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Statistical Supplement | November 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, November 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 2008
Mar Apr May June July Aug Septp
1 Total, all foreigners 1,864,834 2,291,340 2,791,032 2,998,835 2,980,086 2,987,770 2,855,584r 2,874,640r 2,887,405r 2,781,660
 
2 Foreign countries 1,857,584 2,282,166 2,780,727 2,988,031 2,970,340 2,980,137 2,850,292r 2,868,493r 2,881,541r 2,776,249
 
3 Europe 918,660 1,188,919 1,587,218 1,715,672 1,725,855 1,680,918 1,593,221 1,584,310 1,621,458 1,607,638
4 Austria 4,139 4,277 4,055 4,625 4,998 5,335 5,416 5,717 8,441 4,624
5 Belgium 11,900 13,592 20,566 22,646 40,457 33,888 31,029 26,476 32,831 21,730
6 Denmark 864 1,156 2,828 2,196 6,451 6,159 4,021 5,804 4,188 2,321
7 Finland 9,247 9,434 28,445 24,830 32,133 27,073 29,854 22,469 24,167 25,907
8 France 88,873 112,406 162,295 189,055 201,697 188,786 181,173 190,233 193,311 171,846
9 Germany 30,027 18,189 33,725 45,274 51,589 53,633 57,384 47,686 47,876 49,736
10 Greece 97 250 110 178 341 347 275 251 141 149
11 Ireland 16,426 24,304 45,960 64,302 67,368 73,668 68,574 66,092 70,477 63,668
12 Italy 18,482 30,991 35,870 43,923 47,231 49,445 48,224 52,376 57,214 49,844
13 Luxembourg 8,201 7,144 13,260 13,973 9,142 8,366 10,767 9,216 8,959 11,508
14 Netherlands 20,958 29,578 52,122 55,574 53,152 54,966 59,290 53,642 57,483 46,498
15 Norway 14,688 31,032 22,684 19,760 13,820 15,412 15,073 16,810 16,413 23,912
16 Portugal 832 924 1,364 1,809 1,552 1,626 1,417 1,745 1,438 1,370
17 Russia 1,264 1,745 1,800 1,611 1,797 2,033 2,244 2,667 2,455 2,518
18 Spain 8,372 9,834 20,448 37,286 49,123 55,160 47,496 47,630 45,817 46,324
19 Sweden 9,452 8,907 7,279 6,832 9,431 8,576 7,433 7,032 8,132 7,899
20 Switzerland 143,892 105,368 191,970 174,602 186,320 145,397 116,675 106,351 106,301 107,312
21 Turkey 3,270 3,741 3,426 3,548 3,658 3,663 3,675 3,928 3,839 3,782
22 United Kingdom 487,492 732,430 900,349 968,640 911,716 916,714 874,381 890,070 905,899 947,929
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 32,566 36,893 24,357 13,044 12,201 8,733 6,730 5,110 4,883 4,356
24 Other Europe and other former U.S.S.R.2 7,618 6,724 14,306 21,965 21,678 21,938 22,090 23,003 21,192 14,405
 
  Memo  
25 European Union3 n.a. 1,008,255 1,341,415 1,501,289 1,506,222 1,503,879 1,446,999 1,447,679 1,485,830 1,464,032
 
26 Canada 64,104 71,325 85,145 101,856 91,367 92,996 88,786 81,114 91,539 94,075
 
27 Latin America 51,170 59,195 83,042 84,094 83,458 96,073 96,734r 97,576r 103,794r 92,893
28 Argentina 2,290 2,763 3,978 3,970 4,825 3,866 4,224 4,763 5,356 4,819
29 Brazil 15,111 19,894 30,340 26,746 24,761 38,626 37,796 37,280 41,787 31,085
30 Chile 6,642 6,689 8,849 9,108 9,787 10,192 10,353 10,524 10,974 11,078
31 Colombia 2,438 2,900 3,567 3,428 3,524 3,527 3,625 3,529 3,591 3,770
32 Ecuador 582 604 962 872 811 835 786 778 761 831
33 Guatemala 872 1,031 1,314 1,328 1,296 1,311 1,377 1,323 1,387 1,355
34 Mexico 14,601 16,569 21,783 25,319 24,906 23,752 23,902r 24,757r 25,298r 25,444
35 Panama 2,076 2,316 3,859 4,514 4,408 4,588 5,020 4,883 5,001 4,842
36 Peru 1,226 1,446 2,995 3,631 3,857 4,144 4,517 4,239 4,586 4,540
37 Uruguay 464 355 338 286 271 311 297 291 320 333
38 Venezuela 2,273 2,281 2,335 1,930 1,898 1,956 1,873 1,819 1,774 1,805
39 Other Latin America4 2,595 2,347 2,722 2,962 3,114 2,965 2,964 3,390 2,959 2,991
 
40 Caribbean 620,474 724,316 801,309 866,256 856,318 892,761 865,530 884,141r 869,034r 816,629
41 Bahamas 113,458 120,904 151,187 195,177 147,173 154,129 147,091 157,522 152,480 141,424
42 Bermuda 17,846 17,777 10,651 17,370 16,110 17,832 13,289 14,055 11,876 13,178
43 British Virgin Islands4 n.a. 2,807 3,328 3,246 3,881 3,905 3,996 4,161 5,705 5,324
44 Cayman Islands 475,227 572,273 622,637 635,993 669,531 701,914 686,156 691,688 683,918 637,871
45 Jamaica 444 669 657 722 742 769 818 811 814 808
46 Netherlands Antilles 4,444 2,484 4,114 4,586 4,409 4,229 4,053 3,656 3,530 3,400
47 Trinidad and Tobago 907 1,055 673 723 855 766 807 755 864 592
48 Other Caribbean4 8,148 6,347 8,062 8,439 13,617 9,217 9,320 11,493r 9,847r 14,032
 
49 Asia 190,610 221,858 185,695 179,305 169,445 172,807 158,654r 171,371r 165,391r 138,428
  China  
50 Mainland 14,807 15,448 18,489 14,991 15,564 23,032 19,501r 21,702r 23,653r 10,497
51 Hong Kong 8,412 6,888 8,820 8,892 9,269 8,945 8,886r 9,481r 10,056r 13,884
52 India 2,518 2,827 4,385 4,380 4,293 5,352 5,654 6,638 5,983 5,882
53 Indonesia 440 519 985 1,007 1,086 1,329 1,144 1,062 1,088 1,111
54 Israel 4,288 5,319 3,724 3,591 3,387 5,419 4,109 6,618 5,564 2,879
55 Japan 106,377 140,329 83,652 91,021 84,316 78,836 74,838 79,227 70,620r 69,402
56 Korea (South) 17,254 24,484 27,383 27,288 22,182 21,090 19,464 18,283 17,278r 13,784
57 Philippines 1,790 996 1,207 1,689 1,133 1,028 1,448 1,214 993 864
58 Taiwan 8,626 3,166 1,222 2,501 1,548 1,207 1,634 1,205 1,165 1,954
59 Thailand 7,796 5,729 5,960 2,455 4,045 3,629 1,116 2,930 1,134 90
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries5 12,330 10,579 23,160 13,924 15,596 16,109 13,265 13,670 17,305 10,989
61 Other 5,972 5,574 6,708 7,566 7,026 6,831 7,595 9,341 10,552r 7,092
 
62 Africa 1,621 1,853 8,164 15,688 16,679 17,578 18,614 20,297 2,838 3,968
63 Egypt 422 597 312 370 356 367 367 1,353 417 397
64 Morocco 63 56 27 15 60 18 30 11 6 8
65 South Africa 331 255 493 395 562 450 374 387 532 895
66 Oil-exporting countries6 317 403 442 1,213 891 608 696 950 940 964
67 Other 488 542 6,890 13,695 14,810 16,135 17,147 17,596 943 1,704
 
68 Other countries 10,945 14,700 30,154 25,160 27,218 27,004 28,753 29,684 27,487 22,618
69 Australia 10,226 13,195 28,716 22,838 25,527 25,159 27,317 27,926 25,799 21,276
70 New Zealand 541 1,263 1,122 1,836 1,236 1,440 1,012 1,298 1,223 817
71 All other 178 242 316 486 455 405 424 460 465 525
 
72 International and regional organizations7 7,250 9,174 10,305 10,804 9,746 7,633 5,292 6,147 5,864 5,411

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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