Release Date: April 2020
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 2016 2017 2018 Aug 2019/r Sep 2019/r Oct 2019/r Nov 2019/r Dec 2019/r Jan 2020/r Feb 2020/p
1 Total claims reported by financial firms 3,125,719 3,298,002 3,384,894 n.a. 3,659,257 n.a. n.a. 3,637,988 n.a. n.a.
 
2 Financial firms' own claims on foreigners 2,727,069 2,778,944 2,825,614 3,001,503 3,048,605 3,066,621 3,106,058 3,024,357 3,074,326 3,113,266
3 Foreign official institutions 64,389 51,159 47,476 53,138 50,494 45,059 44,232 43,593 50,306 54,987
4 Foreign banks2 1,462,729 1,490,850 1,279,899 1,316,182 1,332,952 1,395,847 1,431,877 1,394,661 1,422,124 1,405,058
5 Other foreigners3 1,199,951 1,236,935 1,498,239 1,632,183 1,665,159 1,625,715 1,629,949 1,586,103 1,601,896 1,653,221
 
6 Claims of financial firms’ domestic customers4 398,650 519,058 559,280 n.a. 610,652 n.a. n.a. 613,631 n.a. n.a.
7 Non-negotiable deposits 125,430 127,007 74,136 n.a. 77,065 n.a. n.a. 76,056 n.a. n.a.
8 Negotiable CDs 59,791 102,795 123,287 n.a. 173,209 n.a. n.a. 202,213 n.a. n.a.
9 Other short-term negotiable instruments5 182,066 259,964 329,469 n.a. 329,794 n.a. n.a. 322,113 n.a. n.a.
10 Other claims 31,363 29,292 32,388 n.a. 30,584 n.a. n.a. 13,249 n.a. n.a.
 
  Memo  
11 Non-negotiable deposits 566,098 533,379 455,271 429,437 488,826 516,768 526,026 507,572 525,796 515,452
12 Negotiable CDs 1,290 747 498 18 29 75 42 2 51 0
13 Other short-term negotiable instruments 5,511 8,054 5,127 8,778 6,582 8,916 8,538 5,553 8,319 8,915
14 Other claims 2,154,170 2,236,764 2,364,718 2,563,270 2,553,168 2,540,862 2,571,452 2,511,230 2,540,160 2,588,899
15 Own foreign offices6 1,403,770 1,505,060 1,382,431 1,484,742 1,509,492 1,557,720 1,611,311 1,547,872 1,587,092 1,563,403
 
16 Loans collateralized by repurchase agreements 931,914 895,713 1,028,433 1,172,275 1,195,941 1,218,371 1,212,489 1,129,424 1,117,793 1,167,373
  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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Last Update: April 24, 2020