Consolidated banking statistics

January 2013

The consolidated banking statistics report banks' on-balance sheet financial claims on the rest of the world and thereby provide a measure of the risk exposures of lenders' national banking systems. The quarterly data cover contractual lending by the head office and all its branches and subsidiaries on a worldwide consolidated basis, ie net of inter-office accounts. Reporting on this contractual lending on an immediate borrower basis allows the allocation of claims to the bank entity that would bear the losses as a result of default by borrowers. Total claims are broken down by maturity, sector (banks, non-bank private sector and public sector) as well as vis-à-vis country. Furthermore, to reflect the fact that banks' country risk exposures can differ substantially from that of contractual lending due to the use of risk mitigants such as collateral, reporting countries provide information on claims on a so-called ultimate risk basis from June 1999. Moreover, information on exposures resulting from derivatives contracts, guarantees extended and credit commitments are provided as of 2005 Q1.

Currently, central banks in 30 countries report their aggregate national consolidated data to the BIS, which uses them as the basis for calculating and publishing global data. The data are published as part of the BIS Quarterly Review. Preliminary data, including a commentary, are released a few weeks before the publication of the Quarterly Review. Users should be aware of the limitations of the preliminary data.

Apart from relevant descriptions and analytical articles in the Quarterly Review, the following BIS publications provide detailed methodological explanations of the consolidated banking statistics

Table Preliminary data
up to 2012Q3
 (Statistical Release Jan 2013) 
PDF CSV BIS WebStats
9 Consolidated international claims of BIS reporting banks      
9A Foreign and international claims, immediate borrower basis -
    -- Current period, all data types    
    -- Historical series by data type:      
9A:S - Total foreign claims (A+L) -
9A:A - Total international claims -
9A:B    - Up to and including 1 year -
9A:C    - Over 1 year and up to 2 years -
9A:D    - Over 2 years -
9A:F    - On banks -
9A:G    - On public sector -
9A:H    - On non-bank private sector -
9A:L - Local currency claims on local residents -
9A:M - Local currency liabilities to local residents -
  - Memorandum item: net risk exposure (A+L+net risk) -
  - All above-mentioned data types in one CSV file (1.5 Mb)    
9B Foreign claims by nationality of reporting banks, immediate borrower basis -
    -- Current period, selected countries    
    -- Historical series: by reporting country      
  or select one or more countries by clicking on Interactive (default: Austria) -
9C Foreign claims by sector and type, ultimate risk basis -
    -- Current period, all data types -
    -- Historical series by data type:      
9C:S Total foreign claims on ultimate risk basis -
9C:F    On banks -
9C:G    On public sector -
9C:H    On non-bank private sector -
9C:T    Cross-border claims -
9C:U    Local claims of foreign affiliates' in all currencies -
9C:V Derivatives contracts -
9C:W Guarantees extended -
9C:X Credit commitments -
  All above files together    
9D Foreign claims by nationality of reporting banks, ultimate risk basis      
    -- Current period, selected countries
    -- Historical series: by reporting country      
  or select one or more countries by clicking on Interactive (default: Austria) -
9E Foreign exposures on selected individual countries, ultimate risk basis      
    -- Current period, selected countries
    -- Historical series: by reporting country      
  or select one or more countries by clicking on Interactive (default: France) -
  Notes to tables    

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