The Federal Reserve Board eagle logo links to home page

Statistical Supplement | December 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, December 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
Apr May June July Aug Septr Octp
By Holder and Type of Liability  
1 Total, all foreigners 3,080,907 3,851,558 4,426,986 4,455,418 4,397,986 4,245,262 4,235,339 4,263,327r 4,248,314 4,456,710
 
2 Banks' own liabilities 2,299,950 2,924,438 3,301,255 3,264,288 3,197,513 3,075,427 3,049,733 3,055,511r 3,027,478 3,143,522
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,043,801 1,315,290 1,541,223 1,507,001 1,447,363 1,464,931 1,428,346 1,370,019r 1,458,368 1,641,428
4 Other 1,256,149 1,609,148 1,760,032 1,757,287 1,750,150 1,610,496 1,621,387 1,685,492r 1,569,110 1,502,094
5 Of which: repurchase agreements3 713,327 1,028,974 1,107,751 1,092,243 1,088,385 987,456 995,842 1,026,746r 895,475 752,539
6 Banks' custody liabilities4 780,957 927,120 1,125,731 1,191,130 1,200,473 1,169,835 1,185,606 1,207,816r 1,220,836 1,313,188
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 259,843 250,886 300,130 357,172 368,610 375,094 379,321 410,908r 501,815 649,175
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 319,598 371,732 504,923 517,824 513,050 477,412 489,478 486,532r 432,149 376,384
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 53,594 66,155 97,990 126,418 133,182 89,021 107,231 115,149r 100,729 90,717
10 Of which: short-term agency securities7 136,783 113,865 200,312 180,566 165,199 168,155 163,923 154,520 156,136 131,585
11 Other 201,516 304,502 320,678 316,134 318,813 317,329 316,807 310,376 286,872 287,629
 
12 International and regional organizations8 20,793 29,425 27,164 24,776 28,075 24,398 26,158r 27,681 23,672 24,183
13 Banks' own liabilities 15,612 25,770 22,929 19,105 20,316 18,456 19,726r 21,465 17,809 10,122
14 Deposits2 8,361 19,021 17,784 14,599 13,997 13,397 16,161 15,892 12,346 6,538
15 Other 7,251 6,749 5,145 4,506 6,319 5,059 3,565r 5,573 5,463 3,584
16 Banks' custody liabilities4 5,181 3,655 4,235 5,671 7,759 5,942 6,432 6,216 5,863 14,061
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 1,085 800 250 416 2,447 1,073 547 435 286 7,929
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 4,096 2,855 3,985 5,255 5,312 4,869 5,885 5,781 5,577 6,132
 
19 Official institutions9 498,510 461,656 594,577 567,009 568,467 570,865 597,093r 607,728 632,294 663,873
20 Banks' own liabilities 170,984 178,954 216,221 188,201 197,722 191,501 205,475r 211,126 212,823 198,526
21 Deposits2 45,426 51,380 49,204 47,003 46,554 44,817 51,079 50,701 53,973 54,820
22 Other 125,558 127,574 167,017 141,198 151,168 146,684 154,396r 160,425 158,850 143,706
 
23 Banks' custody liabilities4 327,526 282,702 378,356 378,808 370,745 379,364 391,618 396,602 419,471 465,347
24 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 201,863 176,829 196,344 215,711 219,976 226,625 232,464 245,562 276,781 360,550
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 125,663 105,873 182,012 163,097 150,769 152,739 159,154 151,040 142,690 104,797
 
26 Banks10 1,792,040 2,258,115 2,491,653 2,426,372 2,337,293 2,277,159 2,228,856 2,232,359r 2,314,288 2,568,881
27 Banks' own liabilities 1,566,967 1,917,300 2,149,292 2,063,664 1,969,420 1,939,306 1,893,671 1,897,551r 1,979,667 2,226,189
28 Deposits2 841,248 1,025,334 1,174,296 1,127,346 1,068,700 1,073,172 1,023,076 971,224r 1,036,052 1,241,327
29 Other 725,719 891,966 974,996 936,318 900,720 866,134 870,595 926,327r 943,615 984,862
30 Banks' custody liabilities4 225,073 340,815 342,361 362,708 367,873 337,853 335,185 334,808r 334,621 342,692
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 23,771 31,153 38,383 49,461 43,778 44,589 44,756 49,430r 50,151 66,714
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 48,776 66,378 64,309 85,471 90,848 63,914 62,299 62,897r 65,340 57,859
33 Other 152,526 243,284 239,669 227,776 233,247 229,350 228,130 222,481 219,130 218,119
 
34 Other foreigners11 769,564 1,102,362 1,313,592 1,437,261 1,464,151 1,372,840 1,383,232 1,395,559r 1,278,060 1,199,773
35 Banks' own liabilities 546,387 802,414 912,813 993,318 1,010,055 926,164 930,861 925,369r 817,179 708,685
36 Deposits2 148,766 219,555 299,939 318,053 318,112 333,545 338,030 332,202r 355,997 338,743
37 Other 397,621 582,859 612,874 675,265 691,943 592,619 592,831 593,167r 461,182 369,942
 
38 Banks' custodial liabilities 223,177 299,948 400,779 443,943 454,096 446,676 452,371 470,190r 460,881 491,088
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates5 33,124 42,104 65,153 91,584 102,409 102,807 101,554 115,481 174,597 213,982
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments6 142,188 196,728 255,618 265,654 266,611 259,058 265,351 268,322r 218,542 207,599
41 Other 47,865 61,116 80,008 86,705 85,076 84,811 85,466 86,387 67,742 69,507
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices12 1,552,323 1,938,224 2,020,906 2,025,732 1,944,612 1,870,603 1,836,023 1,816,231r 1,910,656 2,123,692
 
By Area or Country  
43 Total, all foreigners 3,080,907 3,851,558 4,426,986 4,455,418 4,397,986 4,245,262 4,235,339 4,263,327r 4,248,314 4,456,710
 
44 Foreign countries 3,060,114 3,822,133 4,399,822 4,430,642 4,369,911 4,220,864 4,209,181r 4,235,646r 4,224,642 4,432,527
 
45 Europe 1,229,338 1,482,788 1,757,775 1,780,836 1,734,892 1,612,272 1,623,128r 1,648,072r 1,527,708 1,492,176
46 Austria 3,604 3,841 4,988 4,310 4,409 5,388 3,893r 5,835 3,366 3,307
47 Belgium 16,022 14,528 18,249 24,682 20,352 15,628 14,276r 12,767 13,895 12,963
48 Denmark 1,537 931 768 761 1,028 4,749 4,774 4,171 3,976 3,971
49 Finland 3,612 3,204 1,263 1,856 1,284 1,326 1,475r 1,334 1,551 1,482
50 France 71,486 69,078 64,697 80,926 70,396 66,476 62,551r 64,062 81,814 80,869
51 Germany 58,960 69,894 97,585 96,112 93,325 86,847 90,813r 88,697 95,566 89,877
52 Greece 1,200 1,488 1,348 1,215 1,530 1,824 2,041r 1,345 1,030 2,104
53 Ireland 68,660 84,085 113,306 160,903 166,359 162,424 162,339r 171,007r 147,128 150,098
54 Italy 7,075 7,350 8,076 6,300 8,525 6,457 6,599r 8,394 9,644 9,080
55 Luxembourg 61,065 73,099 106,918 112,177 107,775 103,955 101,251 104,849r 97,709 96,616
56 Netherlands 14,502 25,309 24,857 34,725 42,638 35,769 39,464r 39,380r 41,504 44,111
57 Norway 27,921 42,383 48,261 30,358 29,512 30,778 33,939 36,313 23,821 21,323
58 Portugal 2,716 2,250 2,993 2,253 2,916 3,260 2,361r 2,090 2,202 1,944
59 Russia 101,335 62,711 104,709 91,502 88,322 92,667 91,490 87,063 79,154 77,254
60 Spain 9,535 8,941 11,477 13,687 12,554 12,850 13,076r 13,276 15,010 18,846
61 Sweden 4,771 3,715 7,677 6,961 3,606 4,711 2,647 3,166 12,225 5,064
62 Switzerland 140,140 54,622 51,914 43,105 40,548 37,438 35,968 38,376r 44,355 57,846
63 Turkey 9,895 10,369 12,098 18,587 16,510 18,471 21,594 22,729 19,977 17,212
64 United Kingdom 563,253 888,945 1,013,963 979,306 956,957 859,751 863,338 876,103 778,189 745,684
65 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 29,559 33,360 25,192 19,374 15,860 13,745 15,984 13,639r 13,298 14,297
66 Yugoslavia13 119 295 532 412 530 334 303 293 144 161
67 Other Europe and other former U.S.S.R.14 32,371 22,389 36,904 51,326 49,958 47,424 52,952 53,185 42,150 38,068

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

Statistical Supplement | December 2008 | Tips for printing wide tables | Symbols and Abbreviations

Accessibility | Contact us
Last update: January 9, 2009