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

Release Date: April 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 Aug 2020/r Sep 2020/r Oct 2020/r Nov 2020/r Dec 2020/r Jan 2021/r Feb 2021/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,463,218 6,226,412 6,080,793 6,003,795 6,184,680 6,118,160 6,181,078 6,283,835
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,646,315 3,553,534 3,649,957 4,022,216 3,934,346 3,864,320 4,060,296 3,991,532 4,052,977 4,142,242
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,979,858 1,907,031 2,000,159 2,257,335 2,205,199 2,189,405 2,253,872 2,235,343 2,253,857 2,294,150
4 Other 1,666,457 1,646,503 1,649,798 1,764,881 1,729,147 1,674,915 1,806,424 1,756,189 1,799,120 1,848,092
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 980,637 970,960 1,007,414 1,033,920 991,853 978,068 1,045,745 1,033,616 1,091,498 1,128,724
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,331,087 1,755,568 1,813,261 2,204,196 2,146,447 2,139,475 2,124,384 2,126,628 2,128,101 2,141,593
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 703,141 746,676 716,057 1,047,630 1,017,297 1,011,133 1,024,089 1,027,314 1,015,077 1,035,782
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 244,511 237,009 229,554 236,308 217,667 210,340 190,768 191,761 203,187 204,948
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 111,089 115,936 94,230 102,519 103,400 99,704 94,101 104,712 105,162 107,608
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 17,086 10,401 18,982 16,463 11,789 9,672 11,104 11,805 14,008 14,094
11 Other 383,435 771,883 867,650 920,258 911,483 918,002 909,527 907,553 909,837 900,863
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 52,787 63,044 51,135 70,264 70,667 72,716 69,769 62,970 59,567 57,389
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 34,088 44,001 35,781 35,962 36,073 37,805 35,282 36,863 32,830 33,295
14 Deposits2 26,065 30,709 26,306 29,366 26,606 27,039 27,399 27,104 26,169 26,494
15 Other 8,023 13,292 9,475 6,596 9,467 10,766 7,883 9,759 6,661 6,801
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 18,699 19,043 15,354 34,302 34,594 34,911 34,487 26,107 26,737 24,094
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 8,306 8,385 8,340 28,235 29,268 28,937 29,283 21,654 21,093 18,972
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 10,393 10,658 7,014 6,067 5,326 5,974 5,204 4,453 5,644 5,122
 
19 Official institutions7 719,454 748,422 718,685 817,790 779,789 783,425 775,333 762,777 815,564 841,903
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 363,401 398,389 417,187 395,312 369,580 368,742 366,330 363,299 401,302 395,818
21 Deposits2 91,552 111,638 112,504 136,040 127,797 130,311 126,722 122,624 125,379 125,888
22 Other 271,849 286,751 304,683 259,272 241,783 238,431 239,608 240,675 275,923 269,930
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 356,053 350,033 301,498 422,478 410,209 414,683 409,003 399,478 414,262 446,085
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 317,227 315,141 268,567 385,016 371,483 375,411 370,816 360,969 378,069 406,234
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 38,826 34,892 32,931 37,462 38,726 39,272 38,187 38,509 36,193 39,851
 
26 Banks8 2,222,598 2,011,419 2,042,859 2,264,970 2,220,230 2,161,554 2,238,536 2,217,060 2,188,830 2,213,948
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,983,134 1,764,152 1,776,223 1,972,145 1,941,133 1,876,693 1,962,949 1,950,235 1,929,666 1,950,123
28 Deposits2 1,098,106 989,428 1,043,222 1,145,211 1,142,528 1,104,852 1,121,508 1,131,893 1,110,979 1,105,196
29 Other 885,028 774,724 733,001 826,934 798,605 771,841 841,441 818,342 818,687 844,927
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 239,464 247,267 266,636 292,825 279,097 284,861 275,587 266,825 259,164 263,825
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 109,052 100,077 119,430 138,108 133,541 130,600 136,818 131,485 129,691 131,851
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 19,570 16,147 9,575 14,420 12,711 12,222 11,982 11,642 12,869 15,204
33 Other 110,842 131,043 137,631 140,297 132,845 142,039 126,787 123,698 116,604 116,770
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,982,563 2,486,217 2,650,539 3,073,388 3,010,107 2,986,100 3,101,042 3,075,353 3,117,117 3,170,595
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,265,692 1,346,992 1,420,766 1,618,797 1,587,560 1,581,080 1,695,735 1,641,135 1,689,179 1,763,006
36 Deposits2 764,135 775,256 818,127 946,718 908,268 927,203 978,243 953,722 991,330 1,036,572
37 Other 501,557 571,736 602,639 672,079 679,292 653,877 717,492 687,413 697,849 726,434
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 716,871 1,139,225 1,229,773 1,454,591 1,422,547 1,405,020 1,405,307 1,434,218 1,427,938 1,407,589
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 268,556 323,073 319,720 496,271 483,005 476,185 487,172 513,206 486,224 478,725
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 176,543 175,903 180,573 179,678 162,185 154,181 136,625 138,233 149,578 145,846
41 Other 271,772 640,249 729,480 778,642 777,357 774,654 781,510 782,779 792,136 783,018
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,687,661 1,560,984 1,563,313 1,699,506 1,706,628 1,638,255 1,712,528 1,702,697 1,675,397 1,693,779
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,463,218 6,226,412 6,080,793 6,003,795 6,184,680 6,118,160 6,181,078 6,283,835
 
44 Foreign countries 4,924,615 5,246,058 5,412,083 6,156,148 6,010,126 5,931,079 6,114,911 6,055,190 6,121,511 6,226,446
 
45 Europe 1,996,884 1,991,810 1,965,677 2,331,265 2,193,326 2,171,262 2,289,661 2,282,246 2,277,672 2,318,611
46 Austria 3,444 3,627 3,647 5,308 6,757 5,808 5,955 5,743 4,531 3,587
47 Belgium 37,175 41,003 34,706 63,285 64,922 57,302 61,891 76,664 66,169 57,296
48 Denmark 5,808 7,009 6,284 10,783 9,101 8,503 9,598 8,276 7,941 8,423
49 Finland 5,631 9,220 5,872 10,636 9,231 7,768 13,249 2,389 8,886 11,184
50 France 142,017 162,139 177,811 194,014 183,644 184,930 189,543 177,379 179,226 179,051
51 Germany 122,622 163,925 152,981 147,726 151,014 147,554 143,354 140,568 142,972 143,705
52 Greece 1,909 2,466 2,989 2,745 2,972 2,944 2,956 3,591 3,434 3,325
53 Ireland 205,149 204,830 237,535 330,378 283,161 301,257 302,548 295,551 312,100 319,194
54 Italy 19,990 28,110 25,913 22,900 19,425 19,919 21,176 22,898 20,919 19,604
55 Luxembourg 169,382 208,375 218,683 295,280 272,839 284,079 281,952 269,516 284,442 279,680
56 Netherlands 74,273 55,432 58,760 78,888 71,301 70,957 76,437 66,287 66,564 67,563
57 Norway 4,403 5,770 5,115 8,347 9,145 6,201 4,722 5,379 7,306 8,997
58 Portugal 1,990 1,410 1,339 2,070 1,591 2,037 2,137 1,915 2,169 2,298
59 Russia 12,206 21,338 17,651 19,925 15,414 19,196 23,349 20,500 22,841 29,718
60 Spain 18,435 20,005 22,621 24,440 27,644 27,782 27,849 26,017 28,813 25,496
61 Sweden 12,420 20,683 12,615 11,199 13,541 10,261 15,191 13,601 9,808 9,696
62 Switzerland 80,524 80,217 88,866 101,638 100,242 96,887 97,662 96,820 96,963 90,002
63 Turkey 31,896 9,705 17,297 11,608 8,774 10,280 9,832 11,702 17,188 15,674
64 United Kingdom 977,122 879,015 786,194 877,504 834,977 801,119 889,299 920,288 881,946 927,546
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 34,398 22,906 33,614 31,710 32,889 30,848 33,437 40,338 39,290 39,398
66 Serbia 454 209 582 347 270 279 362 819 756 735
67 Other Europe 35,635 44,414 54,601 80,533 74,471 75,352 77,164 76,004 73,407 76,440
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,806,585 1,819,639 1,767,708 1,207,575 1,122,622 1,140,709 1,160,880 1,111,953 1,135,345 1,129,854
 
69 Canada 181,614 213,922 223,026 283,502 278,197 256,429 258,569 270,279 285,365 288,713
 
70 Latin America 254,713 231,251 230,258 284,770 267,827 266,448 268,853 260,542 268,563 268,510
71 Argentina 13,890 19,315 21,433 19,868 17,345 16,715 16,966 16,770 16,542 17,776
72 Brazil 53,496 30,120 28,089 35,211 35,142 34,937 32,334 30,837 27,431 28,672
73 Chile 22,901 23,465 24,856 29,812 31,694 33,741 26,897 30,793 28,906 26,864
74 Colombia 9,407 13,939 10,300 16,330 14,071 10,744 12,363 12,263 13,658 13,989
75 Ecuador 3,114 2,678 3,234 3,278 3,227 3,202 3,282 3,226 3,555 3,536
76 Guatemala 2,079 2,651 2,668 3,309 3,676 4,182 3,069 2,741 3,962 3,530
77 Mexico 74,120 72,530 71,878 91,975 84,524 84,988 93,717 81,888 88,810 91,279
78 Panama 15,882 15,027 17,452 24,023 22,680 22,716 23,907 23,768 25,845 25,726
79 Peru 17,089 13,356 12,300 13,617 10,212 9,511 9,035 8,667 11,230 10,233
80 Uruguay 13,000 11,571 13,866 18,503 18,694 19,375 20,281 22,380 21,451 20,199
81 Venezuela 14,651 10,798 9,683 9,143 8,928 8,882 9,210 9,444 8,920 9,296
82 Other Latin America 15,084 15,801 14,499 19,701 17,634 17,455 17,792 17,765 18,253 17,410
 
83 Caribbean 1,348,931 1,576,360 1,748,781 1,872,112 1,873,002 1,880,444 1,924,049 1,871,401 1,929,909 1,936,381
84 Bahamas 52,332 37,787 45,949 40,970 40,484 42,597 41,928 42,261 45,349 44,317
85 Bermuda 55,284 58,989 58,133 70,447 74,936 70,155 73,940 73,893 70,513 70,516
86 British Virgin Islands 37,917 41,951 38,998 42,496 41,467 41,721 41,416 43,759 43,580 45,677
87 Cayman Islands 1,158,566 1,400,333 1,569,273 1,677,312 1,669,599 1,684,103 1,721,702 1,669,898 1,722,829 1,731,392
88 Cuba 25 19 14 20 20 14 14 13 13 13
89 Jamaica 1,463 885 1,004 1,488 1,645 1,581 1,706 1,738 1,760 1,827
90 Netherlands Antilles16 9,711 8,326 6,563 10,038 14,987 10,502 12,027 7,936 13,561 11,351
91 Trinidad and Tobago 3,645 4,147 4,761 4,862 4,761 4,892 5,184 4,901 4,778 4,774
92 Other Caribbean 29,988 23,923 24,086 24,479 25,103 24,879 26,132 27,002 27,526 26,514
 
93 Asia 1,002,403 1,092,753 1,100,143 1,239,717 1,246,108 1,208,131 1,222,568 1,223,039 1,203,065 1,264,116
94 China - Mainland 102,652 131,837 124,840 143,811 144,539 138,086 156,421 177,264 178,577 208,776
95 China - Hong Kong 124,389 107,681 95,390 115,835 117,204 121,263 111,569 117,850 122,390 119,747
96 India 26,415 17,404 34,525 79,080 82,304 74,669 76,805 71,778 78,735 77,782
97 Indonesia 12,160 17,397 11,474 11,576 11,297 15,037 12,339 12,460 13,442 15,003
98 Israel 18,464 15,923 21,874 35,595 30,493 31,577 32,098 27,929 36,192 38,881
99 Japan 356,631 363,289 352,623 341,356 352,243 342,716 360,785 343,464 325,047 339,631
100 Korea (South) 34,172 45,927 48,150 59,661 60,902 63,336 56,915 61,353 53,732 57,798
101 Philippines 7,440 13,553 20,362 19,869 19,079 20,065 20,427 19,563 22,621 14,439
102 Taiwan 35,654 37,268 41,386 45,099 52,146 43,883 52,410 52,996 47,945 51,813
103 Thailand 19,590 29,777 21,242 17,399 11,876 12,598 13,654 10,167 11,265 10,961
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 151,512 197,174 190,311 203,093 200,636 186,927 176,128 174,156 163,440 179,904
105 Other Asia 113,324 115,523 137,966 167,343 163,389 157,974 153,017 154,059 149,679 149,381
 
106 Africa 83,040 76,223 85,502 74,229 76,371 74,190 81,922 79,883 83,847 79,786
107 Egypt 35,698 36,092 43,360 28,357 30,092 28,270 29,404 27,900 29,435 29,105
108 Morocco 1,147 942 1,207 2,126 1,709 2,157 2,276 2,247 1,941 2,059
109 South Africa 13,673 5,641 5,963 9,820 10,778 11,383 13,075 15,349 16,575 15,594
110 Oil-exporting countries13 15,331 14,618 11,185 11,060 10,306 10,837 10,792 10,628 10,641 9,902
111 Other Africa 17,191 18,930 23,787 22,866 23,486 21,543 26,375 23,759 25,255 23,126
 
112 Other countries 57,030 63,739 58,696 70,553 75,295 74,175 69,289 67,800 73,090 70,329
113 Australia 50,466 56,383 51,948 61,159 66,693 65,908 60,660 58,897 63,298 60,080
114 New Zealand 4,088 4,858 4,044 5,910 4,963 4,478 4,938 4,936 6,140 6,294
115 All Other 2,476 2,498 2,704 3,484 3,639 3,789 3,691 3,967 3,652 3,955
 
116 International and regional organizations 52,787 63,044 51,135 70,264 70,667 72,716 69,769 62,970 59,567 57,389
117 International14 37,725 46,361 36,517 51,723 50,394 51,425 50,569 45,656 40,256 38,756
118 Regional15 15,062 16,683 14,618 18,541 20,273 21,291 19,200 17,314 19,311 18,633
  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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