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

Release Date: November 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 2018 2019/r 2020/r Mar 2021/r Apr 2021/r May 2021/r Jun 2021/r Jul 2021/r Aug 2021/r Sep 2021/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 5,309,102 5,476,905 6,149,980 6,256,076 6,314,492 6,462,327 6,349,508 6,474,676 6,592,853 6,529,142
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,553,534 3,653,814 4,024,220 4,169,525 4,272,352 4,420,499 4,268,836 4,391,221 4,464,768 4,444,132
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,907,031 2,007,129 2,248,471 2,322,771 2,365,268 2,398,480 2,320,906 2,399,517 2,409,386 2,406,153
4 Other 1,646,503 1,646,685 1,775,749 1,846,754 1,907,084 2,022,019 1,947,930 1,991,704 2,055,382 2,037,979
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 970,960 1,010,799 1,058,535 1,139,780 1,183,636 1,285,214 1,233,173 1,270,102 1,321,587 1,319,460
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,755,568 1,823,091 2,125,760 2,086,551 2,042,140 2,041,828 2,080,672 2,083,455 2,128,085 2,085,010
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 746,676 716,057 1,027,314 966,499 905,771 887,846 925,254 920,773 922,708 927,448
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 237,009 239,384 192,755 211,155 224,700 234,448 219,818 222,340 228,331 186,867
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 115,936 120,921 104,712 109,529 120,144 125,161 122,816 120,740 120,567 90,190
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 10,401 19,210 11,805 8,386 8,203 7,649 7,034 7,732 9,050 7,411
11 Other 771,883 867,650 905,691 908,897 911,669 919,534 935,600 940,342 977,046 970,695
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 63,044 50,815 62,970 54,058 54,213 58,699 54,973 58,828 55,744 59,005
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 44,001 35,781 36,863 32,701 33,303 36,345 33,053 36,114 33,244 40,073
14 Deposits2 30,709 26,306 27,104 25,328 25,096 27,470 24,677 26,810 26,895 28,135
15 Other 13,292 9,475 9,759 7,373 8,207 8,875 8,376 9,304 6,349 11,938
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 19,043 15,034 26,107 21,357 20,910 22,354 21,920 22,714 22,500 18,932
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 8,385 8,340 21,654 15,999 15,087 15,703 15,417 15,064 14,475 12,309
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 10,658 6,694 4,453 5,358 5,823 6,651 6,503 7,650 8,025 6,623
 
19 Official institutions7 748,422 719,329 764,796 808,295 779,364 775,147 764,338 771,288 763,471 777,151
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 398,389 417,187 365,318 405,353 413,305 431,302 441,259 440,245 450,893 468,811
21 Deposits2 111,638 112,653 122,805 136,162 135,285 137,585 111,731 106,805 98,748 104,897
22 Other 286,751 304,534 242,513 269,191 278,020 293,717 329,528 333,440 352,145 363,914
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 350,033 302,142 399,478 402,942 366,059 343,845 323,079 331,043 312,578 308,340
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 315,141 268,567 360,969 360,598 320,212 296,117 278,212 286,373 268,164 265,793
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 34,892 33,575 38,509 42,344 45,847 47,728 44,867 44,670 44,414 42,547
 
26 Banks8 2,011,419 2,044,177 2,232,777 2,222,448 2,285,593 2,320,462 2,213,493 2,327,199 2,395,021 2,338,487
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,764,152 1,776,776 1,966,096 1,961,584 2,035,653 2,066,581 1,941,964 2,049,163 2,096,262 2,056,798
28 Deposits2 989,428 1,046,196 1,137,884 1,148,435 1,150,494 1,156,742 1,121,533 1,183,700 1,197,450 1,212,258
29 Other 774,724 730,580 828,212 813,149 885,159 909,839 820,431 865,463 898,812 844,540
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 247,267 267,401 266,681 260,864 249,940 253,881 271,529 278,036 298,759 281,689
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 100,077 119,430 131,485 131,685 125,205 132,316 147,067 153,344 156,539 155,436
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 16,147 10,340 12,500 16,030 15,918 15,290 15,087 15,132 15,266 13,250
33 Other 131,043 137,631 122,696 113,149 108,817 106,275 109,375 109,560 126,954 113,003
 
34 Other foreigners9 2,486,217 2,662,584 3,089,437 3,171,275 3,195,322 3,308,019 3,316,704 3,317,361 3,378,617 3,354,499
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,346,992 1,424,070 1,655,943 1,769,887 1,790,091 1,886,271 1,852,560 1,865,699 1,884,369 1,878,450
36 Deposits2 775,256 821,974 960,678 1,012,846 1,054,393 1,076,683 1,062,965 1,082,202 1,086,293 1,060,863
37 Other 571,736 602,096 695,265 757,041 735,698 809,588 789,595 783,497 798,076 817,587
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 1,139,225 1,238,514 1,433,494 1,401,388 1,405,231 1,421,748 1,464,144 1,451,662 1,494,248 1,476,049
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 323,073 319,720 513,206 458,217 445,267 443,710 484,558 465,992 483,530 493,910
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 175,903 189,314 138,369 148,659 157,953 165,578 154,042 155,671 161,413 125,313
41 Other 640,249 729,480 781,919 794,512 802,011 812,460 825,544 829,999 849,305 856,826
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,560,984 1,563,313 1,702,724 1,685,775 1,704,866 1,755,541 1,632,784 1,741,930 1,781,807 1,733,536
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 5,309,102 5,476,905 6,149,980 6,256,076 6,314,492 6,462,327 6,349,508 6,474,676 6,592,853 6,529,142
 
44 Foreign countries 5,246,058 5,426,090 6,087,010 6,202,018 6,260,279 6,403,628 6,294,535 6,415,848 6,537,109 6,470,137
 
45 Europe 1,991,810 1,972,578 2,309,397 2,316,770 2,367,173 2,443,711 2,373,874 2,500,434 2,595,941 2,498,303
46 Austria 3,627 3,652 5,796 3,854 3,536 4,212 4,643 5,859 6,508 4,441
47 Belgium 41,003 52,590 76,666 56,515 55,442 56,842 53,834 56,277 56,149 42,246
48 Denmark 7,009 6,350 8,283 9,248 9,329 8,410 10,029 9,107 9,531 10,393
49 Finland 9,220 5,886 2,390 7,390 4,656 9,491 11,453 12,876 12,249 10,621
50 France 162,139 177,811 191,410 208,843 201,020 213,742 220,616 224,827 223,867 235,962
51 Germany 163,925 153,518 140,730 153,910 161,267 159,600 169,079 173,396 180,076 186,093
52 Greece 2,466 2,989 3,592 3,175 3,312 3,143 3,324 3,259 3,384 2,965
53 Ireland 204,830 231,223 304,612 312,607 307,786 313,616 307,609 311,492 311,645 293,171
54 Italy 28,110 25,913 22,900 21,129 22,635 20,536 22,549 22,394 22,326 23,846
55 Luxembourg 208,375 212,090 269,519 275,815 288,386 294,189 287,084 298,931 309,563 284,707
56 Netherlands 55,432 58,821 66,329 65,593 66,063 72,051 67,219 72,765 70,126 61,794
57 Norway 5,770 5,264 5,383 10,227 10,470 10,648 12,957 10,009 11,851 25,125
58 Portugal 1,410 1,344 1,918 1,923 2,524 2,178 1,929 1,821 2,099 2,135
59 Russia 21,338 17,651 20,501 23,925 23,376 24,515 16,167 24,238 25,020 24,484
60 Spain 20,005 22,621 26,081 28,140 26,311 24,144 26,098 24,784 28,387 26,777
61 Sweden 20,683 12,635 13,606 14,366 11,827 7,871 14,264 15,650 18,297 18,050
62 Switzerland 80,217 89,618 96,641 86,233 89,627 92,755 99,943 103,405 106,340 98,949
63 Turkey 9,705 17,297 11,703 17,581 16,478 14,593 18,930 18,622 24,396 27,893
64 United Kingdom 879,015 786,349 924,167 898,111 943,289 988,832 903,396 984,320 1,050,106 997,576
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 22,906 33,769 40,338 41,837 42,856 45,188 45,854 46,380 47,714 48,917
66 Serbia 209 582 819 709 699 774 762 716 747 363
67 Other Europe 44,414 54,604 76,012 75,639 76,284 76,379 76,135 79,308 75,559 71,794
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,819,639 1,773,553 1,135,396 1,160,484 1,160,238 1,183,830 1,192,536 1,228,397 1,244,786 1,193,491
 
69 Canada 213,922 225,709 270,807 286,463 277,868 272,500 274,522 301,988 297,957 295,301
 
70 Latin America 231,251 230,428 260,426 259,415 274,805 284,957 281,578 278,691 285,582 296,093
71 Argentina 19,315 21,433 16,885 17,341 17,728 19,220 17,579 17,716 18,189 17,604
72 Brazil 30,120 28,089 30,948 28,884 27,876 30,996 33,275 27,700 28,464 30,987
73 Chile 23,465 24,889 30,825 27,120 30,480 31,994 31,747 35,850 35,751 35,752
74 Colombia 13,939 10,555 12,315 9,806 12,881 12,085 12,419 11,598 15,105 14,498
75 Ecuador 2,678 3,234 3,226 3,621 3,583 3,398 3,106 2,834 2,826 2,847
76 Guatemala 2,651 2,668 2,742 3,400 3,048 3,472 3,043 3,792 3,736 3,696
77 Mexico 72,530 71,785 81,842 91,077 97,064 102,266 98,753 99,354 100,280 108,847
78 Panama 15,027 17,452 23,770 24,594 24,309 24,378 25,184 24,591 24,453 24,215
79 Peru 13,356 12,300 8,668 9,061 11,856 12,258 11,742 11,399 12,466 13,170
80 Uruguay 11,571 13,866 22,380 19,416 19,458 20,282 20,235 19,771 19,774 20,065
81 Venezuela 10,798 9,683 9,055 8,428 8,879 8,086 8,046 7,960 7,940 7,819
82 Other Latin America 15,801 14,474 17,770 16,667 17,643 16,522 16,449 16,126 16,598 16,593
 
83 Caribbean 1,576,360 1,749,005 1,873,108 1,947,851 1,952,026 1,991,763 2,002,838 1,961,567 1,986,048 1,991,019
84 Bahamas 37,787 45,949 42,228 43,922 44,644 52,258 50,273 55,322 58,571 57,224
85 Bermuda 58,989 58,394 74,728 71,917 74,154 73,950 71,480 71,110 74,970 78,111
86 British Virgin Islands 41,951 39,007 43,759 44,568 46,715 46,305 46,587 43,824 45,156 46,893
87 Cayman Islands 1,400,333 1,569,209 1,670,991 1,737,700 1,736,600 1,773,123 1,791,233 1,747,275 1,757,971 1,760,768
88 Cuba 19 14 13 14 14 14 13 14 14 14
89 Jamaica 885 1,004 1,738 1,766 1,554 1,646 1,539 1,604 1,593 1,511
90 Netherlands Antilles16 8,326 6,563 7,748 15,173 15,176 12,667 10,146 11,679 16,076 16,115
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,147 4,771 4,901 4,525 5,178 5,169 4,944 5,023 5,145 5,265
92 Other Caribbean 23,923 24,094 27,002 28,266 27,991 26,631 26,623 25,716 26,552 25,118
 
93 Asia 1,092,753 1,104,085 1,225,269 1,238,878 1,236,361 1,256,756 1,203,544 1,219,098 1,216,944 1,233,313
94 China - Mainland 131,837 125,103 177,381 188,413 171,278 159,314 146,651 132,213 134,004 142,472
95 China - Hong Kong 107,681 95,542 117,879 124,210 116,581 122,115 117,881 124,452 124,748 121,564
96 India 17,404 34,525 71,790 71,293 72,942 73,689 51,317 57,367 50,439 44,973
97 Indonesia 17,397 11,474 12,461 15,400 14,561 16,535 18,681 16,925 18,110 18,283
98 Israel 15,923 21,878 27,983 29,901 35,800 34,616 34,685 40,815 39,397 38,193
99 Japan 363,289 353,248 343,508 334,571 337,669 345,827 323,886 323,705 327,781 333,935
100 Korea (South) 45,927 48,643 61,512 64,095 63,882 68,809 75,077 73,522 70,558 82,200
101 Philippines 13,553 20,342 19,566 12,417 11,861 13,458 11,278 13,329 12,001 13,771
102 Taiwan 37,268 43,267 53,013 46,020 55,487 57,689 56,387 56,982 58,626 54,416
103 Thailand 29,777 21,243 10,180 16,824 10,662 9,500 9,507 13,494 19,653 18,703
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 197,174 190,485 175,857 185,469 185,947 192,097 197,627 201,848 192,891 194,070
105 Other Asia 115,523 138,335 154,139 150,265 159,691 163,107 160,567 164,446 168,736 170,733
 
106 Africa 76,223 85,457 79,885 85,305 84,740 86,643 88,419 84,526 80,261 80,485
107 Egypt 36,092 43,360 27,900 29,322 30,174 30,243 29,799 29,297 25,243 27,143
108 Morocco 942 1,207 2,247 1,576 1,939 1,534 2,065 2,067 1,923 1,703
109 South Africa 5,641 5,966 15,350 17,022 15,729 16,027 15,118 14,060 14,323 13,649
110 Oil-exporting countries13 14,618 11,113 10,628 10,482 10,570 11,503 11,380 12,360 12,641 11,453
111 Other Africa 18,930 23,811 23,760 26,903 26,328 27,336 30,057 26,742 26,131 26,537
 
112 Other countries 63,739 58,828 68,118 67,336 67,306 67,298 69,760 69,544 74,376 75,623
113 Australia 56,383 52,033 59,213 57,015 56,284 58,235 60,242 60,538 65,799 68,006
114 New Zealand 4,858 4,091 4,938 6,354 7,177 5,433 5,798 5,456 5,045 4,038
115 All Other 2,498 2,704 3,967 3,967 3,845 3,630 3,720 3,550 3,532 3,579
 
116 International and regional organizations 63,044 50,815 62,970 54,058 54,213 58,699 54,973 58,828 55,744 59,005
117 International14 46,361 36,517 45,656 37,005 36,947 37,343 34,891 38,101 34,382 39,792
118 Regional15 16,683 14,298 17,314 17,053 17,266 21,356 20,082 20,727 21,362 19,213
  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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