Statistics Reported by Banks and Other Financial Firms in the United States

Release Date: March 2018
Liabilities to Foreigners Reported by Financial Firms in the United States (Table 3.17) 1
Payable in U.S. Dollars
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2014 2015 2016/r Jul 2017/r Aug 2017/r Sep 2017/r Oct 2017/r Nov 2017/r Dec 2017/r Jan 2018/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,847,339 4,734,074 4,641,350 4,928,784 4,984,520 4,860,554 5,013,478 4,988,540 4,819,548 4,955,040
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,804,396 3,605,986 3,500,434 3,745,504 3,835,319 3,702,190 3,810,506 3,783,239 3,636,773 3,753,634
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 2,008,710 1,925,770 1,800,991 1,986,298 2,029,621 1,932,930 2,014,107 1,995,181 1,949,787 1,999,878
4 Other 1,795,686 1,680,216 1,699,443 1,759,206 1,805,698 1,769,260 1,796,399 1,788,058 1,686,986 1,753,756
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 908,879 904,964 997,030 1,004,430 1,027,647 995,922 1,035,693 1,040,339 978,644 1,007,261
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,042,943 1,128,088 1,140,916 1,183,280 1,149,201 1,158,364 1,202,972 1,205,301 1,182,775 1,201,406
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 671,641 724,731 668,867 679,666 673,704 682,136 710,772 710,663 702,406 710,106
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 238,897 226,594 271,298 285,594 259,678 250,336 271,336 265,857 249,706 252,833
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 102,180 95,644 123,132 136,996 129,061 125,010 125,403 121,413 115,763 115,918
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 41,825 41,548 23,391 17,490 16,741 14,895 15,899 17,300 17,056 20,710
11 Other 132,405 176,763 200,751 218,020 215,819 225,892 220,864 228,781 230,663 238,467
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 35,833 47,712 45,352 49,648 48,622 48,047 48,996 50,670 52,419 47,698
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 24,664 38,105 28,870 31,087 30,548 32,927 30,972 31,319 33,720 30,781
14 Deposits2 20,205 20,163 21,543 26,553 26,034 26,825 25,520 25,928 25,697 25,977
15 Other 4,459 17,942 7,327 4,534 4,514 6,102 5,452 5,391 8,023 4,804
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 11,169 9,607 16,482 18,561 18,074 15,120 18,024 19,351 18,699 16,917
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 5,298 5,926 10,437 9,331 10,199 8,000 8,705 8,840 8,306 8,694
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 5,871 3,681 6,045 9,230 7,875 7,120 9,319 10,511 10,393 8,223
 
19 Official institutions7 628,380 724,868 730,354 765,387 765,387 745,866 765,502 754,793 718,936 754,073
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 253,880 351,636 395,042 393,842 402,380 380,065 392,410 374,312 363,471 389,460
21 Deposits2 92,298 85,884 98,508 102,422 106,075 99,563 107,153 97,277 91,579 105,615
22 Other 161,582 265,752 296,534 291,420 296,305 280,502 285,257 277,035 271,892 283,845
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 374,500 373,232 335,312 371,545 363,007 365,801 373,092 380,481 355,465 364,613
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 335,308 336,669 297,684 330,563 324,093 325,181 332,161 339,572 317,227 325,029
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 39,192 36,563 37,628 40,982 38,914 40,620 40,931 40,909 38,238 39,584
 
26 Banks8 2,472,982 2,278,480 2,005,879 2,204,230 2,260,869 2,161,980 2,234,338 2,251,649 2,188,936 2,237,589
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 2,303,351 2,069,269 1,809,809 2,010,752 2,064,549 1,962,742 2,026,651 2,043,421 1,983,020 2,029,326
28 Deposits2 1,245,950 1,153,615 979,136 1,091,529 1,128,959 1,051,411 1,101,780 1,105,720 1,091,294 1,093,482
29 Other 1,057,401 915,654 830,673 919,223 935,590 911,331 924,871 937,701 891,726 935,844
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 169,631 209,211 196,070 193,478 196,320 199,238 207,687 208,228 205,916 208,263
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 105,962 125,964 99,440 96,181 98,016 100,293 110,972 110,120 109,024 108,080
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 20,819 24,756 23,541 24,545 24,452 24,123 25,294 26,261 24,586 24,651
33 Other 42,850 58,491 73,089 72,752 73,852 74,822 71,421 71,847 72,306 75,532
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,710,144 1,683,014 1,859,765 1,909,519 1,909,642 1,904,661 1,964,642 1,931,428 1,859,257 1,915,680
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,222,501 1,146,976 1,266,713 1,309,823 1,337,842 1,326,456 1,360,473 1,334,187 1,256,562 1,304,067
36 Deposits2 650,257 666,108 701,804 765,794 768,553 755,131 779,654 766,256 741,217 774,804
37 Other 572,244 480,868 564,909 544,029 569,289 571,325 580,819 567,931 515,345 529,263
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 487,643 536,038 593,052 599,696 571,800 578,205 604,169 597,241 602,695 611,613
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 225,073 256,172 261,306 243,591 241,396 248,662 258,934 252,131 267,849 268,303
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 173,015 161,620 204,203 210,985 188,583 178,629 195,932 188,319 176,722 180,583
41 Other 89,555 118,246 127,543 145,120 141,821 150,914 149,303 156,791 158,124 162,727
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,998,044 1,739,369 1,541,689 1,720,752 1,790,490 1,679,610 1,731,180 1,738,471 1,625,147 1,705,284
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,847,339 4,734,074 4,641,350 4,928,784 4,984,520 4,860,554 5,013,478 4,988,540 4,819,548 4,955,040
 
44 Foreign countries 4,811,506 4,686,362 4,595,998 4,879,136 4,935,898 4,812,507 4,964,482 4,937,870 4,767,129 4,907,342
 
45 Europe 1,991,001 1,790,962 1,774,542 1,875,146 1,921,220 1,846,524 1,945,284 1,962,911 1,941,008 1,968,834
46 Austria 5,376 3,541 3,954 4,027 4,862 2,820 2,382 2,777 2,874 3,381
47 Belgium 33,218 30,866 34,713 26,721 25,066 25,035 35,238 30,509 36,897 38,694
48 Denmark 4,649 5,533 7,868 5,597 5,771 4,950 4,838 5,404 5,353 5,176
49 Finland 11,262 14,044 10,297 3,848 3,280 1,832 676 2,386 5,625 1,043
50 France 125,366 102,290 118,637 136,000 141,610 134,747 143,794 140,175 136,312 137,204
51 Germany 76,825 66,449 66,836 68,501 73,764 71,167 78,682 93,218 120,698 128,335
52 Greece 4,169 3,724 1,789 1,864 1,908 1,969 1,583 1,643 1,899 1,912
53 Ireland 205,040 185,494 175,310 201,665 201,234 190,748 211,019 210,289 197,242 220,033
54 Italy 15,977 21,489 23,051 25,387 24,270 20,482 20,066 21,130 19,510 19,710
55 Luxembourg 139,593 152,619 167,882 172,602 165,387 158,659 181,631 173,358 162,143 170,156
56 Netherlands 47,666 57,420 67,503 69,258 71,655 66,521 65,328 67,089 71,929 66,393
57 Norway 4,945 3,623 5,536 3,387 3,243 3,015 4,282 5,242 3,700 3,727
58 Portugal 2,971 2,151 1,927 1,626 1,581 2,254 1,475 1,754 1,977 1,398
59 Russia 14,003 15,690 14,764 24,695 16,208 20,466 16,247 14,383 12,191 9,265
60 Spain 14,945 21,456 19,345 21,798 22,022 18,268 17,831 16,537 18,076 16,190
61 Sweden 12,550 12,523 3,496 11,469 11,840 6,732 11,216 11,983 12,137 11,325
62 Switzerland 71,207 78,871 73,098 79,917 80,310 83,491 82,157 81,783 80,259 89,356
63 Turkey 64,556 48,791 37,693 36,971 39,952 42,940 45,944 42,442 31,879 35,772
64 United Kingdom 1,015,913 865,876 857,609 902,176 951,037 915,425 946,139 965,486 950,944 940,026
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 65,138 48,008 35,749 35,539 35,175 35,322 35,013 36,222 33,557 33,718
66 Serbia 1,362 942 487 646 330 539 461 338 444 268
67 Other Europe 54,269 49,563 46,997 41,454 40,715 39,140 39,281 38,764 35,361 35,753
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,725,421 1,553,598 1,574,035 1,662,657 1,715,275 1,631,833 1,732,192 1,755,428 1,752,645 1,769,180
 
69 Canada 167,835 163,881 179,967 189,014 184,849 176,476 192,306 180,774 171,032 176,108
 
70 Latin America 251,598 258,393 258,661 269,543 272,054 272,440 278,039 266,570 253,758 263,834
71 Argentina 11,673 12,446 13,374 16,799 15,024 15,049 16,274 16,938 13,830 15,815
72 Brazil 48,838 46,607 52,571 59,934 62,638 60,802 62,372 58,420 53,552 57,168
73 Chile 24,192 22,328 24,179 22,129 22,598 19,935 24,263 22,403 22,741 23,888
74 Colombia 11,359 7,922 8,721 9,467 9,765 9,807 9,046 8,977 9,331 9,123
75 Ecuador 3,472 3,891 3,156 2,746 2,772 2,935 2,830 3,070 3,103 3,212
76 Guatemala 2,072 2,297 2,400 2,531 2,418 1,977 2,421 2,120 2,074 2,079
77 Mexico 77,764 84,414 76,519 75,736 75,563 84,108 85,114 79,303 73,583 77,489
78 Panama 12,880 13,625 17,511 17,133 18,298 18,019 16,020 15,756 15,812 16,017
79 Peru 12,378 16,563 16,490 19,145 19,617 17,273 18,165 17,835 17,076 16,529
80 Uruguay 11,414 14,066 12,925 11,462 11,534 11,321 11,220 11,945 12,984 12,829
81 Venezuela 20,914 19,374 16,954 16,678 16,028 15,257 14,749 14,714 14,621 14,233
82 Other Latin America 14,642 14,860 13,861 15,783 15,799 15,957 15,565 15,089 15,051 15,452
 
83 Caribbean 1,583,064 1,471,019 1,290,445 1,397,464 1,419,451 1,373,299 1,387,796 1,357,910 1,258,125 1,304,595
84 Bahamas 88,569 49,115 59,316 54,142 55,451 55,375 53,834 56,578 52,156 54,512
85 Bermuda 58,898 52,657 61,138 54,380 52,902 53,743 56,313 51,141 54,164 56,700
86 British Virgin Islands 52,026 52,399 47,707 45,419 45,365 44,548 43,163 41,669 37,536 37,727
87 Cayman Islands 1,343,378 1,260,789 1,071,556 1,193,347 1,213,131 1,167,924 1,180,288 1,156,216 1,065,635 1,110,514
88 Cuba 48 46 25 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
89 Jamaica 1,312 2,183 2,583 1,536 2,191 1,696 1,519 1,613 1,454 1,566
90 Netherlands Antilles16 4,954 5,996 5,173 4,705 5,281 5,856 5,757 5,343 9,402 6,612
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,309 4,358 4,227 3,612 3,298 3,546 3,487 3,419 3,636 3,665
92 Other Caribbean 29,570 43,476 38,720 40,299 41,808 40,587 43,411 41,907 34,118 33,275
 
93 Asia 740,479 911,271 981,793 999,184 1,004,454 999,150 1,015,274 1,020,536 990,048 1,027,231
94 China - Mainland 93,580 101,933 107,386 104,855 102,067 116,992 109,842 114,270 102,183 123,711
95 China - Hong Kong 98,889 146,914 125,158 130,370 130,409 127,566 131,781 126,096 124,106 128,628
96 India 12,921 22,454 20,996 38,887 37,482 32,091 28,162 28,084 26,235 31,172
97 Indonesia 14,420 12,919 10,954 11,326 11,887 12,333 12,589 13,342 12,148 10,340
98 Israel 20,605 16,284 16,419 19,540 20,672 19,430 18,788 18,268 18,288 21,647
99 Japan 191,522 294,395 348,117 342,906 352,560 347,504 355,349 358,738 347,972 357,814
100 Korea (South) 34,603 33,466 42,299 35,290 33,991 29,220 37,156 36,618 33,533 42,537
101 Philippines 6,558 6,437 8,014 5,189 5,465 6,415 6,055 6,497 7,383 5,744
102 Taiwan 27,084 34,181 37,522 34,517 39,701 34,834 35,577 34,520 35,525 34,250
103 Thailand 26,997 29,155 36,563 19,281 22,608 22,890 17,649 21,508 19,448 22,924
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 132,888 121,902 119,562 139,079 128,367 130,885 141,922 149,554 151,115 141,046
105 Other Asia 80,412 91,231 108,803 117,944 119,245 118,990 120,404 113,041 112,112 107,418
 
106 Africa 31,622 36,158 45,542 70,324 66,183 74,649 77,267 77,940 82,193 85,858
107 Egypt 5,100 7,525 16,247 29,188 30,983 34,001 33,934 33,334 35,680 36,549
108 Morocco 484 761 837 2,162 1,594 1,182 1,361 1,182 1,141 1,719
109 South Africa 2,997 3,770 4,109 14,133 11,195 13,295 13,709 14,442 13,646 14,514
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,126 6,122 6,716 9,469 8,989 11,664 12,529 13,149 15,301 15,824
111 Other Africa 16,915 17,980 17,633 15,372 13,422 14,507 15,734 15,833 16,425 17,252
 
112 Other countries 45,907 54,678 65,048 78,461 67,687 69,969 68,516 71,229 70,965 80,882
113 Australia 40,922 48,311 56,944 69,550 61,227 63,458 58,299 62,921 64,549 73,825
114 New Zealand 3,274 4,483 5,703 6,380 4,216 4,191 7,769 5,828 3,953 4,507
115 All Other 1,711 1,884 2,401 2,531 2,244 2,320 2,448 2,480 2,463 2,550
 
116 International and regional organizations 35,833 47,712 45,352 49,648 48,622 48,047 48,996 50,670 52,419 47,698
117 International14 23,447 37,839 33,545 32,211 32,366 32,048 32,530 34,296 37,557 32,326
118 Regional15 12,386 9,873 11,807 17,437 16,256 15,999 16,466 16,374 14,862 15,372
  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. Excludes bonds and notes of maturities longer than one year.   Return to table
  2. Non-negotiable deposits and brokerage balances.   Return to table
  3. Financial claims on residents of the United States, other than long-term securities, held by or through reporting firms for foreign customers. Also includes loans to U.S. residents in managed foreign offices of U.S. reporting institutions.   Return to table
  4. Includes nonmarketable certificates of indebtedness and Treasury bills issued to official institutions of foreign countries.   Return to table
  5. Principally bankers acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable time certificates of deposit, and short-term agency securities.   Return to table
  6. Principally the Bank for International Settlements, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. Also includes African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations. Excludes "holdings of dollars" of the International Monetary Fund.   Return to table
  7. Foreign central banks and foreign central governments.   Return to table
  8. 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
  9. Includes positions with affiliated non-banking offices also included in memo line (44) above.   Return to table
  10. For U.S. banks, includes amounts owed to own foreign branches and foreign subsidiaries consolidated in the quarterly Consolidated Reports of Condition filed with regulatory agencies. For all other U.S. financial firms, includes amounts owed to affiliated foreign offices. For agencies, branches, and majority-owned subsidiaries of foreign financial firms, 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 financial firm.   Return to table
  11. The European Union includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. As of July 2013, includes Croatia.   Return to table
  12. Comprises Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  13. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.   Return to table
  14. Principally the Bank for International Settlements, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. Excludes "holdings of dollars" of the International Monetary Fund.   Return to table
  15. African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations.   Return to table
  16. As of December 2013, Netherlands Antilles are reported separately as Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Curacao, St. Martin and St. Barthelemy, and Sint Maarten but are summed here for continuity.   Return to table
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