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

Release Date: August 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 Dec 2019/r Jan 2020/r Feb 2020/r Mar 2020/r Apr 2020/r May 2020/r Jun 2020/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,452,718 5,642,170 5,647,485 6,253,396 6,464,554 6,308,895 6,226,937
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,514,240 3,646,315 3,553,534 3,639,341 3,822,046 3,807,579 4,413,900 4,414,477 4,175,365 4,037,480
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,813,295 1,979,858 1,907,031 1,999,875 2,103,168 2,059,270 2,427,912 2,440,912 2,316,731 2,233,906
4 Other 1,700,945 1,666,457 1,646,503 1,639,466 1,718,878 1,748,309 1,985,988 1,973,565 1,858,634 1,803,574
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 998,532 980,637 970,960 997,541 1,008,659 1,055,558 1,139,580 1,112,587 1,078,170 1,015,360
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,140,917 1,331,087 1,755,568 1,813,377 1,820,124 1,839,906 1,839,496 2,050,077 2,133,530 2,189,457
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 668,867 703,141 746,676 716,057 705,749 737,477 729,509 881,549 961,927 1,040,815
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 271,298 244,511 237,009 229,670 254,121 252,982 205,048 234,235 241,367 233,873
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 123,132 111,089 115,936 94,230 108,630 113,149 86,624 102,141 99,844 99,863
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 23,391 17,086 10,401 18,971 18,147 16,813 14,263 13,064 12,995 12,662
11 Other 200,752 383,435 771,883 867,650 860,254 849,447 904,939 934,293 930,236 914,769
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 45,352 52,787 63,044 51,135 52,508 53,115 63,130 79,125 73,920 70,973
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 28,870 34,088 44,001 35,781 36,397 36,292 45,507 52,276 44,926 39,538
14 Deposits2 21,543 26,065 30,709 26,306 29,654 29,288 32,706 34,515 31,668 30,503
15 Other 7,327 8,023 13,292 9,475 6,743 7,004 12,801 17,761 13,258 9,035
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 16,482 18,699 19,043 15,354 16,111 16,823 17,623 26,849 28,994 31,435
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 10,437 8,306 8,385 8,340 8,526 9,851 10,845 18,326 21,335 24,419
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 6,045 10,393 10,658 7,014 7,585 6,972 6,778 8,523 7,659 7,016
 
19 Official institutions7 730,606 719,454 748,422 717,693 758,033 748,383 784,292 842,828 848,712 828,775
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 395,046 363,401 398,389 416,195 420,238 397,750 462,797 472,116 452,381 406,963
21 Deposits2 98,512 91,552 111,638 112,594 134,486 123,672 148,133 166,498 147,137 137,490
22 Other 296,534 271,849 286,751 303,601 285,752 274,078 314,664 305,618 305,244 269,473
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 335,560 356,053 350,033 301,498 337,795 350,633 321,495 370,712 396,331 421,812
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 297,684 317,227 315,141 268,567 294,820 306,080 283,222 331,014 355,721 382,477
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 37,876 38,826 34,892 32,931 42,975 44,553 38,273 39,698 40,610 39,335
 
26 Banks8 2,015,708 2,222,598 2,011,419 2,042,192 2,150,267 2,114,747 2,518,143 2,569,666 2,369,401 2,283,129
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,817,551 1,983,134 1,764,152 1,775,556 1,891,124 1,859,426 2,238,099 2,266,598 2,061,306 1,986,035
28 Deposits2 986,878 1,098,106 989,428 1,043,598 1,088,135 1,057,888 1,316,937 1,300,104 1,205,132 1,158,447
29 Other 830,673 885,028 774,724 731,958 802,989 801,538 921,162 966,494 856,174 827,588
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 198,157 239,464 247,267 266,636 259,143 255,321 280,044 303,068 308,095 297,094
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 99,440 109,052 100,077 119,430 110,728 118,496 103,866 119,074 133,029 137,904
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 23,541 19,570 16,147 9,575 11,663 13,358 13,444 17,315 18,366 17,078
33 Other 75,176 110,842 131,043 137,631 136,752 123,467 162,734 166,679 156,700 142,112
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,863,491 1,982,563 2,486,217 2,641,698 2,681,362 2,731,240 2,887,831 2,972,935 3,016,862 3,044,060
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,272,773 1,265,692 1,346,992 1,411,809 1,474,287 1,514,111 1,667,497 1,623,487 1,616,752 1,604,944
36 Deposits2 706,362 764,135 775,256 817,377 850,893 848,422 930,136 939,795 932,794 907,466
37 Other 566,411 501,557 571,736 594,432 623,394 665,689 737,361 683,692 683,958 697,478
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 590,718 716,871 1,139,225 1,229,889 1,207,075 1,217,129 1,220,334 1,349,448 1,400,110 1,439,116
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 261,306 268,556 323,073 319,720 291,675 303,050 331,576 413,135 451,842 496,015
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 204,203 176,543 175,903 180,689 192,372 189,021 147,646 169,787 176,014 171,831
41 Other 125,209 271,772 640,249 729,480 723,028 725,058 741,112 766,526 772,254 771,270
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,541,686 1,687,661 1,560,984 1,582,185 1,646,421 1,628,614 2,020,560 2,036,383 1,857,201 1,771,253
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,452,718 5,642,170 5,647,485 6,253,396 6,464,554 6,308,895 6,226,937
 
44 Foreign countries 4,609,805 4,924,615 5,246,058 5,401,583 5,589,662 5,594,370 6,190,266 6,385,429 6,234,975 6,155,964
 
45 Europe 1,794,635 1,996,884 1,991,810 1,965,711 2,028,332 2,078,530 2,284,415 2,446,414 2,373,612 2,297,064
46 Austria 3,956 3,444 3,627 3,647 3,447 3,488 4,863 5,985 6,436 6,741
47 Belgium 34,902 37,175 41,003 34,506 36,262 44,000 51,326 64,131 60,433 70,011
48 Denmark 8,323 5,808 7,009 6,284 5,838 5,519 8,007 9,994 8,075 9,873
49 Finland 10,297 5,631 9,220 5,871 12,559 8,294 11,864 19,970 17,244 11,083
50 France 120,368 142,017 162,139 177,810 195,742 206,313 218,175 226,691 205,452 196,144
51 Germany 67,035 122,622 163,925 152,981 158,842 156,601 169,728 164,579 165,681 163,722
52 Greece 1,789 1,909 2,466 2,989 2,902 2,685 2,743 2,564 2,649 2,429
53 Ireland 176,333 205,149 204,830 238,452 237,582 241,800 242,715 290,616 298,962 297,539
54 Italy 23,051 19,990 28,110 25,913 23,876 22,334 26,191 25,437 30,111 25,163
55 Luxembourg 168,225 169,382 208,375 218,288 225,566 217,482 215,232 253,445 277,535 278,310
56 Netherlands 67,503 74,273 55,432 58,760 56,637 61,383 81,858 81,619 76,026 81,225
57 Norway 5,536 4,403 5,770 4,915 3,421 3,199 11,564 11,564 11,591 10,597
58 Portugal 1,927 1,990 1,410 1,339 1,804 1,960 2,112 2,135 2,386 2,171
59 Russia 14,764 12,206 21,338 17,651 24,165 24,179 16,903 25,040 21,666 16,173
60 Spain 19,345 18,435 20,005 22,621 24,227 25,463 38,206 36,676 26,061 24,024
61 Sweden 3,496 12,420 20,683 12,612 12,928 12,677 26,259 32,581 20,721 17,881
62 Switzerland 73,384 80,524 80,217 88,866 88,125 98,520 101,366 100,592 102,198 105,021
63 Turkey 37,739 31,896 9,705 17,297 13,593 15,827 9,696 14,365 12,969 9,965
64 United Kingdom 873,391 977,122 879,015 786,112 815,080 837,298 964,960 995,261 934,568 874,614
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 35,786 34,398 22,906 33,614 32,022 33,364 32,080 31,676 32,661 33,853
66 Serbia 487 454 209 582 482 504 531 220 157 441
67 Other Europe 46,997 35,635 44,414 54,600 53,233 55,640 48,037 51,274 60,030 60,084
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,593,759 1,806,585 1,819,639 1,767,942 1,831,315 996,229 1,079,008 1,199,946 1,186,549 1,174,288
 
69 Canada 181,283 181,614 213,922 222,268 247,712 239,836 304,445 314,586 303,686 300,886
 
70 Latin America 258,972 254,713 231,251 230,265 246,200 241,258 262,416 294,214 291,891 276,009
71 Argentina 13,374 13,890 19,315 21,433 22,277 21,428 20,501 23,632 19,381 18,890
72 Brazil 52,594 53,496 30,120 28,096 29,239 29,933 34,786 33,426 40,543 42,184
73 Chile 24,294 22,901 23,465 24,856 29,041 25,888 29,647 30,452 32,854 29,541
74 Colombia 8,730 9,407 13,939 10,300 10,886 9,787 11,415 16,112 16,796 16,878
75 Ecuador 3,156 3,114 2,678 3,234 3,322 3,116 2,909 3,198 3,064 3,007
76 Guatemala 2,400 2,079 2,651 2,668 2,441 2,964 3,277 4,384 3,533 3,551
77 Mexico 76,519 74,120 72,530 71,878 76,166 75,790 83,943 96,407 93,980 83,547
78 Panama 17,515 15,882 15,027 17,452 17,199 17,243 19,504 21,800 22,403 22,367
79 Peru 16,533 17,089 13,356 12,300 17,136 15,924 12,807 19,945 15,116 12,149
80 Uruguay 12,925 13,000 11,571 13,866 13,690 14,462 18,528 18,714 18,333 17,764
81 Venezuela 17,051 14,651 10,798 9,683 9,336 9,280 9,726 9,506 9,402 9,070
82 Other Latin America 13,881 15,084 15,801 14,499 15,467 15,443 15,373 16,638 16,486 17,061
 
83 Caribbean 1,293,338 1,348,931 1,576,360 1,738,988 1,788,478 1,791,515 1,949,319 1,913,813 1,872,439 1,880,538
84 Bahamas 59,327 52,332 37,787 45,949 46,634 49,210 44,329 43,401 43,660 42,960
85 Bermuda 61,194 55,284 58,989 58,132 56,251 54,343 62,014 60,323 61,068 64,544
86 British Virgin Islands 47,823 37,917 41,951 38,998 38,682 40,673 39,742 41,089 43,120 42,634
87 Cayman Islands 1,074,266 1,158,566 1,400,333 1,559,481 1,605,795 1,612,256 1,750,953 1,720,124 1,672,281 1,689,586
88 Cuba 25 25 19 14 27 14 14 14 14 17
89 Jamaica 2,583 1,463 885 1,004 1,134 1,407 1,341 1,180 1,665 1,306
90 Netherlands Antilles16 5,173 9,711 8,326 6,563 10,737 4,344 21,035 17,730 19,766 8,811
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,227 3,645 4,147 4,761 4,743 4,983 4,668 4,827 4,965 5,056
92 Other Caribbean 38,720 29,988 23,923 24,086 24,475 24,285 25,223 25,125 25,900 25,624
 
93 Asia 983,297 1,002,403 1,092,753 1,100,155 1,126,904 1,096,055 1,235,350 1,263,268 1,245,020 1,261,042
94 China - Mainland 107,386 102,652 131,837 124,840 154,276 121,001 143,879 156,844 166,201 176,785
95 China - Hong Kong 125,216 124,389 107,681 95,386 88,913 91,848 83,999 103,790 104,472 103,377
96 India 20,996 26,415 17,404 34,524 46,358 42,659 55,806 49,598 54,313 66,458
97 Indonesia 10,954 12,160 17,397 11,474 11,703 14,340 14,004 12,030 11,770 10,550
98 Israel 16,429 18,464 15,923 21,874 31,129 25,962 35,381 34,553 35,983 27,489
99 Japan 348,855 356,631 363,289 352,623 341,573 339,601 417,515 400,830 377,645 378,829
100 Korea (South) 42,529 34,172 45,927 48,150 48,669 50,148 66,495 64,218 60,896 61,349
101 Philippines 8,014 7,440 13,553 20,362 10,898 10,366 15,025 13,093 15,495 14,956
102 Taiwan 37,584 35,654 37,268 41,404 43,308 42,944 44,346 44,568 44,842 45,169
103 Thailand 36,723 19,590 29,777 21,242 25,521 25,170 17,988 18,159 18,597 15,973
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 119,562 151,512 197,174 190,310 193,018 196,099 199,258 202,310 200,985 198,744
105 Other Asia 109,049 113,324 115,523 137,966 131,538 135,917 141,654 163,275 153,821 161,363
 
106 Africa 45,542 83,040 76,223 85,502 84,633 83,107 79,830 76,851 74,093 71,567
107 Egypt 16,247 35,698 36,092 43,360 44,915 42,901 33,611 27,146 26,617 25,909
108 Morocco 837 1,147 942 1,207 1,205 1,209 1,469 1,384 1,482 1,898
109 South Africa 4,109 13,673 5,641 5,963 6,976 6,459 7,938 9,424 7,660 8,569
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,716 15,331 14,618 11,185 11,674 11,637 12,413 14,825 15,436 11,552
111 Other Africa 17,633 17,191 18,930 23,787 19,863 20,901 24,399 24,072 22,898 23,639
 
112 Other countries 52,738 57,030 63,739 58,694 67,403 64,069 74,491 76,283 74,234 68,858
113 Australia 44,634 50,466 56,383 51,946 60,460 55,645 60,676 66,667 64,534 59,396
114 New Zealand 5,703 4,088 4,858 4,044 4,243 5,608 11,245 6,856 6,970 6,327
115 All Other 2,401 2,476 2,498 2,704 2,700 2,816 2,570 2,760 2,730 3,135
 
116 International and regional organizations 45,352 52,787 63,044 51,135 52,508 53,115 63,130 79,125 73,920 70,973
117 International14 33,545 37,725 46,361 36,517 36,232 37,243 47,120 56,908 53,897 50,702
118 Regional15 11,807 15,062 16,683 14,618 16,276 15,872 16,010 22,217 20,023 20,271
  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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