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

Release Date: June 2020
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 Oct 2019 Nov 2019 Dec 2019 Jan 2020 Feb 2020 Mar 2020/r Apr 2020/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,380,038 5,496,060 5,432,836 5,612,982 5,613,814 6,244,623 6,452,499
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,514,240 3,646,315 3,553,534 3,598,069 3,704,975 3,630,584 3,806,901 3,788,941 4,413,901 4,414,240
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,813,295 1,979,858 1,907,031 1,985,045 2,018,442 2,001,146 2,104,433 2,059,999 2,427,912 2,440,674
4 Other 1,700,945 1,666,457 1,646,503 1,613,024 1,686,533 1,629,438 1,702,468 1,728,942 1,985,989 1,973,566
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 998,532 980,637 970,960 1,020,969 1,072,129 987,528 992,251 1,036,190 1,139,580 1,112,587
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,140,917 1,331,087 1,755,568 1,781,969 1,791,085 1,802,252 1,806,081 1,824,873 1,830,722 2,038,259
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 668,867 703,141 746,676 730,784 714,006 706,231 692,608 723,578 719,622 868,455
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 271,298 244,511 237,009 233,399 234,060 229,497 254,084 252,982 205,048 234,235
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 123,132 111,089 115,936 93,849 94,335 94,057 108,594 113,149 86,624 102,141
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 23,391 17,086 10,401 13,920 19,054 18,971 18,146 16,813 14,263 13,064
11 Other 200,752 383,435 771,883 817,786 843,019 866,524 859,389 848,313 906,052 935,569
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 45,352 52,787 63,044 55,603 51,056 51,135 52,508 53,115 63,130 79,125
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 28,870 34,088 44,001 38,569 34,716 35,781 36,397 36,292 45,507 52,276
14 Deposits2 21,543 26,065 30,709 27,844 27,695 26,306 29,654 29,288 32,706 34,515
15 Other 7,327 8,023 13,292 10,725 7,021 9,475 6,743 7,004 12,801 17,761
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 16,482 18,699 19,043 17,034 16,340 15,354 16,111 16,823 17,623 26,849
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 10,437 8,306 8,385 9,897 9,741 8,340 8,526 9,851 10,845 18,326
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 6,045 10,393 10,658 7,137 6,599 7,014 7,585 6,972 6,778 8,523
 
19 Official institutions7 730,606 719,454 748,422 762,584 752,207 715,716 755,214 742,395 784,292 842,828
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 395,046 363,401 398,389 439,379 445,066 414,218 417,419 391,762 462,797 472,116
21 Deposits2 98,512 91,552 111,638 114,213 124,041 112,594 134,496 123,672 148,133 166,498
22 Other 296,534 271,849 286,751 325,166 321,025 301,624 282,923 268,090 314,664 305,618
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 335,560 356,053 350,033 323,205 307,141 301,498 337,795 350,633 321,495 370,712
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 297,684 317,227 315,141 288,085 273,610 268,567 294,820 306,080 283,222 331,014
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 37,876 38,826 34,892 35,120 33,531 32,931 42,975 44,553 38,273 39,698
 
26 Banks8 2,015,708 2,222,598 2,011,419 1,967,809 2,042,179 2,039,287 2,146,389 2,111,539 2,514,463 2,563,765
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,817,551 1,983,134 1,764,152 1,730,731 1,790,697 1,775,680 1,891,239 1,859,555 2,238,099 2,266,598
28 Deposits2 986,878 1,098,106 989,428 1,028,446 1,040,030 1,044,325 1,088,849 1,058,617 1,316,937 1,300,104
29 Other 830,673 885,028 774,724 702,285 750,667 731,355 802,390 800,938 921,162 966,494
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 198,157 239,464 247,267 237,078 251,482 263,607 255,150 251,984 276,364 297,167
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 99,440 109,052 100,077 117,373 118,132 116,589 106,779 115,257 99,271 112,050
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 23,541 19,570 16,147 11,180 9,212 9,575 11,662 13,358 13,444 17,315
33 Other 75,176 110,842 131,043 108,525 124,138 137,443 136,709 123,369 163,649 167,802
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,863,491 1,982,563 2,486,217 2,594,042 2,650,618 2,626,698 2,658,871 2,706,765 2,882,738 2,966,781
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,272,773 1,265,692 1,346,992 1,389,390 1,434,496 1,404,905 1,461,846 1,501,332 1,667,498 1,623,250
36 Deposits2 706,362 764,135 775,256 814,542 826,676 817,921 851,434 848,422 930,136 939,557
37 Other 566,411 501,557 571,736 574,848 607,820 586,984 610,412 652,910 737,362 683,693
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 590,718 716,871 1,139,225 1,204,652 1,216,122 1,221,793 1,197,025 1,205,433 1,215,240 1,343,531
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 261,306 268,556 323,073 315,429 312,523 312,735 282,483 292,390 326,284 407,065
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 204,203 176,543 175,903 180,411 185,241 180,516 192,336 189,021 147,646 169,787
41 Other 125,209 271,772 640,249 708,812 718,358 728,542 722,206 724,022 741,310 766,679
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,541,686 1,687,661 1,560,984 1,518,710 1,567,115 1,581,531 1,645,889 1,628,025 2,020,560 2,036,383
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,380,038 5,496,060 5,432,836 5,612,982 5,613,814 6,244,623 6,452,499
 
44 Foreign countries 4,609,805 4,924,615 5,246,058 5,324,435 5,445,004 5,381,701 5,560,474 5,560,699 6,181,493 6,373,374
 
45 Europe 1,794,635 1,996,884 1,991,810 1,918,981 2,011,154 1,957,976 2,020,745 2,070,013 2,280,571 2,441,013
46 Austria 3,956 3,444 3,627 3,764 4,028 3,647 3,447 3,488 4,863 5,985
47 Belgium 34,902 37,175 41,003 35,167 34,273 34,545 36,302 44,000 51,326 64,131
48 Denmark 8,323 5,808 7,009 4,887 4,813 6,284 5,838 5,519 8,007 9,994
49 Finland 10,297 5,631 9,220 7,572 8,982 5,871 12,559 8,294 11,864 19,970
50 France 120,368 142,017 162,139 190,860 199,821 177,982 195,796 206,469 218,274 226,837
51 Germany 67,035 122,622 163,925 155,545 153,668 152,295 157,870 155,341 169,581 164,540
52 Greece 1,789 1,909 2,466 2,862 2,663 2,989 2,902 2,685 2,743 2,564
53 Ireland 176,333 205,149 204,830 231,457 233,025 235,939 233,999 238,116 242,710 290,556
54 Italy 23,051 19,990 28,110 24,342 25,571 25,932 23,898 22,332 26,191 25,437
55 Luxembourg 168,225 169,382 208,375 219,925 225,592 216,780 224,335 216,092 215,232 253,445
56 Netherlands 67,503 74,273 55,432 58,375 66,134 58,778 56,635 61,385 81,500 81,036
57 Norway 5,536 4,403 5,770 2,793 2,921 4,915 3,421 3,199 11,564 11,564
58 Portugal 1,927 1,990 1,410 1,296 1,545 1,339 1,804 1,960 2,112 2,135
59 Russia 14,764 12,206 21,338 26,619 25,645 17,651 24,165 24,179 16,903 25,040
60 Spain 19,345 18,435 20,005 20,144 19,966 22,621 24,227 25,463 38,206 36,676
61 Sweden 3,496 12,420 20,683 13,912 17,561 12,612 12,928 12,677 26,256 32,581
62 Switzerland 73,384 80,524 80,217 97,420 95,286 88,666 87,930 98,320 101,366 100,592
63 Turkey 37,739 31,896 9,705 17,935 16,406 17,297 13,593 15,827 9,696 14,365
64 United Kingdom 873,391 977,122 879,015 726,359 787,273 783,051 813,366 835,185 961,436 990,248
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 35,786 34,398 22,906 26,964 32,931 33,600 32,017 33,354 32,174 31,824
66 Serbia 487 454 209 577 498 582 482 504 531 220
67 Other Europe 46,997 35,635 44,414 50,207 52,552 54,599 53,232 55,624 48,037 51,274
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,593,759 1,806,585 1,819,639 1,714,396 1,804,452 1,760,421 1,823,928 990,045 1,078,500 1,199,262
 
69 Canada 181,283 181,614 213,922 203,461 210,177 217,077 242,701 232,944 299,963 309,372
 
70 Latin America 258,972 254,713 231,251 244,825 243,647 230,265 246,200 241,258 262,416 294,214
71 Argentina 13,374 13,890 19,315 24,894 24,695 21,433 22,277 21,428 20,501 23,632
72 Brazil 52,594 53,496 30,120 29,609 31,227 28,096 29,239 29,933 34,786 33,426
73 Chile 24,294 22,901 23,465 20,381 23,946 24,856 29,041 25,888 29,647 30,452
74 Colombia 8,730 9,407 13,939 11,401 11,294 10,300 10,886 9,787 11,415 16,112
75 Ecuador 3,156 3,114 2,678 3,036 3,062 3,234 3,322 3,116 2,909 3,198
76 Guatemala 2,400 2,079 2,651 2,728 2,679 2,668 2,441 2,964 3,277 4,384
77 Mexico 76,519 74,120 72,530 81,590 75,899 71,878 76,166 75,790 83,943 96,407
78 Panama 17,515 15,882 15,027 16,492 16,947 17,452 17,199 17,243 19,504 21,800
79 Peru 16,533 17,089 13,356 15,360 15,161 12,300 17,136 15,924 12,807 19,945
80 Uruguay 12,925 13,000 11,571 14,919 14,796 13,866 13,690 14,462 18,528 18,714
81 Venezuela 17,051 14,651 10,798 9,545 9,417 9,683 9,336 9,280 9,726 9,506
82 Other Latin America 13,881 15,084 15,801 14,870 14,524 14,499 15,467 15,443 15,373 16,638
 
83 Caribbean 1,293,338 1,348,931 1,576,360 1,750,824 1,750,615 1,734,531 1,775,578 1,778,622 1,948,831 1,912,203
84 Bahamas 59,327 52,332 37,787 52,615 51,149 45,948 46,633 49,209 44,329 43,401
85 Bermuda 61,194 55,284 58,989 59,920 59,936 58,129 56,302 54,343 62,014 60,323
86 British Virgin Islands 47,823 37,917 41,951 41,345 39,458 38,997 38,681 40,673 39,742 41,088
87 Cayman Islands 1,074,266 1,158,566 1,400,333 1,564,490 1,568,621 1,556,379 1,594,196 1,600,714 1,750,465 1,718,515
88 Cuba 25 25 19 14 14 14 27 14 14 14
89 Jamaica 2,583 1,463 885 1,542 1,727 1,004 1,134 1,407 1,341 1,180
90 Netherlands Antilles16 5,173 9,711 8,326 4,375 3,799 6,563 10,737 4,344 21,035 17,730
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,227 3,645 4,147 4,581 4,613 4,761 4,743 4,983 4,668 4,827
92 Other Caribbean 38,720 29,988 23,923 21,942 21,298 22,736 23,125 22,935 25,223 25,125
 
93 Asia 983,297 1,002,403 1,092,753 1,070,781 1,090,619 1,097,788 1,123,525 1,090,988 1,235,391 1,263,438
94 China - Mainland 107,386 102,652 131,837 129,026 118,224 124,877 154,005 117,714 143,879 156,844
95 China - Hong Kong 125,216 124,389 107,681 94,962 102,631 94,975 87,724 91,908 83,998 103,790
96 India 20,996 26,415 17,404 27,181 28,728 34,537 46,359 42,660 55,806 49,598
97 Indonesia 10,954 12,160 17,397 18,384 12,619 11,459 11,703 14,340 14,004 12,030
98 Israel 16,429 18,464 15,923 21,137 20,324 21,874 31,129 25,962 35,381 34,553
99 Japan 348,855 356,631 363,289 341,437 358,672 352,012 340,973 339,035 417,557 401,000
100 Korea (South) 42,529 34,172 45,927 46,180 46,988 48,150 48,699 50,026 66,495 64,218
101 Philippines 8,014 7,440 13,553 11,634 12,795 20,362 10,898 10,366 15,025 13,093
102 Taiwan 37,584 35,654 37,268 37,287 45,760 41,404 43,308 42,944 44,346 44,568
103 Thailand 36,723 19,590 29,777 25,718 23,459 21,242 25,521 25,170 17,988 18,159
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 119,562 151,512 197,174 192,820 188,447 189,031 191,744 195,006 199,258 202,310
105 Other Asia 109,049 113,324 115,523 125,015 131,972 137,865 131,462 135,857 141,654 163,275
 
106 Africa 45,542 83,040 76,223 81,357 83,644 85,602 84,722 83,084 79,830 76,851
107 Egypt 16,247 35,698 36,092 39,473 42,608 43,360 44,915 42,901 33,611 27,146
108 Morocco 837 1,147 942 954 886 1,207 1,205 1,209 1,469 1,384
109 South Africa 4,109 13,673 5,641 7,438 5,725 5,963 6,976 6,459 7,938 9,424
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,716 15,331 14,618 14,797 13,219 11,185 11,674 11,637 12,413 14,825
111 Other Africa 17,633 17,191 18,930 18,695 21,206 23,887 19,952 20,878 24,399 24,072
 
112 Other countries 52,738 57,030 63,739 54,206 55,148 58,462 67,003 63,790 74,491 76,283
113 Australia 44,634 50,466 56,383 47,310 48,374 51,714 60,060 55,366 60,676 66,667
114 New Zealand 5,703 4,088 4,858 4,166 4,061 4,044 4,243 5,608 11,245 6,856
115 All Other 2,401 2,476 2,498 2,730 2,713 2,704 2,700 2,816 2,570 2,760
 
116 International and regional organizations 45,352 52,787 63,044 55,603 51,056 51,135 52,508 53,115 63,130 79,125
117 International14 33,545 37,725 46,361 40,514 36,423 36,517 36,232 37,243 47,120 56,908
118 Regional15 11,807 15,062 16,683 15,089 14,633 14,618 16,276 15,872 16,010 22,217
  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 includes the United Kingdom through January 2020. 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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