Release Date: August 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 Dec 2017/r Jan 2018/r Feb 2018/r Mar 2018/r Apr 2018/r May 2018/r Jun 2018/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,847,339 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,826,666 4,963,882 4,942,072 4,840,894 4,881,872 4,856,964 4,937,151
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,804,396 3,605,986 3,514,240 3,643,891 3,762,476 3,694,267 3,604,572 3,637,000 3,581,639 3,480,732
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 2,008,710 1,925,770 1,813,295 1,956,962 2,008,633 1,957,461 1,956,373 1,978,240 1,934,407 1,903,863
4 Other 1,795,686 1,680,216 1,700,945 1,686,929 1,753,843 1,736,806 1,648,199 1,658,760 1,647,232 1,576,869
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 908,879 904,964 998,532 980,637 1,009,731 1,015,992 949,734 973,678 963,790 907,380
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,042,943 1,128,088 1,140,917 1,182,775 1,201,406 1,247,805 1,236,322 1,244,872 1,275,325 1,456,419
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 671,641 724,731 668,867 702,406 710,106 726,382 715,966 710,442 740,404 749,669
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 238,897 226,594 271,298 249,706 252,833 278,616 272,107 282,504 278,301 273,562
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 102,180 95,644 123,132 115,763 115,918 124,720 117,799 128,366 126,943 128,725
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 41,825 41,548 23,391 17,056 20,710 24,073 19,270 17,653 20,008 18,590
11 Other 132,405 176,763 200,752 230,663 238,467 242,807 248,249 251,926 256,620 433,188
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 35,833 47,712 45,352 52,764 49,362 53,397 49,289 54,927 60,018 63,488
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 24,664 38,105 28,870 34,065 32,445 34,823 31,784 34,285 38,684 41,654
14 Deposits2 20,205 20,163 21,543 26,042 27,641 27,607 26,007 28,118 30,320 30,047
15 Other 4,459 17,942 7,327 8,023 4,804 7,216 5,777 6,167 8,364 11,607
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 11,169 9,607 16,482 18,699 16,917 18,574 17,505 20,642 21,334 21,834
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 5,298 5,926 10,437 8,306 8,694 9,175 8,299 9,751 10,010 11,421
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 5,871 3,681 6,045 10,393 8,223 9,399 9,206 10,891 11,324 10,413
 
19 Official institutions7 628,380 724,868 730,606 718,992 755,220 751,229 723,390 746,893 774,136 755,270
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 253,880 351,636 395,046 363,471 390,607 378,193 368,727 382,251 385,179 378,651
21 Deposits2 92,298 85,884 98,512 91,579 105,615 103,799 90,099 93,868 96,334 102,022
22 Other 161,582 265,752 296,534 271,892 284,992 274,394 278,628 288,383 288,845 276,629
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 374,500 373,232 335,560 355,521 364,613 373,036 354,663 364,642 388,957 376,619
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 335,308 336,669 297,684 317,227 325,029 333,908 318,605 323,179 346,300 336,326
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 39,192 36,563 37,876 38,294 39,584 39,128 36,058 41,463 42,657 40,293
 
26 Banks8 2,472,982 2,278,480 2,015,708 2,191,865 2,237,913 2,175,013 2,153,784 2,153,519 2,069,119 1,964,928
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 2,303,351 2,069,269 1,817,551 1,983,046 2,029,650 1,957,509 1,934,644 1,934,826 1,876,886 1,783,138
28 Deposits2 1,245,950 1,153,615 986,878 1,098,124 1,100,195 1,059,220 1,077,488 1,095,717 1,050,260 982,410
29 Other 1,057,401 915,654 830,673 884,922 929,455 898,289 857,156 839,109 826,626 800,728
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 169,631 209,211 198,157 208,819 208,263 217,504 219,140 218,693 192,233 181,790
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 105,962 125,964 99,440 109,024 108,080 111,361 106,670 103,253 83,553 81,096
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 20,819 24,756 23,541 24,586 24,651 27,942 33,906 36,053 26,602 24,108
33 Other 42,850 58,491 75,176 75,209 75,532 78,201 78,564 79,387 82,078 76,586
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,710,144 1,683,014 1,863,491 1,863,045 1,921,387 1,962,433 1,914,431 1,926,533 1,953,691 2,153,465
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,222,501 1,146,976 1,272,773 1,263,309 1,309,774 1,323,742 1,269,417 1,285,638 1,280,890 1,277,289
36 Deposits2 650,257 666,108 706,362 741,217 775,182 766,835 762,779 760,537 757,493 789,384
37 Other 572,244 480,868 566,411 522,092 534,592 556,907 506,638 525,101 523,397 487,905
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 487,643 536,038 590,718 599,736 611,613 638,691 645,014 640,895 672,801 876,176
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 225,073 256,172 261,306 267,849 268,303 271,938 282,392 274,259 300,541 320,826
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 173,015 161,620 204,203 176,722 180,583 202,355 193,130 194,240 197,877 198,906
41 Other 89,555 118,246 125,209 155,165 162,727 164,398 169,492 172,396 174,383 356,444
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,998,044 1,739,369 1,541,686 1,629,923 1,708,495 1,676,915 1,622,828 1,627,154 1,573,313 1,488,875
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,847,339 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,826,666 4,963,882 4,942,072 4,840,894 4,881,872 4,856,964 4,937,151
 
44 Foreign countries 4,811,506 4,686,362 4,609,805 4,773,902 4,914,520 4,888,675 4,791,605 4,826,945 4,796,946 4,873,663
 
45 Europe 1,991,001 1,790,962 1,782,050 1,946,733 1,973,533 1,995,600 1,938,915 1,933,057 1,906,148 1,832,468
46 Austria 5,376 3,541 3,956 2,874 3,381 3,231 3,306 3,480 3,165 2,718
47 Belgium 33,218 30,866 34,902 36,897 38,694 38,222 38,970 36,105 37,183 40,378
48 Denmark 4,649 5,533 8,323 5,353 5,176 5,439 5,828 4,877 5,432 5,145
49 Finland 11,262 14,044 10,297 5,625 1,043 2,558 2,176 2,046 906 3,624
50 France 125,366 102,290 120,368 136,312 137,204 135,022 131,806 137,581 147,551 148,177
51 Germany 76,825 66,449 67,035 120,698 128,335 128,204 132,179 130,591 165,189 141,650
52 Greece 4,169 3,724 1,789 1,899 1,912 2,270 1,697 1,741 1,911 2,024
53 Ireland 205,040 185,494 176,333 198,970 222,165 210,128 210,041 214,044 209,066 214,731
54 Italy 15,977 21,489 23,051 19,510 19,710 22,663 22,128 22,131 23,269 22,130
55 Luxembourg 139,593 152,619 168,225 162,201 170,156 188,224 185,714 187,381 179,181 174,858
56 Netherlands 47,666 57,420 67,503 71,929 66,393 63,888 61,212 58,107 59,633 63,419
57 Norway 4,945 3,623 5,536 3,700 3,727 3,294 3,001 3,523 3,554 3,671
58 Portugal 2,971 2,151 1,927 1,977 1,398 1,721 1,775 1,730 1,848 1,698
59 Russia 14,003 15,690 14,764 12,191 9,266 8,362 13,014 9,123 12,984 13,204
60 Spain 14,945 21,456 19,345 18,076 16,190 15,614 16,565 17,508 17,270 16,916
61 Sweden 12,550 12,523 3,496 12,137 11,325 10,639 10,427 8,557 15,795 15,749
62 Switzerland 71,207 78,871 73,384 80,034 89,356 87,697 88,059 82,373 90,436 81,601
63 Turkey 64,556 48,791 37,739 31,879 35,772 30,531 24,320 26,534 25,634 23,834
64 United Kingdom 1,015,913 865,876 860,806 955,072 942,562 966,874 915,917 934,640 852,956 804,144
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 65,138 48,008 35,786 33,593 33,747 32,835 33,335 18,676 17,638 17,972
66 Serbia 1,362 942 487 444 268 200 434 223 271 302
67 Other Europe 54,269 49,563 46,997 35,361 35,754 37,984 37,012 32,088 35,275 34,525
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,725,421 1,553,598 1,581,174 1,758,559 1,773,848 1,804,037 1,749,705 1,769,102 1,729,772 1,667,463
 
69 Canada 167,835 163,881 181,283 171,157 176,179 185,440 178,518 200,033 187,321 184,111
 
70 Latin America 251,598 258,393 258,972 253,837 265,349 254,872 244,398 254,551 265,015 250,734
71 Argentina 11,673 12,446 13,374 13,839 15,819 14,987 13,654 17,196 23,498 18,342
72 Brazil 48,838 46,607 52,594 53,553 57,242 55,317 52,145 52,952 55,920 53,305
73 Chile 24,192 22,328 24,294 22,744 23,891 23,965 23,578 22,714 23,440 23,857
74 Colombia 11,359 7,922 8,730 9,331 9,123 9,956 9,200 9,725 9,824 9,891
75 Ecuador 3,472 3,891 3,156 3,103 3,212 3,138 3,222 2,852 2,560 2,450
76 Guatemala 2,072 2,297 2,400 2,074 2,079 2,385 2,247 2,285 2,358 2,367
77 Mexico 77,764 84,414 76,519 73,647 77,518 72,325 72,978 74,937 77,946 72,932
78 Panama 12,880 13,625 17,515 15,814 16,019 15,134 15,368 14,772 14,198 14,817
79 Peru 12,378 16,563 16,533 17,076 17,881 17,038 12,692 15,699 15,285 13,833
80 Uruguay 11,414 14,066 12,925 12,984 12,829 11,843 11,414 13,648 12,287 11,393
81 Venezuela 20,914 19,374 17,051 14,621 14,233 13,478 12,737 12,369 11,842 11,733
82 Other Latin America 14,642 14,860 13,881 15,051 15,503 15,306 15,163 15,402 15,857 15,814
 
83 Caribbean 1,583,064 1,471,019 1,293,338 1,258,587 1,305,095 1,287,900 1,239,890 1,275,870 1,266,302 1,439,565
84 Bahamas 88,569 49,115 59,327 52,156 54,512 51,745 47,668 44,179 40,674 36,354
85 Bermuda 58,898 52,657 61,194 54,164 56,700 60,044 54,074 51,081 49,955 47,746
86 British Virgin Islands 52,026 52,399 47,823 37,536 37,727 38,309 40,381 38,511 41,587 41,951
87 Cayman Islands 1,343,378 1,260,789 1,074,266 1,065,788 1,111,014 1,092,938 1,057,283 1,100,305 1,095,754 1,275,193
88 Cuba 48 46 25 24 24 26 23 24 163 24
89 Jamaica 1,312 2,183 2,583 1,454 1,566 1,363 1,378 1,284 1,393 1,312
90 Netherlands Antilles16 4,954 5,996 5,173 9,711 6,632 5,428 5,859 7,737 4,377 5,199
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,309 4,358 4,227 3,636 3,665 3,616 3,554 3,696 3,857 3,855
92 Other Caribbean 29,570 43,476 38,720 34,118 33,255 34,431 29,670 29,053 28,542 27,931
 
93 Asia 740,479 911,271 983,297 990,352 1,027,573 1,007,070 1,029,346 1,015,682 1,032,508 1,020,628
94 China - Mainland 93,580 101,933 107,386 102,188 123,713 109,575 111,667 103,297 117,482 104,794
95 China - Hong Kong 98,889 146,914 125,216 124,243 128,686 116,529 111,222 111,820 106,874 113,874
96 India 12,921 22,454 20,996 26,241 31,176 26,882 32,291 28,501 25,090 21,220
97 Indonesia 14,420 12,919 10,954 12,151 10,341 10,834 13,440 16,294 16,602 16,263
98 Israel 20,605 16,284 16,429 18,288 21,647 17,931 15,967 16,422 17,817 19,509
99 Japan 191,522 294,395 348,855 348,017 357,853 359,881 370,031 369,230 370,405 355,171
100 Korea (South) 34,603 33,466 42,529 33,537 43,301 46,283 44,680 41,625 45,249 52,031
101 Philippines 6,558 6,437 8,014 7,401 5,759 6,460 5,307 4,710 4,841 4,819
102 Taiwan 27,084 34,181 37,584 35,529 34,256 33,835 30,653 25,049 28,267 29,236
103 Thailand 26,997 29,155 36,723 19,458 22,929 23,985 16,990 24,278 24,516 22,382
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 132,888 121,902 119,562 151,115 141,069 147,522 154,547 165,526 172,830 174,624
105 Other Asia 80,412 91,231 109,049 112,184 106,843 107,353 122,551 108,930 102,535 106,705
 
106 Africa 31,622 36,158 45,542 82,194 85,863 89,801 91,559 86,254 84,721 86,788
107 Egypt 5,100 7,525 16,247 35,680 36,549 40,700 42,162 41,797 40,887 41,297
108 Morocco 484 761 837 1,141 1,719 1,265 616 718 667 812
109 South Africa 2,997 3,770 4,109 13,646 14,514 13,567 16,277 15,040 12,223 13,529
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,126 6,122 6,716 15,301 15,824 14,672 14,747 13,157 13,864 13,923
111 Other Africa 16,915 17,980 17,633 16,426 17,257 19,597 17,757 15,542 17,080 17,227
 
112 Other countries 45,907 54,678 65,323 71,042 80,928 67,992 68,979 61,498 54,931 59,369
113 Australia 40,922 48,311 57,219 64,622 73,868 61,436 62,914 55,437 49,066 52,973
114 New Zealand 3,274 4,483 5,703 3,957 4,510 4,012 3,510 3,486 3,129 3,955
115 All Other 1,711 1,884 2,401 2,463 2,550 2,544 2,555 2,575 2,736 2,441
 
116 International and regional organizations 35,833 47,712 45,352 52,764 49,362 53,397 49,289 54,927 60,018 63,488
117 International14 23,447 37,839 33,545 37,702 33,596 37,039 34,511 39,042 42,702 44,367
118 Regional15 12,386 9,873 11,807 15,062 15,766 16,358 14,778 15,885 17,316 19,121
  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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