Release Date: October 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 2015 2016 2017/r Feb 2018/r Mar 2018/r Apr 2018/r May 2018/r Jun 2018/r Jul 2018/r Aug 2018/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,708,591 2,727,069 2,779,837 2,812,595 2,804,474 2,786,706 2,723,863 2,638,188 2,584,877 2,622,948
 
2 Foreign countries 2,698,827 2,719,198 2,773,313 2,806,305 2,797,591 2,779,243 2,715,933 2,632,279 2,577,353 2,615,954
 
3 Europe 1,032,363 1,109,169 1,217,691 1,297,942 1,262,178 1,259,121 1,175,165 1,119,003 1,088,088 1,102,744
4 Austria 3,971 3,363 2,053 6,949 3,386 3,229 6,341 3,190 6,353 8,262
5 Belgium 6,791 14,309 10,405 9,167 8,616 8,936 9,996 10,994 8,747 8,561
6 Denmark 577 1,138 941 1,436 1,155 757 730 515 508 520
7 Finland 17,439 11,283 4,097 5,780 8,487 10,907 13,043 12,633 12,428 15,283
8 France 72,832 88,322 93,614 100,773 101,473 107,590 111,299 95,956 97,369 112,948
9 Germany 32,013 32,280 39,588 55,829 51,191 52,197 50,151 50,490 51,801 49,297
10 Greece 57 49 194 134 138 173 179 178 184 188
11 Ireland 28,490 34,862 27,928 28,101 33,270 32,519 30,942 30,560 29,889 31,097
12 Italy 4,836 2,647 2,648 3,432 4,286 3,120 3,600 3,388 4,125 3,937
13 Luxembourg 38,884 38,889 49,868 43,191 47,820 45,226 46,086 45,804 43,464 47,072
14 Netherlands 51,441 54,585 44,358 46,124 44,304 47,066 45,140 42,666 43,088 41,676
15 Norway 1,882 6,045 22,333 19,414 17,292 18,949 26,006 18,807 23,164 22,586
16 Portugal 257 264 262 270 269 269 266 271 329 331
17 Russia 649 160 238 173 188 250 188 214 182 188
18 Spain 4,292 5,858 3,881 5,235 5,557 5,244 5,231 4,387 3,663 5,289
19 Sweden 12,207 25,013 30,602 43,642 39,510 46,273 47,613 50,598 50,076 46,121
20 Switzerland 92,619 63,112 60,655 73,014 75,510 79,884 21,458 20,928 21,479 21,075
21 Turkey 6,045 3,427 3,174 3,580 3,339 3,840 3,270 3,277 3,214 2,992
22 United Kingdom 643,245 703,434 803,183 833,594 797,521 775,099 735,536 706,081 670,000 665,914
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 9,404 8,894 12,262 11,501 11,539 11,509 11,471 11,814 11,822 12,271
24 Other Europe 4,432 11,235 5,407 6,603 7,327 6,084 6,619 6,252 6,203 7,136
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 919,224 1,025,538 1,118,613 1,189,852 1,153,862 1,144,233 1,112,175 1,063,518 1,027,785 1,043,206
 
26 Canada 171,863 157,474 172,257 153,207 149,482 155,572 160,041 159,290 158,024 161,206
 
27 Latin America 201,134 183,534 165,110 166,115 175,094 172,422 168,904 164,233 157,771 157,840
28 Argentina 4,129 3,073 5,103 5,326 5,842 5,960 6,003 6,645 6,307 6,440
29 Brazil 91,818 82,077 66,963 68,931 72,387 70,783 69,316 64,759 57,204 57,809
30 Chile 17,945 18,717 18,891 16,016 17,144 17,973 18,594 18,125 18,470 17,931
31 Columbia 10,062 9,561 7,752 8,377 8,919 8,705 8,574 8,486 8,225 8,187
32 Ecuador 2,056 2,768 2,652 2,645 2,700 2,719 2,694 2,865 2,791 2,778
33 Guatemala 3,070 2,762 3,286 3,037 3,040 2,948 2,982 2,963 2,917 2,941
34 Mexico 44,422 38,939 36,196 36,483 39,398 38,703 36,554 36,146 37,964 38,046
35 Panama 8,479 8,616 7,560 7,609 8,313 7,768 7,920 8,083 7,845 7,975
36 Peru 8,602 7,615 6,962 7,909 7,413 6,999 6,690 6,646 6,678 6,441
37 Uruguay 2,656 2,073 2,667 2,697 2,668 2,687 2,439 2,432 2,359 2,389
38 Venezuala 2,625 2,404 2,343 2,311 2,527 2,407 2,410 2,376 2,397 2,365
39 Other Latin America 5,270 4,929 4,735 4,774 4,743 4,770 4,728 4,707 4,614 4,538
 
40 Caribbean 654,121 572,719 544,428 573,652 573,655 572,778 605,153 584,855 599,387 624,231
41 Bahamas 32,479 26,209 22,331 19,927 19,452 18,306 18,492 18,674 18,101 19,185
42 Bermuda 23,824 22,032 20,846 18,511 17,618 19,430 20,478 19,455 21,259 20,940
43 British Virgin Islands 22,917 28,642 16,585 20,008 17,618 17,392 16,314 17,480 17,188 17,425
44 Cayman Islands 553,913 475,715 466,440 498,553 505,221 503,917 537,123 515,468 529,998 553,555
45 Jamaica 307 424 313 291 321 319 281 331 299 367
46 Netherlands Antilles6 1,698 2,263 3,846 4,122 4,889 5,028 4,616 5,542 4,507 4,245
47 Trinidad and Tobago 724 725 561 626 576 560 458 444 442 398
48 Other Caribbean 18,259 16,709 13,506 11,614 7,960 7,826 7,391 7,461 7,593 8,116
 
49 Asia 579,878 611,788 606,364 543,475 568,537 551,478 540,196 538,681 509,087 505,671
  China  
50 Mainland 25,873 29,870 29,574 30,024 34,324 35,257 34,499 31,140 29,581 31,364
51 Hong Kong 44,946 40,685 48,335 55,440 75,229 69,965 62,491 62,912 60,678 59,525
52 India 21,479 19,179 21,476 21,702 20,002 18,422 16,314 15,452 14,507 14,387
53 Indonesia 2,624 2,519 2,742 2,558 2,610 2,759 2,679 2,840 2,841 2,803
54 Israel 2,824 2,643 2,595 2,612 2,556 2,519 2,479 2,760 2,685 2,722
55 Japan 393,080 416,725 391,805 317,590 315,282 309,921 304,977 310,701 292,290 289,130
56 Korea (South) 16,041 15,241 18,224 18,546 18,563 17,683 17,835 17,734 18,193 17,142
57 Philippines 865 1,080 1,101 830 831 552 676 642 609 621
58 Taiwan 15,603 14,001 11,608 13,119 16,605 13,040 15,415 16,655 12,461 10,393
59 Thailand 733 685 1,262 1,349 1,363 1,196 837 614 678 744
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 14,558 22,202 19,518 18,754 22,403 19,806 22,599 21,139 20,451 20,258
61 Other Asia 41,252 46,958 58,124 60,951 58,769 60,358 59,395 56,092 54,113 56,582
 
62 Africa 9,292 13,211 16,904 17,499 16,687 17,470 17,036 17,037 17,756 16,290
63 Egypt 1,904 5,653 4,577 4,664 4,493 4,417 3,611 3,744 3,341 3,279
64 Morocco 262 284 231 242 168 154 135 106 158 103
65 South Africa 704 581 1,251 1,607 1,368 2,290 1,171 1,147 1,287 883
66 Oil-exporting countries4 385 266 245 314 283 251 692 770 756 797
67 Other Africa 6,037 6,427 10,600 10,672 10,375 10,358 11,427 11,270 12,214 11,228
 
68 Other countries 50,176 71,303 50,559 54,415 51,958 50,402 49,438 49,180 47,240 47,972
69 Australia 45,674 67,098 45,742 49,676 47,295 45,764 44,641 44,271 42,645 43,531
70 New Zealand 860 741 1,814 1,959 1,926 1,992 2,068 2,169 1,856 1,803
71 All Other 3,642 3,464 3,003 2,780 2,737 2,646 2,729 2,740 2,739 2,638
 
72 International and regional organzations5 9,764 7,871 6,524 6,290 6,883 7,463 7,930 5,909 7,524 6,994
  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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