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

Release Date: September 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 2016 2017 2018/r Jan 2019/r Feb 2019/r Mar 2019/r Apr 2019/r May 2019/r Jun 2019/r Jul 2019/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,297,007 5,307,705 5,292,539 5,333,386 5,409,227 5,407,047 5,329,932 5,392,789
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,514,240 3,646,315 3,543,723 3,567,804 3,563,794 3,534,481 3,641,113 3,639,102 3,578,436 3,646,166
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,813,295 1,979,858 1,897,406 1,863,830 1,889,588 1,874,351 1,923,954 1,905,045 1,903,426 1,942,020
4 Other 1,700,945 1,666,457 1,646,317 1,703,974 1,674,206 1,660,130 1,717,159 1,734,057 1,675,010 1,704,146
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 998,532 980,637 970,960 1,018,194 1,018,713 989,569 1,040,538 1,086,331 1,016,402 1,055,342
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,140,917 1,331,087 1,753,284 1,739,901 1,728,745 1,798,905 1,768,114 1,767,945 1,751,496 1,746,623
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 668,867 703,141 745,759 733,289 739,931 763,800 734,303 726,985 703,974 701,216
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 271,298 244,511 235,642 244,615 230,776 233,106 224,889 226,825 214,176 219,872
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 123,132 111,089 115,128 121,524 115,266 116,863 110,284 105,688 100,637 96,858
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 23,391 17,086 10,398 10,762 11,425 14,299 13,312 18,413 14,346 14,884
11 Other 200,752 383,435 771,883 761,997 758,038 801,999 808,922 814,135 833,346 825,535
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 45,352 52,787 63,030 66,190 71,946 72,715 72,896 71,261 63,715 63,266
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 28,870 34,088 44,001 46,062 49,947 48,776 48,489 51,653 44,600 45,619
14 Deposits2 21,543 26,065 30,709 33,023 33,088 31,120 31,436 31,511 32,500 29,022
15 Other 7,327 8,023 13,292 13,039 16,859 17,656 17,053 20,142 12,100 16,597
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 16,482 18,699 19,029 20,128 21,999 23,939 24,407 19,608 19,115 17,647
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 10,437 8,306 8,385 9,019 10,797 14,705 14,625 12,370 12,449 11,236
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 6,045 10,393 10,644 11,109 11,202 9,234 9,782 7,238 6,666 6,411
 
19 Official institutions7 730,606 719,454 743,627 743,323 750,523 742,162 766,131 750,460 749,224 755,904
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 395,046 363,401 398,389 401,959 399,334 388,943 425,556 422,032 434,874 439,816
21 Deposits2 98,512 91,552 111,638 116,572 112,112 113,475 126,804 110,870 120,483 111,047
22 Other 296,534 271,849 286,751 285,387 287,222 275,468 298,752 311,162 314,391 328,769
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 335,560 356,053 345,238 341,364 351,189 353,219 340,575 328,428 314,350 316,088
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 297,684 317,227 310,384 305,129 315,330 313,367 302,304 292,683 279,159 282,228
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 37,876 38,826 34,854 36,235 35,859 39,852 38,271 35,745 35,191 33,860
 
26 Banks8 2,015,708 2,222,598 2,000,652 1,978,495 1,949,010 1,961,357 2,030,845 1,999,735 1,946,541 1,967,146
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,817,551 1,983,134 1,764,225 1,764,373 1,733,239 1,721,029 1,790,819 1,755,406 1,701,920 1,726,944
28 Deposits2 986,878 1,098,106 989,687 954,697 974,139 972,101 987,083 994,077 964,920 1,000,652
29 Other 830,673 885,028 774,538 809,676 759,100 748,928 803,736 761,329 737,000 726,292
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 198,157 239,464 236,427 214,122 215,771 240,328 240,026 244,329 244,621 240,202
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 99,440 109,052 89,558 84,626 95,422 96,461 97,078 99,428 99,097 100,167
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 23,541 19,570 15,826 17,956 17,834 16,133 15,576 14,335 14,573 14,779
33 Other 75,176 110,842 131,043 111,540 102,515 127,734 127,372 130,566 130,951 125,256
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,863,491 1,982,563 2,489,698 2,519,697 2,521,060 2,557,152 2,539,355 2,585,591 2,570,452 2,606,473
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,272,773 1,265,692 1,337,108 1,355,410 1,381,274 1,375,733 1,376,249 1,410,011 1,397,042 1,433,787
36 Deposits2 706,362 764,135 765,372 759,538 770,249 757,655 778,631 768,587 785,523 801,299
37 Other 566,411 501,557 571,736 595,872 611,025 618,078 597,618 641,424 611,519 632,488
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 590,718 716,871 1,152,590 1,164,287 1,139,786 1,181,419 1,163,106 1,175,580 1,173,410 1,172,686
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 261,306 268,556 337,432 334,515 318,382 339,267 320,296 322,504 313,269 307,585
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 204,203 176,543 174,909 179,929 166,511 168,444 161,844 170,144 158,379 165,365
41 Other 125,209 271,772 640,249 649,843 654,893 673,708 680,966 682,932 701,762 699,736
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,541,686 1,687,661 1,561,100 1,557,631 1,539,136 1,548,051 1,581,970 1,571,121 1,523,506 1,538,008
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,297,007 5,307,705 5,292,539 5,333,386 5,409,227 5,407,047 5,329,932 5,392,789
 
44 Foreign countries 4,609,805 4,924,615 5,233,977 5,241,515 5,220,593 5,260,671 5,336,331 5,335,786 5,266,217 5,329,523
 
45 Europe 1,794,635 1,996,884 1,989,732 1,947,736 1,899,832 1,915,964 1,933,206 1,990,375 1,883,142 1,936,860
46 Austria 3,956 3,444 3,627 4,171 3,711 3,523 3,693 3,839 3,504 3,606
47 Belgium 34,902 37,175 41,003 50,366 33,949 31,681 32,024 37,825 35,465 42,308
48 Denmark 8,323 5,808 7,000 5,962 5,976 5,992 5,540 5,701 5,525 4,816
49 Finland 10,297 5,631 9,220 10,774 15,491 15,256 14,279 14,457 13,847 11,409
50 France 120,368 142,017 162,139 181,596 182,505 179,457 196,903 201,196 185,107 197,266
51 Germany 67,035 122,622 163,925 164,900 163,005 159,059 153,654 154,776 155,099 157,028
52 Greece 1,789 1,909 2,466 2,547 2,714 2,597 2,565 2,719 2,832 2,722
53 Ireland 176,333 205,149 203,996 214,614 212,475 200,213 207,868 214,619 210,115 223,671
54 Italy 23,051 19,990 28,110 24,871 25,094 25,902 25,054 24,111 24,772 25,129
55 Luxembourg 168,225 169,382 207,291 220,945 220,576 218,343 217,451 212,147 204,309 212,352
56 Netherlands 67,503 74,273 55,402 50,769 47,299 51,934 57,584 58,930 54,842 57,246
57 Norway 5,536 4,403 5,745 3,953 3,308 3,184 3,565 3,898 5,168 3,843
58 Portugal 1,927 1,990 1,410 1,353 1,747 1,372 1,433 1,448 1,333 1,393
59 Russia 14,764 12,206 21,338 17,540 17,634 17,823 16,872 17,527 16,194 15,155
60 Spain 19,345 18,435 20,005 17,911 16,185 19,330 18,208 17,287 20,191 18,433
61 Sweden 3,496 12,420 20,683 9,792 14,441 18,579 14,243 14,487 10,895 11,374
62 Switzerland 73,384 80,524 80,216 80,897 81,536 84,270 90,402 96,071 93,354 97,830
63 Turkey 37,739 31,896 9,705 8,558 8,941 14,609 17,053 19,981 19,072 24,460
64 United Kingdom 873,391 977,122 878,970 800,944 766,207 787,160 779,669 814,713 753,923 754,517
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 35,786 34,398 22,856 23,893 24,735 23,699 22,976 24,511 24,076 25,918
66 Serbia 487 454 209 152 353 302 350 587 662 896
67 Other Europe 46,997 35,635 44,414 51,228 51,949 51,680 51,821 49,545 42,858 45,487
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,593,759 1,806,585 1,817,637 1,779,757 1,728,617 1,739,821 1,749,431 1,795,094 1,693,438 1,736,064
 
69 Canada 181,283 181,614 213,881 167,584 205,450 211,278 209,637 199,956 208,601 212,554
 
70 Latin America 258,972 254,713 231,206 242,620 238,403 230,464 237,496 241,968 236,218 240,597
71 Argentina 13,374 13,890 19,315 19,976 21,709 19,476 21,424 22,417 20,108 21,263
72 Brazil 52,594 53,496 30,107 25,768 24,620 28,252 28,825 27,073 28,651 28,043
73 Chile 24,294 22,901 23,465 26,476 24,300 16,066 17,831 19,141 18,748 21,048
74 Colombia 8,730 9,407 13,939 15,066 14,898 11,162 10,846 12,575 12,317 11,617
75 Ecuador 3,156 3,114 2,678 2,643 2,710 2,951 3,235 2,991 3,176 3,041
76 Guatemala 2,400 2,079 2,651 2,214 2,251 2,365 2,367 3,305 3,492 3,018
77 Mexico 76,519 74,120 72,498 80,065 77,413 78,311 80,264 84,926 78,796 81,679
78 Panama 17,515 15,882 15,027 15,562 16,105 16,168 16,258 16,442 16,493 17,724
79 Peru 16,533 17,089 13,356 15,780 15,206 17,381 16,965 14,218 13,530 12,884
80 Uruguay 12,925 13,000 11,571 12,532 12,154 12,209 13,434 13,004 14,126 13,776
81 Venezuela 17,051 14,651 10,798 10,759 10,833 10,812 10,825 10,519 10,390 10,052
82 Other Latin America 13,881 15,084 15,801 15,779 16,204 15,311 15,222 15,357 16,391 16,452
 
83 Caribbean 1,293,338 1,348,931 1,567,312 1,658,513 1,680,028 1,714,394 1,715,690 1,722,191 1,738,464 1,747,829
84 Bahamas 59,327 52,332 37,787 40,869 42,561 45,050 45,235 46,856 44,865 47,995
85 Bermuda 61,194 55,284 58,813 59,369 57,814 59,114 56,205 56,203 59,453 56,689
86 British Virgin Islands 47,823 37,917 41,222 43,185 45,491 46,104 43,205 42,379 42,511 39,560
87 Cayman Islands 1,074,266 1,158,566 1,392,191 1,477,011 1,496,589 1,527,380 1,538,165 1,542,627 1,558,013 1,570,417
88 Cuba 25 25 19 22 20 19 24 20 20 20
89 Jamaica 2,583 1,463 885 1,247 1,424 1,382 1,303 1,309 1,109 1,319
90 Netherlands Antilles16 5,173 9,711 8,325 8,814 6,415 6,492 5,879 5,142 5,572 5,231
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,227 3,645 4,147 4,101 4,353 4,113 4,141 4,102 4,238 4,941
92 Other Caribbean 38,720 29,988 23,923 23,895 25,361 24,740 21,533 23,553 22,683 21,657
 
93 Asia 983,297 1,002,403 1,091,968 1,087,354 1,055,718 1,046,296 1,099,093 1,045,088 1,061,579 1,054,858
94 China - Mainland 107,386 102,652 131,132 154,920 128,771 126,348 128,201 112,164 128,349 122,643
95 China - Hong Kong 125,216 124,389 107,761 96,464 98,892 84,028 88,321 90,577 91,438 85,118
96 India 20,996 26,415 17,404 20,204 20,965 29,261 26,235 23,724 25,106 25,375
97 Indonesia 10,954 12,160 17,397 11,013 13,596 11,843 12,909 16,283 15,708 13,551
98 Israel 16,429 18,464 15,921 27,983 25,139 20,904 27,706 24,576 20,803 22,486
99 Japan 348,855 356,631 363,289 361,884 363,317 366,517 393,828 360,939 352,539 354,257
100 Korea (South) 42,529 34,172 45,927 42,743 40,024 39,064 36,666 39,075 43,643 47,744
101 Philippines 8,014 7,440 13,553 12,875 11,051 10,699 12,955 11,565 12,304 12,582
102 Taiwan 37,584 35,654 37,268 31,326 33,858 31,407 31,739 34,603 36,349 31,624
103 Thailand 36,723 19,590 29,777 33,407 37,123 28,093 22,548 21,892 20,961 20,779
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 119,562 151,512 197,127 185,383 176,333 188,179 206,582 201,343 194,452 201,597
105 Other Asia 109,049 113,324 115,412 109,152 106,649 109,953 111,403 108,347 119,927 117,102
 
106 Africa 45,542 83,040 76,208 71,222 79,832 86,222 82,987 82,376 83,377 83,220
107 Egypt 16,247 35,698 36,092 33,747 39,188 40,132 38,087 38,391 37,679 39,072
108 Morocco 837 1,147 942 953 929 790 1,033 935 721 1,080
109 South Africa 4,109 13,673 5,626 5,536 7,839 8,052 7,593 5,306 7,314 7,041
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,716 15,331 14,618 14,148 14,562 16,196 14,508 15,261 16,242 15,343
111 Other Africa 17,633 17,191 18,930 16,838 17,314 21,052 21,766 22,483 21,421 20,684
 
112 Other countries 52,738 57,030 63,670 66,486 61,330 56,053 58,222 53,832 54,836 53,605
113 Australia 44,634 50,466 56,315 58,231 51,410 48,867 50,857 47,833 47,857 47,457
114 New Zealand 5,703 4,088 4,857 5,706 7,435 4,675 4,741 3,569 4,618 3,746
115 All Other 2,401 2,476 2,498 2,549 2,485 2,511 2,624 2,430 2,361 2,402
 
116 International and regional organizations 45,352 52,787 63,030 66,190 71,946 72,715 72,896 71,261 63,715 63,266
117 International14 33,545 37,725 46,361 49,807 55,347 59,419 57,520 56,557 49,135 48,435
118 Regional15 11,807 15,062 16,669 16,383 16,599 13,296 15,376 14,704 14,580 14,831
  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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