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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: October 2012

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2010 2011 Jan.-Aug.2012/r Feb.2012 Mar.2012 Apr.2012 May.2012/r Jun.2012/r Jul.2012/r Aug.2012/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 6,747,218 7,720,283 4,686,738 584,411 631,804 563,228 651,421 569,598 561,638 582,596
2 Foreign sales 6,637,477 7,695,208 4,657,394 576,513 624,765 561,401 650,590 573,910 555,149 576,421
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 109,741 25,075 29,344 7,898 7,039 1,827 831 -4,312 6,489 6,175
 
4 Foreign countries 109,787 24,725 28,662 7,792 7,020 1,722 667 -4,420 6,379 6,180
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -2,518 4,452 6,226 -1,020 451 2,145 377 2,801 326 121
 
6 Europe 54,053 -32,400 24,926 4,659 6,466 2,260 2,381 -14 3,264 3,218
7 Belgium -494 -3,973 -518 164 -80 -274 -20 -168 -431 135
8 France 19,640 -26,557 1,847 1,311 17 -1,217 -17 -1,474 -731 -942
9 Germany -443 2,118 -3,256 -969 439 -110 -1,413 -508 380 360
10 Ireland 976 79 6,054 235 -97 -30 -273 6,093 7 106
11 Luxembourg 131 -1,570 -1,691 -529 -83 -70 362 -426 -430 -499
12 Netherlands -5,654 -2,155 -2,903 -510 551 611 -1,569 -1,307 22 -697
13 Switzerland 7,553 -4,271 4,707 -215 -311 169 1,076 1,770 2,434 -163
14 United Kingdom 27,839 3,037 20,840 5,172 6,790 2,434 5,881 -3,264 1,345 4,417
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,625 863 -327 97 7 4 -553 -30 15 44
16 Canada 6,469 14,065 5,716 46 2,178 184 5,153 -2,950 -540 880
17 Latin America 5,181 1,472 -147 89 85 391 -207 581 621 -1,610
18 Caribbean 24,195 31,789 3,390 5,510 1,746 -2,411 -6,380 -3,537 3,358 7,196
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 4,570 6,286 4,177 832 -148 1,899 -493 1,417 538 -60
20 Other Asia 13,556 2,245 -8,816 -3,426 -3,460 -452 846 317 -622 -3,317
21 China, Mainland 2,798 360 822 172 -68 64 -340 -369 93 -876
22 Hong Kong 9,760 6,460 411 312 -267 340 147 6 154 -119
23 Japan 4,587 3,400 -7,663 -1,457 -2,814 -1,659 275 -378 -238 -268
24 Africa -320 862 183 55 -12 100 95 -16 -50 -18
25 Other countries 2,083 406 -767 27 165 -249 -728 -218 -190 -109
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -46 350 682 106 19 105 164 108 110 -5
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,108,653 1,132,565 1,003,170 97,258 103,918 120,259 141,707 145,220 133,842 157,385
28 Foreign sales 1,000,634 1,051,661 963,785 87,265 110,523 128,716 129,298 145,824 129,365 138,742
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 108,019 80,904 39,385 9,993 -6,605 -8,457 12,409 -604 4,477 18,643
 
30 Foreign countries 109,270 81,870 39,181 10,035 -6,695 -8,666 12,384 -642 4,467 18,787
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions -38,157 23,321 -8,979 7,830 -5,310 -6,124 8,568 -14,575 -8,296 9,009
 
32 Europe 17,060 -15,628 4,664 -766 -6,201 -3,504 3,889 202 3,223 8,027
33 Belgium 2,256 -329 -75 42 -62 23 -48 -14 -48 -25
34 France 16,377 8,284 229 -721 670 -1,751 2,520 -1,042 -151 -401
35 Germany 3,565 205 -743 -10 -81 -340 -291 115 -229 121
36 Ireland -3,956 -4,656 -7,805 -1,378 -1,740 -1,197 -916 -647 -825 -777
37 Luxembourg -15,303 -15,723 8,694 -450 -5,093 671 4,810 4,057 -522 3,893
38 Netherlands -153 460 -247 -1 11 -35 -74 -12 -10 2
39 Switzerland -3,300 292 366 41 -99 52 31 121 19 71
40 United Kingdom 17,836 -3,012 5,069 1,125 451 -744 -2,144 -2,291 5,105 5,192
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 590 190 -403 12 -251 -62 97 -39 -15 50
42 Canada 7,778 3,543 -5,963 -146 -1,253 -522 2,574 -2,006 -1,817 -2,346
43 Latin America 4,635 13,942 2,978 1,367 -188 2,040 -1,022 -656 -423 -444
44 Caribbean 13,811 13,326 1,457 -3,377 -298 1,839 -2,871 821 2,674 763
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,060 1,699 1,951 -473 -199 616 234 716 207 827
46 Other Asia 69,564 64,824 33,202 13,671 1,075 -9,112 9,499 155 391 11,469
47 China, Mainland -29,282 17,790 646 6,977 -2,070 -6,454 9,834 -11,888 -962 6,061
48 Hong Kong 6,505 1,008 -1,761 198 -35 -399 -96 -255 -726 -121
49 Japan 71,289 36,463 16,581 4,147 1,751 -3,569 -2,459 9,366 393 3,207
50 Africa -830 162 542 -7 29 -8 -12 6 234 301
51 Other countries -688 2 350 -234 340 -15 93 120 -22 190
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,251 -966 204 -42 90 209 25 38 10 -144
 
  CORPORATE BONDS  
53 Foreign purchases 971,246 996,101 621,448 90,555 93,089 64,710 80,450 63,643 63,390 86,983
54 Foreign sales 984,400 1,041,276 657,799 98,702 96,108 68,855 88,682 85,719 63,271 76,180
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) -13,154 -45,175 -36,351 -8,147 -3,019 -4,145 -8,232 -22,076 119 10,803
 
56 Foreign countries -11,420 -42,614 -34,945 -7,934 -2,742 -4,184 -8,274 -21,691 271 11,166
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 797 -1,179 92 99 -538 429 481 -2,652 616 1,623
 
58 Europe -46,081 -71,096 -44,038 -10,915 -6,712 -8,657 -9,708 -16,594 -59 9,646
59 Belgium -16,201 -17,867 -13,744 -1,613 -1,531 -947 -641 -4,891 -1,193 -1,106
60 France -6,429 -9,133 -3,872 -65 -1,367 -713 -747 -5 -2 -27
61 Germany -2,997 -3,833 -3,356 62 -309 -1,354 -476 -317 -209 38
62 Ireland -2,980 -1,612 -1,168 133 -466 -372 -343 -81 -5 342
63 Luxembourg 1,380 -1,388 1,519 1,173 243 708 -1,988 -162 352 1,242
64 Netherlands -1,688 -2,828 -653 -114 -46 -425 -199 313 -242 91
65 Switzerland -283 325 1,139 574 -358 109 -574 -123 174 671
66 United Kingdom -10,921 -23,670 -20,730 -10,832 -3,002 -5,378 -4,557 -11,007 1,569 7,928
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,478 -2,737 -631 38 -50 -63 -105 -72 -100 19
68 Canada 1,578 -1,427 -1,436 -2,358 -70 1,407 2,111 98 550 292
69 Latin America 2,975 2,286 -1,217 224 -24 865 239 -2,360 233 -599
70 Caribbean 21,637 16,667 3,614 1,291 3,255 1,519 -1,075 -1,876 -2,199 695
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -5,675 -737 797 119 553 182 52 -420 130 63
72 Other Asia 15,488 15,173 10,931 4,001 1,604 1,403 -555 -160 1,676 1,935
73 China, Mainland -354 3,065 2,939 177 -227 -41 459 466 626 637
74 Hong Kong -896 -822 -452 379 -59 -482 25 -1,301 300 266
75 Japan 842 9,505 3,038 2,652 2,144 1,152 -1,911 -708 -40 123
76 Africa 242 169 76 -36 4 6 -8 -22 2 18
77 Other countries -1,584 -3,649 -3,672 -260 -1,352 -909 670 -357 -62 -884
 
78 International and regional organizations3 -1,734 -2,561 -1,406 -213 -277 39 42 -385 -152 -363
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -60,615 -71,702 -36,043 -5,911 -2,859 -3,186 -9,427 -6,715 -877 -2,670
80 Foreign purchases 3,673,648 3,968,484 2,294,957 317,961 336,338 296,637 297,727 265,304 262,389 242,244
81 Foreign sales 3,734,263 4,040,186 2,331,000 323,872 339,197 299,823 307,154 272,019 263,266 244,914
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -54,644 -52,625 69,217 -8,700 16,962 2,470 15,199 10,518 7,499 14,171
 
83 Foreign purchases 3,650,150 3,530,814 2,470,590 310,597 363,286 300,119 328,716 320,884 282,696 267,504
84 Foreign sales 3,704,794 3,583,439 2,401,373 319,297 346,324 297,649 313,517 310,366 275,197 253,333
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -115,259 -124,327 33,174 -14,611 14,103 -716 5,772 3,803 6,622 11,501
 
86 Foreign countries -135,291 -158,568 18,340 -18,447 8,610 -4,335 6,697 2,521 7,145 9,931
87 Europe 15,847 -93,041 -10,604 -5,345 10,239 -7,361 -3,036 -11,712 -1,000 -10,295
88 Euro Area5 -18,455 -51,257 -14,048 -6,945 -7,834 -6,941 3,986 -3,225 4,478 -2,818
89 United Kingdom 30,724 -50,852 -6,255 -1,220 23,167 -3,395 -9,960 -8,601 -6,627 -9,299
90 Canada -52,516 -34,909 -7,038 -5,956 2,229 -5,669 -3,211 2,175 2,390 4,520
91 Latin America -34,717 -23,051 -9,875 -2,350 -4,917 1,176 350 -2,529 -1,884 2,593
92 Caribbean -1,400 -15,629 12,246 161 -453 -35 1,418 2,457 557 12,012
93 Asia -42,272 11,852 20,314 -4,226 5,438 2,475 8,808 9,287 2,507 1,769
94 Japan -19,476 2,687 1,064 -2,736 2,513 -3,238 853 1,719 -266 1,768
95 Africa 519 -3,319 -599 -437 -565 1,542 -519 -258 182 -195
96 Other countries -20,752 -471 13,896 -294 -3,361 3,537 2,887 3,101 4,393 -473
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 20,032 34,241 14,834 3,836 5,493 3,619 -925 1,282 -523 1,570
  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: October 26, 2012