Key points
- UK-owned monetary financial institutions and their branches and subsidiaries worldwide reported an increase in consolidated external claims on an ultimate risk basis of $128.8 billion during 2023 Q4, to a level of $4,501.5 billion.
- By sector, the largest increase in claims was on the other financial corporations sector, up by $69.1 billion to a level of $1,174.6 billion.
- By region, the largest increase in claims was on Developed Countries, up $64.5 billion to a level of $2,775.0 billion.
Table A: Regional breakdown of external claims of UK-owned monetary financial institutions - End-Q4 2023
US$ billions
Not seasonally adjusted
| External claims on: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
 | Developed Countries | Offshore Centres | Developing Countries: | Total | |||
| Europe | Latin America & Caribbean | Africa & Middle East | Asia & Pacific | ||||
| Immediate borrower | 2,768.2 | 841.4 | 25.8 | 78.2 | 166.0 | 575.2 | 4,523.9 | 
| Net risk transfers | 6.8 | -42.8 | -0.8 | 0.4 | -10.6 | 23.3 | -22.4 | 
| Ultimate risk basis | 2,775.0 | 798.6 | 25.1 | 78.6 | 155.4 | 598.4 | 4,501.5 | 
Consolidated external claims: Developed Countries
Changes in consolidated external claims on an ultimate risk basis on Developed Countries, by counterpart sector and by debtor country - Q4 2023
US$ billions
Not seasonally adjusted
Table B: Changes in external claims on an ultimate risk basis: Developed Countries (US$ billions) - Q4 2023
| 
 | 
 | Total | of which by origin: | of which by sector: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-border | Local | DTC | Public Sector | OFC | NFC | HH | |||
| Largest increases | United States | 23.7 | 51.3 | -27.5 | -3.7 | -9.5 | 10.4 | 24.3 | 2.2 | 
| Japan | 22.8 | 14.6 | 8.2 | 0.4 | -6.1 | 18.1 | 10.5 | 0.0 | |
| Germany | 10.5 | 19.1 | -8.6 | 9.4 | -0.7 | 0.4 | 5.1 | -3.8 | |
| Canada | 5.8 | 0.9 | 4.8 | -2.1 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | |
| Ireland | 5.0 | 5.4 | -0.4 | 0.5 | -0.1 | 3.3 | 1.7 | -0.4 | |
| Largest decreases | France | -1.2 | -1.4 | 0.2 | -1.9 | -1.3 | -3.1 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 
| Finland | -1.4 | -1.4 | 0.0 | -1.5 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | |
| Belgium | -1.7 | -1.6 | 0.0 | -1.5 | -0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Netherlands | -2.7 | -0.2 | -2.5 | -1.2 | -6.0 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0.9 | |
| Luxembourg | -3.4 | -1.0 | -2.4 | -2.6 | -3.0 | 2.1 | 0.2 | -0.1 | |
Table C: Amounts outstanding of external claims on an ultimate risk basis: Developed Countries (US$ billions) End - Q4 2023
| 
 | 
 | Total | of which by origin: | of which by sector: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-border | Local | DTC | Public Sector | OFC | NFC | HH | |||
| Largest increases | United States | 1,345.7 | 786.9 | 558.8 | 43.2 | 396.7 | 689.4 | 164.1 | 52.3 | 
| Japan | 248.8 | 104.6 | 144.2 | 38.3 | 81.1 | 105.3 | 23.7 | 0.4 | |
| Germany | 231.7 | 117.3 | 114.3 | 74.8 | 128.6 | 11.5 | 15.3 | 1.5 | |
| Canada | 145.6 | 65.6 | 80.0 | 31.0 | 40.0 | 17.2 | 29.5 | 27.9 | |
| Ireland | 43.8 | 39.0 | 4.9 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 23.5 | 14.7 | 2.5 | |
| Largest decreases | France | 389.4 | 202.4 | 187.0 | 166.2 | 152.8 | 19.1 | 29.9 | 21.5 | 
| Finland | 5.3 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | |
| Belgium | 8.8 | 8.0 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 0.1 | |
| Netherlands | 56.9 | 30.2 | 26.7 | 14.1 | 5.7 | 10.5 | 15.0 | 11.6 | |
| Luxembourg | 56.2 | 39.1 | 17.1 | 5.1 | 12.0 | 29.3 | 8.8 | 1.0 | |
Consolidated external claims: Offshore Centres
Changes in consolidated external claims on an ultimate risk basis on Offshore Centres, by counterpart sector and by debtor country - Q4 2023
US$ billions
Not seasonally adjusted
Table D: Changes in external claims on an ultimate risk basis: Offshore Centres (US$ billions) - Q4 2023
| 
 | 
 | Total | of which by origin: | of which by sector: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-border | Local | DTC | Public Sector | OFC | NFC | HH | |||
| Largest increases | Cayman Islands | 17.1 | 17.3 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 
| Singapore | 5.9 | -2.5 | 8.4 | -4.3 | 6.8 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 1.1 | |
| Jersey | 5.8 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 6.2 | -0.5 | -0.1 | |
| Bermuda | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
| Mauritius | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | -0.8 | 0.0 | |
| Largest decreases | West Indies UK | -0.3 | -0.3 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.3 | -0.1 | 
| Guernsey | -0.5 | -0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.4 | 0.0 | |
| Bahrain | -0.6 | -0.3 | -0.3 | -0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Macao | -0.8 | -0.7 | -0.2 | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 0.0 | |
| Hong Kong | -6.4 | -2.1 | -4.4 | -0.2 | -3.3 | -1.1 | -2.7 | 0.9 | |
Table E: Amounts outstanding of external claims on an ultimate risk basis: Offshore Centres (US$ billions) End - Q4 2023
| 
 | 
 | Total | of which by origin: | of which by sector: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-border | Local | DTC | Public Sector | OFC | NFC | HH | |||
| Largest increases | Cayman Islands | 55.6 | 55.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 51.2 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 
| Singapore | 161.9 | 39.6 | 122.3 | 11.6 | 75.2 | 13.9 | 23.7 | 37.5 | |
| Jersey | 35.6 | 30.8 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 23.7 | 5.9 | 4.5 | |
| Bermuda | 9.3 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | |
| Mauritius | 4.8 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.2 | |
| Largest decreases | West Indies UK | 4.0 | 3.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 
| Guernsey | 11.4 | 7.8 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 2.4 | |
| Bahrain | 8.9 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.1 | |
| Macao | 4.2 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.2 | |
| Hong Kong | 494.9 | 39.7 | 455.2 | 10.5 | 137.6 | 58.2 | 119.0 | 169.5 | |
Consolidated external claims: Developing Countries
Changes in consolidated external claims on an ultimate risk basis on Developing Countries, by counterpart sector and by debtor country - Q4 2023
US$ billions
Not seasonally adjusted
Table F: Changes in external claims on an ultimate risk basis: Developing Countries (US$ billions) - Q4 2023
| 
 | 
 | Total | of which by origin: | of which by sector: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-border | Local | DTC | Public Sector | OFC | NFC | HH | |||
| Largest increases | China | 16.1 | 16.3 | -0.2 | 9.2 | 8.9 | -0.5 | -1.6 | 0.1 | 
| Brazil | 7.9 | 8.1 | -0.2 | 1.2 | 6.8 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 6.9 | 6.6 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 3.7 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | |
| Poland | 2.7 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Largest decreases | Oman | -0.3 | -0.3 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 
| Bangladesh | -0.3 | -0.4 | 0.0 | -0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -0.3 | 0.0 | |
| Czech Republic | -0.9 | -1.9 | 1.1 | 0.0 | -0.7 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | |
| Argentina | -1.0 | 0.0 | -1.0 | 0.1 | -0.5 | 0.0 | -0.3 | -0.2 | |
| Israel | -1.6 | -0.4 | -1.3 | 0.5 | -2.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
Table G: Amounts outstanding of external claims on an ultimate risk basis: Developing Countries (US$ billions) End - Q4 2023
| 
 | 
 | Total | of which by origin: | of which by sector: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-border | Local | DTC | Public Sector | OFC | NFC | HH | |||
| Largest increases | China | 264.1 | 133.0 | 131.1 | 62.5 | 84.3 | 25.0 | 75.5 | 16.9 | 
| Brazil | 24.8 | 23.4 | 1.3 | 5.5 | 15.7 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.1 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 28.5 | 27.5 | 1.0 | 8.7 | 4.5 | 9.8 | 4.3 | 1.2 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 55.0 | 20.0 | 35.1 | 11.1 | 13.5 | 4.2 | 17.7 | 8.6 | |
| Poland | 7.9 | 7.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 6.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | |
| Largest decreases | Oman | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 
| Bangladesh | 10.4 | 1.6 | 8.8 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 0.7 | |
| Czech Republic | 4.1 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
| Argentina | 3.7 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | |
| Israel | 6.4 | 5.2 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | |
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