Release Date: October 2019
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 2015 2016 2017 Sep 2018 Dec 2018 Mar 2019 Jun 2019/p
1 Financial firms` own liabilities 191,649 191,772 215,102 250,631 284,987 295,222 322,397
2 Deposits 113,071 114,938 104,720 107,127 143,817 144,982 165,737
3 Other liabilities 78,578 76,834 110,382 143,504 141,170 150,240 156,660
 
4 Financial firms` own claims 357,959 384,560 388,431 436,014 474,733 506,543 507,131
5 Deposits 155,833 145,437 128,940 134,813 145,313 149,500 168,329
6 Other claims 202,126 239,123 259,491 301,201 329,420 357,043 338,802
 
7 Claims of financial firms` domestic customers2 68,215 98,621 136,652 115,778 116,650 88,701 99,207
8 Deposits 18,593 17,822 23,988 27,438 27,511 25,057 27,593
9 Other claims 49,622 80,799 112,664 88,340 89,139 63,644 71,614
  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: October 25, 2019