Consolidated worldwide external claims of UK-owned banks
End-March 2005
UK-owned banks and their branches and subsidiaries worldwide reported an increase in consolidated foreign claims on an ultimate risk basis of $186.1 billion during Q1 2005, to stand at $2,433.6 billion. This was driven by growth in claims on Developed Countries, with the United States, France, Belgium and the Netherlands rising the most. Foreign claims on Offshore Centres and Developing Countries also increased. The former was mainly due to a rise in claims on the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong, while the latter was driven by the Republic of Korea, the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan.
Developed countries had a net inward risk transfer of $179.5 billion with the largest inflows to Germany, France and the Netherlands. Offshore Centres and Developing Countries had net outward risk transfers of $51.1 billion and $8.8 billion respectively. The former was driven by net transfers out of Hong Kong, the Cayman Islands and Singapore, while the latter was mostly due to net outward risk transfers from Mexico, Indonesia, South Africa and Kenya.
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| Table A - Regional breakdown of external claims of UK-owned banks | |
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| Table B - Analysis of changes in foreign claims on an ultimate risk basis | |
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| Table C - Consolidated external claims and unused commitments of UK-owned banks and their branches and subsidiaries worldwide | |
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Notes and definitions for consolidated external claims |
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