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

Release Date: December 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 Apr 2020/r May 2020/r Jun 2020/r Jul 2020/r Aug 2020/r Sep 2020/r Oct 2020/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,464,141 6,480,374 6,329,685 6,251,201 6,152,151 6,226,825 6,079,736 6,002,695
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,646,315 3,553,534 3,649,963 4,423,890 4,186,797 4,047,945 3,960,035 4,022,006 3,932,719 3,862,730
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,979,858 1,907,031 2,000,160 2,441,071 2,316,334 2,234,066 2,209,648 2,257,131 2,203,572 2,187,997
4 Other 1,666,457 1,646,503 1,649,803 1,982,819 1,870,463 1,813,879 1,750,387 1,764,875 1,729,147 1,674,733
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 980,637 970,960 1,007,414 1,121,318 1,089,238 1,024,676 1,032,418 1,033,920 991,854 978,068
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,331,087 1,755,568 1,814,178 2,056,484 2,142,888 2,203,256 2,192,116 2,204,819 2,147,017 2,139,965
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 703,141 746,676 716,057 881,553 961,927 1,040,857 1,039,551 1,047,630 1,017,297 1,011,133
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 244,511 237,009 230,471 240,638 250,725 247,630 239,329 236,931 218,237 210,830
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 111,089 115,936 94,230 106,504 105,082 106,033 105,901 102,519 103,400 99,704
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 17,086 10,401 18,982 13,280 14,254 17,709 17,619 16,463 11,789 9,672
11 Other 383,435 771,883 867,650 934,293 930,236 914,769 913,236 920,258 911,483 918,002
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 52,787 63,044 51,135 79,128 73,923 70,976 74,536 70,264 70,667 72,712
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 34,088 44,001 35,781 52,276 44,926 39,538 37,764 35,962 36,073 37,801
14 Deposits2 26,065 30,709 26,306 34,515 31,668 30,503 27,345 29,366 26,606 27,035
15 Other 8,023 13,292 9,475 17,761 13,258 9,035 10,419 6,596 9,467 10,766
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 18,699 19,043 15,354 26,852 28,997 31,438 36,772 34,302 34,594 34,911
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 8,306 8,385 8,340 18,326 21,335 24,419 30,326 28,235 29,268 28,937
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 10,393 10,658 7,014 8,526 7,662 7,019 6,446 6,067 5,326 5,974
 
19 Official institutions7 719,454 748,422 718,685 846,971 854,768 833,921 827,661 817,790 779,789 783,425
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 363,401 398,389 417,187 474,775 455,436 409,497 394,788 395,312 369,580 368,742
21 Deposits2 91,552 111,638 112,504 166,408 147,047 137,400 130,804 136,040 127,797 130,311
22 Other 271,849 286,751 304,683 308,367 308,389 272,097 263,984 259,272 241,783 238,431
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 356,053 350,033 301,498 372,196 399,332 424,424 432,873 422,478 410,209 414,683
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 317,227 315,141 268,567 331,014 355,721 382,477 393,564 385,016 371,483 375,411
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 38,826 34,892 32,931 41,182 43,611 41,947 39,309 37,462 38,726 39,272
 
26 Banks8 2,222,598 2,011,419 2,042,859 2,571,666 2,371,470 2,285,243 2,229,823 2,264,970 2,220,235 2,161,417
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,983,134 1,764,152 1,776,223 2,268,325 2,063,112 1,987,813 1,943,066 1,972,145 1,941,138 1,876,556
28 Deposits2 1,098,106 989,428 1,043,222 1,299,672 1,204,825 1,158,149 1,129,980 1,145,211 1,142,528 1,104,852
29 Other 885,028 774,724 733,001 968,653 858,287 829,664 813,086 826,934 798,610 771,704
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 239,464 247,267 266,636 303,341 308,358 297,430 286,757 292,825 279,097 284,861
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 109,052 100,077 119,430 119,078 133,029 138,075 130,478 138,108 133,541 130,600
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 19,570 16,147 9,575 17,584 18,629 17,243 15,770 14,420 12,711 12,222
33 Other 110,842 131,043 137,631 166,679 156,700 142,112 140,509 140,297 132,845 142,039
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,982,563 2,486,217 2,651,462 2,982,609 3,029,524 3,061,061 3,020,131 3,073,801 3,009,045 2,985,141
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,265,692 1,346,992 1,420,772 1,628,514 1,623,323 1,611,097 1,584,417 1,618,587 1,585,928 1,579,631
36 Deposits2 764,135 775,256 818,128 940,476 932,794 908,014 921,519 946,514 906,641 925,799
37 Other 501,557 571,736 602,644 688,038 690,529 703,083 662,898 672,073 679,287 653,832
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 716,871 1,139,225 1,230,690 1,354,095 1,406,201 1,449,964 1,435,714 1,455,214 1,423,117 1,405,510
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 268,556 323,073 319,720 413,135 451,842 495,886 485,183 496,271 483,005 476,185
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 176,543 175,903 181,490 174,434 182,105 182,808 179,134 180,301 162,755 154,671
41 Other 271,772 640,249 729,480 766,526 772,254 771,270 771,397 778,642 777,357 774,654
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,687,661 1,560,984 1,563,318 2,033,334 1,854,253 1,768,327 1,697,905 1,699,500 1,706,629 1,638,213
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,464,141 6,480,374 6,329,685 6,251,201 6,152,151 6,226,825 6,079,736 6,002,695
 
44 Foreign countries 4,924,615 5,246,058 5,413,006 6,401,246 6,255,762 6,180,225 6,077,615 6,156,561 6,009,069 5,929,983
 
45 Europe 1,996,884 1,991,810 1,976,386 2,457,963 2,389,442 2,315,385 2,306,774 2,340,133 2,202,417 2,180,331
46 Austria 3,444 3,627 3,647 5,985 6,436 6,741 5,722 5,308 6,757 5,808
47 Belgium 37,175 41,003 34,706 64,331 60,633 70,211 62,797 63,285 64,922 57,328
48 Denmark 5,808 7,009 6,284 10,007 8,075 9,873 10,522 10,783 9,101 8,503
49 Finland 5,631 9,220 5,872 19,971 17,244 11,083 11,254 10,636 9,231 7,768
50 France 142,017 162,139 177,811 226,692 205,452 196,144 195,653 194,014 182,214 183,487
51 Germany 122,622 163,925 152,981 164,579 165,693 163,726 151,633 147,726 151,014 147,556
52 Greece 1,909 2,466 2,989 2,564 2,649 2,429 2,561 2,745 2,972 2,947
53 Ireland 205,149 204,830 238,452 292,503 301,828 301,468 316,092 330,956 283,686 301,700
54 Italy 19,990 28,110 25,913 25,437 30,111 25,163 25,392 22,900 19,425 19,913
55 Luxembourg 169,382 208,375 218,683 254,084 278,613 282,571 292,869 295,280 272,839 284,078
56 Netherlands 74,273 55,432 58,760 81,645 76,029 81,225 77,201 78,888 71,301 70,893
57 Norway 4,403 5,770 5,115 11,764 11,791 10,797 10,203 8,347 9,145 6,203
58 Portugal 1,990 1,410 1,339 2,135 2,386 2,171 2,176 2,070 1,591 2,032
59 Russia 12,206 21,338 17,651 25,040 21,666 16,173 17,329 19,925 15,414 19,194
60 Spain 18,435 20,005 22,621 36,676 26,061 24,024 22,887 24,440 27,644 27,792
61 Sweden 12,420 20,683 12,615 32,584 20,721 17,881 11,095 11,199 13,541 10,260
62 Switzerland 80,524 80,217 88,866 100,623 102,342 105,078 109,083 101,638 100,242 96,891
63 Turkey 31,896 9,705 17,297 14,365 12,969 9,965 9,876 11,608 8,774 10,271
64 United Kingdom 977,122 879,015 795,986 1,003,807 945,895 884,256 869,225 885,794 844,973 811,204
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 34,398 22,906 33,614 31,677 32,661 33,881 32,866 31,710 32,889 30,848
66 Serbia 454 209 582 220 157 441 360 347 270 278
67 Other Europe 35,635 44,414 54,601 51,275 60,030 60,084 69,979 80,533 74,471 75,378
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,806,585 1,819,639 1,778,417 1,202,715 1,190,708 1,182,654 1,185,175 1,208,153 1,121,717 1,139,685
 
69 Canada 181,614 213,922 223,026 315,537 303,942 301,132 283,266 283,502 278,197 256,428
 
70 Latin America 254,713 231,251 230,265 294,627 291,969 276,103 277,892 284,778 267,839 266,515
71 Argentina 13,890 19,315 21,433 23,632 19,381 18,890 18,040 19,868 17,345 16,710
72 Brazil 53,496 30,120 28,096 33,737 40,543 42,184 36,136 35,219 35,154 34,948
73 Chile 22,901 23,465 24,856 30,530 32,926 29,607 29,454 29,812 31,694 33,735
74 Colombia 9,407 13,939 10,300 16,118 16,796 16,903 16,932 16,330 14,071 10,764
75 Ecuador 3,114 2,678 3,234 3,198 3,064 3,007 3,084 3,278 3,227 3,204
76 Guatemala 2,079 2,651 2,668 4,384 3,533 3,551 3,428 3,309 3,676 4,175
77 Mexico 74,120 72,530 71,878 96,424 93,986 83,550 86,806 91,975 84,524 85,025
78 Panama 15,882 15,027 17,452 21,801 22,403 22,367 23,658 24,023 22,680 22,717
79 Peru 17,089 13,356 12,300 19,945 15,116 12,149 12,857 13,617 10,212 9,512
80 Uruguay 13,000 11,571 13,866 18,714 18,333 17,764 18,730 18,503 18,694 19,383
81 Venezuela 14,651 10,798 9,683 9,506 9,402 9,070 9,125 9,143 8,928 8,889
82 Other Latin America 15,084 15,801 14,499 16,638 16,486 17,061 19,642 19,701 17,634 17,453
 
83 Caribbean 1,348,931 1,576,360 1,738,993 1,913,860 1,872,500 1,880,648 1,848,313 1,863,673 1,862,860 1,870,204
84 Bahamas 52,332 37,787 45,949 43,401 43,660 42,960 41,803 40,970 40,484 42,595
85 Bermuda 55,284 58,989 58,132 60,348 61,110 64,629 64,156 70,333 74,822 69,992
86 British Virgin Islands 37,917 41,951 38,998 41,089 43,120 42,634 42,456 42,471 41,449 41,706
87 Cayman Islands 1,158,566 1,400,333 1,559,486 1,720,128 1,672,282 1,689,593 1,658,109 1,669,012 1,659,589 1,674,015
88 Cuba 25 19 14 14 14 17 17 20 20 13
89 Jamaica 1,463 885 1,004 1,180 1,665 1,306 1,257 1,488 1,645 1,582
90 Netherlands Antilles16 9,711 8,326 6,563 17,730 19,766 8,811 10,305 10,038 14,987 10,501
91 Trinidad and Tobago 3,645 4,147 4,761 4,839 4,978 5,069 4,748 4,862 4,761 4,892
92 Other Caribbean 29,988 23,923 24,086 25,131 25,905 25,629 25,462 24,479 25,103 24,908
 
93 Asia 1,002,403 1,092,753 1,100,138 1,266,037 1,249,433 1,266,243 1,221,445 1,239,711 1,246,108 1,208,156
94 China - Mainland 102,652 131,837 124,840 156,846 166,201 176,784 140,598 143,811 144,539 138,106
95 China - Hong Kong 124,389 107,681 95,386 103,790 104,552 103,457 104,608 115,835 117,204 121,281
96 India 26,415 17,404 34,524 49,598 54,313 66,458 73,343 79,074 82,299 74,668
97 Indonesia 12,160 17,397 11,474 12,030 11,770 10,550 12,697 11,576 11,297 15,038
98 Israel 18,464 15,923 21,874 34,553 35,983 27,489 31,501 35,595 30,493 31,562
99 Japan 356,631 363,289 352,623 400,880 377,687 379,767 354,447 341,356 352,243 342,711
100 Korea (South) 34,172 45,927 48,150 64,980 61,785 62,272 58,226 59,661 60,907 63,342
101 Philippines 7,440 13,553 20,362 13,093 15,495 14,956 17,340 19,869 19,079 20,069
102 Taiwan 35,654 37,268 41,386 45,079 45,266 45,711 44,811 45,099 52,146 43,878
103 Thailand 19,590 29,777 21,242 18,159 18,597 15,973 18,444 17,399 11,876 12,601
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 151,512 197,174 190,311 203,754 203,963 201,311 196,208 203,093 200,636 186,918
105 Other Asia 113,324 115,523 137,966 163,275 153,821 161,515 169,222 167,343 163,389 157,982
 
106 Africa 83,040 76,223 85,502 76,856 74,093 71,567 71,796 74,229 76,371 74,194
107 Egypt 35,698 36,092 43,360 27,146 26,617 25,909 27,784 28,357 30,092 28,271
108 Morocco 1,147 942 1,207 1,384 1,482 1,898 2,388 2,126 1,709 2,157
109 South Africa 13,673 5,641 5,963 9,424 7,660 8,569 8,076 9,820 10,778 11,380
110 Oil-exporting countries13 15,331 14,618 11,185 14,825 15,436 11,552 10,345 11,060 10,306 10,839
111 Other Africa 17,191 18,930 23,787 24,077 22,898 23,639 23,203 22,866 23,486 21,547
 
112 Other countries 57,030 63,739 58,696 76,366 74,383 69,147 68,129 70,535 75,277 74,155
113 Australia 50,466 56,383 51,948 66,750 64,683 59,685 59,106 61,159 66,693 65,903
114 New Zealand 4,088 4,858 4,044 6,856 6,970 6,327 6,021 5,910 4,963 4,477
115 All Other 2,476 2,498 2,704 2,760 2,730 3,135 3,002 3,466 3,621 3,775
 
116 International and regional organizations 52,787 63,044 51,135 79,128 73,923 70,976 74,536 70,264 70,667 72,712
117 International14 37,725 46,361 36,517 56,908 53,897 50,702 55,131 51,723 50,394 51,423
118 Regional15 15,062 16,683 14,618 22,220 20,026 20,274 19,405 18,541 20,273 21,289
  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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