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

Release Date: February 2021
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 Jun 2020 Jul 2020 Aug 2020 Sep 2020 Oct 2020/r Nov 2020/r Dec 2020/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,464,135 6,251,205 6,152,156 6,226,831 6,079,740 6,002,836 6,184,545 6,119,987
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,646,315 3,553,534 3,649,957 4,047,949 3,960,040 4,022,012 3,932,723 3,862,871 4,059,671 3,991,157
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,979,858 1,907,031 2,000,159 2,234,065 2,209,647 2,257,131 2,203,571 2,187,996 2,253,305 2,233,990
4 Other 1,666,457 1,646,503 1,649,798 1,813,884 1,750,393 1,764,881 1,729,152 1,674,875 1,806,366 1,757,167
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 980,637 970,960 1,007,414 1,024,677 1,032,418 1,033,920 991,853 978,068 1,045,745 1,033,616
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,331,087 1,755,568 1,814,178 2,203,256 2,192,116 2,204,819 2,147,017 2,139,965 2,124,874 2,128,830
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 703,141 746,676 716,057 1,040,857 1,039,551 1,047,630 1,017,297 1,011,133 1,024,089 1,027,314
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 244,511 237,009 230,471 247,630 239,329 236,931 218,237 210,830 191,258 192,043
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 111,089 115,936 94,230 106,033 105,901 102,519 103,400 99,704 94,101 104,712
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 17,086 10,401 18,982 17,709 17,619 16,463 11,789 9,672 11,104 11,805
11 Other 383,435 771,883 867,650 914,769 913,236 920,258 911,483 918,002 909,527 909,473
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 52,787 63,044 51,135 70,976 74,536 70,264 70,667 72,712 69,259 62,944
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 34,088 44,001 35,781 39,538 37,764 35,962 36,073 37,801 34,772 36,837
14 Deposits2 26,065 30,709 26,306 30,503 27,345 29,366 26,606 27,035 26,889 27,078
15 Other 8,023 13,292 9,475 9,035 10,419 6,596 9,467 10,766 7,883 9,759
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 18,699 19,043 15,354 31,438 36,772 34,302 34,594 34,911 34,487 26,107
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 8,306 8,385 8,340 24,419 30,326 28,235 29,268 28,937 29,283 21,654
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 10,393 10,658 7,014 7,019 6,446 6,067 5,326 5,974 5,204 4,453
 
19 Official institutions7 719,454 748,422 718,685 833,921 827,661 817,790 779,789 783,425 775,371 762,781
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 363,401 398,389 417,187 409,497 394,788 395,312 369,580 368,742 366,368 363,303
21 Deposits2 91,552 111,638 112,504 137,400 130,804 136,040 127,797 130,311 126,760 122,628
22 Other 271,849 286,751 304,683 272,097 263,984 259,272 241,783 238,431 239,608 240,675
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 356,053 350,033 301,498 424,424 432,873 422,478 410,209 414,683 409,003 399,478
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 317,227 315,141 268,567 382,477 393,564 385,016 371,483 375,411 370,816 360,969
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 38,826 34,892 32,931 41,947 39,309 37,462 38,726 39,272 38,187 38,509
 
26 Banks8 2,222,598 2,011,419 2,042,859 2,285,243 2,229,823 2,264,970 2,220,235 2,161,559 2,238,117 2,217,022
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,983,134 1,764,152 1,776,223 1,987,813 1,943,066 1,972,145 1,941,138 1,876,698 1,962,530 1,950,197
28 Deposits2 1,098,106 989,428 1,043,222 1,158,149 1,129,980 1,145,211 1,142,528 1,104,852 1,121,088 1,131,850
29 Other 885,028 774,724 733,001 829,664 813,086 826,934 798,610 771,846 841,442 818,347
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 239,464 247,267 266,636 297,430 286,757 292,825 279,097 284,861 275,587 266,825
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 109,052 100,077 119,430 138,075 130,478 138,108 133,541 130,600 136,818 131,485
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 19,570 16,147 9,575 17,243 15,770 14,420 12,711 12,222 11,982 11,642
33 Other 110,842 131,043 137,631 142,112 140,509 140,297 132,845 142,039 126,787 123,698
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,982,563 2,486,217 2,651,456 3,061,065 3,020,136 3,073,807 3,009,049 2,985,140 3,101,798 3,077,240
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,265,692 1,346,992 1,420,766 1,611,101 1,584,422 1,618,593 1,585,932 1,579,630 1,696,001 1,640,820
36 Deposits2 764,135 775,256 818,127 908,013 921,518 946,514 906,640 925,798 978,568 952,434
37 Other 501,557 571,736 602,639 703,088 662,904 672,079 679,292 653,832 717,433 688,386
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 716,871 1,139,225 1,230,690 1,449,964 1,435,714 1,455,214 1,423,117 1,405,510 1,405,797 1,436,420
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 268,556 323,073 319,720 495,886 485,183 496,271 483,005 476,185 487,172 513,206
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 176,543 175,903 181,490 182,808 179,134 180,301 162,755 154,671 137,115 138,515
41 Other 271,772 640,249 729,480 771,270 771,397 778,642 777,357 774,654 781,510 784,699
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,687,661 1,560,984 1,563,313 1,768,332 1,697,911 1,699,506 1,706,633 1,638,214 1,712,490 1,703,633
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,464,135 6,251,205 6,152,156 6,226,831 6,079,740 6,002,836 6,184,545 6,119,987
 
44 Foreign countries 4,924,615 5,246,058 5,413,000 6,180,229 6,077,620 6,156,567 6,009,073 5,930,124 6,115,286 6,057,043
 
45 Europe 1,996,884 1,991,810 1,966,594 2,306,318 2,298,285 2,331,843 2,192,421 2,170,280 2,291,191 2,282,532
46 Austria 3,444 3,627 3,647 6,741 5,722 5,308 6,757 5,808 5,957 5,743
47 Belgium 37,175 41,003 34,706 70,211 62,797 63,285 64,922 57,328 61,915 76,693
48 Denmark 5,808 7,009 6,284 9,873 10,522 10,783 9,101 8,503 9,597 8,276
49 Finland 5,631 9,220 5,872 11,083 11,254 10,636 9,231 7,768 13,253 2,389
50 France 142,017 162,139 177,811 196,144 195,653 194,014 182,214 183,487 189,538 177,367
51 Germany 122,622 163,925 152,981 163,726 151,633 147,726 151,014 147,556 143,353 140,485
52 Greece 1,909 2,466 2,989 2,429 2,561 2,745 2,972 2,947 2,956 3,596
53 Ireland 205,149 204,830 238,452 301,468 316,092 330,956 283,686 301,700 303,036 295,901
54 Italy 19,990 28,110 25,913 25,163 25,392 22,900 19,425 19,913 21,171 22,890
55 Luxembourg 169,382 208,375 218,683 282,571 292,869 295,280 272,839 284,078 281,961 269,516
56 Netherlands 74,273 55,432 58,760 81,225 77,201 78,888 71,301 70,951 76,437 66,272
57 Norway 4,403 5,770 5,115 10,797 10,203 8,347 9,145 6,203 4,725 5,380
58 Portugal 1,990 1,410 1,339 2,171 2,176 2,070 1,591 2,032 2,141 1,914
59 Russia 12,206 21,338 17,651 16,173 17,329 19,925 15,414 19,194 23,191 20,482
60 Spain 18,435 20,005 22,621 24,024 22,887 24,440 27,644 27,792 27,883 26,035
61 Sweden 12,420 20,683 12,615 17,881 11,095 11,199 13,541 10,260 15,190 13,640
62 Switzerland 80,524 80,217 88,866 105,078 109,083 101,638 100,242 96,891 97,668 96,800
63 Turkey 31,896 9,705 17,297 9,965 9,876 11,608 8,774 10,271 10,279 11,691
64 United Kingdom 977,122 879,015 786,194 875,189 860,736 877,504 834,977 801,095 889,697 920,307
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 34,398 22,906 33,614 33,881 32,866 31,710 32,889 30,848 33,437 40,338
66 Serbia 454 209 582 441 360 347 270 278 362 819
67 Other Europe 35,635 44,414 54,601 60,084 69,979 80,533 74,471 75,378 77,446 75,997
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,806,585 1,819,639 1,768,625 1,182,654 1,185,175 1,208,153 1,121,717 1,139,743 1,161,457 1,112,269
 
69 Canada 181,614 213,922 223,026 301,132 283,266 283,502 278,197 256,428 258,568 270,331
 
70 Latin America 254,713 231,251 230,258 276,099 277,888 284,770 267,827 266,511 268,586 260,370
71 Argentina 13,890 19,315 21,433 18,890 18,040 19,868 17,345 16,710 16,943 16,749
72 Brazil 53,496 30,120 28,089 42,180 36,132 35,211 35,142 34,944 32,339 30,839
73 Chile 22,901 23,465 24,856 29,607 29,454 29,812 31,694 33,735 27,042 30,782
74 Colombia 9,407 13,939 10,300 16,903 16,932 16,330 14,071 10,764 12,191 12,276
75 Ecuador 3,114 2,678 3,234 3,007 3,084 3,278 3,227 3,204 3,255 3,227
76 Guatemala 2,079 2,651 2,668 3,551 3,428 3,309 3,676 4,175 3,062 2,733
77 Mexico 74,120 72,530 71,878 83,550 86,806 91,975 84,524 85,025 93,618 81,826
78 Panama 15,882 15,027 17,452 22,367 23,658 24,023 22,680 22,717 23,821 23,772
79 Peru 17,089 13,356 12,300 12,149 12,857 13,617 10,212 9,512 9,023 8,665
80 Uruguay 13,000 11,571 13,866 17,764 18,730 18,503 18,694 19,383 20,279 22,305
81 Venezuela 14,651 10,798 9,683 9,070 9,125 9,143 8,928 8,889 9,222 9,456
82 Other Latin America 15,084 15,801 14,499 17,061 19,642 19,701 17,634 17,453 17,791 17,740
 
83 Caribbean 1,348,931 1,576,360 1,748,781 1,889,718 1,856,805 1,871,971 1,872,867 1,880,399 1,923,755 1,873,266
84 Bahamas 52,332 37,787 45,949 42,960 41,803 40,970 40,484 42,595 41,924 42,252
85 Bermuda 55,284 58,989 58,133 64,629 64,156 70,333 74,822 69,992 73,941 73,894
86 British Virgin Islands 37,917 41,951 38,998 42,634 42,456 42,471 41,449 41,706 41,418 44,355
87 Cayman Islands 1,158,566 1,400,333 1,569,273 1,698,663 1,666,601 1,677,310 1,669,596 1,684,210 1,721,358 1,671,144
88 Cuba 25 19 14 17 17 20 20 13 13 13
89 Jamaica 1,463 885 1,004 1,306 1,257 1,488 1,645 1,582 1,623 1,737
90 Netherlands Antilles16 9,711 8,326 6,563 8,811 10,305 10,038 14,987 10,501 12,027 7,924
91 Trinidad and Tobago 3,645 4,147 4,761 5,069 4,748 4,862 4,761 4,892 5,185 4,899
92 Other Caribbean 29,988 23,923 24,086 25,629 25,462 24,479 25,103 24,908 26,266 27,048
 
93 Asia 1,002,403 1,092,753 1,100,143 1,266,248 1,221,451 1,239,717 1,246,113 1,208,157 1,222,216 1,222,881
94 China - Mainland 102,652 131,837 124,840 176,784 140,598 143,811 144,539 138,106 155,775 177,268
95 China - Hong Kong 124,389 107,681 95,390 103,457 104,608 115,835 117,204 121,281 111,451 117,804
96 India 26,415 17,404 34,525 66,463 73,349 79,080 82,304 74,669 76,763 71,773
97 Indonesia 12,160 17,397 11,474 10,550 12,697 11,576 11,297 15,038 12,343 12,460
98 Israel 18,464 15,923 21,874 27,489 31,501 35,595 30,493 31,562 32,033 27,893
99 Japan 356,631 363,289 352,623 379,767 354,447 341,356 352,243 342,711 360,798 343,455
100 Korea (South) 34,172 45,927 48,150 62,272 58,226 59,661 60,907 63,342 57,725 61,355
101 Philippines 7,440 13,553 20,362 14,956 17,340 19,869 19,079 20,069 20,387 19,573
102 Taiwan 35,654 37,268 41,386 45,711 44,811 45,099 52,146 43,878 51,818 52,979
103 Thailand 19,590 29,777 21,242 15,973 18,444 17,399 11,876 12,601 13,904 10,167
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 151,512 197,174 190,311 201,311 196,208 203,093 200,636 186,918 176,305 174,110
105 Other Asia 113,324 115,523 137,966 161,515 169,222 167,343 163,389 157,982 152,914 154,044
 
106 Africa 83,040 76,223 85,502 71,567 71,796 74,229 76,371 74,194 81,681 79,884
107 Egypt 35,698 36,092 43,360 25,909 27,784 28,357 30,092 28,271 29,425 27,901
108 Morocco 1,147 942 1,207 1,898 2,388 2,126 1,709 2,157 2,252 2,247
109 South Africa 13,673 5,641 5,963 8,569 8,076 9,820 10,778 11,380 13,022 15,347
110 Oil-exporting countries13 15,331 14,618 11,185 11,552 10,345 11,060 10,306 10,839 10,823 10,630
111 Other Africa 17,191 18,930 23,787 23,639 23,203 22,866 23,486 21,547 26,159 23,759
 
112 Other countries 57,030 63,739 58,696 69,147 68,129 70,535 75,277 74,155 69,289 67,779
113 Australia 50,466 56,383 51,948 59,685 59,106 61,159 66,693 65,903 60,657 58,875
114 New Zealand 4,088 4,858 4,044 6,327 6,021 5,910 4,963 4,477 4,938 4,933
115 All Other 2,476 2,498 2,704 3,135 3,002 3,466 3,621 3,775 3,694 3,971
 
116 International and regional organizations 52,787 63,044 51,135 70,976 74,536 70,264 70,667 72,712 69,259 62,944
117 International14 37,725 46,361 36,517 50,702 55,131 51,723 50,394 51,423 50,572 45,630
118 Regional15 15,062 16,683 14,618 20,274 19,405 18,541 20,273 21,289 18,687 17,314
  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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