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

Release Date: October 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 Feb 2019/r Mar 2019/r Apr 2019/r May 2019/r Jun 2019/r Jul 2019/r Aug 2019/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,297,223 5,293,496 5,335,027 5,410,700 5,408,550 5,331,382 5,394,249 5,424,813
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,514,240 3,646,315 3,543,723 3,563,794 3,534,481 3,641,113 3,639,102 3,578,436 3,646,176 3,638,915
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,813,295 1,979,858 1,897,406 1,889,588 1,874,351 1,923,954 1,905,045 1,903,426 1,942,030 1,940,390
4 Other 1,700,945 1,666,457 1,646,317 1,674,206 1,660,130 1,717,159 1,734,057 1,675,010 1,704,146 1,698,525
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 998,532 980,637 970,960 1,018,713 989,569 1,040,538 1,086,331 1,016,402 1,055,342 1,076,717
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,140,917 1,331,087 1,753,500 1,729,702 1,800,546 1,769,587 1,769,448 1,752,946 1,748,073 1,785,898
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 668,867 703,141 745,975 740,888 765,441 735,776 728,488 705,424 702,666 733,968
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 271,298 244,511 235,642 230,776 233,106 224,889 226,825 214,176 219,872 232,187
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 123,132 111,089 115,128 115,266 116,863 110,284 105,688 100,637 96,858 98,584
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 23,391 17,086 10,398 11,425 14,299 13,312 18,413 14,346 14,884 16,511
11 Other 200,752 383,435 771,883 758,038 801,999 808,922 814,135 833,346 825,535 819,743
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 45,352 52,787 63,030 71,946 72,715 72,896 71,261 63,715 63,266 62,777
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 28,870 34,088 44,001 49,947 48,776 48,489 51,653 44,600 45,619 43,860
14 Deposits2 21,543 26,065 30,709 33,088 31,120 31,436 31,511 32,500 29,022 29,848
15 Other 7,327 8,023 13,292 16,859 17,656 17,053 20,142 12,100 16,597 14,012
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 16,482 18,699 19,029 21,999 23,939 24,407 19,608 19,115 17,647 18,917
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 10,437 8,306 8,385 10,797 14,705 14,625 12,370 12,449 11,236 12,202
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 6,045 10,393 10,644 11,202 9,234 9,782 7,238 6,666 6,411 6,715
 
19 Official institutions7 730,606 719,454 743,627 750,523 742,162 766,131 750,460 749,224 755,904 759,852
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 395,046 363,401 398,389 399,334 388,943 425,556 422,032 434,874 439,816 434,570
21 Deposits2 98,512 91,552 111,638 112,112 113,475 126,804 110,870 120,483 111,047 111,593
22 Other 296,534 271,849 286,751 287,222 275,468 298,752 311,162 314,391 328,769 322,977
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 335,560 356,053 345,238 351,189 353,219 340,575 328,428 314,350 316,088 325,282
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 297,684 317,227 310,384 315,330 313,367 302,304 292,683 279,159 282,228 291,602
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 37,876 38,826 34,854 35,859 39,852 38,271 35,745 35,191 33,860 33,680
 
26 Banks8 2,015,708 2,222,598 2,000,652 1,949,760 1,962,757 2,032,095 2,001,035 1,947,991 1,968,606 1,972,072
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,817,551 1,983,134 1,764,225 1,733,239 1,721,029 1,790,819 1,755,406 1,701,920 1,726,954 1,734,810
28 Deposits2 986,878 1,098,106 989,687 974,139 972,101 987,083 994,077 964,920 1,000,662 996,105
29 Other 830,673 885,028 774,538 759,100 748,928 803,736 761,329 737,000 726,292 738,705
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 198,157 239,464 236,427 216,521 241,728 241,276 245,629 246,071 241,652 237,262
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 99,440 109,052 89,558 96,172 97,861 98,328 100,728 100,547 101,617 103,798
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 23,541 19,570 15,826 17,834 16,133 15,576 14,335 14,573 14,779 11,914
33 Other 75,176 110,842 131,043 102,515 127,734 127,372 130,566 130,951 125,256 121,550
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,863,491 1,982,563 2,489,914 2,521,267 2,557,393 2,539,578 2,585,794 2,570,452 2,606,473 2,630,112
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,272,773 1,265,692 1,337,108 1,381,274 1,375,733 1,376,249 1,410,011 1,397,042 1,433,787 1,425,675
36 Deposits2 706,362 764,135 765,372 770,249 757,655 778,631 768,587 785,523 801,299 802,844
37 Other 566,411 501,557 571,736 611,025 618,078 597,618 641,424 611,519 632,488 622,831
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 590,718 716,871 1,152,806 1,139,993 1,181,660 1,163,329 1,175,783 1,173,410 1,172,686 1,204,437
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 261,306 268,556 337,648 318,589 339,508 320,519 322,707 313,269 307,585 326,366
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 204,203 176,543 174,909 166,511 168,444 161,844 170,144 158,379 165,365 180,264
41 Other 125,209 271,772 640,249 654,893 673,708 680,966 682,932 701,762 699,736 697,807
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,541,686 1,687,661 1,561,100 1,539,136 1,548,051 1,581,970 1,571,121 1,523,506 1,538,008 1,528,621
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,297,223 5,293,496 5,335,027 5,410,700 5,408,550 5,331,382 5,394,249 5,424,813
 
44 Foreign countries 4,609,805 4,924,615 5,234,193 5,221,550 5,262,312 5,337,804 5,337,289 5,267,667 5,330,983 5,362,036
 
45 Europe 1,794,635 1,996,884 1,989,732 1,899,832 1,915,964 1,933,206 1,990,375 1,883,142 1,936,860 1,979,331
46 Austria 3,956 3,444 3,627 3,711 3,523 3,693 3,839 3,504 3,606 3,354
47 Belgium 34,902 37,175 41,003 33,949 31,681 32,024 37,825 35,465 42,308 47,291
48 Denmark 8,323 5,808 7,000 5,976 5,992 5,540 5,701 5,525 4,816 5,176
49 Finland 10,297 5,631 9,220 15,491 15,256 14,279 14,457 13,847 11,409 13,930
50 France 120,368 142,017 162,139 182,505 179,457 196,903 201,196 185,107 197,266 176,752
51 Germany 67,035 122,622 163,925 163,005 159,059 153,654 154,776 155,099 157,028 160,682
52 Greece 1,789 1,909 2,466 2,714 2,597 2,565 2,719 2,832 2,722 2,912
53 Ireland 176,333 205,149 203,996 212,475 200,213 207,868 214,619 210,115 223,671 228,409
54 Italy 23,051 19,990 28,110 25,094 25,902 25,054 24,111 24,772 25,129 24,985
55 Luxembourg 168,225 169,382 207,291 220,576 218,343 217,451 212,147 204,309 212,352 216,857
56 Netherlands 67,503 74,273 55,402 47,299 51,934 57,584 58,930 54,842 57,246 67,205
57 Norway 5,536 4,403 5,745 3,308 3,184 3,565 3,898 5,168 3,843 3,622
58 Portugal 1,927 1,990 1,410 1,747 1,372 1,433 1,448 1,333 1,393 1,332
59 Russia 14,764 12,206 21,338 17,634 17,823 16,872 17,527 16,194 15,155 19,905
60 Spain 19,345 18,435 20,005 16,185 19,330 18,208 17,287 20,191 18,433 22,273
61 Sweden 3,496 12,420 20,683 14,441 18,579 14,243 14,487 10,895 11,374 10,107
62 Switzerland 73,384 80,524 80,216 81,536 84,270 90,402 96,071 93,354 97,830 100,084
63 Turkey 37,739 31,896 9,705 8,941 14,609 17,053 19,981 19,072 24,460 21,817
64 United Kingdom 873,391 977,122 878,970 766,207 787,160 779,669 814,713 753,923 754,517 775,758
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 35,786 34,398 22,856 24,735 23,699 22,976 24,511 24,076 25,918 25,635
66 Serbia 487 454 209 353 302 350 587 662 896 659
67 Other Europe 46,997 35,635 44,414 51,949 51,680 51,821 49,545 42,858 45,487 50,586
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,593,759 1,806,585 1,817,637 1,728,617 1,739,821 1,749,431 1,795,094 1,693,438 1,736,064 1,773,707
 
69 Canada 181,283 181,614 213,881 205,450 211,278 209,637 199,956 208,601 212,554 206,506
 
70 Latin America 258,972 254,713 231,206 238,403 230,464 237,496 241,968 236,218 240,597 238,371
71 Argentina 13,374 13,890 19,315 21,709 19,476 21,424 22,417 20,108 21,263 24,203
72 Brazil 52,594 53,496 30,107 24,620 28,252 28,825 27,073 28,651 28,043 24,710
73 Chile 24,294 22,901 23,465 24,300 16,066 17,831 19,141 18,748 21,048 19,223
74 Colombia 8,730 9,407 13,939 14,898 11,162 10,846 12,575 12,317 11,617 11,142
75 Ecuador 3,156 3,114 2,678 2,710 2,951 3,235 2,991 3,176 3,041 3,104
76 Guatemala 2,400 2,079 2,651 2,251 2,365 2,367 3,305 3,492 3,018 2,701
77 Mexico 76,519 74,120 72,498 77,413 78,311 80,264 84,926 78,796 81,679 82,829
78 Panama 17,515 15,882 15,027 16,105 16,168 16,258 16,442 16,493 17,724 16,714
79 Peru 16,533 17,089 13,356 15,206 17,381 16,965 14,218 13,530 12,884 15,525
80 Uruguay 12,925 13,000 11,571 12,154 12,209 13,434 13,004 14,126 13,776 13,851
81 Venezuela 17,051 14,651 10,798 10,833 10,812 10,825 10,519 10,390 10,052 9,749
82 Other Latin America 13,881 15,084 15,801 16,204 15,311 15,222 15,357 16,391 16,452 14,620
 
83 Caribbean 1,293,338 1,348,931 1,567,528 1,680,235 1,714,635 1,715,913 1,722,394 1,738,464 1,747,829 1,748,701
84 Bahamas 59,327 52,332 37,787 42,561 45,050 45,235 46,856 44,865 47,995 46,895
85 Bermuda 61,194 55,284 58,813 57,814 59,114 56,205 56,203 59,453 56,689 61,155
86 British Virgin Islands 47,823 37,917 41,438 45,698 46,345 43,428 42,582 42,511 39,560 40,900
87 Cayman Islands 1,074,266 1,158,566 1,392,191 1,496,589 1,527,380 1,538,165 1,542,627 1,558,013 1,570,417 1,565,010
88 Cuba 25 25 19 20 19 24 20 20 20 20
89 Jamaica 2,583 1,463 885 1,424 1,382 1,303 1,309 1,109 1,319 1,497
90 Netherlands Antilles16 5,173 9,711 8,325 6,415 6,492 5,879 5,142 5,572 5,231 5,242
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,227 3,645 4,147 4,353 4,113 4,141 4,102 4,238 4,941 4,682
92 Other Caribbean 38,720 29,988 23,923 25,361 24,740 21,533 23,553 22,683 21,657 23,300
 
93 Asia 983,297 1,002,403 1,091,968 1,056,468 1,047,696 1,100,343 1,046,388 1,063,029 1,056,318 1,056,104
94 China - Mainland 107,386 102,652 131,132 128,771 126,348 128,201 112,164 128,349 122,643 110,440
95 China - Hong Kong 125,216 124,389 107,761 99,642 85,428 89,571 91,877 92,888 86,578 90,146
96 India 20,996 26,415 17,404 20,965 29,261 26,235 23,724 25,106 25,375 22,196
97 Indonesia 10,954 12,160 17,397 13,596 11,843 12,909 16,283 15,708 13,551 14,831
98 Israel 16,429 18,464 15,921 25,139 20,904 27,706 24,576 20,803 22,486 20,171
99 Japan 348,855 356,631 363,289 363,317 366,517 393,828 360,939 352,539 354,257 358,364
100 Korea (South) 42,529 34,172 45,927 40,024 39,064 36,666 39,075 43,643 47,744 47,673
101 Philippines 8,014 7,440 13,553 11,051 10,699 12,955 11,565 12,304 12,582 12,789
102 Taiwan 37,584 35,654 37,268 33,858 31,407 31,739 34,603 36,349 31,624 33,816
103 Thailand 36,723 19,590 29,777 37,123 28,093 22,548 21,892 20,961 20,779 27,455
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 119,562 151,512 197,127 176,333 188,179 206,582 201,343 194,452 201,597 199,735
105 Other Asia 109,049 113,324 115,412 106,649 109,953 111,403 108,347 119,927 117,102 118,488
 
106 Africa 45,542 83,040 76,208 79,832 86,222 82,987 82,376 83,377 83,220 82,595
107 Egypt 16,247 35,698 36,092 39,188 40,132 38,087 38,391 37,679 39,072 40,449
108 Morocco 837 1,147 942 929 790 1,033 935 721 1,080 953
109 South Africa 4,109 13,673 5,626 7,839 8,052 7,593 5,306 7,314 7,041 6,725
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,716 15,331 14,618 14,562 16,196 14,508 15,261 16,242 15,343 14,476
111 Other Africa 17,633 17,191 18,930 17,314 21,052 21,766 22,483 21,421 20,684 19,992
 
112 Other countries 52,738 57,030 63,670 61,330 56,053 58,222 53,832 54,836 53,605 50,428
113 Australia 44,634 50,466 56,315 51,410 48,867 50,857 47,833 47,857 47,457 44,222
114 New Zealand 5,703 4,088 4,857 7,435 4,675 4,741 3,569 4,618 3,746 3,538
115 All Other 2,401 2,476 2,498 2,485 2,511 2,624 2,430 2,361 2,402 2,668
 
116 International and regional organizations 45,352 52,787 63,030 71,946 72,715 72,896 71,261 63,715 63,266 62,777
117 International14 33,545 37,725 46,361 55,347 59,419 57,520 56,557 49,135 48,435 46,683
118 Regional15 11,807 15,062 16,669 16,599 13,296 15,376 14,704 14,580 14,831 16,094
  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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