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

Release Date: March 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/r Jul 2020/r Aug 2020/r Sep 2020/r Oct 2020/r Nov 2020/r Dec 2020/r Jan 2021/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,463,218 6,151,533 6,226,208 6,079,170 6,002,124 6,184,678 6,118,165 6,181,764
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,646,315 3,553,534 3,649,957 3,960,040 4,022,012 3,932,723 3,862,649 4,060,294 3,991,537 4,053,650
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,979,858 1,907,031 2,000,159 2,209,647 2,257,131 2,203,571 2,187,729 2,253,872 2,235,343 2,253,857
4 Other 1,666,457 1,646,503 1,649,798 1,750,393 1,764,881 1,729,152 1,674,920 1,806,422 1,756,194 1,799,793
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 980,637 970,960 1,007,414 1,032,418 1,033,920 991,853 978,068 1,045,745 1,033,616 1,091,498
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,331,087 1,755,568 1,813,261 2,191,493 2,204,196 2,146,447 2,139,475 2,124,384 2,126,628 2,128,114
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 703,141 746,676 716,057 1,039,551 1,047,630 1,017,297 1,011,133 1,024,089 1,027,314 1,015,084
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 244,511 237,009 229,554 238,706 236,308 217,667 210,340 190,768 191,761 203,193
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 111,089 115,936 94,230 105,901 102,519 103,400 99,704 94,101 104,712 105,162
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 17,086 10,401 18,982 17,619 16,463 11,789 9,672 11,104 11,805 14,008
11 Other 383,435 771,883 867,650 913,236 920,258 911,483 918,002 909,527 907,553 909,837
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 52,787 63,044 51,135 74,536 70,264 70,667 72,716 69,769 62,970 59,567
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 34,088 44,001 35,781 37,764 35,962 36,073 37,805 35,282 36,863 32,830
14 Deposits2 26,065 30,709 26,306 27,345 29,366 26,606 27,039 27,399 27,104 26,169
15 Other 8,023 13,292 9,475 10,419 6,596 9,467 10,766 7,883 9,759 6,661
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 18,699 19,043 15,354 36,772 34,302 34,594 34,911 34,487 26,107 26,737
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 8,306 8,385 8,340 30,326 28,235 29,268 28,937 29,283 21,654 21,093
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 10,393 10,658 7,014 6,446 6,067 5,326 5,974 5,204 4,453 5,644
 
19 Official institutions7 719,454 748,422 718,685 827,661 817,790 779,789 783,425 775,333 762,777 815,564
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 363,401 398,389 417,187 394,788 395,312 369,580 368,742 366,330 363,299 401,302
21 Deposits2 91,552 111,638 112,504 130,804 136,040 127,797 130,311 126,722 122,624 125,379
22 Other 271,849 286,751 304,683 263,984 259,272 241,783 238,431 239,608 240,675 275,923
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 356,053 350,033 301,498 432,873 422,478 410,209 414,683 409,003 399,478 414,262
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 317,227 315,141 268,567 393,564 385,016 371,483 375,411 370,816 360,969 378,069
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 38,826 34,892 32,931 39,309 37,462 38,726 39,272 38,187 38,509 36,193
 
26 Banks8 2,222,598 2,011,419 2,042,859 2,229,823 2,264,970 2,220,235 2,161,559 2,238,541 2,217,065 2,189,448
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,983,134 1,764,152 1,776,223 1,943,066 1,972,145 1,941,138 1,876,698 1,962,954 1,950,240 1,930,284
28 Deposits2 1,098,106 989,428 1,043,222 1,129,980 1,145,211 1,142,528 1,104,852 1,121,508 1,131,893 1,110,979
29 Other 885,028 774,724 733,001 813,086 826,934 798,610 771,846 841,446 818,347 819,305
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 239,464 247,267 266,636 286,757 292,825 279,097 284,861 275,587 266,825 259,164
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 109,052 100,077 119,430 130,478 138,108 133,541 130,600 136,818 131,485 129,691
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 19,570 16,147 9,575 15,770 14,420 12,711 12,222 11,982 11,642 12,869
33 Other 110,842 131,043 137,631 140,509 140,297 132,845 142,039 126,787 123,698 116,604
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,982,563 2,486,217 2,650,539 3,019,513 3,073,184 3,008,479 2,984,424 3,101,035 3,075,353 3,117,185
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,265,692 1,346,992 1,420,766 1,584,422 1,618,593 1,585,932 1,579,404 1,695,728 1,641,135 1,689,234
36 Deposits2 764,135 775,256 818,127 921,518 946,514 906,640 925,527 978,243 953,722 991,330
37 Other 501,557 571,736 602,639 662,904 672,079 679,292 653,877 717,485 687,413 697,904
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 716,871 1,139,225 1,229,773 1,435,091 1,454,591 1,422,547 1,405,020 1,405,307 1,434,218 1,427,951
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 268,556 323,073 319,720 485,183 496,271 483,005 476,185 487,172 513,206 486,231
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 176,543 175,903 180,573 178,511 179,678 162,185 154,181 136,625 138,233 149,584
41 Other 271,772 640,249 729,480 771,397 778,642 777,357 774,654 781,510 782,779 792,136
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,687,661 1,560,984 1,563,313 1,697,911 1,699,506 1,706,633 1,638,260 1,712,526 1,702,702 1,675,411
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,463,218 6,151,533 6,226,208 6,079,170 6,002,124 6,184,678 6,118,165 6,181,764
 
44 Foreign countries 4,924,615 5,246,058 5,412,083 6,076,997 6,155,944 6,008,503 5,929,408 6,114,909 6,055,195 6,122,197
 
45 Europe 1,996,884 1,991,810 1,965,677 2,297,662 2,331,220 2,191,851 2,169,787 2,289,660 2,282,246 2,278,289
46 Austria 3,444 3,627 3,647 5,722 5,308 6,757 5,808 5,955 5,743 4,531
47 Belgium 37,175 41,003 34,706 62,797 63,285 64,922 57,302 61,891 76,664 66,169
48 Denmark 5,808 7,009 6,284 10,522 10,783 9,101 8,503 9,598 8,276 7,941
49 Finland 5,631 9,220 5,872 11,254 10,636 9,231 7,768 13,249 2,389 8,886
50 France 142,017 162,139 177,811 195,653 194,014 182,214 183,500 189,543 177,379 179,226
51 Germany 122,622 163,925 152,981 151,633 147,726 151,014 147,554 143,354 140,568 142,972
52 Greece 1,909 2,466 2,989 2,561 2,745 2,972 2,944 2,956 3,591 3,434
53 Ireland 205,149 204,830 237,535 315,469 330,333 283,116 301,212 302,548 295,551 312,100
54 Italy 19,990 28,110 25,913 25,392 22,900 19,425 19,919 21,176 22,898 20,919
55 Luxembourg 169,382 208,375 218,683 292,869 295,280 272,839 284,079 281,952 269,516 284,442
56 Netherlands 74,273 55,432 58,760 77,201 78,888 71,301 70,957 76,437 66,287 66,564
57 Norway 4,403 5,770 5,115 10,203 8,347 9,145 6,201 4,722 5,379 7,306
58 Portugal 1,990 1,410 1,339 2,176 2,070 1,591 2,037 2,137 1,915 2,169
59 Russia 12,206 21,338 17,651 17,329 19,925 15,414 19,196 23,349 20,500 22,841
60 Spain 18,435 20,005 22,621 22,887 24,440 27,644 27,782 27,849 26,017 28,813
61 Sweden 12,420 20,683 12,615 11,095 11,199 13,541 10,261 15,191 13,601 9,808
62 Switzerland 80,524 80,217 88,866 109,083 101,638 100,242 96,887 97,662 96,820 97,576
63 Turkey 31,896 9,705 17,297 9,876 11,608 8,774 10,280 9,832 11,702 17,188
64 United Kingdom 977,122 879,015 786,194 860,736 877,504 834,977 801,119 889,298 920,288 881,950
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 34,398 22,906 33,614 32,866 31,710 32,889 30,848 33,437 40,338 39,290
66 Serbia 454 209 582 360 347 270 279 362 819 756
67 Other Europe 35,635 44,414 54,601 69,979 80,533 74,471 75,352 77,164 76,004 73,407
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,806,585 1,819,639 1,767,708 1,184,552 1,207,530 1,121,147 1,139,234 1,160,880 1,111,953 1,135,345
 
69 Canada 181,614 213,922 223,026 283,266 283,502 278,197 256,429 258,569 270,279 285,365
 
70 Latin America 254,713 231,251 230,258 277,888 284,770 267,827 266,448 268,853 260,542 268,567
71 Argentina 13,890 19,315 21,433 18,040 19,868 17,345 16,715 16,966 16,770 16,545
72 Brazil 53,496 30,120 28,089 36,132 35,211 35,142 34,937 32,334 30,837 27,431
73 Chile 22,901 23,465 24,856 29,454 29,812 31,694 33,741 26,897 30,793 28,907
74 Colombia 9,407 13,939 10,300 16,932 16,330 14,071 10,744 12,363 12,263 13,658
75 Ecuador 3,114 2,678 3,234 3,084 3,278 3,227 3,202 3,282 3,226 3,555
76 Guatemala 2,079 2,651 2,668 3,428 3,309 3,676 4,182 3,069 2,741 3,962
77 Mexico 74,120 72,530 71,878 86,806 91,975 84,524 84,988 93,717 81,888 88,810
78 Panama 15,882 15,027 17,452 23,658 24,023 22,680 22,716 23,907 23,768 25,845
79 Peru 17,089 13,356 12,300 12,857 13,617 10,212 9,511 9,035 8,667 11,230
80 Uruguay 13,000 11,571 13,866 18,730 18,503 18,694 19,375 20,281 22,380 21,451
81 Venezuela 14,651 10,798 9,683 9,125 9,143 8,928 8,882 9,210 9,444 8,920
82 Other Latin America 15,084 15,801 14,499 19,642 19,701 17,634 17,455 17,792 17,765 18,253
 
83 Caribbean 1,348,931 1,576,360 1,748,781 1,856,805 1,871,971 1,872,867 1,880,261 1,924,050 1,871,401 1,929,954
84 Bahamas 52,332 37,787 45,949 41,803 40,970 40,484 42,597 41,928 42,261 45,349
85 Bermuda 55,284 58,989 58,133 64,156 70,333 74,822 69,991 73,940 73,893 70,518
86 British Virgin Islands 37,917 41,951 38,998 42,456 42,471 41,449 41,704 41,416 43,759 43,584
87 Cayman Islands 1,158,566 1,400,333 1,569,273 1,666,601 1,677,310 1,669,596 1,684,101 1,721,703 1,669,898 1,722,829
88 Cuba 25 19 14 17 20 20 14 14 13 13
89 Jamaica 1,463 885 1,004 1,257 1,488 1,645 1,581 1,706 1,738 1,760
90 Netherlands Antilles16 9,711 8,326 6,563 10,305 10,038 14,987 10,502 12,027 7,936 13,561
91 Trinidad and Tobago 3,645 4,147 4,761 4,748 4,862 4,761 4,892 5,184 4,901 4,778
92 Other Caribbean 29,988 23,923 24,086 25,462 24,479 25,103 24,879 26,132 27,002 27,562
 
93 Asia 1,002,403 1,092,753 1,100,143 1,221,451 1,239,717 1,246,113 1,208,136 1,222,566 1,223,044 1,203,082
94 China - Mainland 102,652 131,837 124,840 140,598 143,811 144,539 138,086 156,421 177,264 178,577
95 China - Hong Kong 124,389 107,681 95,390 104,608 115,835 117,204 121,263 111,568 117,850 122,390
96 India 26,415 17,404 34,525 73,349 79,080 82,304 74,669 76,799 71,778 78,735
97 Indonesia 12,160 17,397 11,474 12,697 11,576 11,297 15,037 12,339 12,460 13,442
98 Israel 18,464 15,923 21,874 31,501 35,595 30,493 31,577 32,098 27,929 36,195
99 Japan 356,631 363,289 352,623 354,447 341,356 352,243 342,716 360,785 343,464 325,051
100 Korea (South) 34,172 45,927 48,150 58,226 59,661 60,907 63,341 56,920 61,358 53,737
101 Philippines 7,440 13,553 20,362 17,340 19,869 19,079 20,065 20,427 19,563 22,621
102 Taiwan 35,654 37,268 41,386 44,811 45,099 52,146 43,883 52,410 52,996 47,945
103 Thailand 19,590 29,777 21,242 18,444 17,399 11,876 12,598 13,654 10,167 11,265
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 151,512 197,174 190,311 196,208 203,093 200,636 186,927 176,128 174,156 163,440
105 Other Asia 113,324 115,523 137,966 169,222 167,343 163,389 157,974 153,017 154,059 149,684
 
106 Africa 83,040 76,223 85,502 71,796 74,229 76,371 74,190 81,922 79,883 83,847
107 Egypt 35,698 36,092 43,360 27,784 28,357 30,092 28,270 29,404 27,900 29,435
108 Morocco 1,147 942 1,207 2,388 2,126 1,709 2,157 2,276 2,247 1,941
109 South Africa 13,673 5,641 5,963 8,076 9,820 10,778 11,383 13,075 15,349 16,575
110 Oil-exporting countries13 15,331 14,618 11,185 10,345 11,060 10,306 10,837 10,792 10,628 10,641
111 Other Africa 17,191 18,930 23,787 23,203 22,866 23,486 21,543 26,375 23,759 25,255
 
112 Other countries 57,030 63,739 58,696 68,129 70,535 75,277 74,157 69,289 67,800 73,093
113 Australia 50,466 56,383 51,948 59,106 61,159 66,693 65,908 60,660 58,897 63,301
114 New Zealand 4,088 4,858 4,044 6,021 5,910 4,963 4,478 4,938 4,936 6,140
115 All Other 2,476 2,498 2,704 3,002 3,466 3,621 3,771 3,691 3,967 3,652
 
116 International and regional organizations 52,787 63,044 51,135 74,536 70,264 70,667 72,716 69,769 62,970 59,567
117 International14 37,725 46,361 36,517 55,131 51,723 50,394 51,425 50,569 45,656 40,256
118 Regional15 15,062 16,683 14,618 19,405 18,541 20,273 21,291 19,200 17,314 19,311
  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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