Release Date: January 2020
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/r May 2019/r Jun 2019/r Jul 2019/r Aug 2019/r Sep 2019/r Oct 2019 Nov 2019/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,402,748 5,329,007 5,394,504 5,440,256 5,428,023 5,380,035 5,496,028
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,514,240 3,646,315 3,553,534 3,633,300 3,574,036 3,642,831 3,650,344 3,625,950 3,598,066 3,704,943
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,813,295 1,979,858 1,907,031 1,915,585 1,913,906 1,953,681 1,951,819 1,992,303 1,985,045 2,018,442
4 Other 1,700,945 1,666,457 1,646,503 1,717,715 1,660,130 1,689,150 1,698,525 1,633,647 1,613,021 1,686,501
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 998,532 980,637 970,960 1,083,275 1,013,799 1,052,502 1,076,717 1,025,980 1,020,969 1,072,129
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,140,917 1,331,087 1,755,568 1,769,448 1,754,971 1,751,673 1,789,912 1,802,073 1,781,969 1,791,085
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 668,867 703,141 746,676 728,488 707,811 706,266 737,568 750,086 730,784 714,006
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 271,298 244,511 237,009 226,825 213,814 219,872 232,601 232,604 233,399 234,060
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 123,132 111,089 115,936 105,688 100,637 96,858 98,879 97,191 93,849 94,335
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 23,391 17,086 10,401 18,413 14,346 14,884 16,511 13,478 13,920 19,054
11 Other 200,752 383,435 771,883 814,135 833,346 825,535 819,743 819,383 817,786 843,019
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 45,352 52,787 63,044 71,261 63,715 63,266 62,777 63,694 55,603 51,056
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 28,870 34,088 44,001 51,653 44,600 45,619 43,860 47,519 38,569 34,716
14 Deposits2 21,543 26,065 30,709 31,511 32,500 29,022 29,848 28,625 27,844 27,695
15 Other 7,327 8,023 13,292 20,142 12,100 16,597 14,012 18,894 10,725 7,021
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 16,482 18,699 19,043 19,608 19,115 17,647 18,917 16,175 17,034 16,340
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 10,437 8,306 8,385 12,370 12,449 11,236 12,202 9,968 9,897 9,741
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 6,045 10,393 10,658 7,238 6,666 6,411 6,715 6,207 7,137 6,599
 
19 Official institutions7 730,606 719,454 748,422 755,760 757,379 759,944 763,452 767,009 762,584 752,207
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 395,046 363,401 398,389 422,032 434,874 440,256 434,570 442,756 439,379 445,066
21 Deposits2 98,512 91,552 111,638 110,870 120,483 111,487 111,593 115,479 114,213 124,041
22 Other 296,534 271,849 286,751 311,162 314,391 328,769 322,977 327,277 325,166 321,025
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 335,560 356,053 350,033 333,728 322,505 319,688 328,882 324,253 323,205 307,141
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 297,684 317,227 315,141 297,982 287,312 285,828 295,202 290,828 288,085 273,610
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 37,876 38,826 34,892 35,746 35,193 33,860 33,680 33,425 35,120 33,531
 
26 Banks8 2,015,708 2,222,598 2,011,419 2,012,823 1,964,578 1,987,113 1,990,796 1,968,460 1,967,809 2,042,179
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,817,551 1,983,134 1,764,152 1,755,485 1,701,050 1,726,991 1,734,920 1,719,201 1,730,731 1,790,697
28 Deposits2 986,878 1,098,106 989,428 993,264 963,777 1,000,775 996,215 1,035,364 1,028,446 1,040,030
29 Other 830,673 885,028 774,724 762,221 737,273 726,216 738,705 683,837 702,285 750,667
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 198,157 239,464 247,267 257,338 263,528 260,122 255,876 249,259 237,078 251,482
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 99,440 109,052 100,077 111,963 117,604 119,636 121,953 123,381 117,373 118,132
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 23,541 19,570 16,147 14,809 14,973 15,230 12,373 10,667 11,180 9,212
33 Other 75,176 110,842 131,043 130,566 130,951 125,256 121,550 115,211 108,525 124,138
 
34 Other foreigners9 1,863,491 1,982,563 2,486,217 2,562,904 2,543,335 2,584,181 2,623,231 2,628,860 2,594,039 2,650,586
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,272,773 1,265,692 1,346,992 1,404,130 1,393,512 1,429,965 1,436,994 1,416,474 1,389,387 1,434,464
36 Deposits2 706,362 764,135 775,256 779,940 797,146 812,397 814,163 812,835 814,542 826,676
37 Other 566,411 501,557 571,736 624,190 596,366 617,568 622,831 603,639 574,845 607,788
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 590,718 716,871 1,139,225 1,158,774 1,149,823 1,154,216 1,186,237 1,212,386 1,204,652 1,216,122
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 261,306 268,556 323,073 306,173 290,446 289,566 308,211 325,909 315,429 312,523
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 204,203 176,543 175,903 169,669 157,615 164,914 180,219 182,701 180,411 185,241
41 Other 125,209 271,772 640,249 682,932 701,762 699,736 697,807 703,776 708,812 718,358
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,541,686 1,687,661 1,560,984 1,554,725 1,507,304 1,523,897 1,528,621 1,514,774 1,518,707 1,567,109
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 4,655,157 4,977,402 5,309,102 5,402,748 5,329,007 5,394,504 5,440,256 5,428,023 5,380,035 5,496,028
 
44 Foreign countries 4,609,805 4,924,615 5,246,058 5,331,487 5,265,292 5,331,238 5,377,479 5,364,329 5,324,432 5,444,972
 
45 Europe 1,794,635 1,996,884 1,991,810 1,975,095 1,868,086 1,923,852 1,980,625 1,929,575 1,917,954 2,009,779
46 Austria 3,956 3,444 3,627 3,839 3,504 3,606 3,354 4,019 3,764 4,028
47 Belgium 34,902 37,175 41,003 37,825 35,465 42,308 47,291 47,599 35,167 34,273
48 Denmark 8,323 5,808 7,009 5,703 5,526 4,817 5,177 4,983 4,887 4,813
49 Finland 10,297 5,631 9,220 14,457 13,847 11,409 13,930 11,120 7,572 8,982
50 France 120,368 142,017 162,139 200,599 184,498 196,636 176,752 197,484 190,860 199,821
51 Germany 67,035 122,622 163,925 154,776 155,099 157,028 160,682 152,495 155,545 153,668
52 Greece 1,789 1,909 2,466 2,719 2,832 2,722 2,912 2,838 2,862 2,663
53 Ireland 176,333 205,149 204,830 215,139 209,684 224,117 229,337 227,222 231,457 233,025
54 Italy 23,051 19,990 28,110 24,111 24,771 25,129 24,985 25,364 24,342 25,571
55 Luxembourg 168,225 169,382 208,375 212,368 204,531 212,549 217,048 210,233 219,925 225,592
56 Netherlands 67,503 74,273 55,432 58,941 54,842 57,248 67,208 53,789 58,375 66,134
57 Norway 5,536 4,403 5,770 3,923 5,193 3,868 3,647 3,693 2,793 2,921
58 Portugal 1,927 1,990 1,410 1,448 1,333 1,393 1,332 1,638 1,296 1,545
59 Russia 14,764 12,206 21,338 17,527 16,194 15,155 19,905 23,043 26,619 25,645
60 Spain 19,345 18,435 20,005 17,287 20,191 18,432 22,273 21,365 20,144 19,966
61 Sweden 3,496 12,420 20,683 14,487 10,895 11,374 10,107 12,139 13,912 17,561
62 Switzerland 73,384 80,524 80,217 96,071 93,354 97,830 100,084 100,771 97,420 95,286
63 Turkey 37,739 31,896 9,705 19,981 19,072 24,460 21,817 18,836 17,935 16,406
64 United Kingdom 873,391 977,122 879,015 799,204 739,618 741,427 775,843 736,094 725,332 785,898
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 35,786 34,398 22,906 24,558 24,118 25,960 25,696 27,075 26,964 32,931
66 Serbia 487 454 209 587 662 896 659 576 577 498
67 Other Europe 46,997 35,635 44,414 49,545 42,858 45,487 50,586 47,198 50,207 52,552
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,593,759 1,806,585 1,819,639 1,779,742 1,678,315 1,722,989 1,774,915 1,725,617 1,713,369 1,803,077
 
69 Canada 181,283 181,614 213,922 199,814 208,054 212,326 206,539 199,617 203,461 210,177
 
70 Latin America 258,972 254,713 231,251 242,019 236,287 240,631 238,473 241,022 244,825 243,647
71 Argentina 13,374 13,890 19,315 22,417 20,108 21,263 24,203 22,800 24,894 24,695
72 Brazil 52,594 53,496 30,120 27,181 28,780 28,143 24,809 29,012 29,609 31,227
73 Chile 24,294 22,901 23,465 19,142 18,750 21,054 19,226 18,252 20,381 23,946
74 Colombia 8,730 9,407 13,939 12,575 12,317 11,617 11,142 10,699 11,401 11,294
75 Ecuador 3,156 3,114 2,678 2,991 3,176 3,041 3,104 3,038 3,036 3,062
76 Guatemala 2,400 2,079 2,651 3,305 3,492 3,018 2,701 2,608 2,728 2,679
77 Mexico 76,519 74,120 72,530 84,868 78,734 81,607 82,829 83,603 81,590 75,899
78 Panama 17,515 15,882 15,027 16,442 16,493 17,724 16,714 16,198 16,492 16,947
79 Peru 16,533 17,089 13,356 14,218 13,530 12,884 15,525 16,482 15,360 15,161
80 Uruguay 12,925 13,000 11,571 13,004 14,126 13,776 13,851 14,427 14,919 14,796
81 Venezuela 17,051 14,651 10,798 10,519 10,390 10,052 9,749 9,704 9,545 9,417
82 Other Latin America 13,881 15,084 15,801 15,357 16,391 16,452 14,620 14,199 14,870 14,524
 
83 Caribbean 1,293,338 1,348,931 1,576,360 1,732,435 1,748,730 1,758,077 1,758,628 1,762,403 1,751,849 1,751,963
84 Bahamas 59,327 52,332 37,787 46,856 44,865 47,995 46,895 51,260 52,615 51,149
85 Bermuda 61,194 55,284 58,989 56,403 59,677 56,904 61,364 61,752 59,920 59,936
86 British Virgin Islands 47,823 37,917 41,951 43,135 43,095 40,182 41,580 42,396 41,345 39,458
87 Cayman Islands 1,074,266 1,158,566 1,400,333 1,551,914 1,567,469 1,579,827 1,574,046 1,573,490 1,565,515 1,569,969
88 Cuba 25 25 19 20 20 20 20 13 14 14
89 Jamaica 2,583 1,463 885 1,309 1,109 1,319 1,497 1,340 1,542 1,727
90 Netherlands Antilles16 5,173 9,711 8,326 5,143 5,573 5,232 5,244 4,728 4,375 3,799
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,227 3,645 4,147 4,102 4,238 4,941 4,682 4,797 4,581 4,613
92 Other Caribbean 38,720 29,988 23,923 23,553 22,684 21,657 23,300 22,627 21,942 21,298
 
93 Asia 983,297 1,002,403 1,092,753 1,045,804 1,065,813 1,059,436 1,060,085 1,090,214 1,070,780 1,090,614
94 China - Mainland 107,386 102,652 131,837 112,164 128,349 122,643 110,440 123,211 129,026 118,224
95 China - Hong Kong 125,216 124,389 107,681 92,003 93,017 86,706 90,288 100,845 94,962 102,631
96 India 20,996 26,415 17,404 23,724 25,107 25,376 22,196 31,556 27,180 28,723
97 Indonesia 10,954 12,160 17,397 16,283 15,708 13,551 14,831 13,629 18,384 12,619
98 Israel 16,429 18,464 15,923 24,578 20,805 22,488 20,173 20,212 21,137 20,324
99 Japan 348,855 356,631 363,289 360,938 352,538 354,257 358,364 361,543 341,437 358,672
100 Korea (South) 42,529 34,172 45,927 38,176 43,643 46,857 47,673 49,556 46,180 46,988
101 Philippines 8,014 7,440 13,553 11,565 12,304 12,582 12,789 12,897 11,634 12,795
102 Taiwan 37,584 35,654 37,268 34,603 36,349 31,624 33,819 36,452 37,287 45,760
103 Thailand 36,723 19,590 29,777 21,892 20,961 20,779 27,455 24,904 25,718 23,459
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 119,562 151,512 197,174 201,382 196,893 205,211 203,348 200,141 192,820 188,447
105 Other Asia 109,049 113,324 115,523 108,496 120,139 117,362 118,709 115,268 125,015 131,972
 
106 Africa 45,542 83,040 76,223 82,389 83,396 83,232 82,613 86,144 81,357 83,644
107 Egypt 16,247 35,698 36,092 38,391 37,679 39,072 40,449 41,123 39,473 42,608
108 Morocco 837 1,147 942 935 721 1,080 953 893 954 886
109 South Africa 4,109 13,673 5,641 5,319 7,328 7,048 6,738 11,766 7,438 5,725
110 Oil-exporting countries13 6,716 15,331 14,618 15,261 16,247 15,348 14,481 15,185 14,797 13,219
111 Other Africa 17,633 17,191 18,930 22,483 21,421 20,684 19,992 17,177 18,695 21,206
 
112 Other countries 52,738 57,030 63,739 53,931 54,926 53,684 50,516 55,354 54,206 55,148
113 Australia 44,634 50,466 56,383 47,931 47,946 47,535 44,309 48,925 47,310 48,374
114 New Zealand 5,703 4,088 4,858 3,570 4,619 3,747 3,539 3,798 4,166 4,061
115 All Other 2,401 2,476 2,498 2,430 2,361 2,402 2,668 2,631 2,730 2,713
 
116 International and regional organizations 45,352 52,787 63,044 71,261 63,715 63,266 62,777 63,694 55,603 51,056
117 International14 33,545 37,725 46,361 56,557 49,135 48,435 46,683 49,172 40,514 36,423
118 Regional15 11,807 15,062 16,683 14,704 14,580 14,831 16,094 14,522 15,089 14,633
  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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