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Statistical Supplement | May 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, May 2008
3.18  Banks' Own Claims on Foreigners, Reported by Banks in the United States1
Payable in U.S. dollars
Millions of dollars, end of period
Area or country 2005 2006 2007 2007 2008
Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Marp
1 Total, all foreigners 1,864,834 2,291,340 2,793,369 2,690,481 2,834,198 2,825,252 2,793,369 2,902,327 2,966,226 3,005,458
 
2 Foreign countries 1,857,584 2,282,166 2,783,064 2,681,608 2,826,636 2,815,703 2,783,064 2,892,875 2,955,571 2,994,654
 
3 Europe 918,660 1,188,919 1,620,351 1,561,293 1,670,570 1,676,330 1,620,351 1,643,006r 1,684,618r 1,743,401
4 Austria 4,139 4,277 4,055 4,674 4,205 4,884 4,055 5,358 4,852 4,625
5 Belgium 11,900 13,592 20,566 17,101 31,589 31,117 20,566 28,890 25,865 22,646
6 Denmark 864 1,156 2,828 1,567 1,611 5,026 2,828 1,180 3,680 2,196
7 Finland 9,247 9,434 28,445 21,906 21,279 23,236 28,445 21,592 24,806 24,830
8 France 88,873 112,406 162,416 142,526 144,062 153,868 162,416 185,493 185,759 189,078
9 Germany 30,027 18,189 34,111 37,029 35,354 29,416 34,111 33,620 41,788 45,537
10 Greece 97 250 110 208 267 222 110 291 371 178
11 Ireland 16,426 24,304 45,960 34,085 41,611 37,008 45,960 50,610 54,659 64,302
12 Italy 18,482 30,991 35,870 32,732 37,707 35,075 35,870 37,080 35,557 43,923
13 Luxembourg 8,201 7,144 13,260 10,725 10,002 8,882 13,260 13,671 13,918 14,028
14 Netherlands 20,958 29,578 52,122 58,033 54,828 52,471 52,122 56,073 56,169 55,574
15 Norway 14,688 31,032 22,517 23,756 22,657 27,476 22,517 25,201 20,610 19,760
16 Portugal 832 924 1,364 1,458 1,279 1,630 1,364 1,895 1,823 1,809
17 Russia 1,264 1,745 1,800 1,900 1,998 1,758 1,800 1,863 1,770 1,611
18 Spain 8,372 9,834 20,448 17,355 17,256 23,774 20,448 16,078 22,979 37,286
19 Sweden 9,452 8,907 7,279 7,174 9,504 7,723 7,279 8,078 8,200 6,832
20 Switzerland 143,892 105,368 191,987 178,371 199,804 239,311 191,987 187,967 187,966 174,732
21 Turkey 3,270 3,741 3,426 3,276 3,238 3,330 3,426 3,416 3,394 3,548
22 United Kingdom 487,492 732,430 932,805 926,984 976,319 948,791 932,805 928,379r 957,501r 995,555
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 32,566 36,893 24,677 32,294 46,436 26,626 24,677 20,230 16,388 13,387
24 Other Europe and other former U.S.S.R.2 7,618 6,724 14,306 8,139 9,564 14,706 14,306 16,040 16,564 21,965
 
  Memo  
25 European Union3 n.a. 1,008,255 1,374,378 1,320,121 1,394,819 1,376,346 1,374,378 1,402,748r 1,452,760r 1,528,545
 
26 Canada 64,104 71,325 85,140 87,613 87,531 94,785 85,140 105,504 102,333 101,847
 
27 Latin America 51,170 59,195 83,042 81,788 81,525 87,674 83,042 87,235 93,224r 84,094
28 Argentina 2,290 2,763 3,978 3,849 4,087 3,966 3,978 3,626 4,026 3,970
29 Brazil 15,111 19,894 30,340 31,330 29,973 35,708 30,340 32,785 38,510 26,746
30 Chile 6,642 6,689 8,849 7,120 7,490 8,329 8,849 8,916 8,372 9,108
31 Colombia 2,438 2,900 3,567 4,629 3,764 3,493 3,567 3,427 3,311 3,428
32 Ecuador 582 604 962 889 913 960 962 879 926r 872
33 Guatemala 872 1,031 1,314 1,195 1,244 1,310 1,314 1,319 1,337 1,328
34 Mexico 14,601 16,569 21,783 21,254 22,523 22,106 21,783 24,002 24,105 25,319
35 Panama 2,076 2,316 3,859 3,203 3,355 3,511 3,859 3,984 4,328 4,514
36 Peru 1,226 1,446 2,995 2,128 2,633 2,671 2,995 3,186 3,433 3,631
37 Uruguay 464 355 338 989 330 316 338 366 294 286
38 Venezuela 2,273 2,281 2,335 2,670 2,597 2,569 2,335 2,057 1,845 1,930
39 Other Latin America4 2,595 2,347 2,722 2,532 2,616 2,735 2,722 2,688 2,737 2,962
 
40 Caribbean 620,474 724,316 770,890 759,517 786,154 749,703 770,890 829,898r 837,597r 845,403
41 Bahamas 113,458 120,904 145,303 130,200 154,785 139,628 145,303 138,039r 164,068r 194,281
42 Bermuda 17,846 17,777 10,603 17,659 13,446 10,667 10,603 12,104 14,741 17,358
43 British Virgin Islands4 n.a. 2,807 3,328 3,794 3,943 3,497 3,328 3,203 4,280r 3,246
44 Cayman Islands 475,227 572,273 598,150 597,711 603,716 579,918 598,150 661,393 639,559 616,048
45 Jamaica 444 669 657 638 620 588 657 677 685 722
46 Netherlands Antilles 4,444 2,484 4,114 4,620 4,642 4,482 4,114 4,430 4,687 4,586
47 Trinidad and Tobago 907 1,055 673 489 576 658 673 764 759 723
48 Other Caribbean4 8,148 6,347 8,062 4,406 4,426 10,265 8,062 9,288 8,818 8,439
 
49 Asia 190,610 221,858 185,323 165,877 174,363 176,239 185,323 188,636 192,964 179,064
  China  
50 Mainland 14,807 15,448 18,489 17,399 13,196 16,952 18,489 17,656 21,167 14,991
51 Hong Kong 8,412 6,888 8,820 6,242 5,324 7,907 8,820 6,859 7,457 8,892
52 India 2,518 2,827 4,385 4,269 5,144 4,784 4,385 4,585 4,826 4,380
53 Indonesia 440 519 985 549 633 763 985 1,023 1,056 1,007
54 Israel 4,288 5,319 3,724 5,150 5,553 6,812 3,724 4,360 3,675 3,591
55 Japan 106,377 140,329 83,250 92,100 104,283 95,012 83,250 88,727 96,690 90,736
56 Korea (South) 17,254 24,484 27,383 12,787 12,740 14,468 27,383 31,148 30,904 27,288
57 Philippines 1,790 996 1,207 1,188 1,207 1,073 1,207 1,135 1,108 1,689
58 Taiwan 8,626 3,166 1,232 3,396 2,982 1,436 1,232 1,727 1,280 2,522
59 Thailand 7,796 5,729 5,945 2,333 1,671 4,328 5,945 8,208 1,455 2,455
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries5 12,330 10,579 23,197 14,532 16,002 16,993 23,197 18,157 16,585 13,948
61 Other 5,972 5,574 6,706 5,932 5,628 5,711 6,706 5,051 6,761 7,565
 
62 Africa 1,621 1,853 8,164 1,674 2,237 5,016 8,164 12,268 14,324 15,688
63 Egypt 422 597 312 304 343 353 312 350 352 370
64 Morocco 63 56 27 26 18 19 27 25 24 15
65 South Africa 331 255 493 249 506 231 493 456 766 395
66 Oil-exporting countries6 317 403 442 312 321 353 442 1,070 1,053 1,213
67 Other 488 542 6,890 783 1,049 4,060 6,890 10,367 12,129 13,695
 
68 Other countries 10,945 14,700 30,154 23,846 24,256 25,956 30,154 26,328 30,511 25,157
69 Australia 10,226 13,195 28,716 22,680 23,055 24,611 28,716 24,824 29,274 22,835
70 New Zealand 541 1,263 1,122 810 839 1,011 1,122 1,158 823 1,836
71 All other 178 242 316 356 362 334 316 346 414 486
 
72 International and regional organizations7 7,250 9,174 10,305 8,873 7,562 9,549 10,305 9,452 10,655 10,804

1. Reporting banks include all types of depository institutions as well as bank/financial holding companies and brokers and dealers. Effective February 2003, coverage is expanded to include claims of brokers and dealers on affiliated foreign offices and cross-border brokerage balances.   Return to table

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

3. 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

4. Before June 2006, data for the British Virgin Islands were included in "Other Caribbean."   Return to table

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

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

7. Includes the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, as well as African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations. Beginning with data for June 2006, also includes the Bank for International Settlements.   Return to table

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