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

Release Date: May 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 Sep 2020/r Oct 2020/r Nov 2020/r Dec 2020/r Jan 2021 Feb 2021/r Mar 2021/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,473,048 6,069,226 5,988,928 6,183,532 6,118,160 6,181,078 6,283,624 6,217,608
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,646,315 3,553,534 3,649,957 3,934,346 3,864,320 4,060,296 3,991,532 4,052,977 4,142,242 4,129,906
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,979,858 1,907,031 2,006,917 2,210,031 2,194,226 2,258,601 2,240,933 2,253,857 2,294,150 2,314,493
4 Other 1,666,457 1,646,503 1,643,040 1,724,315 1,670,094 1,801,695 1,750,599 1,799,120 1,848,092 1,815,413
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 980,637 970,960 1,007,414 991,853 978,068 1,045,745 1,033,616 1,091,498 1,128,724 1,109,711
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,331,087 1,755,568 1,823,091 2,134,880 2,124,608 2,123,236 2,126,628 2,128,101 2,141,382 2,087,702
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 703,141 746,676 716,057 1,017,297 1,011,133 1,024,089 1,027,314 1,015,077 1,035,572 966,499
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 244,511 237,009 239,384 206,100 195,473 189,620 191,761 203,187 204,947 210,475
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 111,089 115,936 120,921 113,265 107,825 102,219 104,712 105,162 107,608 109,529
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 17,086 10,401 19,210 13,583 10,910 11,436 11,805 14,008 14,094 8,386
11 Other 383,435 771,883 867,650 911,483 918,002 909,527 907,553 909,837 900,863 910,728
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 52,787 63,044 50,815 70,254 72,358 69,702 62,970 59,567 57,389 54,058
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 34,088 44,001 35,781 36,073 37,805 35,282 36,863 32,830 33,295 32,701
14 Deposits2 26,065 30,709 26,306 26,606 27,039 27,399 27,104 26,169 26,494 25,328
15 Other 8,023 13,292 9,475 9,467 10,766 7,883 9,759 6,661 6,801 7,373
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 18,699 19,043 15,034 34,181 34,553 34,420 26,107 26,737 24,094 21,357
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 8,306 8,385 8,340 29,268 28,937 29,283 21,654 21,093 18,972 15,999
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 10,393 10,658 6,694 4,913 5,616 5,137 4,453 5,644 5,122 5,358
 
19 Official institutions7 719,454 748,422 719,329 779,645 783,305 775,351 762,777 815,564 841,903 806,285
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 363,401 398,389 417,187 369,580 368,742 366,330 363,299 401,302 395,818 403,343
21 Deposits2 91,552 111,638 112,653 127,821 130,327 126,730 122,624 125,379 125,888 136,039
22 Other 271,849 286,751 304,534 241,759 238,415 239,600 240,675 275,923 269,930 267,304
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 356,053 350,033 302,142 410,065 414,563 409,021 399,478 414,262 446,085 402,942
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 317,227 315,141 268,567 371,483 375,411 370,816 360,969 378,069 406,234 360,598
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 38,826 34,892 33,575 38,582 39,152 38,205 38,509 36,193 39,851 42,344
 
26 Banks8 2,222,598 2,011,419 2,043,624 2,220,474 2,161,787 2,238,684 2,217,001 2,188,830 2,213,737 2,200,691
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,983,134 1,764,152 1,776,223 1,941,106 1,876,664 1,962,913 1,950,176 1,929,666 1,950,123 1,939,348
28 Deposits2 1,098,106 989,428 1,046,027 1,144,697 1,107,095 1,123,765 1,134,786 1,110,979 1,105,196 1,144,678
29 Other 885,028 774,724 730,196 796,409 769,569 839,148 815,390 818,687 844,927 794,670
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 239,464 247,267 267,401 279,368 285,123 275,771 266,825 259,164 263,614 261,343
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 109,052 100,077 119,430 133,541 130,600 136,818 131,485 129,691 131,641 131,685
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 19,570 16,147 10,340 12,982 12,484 12,166 11,642 12,869 15,203 15,523
33 Other 110,842 131,043 137,631 132,845 142,039 126,787 123,698 116,604 116,770 114,135
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,982,563 2,486,217 2,659,280 2,998,853 2,971,478 3,099,795 3,075,412 3,117,117 3,170,595 3,156,574
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,265,692 1,346,992 1,420,766 1,587,587 1,581,109 1,695,771 1,641,194 1,689,179 1,763,006 1,754,514
36 Deposits2 764,135 775,256 821,931 910,907 929,765 980,707 956,419 991,330 1,036,572 1,008,448
37 Other 501,557 571,736 598,835 676,680 651,344 715,064 684,775 697,849 726,434 746,066
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 716,871 1,139,225 1,238,514 1,411,266 1,390,369 1,404,024 1,434,218 1,427,938 1,407,589 1,402,060
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 268,556 323,073 319,720 483,005 476,185 487,172 513,206 486,224 478,725 458,217
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 176,543 175,903 189,314 150,904 139,530 135,342 138,233 149,578 145,846 148,486
41 Other 271,772 640,249 729,480 777,357 774,654 781,510 782,779 792,136 783,018 795,357
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,687,661 1,560,984 1,563,313 1,706,628 1,638,255 1,712,528 1,702,697 1,675,397 1,693,779 1,685,744
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,473,048 6,069,226 5,988,928 6,183,532 6,118,160 6,181,078 6,283,624 6,217,608
 
44 Foreign countries 4,924,615 5,246,058 5,422,233 5,998,972 5,916,570 6,113,830 6,055,190 6,121,511 6,226,235 6,163,550
 
45 Europe 1,996,884 1,991,810 1,971,410 2,181,752 2,156,670 2,288,339 2,282,246 2,277,672 2,318,611 2,281,485
46 Austria 3,444 3,627 3,652 6,759 5,809 5,956 5,743 4,531 3,587 3,701
47 Belgium 37,175 41,003 52,590 72,617 64,056 67,445 76,664 66,169 57,296 56,513
48 Denmark 5,808 7,009 6,350 9,129 8,531 9,649 8,276 7,941 8,423 9,241
49 Finland 5,631 9,220 5,886 9,233 7,770 13,251 2,389 8,886 11,184 7,389
50 France 142,017 162,139 177,811 183,644 184,930 189,543 177,379 179,226 179,051 187,848
51 Germany 122,622 163,925 153,518 151,240 147,777 143,544 140,568 142,972 143,705 153,776
52 Greece 1,909 2,466 2,989 2,972 2,944 2,956 3,591 3,434 3,325 3,173
53 Ireland 205,149 204,830 230,625 275,561 294,372 299,553 295,551 312,100 319,194 303,376
54 Italy 19,990 28,110 25,913 19,425 19,919 21,176 22,898 20,919 19,604 21,127
55 Luxembourg 169,382 208,375 212,090 260,759 268,984 277,888 269,516 284,442 279,680 275,771
56 Netherlands 74,273 55,432 58,821 71,318 70,975 76,454 66,287 66,564 67,563 65,503
57 Norway 4,403 5,770 5,264 9,191 6,447 4,724 5,379 7,306 8,997 10,223
58 Portugal 1,990 1,410 1,344 1,594 2,040 2,140 1,915 2,169 2,298 1,920
59 Russia 12,206 21,338 17,651 15,414 19,196 23,349 20,500 22,841 29,718 23,924
60 Spain 18,435 20,005 22,621 27,644 27,782 27,849 26,017 28,813 25,496 28,064
61 Sweden 12,420 20,683 12,635 13,547 10,267 15,193 13,601 9,808 9,696 14,212
62 Switzerland 80,524 80,217 89,118 100,379 97,001 97,766 96,820 96,963 90,002 86,210
63 Turkey 31,896 9,705 17,297 8,774 10,280 9,832 11,702 17,188 15,674 17,580
64 United Kingdom 977,122 879,015 786,279 834,908 801,096 889,070 920,288 881,946 927,546 893,763
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 34,398 22,906 33,769 32,900 30,862 33,475 40,338 39,290 39,398 41,835
66 Serbia 454 209 582 270 279 362 819 756 735 709
67 Other Europe 35,635 44,414 54,604 74,473 75,354 77,166 76,004 73,407 76,440 75,627
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,806,585 1,819,639 1,772,885 1,110,912 1,125,752 1,159,605 1,111,953 1,135,345 1,129,854 1,129,583
 
69 Canada 181,614 213,922 223,081 278,202 256,434 258,574 270,279 285,365 288,713 285,839
 
70 Latin America 254,713 231,251 230,428 267,490 265,969 268,733 260,542 268,563 268,510 259,557
71 Argentina 13,890 19,315 21,433 17,345 16,715 16,966 16,770 16,542 17,776 17,231
72 Brazil 53,496 30,120 28,089 35,142 34,937 32,284 30,837 27,431 28,672 28,802
73 Chile 22,901 23,465 24,889 31,714 33,761 26,916 30,793 28,906 26,864 27,082
74 Colombia 9,407 13,939 10,555 14,062 10,764 12,390 12,263 13,658 13,989 9,762
75 Ecuador 3,114 2,678 3,234 3,227 3,202 3,282 3,226 3,555 3,536 3,621
76 Guatemala 2,079 2,651 2,668 3,676 4,182 3,069 2,741 3,962 3,530 3,400
77 Mexico 74,120 72,530 71,785 84,316 84,777 93,644 81,888 88,810 91,279 91,101
78 Panama 15,882 15,027 17,452 22,680 22,706 23,907 23,768 25,845 25,726 24,592
79 Peru 17,089 13,356 12,300 10,212 9,511 9,035 8,667 11,230 10,233 9,059
80 Uruguay 13,000 11,571 13,866 18,599 19,122 20,261 22,380 21,451 20,199 19,415
81 Venezuela 14,651 10,798 9,683 8,928 8,882 9,210 9,444 8,920 9,296 8,830
82 Other Latin America 15,084 15,801 14,474 17,589 17,410 17,769 17,765 18,253 17,410 16,662
 
83 Caribbean 1,348,931 1,576,360 1,748,966 1,872,382 1,879,865 1,923,513 1,871,401 1,929,909 1,936,381 1,946,527
84 Bahamas 52,332 37,787 45,949 40,484 42,597 41,928 42,261 45,349 44,317 43,980
85 Bermuda 55,284 58,989 58,394 74,987 70,215 73,990 73,893 70,513 70,516 70,997
86 British Virgin Islands 37,917 41,951 38,998 41,467 41,721 41,416 43,759 43,580 45,677 44,565
87 Cayman Islands 1,158,566 1,400,333 1,569,187 1,668,928 1,683,464 1,721,116 1,669,898 1,722,829 1,731,392 1,737,051
88 Cuba 25 19 14 20 14 14 13 13 13 14
89 Jamaica 1,463 885 1,004 1,645 1,581 1,706 1,738 1,760 1,827 1,766
90 Netherlands Antilles16 9,711 8,326 6,563 14,987 10,502 12,027 7,936 13,561 11,351 15,364
91 Trinidad and Tobago 3,645 4,147 4,771 4,761 4,892 5,184 4,901 4,778 4,774 4,525
92 Other Caribbean 29,988 23,923 24,086 25,103 24,879 26,132 27,002 27,526 26,514 28,265
 
93 Asia 1,002,403 1,092,753 1,104,063 1,247,532 1,209,417 1,223,686 1,223,039 1,203,065 1,263,905 1,237,752
94 China - Mainland 102,652 131,837 125,103 144,627 138,180 156,536 177,264 178,577 208,776 189,264
95 China - Hong Kong 124,389 107,681 95,542 117,215 121,271 111,577 117,850 122,390 119,747 124,172
96 India 26,415 17,404 34,525 82,304 74,669 76,805 71,778 78,735 77,782 71,377
97 Indonesia 12,160 17,397 11,474 11,297 15,037 12,339 12,460 13,442 15,003 15,399
98 Israel 18,464 15,923 21,878 30,486 31,571 32,096 27,929 36,192 38,881 29,841
99 Japan 356,631 363,289 353,248 352,566 343,033 361,054 343,464 325,047 339,420 334,524
100 Korea (South) 34,172 45,927 48,643 61,143 63,538 57,099 61,353 53,732 57,798 63,922
101 Philippines 7,440 13,553 20,342 19,059 20,045 20,407 19,563 22,621 14,439 12,414
102 Taiwan 35,654 37,268 43,267 52,621 44,270 52,806 52,996 47,945 51,813 46,002
103 Thailand 19,590 29,777 21,243 11,877 12,599 13,655 10,167 11,265 10,961 16,811
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 151,512 197,174 190,485 200,736 187,020 176,201 174,156 163,440 179,904 183,721
105 Other Asia 113,324 115,523 138,313 163,601 158,184 153,111 154,059 149,679 149,381 150,305
 
106 Africa 83,040 76,223 85,457 76,285 74,002 81,689 79,883 83,847 79,786 85,302
107 Egypt 35,698 36,092 43,360 30,092 28,270 29,404 27,900 29,435 29,105 29,322
108 Morocco 1,147 942 1,207 1,709 2,157 2,276 2,247 1,941 2,059 1,576
109 South Africa 13,673 5,641 5,966 10,781 11,386 13,079 15,349 16,575 15,594 17,021
110 Oil-exporting countries13 15,331 14,618 11,113 10,216 10,745 10,754 10,628 10,641 9,902 10,482
111 Other Africa 17,191 18,930 23,811 23,487 21,444 26,176 23,759 25,255 23,126 26,901
 
112 Other countries 57,030 63,739 58,828 75,329 74,213 69,296 67,800 73,090 70,329 67,088
113 Australia 50,466 56,383 52,033 66,697 65,926 60,650 58,897 63,298 60,080 56,769
114 New Zealand 4,088 4,858 4,091 4,993 4,498 4,955 4,936 6,140 6,294 6,352
115 All Other 2,476 2,498 2,704 3,639 3,789 3,691 3,967 3,652 3,955 3,967
 
116 International and regional organizations 52,787 63,044 50,815 70,254 72,358 69,702 62,970 59,567 57,389 54,058
117 International14 37,725 46,361 36,517 50,394 51,425 50,569 45,656 40,256 38,756 37,005
118 Regional15 15,062 16,683 14,298 19,860 20,933 19,133 17,314 19,311 18,633 17,053
  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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