Release Date: August 2019
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 2015 2016 2017 Jun 2018 Sep 2018 Dec 2018 Mar 2019/p
1 Financial firms` own liabilities 191,649 191,772 215,102 235,540 250,631 284,390 294,600
2 Deposits 113,071 114,938 104,720 110,758 107,127 143,272 144,379
3 Other liabilities 78,578 76,834 110,382 124,782 143,504 141,118 150,221
 
4 Financial firms` own claims 357,959 384,560 388,431 441,136 436,014 474,070 505,957
5 Deposits 155,833 145,437 128,940 151,030 134,813 144,322 149,296
6 Other claims 202,126 239,123 259,491 290,106 301,201 329,748 356,661
 
7 Claims of financial firms` domestic customers2 68,215 98,621 138,019 124,229 117,035 114,330 88,701
8 Deposits 18,593 17,822 25,355 26,964 28,695 27,511 25,057
9 Other claims 49,622 80,799 112,664 97,265 88,340 86,819 63,644
  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: August 30, 2019