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

Release Date: January 2022
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 2018 2019 2020/r May 2021/r Jun 2021/r Jul 2021/r Aug 2021/r Sep 2021/r Oct 2021/r Nov 2021/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 5,309,102 5,476,905 6,125,396 6,434,364 6,302,953 6,446,101 6,564,019 6,529,149 6,752,449 6,927,410
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,553,534 3,653,814 4,024,585 4,420,890 4,269,427 4,391,250 4,464,857 4,444,139 4,612,175 4,721,805
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,907,031 2,007,129 2,248,836 2,398,870 2,325,314 2,399,517 2,409,386 2,406,160 2,407,724 2,486,898
4 Other 1,646,503 1,646,685 1,775,749 2,022,020 1,944,113 1,991,733 2,055,471 2,037,979 2,204,451 2,234,907
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 970,960 1,010,799 1,058,535 1,285,214 1,233,173 1,270,102 1,321,587 1,319,460 1,446,165 1,468,338
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,755,568 1,823,091 2,100,811 2,013,474 2,033,526 2,054,851 2,099,162 2,085,010 2,140,274 2,205,605
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 746,676 716,057 1,027,314 887,846 926,747 920,773 922,708 927,448 961,212 977,677
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 237,009 239,384 167,806 206,094 171,214 193,736 199,408 186,867 187,850 198,263
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 115,936 120,921 79,763 96,804 85,276 92,137 91,644 90,190 93,440 100,574
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 10,401 19,210 11,805 7,649 6,640 7,732 9,050 7,411 6,736 8,613
11 Other 771,883 867,650 905,691 919,534 935,565 940,342 977,046 970,695 991,212 1,029,665
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 63,044 50,815 62,873 58,573 54,825 58,715 55,631 59,005 59,862 84,938
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 44,001 35,781 36,863 36,345 33,053 36,114 33,244 40,073 37,082 61,551
14 Deposits2 30,709 26,306 27,104 27,470 24,677 26,810 26,895 28,135 26,483 23,617
15 Other 13,292 9,475 9,759 8,875 8,376 9,304 6,349 11,938 10,599 37,934
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 19,043 15,034 26,010 22,228 21,772 22,601 22,387 18,932 22,780 23,387
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 8,385 8,340 21,654 15,703 15,446 15,064 14,475 12,309 14,021 15,726
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 10,658 6,694 4,356 6,525 6,326 7,537 7,912 6,623 8,759 7,661
 
19 Official institutions7 748,422 719,329 763,781 774,041 734,546 770,415 762,577 777,151 760,460 727,370
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 398,389 417,187 365,318 431,302 441,259 440,245 450,893 468,811 460,485 435,248
21 Deposits2 111,638 112,653 122,805 137,585 111,731 106,805 98,748 104,897 104,197 96,207
22 Other 286,751 304,534 242,513 293,717 329,528 333,440 352,145 363,914 356,288 339,041
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 350,033 302,142 398,463 342,739 293,287 330,170 311,684 308,340 299,975 292,122
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 315,141 268,567 360,969 296,117 269,464 286,373 268,164 265,793 257,570 248,623
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 34,892 33,575 37,494 46,622 23,823 43,797 43,520 42,547 42,405 43,499
 
26 Banks8 2,011,419 2,044,177 2,232,621 2,320,148 2,212,858 2,326,711 2,394,545 2,338,487 2,450,037 2,602,142
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,764,152 1,776,776 1,966,461 2,066,989 1,942,671 2,049,355 2,096,461 2,056,798 2,146,707 2,259,011
28 Deposits2 989,428 1,046,196 1,138,249 1,157,132 1,122,124 1,183,700 1,197,450 1,212,258 1,202,231 1,279,518
29 Other 774,724 730,580 828,212 909,857 820,547 865,655 899,011 844,540 944,476 979,493
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 247,267 267,401 266,160 253,159 270,187 277,356 298,084 281,689 303,330 343,131
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 100,077 119,430 131,485 132,316 146,720 153,344 156,539 155,436 167,406 181,313
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 16,147 10,340 11,979 14,568 14,092 14,452 14,591 13,250 14,025 12,960
33 Other 131,043 137,631 122,696 106,275 109,375 109,560 126,954 113,003 121,899 148,858
 
34 Other foreigners9 2,486,217 2,662,584 3,066,121 3,281,602 3,300,724 3,290,260 3,351,266 3,354,506 3,482,090 3,512,960
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,346,992 1,424,070 1,655,943 1,886,254 1,852,444 1,865,536 1,884,259 1,878,457 1,967,901 1,965,995
36 Deposits2 775,256 821,974 960,678 1,076,683 1,066,782 1,082,202 1,086,293 1,060,870 1,074,813 1,087,556
37 Other 571,736 602,096 695,265 809,571 785,662 783,334 797,966 817,587 893,088 878,439
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 1,139,225 1,238,514 1,410,178 1,395,348 1,448,280 1,424,724 1,467,007 1,476,049 1,514,189 1,546,965
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 323,073 319,720 513,206 443,710 495,117 465,992 483,530 493,910 522,215 532,015
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 175,903 189,314 115,053 139,178 127,654 128,733 134,172 125,313 123,607 135,220
41 Other 640,249 729,480 781,919 812,460 825,509 829,999 849,305 856,826 868,367 879,730
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,560,984 1,563,313 1,703,009 1,755,882 1,633,354 1,741,958 1,781,896 1,733,536 1,816,308 1,933,988
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 5,309,102 5,476,905 6,125,396 6,434,364 6,302,953 6,446,101 6,564,019 6,529,149 6,752,449 6,927,410
 
44 Foreign countries 5,246,058 5,426,090 6,062,523 6,375,791 6,248,128 6,387,386 6,508,388 6,470,144 6,692,587 6,842,472
 
45 Europe 1,991,810 1,972,578 2,289,583 2,423,303 2,344,351 2,479,865 2,575,068 2,498,303 2,655,125 2,782,328
46 Austria 3,627 3,652 5,792 4,208 4,639 5,856 6,505 4,441 4,232 6,279
47 Belgium 41,003 52,590 61,957 41,365 38,035 40,579 40,228 42,246 45,377 39,769
48 Denmark 7,009 6,350 8,097 8,216 9,836 8,913 9,341 10,393 10,726 9,901
49 Finland 9,220 5,886 2,368 9,469 11,431 12,854 12,227 10,621 13,189 10,486
50 France 162,139 177,811 191,410 213,738 220,611 224,826 223,866 235,962 244,051 270,093
51 Germany 163,925 153,518 140,176 159,065 168,548 172,914 179,623 186,093 190,175 203,772
52 Greece 2,466 2,989 3,592 3,143 3,324 3,259 3,384 2,965 3,038 3,210
53 Ireland 204,830 231,223 304,454 313,459 301,335 311,329 311,474 293,171 318,607 335,243
54 Italy 28,110 25,913 22,900 20,526 22,535 22,383 22,314 23,846 23,051 23,553
55 Luxembourg 208,375 212,090 266,580 291,502 282,612 296,244 306,784 284,707 304,175 316,812
56 Netherlands 55,432 58,821 66,242 71,973 66,876 72,678 70,038 61,794 60,871 64,380
57 Norway 5,770 5,264 5,264 10,562 12,868 9,904 11,729 25,125 27,990 29,111
58 Portugal 1,410 1,344 1,911 2,172 1,923 1,815 2,093 2,135 2,084 2,282
59 Russia 21,338 17,651 20,501 24,515 16,167 24,238 25,020 24,484 23,864 24,847
60 Spain 20,005 22,621 26,081 24,144 26,098 24,784 28,387 26,777 28,463 31,974
61 Sweden 20,683 12,635 13,597 7,862 14,255 15,637 18,281 18,050 16,199 13,142
62 Switzerland 80,217 89,618 96,404 92,507 99,192 103,163 106,105 98,949 101,169 98,430
63 Turkey 9,705 17,297 11,703 14,593 18,930 18,622 24,396 27,893 30,668 30,663
64 United Kingdom 879,015 786,349 923,536 988,064 902,590 983,577 1,049,360 997,576 1,097,706 1,161,750
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 22,906 33,769 40,189 45,068 45,652 46,271 47,609 48,917 37,931 37,436
66 Serbia 209 582 819 774 762 716 747 363 271 419
67 Other Europe 44,414 54,604 76,009 76,376 76,132 79,305 75,556 71,794 71,287 68,775
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,819,639 1,773,553 1,116,867 1,164,764 1,165,063 1,209,136 1,225,226 1,193,491 1,264,139 1,328,387
 
69 Canada 213,922 225,709 270,806 272,499 274,233 301,987 297,956 295,301 294,198 314,958
 
70 Latin America 231,251 230,428 260,337 284,884 281,098 278,635 285,527 296,098 292,363 289,856
71 Argentina 19,315 21,433 16,885 19,220 17,579 17,716 18,189 17,605 18,798 17,125
72 Brazil 30,120 28,089 30,948 30,996 33,275 27,699 28,464 30,989 28,927 27,175
73 Chile 23,465 24,889 30,803 31,970 31,260 35,824 35,725 35,752 35,382 31,876
74 Colombia 13,939 10,555 12,248 12,036 12,391 11,569 15,076 14,498 14,067 14,931
75 Ecuador 2,678 3,234 3,226 3,398 3,106 2,834 2,826 2,847 2,792 2,825
76 Guatemala 2,651 2,668 2,742 3,472 3,082 3,792 3,736 3,696 3,942 3,945
77 Mexico 72,530 71,785 81,842 102,266 98,749 99,354 100,280 108,847 105,449 106,154
78 Panama 15,027 17,452 23,770 24,378 25,184 24,591 24,453 24,215 24,247 24,223
79 Peru 13,356 12,300 8,668 12,258 11,742 11,399 12,466 13,170 14,157 16,603
80 Uruguay 11,571 13,866 22,380 20,282 20,235 19,771 19,774 20,065 20,520 19,736
81 Venezuela 10,798 9,683 9,055 8,086 8,046 7,960 7,940 7,821 7,755 7,864
82 Other Latin America 15,801 14,474 17,770 16,522 16,449 16,126 16,598 16,593 16,327 17,399
 
83 Caribbean 1,576,360 1,749,005 1,872,912 1,991,547 2,003,859 1,961,297 1,985,817 1,991,020 2,062,473 2,050,204
84 Bahamas 37,787 45,949 42,228 52,258 50,256 55,314 58,564 57,224 62,156 67,089
85 Bermuda 58,989 58,394 74,556 73,820 71,064 70,972 74,839 78,111 77,441 78,026
86 British Virgin Islands 41,951 39,007 43,759 46,305 46,581 43,824 45,156 46,894 48,544 55,114
87 Cayman Islands 1,400,333 1,569,209 1,670,977 1,773,047 1,792,738 1,747,161 1,757,888 1,760,768 1,826,005 1,805,969
88 Cuba 19 14 13 14 13 14 14 14 14 13
89 Jamaica 885 1,004 1,738 1,646 1,539 1,604 1,593 1,511 1,591 1,608
90 Netherlands Antilles16 8,326 6,563 7,748 12,667 10,146 11,679 16,076 16,115 16,107 12,118
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,147 4,771 4,891 5,159 4,934 5,013 5,135 5,265 5,261 5,052
92 Other Caribbean 23,923 24,094 27,002 26,631 26,588 25,716 26,552 25,118 25,354 25,215
 
93 Asia 1,092,753 1,104,085 1,221,143 1,249,877 1,187,082 1,211,832 1,209,695 1,233,313 1,230,224 1,249,181
94 China - Mainland 131,837 125,103 177,188 159,108 146,445 132,003 133,795 142,472 129,863 133,884
95 China - Hong Kong 107,681 95,542 117,517 121,821 117,591 124,164 124,459 121,564 111,346 120,654
96 India 17,404 34,525 71,790 73,689 51,317 57,371 50,510 44,973 50,744 41,698
97 Indonesia 17,397 11,474 12,746 16,925 18,596 16,925 18,110 18,283 19,910 17,413
98 Israel 15,923 21,878 27,982 34,615 34,684 40,812 39,394 38,193 39,956 35,077
99 Japan 363,289 353,248 342,946 345,254 323,312 323,145 327,220 333,935 338,093 390,111
100 Korea (South) 45,927 48,643 60,939 68,337 73,605 73,052 70,089 82,200 81,584 64,913
101 Philippines 13,553 20,342 19,566 13,428 11,247 13,299 11,971 13,771 12,763 12,725
102 Taiwan 37,268 43,267 50,830 52,806 50,293 51,855 53,484 54,416 54,046 52,854
103 Thailand 29,777 21,243 10,179 9,499 9,506 13,489 19,649 18,703 23,398 22,037
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 197,174 190,485 175,656 191,711 190,148 201,492 192,512 194,070 189,870 182,376
105 Other Asia 115,523 138,335 153,804 162,684 160,338 164,225 168,502 170,733 178,651 175,439
 
106 Africa 76,223 85,457 79,881 86,639 88,373 84,521 80,257 80,485 78,679 79,307
107 Egypt 36,092 43,360 27,900 30,243 29,799 29,297 25,243 27,143 29,021 28,386
108 Morocco 942 1,207 2,247 1,534 2,065 2,067 1,923 1,703 1,550 1,784
109 South Africa 5,641 5,966 15,348 16,025 15,077 14,058 14,321 13,649 10,316 11,107
110 Oil-exporting countries13 14,618 11,113 10,627 11,502 11,378 12,358 12,640 11,453 12,134 12,849
111 Other Africa 18,930 23,811 23,759 27,335 30,054 26,741 26,130 26,537 25,658 25,181
 
112 Other countries 63,739 58,828 67,861 67,042 69,132 69,249 74,068 75,624 79,525 76,638
113 Australia 56,383 52,033 59,021 58,027 59,658 60,287 65,545 68,006 71,726 69,211
114 New Zealand 4,858 4,091 4,873 5,385 5,753 5,412 4,991 4,038 4,279 4,132
115 All Other 2,498 2,704 3,967 3,630 3,721 3,550 3,532 3,580 3,520 3,295
 
116 International and regional organizations 63,044 50,815 62,873 58,573 54,825 58,715 55,631 59,005 59,862 84,938
117 International14 46,361 36,517 45,656 37,343 34,700 38,101 34,382 39,792 40,658 66,135
118 Regional15 16,683 14,298 17,217 21,230 20,125 20,614 21,249 19,213 19,204 18,803
  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 includes the United Kingdom through January 2020. 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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