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

Release Date: March 2019
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 Jul 2018 Aug 2018 Sep 2018 Oct 2018 Nov 2018/r Dec 2018/r Jan 2019/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,708,591 2,727,069 2,778,944 2,584,064 2,622,140 2,625,159 2,662,624 2,736,681 2,709,284 2,862,652
 
2 Foreign countries 2,698,827 2,719,198 2,773,313 2,577,354 2,615,960 2,620,346 2,655,885 2,730,450 2,704,800 2,856,484
 
3 Europe 1,032,363 1,124,452 1,217,691 1,088,087 1,102,744 1,110,036 1,142,686 1,190,037 1,186,945 1,261,706
4 Austria 3,971 3,363 2,053 6,353 8,262 4,075 6,003 7,847 4,109 8,478
5 Belgium 6,791 14,309 10,405 8,747 8,561 7,920 9,415 10,379 6,464 9,780
6 Denmark 577 1,138 941 508 520 606 536 600 351 456
7 Finland 17,439 11,283 4,097 12,428 15,283 20,782 20,929 23,255 24,037 23,863
8 France 72,832 88,322 93,614 97,369 112,948 98,476 135,217 142,697 129,227 140,019
9 Germany 32,013 32,280 39,588 51,801 49,297 53,812 57,556 60,287 48,139 64,260
10 Greece 57 49 194 184 188 176 180 83 97 101
11 Ireland 28,490 34,862 27,928 29,889 31,097 34,109 36,343 39,302 37,712 46,331
12 Italy 4,836 2,647 2,648 4,125 3,937 3,443 3,480 3,300 3,304 3,860
13 Luxembourg 38,884 38,889 49,868 43,464 47,072 59,174 61,178 61,565 89,775 91,388
14 Netherlands 51,441 54,585 44,358 43,088 41,676 41,565 39,747 38,877 38,200 38,653
15 Norway 1,882 6,045 22,333 23,164 22,586 29,637 22,830 25,118 22,065 27,622
16 Portugal 257 264 262 329 331 259 264 261 280 285
17 Russia 649 160 238 182 188 163 127 623 138 220
18 Spain 4,292 5,858 3,881 3,663 5,289 5,560 4,002 4,575 5,873 6,910
19 Sweden 12,207 25,013 30,602 50,076 46,121 40,509 43,937 43,678 41,549 51,846
20 Switzerland 92,619 63,112 60,655 21,479 21,075 21,504 22,283 22,007 19,804 22,524
21 Turkey 6,045 3,427 3,174 3,214 2,992 2,505 2,494 2,249 2,009 1,934
22 United Kingdom 643,245 718,717 803,183 669,999 665,914 666,482 656,009 683,635 696,054 703,983
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 9,404 8,894 12,262 11,822 12,271 12,398 12,980 12,622 11,035 14,234
24 Other Europe 4,432 11,235 5,407 6,203 7,136 6,881 7,176 7,077 6,723 4,959
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 919,224 1,040,821 1,118,613 1,027,784 1,043,206 1,043,040 1,080,870 1,126,960 1,131,477 1,194,435
 
26 Canada 171,863 157,474 172,257 158,024 161,206 154,621 148,038 162,269 176,479 158,237
 
27 Latin America 201,134 183,534 165,110 157,771 157,840 160,770 164,567 165,333 163,533 165,481
28 Argentina 4,129 3,073 5,103 6,307 6,440 6,746 6,911 6,783 5,837 5,968
29 Brazil 91,818 82,077 66,963 57,204 57,809 58,417 60,733 61,565 59,423 60,945
30 Chile 17,945 18,717 18,891 18,470 17,931 18,322 19,313 19,006 19,766 19,101
31 Columbia 10,062 9,561 7,752 8,225 8,187 8,401 8,617 8,718 8,630 8,309
32 Ecuador 2,056 2,768 2,652 2,791 2,778 2,658 2,648 2,762 2,736 2,584
33 Guatemala 3,070 2,762 3,286 2,917 2,941 2,809 2,769 2,867 2,708 2,497
34 Mexico 44,422 38,939 36,196 37,964 38,046 39,188 38,318 38,015 39,149 40,685
35 Panama 8,479 8,616 7,560 7,845 7,975 8,623 8,796 9,098 8,891 8,662
36 Peru 8,602 7,615 6,962 6,678 6,441 6,203 7,130 7,267 7,282 7,547
37 Uruguay 2,656 2,073 2,667 2,359 2,389 2,374 2,424 2,390 2,409 2,439
38 Venezuala 2,625 2,404 2,343 2,397 2,365 2,363 2,299 2,190 1,886 1,880
39 Other Latin America 5,270 4,929 4,735 4,614 4,538 4,666 4,609 4,672 4,816 4,864
 
40 Caribbean 654,121 572,719 544,428 599,389 624,237 596,678 612,100 629,814 582,669 691,838
41 Bahamas 32,479 26,209 22,331 18,101 19,185 18,397 20,187 19,414 18,872 21,652
42 Bermuda 23,824 22,032 20,846 21,259 20,940 19,261 21,832 23,168 20,333 22,803
43 British Virgin Islands 22,917 28,642 16,585 17,188 17,425 15,712 16,066 15,151 17,540 16,913
44 Cayman Islands 553,913 475,715 466,440 530,000 553,561 529,752 540,233 557,558 512,069 616,925
45 Jamaica 307 424 313 299 367 327 321 370 360 408
46 Netherlands Antilles6 1,698 2,263 3,846 4,507 4,245 4,853 4,948 5,481 5,357 4,627
47 Trinidad and Tobago 724 725 561 442 398 330 269 236 257 253
48 Other Caribbean 18,259 16,709 13,506 7,593 8,116 8,046 8,244 8,436 7,881 8,257
 
49 Asia 579,878 611,788 606,364 509,087 505,671 534,783 526,092 521,584 533,155 521,456
  China  
50 Mainland 25,873 29,870 29,574 29,581 31,364 31,912 30,120 28,526 29,415 28,401
51 Hong Kong 44,946 40,685 48,335 60,678 59,525 60,327 57,662 57,415 61,188 54,877
52 India 21,479 19,179 21,476 14,507 14,387 15,065 14,985 14,965 15,591 15,174
53 Indonesia 2,624 2,519 2,742 2,841 2,803 2,820 2,785 2,771 3,221 3,096
54 Israel 2,824 2,643 2,595 2,685 2,722 2,811 2,901 2,653 2,679 2,740
55 Japan 393,080 416,725 391,805 292,290 289,130 316,860 310,347 309,755 311,719 305,393
56 Korea (South) 16,041 15,241 18,224 18,193 17,142 18,107 18,340 16,352 17,422 18,495
57 Philippines 865 1,080 1,101 609 621 545 774 800 1,057 1,112
58 Taiwan 15,603 14,001 11,608 12,461 10,393 10,992 10,701 12,025 13,524 9,885
59 Thailand 733 685 1,262 678 744 982 647 977 762 1,178
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 14,558 22,202 19,518 20,451 20,258 19,353 20,428 19,316 19,818 21,143
61 Other Asia 41,252 46,958 58,124 54,113 56,582 55,009 56,402 56,029 56,759 59,962
 
62 Africa 9,292 13,211 16,904 17,756 16,290 16,293 15,703 16,176 16,409 14,204
63 Egypt 1,904 5,653 4,577 3,341 3,279 3,209 3,350 3,371 2,970 2,285
64 Morocco 262 284 231 158 103 73 93 95 96 94
65 South Africa 704 581 1,251 1,287 883 1,042 966 994 1,801 1,074
66 Oil-exporting countries4 385 266 245 756 797 939 901 881 935 886
67 Other Africa 6,037 6,427 10,600 12,214 11,228 11,030 10,393 10,835 10,607 9,865
 
68 Other countries 50,176 56,020 50,559 47,240 47,972 47,165 46,699 45,237 45,610 43,562
69 Australia 45,674 51,815 45,742 42,645 43,531 42,547 42,196 40,850 41,089 38,924
70 New Zealand 860 741 1,814 1,856 1,803 2,002 1,898 1,805 1,967 1,970
71 All Other 3,642 3,464 3,003 2,739 2,638 2,616 2,605 2,582 2,554 2,668
 
72 International and regional organzations5 9,764 7,871 5,631 6,710 6,180 4,813 6,739 6,231 4,484 6,168
  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: March 29, 2019