Statistics Reported by Banks and Other Financial Firms in the United States

Release Date: September 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 2015 2016 2017/r Jan 2018/r Feb 2018/r Mar 2018/r Apr 2018/r May 2018/r Jun 2018/r Jul 2018/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,824,954 4,962,036 4,939,876 4,838,272 4,879,637 4,855,873 5,011,259 4,953,468
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,605,986 3,514,240 3,643,891 3,762,476 3,694,268 3,604,570 3,637,000 3,581,774 3,480,732 3,417,643
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,925,770 1,813,295 1,977,434 2,032,574 1,981,209 1,979,949 2,002,993 1,955,744 1,903,863 1,857,343
4 Other 1,680,216 1,700,945 1,666,457 1,729,902 1,713,059 1,624,621 1,634,007 1,626,030 1,576,869 1,560,300
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 904,964 998,532 980,637 1,009,730 1,015,994 949,735 973,676 963,790 907,380 904,394
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,128,088 1,140,917 1,181,063 1,199,560 1,245,608 1,233,702 1,242,637 1,274,099 1,530,527 1,535,825
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 724,731 668,867 702,406 710,106 726,382 715,966 710,442 740,415 749,675 758,164
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 226,594 271,298 247,994 250,987 276,419 269,487 280,269 277,064 273,878 270,971
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 95,644 123,132 115,250 115,393 124,193 117,222 127,828 126,435 128,725 124,074
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 41,548 23,391 17,056 20,710 24,073 19,270 17,653 20,008 18,590 16,126
11 Other 176,763 200,752 230,663 238,467 242,807 248,249 251,926 256,620 506,974 506,690
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 47,712 45,352 52,764 49,362 53,397 49,289 54,927 60,018 63,488 63,356
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 38,105 28,870 34,065 32,445 34,823 31,784 34,285 38,684 41,654 40,282
14 Deposits2 20,163 21,543 26,042 27,641 27,607 26,007 28,118 30,320 30,047 32,518
15 Other 17,942 7,327 8,023 4,804 7,216 5,777 6,167 8,364 11,607 7,764
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 9,607 16,482 18,699 16,917 18,574 17,505 20,642 21,334 21,834 23,074
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 5,926 10,437 8,306 8,694 9,175 8,299 9,751 10,010 11,421 11,135
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 3,681 6,045 10,393 8,223 9,399 9,206 10,891 11,324 10,413 11,939
 
19 Official institutions7 724,868 730,606 718,949 755,220 751,229 723,390 746,893 774,137 756,276 757,720
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 351,636 395,046 363,428 390,607 378,193 368,727 382,251 385,180 379,092 374,563
21 Deposits2 85,884 98,512 91,579 105,615 103,799 90,099 93,868 96,334 102,022 103,172
22 Other 265,752 296,534 271,849 284,992 274,394 278,628 288,383 288,846 277,070 271,391
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 373,232 335,560 355,521 364,613 373,036 354,663 364,642 388,957 377,184 383,157
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 336,669 297,684 317,227 325,029 333,908 318,605 323,179 346,300 336,326 339,614
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 36,563 37,876 38,294 39,584 39,128 36,058 41,463 42,657 40,858 43,543
 
26 Banks8 2,278,480 2,015,708 2,191,088 2,236,955 2,174,030 2,152,623 2,152,623 2,068,900 1,982,185 1,935,623
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 2,069,269 1,817,551 1,983,134 2,029,650 1,957,509 1,934,644 1,934,826 1,877,023 1,782,697 1,731,154
28 Deposits2 1,153,615 986,878 1,098,106 1,100,195 1,059,220 1,077,488 1,095,717 1,050,260 982,410 946,103
29 Other 915,654 830,673 885,028 929,455 898,289 857,156 839,109 826,763 800,287 785,051
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 209,211 198,157 207,954 207,305 216,521 217,979 217,797 191,877 199,488 204,469
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 125,964 99,440 109,024 108,080 111,361 106,670 103,253 83,553 81,096 89,208
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 24,756 23,541 23,721 23,693 26,959 32,745 35,157 26,246 24,109 24,451
33 Other 58,491 75,176 75,209 75,532 78,201 78,564 79,387 82,078 94,283 90,810
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,683,014 1,863,491 1,862,153 1,920,499 1,961,220 1,912,970 1,925,194 1,952,818 2,209,310 2,196,769
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,146,976 1,272,773 1,263,264 1,309,774 1,323,743 1,269,415 1,285,638 1,280,887 1,277,289 1,271,644
36 Deposits2 666,108 706,362 761,707 799,123 790,583 786,355 785,290 778,830 789,384 775,550
37 Other 480,868 566,411 501,557 510,651 533,160 483,060 500,348 502,057 487,905 496,094
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 536,038 590,718 598,889 610,725 637,477 643,555 639,556 671,931 932,021 925,125
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 256,172 261,306 267,849 268,303 271,938 282,392 274,259 300,552 320,832 318,207
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 161,620 204,203 175,875 179,695 201,141 191,671 192,901 196,996 199,221 191,852
41 Other 118,246 125,209 155,165 162,727 164,398 169,492 172,396 174,383 411,968 415,066
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,739,369 1,541,686 1,629,923 1,708,495 1,676,915 1,622,828 1,627,154 1,573,451 1,488,875 1,466,376
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,734,074 4,655,157 4,824,954 4,962,036 4,939,876 4,838,272 4,879,637 4,855,873 5,011,259 4,953,468
 
44 Foreign countries 4,686,362 4,609,805 4,772,190 4,912,674 4,886,479 4,788,983 4,824,710 4,795,855 4,947,771 4,890,112
 
45 Europe 1,790,962 1,782,050 1,946,733 1,973,533 1,995,601 1,938,913 1,933,057 1,906,147 1,851,885 1,831,722
46 Austria 3,541 3,956 2,874 3,381 3,231 3,306 3,480 3,165 3,006 3,739
47 Belgium 30,866 34,902 36,897 38,694 38,222 38,970 36,105 37,183 40,461 35,800
48 Denmark 5,533 8,323 5,353 5,176 5,439 5,828 4,877 5,432 5,426 5,456
49 Finland 14,044 10,297 5,625 1,043 2,558 2,176 2,046 906 3,624 1,628
50 France 102,290 120,368 136,312 137,204 135,022 131,806 137,581 147,551 152,072 161,314
51 Germany 66,449 67,035 120,698 128,335 128,204 132,179 130,591 165,189 142,664 141,527
52 Greece 3,724 1,789 1,899 1,912 2,270 1,697 1,741 1,911 2,024 2,102
53 Ireland 185,494 176,333 198,970 222,165 210,128 210,041 214,044 209,066 218,122 222,929
54 Italy 21,489 23,051 19,510 19,710 22,663 22,128 22,131 23,269 22,130 25,757
55 Luxembourg 152,619 168,225 162,201 170,156 188,224 185,714 187,381 179,181 180,004 190,464
56 Netherlands 57,420 67,503 71,929 66,393 63,888 61,210 58,107 59,633 64,141 55,563
57 Norway 3,623 5,536 3,700 3,727 3,294 3,001 3,523 3,554 4,252 3,968
58 Portugal 2,151 1,927 1,977 1,398 1,721 1,775 1,730 1,848 1,698 1,410
59 Russia 15,690 14,764 12,191 9,266 8,362 13,014 9,123 12,984 13,204 16,389
60 Spain 21,456 19,345 18,076 16,190 15,614 16,565 17,508 17,270 16,932 15,407
61 Sweden 12,523 3,496 12,137 11,325 10,639 10,427 8,557 15,795 15,991 15,718
62 Switzerland 78,871 73,384 80,034 89,356 87,697 88,059 82,373 90,436 81,813 79,790
63 Turkey 48,791 37,739 31,879 35,772 30,531 24,320 26,534 25,634 23,834 25,666
64 United Kingdom 865,876 860,806 955,072 942,562 966,875 915,917 934,640 852,955 806,830 771,496
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 48,008 35,786 33,593 33,747 32,835 33,335 18,676 17,638 18,746 19,588
66 Serbia 942 487 444 268 200 434 223 271 302 291
67 Other Europe 49,563 46,997 35,361 35,754 37,984 37,012 32,088 35,275 34,611 35,719
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,553,598 1,581,174 1,758,559 1,773,848 1,804,038 1,749,703 1,769,102 1,729,771 1,685,254 1,660,497
 
69 Canada 163,881 181,283 169,445 174,333 183,243 175,898 197,798 186,095 192,179 196,000
 
70 Latin America 258,393 258,972 253,837 265,349 254,872 244,398 254,551 265,015 250,734 251,520
71 Argentina 12,446 13,374 13,839 15,819 14,987 13,654 17,196 23,498 18,342 19,509
72 Brazil 46,607 52,594 53,553 57,242 55,317 52,145 52,952 55,920 53,305 49,096
73 Chile 22,328 24,294 22,744 23,891 23,965 23,578 22,714 23,440 23,857 22,929
74 Colombia 7,922 8,730 9,331 9,123 9,956 9,200 9,725 9,824 9,891 10,201
75 Ecuador 3,891 3,156 3,103 3,212 3,138 3,222 2,852 2,560 2,450 2,481
76 Guatemala 2,297 2,400 2,074 2,079 2,385 2,247 2,285 2,358 2,367 2,733
77 Mexico 84,414 76,519 73,647 77,518 72,325 72,978 74,937 77,946 72,932 74,389
78 Panama 13,625 17,515 15,814 16,019 15,134 15,368 14,772 14,198 14,817 14,830
79 Peru 16,563 16,533 17,076 17,881 17,038 12,692 15,699 15,285 13,833 16,481
80 Uruguay 14,066 12,925 12,984 12,829 11,843 11,414 13,648 12,287 11,393 10,965
81 Venezuela 19,374 17,051 14,621 14,233 13,478 12,737 12,369 11,842 11,733 11,715
82 Other Latin America 14,860 13,881 15,051 15,503 15,306 15,163 15,402 15,857 15,814 16,191
 
83 Caribbean 1,471,019 1,293,338 1,258,587 1,305,095 1,287,900 1,239,916 1,275,896 1,266,465 1,479,790 1,462,540
84 Bahamas 49,115 59,327 52,156 54,512 51,745 47,668 44,179 40,674 36,419 36,709
85 Bermuda 52,657 61,194 54,164 56,700 60,044 54,074 51,081 49,955 48,649 53,099
86 British Virgin Islands 52,399 47,823 37,536 37,727 38,309 40,407 38,537 41,613 42,195 40,543
87 Cayman Islands 1,260,789 1,074,266 1,065,788 1,111,014 1,092,938 1,057,283 1,100,305 1,095,891 1,314,206 1,291,155
88 Cuba 46 25 24 24 26 23 24 163 24 24
89 Jamaica 2,183 2,583 1,454 1,566 1,363 1,378 1,284 1,393 1,312 1,202
90 Netherlands Antilles16 5,996 5,173 9,711 6,632 5,428 5,859 7,737 4,377 5,199 8,021
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,358 4,227 3,636 3,665 3,616 3,554 3,696 3,857 3,855 3,820
92 Other Caribbean 43,476 38,720 34,118 33,255 34,431 29,670 29,053 28,542 27,931 27,967
 
93 Asia 911,271 983,297 990,352 1,027,573 1,007,070 1,029,320 1,015,656 1,032,483 1,025,345 999,283
94 China - Mainland 101,933 107,386 102,188 123,713 109,575 111,667 103,297 117,482 104,848 116,570
95 China - Hong Kong 146,914 125,216 124,243 128,686 116,529 111,222 111,820 106,875 113,881 104,980
96 India 22,454 20,996 26,241 31,176 26,882 32,291 28,501 25,090 21,220 19,551
97 Indonesia 12,919 10,954 12,151 10,341 10,834 13,440 16,294 16,602 16,270 11,411
98 Israel 16,284 16,429 18,288 21,647 17,931 15,967 16,422 17,817 19,557 18,831
99 Japan 294,395 348,855 348,017 357,853 359,881 370,031 369,230 370,405 359,004 350,237
100 Korea (South) 33,466 42,529 33,537 43,301 46,283 44,680 41,625 45,249 52,055 47,254
101 Philippines 6,437 8,014 7,401 5,759 6,460 5,281 4,684 4,815 4,794 5,322
102 Taiwan 34,181 37,584 35,529 34,256 33,835 30,653 25,049 28,267 29,259 28,438
103 Thailand 29,155 36,723 19,458 22,929 23,985 16,990 24,278 24,516 22,447 22,285
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 121,902 119,562 151,115 141,069 147,522 154,547 165,526 172,830 174,648 179,943
105 Other Asia 91,231 109,049 112,184 106,843 107,353 122,551 108,930 102,535 107,362 94,461
 
106 Africa 36,158 45,542 82,194 85,863 89,801 91,559 86,254 84,721 86,791 84,765
107 Egypt 7,525 16,247 35,680 36,549 40,700 42,162 41,797 40,887 41,297 40,615
108 Morocco 761 837 1,141 1,719 1,265 616 718 667 812 903
109 South Africa 3,770 4,109 13,646 14,514 13,567 16,277 15,040 12,223 13,529 9,953
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,122 6,716 15,301 15,824 14,672 14,747 13,157 13,864 13,923 14,367
111 Other Africa 17,980 17,633 16,426 17,257 19,597 17,757 15,542 17,080 17,230 18,927
 
112 Other countries 54,678 65,323 71,042 80,928 67,992 68,979 61,498 54,929 61,047 64,282
113 Australia 48,311 57,219 64,622 73,868 61,436 62,914 55,437 49,066 54,643 57,472
114 New Zealand 4,483 5,703 3,957 4,510 4,012 3,510 3,486 3,127 3,963 4,244
115 All Other 1,884 2,401 2,463 2,550 2,544 2,555 2,575 2,736 2,441 2,566
 
116 International and regional organizations 47,712 45,352 52,764 49,362 53,397 49,289 54,927 60,018 63,488 63,356
117 International14 37,839 33,545 37,702 33,596 37,039 34,511 39,042 42,702 44,367 45,982
118 Regional15 9,873 11,807 15,062 15,766 16,358 14,778 15,885 17,316 19,121 17,374
  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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