Release Date: December 2018
Financial Firms' Own and Domestic Customers' Claims on Foreigners Reported by Financial Firms in the United States (Table 3.19) 1
Payable in U.S. Dollars
Millions of dollars, end of period
Type of Claim 2015 2016 2017 Apr 2018 May 2018 Jun 2018 Jul 2018 Aug 2018/r Sep 2018/r Oct 2018/p
1 Total claims reported by financial firms 3,183,253 3,125,719 3,298,895 n.a. n.a. 3,167,317 n.a. n.a. 3,201,442 n.a.
 
2 Financial firms' own claims on foreigners 2,708,591 2,727,069 2,779,837 2,786,706 2,723,863 2,638,188 2,584,879 2,622,954 2,626,015 2,662,984
3 Foreign official institutions 42,678 64,389 51,159 62,280 63,070 57,546 57,443 54,451 49,944 53,892
4 Foreign banks2 1,563,880 1,462,729 1,490,920 1,443,640 1,362,053 1,295,512 1,256,017 1,272,741 1,297,166 1,299,804
5 Other foreigners3 1,102,033 1,199,951 1,237,758 1,280,786 1,298,740 1,285,130 1,271,419 1,295,762 1,278,905 1,309,288
 
6 Claims of financial firms’ domestic customers4 474,662 398,650 519,058 n.a. n.a. 529,129 n.a. n.a. 575,427 n.a.
7 Non-negotiable deposits 141,817 125,430 127,007 n.a. n.a. 70,942 n.a. n.a. 76,143 n.a.
8 Negotiable CDs 51,843 59,791 102,795 n.a. n.a. 121,617 n.a. n.a. 129,895 n.a.
9 Other short-term negotiable instruments5 253,740 182,066 259,964 n.a. n.a. 308,892 n.a. n.a. 338,916 n.a.
10 Other claims 27,262 31,363 29,292 n.a. n.a. 27,678 n.a. n.a. 30,473 n.a.
 
  Memo  
11 Non-negotiable deposits 675,366 566,098 533,069 517,247 499,146 482,532 469,272 473,494 507,818 459,505
12 Negotiable CDs 846 1,290 747 941 1,424 1,099 609 864 788 824
13 Other short-term negotiable instruments 4,513 5,511 8,054 9,244 8,239 7,345 8,123 7,722 7,529 7,726
14 Other claims 2,027,866 2,154,170 2,237,967 2,259,274 2,215,054 2,147,212 2,106,875 2,140,874 2,109,880 2,194,929
15 Own foreign offices6 1,415,652 1,403,770 1,495,717 1,490,385 1,401,270 1,343,660 1,294,329 1,296,186 1,335,073 1,346,340
 
16 Loans collateralized by repurchase agreements 820,215 931,914 895,713 875,634 899,768 854,881 853,515 903,714 847,708 921,638
  1. For financial firms’ claims, data are monthly; for claims of financial firms’ domestic customers, data are for the quarter ending with the month indicated. Prior to December 2013, reporting firms include all types of depository institutions as well as bank holding companies and brokers and dealers. Effective December 2013, data include, in addition, all other nonbank financial firms.   Return to table
  2. Includes positions with affiliated banking offices also included in memo line (15) above.   Return to table
  3. Includes positions with affiliated non-banking offices also included in memo line (15) above.   Return to table
  4. Claims on foreigners reported by firms located in the United States, in which the assets are held by the firm for the accounts of domestic customers. Includes balances in off-shore sweep accounts.   Return to table
  5. Primarily bankers acceptances and commercial paper.   Return to table
  6. For U.S. banks, includes amounts owed to own foreign branches and foreign subsidiaries consolidated in the quarterly Consolidated Reports of Condition filed with regulatory agencies. For all other U.S. financial firms, includes amounts owed to affiliated foreign offices. For agencies, branches, and majority-owned subsidiaries of foreign financial firms, consists principally of amounts owed to the head office or parent foreign office, and to foreign branches, agencies, or wholly owned subsidiaries of the head office or parent foreign financial firm.   Return to table
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