Release Date: August 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 Dec 2017/r Jan 2018/r Feb 2018/r Mar 2018/r Apr 2018/r May 2018/r Jun 2018/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,767,698 2,708,591 2,727,069 2,776,606 2,847,945 2,812,066 2,803,938 2,786,172 2,723,321 2,637,645
 
2 Foreign countries 2,762,236 2,698,827 2,719,198 2,770,082 2,842,389 2,805,776 2,797,055 2,778,709 2,715,391 2,631,736
 
3 Europe 1,105,590 1,032,363 1,109,169 1,197,906 1,298,030 1,284,732 1,249,996 1,258,966 1,175,008 1,118,848
4 Austria 3,376 3,971 3,363 2,028 7,513 6,924 3,360 3,204 6,316 3,165
5 Belgium 7,831 6,791 14,309 10,403 9,120 9,165 8,614 8,934 9,994 10,992
6 Denmark 602 577 1,138 937 1,220 1,433 1,151 753 726 511
7 Finland 14,552 17,439 11,283 4,097 4,791 5,780 8,487 10,907 13,043 12,633
8 France 91,160 72,832 88,322 93,598 114,677 100,760 101,461 107,578 111,286 95,944
9 Germany 35,095 32,013 32,280 39,581 56,465 55,825 51,187 52,193 50,147 50,486
10 Greece 176 57 49 285 237 133 137 172 178 177
11 Ireland 72,795 28,490 34,862 27,925 28,098 28,100 33,269 32,518 30,941 30,559
12 Italy 5,965 4,836 2,647 2,628 2,947 3,416 4,269 3,104 3,583 3,372
13 Luxembourg 33,271 38,884 38,889 49,863 44,264 43,191 47,820 45,226 46,086 45,804
14 Netherlands 57,523 51,441 54,585 44,333 45,840 46,116 44,295 47,057 45,132 42,658
15 Norway 2,360 1,882 6,045 22,333 21,997 19,414 17,292 18,949 26,006 18,807
16 Portugal 544 257 264 261 280 269 268 268 265 270
17 Russia 1,124 649 160 235 561 172 187 249 187 213
18 Spain 4,173 4,292 5,858 3,875 5,151 5,231 5,553 5,240 5,227 4,383
19 Sweden 8,402 12,207 25,013 30,600 44,354 43,641 39,509 46,272 47,612 50,597
20 Switzerland 40,388 92,619 63,112 60,625 71,459 72,960 75,456 79,830 21,403 20,873
21 Turkey 5,874 6,045 3,427 3,171 3,605 3,577 3,336 3,837 3,267 3,274
22 United Kingdom 703,096 643,245 703,434 783,565 818,722 820,528 785,486 775,089 735,526 706,071
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 14,515 9,404 8,894 12,120 11,550 11,501 11,539 11,509 11,471 11,814
24 Other Europe 2,768 4,432 11,235 5,443 5,179 6,596 7,320 6,077 6,612 6,245
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,039,711 919,224 1,025,538 1,098,965 1,188,410 1,176,703 1,141,741 1,144,139 1,112,080 1,063,425
 
26 Canada 172,011 171,863 157,474 172,436 160,733 153,198 149,473 155,562 160,031 159,280
 
27 Latin America 201,459 201,134 183,534 164,930 168,477 166,084 175,062 172,390 168,872 164,202
28 Argentina 4,671 4,129 3,073 5,101 4,884 5,324 5,839 5,958 6,001 6,643
29 Brazil 100,434 91,818 82,077 66,959 70,082 68,928 72,384 70,780 69,313 64,756
30 Chile 18,215 17,945 18,717 18,886 17,094 16,012 17,140 17,969 18,590 18,121
31 Columbia 8,342 10,062 9,561 7,746 8,087 8,373 8,915 8,701 8,570 8,482
32 Ecuador 1,698 2,056 2,768 2,648 2,622 2,642 2,697 2,716 2,691 2,862
33 Guatemala 2,742 3,070 2,762 3,285 3,033 3,036 3,039 2,947 2,981 2,962
34 Mexico 41,193 44,422 38,939 36,189 37,274 36,481 39,396 38,701 36,552 36,144
35 Panama 7,001 8,479 8,616 7,422 7,522 7,603 8,307 7,761 7,913 8,076
36 Peru 7,389 8,602 7,615 6,959 7,955 7,907 7,411 6,997 6,688 6,644
37 Uruguay 2,626 2,656 2,073 2,665 2,725 2,696 2,667 2,686 2,438 2,431
38 Venezuala 2,431 2,625 2,404 2,339 2,459 2,310 2,526 2,406 2,409 2,376
39 Other Latin America 4,717 5,270 4,929 4,731 4,740 4,772 4,741 4,768 4,726 4,705
 
40 Caribbean 677,852 654,121 572,719 541,853 558,478 573,643 573,646 572,767 605,141 584,844
41 Bahamas 46,089 32,479 26,209 22,331 20,581 19,927 19,452 18,306 18,492 18,674
42 Bermuda 22,092 23,824 22,032 20,131 19,989 18,511 17,618 19,430 20,478 19,455
43 British Virgin Islands 22,843 22,917 28,642 16,493 20,333 20,008 17,618 17,392 16,314 17,480
44 Cayman Islands 568,396 553,913 475,715 464,685 480,961 498,553 505,221 503,917 537,121 515,468
45 Jamaica 421 307 424 307 318 286 316 314 276 326
46 Netherlands Antilles6 2,694 1,698 2,263 3,834 3,439 4,122 4,889 5,028 4,616 5,542
47 Trinidad and Tobago 1,011 724 725 560 554 625 575 559 457 443
48 Other Caribbean 14,306 18,259 16,709 13,512 12,303 11,611 7,957 7,821 7,387 7,456
 
49 Asia 544,509 579,878 611,788 606,382 575,196 543,406 568,468 551,410 540,126 538,609
  China  
50 Mainland 32,872 25,873 29,870 29,513 29,771 30,024 34,324 35,257 34,498 31,139
51 Hong Kong 50,793 44,946 40,685 48,410 48,705 55,438 75,227 69,963 62,489 62,910
52 India 19,002 21,479 19,179 21,385 21,595 21,698 19,998 18,418 16,310 15,447
53 Indonesia 3,955 2,624 2,519 2,740 2,548 2,557 2,608 2,757 2,677 2,839
54 Israel 2,149 2,824 2,643 2,701 2,805 2,608 2,552 2,515 2,475 2,756
55 Japan 341,256 393,080 416,725 391,800 358,120 317,586 315,279 309,918 304,974 310,698
56 Korea (South) 18,468 16,041 15,241 18,267 18,820 18,546 18,563 17,683 17,835 17,734
57 Philippines 932 865 1,080 1,093 916 825 826 547 671 637
58 Taiwan 12,436 15,603 14,001 11,605 12,064 13,119 16,605 13,040 15,415 16,655
59 Thailand 676 733 685 1,254 1,353 1,341 1,355 1,188 829 606
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 16,404 14,558 22,202 19,525 18,850 18,747 22,396 19,799 22,591 21,131
61 Other Asia 45,566 41,252 46,958 58,089 59,649 60,917 58,735 60,325 59,362 56,057
 
62 Africa 12,882 9,292 13,211 16,586 17,963 17,246 16,431 17,216 16,779 16,777
63 Egypt 633 1,904 5,653 4,571 4,783 4,660 4,489 4,413 3,607 3,740
64 Morocco 473 262 284 231 220 241 167 153 134 105
65 South Africa 651 704 581 1,242 2,163 1,598 1,359 2,281 1,162 1,138
66 Oil-exporting countries4 602 385 266 240 244 308 277 245 686 764
67 Other Africa 10,523 6,037 6,427 10,302 10,553 10,439 10,139 10,124 11,190 11,030
 
68 Other countries 47,933 50,176 71,303 69,989 63,512 67,467 63,979 50,398 49,434 49,176
69 Australia 44,044 45,674 67,098 65,338 58,695 62,729 59,317 45,761 44,638 44,268
70 New Zealand 1,128 860 741 1,812 2,085 1,958 1,925 1,991 2,067 2,168
71 All Other 2,761 3,642 3,464 2,839 2,732 2,780 2,737 2,646 2,729 2,740
 
72 International and regional organzations5 5,462 9,764 7,871 6,524 5,556 6,290 6,883 7,463 7,930 5,909
  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: August 31, 2018