Release Date: August 2017
Liabilities to, and Claims on, Foreigners Reported by Financial Firms in the United States (Table 3.16) 1
Payable in Foreign Currencies
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2013 2014 2015 Jun 2016 Sep 2016 Dec 2016 Mar 2017/p
1 Financial firms` own liabilities 301,088 279,684 191,649 200,592 201,689 186,013 192,292
2 Deposits 122,538 123,843 113,071 119,849 118,371 109,180 109,407
3 Other liabilities 178,550 155,841 78,578 80,743 83,318 76,833 82,885
 
4 Financial firms` own claims 415,475 430,375 357,959 377,958 389,925 378,858 372,544
5 Deposits 154,996 173,383 155,833 154,597 155,440 140,278 136,826
6 Other claims 260,479 256,992 202,126 223,361 234,485 238,580 235,718
 
7 Claims of financial firms` domestic customers2 75,608 67,829 75,167 79,087 107,598 111,421 108,415
8 Deposits 21,970 18,690 18,593 20,794 20,634 17,822 18,252
9 Other claims 53,638 49,139 56,574 58,293 86,964 93,599 90,163
  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. Data on claims exclude uninvested foreign currencies held by U.S. monetary authorities.   Return to table
  2. 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.   Return to table
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Last Update: August 25, 2017