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

Release Date: February 2018
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 2014 2015 2016 Jun 2017 Jul 2017 Aug 2017 Sep 2017 Oct 2017/r Nov 2017/r Dec 2017/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,767,698 2,708,591 2,717,289 2,797,861 2,845,263 2,830,433 2,812,255 2,825,417 2,809,568 2,773,891
 
2 Foreign countries 2,762,236 2,698,827 2,709,418 2,792,754 2,837,269 2,819,283 2,803,817 2,815,074 2,802,681 2,767,367
 
3 Europe 1,105,590 1,032,363 1,102,616 1,208,920 1,251,192 1,219,710 1,206,009 1,236,749 1,244,585 1,198,053
4 Austria 3,376 3,971 3,363 3,004 2,912 3,197 3,121 6,379 5,709 2,028
5 Belgium 7,831 6,791 14,309 10,446 9,748 10,174 8,610 11,701 7,829 10,403
6 Denmark 602 577 1,134 930 876 842 908 777 1,460 936
7 Finland 14,552 17,439 11,283 5,213 4,958 4,794 3,335 4,478 4,075 4,097
8 France 91,160 72,832 88,001 103,372 110,774 118,567 102,443 118,437 104,779 93,598
9 Germany 35,095 32,013 32,275 41,085 44,843 48,618 51,573 48,342 52,957 39,579
10 Greece 176 57 48 57 77 178 186 213 216 282
11 Ireland 72,795 28,490 35,352 33,850 36,916 36,429 37,629 38,841 40,480 32,197
12 Italy 5,965 4,836 2,647 3,203 2,530 2,770 2,352 2,642 1,863 2,628
13 Luxembourg 33,271 38,884 38,887 46,225 48,099 46,408 47,631 47,113 45,104 49,853
14 Netherlands 57,523 51,441 54,284 51,817 54,244 52,460 50,082 47,731 47,711 44,321
15 Norway 2,360 1,882 5,901 17,188 22,794 16,624 21,123 27,339 26,667 22,333
16 Portugal 544 257 264 270 318 271 274 268 267 261
17 Russia 1,124 649 160 240 306 292 313 331 291 235
18 Spain 4,173 4,292 5,854 4,620 4,225 3,770 4,776 5,002 4,814 3,870
19 Sweden 8,402 12,207 24,962 38,447 37,210 37,801 45,351 44,330 44,440 30,564
20 Switzerland 40,388 92,619 62,994 56,652 56,149 61,065 56,497 54,843 59,767 60,566
21 Turkey 5,874 6,045 3,427 3,249 3,185 3,249 3,121 3,614 3,149 3,170
22 United Kingdom 703,096 643,245 697,344 771,249 792,848 754,171 748,238 755,815 772,832 779,588
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 14,515 9,404 8,893 12,398 12,294 11,629 11,471 11,359 11,758 12,107
24 Other Europe 2,768 4,432 11,234 5,405 5,886 6,401 6,975 7,194 8,417 5,437
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,039,711 919,224 1,019,248 1,118,755 1,155,750 1,126,086 1,113,010 1,138,786 1,142,507 1,099,187
 
26 Canada 172,011 171,863 157,426 164,959 171,932 188,663 179,580 188,090 173,585 170,752
 
27 Latin America 201,459 201,134 183,419 175,592 172,462 176,000 174,249 172,479 170,693 164,736
28 Argentina 4,671 4,129 3,056 4,311 4,093 5,110 5,668 5,501 5,420 5,058
29 Brazil 100,434 91,818 82,075 77,742 77,075 77,970 73,664 73,751 73,373 66,930
30 Chile 18,215 17,945 18,698 17,276 17,023 18,327 16,942 17,784 17,904 18,880
31 Columbia 8,342 10,062 9,558 8,972 8,859 8,519 8,863 8,561 7,634 7,746
32 Ecuador 1,698 2,056 2,768 2,665 2,689 2,668 2,739 2,884 2,841 2,646
33 Guatemala 2,742 3,070 2,761 2,845 2,917 2,973 2,990 3,052 3,167 3,284
34 Mexico 41,193 44,422 38,872 37,828 35,781 35,947 38,480 37,290 36,761 36,088
35 Panama 7,001 8,479 8,616 7,627 7,864 7,608 7,789 6,735 6,754 7,422
36 Peru 7,389 8,602 7,614 7,400 7,240 7,716 7,690 7,560 7,323 6,955
37 Uruguay 2,626 2,656 2,071 2,422 2,336 2,536 2,607 2,600 2,737 2,664
38 Venezuala 2,431 2,625 2,403 2,147 2,188 2,183 2,392 2,318 2,336 2,338
39 Other Latin America 4,717 5,270 4,927 4,357 4,397 4,443 4,425 4,443 4,443 4,725
 
40 Caribbean 677,852 654,121 571,810 559,925 572,448 550,312 540,850 556,385 554,084 541,787
41 Bahamas 46,089 32,479 26,199 23,525 23,972 22,119 21,303 25,692 22,598 22,331
42 Bermuda 22,092 23,824 22,026 21,225 21,432 20,243 18,389 19,339 19,056 20,130
43 British Virgin Islands 22,843 22,917 28,559 23,490 22,976 21,983 21,526 22,557 20,871 16,487
44 Cayman Islands 568,396 553,913 474,908 473,552 484,076 465,038 460,024 465,948 469,022 464,775
45 Jamaica 421 307 423 298 331 326 291 269 309 306
46 Netherlands Antilles6 2,694 1,698 2,263 2,549 2,511 1,951 2,471 2,977 3,534 3,687
47 Trinidad and Tobago 1,011 724 725 417 546 625 619 590 592 560
48 Other Caribbean 14,306 18,259 16,707 14,869 16,604 18,027 16,227 19,013 18,102 13,511
 
49 Asia 544,509 579,878 609,672 601,970 590,107 604,304 625,739 585,202 579,273 605,557
  China  
50 Mainland 32,872 25,873 28,583 30,928 28,823 27,074 32,840 30,852 29,541 29,465
51 Hong Kong 50,793 44,946 40,492 42,338 42,864 44,664 44,960 44,757 41,926 48,271
52 India 19,002 21,479 19,179 18,597 18,311 18,423 18,748 19,682 19,754 21,368
53 Indonesia 3,955 2,624 2,519 2,624 2,525 2,528 2,562 2,593 2,588 2,738
54 Israel 2,149 2,824 2,511 2,414 2,689 2,817 2,805 2,719 2,728 2,693
55 Japan 341,256 393,080 416,713 405,051 394,444 406,495 419,944 379,798 374,973 391,660
56 Korea (South) 18,468 16,041 15,159 18,249 16,785 17,112 17,813 17,216 17,038 18,252
57 Philippines 932 865 1,080 861 781 823 993 879 997 1,085
58 Taiwan 12,436 15,603 13,833 10,324 11,081 10,192 11,896 10,938 10,033 11,267
59 Thailand 676 733 646 614 776 671 982 765 1,017 1,245
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 16,404 14,558 22,195 18,072 18,559 18,504 17,840 18,249 21,905 19,514
61 Other Asia 45,566 41,252 46,762 51,898 52,469 55,001 54,356 56,754 56,773 57,999
 
62 Africa 12,882 9,292 13,181 13,719 13,457 12,851 12,770 13,724 12,969 16,563
63 Egypt 633 1,904 5,651 5,743 5,644 5,619 5,603 6,373 5,108 4,569
64 Morocco 473 262 284 173 158 142 106 95 92 231
65 South Africa 651 704 579 700 751 676 880 805 1,624 1,238
66 Oil-exporting countries4 602 385 260 366 403 391 295 288 267 234
67 Other Africa 10,523 6,037 6,407 6,737 6,501 6,023 5,886 6,163 5,878 10,291
 
68 Other countries 47,933 50,176 71,294 67,669 65,671 67,443 64,620 62,445 67,492 69,919
69 Australia 44,044 45,674 67,095 62,630 60,428 62,734 59,891 57,639 62,480 65,274
70 New Zealand 1,128 860 734 1,743 1,904 1,684 1,792 1,818 2,033 1,806
71 All Other 2,761 3,642 3,465 3,296 3,339 3,025 2,937 2,988 2,979 2,839
 
72 International and regional organzations5 5,462 9,764 7,871 5,107 7,994 11,150 8,438 10,343 6,887 6,524
  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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Last Update: February 23, 2018