Release Date: January 2018
Liabilities to Foreigners Reported by Financial Firms in the United States (Table 3.17) 1
Payable in U.S. Dollars
Millions of dollars, end of period
Item 2014 2015 2016/r May 2017/r Jun 2017/r Jul 2017/r Aug 2017/r Sep 2017/r Oct 2017/r Nov 2017/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,847,339 4,734,074 4,643,956 4,854,016 4,865,825 4,950,027 5,005,006 4,882,002 5,037,109 5,013,614
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,804,396 3,605,986 3,499,528 3,653,362 3,667,822 3,744,483 3,834,368 3,701,230 3,808,727 3,780,668
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 2,008,710 1,925,770 1,800,085 1,917,926 1,919,630 1,985,277 2,028,670 1,931,970 2,011,846 1,993,410
4 Other 1,795,686 1,680,216 1,699,443 1,735,436 1,748,192 1,759,206 1,805,698 1,769,260 1,796,881 1,787,258
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 908,879 904,964 997,030 994,134 1,027,266 1,004,430 1,027,647 995,922 1,035,693 1,040,339
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,042,943 1,128,088 1,144,428 1,200,654 1,198,003 1,205,544 1,170,638 1,180,772 1,228,382 1,232,946
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 671,641 724,731 672,378 704,182 698,752 701,837 694,684 703,168 736,156 737,508
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 238,897 226,594 271,299 282,255 277,428 285,687 260,135 251,710 271,362 265,845
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 102,180 95,644 123,132 137,534 138,959 136,996 129,241 125,010 125,403 121,413
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 41,825 41,548 23,334 17,729 16,827 17,490 16,741 14,870 15,899 17,288
11 Other 132,405 176,763 200,751 214,217 221,823 218,020 215,819 225,894 220,864 229,593
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 35,833 47,712 45,357 48,193 49,220 49,648 48,622 48,047 48,996 50,671
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 24,664 38,105 28,870 30,593 32,488 31,087 30,548 32,927 30,972 31,320
14 Deposits2 20,205 20,163 21,543 24,406 21,134 26,553 26,034 26,825 25,520 25,929
15 Other 4,459 17,942 7,327 6,187 11,354 4,534 4,514 6,102 5,452 5,391
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 11,169 9,607 16,487 17,600 16,732 18,561 18,074 15,120 18,024 19,351
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 5,298 5,926 10,442 8,620 8,340 9,331 10,199 8,000 8,705 8,840
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 5,871 3,681 6,045 8,980 8,392 9,230 7,875 7,120 9,319 10,511
 
19 Official institutions7 628,380 724,868 731,045 749,135 756,605 765,383 765,383 745,866 765,984 754,796
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 253,880 351,636 395,042 380,268 387,670 393,842 402,380 380,065 392,892 374,315
21 Deposits2 92,298 85,884 98,508 101,808 104,224 102,422 106,075 99,563 107,153 97,280
22 Other 161,582 265,752 296,534 278,460 283,446 291,420 296,305 280,502 285,739 277,035
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 374,500 373,232 336,003 368,867 368,935 371,541 363,003 365,801 373,092 380,481
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 335,308 336,669 298,373 329,310 330,460 330,559 324,089 325,181 332,161 339,572
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 39,192 36,563 37,630 39,557 38,475 40,982 38,914 40,620 40,931 40,909
 
26 Banks8 2,472,982 2,278,480 2,014,373 2,115,145 2,137,924 2,214,723 2,272,174 2,170,861 2,241,251 2,257,528
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 2,303,351 2,069,269 1,809,809 1,914,281 1,941,213 2,011,063 2,064,871 1,963,056 2,026,454 2,042,624
28 Deposits2 1,245,950 1,153,615 979,136 1,049,041 1,053,934 1,091,840 1,129,281 1,051,725 1,101,583 1,105,723
29 Other 1,057,401 915,654 830,673 865,240 887,279 919,223 935,590 911,331 924,871 936,901
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 169,631 209,211 204,564 200,864 196,711 203,660 207,303 207,805 214,797 214,904
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 105,962 125,964 107,597 100,847 98,704 105,972 108,278 108,169 117,859 115,879
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 20,819 24,756 23,878 25,691 23,970 24,936 25,209 24,853 25,517 26,378
33 Other 42,850 58,491 73,089 74,326 74,037 72,752 73,816 74,783 71,421 72,647
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,710,144 1,683,014 1,853,181 1,941,543 1,922,076 1,920,273 1,918,827 1,917,228 1,980,878 1,950,619
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,222,501 1,146,976 1,265,807 1,328,220 1,306,451 1,308,491 1,336,569 1,325,182 1,358,409 1,332,409
36 Deposits2 650,257 666,108 700,898 742,671 740,338 764,462 767,280 753,857 777,590 764,478
37 Other 572,244 480,868 564,909 585,549 566,113 544,029 569,289 571,325 580,819 567,931
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 487,643 536,038 587,374 613,323 615,625 611,782 582,258 592,046 622,469 618,210
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 225,073 256,172 255,966 265,405 261,248 255,975 252,118 261,818 277,431 273,217
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 173,015 161,620 203,865 208,195 206,718 210,687 188,283 179,273 195,735 188,190
41 Other 89,555 118,246 127,543 139,723 147,659 145,120 141,857 150,955 149,303 156,803
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,998,044 1,739,369 1,541,689 1,638,916 1,643,252 1,720,752 1,790,490 1,679,610 1,731,180 1,738,471
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,847,339 4,734,074 4,643,956 4,854,016 4,865,825 4,950,027 5,005,006 4,882,002 5,037,109 5,013,614
 
44 Foreign countries 4,811,506 4,686,362 4,598,599 4,805,823 4,816,605 4,900,379 4,956,384 4,833,955 4,988,113 4,962,943
 
45 Europe 1,991,001 1,790,962 1,774,438 1,869,515 1,881,553 1,875,751 1,922,019 1,845,768 1,943,578 1,960,625
46 Austria 5,376 3,541 3,952 4,709 4,656 4,025 4,860 2,818 2,379 2,775
47 Belgium 33,218 30,866 34,712 32,673 28,526 26,721 25,116 25,035 35,238 30,509
48 Denmark 4,649 5,533 7,868 5,993 5,940 5,672 5,859 4,950 4,838 5,404
49 Finland 11,262 14,044 10,296 7,200 7,956 3,847 3,279 1,829 673 2,383
50 France 125,366 102,290 118,633 128,151 129,611 136,019 141,821 132,392 141,788 137,360
51 Germany 76,825 66,449 66,825 72,554 70,776 68,523 73,755 71,158 78,673 93,209
52 Greece 4,169 3,724 1,784 1,846 1,889 1,760 1,787 1,967 1,581 1,641
53 Ireland 205,040 185,494 175,306 199,471 203,155 202,149 201,228 190,744 211,016 210,285
54 Italy 15,977 21,489 23,048 25,006 23,531 25,384 24,267 20,478 20,062 21,126
55 Luxembourg 139,593 152,619 167,882 169,845 165,136 172,602 165,387 158,662 181,631 173,358
56 Netherlands 47,666 57,420 67,497 73,360 69,422 69,251 71,648 66,514 65,321 67,082
57 Norway 4,945 3,623 5,535 4,335 3,349 3,335 3,243 3,015 4,282 5,242
58 Portugal 2,971 2,151 1,926 2,008 1,621 1,625 1,581 2,254 1,474 1,755
59 Russia 14,003 15,690 14,763 24,918 23,091 24,694 16,207 20,465 16,246 14,382
60 Spain 14,945 21,456 19,342 24,718 17,051 21,796 22,020 18,266 17,829 16,535
61 Sweden 12,550 12,523 3,495 3,340 9,645 11,468 11,814 6,706 11,215 12,008
62 Switzerland 71,207 78,871 73,076 72,604 80,164 80,118 80,352 85,052 82,160 81,760
63 Turkey 64,556 48,791 37,690 37,524 40,675 36,969 39,950 42,905 45,912 42,439
64 United Kingdom 1,015,913 865,876 857,602 899,733 916,586 902,351 951,538 915,516 946,137 965,497
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 65,138 48,008 35,749 35,633 36,637 35,938 35,723 35,464 35,480 36,875
66 Serbia 1,362 942 487 397 472 646 330 539 461 338
67 Other Europe 54,269 49,563 46,969 43,496 41,665 40,860 40,254 39,037 39,181 38,663
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,725,421 1,553,598 1,573,964 1,658,874 1,664,833 1,663,212 1,715,832 1,629,416 1,730,052 1,752,519
 
69 Canada 167,835 163,881 180,098 171,326 181,722 189,185 184,844 176,646 192,466 180,935
 
70 Latin America 251,598 258,393 258,563 268,112 269,080 269,410 271,964 272,332 277,932 266,463
71 Argentina 11,673 12,446 13,345 14,262 13,566 16,771 14,997 15,018 16,241 16,904
72 Brazil 48,838 46,607 52,564 58,781 62,409 59,928 62,631 60,794 62,365 58,412
73 Chile 24,192 22,328 24,174 21,849 23,698 22,092 22,594 19,931 24,259 22,399
74 Colombia 11,359 7,922 8,719 9,726 9,488 9,464 9,763 9,805 9,044 8,975
75 Ecuador 3,472 3,891 3,156 2,988 2,867 2,746 2,772 2,935 2,830 3,070
76 Guatemala 2,072 2,297 2,398 2,613 3,235 2,529 2,416 1,975 2,419 2,118
77 Mexico 77,764 84,414 76,484 78,216 71,108 75,692 75,527 84,063 85,073 79,256
78 Panama 12,880 13,625 17,511 17,008 16,532 17,133 18,298 18,019 16,020 15,757
79 Peru 12,378 16,563 16,487 18,222 20,817 19,143 19,615 17,271 18,163 17,834
80 Uruguay 11,414 14,066 12,913 11,879 11,657 11,458 11,529 11,314 11,214 11,939
81 Venezuela 20,914 19,374 16,953 17,041 17,117 16,676 16,026 15,256 14,746 14,713
82 Other Latin America 14,642 14,860 13,859 15,527 16,586 15,778 15,796 15,951 15,558 15,086
 
83 Caribbean 1,583,064 1,471,019 1,293,790 1,391,267 1,375,158 1,419,015 1,439,783 1,397,648 1,414,554 1,386,682
84 Bahamas 88,569 49,115 60,283 64,987 54,382 55,334 56,776 56,774 55,338 56,885
85 Bermuda 58,898 52,657 61,147 58,272 52,940 54,590 53,301 53,859 56,869 51,199
86 British Virgin Islands 52,026 52,399 47,716 48,883 47,200 46,880 46,847 45,915 45,051 43,117
87 Cayman Islands 1,343,378 1,260,789 1,073,924 1,168,079 1,170,992 1,212,039 1,230,261 1,189,395 1,203,102 1,182,262
88 Cuba 48 46 25 24 24 24 24 24 24 942
89 Jamaica 1,312 2,183 2,582 2,378 1,991 1,535 2,190 1,695 1,518 1,611
90 Netherlands Antilles16 4,954 5,996 5,173 3,717 3,904 4,705 5,281 5,856 5,757 5,342
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,309 4,358 4,227 3,464 3,355 3,612 3,298 3,546 3,487 3,419
92 Other Caribbean 29,570 43,476 38,713 41,463 40,370 40,296 41,805 40,584 43,408 41,905
 
93 Asia 740,479 911,271 981,138 983,370 982,050 998,289 1,003,928 997,213 1,013,823 1,019,084
94 China - Mainland 93,580 101,933 107,360 98,378 100,102 103,898 100,864 115,405 109,309 113,748
95 China - Hong Kong 98,889 146,914 125,080 140,742 135,224 132,692 133,045 127,731 131,661 125,983
96 India 12,921 22,454 20,991 36,269 34,998 38,881 37,477 32,085 28,156 28,079
97 Indonesia 14,420 12,919 10,953 10,462 13,461 11,325 11,886 12,332 12,588 13,341
98 Israel 20,605 16,284 16,401 16,482 17,364 19,520 20,654 19,412 18,769 18,251
99 Japan 191,522 294,395 348,110 345,823 334,769 342,743 352,554 347,498 355,341 358,729
100 Korea (South) 34,603 33,466 42,297 32,937 35,043 35,286 33,994 29,216 37,150 36,612
101 Philippines 6,558 6,437 8,012 5,706 5,728 5,187 5,463 6,413 6,053 6,495
102 Taiwan 27,084 34,181 37,438 34,333 30,301 32,873 38,014 34,753 35,231 34,165
103 Thailand 26,997 29,155 36,563 20,823 18,255 19,281 22,608 22,890 17,649 21,508
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 132,888 121,902 119,539 133,899 141,623 139,054 128,518 130,860 141,893 149,525
105 Other Asia 80,412 91,231 108,394 107,516 115,182 117,549 118,851 118,618 120,023 112,648
 
106 Africa 31,622 36,158 45,534 53,492 55,026 70,311 66,174 74,395 77,260 77,933
107 Egypt 5,100 7,525 16,246 25,055 25,640 29,182 30,981 33,998 33,932 33,332
108 Morocco 484 761 837 1,563 1,450 2,162 1,594 1,182 1,361 1,182
109 South Africa 2,997 3,770 4,105 3,922 4,161 14,130 11,192 13,292 13,705 14,439
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,126 6,122 6,716 7,134 8,361 9,469 8,989 11,664 12,529 13,149
111 Other Africa 16,915 17,980 17,630 15,818 15,414 15,368 13,418 14,259 15,733 15,831
 
112 Other countries 45,907 54,678 65,038 68,741 72,016 78,418 67,672 69,953 68,500 71,221
113 Australia 40,922 48,311 56,943 61,845 64,748 69,521 61,226 63,457 58,298 62,920
114 New Zealand 3,274 4,483 5,695 4,514 4,986 6,367 4,203 4,177 7,755 5,821
115 All Other 1,711 1,884 2,400 2,382 2,282 2,530 2,243 2,319 2,447 2,480
 
116 International and regional organizations 35,833 47,712 45,357 48,193 49,220 49,648 48,622 48,047 48,996 50,671
117 International14 23,447 37,839 33,545 31,458 33,215 32,211 32,366 32,048 32,530 34,297
118 Regional15 12,386 9,873 11,812 16,735 16,005 17,437 16,256 15,999 16,466 16,374
  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. Excludes bonds and notes of maturities longer than one year.   Return to table
  2. Non-negotiable deposits and brokerage balances.   Return to table
  3. Financial claims on residents of the United States, other than long-term securities, held by or through reporting firms for foreign customers. Also includes loans to U.S. residents in managed foreign offices of U.S. reporting institutions.   Return to table
  4. Includes nonmarketable certificates of indebtedness and Treasury bills issued to official institutions of foreign countries.   Return to table
  5. Principally bankers acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable time certificates of deposit, and short-term agency securities.   Return to table
  6. 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
  7. Foreign central banks and foreign central governments.   Return to table
  8. Excludes central banks, which are included in `Official institutions.` Includes positions with affiliated banking offices also included in memo line (44) above.   Return to table
  9. Includes positions with affiliated non-banking offices also included in memo line (44) above.   Return to table
  10. 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
  11. 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 the United Kingdom. As of July 2013, includes Croatia.   Return to table
  12. Comprises Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  13. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.   Return to table
  14. 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. Excludes "holdings of dollars" of the International Monetary Fund.   Return to table
  15. African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations.   Return to table
  16. 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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