Release Date: May 2020
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 2016 2017 2018 Sep 2019 Oct 2019 Nov 2019 Dec 2019 Jan 2020/r Feb 2020/r Mar 2020/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,429,024 5,380,038 5,496,060 5,432,836 5,612,982 5,613,814 6,214,049
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,514,240 3,646,315 3,553,534 3,626,951 3,598,069 3,704,975 3,630,584 3,806,901 3,788,941 4,383,327
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,813,295 1,979,858 1,907,031 1,992,303 1,985,045 2,018,442 2,001,146 2,104,433 2,059,999 2,428,001
4 Other 1,700,945 1,666,457 1,646,503 1,634,648 1,613,024 1,686,533 1,629,438 1,702,468 1,728,942 1,955,326
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 998,532 980,637 970,960 1,025,980 1,020,969 1,072,129 987,528 992,251 1,036,190 1,118,008
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,140,917 1,331,087 1,755,568 1,802,073 1,781,969 1,791,085 1,802,252 1,806,081 1,824,873 1,830,722
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 668,867 703,141 746,676 750,086 730,784 714,006 706,231 692,608 723,578 719,622
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 271,298 244,511 237,009 232,604 233,399 234,060 229,497 254,084 252,982 205,048
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 123,132 111,089 115,936 97,191 93,849 94,335 94,057 108,594 113,149 86,624
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 23,391 17,086 10,401 13,478 13,920 19,054 18,971 18,146 16,813 14,263
11 Other 200,752 383,435 771,883 819,383 817,786 843,019 866,524 859,389 848,313 906,052
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 45,352 52,787 63,044 63,694 55,603 51,056 51,135 52,508 53,115 63,130
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 28,870 34,088 44,001 47,519 38,569 34,716 35,781 36,397 36,292 45,507
14 Deposits2 21,543 26,065 30,709 28,625 27,844 27,695 26,306 29,654 29,288 32,706
15 Other 7,327 8,023 13,292 18,894 10,725 7,021 9,475 6,743 7,004 12,801
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 16,482 18,699 19,043 16,175 17,034 16,340 15,354 16,111 16,823 17,623
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 10,437 8,306 8,385 9,968 9,897 9,741 8,340 8,526 9,851 10,845
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 6,045 10,393 10,658 6,207 7,137 6,599 7,014 7,585 6,972 6,778
 
19 Official institutions7 730,606 719,454 748,422 767,009 762,584 752,207 715,716 755,214 742,395 781,902
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 395,046 363,401 398,389 442,756 439,379 445,066 414,218 417,419 391,762 460,407
21 Deposits2 98,512 91,552 111,638 115,479 114,213 124,041 112,594 134,496 123,672 148,133
22 Other 296,534 271,849 286,751 327,277 325,166 321,025 301,624 282,923 268,090 312,274
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 335,560 356,053 350,033 324,253 323,205 307,141 301,498 337,795 350,633 321,495
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 297,684 317,227 315,141 290,828 288,085 273,610 268,567 294,820 306,080 283,222
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 37,876 38,826 34,892 33,425 35,120 33,531 32,931 42,975 44,553 38,273
 
26 Banks8 2,015,708 2,222,598 2,011,419 1,969,461 1,967,809 2,042,179 2,039,287 2,146,389 2,111,539 2,513,952
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,817,551 1,983,134 1,764,152 1,720,202 1,730,731 1,790,697 1,775,680 1,891,239 1,859,555 2,237,588
28 Deposits2 986,878 1,098,106 989,428 1,035,364 1,028,446 1,040,030 1,044,325 1,088,849 1,058,617 1,317,026
29 Other 830,673 885,028 774,724 684,838 702,285 750,667 731,355 802,390 800,938 920,562
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 198,157 239,464 247,267 249,259 237,078 251,482 263,607 255,150 251,984 276,364
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 99,440 109,052 100,077 123,381 117,373 118,132 116,589 106,779 115,257 99,271
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 23,541 19,570 16,147 10,667 11,180 9,212 9,575 11,662 13,358 13,444
33 Other 75,176 110,842 131,043 115,211 108,525 124,138 137,443 136,709 123,369 163,649
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,863,491 1,982,563 2,486,217 2,628,860 2,594,042 2,650,618 2,626,698 2,658,871 2,706,765 2,855,065
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,272,773 1,265,692 1,346,992 1,416,474 1,389,390 1,434,496 1,404,905 1,461,846 1,501,332 1,639,825
36 Deposits2 706,362 764,135 775,256 812,835 814,542 826,676 817,921 851,434 848,422 930,136
37 Other 566,411 501,557 571,736 603,639 574,848 607,820 586,984 610,412 652,910 709,689
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 590,718 716,871 1,139,225 1,212,386 1,204,652 1,216,122 1,221,793 1,197,025 1,205,433 1,215,240
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 261,306 268,556 323,073 325,909 315,429 312,523 312,735 282,483 292,390 326,284
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 204,203 176,543 175,903 182,701 180,411 185,241 180,516 192,336 189,021 147,646
41 Other 125,209 271,772 640,249 703,776 708,812 718,358 728,542 722,206 724,022 741,310
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,541,686 1,687,661 1,560,984 1,515,774 1,518,710 1,567,115 1,581,531 1,645,889 1,628,025 2,009,781
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,429,024 5,380,038 5,496,060 5,432,836 5,612,982 5,613,814 6,214,049
 
44 Foreign countries 4,609,805 4,924,615 5,246,058 5,365,330 5,324,435 5,445,004 5,381,701 5,560,474 5,560,699 6,150,919
 
45 Europe 1,794,635 1,996,884 1,991,810 1,930,576 1,918,981 2,011,154 1,957,976 2,020,745 2,070,013 2,275,211
46 Austria 3,956 3,444 3,627 4,019 3,764 4,028 3,647 3,447 3,488 4,863
47 Belgium 34,902 37,175 41,003 47,599 35,167 34,273 34,545 36,302 44,000 51,326
48 Denmark 8,323 5,808 7,009 4,983 4,887 4,813 6,284 5,838 5,519 8,005
49 Finland 10,297 5,631 9,220 11,120 7,572 8,982 5,871 12,559 8,294 11,864
50 France 120,368 142,017 162,139 197,484 190,860 199,821 177,982 195,796 206,469 218,175
51 Germany 67,035 122,622 163,925 152,495 155,545 153,668 152,295 157,870 155,341 168,868
52 Greece 1,789 1,909 2,466 2,838 2,862 2,663 2,989 2,902 2,685 2,743
53 Ireland 176,333 205,149 204,830 227,222 231,457 233,025 235,939 233,999 238,116 239,388
54 Italy 23,051 19,990 28,110 25,364 24,342 25,571 25,932 23,898 22,332 26,183
55 Luxembourg 168,225 169,382 208,375 210,233 219,925 225,592 216,780 224,335 216,092 212,380
56 Netherlands 67,503 74,273 55,432 53,789 58,375 66,134 58,778 56,635 61,385 81,500
57 Norway 5,536 4,403 5,770 3,693 2,793 2,921 4,915 3,421 3,199 11,564
58 Portugal 1,927 1,990 1,410 1,638 1,296 1,545 1,339 1,804 1,960 2,112
59 Russia 14,764 12,206 21,338 23,043 26,619 25,645 17,651 24,165 24,179 16,903
60 Spain 19,345 18,435 20,005 21,365 20,144 19,966 22,621 24,227 25,463 38,206
61 Sweden 3,496 12,420 20,683 12,139 13,912 17,561 12,612 12,928 12,677 26,256
62 Switzerland 73,384 80,524 80,217 100,771 97,420 95,286 88,666 87,930 98,320 100,866
63 Turkey 37,739 31,896 9,705 18,836 17,935 16,406 17,297 13,593 15,827 9,696
64 United Kingdom 873,391 977,122 879,015 737,095 726,359 787,273 783,051 813,366 835,185 963,588
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 35,786 34,398 22,906 27,075 26,964 32,931 33,600 32,017 33,354 32,165
66 Serbia 487 454 209 576 577 498 582 482 504 531
67 Other Europe 46,997 35,635 44,414 47,198 50,207 52,552 54,599 53,232 55,624 48,030
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,593,759 1,806,585 1,819,639 1,726,618 1,714,396 1,804,452 1,760,421 1,823,928 990,045 1,071,506
 
69 Canada 181,283 181,614 213,922 199,617 203,461 210,177 217,077 242,701 232,944 298,959
 
70 Latin America 258,972 254,713 231,251 241,022 244,825 243,647 230,265 246,200 241,258 262,416
71 Argentina 13,374 13,890 19,315 22,800 24,894 24,695 21,433 22,277 21,428 20,501
72 Brazil 52,594 53,496 30,120 29,012 29,609 31,227 28,096 29,239 29,933 34,786
73 Chile 24,294 22,901 23,465 18,252 20,381 23,946 24,856 29,041 25,888 29,647
74 Colombia 8,730 9,407 13,939 10,699 11,401 11,294 10,300 10,886 9,787 11,415
75 Ecuador 3,156 3,114 2,678 3,038 3,036 3,062 3,234 3,322 3,116 2,909
76 Guatemala 2,400 2,079 2,651 2,608 2,728 2,679 2,668 2,441 2,964 3,277
77 Mexico 76,519 74,120 72,530 83,603 81,590 75,899 71,878 76,166 75,790 83,943
78 Panama 17,515 15,882 15,027 16,198 16,492 16,947 17,452 17,199 17,243 19,504
79 Peru 16,533 17,089 13,356 16,482 15,360 15,161 12,300 17,136 15,924 12,807
80 Uruguay 12,925 13,000 11,571 14,427 14,919 14,796 13,866 13,690 14,462 18,528
81 Venezuela 17,051 14,651 10,798 9,704 9,545 9,417 9,683 9,336 9,280 9,726
82 Other Latin America 13,881 15,084 15,801 14,199 14,870 14,524 14,499 15,467 15,443 15,373
 
83 Caribbean 1,293,338 1,348,931 1,576,360 1,762,403 1,750,824 1,750,615 1,734,531 1,775,578 1,778,622 1,926,878
84 Bahamas 59,327 52,332 37,787 51,260 52,615 51,149 45,948 46,633 49,209 44,320
85 Bermuda 61,194 55,284 58,989 61,752 59,920 59,936 58,129 56,302 54,343 62,014
86 British Virgin Islands 47,823 37,917 41,951 42,396 41,345 39,458 38,997 38,681 40,673 39,742
87 Cayman Islands 1,074,266 1,158,566 1,400,333 1,573,490 1,564,490 1,568,621 1,556,379 1,594,196 1,600,714 1,739,212
88 Cuba 25 25 19 13 14 14 14 27 14 14
89 Jamaica 2,583 1,463 885 1,340 1,542 1,727 1,004 1,134 1,407 1,341
90 Netherlands Antilles16 5,173 9,711 8,326 4,728 4,375 3,799 6,563 10,737 4,344 11,946
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,227 3,645 4,147 4,797 4,581 4,613 4,761 4,743 4,983 4,668
92 Other Caribbean 38,720 29,988 23,923 22,627 21,942 21,298 22,736 23,125 22,935 23,621
 
93 Asia 983,297 1,002,403 1,092,753 1,090,214 1,070,781 1,090,619 1,097,788 1,123,525 1,090,988 1,233,461
94 China - Mainland 107,386 102,652 131,837 123,211 129,026 118,224 124,877 154,005 117,714 143,935
95 China - Hong Kong 125,216 124,389 107,681 100,845 94,962 102,631 94,975 87,724 91,908 84,060
96 India 20,996 26,415 17,404 31,556 27,181 28,728 34,537 46,359 42,660 55,809
97 Indonesia 10,954 12,160 17,397 13,629 18,384 12,619 11,459 11,703 14,340 13,935
98 Israel 16,429 18,464 15,923 20,212 21,137 20,324 21,874 31,129 25,962 35,381
99 Japan 348,855 356,631 363,289 361,543 341,437 358,672 352,012 340,973 339,035 416,957
100 Korea (South) 42,529 34,172 45,927 49,556 46,180 46,988 48,150 48,699 50,026 66,469
101 Philippines 8,014 7,440 13,553 12,897 11,634 12,795 20,362 10,898 10,366 15,025
102 Taiwan 37,584 35,654 37,268 36,452 37,287 45,760 41,404 43,308 42,944 44,346
103 Thailand 36,723 19,590 29,777 24,904 25,718 23,459 21,242 25,521 25,170 17,988
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 119,562 151,512 197,174 200,141 192,820 188,447 189,031 191,744 195,006 197,844
105 Other Asia 109,049 113,324 115,523 115,268 125,015 131,972 137,865 131,462 135,857 141,712
 
106 Africa 45,542 83,040 76,223 86,144 81,357 83,644 85,602 84,722 83,084 79,813
107 Egypt 16,247 35,698 36,092 41,123 39,473 42,608 43,360 44,915 42,901 33,611
108 Morocco 837 1,147 942 893 954 886 1,207 1,205 1,209 1,469
109 South Africa 4,109 13,673 5,641 11,766 7,438 5,725 5,963 6,976 6,459 7,938
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,716 15,331 14,618 15,185 14,797 13,219 11,185 11,674 11,637 12,413
111 Other Africa 17,633 17,191 18,930 17,177 18,695 21,206 23,887 19,952 20,878 24,382
 
112 Other countries 52,738 57,030 63,739 55,354 54,206 55,148 58,462 67,003 63,790 74,181
113 Australia 44,634 50,466 56,383 48,925 47,310 48,374 51,714 60,060 55,366 60,343
114 New Zealand 5,703 4,088 4,858 3,798 4,166 4,061 4,044 4,243 5,608 11,268
115 All Other 2,401 2,476 2,498 2,631 2,730 2,713 2,704 2,700 2,816 2,570
 
116 International and regional organizations 45,352 52,787 63,044 63,694 55,603 51,056 51,135 52,508 53,115 63,130
117 International14 33,545 37,725 46,361 49,172 40,514 36,423 36,517 36,232 37,243 47,120
118 Regional15 11,807 15,062 16,683 14,522 15,089 14,633 14,618 16,276 15,872 16,010
  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 includes the United Kingdom through January 2020. 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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