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

Release Date: December 2019
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 2016 2017 2018 Apr 2019 May 2019 Jun 2019 Jul 2019 Aug 2019/r Sep 2019/r Oct 2019/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,299,175 5,410,701 5,391,257 5,317,205 5,382,853 5,428,827 5,415,628 5,380,035
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,514,240 3,646,315 3,543,607 3,641,114 3,621,809 3,562,234 3,631,180 3,638,915 3,613,555 3,598,066
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,813,295 1,979,858 1,897,104 1,922,851 1,904,094 1,902,104 1,942,030 1,940,390 1,979,905 1,985,045
4 Other 1,700,945 1,666,457 1,646,503 1,718,263 1,717,715 1,660,130 1,689,150 1,698,525 1,633,650 1,613,021
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 998,532 980,637 970,960 1,040,538 1,083,275 1,013,799 1,052,502 1,076,717 1,025,980 1,020,969
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,140,917 1,331,087 1,755,568 1,769,587 1,769,448 1,754,971 1,751,673 1,789,912 1,802,073 1,781,969
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 668,867 703,141 746,676 735,776 728,488 707,811 706,266 737,568 750,086 730,784
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 271,298 244,511 237,009 224,889 226,825 213,814 219,872 232,601 232,604 233,399
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 123,132 111,089 115,936 110,284 105,688 100,637 96,858 98,879 97,191 93,849
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 23,391 17,086 10,401 13,312 18,413 14,346 14,884 16,511 13,478 13,920
11 Other 200,752 383,435 771,883 808,922 814,135 833,346 825,535 819,743 819,383 817,786
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 45,352 52,787 63,044 72,896 71,261 63,715 63,266 62,777 63,694 55,603
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 28,870 34,088 44,001 48,489 51,653 44,600 45,619 43,860 47,519 38,569
14 Deposits2 21,543 26,065 30,709 31,436 31,511 32,500 29,022 29,848 28,625 27,844
15 Other 7,327 8,023 13,292 17,053 20,142 12,100 16,597 14,012 18,894 10,725
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 16,482 18,699 19,043 24,407 19,608 19,115 17,647 18,917 16,175 17,034
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 10,437 8,306 8,385 14,625 12,370 12,449 11,236 12,202 9,968 9,897
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 6,045 10,393 10,658 9,782 7,238 6,666 6,411 6,715 6,207 7,137
 
19 Official institutions7 730,606 719,454 748,422 771,673 755,760 757,379 759,944 763,452 767,009 762,584
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 395,046 363,401 398,389 425,556 422,032 434,874 440,256 434,570 442,756 439,379
21 Deposits2 98,512 91,552 111,638 126,804 110,870 120,483 111,487 111,593 115,479 114,213
22 Other 296,534 271,849 286,751 298,752 311,162 314,391 328,769 322,977 327,277 325,166
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 335,560 356,053 350,033 346,117 333,728 322,505 319,688 328,882 324,253 323,205
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 297,684 317,227 315,141 307,846 297,982 287,312 285,828 295,202 290,828 288,085
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 37,876 38,826 34,892 38,271 35,746 35,193 33,860 33,680 33,425 35,120
 
26 Banks8 2,015,708 2,222,598 2,000,536 2,032,096 2,000,978 1,946,910 1,968,530 1,972,072 1,951,502 1,967,809
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,817,551 1,983,134 1,764,109 1,790,820 1,755,349 1,700,896 1,726,878 1,734,810 1,719,086 1,730,731
28 Deposits2 986,878 1,098,106 989,385 985,980 993,128 963,623 1,000,662 996,105 1,035,249 1,028,446
29 Other 830,673 885,028 774,724 804,840 762,221 737,273 726,216 738,705 683,837 702,285
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 198,157 239,464 236,427 241,276 245,629 246,014 241,652 237,262 232,416 237,078
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 99,440 109,052 89,558 98,328 100,728 100,547 101,617 103,798 107,061 117,373
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 23,541 19,570 15,826 15,576 14,335 14,516 14,779 11,914 10,144 11,180
33 Other 75,176 110,842 131,043 127,372 130,566 130,951 125,256 121,550 115,211 108,525
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,863,491 1,982,563 2,487,173 2,534,036 2,563,258 2,549,201 2,591,113 2,630,526 2,633,423 2,594,039
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,272,773 1,265,692 1,337,108 1,376,249 1,392,775 1,381,864 1,418,427 1,425,675 1,404,194 1,389,387
36 Deposits2 706,362 764,135 765,372 778,631 768,585 785,498 800,859 802,844 800,552 814,542
37 Other 566,411 501,557 571,736 597,618 624,190 596,366 617,568 622,831 603,642 574,845
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 590,718 716,871 1,150,065 1,157,787 1,170,483 1,167,337 1,172,686 1,204,851 1,229,229 1,204,652
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 261,306 268,556 333,592 314,977 317,408 307,503 307,585 326,366 342,229 315,429
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 204,203 176,543 176,224 161,844 170,143 158,072 165,365 180,678 183,224 180,411
41 Other 125,209 271,772 640,249 680,966 682,932 701,762 699,736 697,807 703,776 708,812
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,541,686 1,687,661 1,560,984 1,581,970 1,554,725 1,507,304 1,523,897 1,528,621 1,514,777 1,518,707
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,299,175 5,410,701 5,391,257 5,317,205 5,382,853 5,428,827 5,415,628 5,380,035
 
44 Foreign countries 4,609,805 4,924,615 5,236,131 5,337,805 5,319,996 5,253,490 5,319,587 5,366,050 5,351,934 5,324,432
 
45 Europe 1,794,635 1,996,884 1,991,035 1,933,206 1,974,220 1,867,213 1,923,087 1,979,746 1,928,706 1,917,954
46 Austria 3,956 3,444 3,627 3,693 3,839 3,504 3,606 3,354 4,019 3,764
47 Belgium 34,902 37,175 41,003 32,024 37,825 35,465 42,308 47,291 47,599 35,167
48 Denmark 8,323 5,808 7,000 5,540 5,701 5,525 4,816 5,176 4,982 4,887
49 Finland 10,297 5,631 9,220 14,279 14,457 13,847 11,409 13,930 11,120 7,572
50 France 120,368 142,017 162,139 196,903 200,599 184,498 196,636 176,752 197,484 190,860
51 Germany 67,035 122,622 163,925 153,654 154,776 155,099 157,028 160,682 152,495 155,545
52 Greece 1,789 1,909 2,466 2,565 2,719 2,832 2,722 2,912 2,838 2,862
53 Ireland 176,333 205,149 204,427 207,868 214,619 209,155 223,671 228,823 226,769 231,457
54 Italy 23,051 19,990 28,110 25,054 24,111 24,771 25,129 24,985 25,364 24,342
55 Luxembourg 168,225 169,382 208,137 217,451 212,147 204,309 212,352 216,857 209,993 219,925
56 Netherlands 67,503 74,273 55,427 57,584 58,930 54,841 57,244 67,205 53,778 58,375
57 Norway 5,536 4,403 5,745 3,565 3,898 5,168 3,843 3,622 3,668 2,793
58 Portugal 1,927 1,990 1,410 1,433 1,448 1,333 1,393 1,332 1,634 1,296
59 Russia 14,764 12,206 21,338 16,872 17,527 16,194 15,155 19,905 23,043 26,619
60 Spain 19,345 18,435 20,005 18,208 17,287 20,191 18,432 22,273 21,365 20,144
61 Sweden 3,496 12,420 20,683 14,243 14,487 10,895 11,374 10,107 12,139 13,912
62 Switzerland 73,384 80,524 80,216 90,402 96,071 93,354 97,830 100,084 100,771 97,420
63 Turkey 37,739 31,896 9,705 17,053 19,981 19,072 24,460 21,817 18,836 17,935
64 United Kingdom 873,391 977,122 878,971 779,669 799,155 739,565 741,377 775,759 736,018 725,332
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 35,786 34,398 22,856 22,976 24,511 24,076 25,918 25,635 27,016 26,964
66 Serbia 487 454 209 350 587 662 896 659 576 577
67 Other Europe 46,997 35,635 44,414 51,821 49,545 42,858 45,487 50,586 47,198 50,207
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,593,759 1,806,585 1,818,940 1,749,431 1,778,939 1,677,509 1,722,291 1,774,122 1,724,832 1,713,369
 
69 Canada 181,283 181,614 213,881 209,637 199,777 208,017 212,291 206,506 199,609 203,461
 
70 Latin America 258,972 254,713 231,238 237,496 241,910 236,156 240,525 238,371 240,916 244,825
71 Argentina 13,374 13,890 19,315 21,424 22,417 20,108 21,263 24,203 22,800 24,894
72 Brazil 52,594 53,496 30,107 28,825 27,073 28,651 28,043 24,708 28,907 29,609
73 Chile 24,294 22,901 23,465 17,831 19,141 18,748 21,048 19,225 18,251 20,381
74 Colombia 8,730 9,407 13,939 10,846 12,575 12,317 11,617 11,142 10,699 11,401
75 Ecuador 3,156 3,114 2,678 3,235 2,991 3,176 3,041 3,104 3,038 3,036
76 Guatemala 2,400 2,079 2,651 2,367 3,305 3,492 3,018 2,701 2,608 2,728
77 Mexico 76,519 74,120 72,530 80,264 84,868 78,734 81,607 82,829 83,603 81,590
78 Panama 17,515 15,882 15,027 16,258 16,442 16,493 17,724 16,714 16,198 16,492
79 Peru 16,533 17,089 13,356 16,965 14,218 13,530 12,884 15,525 16,482 15,360
80 Uruguay 12,925 13,000 11,571 13,434 13,004 14,126 13,776 13,851 14,427 14,919
81 Venezuela 17,051 14,651 10,798 10,825 10,519 10,390 10,052 9,749 9,704 9,545
82 Other Latin America 13,881 15,084 15,801 15,222 15,357 16,391 16,452 14,620 14,199 14,870
 
83 Caribbean 1,293,338 1,348,931 1,567,540 1,715,913 1,722,394 1,738,464 1,747,829 1,748,700 1,751,452 1,751,849
84 Bahamas 59,327 52,332 37,787 45,235 46,856 44,865 47,995 46,895 51,260 52,615
85 Bermuda 61,194 55,284 58,813 56,205 56,203 59,453 56,689 61,154 61,522 59,920
86 British Virgin Islands 47,823 37,917 41,438 43,428 42,582 42,511 39,560 40,900 41,717 41,345
87 Cayman Islands 1,074,266 1,158,566 1,392,203 1,538,165 1,542,627 1,558,013 1,570,417 1,565,010 1,563,449 1,565,515
88 Cuba 25 25 19 24 20 20 20 20 13 14
89 Jamaica 2,583 1,463 885 1,303 1,309 1,109 1,319 1,497 1,340 1,542
90 Netherlands Antilles16 5,173 9,711 8,325 5,879 5,142 5,572 5,231 5,242 4,727 4,375
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,227 3,645 4,147 4,141 4,102 4,238 4,941 4,682 4,797 4,581
92 Other Caribbean 38,720 29,988 23,923 21,533 23,553 22,683 21,657 23,300 22,627 21,942
 
93 Asia 983,297 1,002,403 1,092,559 1,100,344 1,045,487 1,065,427 1,059,030 1,059,704 1,089,851 1,070,780
94 China - Mainland 107,386 102,652 131,832 128,201 112,164 128,349 122,643 110,440 123,211 129,026
95 China - Hong Kong 125,216 124,389 107,645 89,571 91,876 92,887 86,577 90,146 100,703 94,962
96 India 20,996 26,415 17,404 26,235 23,724 25,107 25,376 22,196 31,558 27,180
97 Indonesia 10,954 12,160 17,397 12,909 16,283 15,708 13,551 14,831 13,629 18,384
98 Israel 16,429 18,464 15,921 27,706 24,576 20,803 22,486 20,171 20,210 21,137
99 Japan 348,855 356,631 363,289 393,828 360,938 352,538 354,257 358,364 361,543 341,437
100 Korea (South) 42,529 34,172 45,927 36,666 38,176 43,643 46,857 47,673 49,556 46,180
101 Philippines 8,014 7,440 13,553 12,955 11,565 12,304 12,582 12,789 12,897 11,634
102 Taiwan 37,584 35,654 37,268 31,739 34,603 36,349 31,624 33,816 36,449 37,287
103 Thailand 36,723 19,590 29,777 22,548 21,892 20,961 20,779 27,455 24,904 25,718
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 119,562 151,512 197,131 206,582 201,343 196,852 205,197 203,335 200,121 192,820
105 Other Asia 109,049 113,324 115,415 111,404 108,347 119,926 117,101 118,488 115,070 125,015
 
106 Africa 45,542 83,040 76,208 82,987 82,376 83,377 83,220 82,595 86,126 81,357
107 Egypt 16,247 35,698 36,092 38,087 38,391 37,679 39,072 40,449 41,123 39,473
108 Morocco 837 1,147 942 1,033 935 721 1,080 953 893 954
109 South Africa 4,109 13,673 5,626 7,593 5,306 7,314 7,041 6,725 11,753 7,438
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,716 15,331 14,618 14,508 15,261 16,242 15,343 14,476 15,180 14,797
111 Other Africa 17,633 17,191 18,930 21,766 22,483 21,421 20,684 19,992 17,177 18,695
 
112 Other countries 52,738 57,030 63,670 58,222 53,832 54,836 53,605 50,428 55,274 54,206
113 Australia 44,634 50,466 56,315 50,857 47,833 47,857 47,457 44,222 48,846 47,310
114 New Zealand 5,703 4,088 4,857 4,741 3,569 4,618 3,746 3,538 3,797 4,166
115 All Other 2,401 2,476 2,498 2,624 2,430 2,361 2,402 2,668 2,631 2,730
 
116 International and regional organizations 45,352 52,787 63,044 72,896 71,261 63,715 63,266 62,777 63,694 55,603
117 International14 33,545 37,725 46,361 57,520 56,557 49,135 48,435 46,683 49,172 40,514
118 Regional15 11,807 15,062 16,683 15,376 14,704 14,580 14,831 16,094 14,522 15,089
  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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