Release Date: November 2021
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 2018 2019/r 2020 Mar 2021 Apr 2021 May 2021/r Jun 2021/r Jul 2021/r Aug 2021/r Sep 2021/p
1 Total, all foreigners 2,825,614 3,084,221 3,269,354 3,289,971 3,312,553 3,304,960 3,236,574 3,167,634 3,256,277 3,217,508
 
2 Foreign countries 2,821,131 3,080,446 3,266,837 3,287,439 3,309,713 3,301,641 3,233,674 3,164,544 3,253,242 3,214,074
 
3 Europe 1,252,274 1,190,559 1,325,024 1,373,953 1,387,903 1,390,717 1,293,720 1,281,649 1,328,426 1,326,424
4 Austria 4,109 3,230 2,416 5,575 7,853 7,721 1,960 1,824 3,257 1,890
5 Belgium 6,464 4,231 3,305 4,445 4,856 3,507 4,453 3,382 3,506 4,203
6 Denmark 351 1,021 1,435 1,683 2,180 2,191 1,825 1,951 1,896 2,428
7 Finland 24,037 19,185 13,869 18,623 18,645 18,099 16,335 13,757 13,693 12,875
8 France 128,434 141,068 131,379 133,546 161,497 167,012 139,198 157,856 154,912 138,701
9 Germany 48,140 33,580 33,347 49,892 54,299 57,252 47,015 44,298 47,058 50,988
10 Greece 98 28 118 119 116 120 118 115 120 116
11 Ireland 38,365 44,355 55,381 55,915 58,192 58,789 63,154 56,466 62,013 63,496
12 Italy 3,304 1,761 3,100 1,483 2,154 1,975 2,541 1,903 2,943 2,852
13 Luxembourg 90,232 60,151 57,493 57,484 57,185 56,969 56,212 56,543 57,605 59,875
14 Netherlands 25,110 24,995 25,747 25,203 24,949 24,582 25,339 25,479 26,384 25,402
15 Norway 22,065 21,133 10,079 21,410 19,278 13,975 14,362 15,629 10,545 13,002
16 Portugal 284 231 372 403 403 381 528 373 402 428
17 Russia 138 157 107 193 188 105 150 163 168 394
18 Spain 5,951 3,766 4,003 6,246 4,322 5,055 4,966 5,255 5,114 5,213
19 Sweden 41,549 48,627 34,783 46,777 44,590 38,629 40,929 32,580 31,366 30,488
20 Switzerland 19,903 21,317 25,840 22,086 20,015 30,655 19,485 20,448 26,028 21,745
21 Turkey 2,011 1,163 971 1,113 1,203 1,171 1,129 1,071 1,179 1,362
22 United Kingdom 770,442 735,235 899,959 900,440 887,938 881,697 832,023 819,557 854,727 865,302
23 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 14,561 18,605 15,473 12,811 13,141 12,701 16,308 17,034 17,791 18,027
24 Other Europe 6,726 6,720 5,847 8,506 4,899 8,131 5,690 5,965 7,719 7,637
 
  Memo  
25 European Union2 1,193,179 1,127,701 356,520 402,546 432,488 436,983 393,452 388,955 399,127 387,857
 
26 Canada 176,220 233,118 274,342 281,632 294,617 279,433 296,897 288,377 274,758 271,533
 
27 Latin America 166,118 166,390 149,610 145,100 148,354 146,272 144,731 145,717 149,709 151,691
28 Argentina 5,836 5,437 3,373 3,582 3,708 3,861 3,888 4,137 4,069 3,913
29 Brazil 59,772 63,465 59,428 54,977 56,960 54,063 54,893 54,110 54,313 56,239
30 Chile 20,124 20,381 14,007 14,335 14,583 14,310 13,008 14,236 14,551 15,515
31 Columbia 8,663 8,418 6,801 6,876 6,273 6,453 6,444 6,285 8,453 8,493
32 Ecuador 2,736 2,329 1,559 1,467 1,521 1,459 1,504 1,583 1,584 1,744
33 Guatemala 2,708 2,718 2,335 1,989 2,003 2,006 1,892 2,102 2,096 2,000
34 Mexico 40,731 41,295 39,651 40,020 41,484 41,530 41,178 41,301 41,751 41,242
35 Panama 9,064 7,335 7,094 6,810 6,755 6,778 6,672 6,533 6,915 6,600
36 Peru 7,296 6,447 6,298 5,783 5,709 6,460 6,417 6,803 7,230 7,141
37 Uruguay 2,448 2,614 3,008 3,291 3,401 3,441 3,496 3,376 3,438 3,395
38 Venezuala 1,913 1,767 1,901 1,870 1,883 1,866 1,431 1,418 1,495 1,475
39 Other Latin America 4,827 4,184 4,155 4,100 4,074 4,045 3,908 3,833 3,814 3,934
 
40 Caribbean 628,141 831,023 803,245 805,180 793,619 770,602 807,011 745,754 799,882 764,087
41 Bahamas 20,897 37,662 17,164 12,512 13,008 13,347 13,222 12,480 13,079 12,774
42 Bermuda 21,625 27,853 22,680 22,108 23,505 22,918 22,534 23,509 23,192 23,577
43 British Virgin Islands 20,313 18,055 18,317 17,080 20,511 22,357 22,900 21,466 20,612 23,661
44 Cayman Islands 551,408 731,536 735,323 745,473 728,734 702,750 739,225 679,626 733,885 694,585
45 Jamaica 360 445 362 422 418 417 463 494 418 395
46 Netherlands Antilles6 5,383 7,984 794 508 637 548 611 598 450 536
47 Trinidad and Tobago 257 298 297 341 365 273 254 254 268 235
48 Other Caribbean 7,898 7,190 8,308 6,736 6,441 7,992 7,802 7,327 7,978 8,324
 
49 Asia 536,332 601,015 665,770 621,374 629,592 656,276 632,703 643,129 639,907 637,690
  China  
50 Mainland 29,421 30,695 23,714 32,000 30,715 30,613 29,338 27,517 25,920 32,101
51 Hong Kong 61,237 61,711 46,244 45,691 43,538 39,303 44,049 41,868 52,101 49,329
52 India 15,584 15,431 11,786 12,113 11,412 11,421 11,622 11,735 12,351 12,220
53 Indonesia 3,221 3,396 2,949 2,883 2,670 2,524 2,724 2,403 2,328 2,442
54 Israel 2,684 2,617 2,761 2,717 2,903 2,687 2,701 2,766 3,055 2,998
55 Japan 314,811 378,760 448,722 391,403 402,605 427,593 404,200 415,833 402,345 398,887
56 Korea (South) 17,422 15,489 18,608 20,906 23,429 23,820 21,993 19,794 22,921 21,692
57 Philippines 1,057 1,145 1,018 528 484 446 443 448 412 389
58 Taiwan 13,524 6,417 10,007 12,686 12,794 13,757 12,539 11,782 11,027 12,292
59 Thailand 762 1,583 1,122 730 737 842 1,219 1,127 922 864
60 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries3 19,779 21,217 23,890 27,049 29,107 29,366 30,185 33,019 29,503 29,086
61 Other Asia 56,830 62,554 74,949 72,668 69,198 73,904 71,690 74,837 77,022 75,390
 
62 Africa 16,438 11,248 11,761 10,615 10,166 10,981 10,661 10,569 11,713 12,023
63 Egypt 2,970 1,012 223 225 189 185 584 219 246 187
64 Morocco 96 151 8 12 5 9 19 25 23 24
65 South Africa 1,801 1,033 1,419 1,027 1,027 1,040 1,085 1,094 1,010 989
66 Oil-exporting countries4 935 542 631 607 622 612 622 618 810 840
67 Other Africa 10,636 8,510 9,480 8,744 8,323 9,135 8,351 8,613 9,624 9,983
 
68 Other countries 45,608 47,093 37,085 49,585 45,462 47,360 47,951 49,349 48,847 50,626
69 Australia 41,085 42,830 33,482 45,772 42,072 44,104 44,711 46,435 45,514 47,339
70 New Zealand 1,969 1,268 506 732 595 562 681 402 733 471
71 All Other 2,554 2,995 3,097 3,081 2,795 2,694 2,559 2,512 2,600 2,816
 
72 International and regional organizations5 4,483 3,775 2,517 2,532 2,840 3,319 2,900 3,090 3,035 3,434
  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 includes the United Kingdom through January 2020. 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: November 26, 2021