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Statistical Supplement | September 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, September 2008
3.17  Liabilities to Foreigners, Reported by Banks in the United States1
Payable in U.S. dollars
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2005 2006 2007 2008
Jan Feb Mar Aprr Mayr Juner Julyp
By Holder and Type of Liability  
1 Total, all foreigners 3,080,907 3,851,558 4,442,608 4,540,818 4,608,192 4,539,582 4,495,769 4,438,345 4,329,790 4,282,389
 
2 Banks' own liabilities 2,299,950 2,924,438 3,317,855 3,346,546 3,410,860 3,334,480 3,304,639 3,237,872 3,131,468 3,092,510
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,043,801 1,315,290 1,541,223 1,512,340 1,519,544 1,563,452 1,506,999 1,447,262 1,463,894 1,423,510
4 Other 1,256,149 1,609,148 1,776,632 1,834,206 1,891,316 1,771,028 1,797,640 1,790,610 1,667,574 1,669,000
5 Of which: repurchase agreements3 713,327 1,028,974 1,099,640 1,168,935 1,217,478 1,092,118 1,092,243 1,088,385 987,104 995,685
6 Banks' custody liabilities4 780,957 927,120 1,124,753 1,194,272 1,197,332 1,205,102 1,191,130 1,200,473 1,198,322 1,189,879
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 259,843 250,886 299,686 311,286 325,916 353,769 357,172 368,610 375,549 371,163
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 319,598 371,732 504,389 552,266 545,123 524,752 517,824 513,050 506,627 501,909
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 53,594 66,155 97,746 114,076 119,006 124,953 126,418 133,182 129,460 124,816
10 Of which: short-term agency securities7 136,783 113,865 200,152 211,055 202,438 186,202 180,566 165,199 168,075 163,928
11 Other 201,516 304,502 320,678 330,720 326,293 326,581 316,134 318,813 316,146 316,807
 
12 International and regional organizations8 20,793 29,425 27,164 30,460 29,188 28,372 24,776 28,075 24,248 25,745
13 Banks' own liabilities 15,612 25,770 22,929 24,781 22,055 20,944 19,105 20,316 18,104 19,377
14 Deposits2 8,361 19,021 17,784 18,663 16,918 16,386 14,599 13,997 13,397 16,161
15 Other 7,251 6,749 5,145 6,118 5,137 4,558 4,506 6,319 4,707 3,216
16 Banks' custody liabilities4 5,181 3,655 4,235 5,679 7,133 7,428 5,671 7,759 6,144 6,368
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 1,085 800 250 951 1,124 1,796 416 2,447 1,040 483
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 4,096 2,855 3,985 4,728 6,009 5,632 5,255 5,312 5,104 5,885
 
19 Official institutions9 498,510 461,656 594,302 621,005 607,791 573,674 567,009 568,467 570,927 597,201
20 Banks' own liabilities 170,984 178,954 215,946 224,966 220,147 196,337 188,201 197,722 191,501 205,637
21 Deposits2 45,426 51,380 49,204 47,376 47,535 48,024 47,003 46,554 44,236 50,852
22 Other 125,558 127,574 166,742 177,590 172,612 148,313 141,198 151,168 147,265 154,785
 
23 Banks' custody liabilities4 327,526 282,702 378,356 396,039 387,644 377,337 378,808 370,745 379,426 391,564
24 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 201,863 176,829 196,344 207,123 204,319 201,281 215,711 219,976 226,655 232,529
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 125,663 105,873 182,012 188,916 183,325 176,056 163,097 150,769 152,771 159,035
 
26 Banks10 1,792,040 2,258,115 2,518,892 2,503,166 2,518,989 2,508,796 2,466,725 2,377,652 2,357,874 2,300,039
27 Banks' own liabilities 1,566,967 1,917,300 2,176,599 2,140,741 2,150,542 2,139,427 2,104,017 2,009,779 1,995,542 1,937,358
28 Deposits2 841,248 1,025,334 1,174,296 1,137,056 1,150,637 1,170,270 1,127,346 1,068,599 1,072,559 1,019,190
29 Other 725,719 891,966 1,002,303 1,003,685 999,905 969,157 976,671 941,180 922,983 918,168
30 Banks' custody liabilities4 225,073 340,815 342,293 362,425 368,447 369,369 362,708 367,873 362,332 362,681
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 23,771 31,153 38,381 39,097 47,980 54,183 49,461 43,778 45,118 44,894
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 48,776 66,378 64,243 75,693 80,109 83,043 85,471 90,848 87,831 89,657
33 Other 152,526 243,284 239,669 247,635 240,358 232,143 227,776 233,247 229,383 228,130
 
34 Other foreigners11 769,564 1,102,362 1,302,250 1,386,187 1,452,224 1,428,740 1,437,259 1,464,151 1,376,741 1,359,404
35 Banks' own liabilities 546,387 802,414 902,381 956,058 1,018,116 977,772 993,316 1,010,055 926,321 930,138
36 Deposits2 148,766 219,555 299,939 309,245 304,454 328,772 318,051 318,112 333,702 337,307
37 Other 397,621 582,859 602,442 646,813 713,662 649,000 675,265 691,943 592,619 592,831
 
38 Banks' custodial liabilities 223,177 299,948 399,869 430,129 434,108 450,968 443,943 454,096 450,420 429,266
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 33,124 42,104 64,711 64,115 72,493 96,509 91,584 102,409 102,736 93,257
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 142,188 196,728 255,150 284,159 280,002 268,653 265,654 266,611 264,089 250,543
41 Other 47,865 61,116 80,008 81,855 81,613 85,806 86,705 85,076 83,595 85,466
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices12 1,552,323 1,938,224 2,115,373 2,118,912 2,185,775 2,177,773 2,066,085 1,984,971 1,926,834 1,879,681
 
By Area or Country  
43 Total, all foreigners 3,080,907 3,851,558 4,442,608 4,540,818 4,608,192 4,539,582 4,495,769 4,438,345 4,329,790 4,282,389
 
44 Foreign countries 3,060,114 3,822,133 4,415,444 4,510,358 4,579,004 4,511,210 4,470,993 4,410,270 4,305,542 4,256,644
 
45 Europe 1,229,338 1,482,788 1,749,481 1,789,799 1,853,897 1,782,798 1,780,836 1,734,892 1,631,030 1,630,032
46 Austria 3,604 3,841 4,987 4,709 3,998 4,533 4,310 4,409 5,968 4,469
47 Belgium 16,022 14,528 18,245 17,705 21,504 20,258 24,682 20,352 20,383 18,938
48 Denmark 1,537 931 768 771 657 1,011 761 1,028 4,753 4,774
49 Finland 3,612 3,204 1,263 1,635 1,652 1,811 1,856 1,284 1,326 1,479
50 France 71,486 69,078 64,741 84,963 78,386 77,719 80,926 70,396 73,713 70,155
51 Germany 58,960 69,894 97,579 103,637 105,038 94,274 96,112 93,325 87,161 90,973
52 Greece 1,200 1,488 1,345 1,326 1,310 1,128 1,215 1,530 1,823 2,046
53 Ireland 68,660 84,085 113,469 128,767 147,164 154,724 160,903 166,359 163,002 160,705
54 Italy 7,075 7,350 8,072 7,663 8,566 6,819 6,300 8,525 8,495 8,665
55 Luxembourg 61,065 73,099 106,918 102,111 119,842 124,159 112,177 107,775 103,943 101,226
56 Netherlands 14,502 25,309 24,850 37,439 37,086 35,713 34,725 42,638 35,794 37,915
57 Norway 27,921 42,383 48,022 47,444 41,214 31,095 30,358 29,512 30,840 34,014
58 Portugal 2,716 2,250 2,993 2,573 3,245 3,991 2,253 2,916 3,260 2,366
59 Russia 101,335 62,711 104,709 104,708 94,611 83,545 91,502 88,322 92,667 91,490
60 Spain 9,535 8,941 11,433 11,417 10,103 12,427 13,687 12,554 13,583 13,634
61 Sweden 4,771 3,715 7,677 5,095 6,096 6,534 6,961 3,606 4,768 2,642
62 Switzerland 140,140 54,622 51,911 49,670 45,846 45,249 43,105 40,548 37,468 36,032
63 Turkey 9,895 10,369 12,098 14,544 16,816 15,908 18,587 16,510 18,508 21,624
64 United Kingdom 563,253 888,945 1,005,684 1,009,957 1,053,560 992,466 979,306 956,957 861,896 864,203
65 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 29,559 33,360 25,279 22,880 21,955 20,552 19,374 15,860 13,909 15,896
66 Yugoslavia13 119 295 532 487 939 846 412 530 334 303
67 Other Europe and other former U.S.S.R.14 32,371 22,389 36,906 30,296 34,308 48,037 51,326 49,958 47,436 46,483

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

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