13,890 20,670 19,315 19,976 21,709 19,476 21,424 22,417
72 Brazil 46,607 52,594 53,496 33,654 30,107 25,768 24,620 28,252 28,825 27,073
73 Chile 22,328 24,294 22,901 25,979 23,465 26,476 24,300 16,066 17,831 19,141
74 Colombia 7,922 8,730 9,407 13,136 13,939 15,066 14,898 11,162 10,846 12,575
75 Ecuador 3,891 3,156 3,114 2,645 2,678 2,643 2,710 2,951 3,235 2,991
76 Guatemala 2,297 2,400 2,079 2,373 2,651 2,214 2,251 2,365 2,367 3,305
77 Mexico 84,414 76,519 74,120 77,284 72,501 80,069 77,418 78,311 80,264 84,974
78 Panama 13,625 17,515 15,882 14,852 15,027 15,562 16,105 16,168 16,258 16,442
79 Peru 16,563 16,533 17,089 15,534 13,356 15,780 15,206 17,381 16,965 14,218
80 Uruguay 14,066 12,925 13,000 12,139 11,571 12,532 12,154 12,209 13,434 13,004
81 Venezuela 19,374 17,051 14,651 11,126 10,798 10,759 10,833 10,812 10,825 10,519
82 Other Latin America 14,860 13,881 15,084 16,025 15,801 15,779 16,204 15,311 15,222 15,357
 
83 Caribbean 1,471,019 1,293,338 1,348,931 1,643,311 1,567,008 1,658,508 1,679,864 1,714,394 1,715,691 1,722,125
84 Bahamas 49,115 59,327 52,332 37,895 37,787 40,869 42,561 45,050 45,235 46,856
85 Bermuda 52,657 61,194 55,284 59,024 58,513 59,369 57,814 59,114 56,205 56,134
86 British Virgin Islands 52,399 47,823 37,917 44,955 41,222 43,185 45,491 46,104 43,205 42,379
87 Cayman Islands 1,260,789 1,074,266 1,158,566 1,465,052 1,392,185 1,477,005 1,496,424 1,527,380 1,538,166 1,542,628
88 Cuba 46 25 25 22 19 22 20 19 24 20
89 Jamaica 2,183 2,583 1,463 1,036 885 1,247 1,424 1,382 1,303 1,309
90 Netherlands Antilles16 5,996 5,173 9,711 7,327 8,325 8,814 6,415 6,492 5,879 5,142
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,358 4,227 3,645 3,918 4,147 4,101 4,353 4,113 4,141 4,102
92 Other Caribbean 43,476 38,720 29,988 24,082 23,925 23,896 25,362 24,740 21,533 23,555
 
93 Asia 911,271 983,297 1,002,403 1,082,638 1,092,501 1,087,885 1,056,096 1,046,296 1,098,733 1,044,865
94 China - Mainland 101,933 107,386 102,652 127,019 131,132 154,920 128,771 126,348 128,201 112,164
95 China - Hong Kong 146,914 125,216 124,389 112,524 107,761 96,464 98,892 84,029 88,321 90,570
96 India 22,454 20,996 26,415 19,275 17,404 20,204 20,965 29,260 26,236 23,728
97 Indonesia 12,919 10,954 12,160 17,625 17,397 11,013 13,596 11,843 12,909 16,283
98 Israel 16,284 16,429 18,464 17,343 15,921 27,983 25,139 20,904 27,706 24,576
99 Japan 294,395 348,855 356,631 371,123 363,799 362,392 363,667 366,517 393,467 360,722
100 Korea (South) 33,466 42,529 34,172 45,973 45,927 42,743 40,024 39,064 36,666 39,075
101 Philippines 6,437 8,014 7,440 6,074 13,553 12,875 11,051 10,699 12,955 11,566
102 Taiwan 34,181 37,584 35,654 33,507 37,268 31,326 33,858 31,407 31,739 34,603
103 Thailand 29,155 36,723 19,590 27,659 29,777 33,407 37,123 28,093 22,548 21,892
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 121,902 119,562 151,512 199,248 197,127 185,383 176,333 188,179 206,582 201,343
105 Other Asia 91,231 109,049 113,324 105,268 115,435 109,175 106,677 109,953 111,403 108,343
 
106 Africa 36,158 45,542 83,040 73,721 76,208 71,222 79,832 86,222 82,987 82,376
107 Egypt 7,525 16,247 35,698 37,868 36,092 33,747 39,188 40,132 38,087 38,391
108 Morocco 761 837 1,147 727 942 953 929 790 1,033 935
109 South Africa 3,770 4,109 13,673 4,324 5,626 5,536 7,839 8,052 7,593 5,306
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,122 6,716 15,331 13,718 14,618 14,148 14,562 16,196 14,508 15,261
111 Other Africa 17,980 17,633 17,191 17,084 18,930 16,838 17,314 21,052 21,766 22,483
 
112 Other countries 54,678 52,738 57,030 61,365 63,670 66,486 61,330 56,053 58,222 53,831
113 Australia 48,311 44,634 50,466 54,020 56,315 58,231 51,410 48,867 50,857 47,832
114 New Zealand 4,483 5,703 4,088 4,808 4,857 5,706 7,435 4,675 4,741 3,569
115 All Other 1,884 2,401 2,476 2,537 2,498 2,549 2,485 2,511 2,624 2,430
 
116 International and regional organizations 47,712 45,352 52,787 59,081 62,980 66,140 71,896 72,665 72,846 71,211
117 International14 37,839 33,545 37,725 42,482 46,361 49,807 55,347 59,419 57,520 56,557
118 Regional15 9,873 11,807 15,062 16,599 16,619 16,333 16,549 13,246 15,326 14,654
  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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