Release Date: September 2021
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 2017 2018 2019 Sep 2020 Dec 2020 Mar 2021 Jun 2021/p
1 Financial firms` own liabilities 215,102 277,733 285,449 320,962 299,352 303,577 325,037
2 Deposits 104,720 136,563 147,176 145,643 134,671 137,321 154,473
3 Other liabilities 110,382 141,170 138,273 175,319 164,681 166,256 170,564
 
4 Financial firms` own claims 388,431 476,072 523,912 643,397 596,236 573,001 563,167
5 Deposits 128,940 144,179 166,987 217,541 203,132 212,172 214,561
6 Other claims 259,491 331,893 356,925 425,856 393,104 360,829 348,606
 
7 Claims of financial firms` domestic customers2 138,019 115,165 114,122 93,322 124,714 111,654 106,153
8 Deposits 25,355 27,511 28,550 27,079 27,857 26,653 30,435
9 Other claims 112,664 87,654 85,572 66,243 96,857 85,001 75,718
  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: September 24, 2021