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

Release Date: November 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 2017 2018 2019/r Mar 2020/r Apr 2020/r May 2020/r Jun 2020/r Jul 2020/r Aug 2020 Sep 2020/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,463,345 6,262,046 6,473,999 6,320,337 6,245,261 6,145,750 6,226,205 6,079,736
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,646,315 3,553,534 3,649,963 4,422,511 4,423,890 4,186,797 4,047,945 3,960,035 4,022,006 3,932,719
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,979,858 1,907,031 2,000,160 2,428,077 2,441,071 2,316,334 2,234,066 2,209,648 2,257,131 2,203,572
4 Other 1,666,457 1,646,503 1,649,803 1,994,434 1,982,819 1,870,463 1,813,879 1,750,387 1,764,875 1,729,147
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 980,637 970,960 1,007,414 1,147,501 1,121,318 1,089,238 1,024,676 1,032,418 1,033,920 991,854
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,331,087 1,755,568 1,813,382 1,839,535 2,050,109 2,133,540 2,197,316 2,185,715 2,204,199 2,147,017
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 703,141 746,676 716,057 729,509 881,549 961,927 1,040,857 1,039,551 1,047,630 1,017,297
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 244,511 237,009 229,675 205,087 234,267 241,377 241,690 232,928 236,289 218,237
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 111,089 115,936 94,230 86,624 102,141 99,844 106,033 103,516 102,519 103,400
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 17,086 10,401 18,971 14,301 13,095 13,003 12,667 15,459 16,333 11,789
11 Other 383,435 771,883 867,650 904,939 934,293 930,236 914,769 913,236 920,280 911,483
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 52,787 63,044 51,135 63,130 79,125 73,920 70,973 74,533 70,261 70,667
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 34,088 44,001 35,781 45,507 52,276 44,926 39,538 37,764 35,962 36,073
14 Deposits2 26,065 30,709 26,306 32,706 34,515 31,668 30,503 27,345 29,366 26,606
15 Other 8,023 13,292 9,475 12,801 17,761 13,258 9,035 10,419 6,596 9,467
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 18,699 19,043 15,354 17,623 26,849 28,994 31,435 36,769 34,299 34,594
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 8,306 8,385 8,340 10,845 18,326 21,335 24,419 30,326 28,235 29,268
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 10,393 10,658 7,014 6,778 8,523 7,659 7,016 6,443 6,064 5,326
 
19 Official institutions7 719,454 748,422 718,685 787,248 845,487 851,767 833,893 825,864 817,790 779,789
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 363,401 398,389 417,187 465,753 474,775 455,436 409,497 394,788 395,312 369,580
21 Deposits2 91,552 111,638 112,504 148,043 166,408 147,047 137,400 130,804 136,040 127,797
22 Other 271,849 286,751 304,683 317,710 308,367 308,389 272,097 263,984 259,272 241,783
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 356,053 350,033 301,498 321,495 370,712 396,331 424,396 431,076 422,478 410,209
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 317,227 315,141 268,567 283,222 331,014 355,721 382,477 393,564 385,016 371,483
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 38,826 34,892 32,931 38,273 39,698 40,610 41,919 37,512 37,462 38,726
 
26 Banks8 2,222,598 2,011,419 2,042,859 2,520,024 2,571,393 2,371,207 2,285,236 2,229,795 2,264,970 2,220,235
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,983,134 1,764,152 1,776,223 2,239,980 2,268,325 2,063,112 1,987,813 1,943,066 1,972,145 1,941,138
28 Deposits2 1,098,106 989,428 1,043,222 1,316,499 1,299,672 1,204,825 1,158,149 1,129,980 1,145,211 1,142,528
29 Other 885,028 774,724 733,001 923,481 968,653 858,287 829,664 813,086 826,934 798,610
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 239,464 247,267 266,636 280,044 303,068 308,095 297,423 286,729 292,825 279,097
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 109,052 100,077 119,430 103,866 119,074 133,029 138,075 130,478 138,108 133,541
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 19,570 16,147 9,575 13,444 17,315 18,366 17,236 15,742 14,420 12,711
33 Other 110,842 131,043 137,631 162,734 166,679 156,700 142,112 140,509 140,297 132,845
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,982,563 2,486,217 2,611,375 2,832,804 2,924,684 2,964,675 2,999,452 2,964,909 3,073,184 3,009,045
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,265,692 1,346,992 1,381,481 1,612,431 1,575,204 1,564,555 1,555,390 1,533,768 1,618,587 1,585,928
36 Deposits2 764,135 775,256 818,128 930,829 940,476 932,794 908,014 921,519 946,514 906,641
37 Other 501,557 571,736 563,353 681,602 634,728 631,761 647,376 612,249 672,073 679,287
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 716,871 1,139,225 1,229,894 1,220,373 1,349,480 1,400,120 1,444,062 1,431,141 1,454,597 1,423,117
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 268,556 323,073 319,720 331,576 413,135 451,842 495,886 485,183 496,271 483,005
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 176,543 175,903 180,694 147,685 169,819 176,024 176,906 174,561 179,662 162,755
41 Other 271,772 640,249 729,480 741,112 766,526 772,254 771,270 771,397 778,664 777,357
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,687,661 1,560,984 1,583,029 2,021,410 2,037,058 1,858,474 1,772,701 1,703,013 1,702,637 1,709,770
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,463,345 6,262,046 6,473,999 6,320,337 6,245,261 6,145,750 6,226,205 6,079,736
 
44 Foreign countries 4,924,615 5,246,058 5,368,241 6,131,907 6,333,986 6,177,910 6,108,779 6,011,743 6,155,944 6,009,069
 
45 Europe 1,996,884 1,991,810 1,975,591 2,292,380 2,454,872 2,384,986 2,309,781 2,302,954 2,339,562 2,202,417
46 Austria 3,444 3,627 3,647 4,863 5,985 6,436 6,741 5,722 5,308 6,757
47 Belgium 37,175 41,003 34,506 51,326 64,131 60,433 70,011 62,597 63,085 64,922
48 Denmark 5,808 7,009 6,284 8,007 9,994 8,075 9,873 10,522 10,783 9,101
49 Finland 5,631 9,220 5,872 11,865 19,971 17,244 11,083 11,254 10,636 9,231
50 France 142,017 162,139 177,811 218,176 226,692 205,452 196,144 195,653 194,014 182,214
51 Germany 122,622 163,925 152,981 169,756 164,579 165,681 163,722 151,631 147,726 151,014
52 Greece 1,909 2,466 2,989 2,743 2,564 2,649 2,429 2,561 2,745 2,972
53 Ireland 205,149 204,830 238,452 242,735 290,626 299,030 300,036 313,635 330,846 283,686
54 Italy 19,990 28,110 25,913 26,191 25,437 30,111 25,163 25,392 22,900 19,425
55 Luxembourg 169,382 208,375 218,288 215,232 253,445 277,627 278,890 292,043 295,235 272,839
56 Netherlands 74,273 55,432 58,760 81,874 81,635 76,029 81,225 77,121 78,888 71,301
57 Norway 4,403 5,770 4,915 11,564 11,564 11,591 10,597 10,003 8,147 9,145
58 Portugal 1,990 1,410 1,339 2,112 2,135 2,386 2,171 2,176 2,070 1,591
59 Russia 12,206 21,338 17,651 16,903 25,040 21,666 16,173 17,329 19,925 15,414
60 Spain 18,435 20,005 22,621 38,206 36,676 26,061 24,024 22,887 24,440 27,644
61 Sweden 12,420 20,683 12,615 26,263 32,584 20,721 17,881 11,095 11,199 13,541
62 Switzerland 80,524 80,217 88,866 101,366 100,592 102,199 105,078 109,048 101,638 100,242
63 Turkey 31,896 9,705 17,297 9,696 14,365 12,969 9,965 9,876 11,608 8,774
64 United Kingdom 977,122 879,015 795,986 972,854 1,003,687 945,778 884,195 869,208 885,780 844,973
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 34,398 22,906 33,614 32,080 31,676 32,661 33,855 32,863 31,708 32,889
66 Serbia 454 209 582 531 220 157 441 360 347 270
67 Other Europe 35,635 44,414 54,601 48,038 51,275 60,030 60,084 69,979 80,533 74,471
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,806,585 1,819,639 1,777,822 1,079,078 1,199,977 1,186,712 1,177,363 1,181,613 1,207,800 1,121,717
 
69 Canada 181,614 213,922 223,026 305,147 315,271 303,686 301,132 283,166 283,502 278,197
 
70 Latin America 254,713 231,251 230,265 262,417 294,526 291,891 276,075 277,874 284,778 267,839
71 Argentina 13,890 19,315 21,433 20,501 23,632 19,381 18,890 18,040 19,868 17,345
72 Brazil 53,496 30,120 28,096 34,786 33,737 40,543 42,184 36,136 35,219 35,154
73 Chile 22,901 23,465 24,856 29,647 30,452 32,854 29,607 29,440 29,812 31,694
74 Colombia 9,407 13,939 10,300 11,415 16,112 16,796 16,878 16,932 16,330 14,071
75 Ecuador 3,114 2,678 3,234 2,909 3,198 3,064 3,007 3,084 3,278 3,227
76 Guatemala 2,079 2,651 2,668 3,277 4,384 3,533 3,551 3,428 3,309 3,676
77 Mexico 74,120 72,530 71,878 83,943 96,407 93,980 83,547 86,802 91,975 84,524
78 Panama 15,882 15,027 17,452 19,505 21,801 22,403 22,367 23,658 24,023 22,680
79 Peru 17,089 13,356 12,300 12,807 19,945 15,116 12,149 12,857 13,617 10,212
80 Uruguay 13,000 11,571 13,866 18,528 18,714 18,333 17,764 18,730 18,503 18,694
81 Venezuela 14,651 10,798 9,683 9,726 9,506 9,402 9,070 9,125 9,143 8,928
82 Other Latin America 15,084 15,801 14,499 15,373 16,638 16,486 17,061 19,642 19,701 17,634
 
83 Caribbean 1,348,931 1,576,360 1,738,993 1,949,320 1,913,814 1,872,439 1,880,643 1,848,241 1,863,695 1,862,860
84 Bahamas 52,332 37,787 45,949 44,329 43,401 43,660 42,960 41,803 40,970 40,484
85 Bermuda 55,284 58,989 58,132 62,014 60,323 61,068 64,624 64,133 70,333 74,822
86 British Virgin Islands 37,917 41,951 38,998 39,742 41,089 43,120 42,634 42,456 42,471 41,449
87 Cayman Islands 1,158,566 1,400,333 1,559,486 1,750,953 1,720,124 1,672,281 1,689,593 1,658,063 1,669,034 1,659,589
88 Cuba 25 19 14 14 14 14 17 17 20 20
89 Jamaica 1,463 885 1,004 1,341 1,180 1,665 1,306 1,257 1,488 1,645
90 Netherlands Antilles16 9,711 8,326 6,563 21,035 17,730 19,766 8,811 10,305 10,038 14,987
91 Trinidad and Tobago 3,645 4,147 4,761 4,668 4,827 4,965 5,069 4,745 4,862 4,761
92 Other Caribbean 29,988 23,923 24,086 25,224 25,126 25,900 25,629 25,462 24,479 25,103
 
93 Asia 1,002,403 1,092,753 1,100,137 1,235,331 1,263,256 1,245,086 1,266,086 1,219,157 1,239,655 1,246,108
94 China - Mainland 102,652 131,837 124,840 143,879 156,844 166,201 176,784 140,598 143,811 144,539
95 China - Hong Kong 124,389 107,681 95,386 84,000 103,790 104,552 103,457 104,606 115,835 117,204
96 India 26,415 17,404 34,524 55,806 49,598 54,313 66,458 73,343 79,074 82,299
97 Indonesia 12,160 17,397 11,474 14,004 12,030 11,770 10,550 12,605 11,576 11,297
98 Israel 18,464 15,923 21,874 35,381 34,553 35,983 27,489 31,501 35,595 30,493
99 Japan 356,631 363,289 352,623 417,515 400,830 377,645 379,719 354,447 341,356 352,243
100 Korea (South) 34,172 45,927 48,150 66,495 64,218 60,896 62,265 57,989 59,656 60,907
101 Philippines 7,440 13,553 20,362 15,025 13,093 15,495 14,956 17,340 19,869 19,079
102 Taiwan 35,654 37,268 41,386 44,324 44,555 44,828 45,710 44,601 45,099 52,146
103 Thailand 19,590 29,777 21,242 17,988 18,159 18,597 15,973 18,444 17,399 11,876
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 151,512 197,174 190,310 199,259 202,311 200,985 201,310 194,511 203,092 200,636
105 Other Asia 113,324 115,523 137,966 141,655 163,275 153,821 161,415 169,172 167,293 163,389
 
106 Africa 83,040 76,223 85,502 79,830 76,851 74,093 71,567 71,796 74,229 76,371
107 Egypt 35,698 36,092 43,360 33,611 27,146 26,617 25,909 27,784 28,357 30,092
108 Morocco 1,147 942 1,207 1,469 1,384 1,482 1,898 2,388 2,126 1,709
109 South Africa 13,673 5,641 5,963 7,938 9,424 7,660 8,569 8,076 9,820 10,778
110 Oil-exporting countries13 15,331 14,618 11,185 12,413 14,825 15,436 11,552 10,345 11,060 10,306
111 Other Africa 17,191 18,930 23,787 24,399 24,072 22,898 23,639 23,203 22,866 23,486
 
112 Other countries 57,030 63,739 58,696 74,491 76,284 74,236 69,004 68,029 70,523 75,277
113 Australia 50,466 56,383 51,948 60,676 66,668 64,536 59,542 59,006 61,147 66,693
114 New Zealand 4,088 4,858 4,044 11,245 6,856 6,970 6,327 6,021 5,910 4,963
115 All Other 2,476 2,498 2,704 2,570 2,760 2,730 3,135 3,002 3,466 3,621
 
116 International and regional organizations 52,787 63,044 51,135 63,130 79,125 73,920 70,973 74,533 70,261 70,667
117 International14 37,725 46,361 36,517 47,120 56,908 53,897 50,702 55,131 51,723 50,394
118 Regional15 15,062 16,683 14,618 16,010 22,217 20,023 20,271 19,402 18,538 20,273
  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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