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These tables will be discontinued with the final table released in April 2022.

The source for these data is the Treasury International Capital System and future data publications can be found on Treasury’s website. Data on U.S. financial firms’ liabilities to foreign residents are available here. Data on U.S. financial firms’ claims on foreign residents are available here.

Data were previously published in the Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, which ceased publication in December 2008.

Release Date: April 2022
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 2020 Aug 2021/r Sep 2021/r Oct 2021/r Nov 2021/r Dec 2021/r Jan 2022/r Feb 2022/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 5,309,102 5,476,905 6,125,396 6,581,868 6,549,583 6,784,349 6,948,593 6,723,548 6,965,367 6,954,492
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,553,534 3,653,814 4,024,585 4,464,867 4,444,139 4,616,267 4,726,288 4,459,949 4,630,003 4,553,152
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,907,031 2,007,129 2,248,836 2,409,396 2,406,160 2,411,816 2,491,382 2,348,963 2,450,910 2,429,963
4 Other 1,646,503 1,646,685 1,775,749 2,055,471 2,037,979 2,204,451 2,234,906 2,110,986 2,179,093 2,123,189
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 970,960 1,010,799 1,058,535 1,321,587 1,319,460 1,446,165 1,468,338 1,360,509 1,406,009 1,355,364
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,755,568 1,823,091 2,100,811 2,117,001 2,105,444 2,168,082 2,222,305 2,263,599 2,335,364 2,401,340
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 746,676 716,057 1,027,314 924,453 928,382 962,616 975,422 987,410 996,860 1,027,524
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 237,009 239,384 167,806 216,095 206,955 214,843 217,629 194,525 248,593 272,158
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 115,936 120,921 79,763 64,525 64,674 67,160 71,212 61,788 86,513 92,243
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 10,401 19,210 11,805 8,595 7,194 6,297 9,112 7,503 7,439 10,000
11 Other 771,883 867,650 905,691 976,453 970,107 990,623 1,029,254 1,081,664 1,089,911 1,101,658
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 63,044 50,815 62,873 55,594 58,946 59,862 85,203 56,167 71,045 60,546
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 44,001 35,781 36,863 33,244 40,073 37,082 61,551 36,960 50,075 38,395
14 Deposits2 30,709 26,306 27,104 26,895 28,135 26,483 23,617 26,070 31,232 27,657
15 Other 13,292 9,475 9,759 6,349 11,938 10,599 37,934 10,890 18,843 10,738
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 19,043 15,034 26,010 22,350 18,873 22,780 23,652 19,207 20,970 22,151
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 8,385 8,340 21,654 14,440 12,250 14,014 15,882 13,055 13,391 13,829
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 10,658 6,694 4,356 7,910 6,623 8,766 7,770 6,152 7,579 8,322
 
19 Official institutions7 748,422 719,329 763,781 745,070 753,997 740,960 704,137 699,686 731,416 702,571
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 398,389 417,187 365,318 450,893 468,811 460,485 435,248 426,569 436,093 392,418
21 Deposits2 111,638 112,653 122,805 98,748 104,897 104,197 96,207 104,772 108,717 95,538
22 Other 286,751 304,534 242,513 352,145 363,914 356,288 339,041 321,797 327,376 296,880
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 350,033 302,142 398,463 294,177 285,186 280,475 268,889 273,117 295,323 310,153
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 315,141 268,567 360,969 257,990 255,413 247,716 239,523 247,640 266,721 278,341
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 34,892 33,575 37,494 36,187 29,773 32,759 29,366 25,477 28,602 31,812
 
26 Banks8 2,011,419 2,044,177 2,232,621 2,394,422 2,338,317 2,449,862 2,602,016 2,497,001 2,560,098 2,555,774
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,764,152 1,776,776 1,966,461 2,096,461 2,056,798 2,146,707 2,259,011 2,101,218 2,174,341 2,145,181
28 Deposits2 989,428 1,046,196 1,138,249 1,197,450 1,212,258 1,202,231 1,279,518 1,154,350 1,206,215 1,194,499
29 Other 774,724 730,580 828,212 899,011 844,540 944,476 979,493 946,868 968,126 950,682
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 247,267 267,401 266,160 297,961 281,519 303,155 343,005 395,783 385,757 410,593
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 100,077 119,430 131,485 156,566 155,457 167,424 181,380 193,698 190,606 198,244
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 16,147 10,340 11,979 14,441 13,059 13,832 12,767 12,512 12,522 18,129
33 Other 131,043 137,631 122,696 126,954 113,003 121,899 148,858 189,573 182,629 194,220
 
34 Other foreigners9 2,486,217 2,662,584 3,066,121 3,386,782 3,398,323 3,533,665 3,557,237 3,470,694 3,602,808 3,635,601
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,346,992 1,424,070 1,655,943 1,884,269 1,878,457 1,971,993 1,970,478 1,895,202 1,969,494 1,977,158
36 Deposits2 775,256 821,974 960,678 1,086,303 1,060,870 1,078,905 1,092,040 1,063,771 1,104,746 1,112,269
37 Other 571,736 602,096 695,265 797,966 817,587 893,088 878,438 831,431 864,748 864,889
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 1,139,225 1,238,514 1,410,178 1,502,513 1,519,866 1,561,672 1,586,759 1,575,492 1,633,314 1,658,443
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 323,073 319,720 513,206 495,457 505,262 533,462 538,637 533,017 526,142 537,110
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 175,903 189,314 115,053 158,341 158,363 160,429 168,800 151,266 200,704 214,563
41 Other 640,249 729,480 781,919 848,715 856,241 867,781 879,322 891,209 906,468 906,770
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,560,984 1,563,313 1,703,009 1,781,896 1,733,536 1,816,308 1,933,988 1,777,948 1,823,930 1,770,190
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 5,309,102 5,476,905 6,125,396 6,581,868 6,549,583 6,784,349 6,948,593 6,723,548 6,965,367 6,954,492
 
44 Foreign countries 5,246,058 5,426,090 6,062,523 6,526,274 6,490,637 6,724,487 6,863,390 6,667,381 6,894,322 6,893,946
 
45 Europe 1,991,810 1,972,578 2,289,583 2,573,087 2,503,709 2,662,090 2,787,362 2,644,805 2,713,583 2,723,842
46 Austria 3,627 3,652 5,792 6,505 4,441 4,233 6,279 5,321 4,557 5,437
47 Belgium 41,003 52,590 61,957 40,228 42,246 45,380 39,772 49,848 52,116 49,266
48 Denmark 7,009 6,350 8,097 9,341 10,393 10,726 9,901 10,474 12,253 11,215
49 Finland 9,220 5,886 2,368 12,227 10,621 13,189 10,486 4,293 4,136 2,883
50 France 162,139 177,811 191,410 223,866 235,962 244,069 270,111 273,862 272,667 277,489
51 Germany 163,925 153,518 140,176 179,608 186,092 190,556 204,264 194,981 207,442 220,065
52 Greece 2,466 2,989 3,592 3,384 2,965 3,038 3,211 3,300 3,195 3,047
53 Ireland 204,830 231,223 304,454 311,984 299,763 326,784 339,358 313,599 333,553 339,262
54 Italy 28,110 25,913 22,900 22,312 23,844 23,058 23,569 24,681 22,975 24,336
55 Luxembourg 208,375 212,090 266,580 305,179 284,147 302,432 315,530 292,509 273,747 277,624
56 Netherlands 55,432 58,821 66,242 69,652 61,563 60,738 65,975 60,037 54,687 52,828
57 Norway 5,770 5,264 5,264 11,729 25,125 27,990 29,132 10,562 17,326 12,871
58 Portugal 1,410 1,344 1,911 2,093 2,135 2,085 2,283 2,319 2,589 2,366
59 Russia 21,338 17,651 20,501 25,020 24,484 23,864 24,847 19,513 23,782 21,817
60 Spain 20,005 22,621 26,081 28,387 26,777 28,498 32,014 34,474 34,103 31,737
61 Sweden 20,683 12,635 13,597 18,281 18,050 16,200 13,144 13,038 9,924 11,276
62 Switzerland 80,217 89,618 96,404 105,856 98,722 101,093 98,232 92,941 97,404 86,739
63 Turkey 9,705 17,297 11,703 24,396 27,893 30,672 30,666 16,541 14,271 11,465
64 United Kingdom 879,015 786,349 923,536 1,049,345 997,548 1,098,184 1,162,115 1,122,873 1,162,788 1,173,099
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 22,906 33,769 40,189 47,498 48,820 37,841 37,332 37,055 37,902 38,528
66 Serbia 209 582 819 747 363 271 419 534 1,239 1,205
67 Other Europe 44,414 54,604 76,009 75,448 71,754 71,188 68,721 62,050 70,927 69,288
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,819,639 1,773,553 1,116,867 1,223,839 1,199,386 1,270,977 1,333,479 1,277,955 1,284,923 1,305,792
 
69 Canada 213,922 225,709 270,806 297,421 295,394 294,496 314,435 292,470 313,258 278,191
 
70 Latin America 231,251 230,428 260,337 284,503 295,831 296,041 293,333 274,669 291,817 285,857
71 Argentina 19,315 21,433 16,885 18,190 17,605 18,859 17,174 16,965 18,310 17,645
72 Brazil 30,120 28,089 30,948 28,468 30,989 28,936 27,182 26,752 26,211 27,931
73 Chile 23,465 24,889 30,803 35,210 35,278 35,094 31,336 29,375 32,645 27,903
74 Colombia 13,939 10,555 12,248 15,075 14,497 14,125 15,085 14,917 16,430 15,774
75 Ecuador 2,678 3,234 3,226 2,827 2,847 2,814 2,863 2,966 2,752 2,843
76 Guatemala 2,651 2,668 2,742 3,775 4,529 5,472 5,231 5,368 5,640 6,007
77 Mexico 72,530 71,785 81,842 99,723 108,222 107,456 108,594 96,841 101,958 102,825
78 Panama 15,027 17,452 23,770 24,453 24,215 24,310 24,405 23,609 25,572 26,030
79 Peru 13,356 12,300 8,668 12,466 13,170 14,344 16,792 13,306 18,118 14,578
80 Uruguay 11,571 13,866 22,380 19,773 20,065 20,527 19,743 21,766 21,466 20,986
81 Venezuela 10,798 9,683 9,055 7,942 7,821 7,755 7,864 7,789 7,727 7,643
82 Other Latin America 15,801 14,474 17,770 16,601 16,593 16,349 17,064 15,015 14,988 15,692
 
83 Caribbean 1,576,360 1,749,005 1,872,912 1,993,973 2,000,768 2,071,072 2,057,312 1,994,801 2,064,387 2,084,173
84 Bahamas 37,787 45,949 42,228 58,558 57,216 62,172 67,107 72,434 73,893 74,207
85 Bermuda 58,989 58,394 74,556 74,533 78,134 77,508 79,149 75,673 68,917 76,025
86 British Virgin Islands 41,951 39,007 43,759 45,227 46,965 48,552 55,180 55,744 59,313 61,454
87 Cayman Islands 1,400,333 1,569,209 1,670,977 1,766,285 1,770,428 1,834,507 1,811,873 1,748,012 1,814,743 1,825,779
88 Cuba 19 14 13 14 14 14 13 13 13 13
89 Jamaica 885 1,004 1,738 1,593 1,511 1,591 1,608 1,548 2,227 2,041
90 Netherlands Antilles16 8,326 6,563 7,748 16,076 16,115 16,107 12,527 12,012 13,995 12,241
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,147 4,771 4,891 5,135 5,265 5,261 5,052 5,219 6,044 5,648
92 Other Caribbean 23,923 24,094 27,002 26,552 25,120 25,360 24,803 24,146 25,242 26,765
 
93 Asia 1,092,753 1,104,085 1,221,143 1,222,826 1,238,593 1,242,411 1,254,902 1,290,588 1,337,913 1,343,689
94 China - Mainland 131,837 125,103 177,188 133,900 142,503 129,939 134,049 152,556 151,030 146,021
95 China - Hong Kong 107,681 95,542 117,517 124,459 121,564 111,354 120,666 135,661 129,762 145,736
96 India 17,404 34,525 71,790 50,510 44,973 50,752 41,706 40,035 42,778 43,045
97 Indonesia 17,397 11,474 12,746 17,833 18,048 20,062 16,960 18,990 18,566 19,823
98 Israel 15,923 21,878 27,982 39,394 38,193 39,959 35,080 41,885 51,283 43,766
99 Japan 363,289 353,248 342,946 327,195 333,932 338,095 388,712 367,760 379,555 377,361
100 Korea (South) 45,927 48,643 60,939 70,572 82,434 81,370 63,766 61,793 70,417 74,722
101 Philippines 13,553 20,342 19,566 11,967 13,767 12,762 12,726 18,812 16,901 16,009
102 Taiwan 37,268 43,267 50,830 53,071 53,621 53,195 52,118 53,193 60,598 64,201
103 Thailand 29,777 21,243 10,179 19,649 18,703 23,399 22,037 23,736 22,474 22,711
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 197,174 190,485 175,656 220,498 214,859 217,407 206,402 215,158 222,437 222,772
105 Other Asia 115,523 138,335 153,804 153,778 155,996 164,117 160,680 161,009 172,112 167,522
 
106 Africa 76,223 85,457 79,881 80,218 80,446 78,639 79,272 76,821 75,359 77,078
107 Egypt 36,092 43,360 27,900 25,243 27,143 29,020 28,386 26,141 25,375 25,224
108 Morocco 942 1,207 2,247 1,923 1,703 1,550 1,784 1,592 1,600 1,410
109 South Africa 5,641 5,966 15,348 14,282 13,610 10,278 11,069 12,387 9,726 11,277
110 Oil-exporting countries13 14,618 11,113 10,627 12,640 11,453 12,135 12,852 10,657 11,579 12,161
111 Other Africa 18,930 23,811 23,759 26,130 26,537 25,656 25,181 26,044 27,079 27,006
 
112 Other countries 63,739 58,828 67,861 74,246 75,896 79,738 76,774 93,227 98,005 101,116
113 Australia 56,383 52,033 59,021 65,722 68,278 71,938 69,346 84,800 89,691 93,182
114 New Zealand 4,858 4,091 4,873 4,991 4,038 4,280 4,133 4,472 4,635 4,215
115 All Other 2,498 2,704 3,967 3,533 3,580 3,520 3,295 3,955 3,679 3,719
 
116 International and regional organizations 63,044 50,815 62,873 55,594 58,946 59,862 85,203 56,167 71,045 60,546
117 International14 46,361 36,517 45,656 34,382 39,780 40,654 66,389 39,180 52,802 42,557
118 Regional15 16,683 14,298 17,217 21,212 19,166 19,208 18,814 16,987 18,243 17,989
  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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