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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: July 2012

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2010 2011 Jan.-May.2012/r Nov.2011 Dec.2011 Jan.2012 Feb.2012/r Mar.2012/r Apr.2012/r May.2012/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 6,747,218 7,720,283 2,972,671 575,840 531,589 542,304 584,452 631,852 563,228 650,835
2 Foreign sales 6,637,477 7,695,208 2,952,520 582,984 542,557 538,834 576,683 624,902 561,401 650,700
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 109,741 25,075 20,151 -7,144 -10,968 3,470 7,769 6,950 1,827 135
 
4 Foreign countries 109,787 24,725 19,682 -7,010 -11,072 3,395 7,663 6,931 1,722 -29
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -2,518 4,452 2,978 -1,987 1,320 1,025 -1,020 451 2,145 377
 
6 Europe 54,053 -32,400 18,392 -3,361 -13,602 2,793 4,523 6,453 2,260 2,363
7 Belgium -494 -3,973 -58 -603 -199 156 164 -80 -274 -24
8 France 19,640 -26,557 5,144 -2,029 -6,373 5,001 1,311 17 -1,217 32
9 Germany -443 2,118 -3,478 -508 2,574 -1,435 -969 439 -110 -1,403
10 Ireland 976 79 -301 -38 309 13 100 -112 -30 -272
11 Luxembourg 131 -1,570 -365 -378 -713 -16 -529 -83 -70 333
12 Netherlands -5,654 -2,155 -917 -910 -513 -4 -510 551 611 -1,565
13 Switzerland 7,553 -4,271 664 -316 -1,194 -53 -215 -311 169 1,074
14 United Kingdom 27,839 3,037 18,349 2,668 -7,190 -1,935 5,171 6,792 2,434 5,887
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,625 863 -376 -120 210 89 97 7 4 -573
16 Canada 6,469 14,065 8,305 51 1,576 756 44 2,178 184 5,143
17 Latin America 5,181 1,472 248 437 -571 -97 89 85 391 -220
18 Caribbean 24,195 31,789 -3,734 565 251 -2,092 5,510 1,746 -2,411 -6,487
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 4,570 6,286 2,222 349 231 192 832 -148 1,899 -553
20 Other Asia 13,556 2,245 -5,770 -5,270 1,672 1,279 -3,417 -3,536 -452 356
21 China, Mainland 2,798 360 1,974 283 1,152 2,146 172 -68 64 -340
22 Hong Kong 9,760 6,460 362 565 -118 -173 319 -267 340 143
23 Japan 4,587 3,400 -6,861 -1,502 277 -1,132 -1,455 -2,890 -1,659 275
24 Africa -320 862 267 225 326 29 55 -12 100 95
25 Other countries 2,083 406 -248 -6 -955 535 27 165 -249 -726
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -46 350 469 -134 104 75 106 19 105 164
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,108,653 1,132,565 558,125 108,975 104,558 104,113 97,590 104,328 115,396 136,698
28 Foreign sales 1,000,634 1,051,661 550,921 102,807 77,343 94,510 87,471 111,021 128,666 129,253
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 108,019 80,904 7,204 6,168 27,215 9,603 10,119 -6,693 -13,270 7,445
 
30 Foreign countries 109,270 81,870 6,904 6,229 27,246 9,585 10,161 -6,783 -13,479 7,420
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions -38,157 23,321 4,820 -5,283 10,818 -156 7,824 -5,292 -6,124 8,568
 
32 Europe 17,060 -15,628 -16,574 1,039 5,312 -314 -693 -6,323 -8,265 -979
33 Belgium 2,256 -329 -13 -46 -9 32 42 -62 23 -48
34 France 16,377 8,284 1,823 1,285 1,746 1,105 -721 670 -1,751 2,520
35 Germany 3,565 205 -750 78 179 -28 -10 -81 -340 -291
36 Ireland -3,956 -4,656 -5,511 273 110 -324 -1,363 -1,711 -1,197 -916
37 Luxembourg -15,303 -15,723 -8,252 -2,636 -1,607 1,334 -446 -5,101 -4,088 49
38 Netherlands -153 460 -227 29 -6 -127 -1 11 -35 -74
39 Switzerland -3,300 292 172 -159 -147 133 50 -94 52 31
40 United Kingdom 17,836 -3,012 -3,248 4,638 5,434 -1,718 1,175 303 -744 -2,264
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 590 190 -399 14 -93 -195 12 -251 -62 97
42 Canada 7,778 3,543 199 -27 991 -498 -147 -1,192 -522 2,558
43 Latin America 4,635 13,942 4,501 1,665 1,506 2,304 1,367 -188 2,040 -1,022
44 Caribbean 13,811 13,326 -2,579 -2,085 5,318 1,892 -3,377 -50 1,832 -2,876
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,060 1,699 202 372 818 23 -473 -198 616 234
46 Other Asia 69,564 64,824 21,157 5,158 13,008 6,301 13,725 799 -9,157 9,489
47 China, Mainland -29,282 17,790 7,435 -2,154 9,485 -852 6,977 -2,070 -6,454 9,834
48 Hong Kong 6,505 1,008 -649 383 308 -312 198 -40 -399 -96
49 Japan 71,289 36,463 3,605 6,133 1,698 3,957 4,201 1,475 -3,569 -2,459
50 Africa -830 162 1 -16 8 -1 -7 29 -8 -12
51 Other countries -688 2 -3 123 285 -122 -234 340 -15 28
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,251 -966 300 -61 -31 18 -42 90 209 25
 
  CORPORATE BONDS  
53 Foreign purchases 971,246 996,101 424,903 72,086 54,533 79,539 91,935 98,486 69,573 85,370
54 Foreign sales 984,400 1,041,276 435,408 67,251 75,247 80,856 99,970 96,937 68,905 88,740
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) -13,154 -45,175 -10,505 4,835 -20,714 -1,317 -8,035 1,549 668 -3,370
 
56 Foreign countries -11,420 -42,614 -9,999 4,996 -20,272 -1,220 -7,822 1,826 629 -3,412
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 797 -1,179 1,186 1,286 -1,385 8 693 -425 429 481
 
58 Europe -46,081 -71,096 -23,187 -3,710 -15,812 -735 -11,516 -2,098 -3,896 -4,942
59 Belgium -16,201 -17,867 -6,547 -1,219 -2,206 -1,817 -1,609 -1,533 -947 -641
60 France -6,429 -9,133 -3,828 -186 -490 -962 -58 -1,348 -713 -747
61 Germany -2,997 -3,833 -2,881 3 -368 -790 53 -313 -1,354 -477
62 Ireland -2,980 -1,612 -1,504 8 -1,257 -393 78 -474 -372 -343
63 Luxembourg 1,380 -1,388 13,459 35 90 251 1,227 3,832 5,467 2,682
64 Netherlands -1,688 -2,828 -818 -282 -687 -31 -116 -47 -425 -199
65 Switzerland -283 325 434 -234 -467 663 591 -354 109 -575
66 United Kingdom -10,921 -23,670 -18,698 -278 -8,689 4,613 -11,426 -2,071 -5,378 -4,436
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,478 -2,737 -495 -134 -201 -297 28 -58 -63 -105
68 Canada 1,578 -1,427 -2,267 1,306 -289 -3,399 -2,330 -72 1,407 2,127
69 Latin America 2,975 2,286 1,509 435 -193 207 224 -26 865 239
70 Caribbean 21,637 16,667 6,996 1,395 -731 1,971 1,324 3,245 1,526 -1,070
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -5,675 -737 1,093 87 -162 138 117 604 182 52
72 Other Asia 15,488 15,173 7,378 5,289 -2,331 973 4,027 1,475 1,448 -545
73 China, Mainland -354 3,065 1,168 -98 -304 815 177 -242 -41 459
74 Hong Kong -896 -822 303 362 -199 420 392 -52 -482 25
75 Japan 842 9,505 3,636 4,170 -1,658 -322 2,719 1,998 1,152 -1,911
76 Africa 242 169 680 17 -59 108 569 5 6 -8
77 Other countries -1,584 -3,649 -2,201 177 -695 -483 -237 -1,307 -909 735
 
78 International and regional organizations3 -1,734 -2,561 -506 -161 -442 -97 -213 -277 39 42
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -60,615 -71,702 -25,865 1,352 10,320 -4,433 -5,920 -2,859 -3,186 -9,467
80 Foreign purchases 3,673,648 3,968,484 1,525,231 288,295 287,238 276,396 317,962 336,341 296,637 297,895
81 Foreign sales 3,734,263 4,040,186 1,551,096 286,943 276,918 280,829 323,882 339,200 299,823 307,362
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -54,644 -52,625 36,264 1,969 28,168 11,129 -8,700 16,953 2,470 14,412
 
83 Foreign purchases 3,650,150 3,530,814 1,600,647 299,820 256,131 296,888 310,597 363,287 300,119 329,756
84 Foreign sales 3,704,794 3,583,439 1,564,383 297,851 227,963 285,759 319,297 346,334 297,649 315,344
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -115,259 -124,327 10,399 3,321 38,488 6,696 -14,620 14,094 -716 4,945
 
86 Foreign countries -135,291 -158,568 -2,098 -3,481 36,634 6,214 -18,456 8,601 -4,335 5,878
87 Europe 15,847 -93,041 12,781 8,419 20,951 17,859 -5,346 10,230 -7,361 -2,601
88 Euro Area5 -18,455 -51,257 -12,373 -4,766 -4,730 5,200 -6,945 -7,834 -6,941 4,147
89 United Kingdom 30,724 -50,852 18,497 11,881 21,182 9,684 -1,221 23,158 -3,395 -9,729
90 Canada -52,516 -34,909 -16,058 -9,704 4,987 -3,516 -5,956 2,229 -5,669 -3,146
91 Latin America -34,717 -23,051 -8,031 -436 -865 -2,314 -2,350 -4,917 1,176 374
92 Caribbean -1,400 -15,629 -3,869 34 3,018 -3,835 161 -453 -35 293
93 Asia -42,272 11,852 6,692 -231 4,846 -5,737 -4,234 5,438 2,475 8,750
94 Japan -19,476 2,687 -2,157 -2,085 2,521 458 -2,744 2,514 -3,238 853
95 Africa 519 -3,319 -328 -285 -341 -349 -437 -565 1,542 -519
96 Other countries -20,752 -471 6,715 -1,278 4,038 4,106 -294 -3,361 3,537 2,727
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 20,032 34,241 12,497 6,802 1,854 482 3,836 5,493 3,619 -933
  1. Comprises oil-exporting countries as follows: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  2. Principally 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. Beginning with data for June 2006, also includes the Bank for International Settlements.  Return to table
  3. Includes state and local securities. Also includes issues of new debt securities sold abroad by U.S. corporations organized to finance direct investment abroad.   Return to table
  4. Net foreign sales (-) of foreign securities are equivalent to net U.S. purchases of foreign securities.   Return to table
  5. Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also includes Cyprus, Malta, and Slovenia. For data as of January 2009, also includes Slovakia. For data as of January 2011, also includes Estonia.   Return to table
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Last update: July 27, 2012