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Statistical Supplement | November 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, November 2007
3.17  Liabilities to Foreigners, Reported by Banks in the United States1
Payable in U.S. dollars
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2004 2005 2006r 2007
Mar Apr May June July Aug Septp
By Holder and Type of Liability  
1 Total, all foreigners 2,911,516 3,080,907 3,851,560 4,111,080r 4,263,526r 4,321,810r 4,201,515r 4,374,440r 4,316,648r 4,280,066
 
2 Banks' own liabilities 2,082,981 2,299,950 2,924,440 3,124,816r 3,302,214r 3,358,014r 3,253,510r 3,370,502r 3,278,835 3,238,436
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 955,072 1,043,801 1,315,292 1,348,531 1,431,183 1,441,266 1,408,534 1,429,932r 1,417,698 1,469,368
4 Other 1,127,909 1,256,149 1,609,148 1,776,285r 1,871,031r 1,916,748r 1,844,976r 1,940,570 1,861,137 1,769,068
5 Of which: repurchase agreements3 665,127 713,327 1,028,974 1,189,342 1,247,462 1,264,884 1,216,061 1,319,817 1,209,155 1,128,992
6 Banks' custody liabilities4 828,535 780,957 927,120 986,264 961,312 963,796 948,005r 1,003,938r 1,037,813r 1,041,630
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 318,783 259,843 250,886 277,641 249,132 244,715 226,816r 245,389 266,433 256,125
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 315,169 319,598 371,732 386,447 396,916 401,325 412,694r 440,091 451,853 465,547
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 48,260 53,594 66,155 70,605 72,258 74,674 88,512r 93,276r 96,646 93,212
10 Of which: short-term agency securities7 152,789 136,783 113,865 112,819 106,150 109,999 114,527 120,756 149,999 161,938
11 Other 194,583 201,516 304,502 322,176 315,264 317,756 308,495r 318,458r 319,527r 319,958
 
12 International and regional organizations8 15,654 20,793 29,425 36,096 31,476 29,898 30,209 30,257r 31,304r 29,325
13 Banks' own liabilities 10,363 15,612 25,770 28,271 27,370 26,368 26,453 26,585r 27,765r 25,776
14 Deposits2 6,098 8,361 19,021 22,527 21,635 19,895 20,532 20,632 21,208 20,535
15 Other 4,265 7,251 6,749 5,744 5,735 6,473 5,921 5,953r 6,557r 5,241
16 Banks' custody liabilities4 5,291 5,181 3,655 7,825 4,106 3,530 3,756 3,672 3,539 3,549
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 1,879 1,085 800 4,535 710 355 383 287 353 418
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 3,412 4,096 2,855 3,290 3,396 3,175 3,373 3,385 3,186 3,131
 
19 Official institutions9 515,586 498,510 461,656 507,585r 497,644r 486,314r 492,637r 528,451 533,473 520,019
20 Banks' own liabilities 145,516 170,984 178,954 206,800r 218,255r 211,982r 225,442r 245,011 218,851 198,249
21 Deposits2 26,613 45,426 51,380 50,868 56,477 59,112 58,169 58,666 55,686 53,379
22 Other 118,903 125,558 127,574 155,932r 161,778r 152,870r 167,273r 186,345 163,165 144,870
 
23 Banks' custody liabilities4 370,070 327,526 282,702 300,785 279,389 274,332 267,195 283,440 314,622 321,770
24 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 245,199 201,863 176,829 194,914 177,958 172,500 160,745 176,036 179,837 178,065
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 124,871 125,663 105,873 105,871 101,431 101,832 106,450 107,404 134,785 143,705
 
26 Banks10 1,574,793 1,792,040 2,254,545 2,355,897r 2,450,690r 2,515,418r 2,412,857r 2,443,293r 2,455,927r 2,459,799
27 Banks' own liabilities 1,354,437 1,566,967 1,913,730 2,011,423r 2,120,811r 2,179,073r 2,087,731r 2,103,265r 2,113,635r 2,119,788
28 Deposits2 773,703 841,248 1,021,764 1,042,519 1,111,811 1,117,929 1,080,277 1,086,113r 1,067,288 1,127,288
29 Other 580,734 725,719 891,966 968,904r 1,009,000r 1,061,144r 1,007,454r 1,017,152r 1,046,347r 992,500
30 Banks' custody liabilities4 220,356 225,073 340,815 344,474 329,879 336,345 325,126r 340,028r 342,292r 340,011
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 26,978 23,771 31,153 31,658 24,813 27,845 25,888 28,421 30,246 26,925
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 52,400 48,776 66,378 55,643 58,785 60,780 65,795 68,979 71,265r 71,309
33 Other 140,978 152,526 243,284 257,173 246,281 247,720 233,443r 242,628r 240,781r 241,777
 
34 Other foreigners11 805,483 769,564 1,105,934 1,211,502r 1,283,716r 1,290,180r 1,265,812r 1,372,439 1,295,944r 1,270,923
35 Banks' own liabilities 572,665 546,387 805,986 878,322r 935,778r 940,591r 913,884r 995,641 918,584 894,623
36 Deposits2 148,658 148,766 223,127 232,617 241,260 244,330 249,556 264,521 273,516 268,166
37 Other 424,007 397,621 582,859 645,705r 694,518r 696,261r 664,328r 731,120 645,068 626,457
 
38 Banks' custodial liabilities 232,818 223,177 299,948 333,180 347,938 349,589 351,928r 376,798 377,360r 376,300
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 44,727 33,124 42,104 46,534 45,651 44,015 39,800r 40,645 55,997 50,717
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 136,192 142,188 196,728 221,663 233,361 235,570 237,817r 260,326 243,881r 248,546
41 Other 51,899 47,865 61,116 64,983 68,926 70,004 74,311 75,827 77,482 77,037
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices12 1,349,777 1,552,323 1,938,224 2,080,807r 2,211,685r 2,243,836r 2,157,911r 2,190,491r 2,176,026 2,180,126
 
By Area or Country  
43 Total, all foreigners 2,911,516 3,080,907 3,851,560 4,111,080r 4,263,526r 4,321,810r 4,201,515r 4,374,440r 4,316,648r 4,280,066
 
44 Foreign countries 2,895,862 3,060,114 3,822,135 4,074,984r 4,232,050r 4,291,912r 4,171,306r 4,344,183r 4,285,344r 4,250,741
 
45 Europe 1,050,895 1,229,338 1,482,788 1,704,333r 1,764,006r 1,798,141r 1,750,006r 1,852,432r 1,760,299r 1,685,840
46 Austria 4,355 3,604 3,841 3,765 3,278 3,278 4,619 6,614 5,806 6,064
47 Belgium 13,512 16,022 14,528 15,933 17,570 15,499 17,064 15,248 19,990 14,502
48 Denmark 3,147 1,537 931 780 633 798 652 722 1,151 886
49 Finland 1,088 3,612 3,204 693 620 732 2,425 811r 1,622 814
50 France 81,852 71,486 69,078 61,591 71,273 68,895 60,760r 60,978r 65,073 67,385
51 Germany 54,822 58,960 69,894 69,213 70,848 69,044 73,059 74,627 77,714 89,983
52 Greece 1,178 1,200 1,488 1,703 2,494 2,276 1,528 1,490 1,350 1,665
53 Ireland 64,050 68,660 84,085 91,470 89,477 85,917 95,621 103,900 96,209 100,113
54 Italy 7,198 7,075 7,350 8,108 6,158 6,131 6,527 6,228 5,329r 6,586
55 Luxembourg 50,305 61,065 73,099 81,694 87,767 95,373 99,274 111,612 97,762 98,444
56 Netherlands 18,170 14,502 25,309 46,005 58,315 50,162 41,122 40,481 29,474 24,457
57 Norway 32,742 27,921 42,383 59,501 60,028 58,120 74,558 84,549 72,589 56,616
58 Portugal 1,545 2,716 2,250 1,860 1,962 2,981 2,957 3,035 3,068 2,617
59 Russia 70,186 101,335 62,711 64,568r 57,436r 52,907r 50,616r 49,034 59,043 70,248
60 Spain 8,410 9,535 8,941 13,622 9,941 9,274 12,011 8,543 8,149 9,436
61 Sweden 6,118 4,771 3,715 3,961 6,936 7,921 7,104 7,080 4,289 5,268
62 Switzerland 99,224 140,140 54,622 63,039 66,217 68,617 64,176 62,547r 57,745r 45,109
63 Turkey 5,188 9,895 10,369 15,571 14,250 14,560 14,459 14,467 15,284 13,275
64 United Kingdom 470,304 563,253 888,945 1,048,947r 1,083,728r 1,130,035r 1,061,858r 1,139,153 1,080,556 1,020,914
65 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 21,262 29,559 33,360 33,573 34,719 33,872 36,796r 35,538 32,268r 25,332
66 Yugoslavia13 110 119 295 343 327 325 289 293 339 530
67 Other Europe and other former U.S.S.R.14 36,129 32,371 22,389 18,393 20,029 21,424 22,531 25,481 25,488 25,596

1. Reporting banks include all types of depository institutions as well as some banks/financial holding companies and brokers and dealers. Excludes bonds and notes of maturities longer than one year. Effective February 2003, coverage is expanded to include liabilities of brokers and dealers to affiliated foreign offices.   Return to table

2. Non-negotiable deposits and brokerage balances.   Return to table

3. Data available beginning January 2001.   Return to table

4. Financial claims on residents of the United States, other than long-term securities, held by or through reporting banks for foreign customers. Effective February 2003, also includes loans to U.S. residents in managed foreign offices of U.S. reporting institutions.   Return to table

5. Includes nonmarketable certificates of indebtedness and Treasury bills issued to official institutions of foreign countries.   Return to table

6. Principally bankers acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable time certificates of deposit, and short-term agency securities.   Return to table

7. Data available beginning January 2001.   Return to table

8. Principally the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. Excludes "holdings of dollars" of the International Monetary Fund. Beginning with data for June 2006, also includes the Bank for International Settlements.   Return to table

9. Foreign central banks and foreign central governments. Before June 2006, also includes the Bank for International Settlements.   Return to table

10. 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

11. As of February 2003, includes positions with affiliated non-banking offices also included in memo line (44) above.   Return to table

12. For U.S. banks, includes amounts owed to own foreign branches and foreign subsidiaries consolidated in the quarterly Consolidated Reports of Condition filed with bank regulatory agencies. For agencies, branches, and majority-owned subsidiaries of foreign banks, 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 bank. Effective February 2003, includes amounts owed to affiliated foreign offices of U.S. brokers and dealers.   Return to table

13. In February 2003, Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro. Data for other entities of the former Yugoslavia recognized as independent states by the United States are reported under "Other Europe."   Return to table

14. For data prior to June 2006, also includes the Bank for International Settlements and the European Central Bank.   Return to table

15. As of May 2004, the European Union includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Data available beginning in June 2006. As of January 2007, also includes Bulgaria and Romania.   Return to table

16. Comprises Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table

17. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.   Return to table

18. Principally the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Excludes "holdings of dollars" of the International Monetary Fund. Beginning with data for June 2006, also includes the Bank for International Settlements.   Return to table

19. African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations.   Return to table

*Note: Because of a production error, the data for Peru (line 79) in Table 3.17 were incorrect in the August, September, and October 2007 editions of the Statistical Supplement. The data for Peru have been corrected in the online versions of those Statistical Supplements, and the data for Peru are correct in both the online and print editions of the November 2007 issue.   Return to table

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