Quarterly Consolidated Foreign Currency Report (FC-3)

Data reported on this form will be held in confidence.
(See Section A of the Instructions.)

Form Approved: OMB No. 1505-0010
Estimated average burden: 8 hours
Foreign Currency Form FC-3, expires 2/28/2021
U.S. Department of the Treasury

QUARTERLY CONSOLIDATED FOREIGN CURRENCY
REPORT
TREASURY FOREIGN CURRENCY FORM FC-3

GENERAL

INSTRUCTIONS

A. INTRODUCTION
This report collects quarterly, consolidated data on foreign exchange contracts and foreign currency
denominated assets and liabilities of foreign exchange market participants. Data should be provided in
millions of units of each specified currency. Filing is required by law (31 U.S.C. 5315; 31 C.F.R. 128,
Subpart C). Failure to report can result in a civil penalty up to $10,000 (31 U.S.C. 5321(a)(3), 31 C.F.R.
128.4(c)).
Reported data will be held in confidence by the Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve Banks acting as
fiscal agents of the Treasury. Data reported by individual banks and firms will not be published or otherwise
publicly disclosed. Aggregate data may be published or disclosed in ways that will not reveal the amounts
reported by any one institution. The data of individual reporters may be provided to other Federal agencies
insofar as authorized by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Paperwork Reduction Act Notice: The estimated average burden associated with this collection of
information is eight hours per respondent. Comments concerning the accuracy of this estimate and
suggestions for reducing the burden should be directed to the Office of Information Resources Management, Room 2110, 1425 New York Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20220, and the Office of Management and
Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (1505-0010), Washington, DC 20503.

B. WHO MUST REPORT
This report must be filed by each foreign exchange market participant that had more than $5 billion equivalent in
foreign exchange contracts on the last business day of any calendar quarter during the previous year (March,
June, September, or December) calculated using then prevailing exchange rates. Such contracts include the
amounts of foreign exchange spot contracts bought and sold, foreign exchange forward contracts bought and
sold, foreign exchange futures bought and sold, plus one half of the notional amount of foreign exchange options
(that is, foreign exchange options bought and sold divided by two).
Institutions required to report include banks, bank holding companies and depository institutions in the
United States; the agencies, branches, and subsidiaries located in the United States of foreign banks and

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banking institutions; nonfinancial corporations; nonprofit institutions; brokers; dealers; mutual fund, foreign
exchange, and hedge fund managers; and other entities located in the United States, whether sole
proprietorships, partnerships, groups, associations, syndicates, trusts, or corporations, including the U.S.
branches and subsidiaries of foreign nonbanking concerns. Subsidiaries -- including banks, Edge Acts, and
nonbanks -- should be consolidated with the parent. Exemptions from filing this report are given to major
market participants with foreign exchange contracts of $50 billion equivalent or more that file the Monthly
Consolidated Foreign Currency Report FC-2.
The subsidiaries and branches in the United States of any foreign bank or foreign institution must report if
their combined foreign exchange contracts as listed above exceed the exemption level. However, U.S.
subsidiaries of foreign entities should file only for offices located in the United States, not for their
foreign parents.
Except for foreign branches and agencies that have offices in different Federal Reserve districts, only one
report should be filed by any institution. Institutions may choose to report at the level of the bank unless the
holding company's foreign currency commitments, including those of its subsidiary banks, exceed those of
the bank or banks by more than 2 percent. If this is the case, the holding company must report.

C. FILING THE REPORTS
1. This report should be completed as of the last business day of each calendar quarter (March, June,
September, and December) and filed within 45 calendar days.
2. The Federal Reserve acts as the collecting and processing agent for this report for the U.S. Department
of the Treasury. Banking institutions including foreign branches and agencies and bank holding
companies should submit this report to the Federal Reserve Bank in whose district they are located.
Nonbanks should file with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY).
3. The report should be filed on a fully consolidated basis. Reporters whose top-tier parent is located in
the United States should include data for all domestic and foreign offices. To facilitate reporting, data
need not be collected from those offices and subsidiaries that have immaterial positions. The amounts
reported must reflect the operations of offices which are responsible for at least 90 percent of all foreign
currency positions defined as the sum of the absolute gross par or notional value of all foreign
exchange spot and derivative contracts in its global foreign exchange operations. For a foreign
institution with operations in the United States, the amounts reported by one or more of its affiliates
must reflect at least 90 percent of all of its positions in the United States as defined above. In the event
you need to change the way you consolidate for this report or the offices whose activities are included,
notify your Federal Reserve Bank in advance.
4. All contracts should be reported on a gross basis, that is, contracts with the same customer, including
those netted by bilateral or multilateral master netting agreements, are to be reported gross. Contracts
with affiliates should also be reported gross. However, exclude intra-office trades between desks or
departments within the same reporter (e.g. transactions between two trading "desks" at the same
location). [Also exclude any off-market transactions between unconsolidated offices such as those used
to transfer the management of foreign currency exposure from a sales office to a trading operation.]
5. Include foreign exchange contracts used for hedging.

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6. Report both sides of foreign exchange transactions involving the report’s specified currencies. For
example, for a trade involving the purchase of U.S. dollars against the sale of Euros, report the dollar
side in row one and the Euros in row two.
7. Report all amounts in the indicated currency.
8. If the aggregate notional amount of options purchased and sold (written) in all currencies is in excess of
U.S. $500 million, you are required to complete the Options Addendum.
9. The reports are to be submitted using the Federal Reserve’s Internet Electronic Submission System
(IESUB) or on the forms provided by your Federal Reserve Bank. Reports must be clear and legible.

D. REVIEW OF DATA
Data submitted on Form FC-3 are reviewed by Federal Reserve staff. A reporter may be called to explain
changes in the data. In some cases, the reporter may be asked to submit revised reports. Revised reports must
be signed by an authorized officer.

E. DEFINITIONS
United States. The term "United States" means the States of the United States, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the following:
American Samoa, Guam, Johnston Atoll, Midway Island, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Wake Island.
Specified currencies. "Specified currencies" are the six currencies heading columns on the front of Form
FC-1: U.S. dollars, Euros, Swiss francs, U.K. pounds, Japanese yen, and Canadian dollars. Please note:
every exchange contract involves two currencies. If one is a specified currency, it should be reported. If
both are specified currencies, then the currency amounts should be included in both of the appropriate columns.

F. ROUNDING
All entries should be rounded to the nearest million units; do not use decimals.

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SPECIFIC

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Foreign Exchange Contracts Purchased (excluding futures contracts). Report in this row the
notional amounts of foreign exchange that the reporter has contracted to receive. Include amounts due
on unsettled spot, forward, and swap contracts. Report the notional amounts of swaps that are to be
exchanged including cross-currency interest rate swaps. Report the far leg and the near leg if it has not
settled. Do not report the notional amount of swaps where there is not an exchange of principal.
2. Foreign Exchange Contracts Sold (excluding futures contracts). Report in this row the notional
amounts of foreign exchange that the reporter has contracted to deliver. Include amounts due on
unsettled spot, forward, and swap contracts. Report the notional amounts of swaps that are to be
exchanged. See instructions for Row 1 for details of reporting swaps.
3. Foreign Exchange Futures Purchased. Report in this row the notional value of all purchases of
contracts traded on organized exchanges calling for receipt of foreign currency at a fixed date. Futures
contracts liquidated through offset should be reported net. Offset is the liquidating of a purchase of
futures through the sale of an equal number of contracts of the same delivery month on the same
underlying instrument on the same exchange, or the covering of a short sale of futures through the
purchase of an equal number of contracts of the same delivery month on the same underlying
instrument on the same exchange. For example, if you have contracts on the CME to buy 100 million
in 30-day Japanese yen and sell 50 million in 30-day Japanese yen, include 50 million in Row 3.
4. Foreign Exchange Futures Sold. Report in this row the notional value of all sales of contracts traded
on organized exchanges calling for delivery of foreign currency at a fixed date. See instructions for row
3 above for the net reporting of futures liquidated through offset.
5. Foreign Currency Denominated Assets. Report in this row all assets denominated in the specified
foreign currencies in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Include
currency balances due from banks and other depository institutions; securities; loans; discounted notes;
and other foreign currency-denominated assets. Exclude foreign exchange contracts for which delivery
has not been taken included in items 1 – 4.
6. Foreign Currency Denominated Liabilities. Report in this row all liabilities denominated in the
specified foreign currencies in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
Include, for example, borrowings; overdrafts; securities issued; acceptances outstanding; deferred
payment letters of credit outstanding; balances due to banks; and other foreign currency-denominated
liabilities. Exclude foreign exchange contracts for which delivery has not been made included in items 1
– 4.
The net foreign currency exposure on interest flows in each specified currency should be reported in
row 5 or 6, depending whether it represents a net asset (receivable) or liability (payable) position. This
amount should include accrued foreign currency interest receivable or payable for deposits, loans and
securities.

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RELATING TO THE OPTIONS ADDENDUM
This addendum should be completed by those entities with an aggregate notional principal amount of
options purchased and sold (written) in all currencies exceeding U.S. $500 million. For rows 1 through 4,
report the notional principal of options for that item.
Foreign currency options between specified currencies should be reported twice. For example, the currency
amounts of a Japanese yen call option against the sale of U.S. dollars should be reported in columns 1 and
5. A Swiss franc put against the purchase of U.K. pounds should be included in columns 3 and 4.
1. Put Options Written. Report the notional value of the foreign currency position that the reporter is
obligated to buy under option contracts at the option of the other party.
2. Call Options Written. Report the notional value of the foreign currency position that the reporter is
obligated to sell under option contracts at the option of the other party.
3. Call Options Purchased. Report the notional value of the foreign currency position where the reporter
has acquired an option to purchase and the other party to the contract is obligated to sell the instrument
if the reporter exercises the option.
4. Put Options Purchased. Report the notional value of the foreign currency position where the reporter
has acquired an option to sell and the other party to the contract is obligated to buy the instrument if the
reporter exercises the option.
5. Fair Value of Options above. Report the fair value of the options reported in the four preceding rows.
Report the fair value of all currency option contracts, written and purchased, for each specified currency.
Indicate a net short position by parentheses.