Release Date: August 2017
Financial Firms' Own Claims on Foreigners Reported by Financial Firms in the United States (Table 3.18) 1
Payable in U.S. Dollars
Millions of dollars, end of period
Area or country 2013 2014 2015/r Dec 2016/r Jan 2017/r Feb 2017/r Mar 2017/r Apr 2017/r May 2017/r Jun 2017/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,764,190 2,771,174 2,711,472 2,722,027 2,763,393 2,753,694 2,741,326 2,781,147 2,781,753 2,803,057
 
2 Foreign countries 2,759,129 2,765,712 2,701,708 2,714,242 2,753,612 2,743,048 2,733,018 2,772,449 2,772,103 2,797,970
 
3 Europe 1,201,548 1,105,590 1,032,363 1,102,748 1,174,671 1,168,771 1,168,406 1,243,085 1,216,052 1,207,752
4 Austria 3,620 3,376 3,971 3,215 3,196 3,024 3,127 3,034 3,430 2,807
5 Belgium 8,167 7,831 6,791 14,311 15,026 15,280 16,168 14,565 13,754 10,393
6 Denmark 610 602 577 1,136 906 886 917 906 844 924
7 Finland 18,034 14,552 17,439 11,283 11,366 11,651 9,192 6,896 6,164 5,213
8 France 72,450 91,160 72,832 88,018 120,174 115,960 92,793 120,602 119,090 103,419
9 Germany 34,868 35,095 32,013 32,302 43,719 43,617 41,832 49,626 48,245 41,101
10 Greece 99 176 57 48 59 46 49 45 62 57
11 Ireland 69,405 72,795 28,490 35,295 35,455 35,070 36,674 33,181 37,149 33,914
12 Italy 3,291 5,965 4,836 2,644 4,836 2,597 4,692 3,254 3,128 3,415
13 Luxembourg 28,026 33,271 38,884 39,132 37,050 39,322 39,492 41,217 36,566 44,360
14 Netherlands 42,004 57,523 51,441 53,361 57,405 54,938 51,805 54,689 50,451 50,917
15 Norway 3,020 2,360 1,882 5,889 5,611 6,896 5,816 7,494 5,837 17,177
16 Portugal 454 544 257 271 282 277 275 308 283 279
17 Russia 2,414 1,124 649 159 182 271 130 146 348 181
18 Spain 3,164 4,173 4,292 5,867 3,715 3,824 3,573 4,244 3,436 4,493
19 Sweden 7,576 8,402 12,207 24,947 28,618 27,816 30,294 31,086 31,929 38,448
20 Switzerland 64,891 40,388 92,619 62,914 52,887 50,208 50,365 50,787 50,721 56,928
21 Turkey 7,649 5,874 6,045 3,480 3,575 3,906 3,119 3,483 3,267 3,265
22 United Kingdom 812,974 703,096 643,245 698,175 733,428 738,850 761,617 801,456 785,026 772,353
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 15,543 14,515 9,404 8,902 8,810 8,931 9,541 9,549 9,835 12,403
24 Other Europe 3,289 2,768 4,432 11,399 8,371 5,401 6,936 6,517 6,487 5,705
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,106,377 1,039,711 919,224 1,019,325 1,101,368 1,096,204 1,097,060 1,169,167 1,143,746 1,117,061
 
26 Canada 165,468 172,011 171,863 157,419 162,612 159,854 163,711 151,660 156,390 164,419
 
27 Latin America 172,532 201,459 201,134 185,547 181,578 180,775 181,371 175,038 173,030 177,732
28 Argentina 4,084 4,671 4,129 3,223 3,117 3,102 3,171 3,287 3,132 4,392
29 Brazil 80,861 100,434 91,818 83,947 81,155 80,551 82,536 76,853 75,659 79,634
30 Chile 19,347 18,215 17,945 18,817 17,698 17,897 17,994 17,321 17,370 17,357
31 Columbia 9,059 8,342 10,062 9,573 9,653 9,628 9,810 10,221 10,318 9,173
32 Ecuador 943 1,698 2,056 2,764 2,722 2,680 2,665 2,653 2,636 2,658
33 Guatemala 2,173 2,742 3,070 2,762 2,700 2,774 2,765 2,886 2,747 2,900
34 Mexico 34,969 41,193 44,422 38,769 39,547 38,712 37,592 36,883 36,680 37,648
35 Panama 5,693 7,001 8,479 8,639 8,366 8,521 8,222 8,189 7,744 7,601
36 Peru 5,956 7,389 8,602 7,614 7,731 7,724 7,553 7,787 7,873 7,401
37 Uruguay 2,254 2,626 2,656 2,079 2,032 2,189 2,269 2,277 2,393 2,421
38 Venezuala 2,339 2,431 2,625 2,403 2,203 2,356 2,440 2,338 2,359 2,137
39 Other Latin America 4,854 4,717 5,270 4,957 4,654 4,641 4,354 4,343 4,119 4,410
 
40 Caribbean 612,382 681,328 657,002 574,537 571,254 575,570 573,428 569,343 576,771 564,383
41 Bahamas 70,491 46,089 32,479 26,298 31,189 27,235 27,879 24,259 26,837 23,593
42 Bermuda 20,497 22,092 23,824 22,024 21,535 22,985 23,026 23,345 24,222 21,702
43 British Virgin Islands 19,717 22,843 22,917 28,396 24,331 26,826 24,599 22,922 24,967 23,320
44 Cayman Islands 484,664 571,872 556,794 477,760 474,793 479,284 477,218 476,475 476,306 477,583
45 Jamaica 367 421 307 416 372 365 333 348 330 341
46 Netherlands Antilles6 3,246 2,694 1,698 2,215 819 1,401 1,852 2,363 2,749 2,549
47 Trinidad and Tobago 945 1,011 724 724 696 666 595 546 514 416
48 Other Caribbean 12,455 14,306 18,259 16,704 17,519 16,808 17,926 19,085 20,846 14,879
 
49 Asia 545,852 544,509 579,878 609,495 583,538 578,751 567,485 554,396 571,732 602,250
  China  
50 Mainland 30,114 32,872 25,873 28,569 26,960 26,811 28,161 27,592 29,402 30,946
51 Hong Kong 51,257 50,793 44,946 40,496 40,972 37,485 41,059 44,613 42,582 42,404
52 India 20,495 19,002 21,479 19,161 18,821 18,753 19,057 18,169 18,816 18,666
53 Indonesia 4,028 3,955 2,624 2,562 2,373 2,353 2,362 2,375 2,359 2,624
54 Israel 2,399 2,149 2,824 2,511 2,514 2,511 2,443 2,456 2,473 2,407
55 Japan 339,659 341,256 393,080 416,502 398,831 396,447 376,313 364,505 374,690 405,059
56 Korea (South) 16,718 18,468 16,041 15,160 15,985 16,640 17,439 16,037 18,106 18,258
57 Philippines 1,275 932 865 1,082 1,037 1,077 906 1,157 928 862
58 Taiwan 11,722 12,436 15,603 13,832 10,277 9,372 12,595 10,771 9,629 10,327
59 Thailand 1,760 676 733 661 566 632 612 705 625 615
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 16,806 16,404 14,558 22,203 17,518 19,309 16,959 16,894 19,128 18,195
61 Other Asia 49,619 45,566 41,252 46,756 47,684 47,361 49,579 49,122 52,994 51,887
 
62 Africa 9,538 12,882 9,292 13,198 13,477 13,830 13,727 14,128 14,180 13,745
63 Egypt 664 633 1,904 5,651 5,673 5,900 5,618 5,832 5,935 5,743
64 Morocco 445 473 262 289 231 269 286 272 222 185
65 South Africa 428 651 704 579 712 609 658 771 1,009 706
66 Oil-exporting countries4 599 602 385 271 251 257 569 442 414 367
67 Other Africa 7,402 10,523 6,037 6,408 6,610 6,795 6,596 6,811 6,600 6,744
 
68 Other countries 51,809 47,933 50,176 71,298 66,482 65,497 64,890 64,799 63,948 67,689
69 Australia 47,988 44,044 45,674 67,098 62,239 60,991 60,534 60,345 59,151 62,650
70 New Zealand 1,261 1,128 860 735 812 736 1,004 1,070 1,421 1,743
71 All Other 2,560 2,761 3,642 3,465 3,431 3,770 3,352 3,384 3,376 3,296
 
72 International and regional organzations5 5,061 5,462 9,764 7,785 9,781 10,646 8,308 8,698 9,650 5,087
  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.   Return to table
  2. 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
  3. Comprises Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  4. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.   Return to table
  5. 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
  6. 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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