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

Release Date: July 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 Nov 2019/r Dec 2019/r Jan 2020/r Feb 2020/r Mar 2020/r Apr 2020/r May 2020/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,527,534 5,452,864 5,642,570 5,647,080 6,254,331 6,465,592 6,309,868
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,514,240 3,646,315 3,553,534 3,722,365 3,640,612 3,823,311 3,808,308 4,413,900 4,414,239 4,175,365
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,813,295 1,979,858 1,907,031 2,018,442 2,001,146 2,104,433 2,059,999 2,427,912 2,440,674 2,316,731
4 Other 1,700,945 1,666,457 1,646,503 1,703,923 1,639,466 1,718,878 1,748,309 1,985,988 1,973,565 1,858,634
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 998,532 980,637 970,960 1,089,517 997,541 1,008,659 1,055,558 1,139,580 1,112,587 1,078,170
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,140,917 1,331,087 1,755,568 1,805,169 1,812,252 1,819,259 1,838,772 1,840,431 2,051,353 2,134,503
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 668,867 703,141 746,676 727,916 716,057 705,749 737,477 729,509 881,549 961,927
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 271,298 244,511 237,009 234,233 229,670 254,121 252,982 205,048 234,235 242,352
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 123,132 111,089 115,936 94,508 94,230 108,630 113,149 86,624 102,141 100,819
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 23,391 17,086 10,401 19,054 18,971 18,147 16,813 14,263 13,064 12,995
11 Other 200,752 383,435 771,883 843,020 866,525 859,389 848,313 905,874 935,569 930,224
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 45,352 52,787 63,044 51,056 51,135 52,508 53,115 63,130 79,125 73,920
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 28,870 34,088 44,001 34,716 35,781 36,397 36,292 45,507 52,276 44,926
14 Deposits2 21,543 26,065 30,709 27,695 26,306 29,654 29,288 32,706 34,515 31,668
15 Other 7,327 8,023 13,292 7,021 9,475 6,743 7,004 12,801 17,761 13,258
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 16,482 18,699 19,043 16,340 15,354 16,111 16,823 17,623 26,849 28,994
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 10,437 8,306 8,385 9,741 8,340 8,526 9,851 10,845 18,326 21,335
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 6,045 10,393 10,658 6,599 7,014 7,585 6,972 6,778 8,523 7,659
 
19 Official institutions7 730,606 719,454 748,422 756,347 717,693 758,043 748,383 784,292 842,828 847,712
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 395,046 363,401 398,389 449,206 416,195 420,248 397,750 462,797 472,116 451,381
21 Deposits2 98,512 91,552 111,638 124,041 112,594 134,496 123,672 148,133 166,498 146,137
22 Other 296,534 271,849 286,751 325,165 303,601 285,752 274,078 314,664 305,618 305,244
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 335,560 356,053 350,033 307,141 301,498 337,795 350,633 321,495 370,712 396,331
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 297,684 317,227 315,141 273,610 268,567 294,820 306,080 283,222 331,014 355,721
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 37,876 38,826 34,892 33,531 32,931 42,975 44,553 38,273 39,698 40,610
 
26 Banks8 2,015,708 2,222,598 2,011,419 2,048,132 2,042,731 2,150,938 2,115,378 2,518,969 2,570,789 2,369,396
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,817,551 1,983,134 1,764,152 1,791,300 1,776,283 1,891,838 1,860,155 2,238,099 2,266,598 2,061,306
28 Deposits2 986,878 1,098,106 989,428 1,040,030 1,044,325 1,088,849 1,058,617 1,316,937 1,300,104 1,205,132
29 Other 830,673 885,028 774,724 751,270 731,958 802,989 801,538 921,162 966,494 856,174
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 198,157 239,464 247,267 256,832 266,448 259,100 255,223 280,870 304,191 308,090
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 99,440 109,052 100,077 123,482 119,430 110,728 118,496 103,866 119,074 133,029
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 23,541 19,570 16,147 9,212 9,575 11,663 13,358 13,444 17,315 18,365
33 Other 75,176 110,842 131,043 124,138 137,443 136,709 123,369 163,560 167,802 156,696
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,863,491 1,982,563 2,486,217 2,671,999 2,641,305 2,681,081 2,730,204 2,887,940 2,972,850 3,018,840
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,272,773 1,265,692 1,346,992 1,447,143 1,412,353 1,474,828 1,514,111 1,667,497 1,623,249 1,617,752
36 Deposits2 706,362 764,135 775,256 826,676 817,921 851,434 848,422 930,136 939,557 933,794
37 Other 566,411 501,557 571,736 620,467 594,432 623,394 665,689 737,361 683,692 683,958
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 590,718 716,871 1,139,225 1,224,856 1,228,952 1,206,253 1,216,093 1,220,443 1,349,601 1,401,088
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 261,306 268,556 323,073 321,083 319,720 291,675 303,050 331,576 413,135 451,842
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 204,203 176,543 175,903 185,414 180,689 192,372 189,021 147,646 169,787 177,000
41 Other 125,209 271,772 640,249 718,359 728,543 722,206 724,022 741,221 766,679 772,246
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,541,686 1,687,661 1,560,984 1,567,933 1,582,912 1,647,135 1,629,343 2,020,560 2,036,383 1,857,201
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,527,534 5,452,864 5,642,570 5,647,080 6,254,331 6,465,592 6,309,868
 
44 Foreign countries 4,609,805 4,924,615 5,246,058 5,476,478 5,401,729 5,590,062 5,593,965 6,191,201 6,386,467 6,235,948
 
45 Europe 1,794,635 1,996,884 1,991,810 2,019,327 1,965,599 2,028,354 2,077,904 2,284,812 2,447,021 2,373,608
46 Austria 3,956 3,444 3,627 4,028 3,647 3,447 3,488 4,863 5,985 6,436
47 Belgium 34,902 37,175 41,003 34,273 34,545 36,302 44,000 51,326 64,131 60,433
48 Denmark 8,323 5,808 7,009 4,813 6,284 5,838 5,519 8,007 9,994 8,075
49 Finland 10,297 5,631 9,220 8,982 5,871 12,559 8,294 11,864 19,970 17,244
50 France 120,368 142,017 162,139 199,850 178,013 195,943 206,502 218,288 226,848 205,450
51 Germany 67,035 122,622 163,925 154,680 152,981 158,842 156,411 169,728 164,579 165,681
52 Greece 1,789 1,909 2,466 2,663 2,989 2,902 2,685 2,743 2,564 2,649
53 Ireland 176,333 205,149 204,830 237,172 238,452 237,582 241,800 242,715 290,616 298,962
54 Italy 23,051 19,990 28,110 25,571 25,937 23,899 22,334 26,191 25,437 30,111
55 Luxembourg 168,225 169,382 208,375 226,918 218,288 225,566 217,482 215,232 253,445 277,535
56 Netherlands 67,503 74,273 55,432 66,135 58,778 56,639 61,385 81,875 81,636 76,026
57 Norway 5,536 4,403 5,770 2,921 4,915 3,421 3,199 11,564 11,564 11,591
58 Portugal 1,927 1,990 1,410 1,545 1,339 1,804 1,960 2,112 2,135 2,386
59 Russia 14,764 12,206 21,338 25,645 17,651 24,165 24,179 16,903 25,040 21,666
60 Spain 19,345 18,435 20,005 19,966 22,621 24,227 25,463 38,206 36,676 26,061
61 Sweden 3,496 12,420 20,683 17,561 12,612 12,928 12,677 26,256 32,581 20,721
62 Switzerland 73,384 80,524 80,217 95,486 88,866 88,130 98,520 101,366 100,592 102,198
63 Turkey 37,739 31,896 9,705 16,406 17,297 13,593 15,827 9,696 14,365 12,969
64 United Kingdom 873,391 977,122 879,015 788,713 785,716 814,831 836,671 965,136 995,546 934,566
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 35,786 34,398 22,906 32,946 33,614 32,022 33,364 32,174 31,824 32,661
66 Serbia 487 454 209 498 582 482 504 531 220 157
67 Other Europe 46,997 35,635 44,414 52,555 54,600 53,233 55,640 48,037 51,274 60,030
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,593,759 1,806,585 1,819,639 1,812,410 1,767,830 1,831,332 996,230 1,079,041 1,199,972 1,186,547
 
69 Canada 181,283 181,614 213,922 215,893 221,656 247,230 239,294 304,943 314,846 303,686
 
70 Latin America 258,972 254,713 231,251 243,647 230,265 246,200 241,258 262,416 294,214 291,901
71 Argentina 13,374 13,890 19,315 24,695 21,433 22,277 21,428 20,501 23,632 19,381
72 Brazil 52,594 53,496 30,120 31,227 28,096 29,239 29,933 34,786 33,426 40,543
73 Chile 24,294 22,901 23,465 23,946 24,856 29,041 25,888 29,647 30,452 32,854
74 Colombia 8,730 9,407 13,939 11,294 10,300 10,886 9,787 11,415 16,112 16,796
75 Ecuador 3,156 3,114 2,678 3,062 3,234 3,322 3,116 2,909 3,198 3,064
76 Guatemala 2,400 2,079 2,651 2,679 2,668 2,441 2,964 3,277 4,384 3,533
77 Mexico 76,519 74,120 72,530 75,899 71,878 76,166 75,790 83,943 96,407 93,980
78 Panama 17,515 15,882 15,027 16,947 17,452 17,199 17,243 19,504 21,800 22,403
79 Peru 16,533 17,089 13,356 15,161 12,300 17,136 15,924 12,807 19,945 15,116
80 Uruguay 12,925 13,000 11,571 14,796 13,866 13,690 14,462 18,528 18,714 18,343
81 Venezuela 17,051 14,651 10,798 9,417 9,683 9,336 9,280 9,726 9,506 9,402
82 Other Latin America 13,881 15,084 15,801 14,524 14,499 15,467 15,443 15,373 16,638 16,486
 
83 Caribbean 1,293,338 1,348,931 1,576,360 1,763,127 1,739,715 1,789,192 1,792,244 1,949,317 1,913,814 1,872,431
84 Bahamas 59,327 52,332 37,787 51,151 45,949 46,634 49,210 44,329 43,401 43,660
85 Bermuda 61,194 55,284 58,989 59,930 58,132 56,251 54,343 62,014 60,323 61,068
86 British Virgin Islands 47,823 37,917 41,951 39,458 38,998 38,682 40,673 39,742 41,088 43,119
87 Cayman Islands 1,074,266 1,158,566 1,400,333 1,579,287 1,560,208 1,606,509 1,612,985 1,750,951 1,720,126 1,672,274
88 Cuba 25 25 19 14 14 27 14 14 14 14
89 Jamaica 2,583 1,463 885 1,727 1,004 1,134 1,407 1,341 1,180 1,665
90 Netherlands Antilles16 5,173 9,711 8,326 3,799 6,563 10,737 4,344 21,035 17,730 19,766
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,227 3,645 4,147 4,613 4,761 4,743 4,983 4,668 4,827 4,965
92 Other Caribbean 38,720 29,988 23,923 23,148 24,086 24,475 24,285 25,223 25,125 25,900
 
93 Asia 983,297 1,002,403 1,092,753 1,095,349 1,100,187 1,126,936 1,096,089 1,235,392 1,263,438 1,245,995
94 China - Mainland 107,386 102,652 131,837 120,136 124,840 154,276 121,001 143,879 156,844 166,201
95 China - Hong Kong 125,216 124,389 107,681 103,632 95,386 88,913 91,848 83,999 103,790 104,472
96 India 20,996 26,415 17,404 28,722 34,524 46,358 42,659 55,806 49,598 54,313
97 Indonesia 10,954 12,160 17,397 12,673 11,474 11,703 14,340 14,004 12,030 11,770
98 Israel 16,429 18,464 15,923 20,324 21,874 31,129 25,962 35,381 34,553 35,983
99 Japan 348,855 356,631 363,289 359,275 352,655 341,605 339,635 417,557 401,000 377,645
100 Korea (South) 42,529 34,172 45,927 47,013 48,150 48,669 50,148 66,495 64,218 60,896
101 Philippines 8,014 7,440 13,553 12,795 20,362 10,898 10,366 15,025 13,093 15,495
102 Taiwan 37,584 35,654 37,268 45,760 41,404 43,308 42,944 44,346 44,568 44,842
103 Thailand 36,723 19,590 29,777 23,459 21,242 25,521 25,170 17,988 18,159 18,597
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 119,562 151,512 197,174 189,499 190,310 193,018 196,099 199,258 202,310 200,985
105 Other Asia 109,049 113,324 115,523 132,061 137,966 131,538 135,917 141,654 163,275 154,796
 
106 Africa 45,542 83,040 76,223 83,655 85,613 84,747 83,107 79,830 76,851 74,093
107 Egypt 16,247 35,698 36,092 42,608 43,360 44,915 42,901 33,611 27,146 26,617
108 Morocco 837 1,147 942 886 1,207 1,205 1,209 1,469 1,384 1,482
109 South Africa 4,109 13,673 5,641 5,725 5,963 6,976 6,459 7,938 9,424 7,660
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,716 15,331 14,618 13,219 11,185 11,674 11,637 12,413 14,825 15,436
111 Other Africa 17,633 17,191 18,930 21,217 23,898 19,977 20,901 24,399 24,072 22,898
 
112 Other countries 52,738 57,030 63,739 55,480 58,694 67,403 64,069 74,491 76,283 74,234
113 Australia 44,634 50,466 56,383 48,706 51,946 60,460 55,645 60,676 66,667 64,534
114 New Zealand 5,703 4,088 4,858 4,061 4,044 4,243 5,608 11,245 6,856 6,970
115 All Other 2,401 2,476 2,498 2,713 2,704 2,700 2,816 2,570 2,760 2,730
 
116 International and regional organizations 45,352 52,787 63,044 51,056 51,135 52,508 53,115 63,130 79,125 73,920
117 International14 33,545 37,725 46,361 36,423 36,517 36,232 37,243 47,120 56,908 53,897
118 Regional15 11,807 15,062 16,683 14,633 14,618 16,276 15,872 16,010 22,217 20,023
  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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