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Statistical Supplement | November 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, November 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
Mar Apr May Juner Julyr Augr Septp
By Holder and Type of Liability  
1 Total, all foreigners 3,080,907 3,851,558 4,426,986 4,522,491 4,455,418 4,397,986 4,245,262 4,235,339 4,261,454 4,246,331
 
2 Banks' own liabilities 2,299,950 2,924,438 3,301,255 3,317,389 3,264,288 3,197,513 3,075,427 3,049,733 3,053,732 3,027,056
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,043,801 1,315,290 1,541,223 1,565,627 1,507,001 1,447,363 1,464,931 1,428,346 1,368,506 1,457,981
4 Other 1,256,149 1,609,148 1,760,032 1,751,762 1,757,287 1,750,150 1,610,496 1,621,387 1,685,226 1,569,075
5 Of which: repurchase agreements3 713,327 1,028,974 1,107,751 1,103,311 1,092,243 1,088,385 987,456 995,842 1,026,483 895,475
6 Banks' custody liabilities4 780,957 927,120 1,125,731 1,205,102 1,191,130 1,200,473 1,169,835 1,185,606 1,207,722 1,219,275
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 259,843 250,886 300,130 353,769 357,172 368,610 375,094 379,321 409,908 499,810
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 319,598 371,732 504,923 524,752 517,824 513,050 477,412 489,478 487,438 432,593
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 53,594 66,155 97,990 124,953 126,418 133,182 89,021 107,231 115,243 100,824
10 Of which: short-term agency securities7 136,783 113,865 200,312 186,202 180,566 165,199 168,155 163,923 154,520 156,136
11 Other 201,516 304,502 320,678 326,581 316,134 318,813 317,329 316,807 310,376 286,872
 
12 International and regional organizations8 20,793 29,425 27,164 28,372 24,776 28,075 24,398 25,966 27,681 23,672
13 Banks' own liabilities 15,612 25,770 22,929 20,944 19,105 20,316 18,456 19,534 21,465 17,809
14 Deposits2 8,361 19,021 17,784 16,386 14,599 13,997 13,397 16,161 15,892 12,346
15 Other 7,251 6,749 5,145 4,558 4,506 6,319 5,059 3,373 5,573 5,463
16 Banks' custody liabilities4 5,181 3,655 4,235 7,428 5,671 7,759 5,942 6,432 6,216 5,863
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 1,085 800 250 1,796 416 2,447 1,073 547 435 286
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 4,096 2,855 3,985 5,632 5,255 5,312 4,869 5,885 5,781 5,577
 
19 Official institutions9 498,510 461,656 594,577 574,065 567,009 568,467 570,865 597,285 607,728 631,462
20 Banks' own liabilities 170,984 178,954 216,221 196,728 188,201 197,722 191,501 205,667 211,126 211,991
21 Deposits2 45,426 51,380 49,204 48,024 47,003 46,554 44,817 51,079 50,701 53,865
22 Other 125,558 127,574 167,017 148,704 141,198 151,168 146,684 154,588 160,425 158,126
 
23 Banks' custody liabilities4 327,526 282,702 378,356 377,337 378,808 370,745 379,364 391,618 396,602 419,471
24 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 201,863 176,829 196,344 201,281 215,711 219,976 226,625 232,464 245,562 276,781
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 125,663 105,873 182,012 176,056 163,097 150,769 152,739 159,154 151,040 142,690
 
26 Banks10 1,792,040 2,258,115 2,491,653 2,477,762 2,426,372 2,337,293 2,277,159 2,228,856 2,231,380 2,312,911
27 Banks' own liabilities 1,566,967 1,917,300 2,149,292 2,108,393 2,063,664 1,969,420 1,939,306 1,893,671 1,897,546 1,980,151
28 Deposits2 841,248 1,025,334 1,174,296 1,172,027 1,127,346 1,068,700 1,073,172 1,023,076 971,222 1,035,846
29 Other 725,719 891,966 974,996 936,366 936,318 900,720 866,134 870,595 926,324 944,305
30 Banks' custody liabilities4 225,073 340,815 342,361 369,369 362,708 367,873 337,853 335,185 333,834 332,760
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 23,771 31,153 38,383 54,183 49,461 43,778 44,589 44,756 48,430 48,151
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 48,776 66,378 64,309 83,043 85,471 90,848 63,914 62,299 62,923 65,479
33 Other 152,526 243,284 239,669 232,143 227,776 233,247 229,350 228,130 222,481 219,130
 
34 Other foreigners11 769,564 1,102,362 1,313,592 1,442,292 1,437,261 1,464,151 1,372,840 1,383,232 1,394,665 1,278,286
35 Banks' own liabilities 546,387 802,414 912,813 991,324 993,318 1,010,055 926,164 930,861 923,595 817,105
36 Deposits2 148,766 219,555 299,939 329,190 318,053 318,112 333,545 338,030 330,691 355,924
37 Other 397,621 582,859 612,874 662,134 675,265 691,943 592,619 592,831 592,904 461,181
 
38 Banks' custodial liabilities 223,177 299,948 400,779 450,968 443,943 454,096 446,676 452,371 471,070 461,181
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 33,124 42,104 65,153 96,509 91,584 102,409 102,807 101,554 115,481 174,592
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 142,188 196,728 255,618 268,653 265,654 266,611 259,058 265,351 269,202 218,847
41 Other 47,865 61,116 80,008 85,806 86,705 85,076 84,811 85,466 86,387 67,742
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices12 1,552,323 1,938,224 2,020,906 2,054,391 2,025,732 1,944,612 1,870,603 1,836,023 1,816,228 1,911,296
 
By Area or Country  
43 Total, all foreigners 3,080,907 3,851,558 4,426,986 4,522,491 4,455,418 4,397,986 4,245,262 4,235,339 4,261,454 4,246,331
 
44 Foreign countries 3,060,114 3,822,133 4,399,822 4,494,119 4,430,642 4,369,911 4,220,864 4,209,373 4,233,773 4,222,659
 
45 Europe 1,229,338 1,482,788 1,757,775 1,804,000 1,780,836 1,734,892 1,612,272 1,623,320 1,648,160 1,527,891
46 Austria 3,604 3,841 4,988 4,533 4,310 4,409 5,388 3,898 5,835 3,366
47 Belgium 16,022 14,528 18,249 20,258 24,682 20,352 15,628 14,283 12,767 13,895
48 Denmark 1,537 931 768 1,011 761 1,028 4,749 4,774 4,171 3,976
49 Finland 3,612 3,204 1,263 1,811 1,856 1,284 1,326 1,479 1,334 1,551
50 France 71,486 69,078 64,697 77,678 80,926 70,396 66,476 62,591 64,062 81,814
51 Germany 58,960 69,894 97,585 93,525 96,112 93,325 86,847 90,869 88,697 95,566
52 Greece 1,200 1,488 1,348 1,128 1,215 1,530 1,824 2,046 1,345 1,030
53 Ireland 68,660 84,085 113,306 154,724 160,903 166,359 162,424 162,342 171,037 147,158
54 Italy 7,075 7,350 8,076 6,819 6,300 8,525 6,457 6,634 8,394 9,645
55 Luxembourg 61,065 73,099 106,918 123,711 112,177 107,775 103,955 101,251 104,850 97,709
56 Netherlands 14,502 25,309 24,857 35,732 34,725 42,638 35,769 39,475 39,381 41,505
57 Norway 27,921 42,383 48,261 31,489 30,358 29,512 30,778 33,939 36,313 23,821
58 Portugal 2,716 2,250 2,993 3,991 2,253 2,916 3,260 2,366 2,090 2,202
59 Russia 101,335 62,711 104,709 83,545 91,502 88,322 92,667 91,490 87,063 79,154
60 Spain 9,535 8,941 11,477 12,427 13,687 12,554 12,850 13,097 13,276 15,011
61 Sweden 4,771 3,715 7,677 6,534 6,961 3,606 4,711 2,647 3,166 12,225
62 Switzerland 140,140 54,622 51,914 45,155 43,105 40,548 37,438 35,968 38,402 44,494
63 Turkey 9,895 10,369 12,098 15,908 18,587 16,510 18,471 21,594 22,729 19,977
64 United Kingdom 563,253 888,945 1,013,963 1,014,612 979,306 956,957 859,751 863,338 876,103 778,186
65 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 29,559 33,360 25,192 20,530 19,374 15,860 13,745 15,984 13,669 13,299
66 Yugoslavia13 119 295 532 846 412 530 334 303 293 144
67 Other Europe and other former U.S.S.R.14 32,371 22,389 36,904 48,034 51,326 49,958 47,424 52,952 53,185 42,163

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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