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Data were previously published in the Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, which ceased publication in December 2008.

Release Date: February 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 Jun 2021 Jul 2021/r Aug 2021/r Sep 2021/r Oct 2021/r Nov 2021/r Dec 2021/p
 
  BY HOLDER AND TYPE OF LIABILITY  
1 Total, all foreigners 5,309,102 5,476,905 6,125,396 6,302,953 6,490,082 6,600,033 6,567,643 6,798,570 6,963,467 6,747,356
 
2 Financial Firms` own liabilities 3,553,534 3,653,814 4,024,585 4,269,427 4,391,250 4,464,857 4,444,139 4,612,175 4,721,805 4,459,014
  By type of liability  
3 Deposits2 1,907,031 2,007,129 2,248,836 2,325,314 2,399,517 2,409,386 2,406,160 2,407,724 2,486,899 2,348,013
4 Other 1,646,503 1,646,685 1,775,749 1,944,113 1,991,733 2,055,471 2,037,979 2,204,451 2,234,906 2,111,001
5 Of which: repurchase agreements 970,960 1,010,799 1,058,535 1,233,173 1,270,102 1,321,587 1,319,460 1,446,165 1,468,338 1,360,509
6 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 1,755,568 1,823,091 2,100,811 2,033,526 2,098,832 2,135,176 2,123,504 2,186,395 2,241,662 2,288,342
  By type of liability  
7 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 746,676 716,057 1,027,314 926,747 924,918 924,453 928,382 962,616 975,422 987,410
8 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 237,009 239,384 167,806 171,214 233,607 234,270 225,015 233,156 236,986 214,777
9 Of which: negotiable time certificates of deposit held in custody for foreigners 115,936 120,921 79,763 85,276 84,110 81,323 81,465 84,129 89,027 80,697
10 Of which: short-term agency securities 10,401 19,210 11,805 6,640 7,329 8,595 7,194 6,297 9,112 7,503
11 Other 771,883 867,650 905,691 935,565 940,307 976,453 970,107 990,623 1,029,254 1,086,155
 
  By holder  
12 International and regional organizations6 63,044 50,815 62,873 54,825 58,682 55,594 58,946 59,862 85,203 56,167
13 Financial Firms` own liabilities 44,001 35,781 36,863 33,053 36,114 33,244 40,073 37,082 61,551 36,960
14 Deposits2 30,709 26,306 27,104 24,677 26,810 26,895 28,135 26,483 23,617 26,070
15 Other 13,292 9,475 9,759 8,376 9,304 6,349 11,938 10,599 37,934 10,890
16 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 19,043 15,034 26,010 21,772 22,568 22,350 18,873 22,780 23,652 19,207
17 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 8,385 8,340 21,654 15,446 15,033 14,440 12,250 14,014 15,882 13,055
18 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 10,658 6,694 4,356 6,326 7,535 7,910 6,623 8,766 7,770 6,152
 
19 Official institutions7 748,422 719,329 763,781 734,546 770,598 763,245 772,057 759,273 723,494 719,938
20 Financial Firms` own liabilities 398,389 417,187 365,318 441,259 440,245 450,893 468,811 460,485 435,248 426,569
21 Deposits2 111,638 112,653 122,805 111,731 106,805 98,748 104,897 104,197 96,207 104,772
22 Other 286,751 304,534 242,513 329,528 333,440 352,145 363,914 356,288 339,041 321,797
23 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 350,033 302,142 398,463 293,287 330,353 312,352 303,246 298,788 288,246 293,369
24 U.S Treasury bills and certificates4 315,141 268,567 360,969 269,464 276,366 257,990 255,413 247,716 239,523 247,640
25 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 34,892 33,575 37,494 23,823 53,987 54,362 47,833 51,072 48,723 45,729
 
26 Banks8 2,011,419 2,044,177 2,232,621 2,212,858 2,326,554 2,394,422 2,338,317 2,449,862 2,602,016 2,496,965
27 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,764,152 1,776,776 1,966,461 1,942,671 2,049,355 2,096,461 2,056,798 2,146,707 2,259,011 2,101,182
28 Deposits2 989,428 1,046,196 1,138,249 1,122,124 1,183,700 1,197,450 1,212,258 1,202,231 1,279,518 1,154,350
29 Other 774,724 730,580 828,212 820,547 865,655 899,011 844,540 944,476 979,493 946,832
30 Financial Firms` custody liabilities3 247,267 267,401 266,160 270,187 277,199 297,961 281,519 303,155 343,005 395,783
31 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 100,077 119,430 131,485 146,720 153,442 156,566 155,457 167,424 181,380 193,698
32 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 16,147 10,340 11,979 14,092 14,197 14,441 13,059 13,832 12,767 12,512
33 Other 131,043 137,631 122,696 109,375 109,560 126,954 113,003 121,899 148,858 189,573
 
34 Other foreigners9 2,486,217 2,662,584 3,066,121 3,300,724 3,334,248 3,386,772 3,398,323 3,529,573 3,552,754 3,474,286
35 Financial Firms` own liabilities 1,346,992 1,424,070 1,655,943 1,852,444 1,865,536 1,884,259 1,878,457 1,967,901 1,965,995 1,894,303
36 Deposits2 775,256 821,974 960,678 1,066,782 1,082,202 1,086,293 1,060,870 1,074,813 1,087,557 1,062,821
37 Other 571,736 602,096 695,265 785,662 783,334 797,966 817,587 893,088 878,438 831,482
38 Financial Firms` custodial liabilities 1,139,225 1,238,514 1,410,178 1,448,280 1,468,712 1,502,513 1,519,866 1,561,672 1,586,759 1,579,983
39 U.S. Treasury bills and certificates4 323,073 319,720 513,206 495,117 480,077 495,457 505,262 533,462 538,637 533,017
40 Other negotiable and readily transferable instruments5 175,903 189,314 115,053 127,654 158,671 158,341 158,363 160,429 168,800 151,266
41 Other 640,249 729,480 781,919 825,509 829,964 848,715 856,241 867,781 879,322 895,700
 
 
  Memo  
42 Own foreign offices10 1,560,984 1,563,313 1,703,009 1,633,354 1,741,958 1,781,896 1,733,536 1,816,308 1,933,988 1,777,909
 
  BY AREA OR COUNTRY  
43 Total, all foreigners 5,309,102 5,476,905 6,125,396 6,302,953 6,490,082 6,600,033 6,567,643 6,798,570 6,963,467 6,747,356
 
44 Foreign countries 5,246,058 5,426,090 6,062,523 6,248,128 6,431,400 6,544,439 6,508,697 6,738,708 6,878,264 6,691,189
 
45 Europe 1,991,810 1,972,578 2,289,583 2,344,351 2,480,442 2,573,195 2,503,749 2,661,558 2,787,022 2,644,835
46 Austria 3,627 3,652 5,792 4,639 5,856 6,505 4,441 4,232 6,278 5,321
47 Belgium 41,003 52,590 61,957 38,035 40,579 40,228 42,246 45,377 39,769 49,848
48 Denmark 7,009 6,350 8,097 9,836 8,913 9,341 10,393 10,726 9,901 10,474
49 Finland 9,220 5,886 2,368 11,431 12,854 12,227 10,621 13,189 10,486 4,293
50 France 162,139 177,811 191,410 220,611 224,826 223,866 235,962 244,051 270,093 273,862
51 Germany 163,925 153,518 140,176 168,548 172,899 179,608 186,092 190,175 203,888 194,981
52 Greece 2,466 2,989 3,592 3,324 3,259 3,384 2,965 3,038 3,210 3,300
53 Ireland 204,830 231,223 304,454 301,335 311,283 311,984 299,763 326,782 339,358 313,599
54 Italy 28,110 25,913 22,900 22,535 22,387 22,312 23,844 23,049 23,560 24,681
55 Luxembourg 208,375 212,090 266,580 282,612 295,986 305,179 284,147 302,432 315,530 292,509
56 Netherlands 55,432 58,821 66,242 66,876 72,377 69,652 61,563 60,626 65,964 60,037
57 Norway 5,770 5,264 5,264 12,868 9,904 11,729 25,125 27,990 29,132 10,562
58 Portugal 1,410 1,344 1,911 1,923 1,815 2,093 2,135 2,084 2,282 2,319
59 Russia 21,338 17,651 20,501 16,167 24,238 25,020 24,484 23,864 24,847 19,513
60 Spain 20,005 22,621 26,081 26,098 24,784 28,387 26,777 28,463 31,974 34,474
61 Sweden 20,683 12,635 13,597 14,255 15,633 18,281 18,050 16,199 13,144 13,038
62 Switzerland 80,217 89,618 96,404 99,192 102,934 105,856 98,722 101,089 98,228 92,941
63 Turkey 9,705 17,297 11,703 18,930 18,622 24,396 27,893 30,668 30,663 16,541
64 United Kingdom 879,015 786,349 923,536 902,590 985,108 1,049,345 997,548 1,098,124 1,162,205 1,122,903
65 Channel Islands and the Isle of Man 22,906 33,769 40,189 45,652 46,166 47,498 48,820 37,841 37,332 37,055
66 Serbia 209 582 819 762 716 747 363 271 419 534
67 Other Europe 44,414 54,604 76,009 76,132 79,305 75,556 71,794 71,287 68,758 62,050
 
  Memo  
68 European Union11 1,819,639 1,773,553 1,116,867 1,165,063 1,208,621 1,223,839 1,199,386 1,270,414 1,333,019 1,277,955
 
69 Canada 213,922 225,709 270,806 274,233 302,110 297,421 295,394 294,476 314,414 292,470
 
70 Latin America 231,251 230,428 260,337 281,098 278,297 285,088 296,494 293,639 290,586 274,317
71 Argentina 19,315 21,433 16,885 17,579 17,716 18,189 17,605 18,798 17,125 16,965
72 Brazil 30,120 28,089 30,948 33,275 27,699 28,464 30,989 28,927 27,175 26,752
73 Chile 23,465 24,889 30,803 31,260 35,410 35,210 35,278 35,093 31,335 29,375
74 Colombia 13,939 10,555 12,248 12,391 11,569 15,075 14,497 14,066 15,053 14,917
75 Ecuador 2,678 3,234 3,226 3,106 2,834 2,826 2,847 2,792 2,825 2,966
76 Guatemala 2,651 2,668 2,742 3,082 3,831 3,775 4,529 5,469 5,228 5,368
77 Mexico 72,530 71,785 81,842 98,749 99,391 100,318 108,885 105,488 106,266 96,489
78 Panama 15,027 17,452 23,770 25,184 24,591 24,453 24,215 24,247 24,337 23,609
79 Peru 13,356 12,300 8,668 11,742 11,399 12,466 13,170 14,157 16,603 13,306
80 Uruguay 11,571 13,866 22,380 20,235 19,771 19,774 20,065 20,520 19,736 21,766
81 Venezuela 10,798 9,683 9,055 8,046 7,960 7,940 7,821 7,755 7,864 7,789
82 Other Latin America 15,801 14,474 17,770 16,449 16,126 16,598 16,593 16,327 17,039 15,015
 
83 Caribbean 1,576,360 1,749,005 1,872,912 2,003,859 1,970,290 1,993,976 2,000,770 2,071,019 2,057,256 1,999,293
84 Bahamas 37,787 45,949 42,228 50,256 55,306 58,556 57,216 62,151 67,084 72,434
85 Bermuda 58,989 58,394 74,556 71,064 71,377 74,536 78,136 77,509 79,151 75,674
86 British Virgin Islands 41,951 39,007 43,759 46,581 43,873 45,228 46,965 48,552 55,180 55,744
87 Cayman Islands 1,400,333 1,569,209 1,670,977 1,792,738 1,755,688 1,766,286 1,770,428 1,834,478 1,811,843 1,752,503
88 Cuba 19 14 13 13 14 14 14 14 13 13
89 Jamaica 885 1,004 1,738 1,539 1,604 1,593 1,511 1,591 1,608 1,548
90 Netherlands Antilles16 8,326 6,563 7,748 10,146 11,699 16,076 16,115 16,107 12,527 12,012
91 Trinidad and Tobago 4,147 4,771 4,891 4,934 5,013 5,135 5,265 5,261 5,052 5,219
92 Other Caribbean 23,923 24,094 27,002 26,588 25,716 26,552 25,120 25,356 24,798 24,146
 
93 Asia 1,092,753 1,104,085 1,221,143 1,187,082 1,246,331 1,240,296 1,255,948 1,259,643 1,272,949 1,310,226
94 China - Mainland 131,837 125,103 177,188 146,445 132,163 133,900 142,503 129,918 134,027 152,556
95 China - Hong Kong 107,681 95,542 117,517 117,591 124,109 124,459 121,564 111,346 120,658 135,661
96 India 17,404 34,525 71,790 51,317 57,371 50,510 44,973 50,744 41,698 40,035
97 Indonesia 17,397 11,474 12,746 18,596 16,750 17,833 18,048 20,062 16,960 18,990
98 Israel 15,923 21,878 27,982 34,684 40,812 39,394 38,193 39,956 35,077 41,885
99 Japan 363,289 353,248 342,946 323,312 323,143 327,195 333,932 338,090 388,709 367,760
100 Korea (South) 45,927 48,643 60,939 73,605 74,595 72,388 84,143 83,051 65,498 63,808
101 Philippines 13,553 20,342 19,566 11,247 13,298 11,967 13,767 12,761 12,725 18,812
102 Taiwan 37,268 43,267 50,830 50,293 51,728 53,072 53,621 53,190 52,113 53,157
103 Thailand 29,777 21,243 10,179 9,506 13,489 19,649 18,703 23,398 22,037 23,736
104 Middle Eastern oil-exporting countries12 197,174 190,485 175,656 190,148 234,639 221,428 215,770 218,478 207,859 216,281
105 Other Asia 115,523 138,335 153,804 160,338 164,234 168,501 170,731 178,649 175,588 177,545
 
106 Africa 76,223 85,457 79,881 88,373 84,482 80,218 80,446 78,640 79,268 76,821
107 Egypt 36,092 43,360 27,900 29,799 29,297 25,243 27,143 29,021 28,386 26,141
108 Morocco 942 1,207 2,247 2,065 2,067 1,923 1,703 1,550 1,784 1,592
109 South Africa 5,641 5,966 15,348 15,077 14,019 14,282 13,610 10,277 11,068 12,387
110 Oil-exporting countries13 14,618 11,113 10,627 11,378 12,358 12,640 11,453 12,134 12,849 10,657
111 Other Africa 18,930 23,811 23,759 30,054 26,741 26,130 26,537 25,658 25,181 26,044
 
112 Other countries 63,739 58,828 67,861 69,132 69,448 74,245 75,896 79,733 76,769 93,227
113 Australia 56,383 52,033 59,021 59,658 60,486 65,722 68,278 71,934 69,342 84,800
114 New Zealand 4,858 4,091 4,873 5,753 5,412 4,991 4,038 4,279 4,132 4,472
115 All Other 2,498 2,704 3,967 3,721 3,550 3,532 3,580 3,520 3,295 3,955
 
116 International and regional organizations 63,044 50,815 62,873 54,825 58,682 55,594 58,946 59,862 85,203 56,167
117 International14 46,361 36,517 45,656 34,700 38,097 34,382 39,780 40,654 66,389 39,180
118 Regional15 16,683 14,298 17,217 20,125 20,585 21,212 19,166 19,208 18,814 16,987
  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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