Release Date: December 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/r Dec 2018/r Mar 2019/r Jun 2019/r Sep 2019/p
1 Financial firms` own liabilities 191,649 191,772 215,102 277,733 292,639 321,079 296,307
2 Deposits 113,071 114,938 104,720 136,563 142,399 165,075 149,933
3 Other liabilities 78,578 76,834 110,382 141,170 150,240 156,004 146,374
 
4 Financial firms` own claims 357,959 384,560 388,431 476,072 504,958 504,088 525,788
5 Deposits 155,833 145,437 128,940 144,179 147,821 166,884 157,203
6 Other claims 202,126 239,123 259,491 331,893 357,137 337,204 368,585
 
7 Claims of financial firms` domestic customers2 68,215 98,621 138,019 116,650 88,701 99,207 91,965
8 Deposits 18,593 17,822 25,355 27,511 25,057 27,593 25,322
9 Other claims 49,622 80,799 112,664 89,139 63,644 71,614 66,643
  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: December 27, 2019