Release Date: May 2018
Liabilities to, and Claims on, Foreigners Reported by Financial Firms in the United States (Table 3.16) 1
Payable in Foreign Currencies
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2014 2015 2016 Mar 2017 Jun 2017 Sep 2017 Dec 2017/p
1 Financial firms` own liabilities 279,743 191,649 186,014 192,354 211,731 201,943 214,355
2 Deposits 123,843 113,071 109,180 109,467 123,628 111,767 104,720
3 Other liabilities 155,900 78,578 76,834 82,887 88,103 90,176 109,635
 
4 Financial firms` own claims 430,436 357,959 378,878 372,666 380,654 376,638 387,715
5 Deposits 173,383 155,833 140,278 136,826 137,641 129,826 128,940
6 Other claims 257,053 202,126 238,600 235,840 243,013 246,812 258,775
 
7 Claims of financial firms` domestic customers2 67,829 75,167 113,405 108,416 115,703 112,171 138,086
8 Deposits 18,690 18,593 17,822 18,252 20,719 22,598 25,355
9 Other claims 49,139 56,574 95,583 90,164 94,984 89,573 112,731
  1. Prior to December 2013, reporting firms include all types of depository institutions as well as some bank holding companies and brokers and dealers. Effective December 2013, data include, in addition, all other nonbank financial firms. Data on claims exclude uninvested foreign currencies held by U.S. monetary authorities.   Return to table
  2. Claims on foreigners reported by firms located in the United States, in which the assets are held by the firm for the accounts of domestic customers.   Return to table
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Last Update: May 25, 2018