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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: December 2013

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2011 2012 Jan.-Oct.2013/r Apr.2013 May.2013 Jun.2013 Jul.2013/r Aug.2013 Sep.2013/r Oct.2013/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 7,720,283 7,408,587 6,368,397 680,339 690,700 628,607 614,179 574,449 580,680 693,856
2 Foreign sales 7,695,208 7,299,796 6,387,066 669,329 698,939 655,739 622,680 591,329 568,188 686,042
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 25,075 108,791 -18,669 11,010 -8,239 -27,132 -8,501 -16,880 12,492 7,814
 
4 Foreign countries 24,725 107,815 -18,338 11,020 -8,232 -27,106 -8,498 -16,882 12,673 7,833
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 4,452 10,346 -965 794 1,564 -1,360 733 -3,087 1,403 -5,133
 
6 Europe -32,400 72,584 24,081 6,268 -2,626 -19,349 6,521 -7,828 12,162 2,197
7 Belgium -3,973 -595 -261 -209 -448 -547 244 47 272 103
8 France -26,557 15,716 4,996 -470 1,079 -10,557 -65 -886 5,606 5,032
9 Germany 2,118 3,343 6,633 84 780 474 2,225 -1,511 2,317 -1,833
10 Ireland 79 7,312 3,920 778 79 369 -249 120 224 471
11 Luxembourg -1,570 -1,236 2,854 96 752 -454 657 287 25 840
12 Netherlands -2,155 -3,748 1,232 -1,254 -584 93 -220 1,479 1,184 433
13 Switzerland -4,271 11,644 -398 -584 -1,195 -684 784 -1,529 -308 1,155
14 United Kingdom 3,037 34,194 6,126 5,423 -2,906 -7,829 4,115 -5,559 2,627 1,404
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 863 -160 -1,495 -172 -136 -16 -277 -267 -190 -8
16 Canada 14,065 14,685 -3,637 461 -1,829 -1,212 -3,015 -147 1,350 999
17 Latin America 1,472 7,239 2,980 -937 494 -697 1,424 -882 1,630 614
18 Caribbean 31,789 14,272 -19,024 5,854 -1,315 -525 -13,189 -981 -3,890 5,979
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 6,286 4,769 4,105 102 463 903 392 -203 68 -146
20 Other Asia 2,245 -7,086 -25,448 -1,255 -3,435 -3,892 553 -5,978 868 -3,194
21 China, Mainland 360 -1,505 2,801 552 -341 578 -33 -146 192 427
22 Hong Kong 6,460 92 -3,272 -486 -1,786 -1,085 299 -1,049 -946 -974
23 Japan 3,400 -8,066 -23,812 -1,526 -1,698 -2,234 -69 -1,296 -307 -1,198
24 Africa 862 409 426 62 318 -12 -100 -191 -49 299
25 Other countries 406 943 -1,821 465 -302 -2,322 -1,084 -672 534 1,085
 
26 International and regional organizations2 350 976 -331 -10 -7 -26 -3 2 -181 -19
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,132,565 1,519,708 1,183,716 121,322 112,458 136,332 134,194 117,073 114,908 110,850
28 Foreign sales 1,051,661 1,386,751 1,105,777 98,500 122,775 141,810 112,018 100,256 100,178 108,341
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 80,904 132,957 77,939 22,822 -10,317 -5,478 22,176 16,817 14,730 2,509
 
30 Foreign countries 81,870 131,650 78,763 22,967 -10,078 -5,426 22,319 16,832 14,953 2,589
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 23,321 -1,253 78,562 16,029 -1,057 3,892 20,090 8,144 4,677 959
 
32 Europe -15,628 24,376 48,195 3,095 -2,974 8,449 5,513 8,192 6,268 4,849
33 Belgium -329 -134 118 56 103 -48 -4 -12 -24 8
34 France 8,284 -504 -1,425 472 -828 -508 -1,597 599 358 1,121
35 Germany 205 519 1,469 261 38 215 -120 204 156 117
36 Ireland -4,656 -3,652 -2,578 -114 715 -80 1,031 -731 234 -1,891
37 Luxembourg -15,723 23,834 13,069 83 -718 2,142 941 -395 567 -322
38 Netherlands 460 -196 -220 -30 -47 -353 0 199 59 -15
39 Switzerland 292 560 -1,761 -372 -369 -18 -218 79 -116 -374
40 United Kingdom -3,012 4,555 39,017 2,754 -2,004 7,057 5,474 8,264 5,205 6,365
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 190 -423 369 45 106 26 2 73 -44 14
42 Canada 3,543 5,230 -9,470 -891 -1,480 -3,814 -528 -1,050 -648 96
43 Latin America 13,942 4,553 -9,460 629 -503 -1,504 -519 -2,585 -1,666 -2,187
44 Caribbean 13,326 37,469 -2,769 2,622 -2,099 -3,258 -212 822 2,277 -2,060
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 1,699 2,965 -599 -168 -554 -43 -644 129 166 -801
46 Other Asia 64,824 55,000 52,544 17,651 -2,655 -5,383 18,745 11,360 8,452 2,681
47 China, Mainland 17,790 7,180 70,322 16,987 -1,167 4,269 20,216 10,964 6,992 4,204
48 Hong Kong 1,008 -2,413 -2,831 -576 232 -387 -217 -1,019 -548 331
49 Japan 36,463 22,060 -36,937 -553 -4,612 -7,990 -3,644 -1,058 660 -3,252
50 Africa 162 627 213 68 -2 59 -45 49 11 69
51 Other countries 2 1,430 109 -39 189 68 9 -85 93 -58
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -966 1,307 -824 -145 -239 -52 -143 -15 -223 -80
 
  CORPORATE BONDS  
53 Foreign purchases 996,101 870,111 790,173 73,421 108,593 72,843 64,166 62,923 91,252 81,766
54 Foreign sales 1,041,276 894,184 766,603 78,275 99,427 78,009 64,431 60,560 84,017 77,147
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) -45,175 -24,073 23,570 -4,854 9,166 -5,166 -265 2,363 7,235 4,619
 
56 Foreign countries -42,614 -22,787 22,777 -4,995 9,079 -5,292 -86 2,374 6,930 4,505
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -1,179 6,951 14,849 -184 2,978 1,923 33 1,003 1,882 1,346
 
58 Europe -71,096 -45,962 -16,090 -5,165 71 -11,404 -547 -2,168 2,731 -279
59 Belgium -17,867 -21,365 -16,407 -1,898 -7,172 -1,000 -744 -1,088 -407 -838
60 France -9,133 -5,594 -4,699 550 -1,596 -3,054 -1,902 256 203 -454
61 Germany -3,833 -3,220 -86 -88 114 -159 160 501 -1,176 226
62 Ireland -1,612 -4,605 -4,668 -624 -1,040 -1,967 247 -165 -318 -206
63 Luxembourg -1,388 -1,250 -4,539 -306 512 -1,418 526 -2,756 -623 322
64 Netherlands -2,828 564 -838 -33 -375 268 273 107 61 -439
65 Switzerland 325 90 -6,247 -304 -149 -3,051 -1,414 -612 -1,254 -328
66 United Kingdom -23,670 -10,761 18,422 -2,464 8,743 -2,293 2,263 967 6,417 1,496
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -2,737 -841 -620 -194 -132 -171 -44 -17 -54 64
68 Canada -1,427 -789 6,274 -397 1,365 1,339 -800 -164 968 10
69 Latin America 2,286 -1,855 -1,742 -416 -159 185 -213 54 -896 -71
70 Caribbean 16,667 9,096 12,142 420 2,884 3,327 -1,197 1,615 3,117 1,332
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -737 446 -1,903 -954 -79 -323 -402 33 -89 86
72 Other Asia 15,173 17,485 22,023 1,592 3,007 2,532 2,814 2,036 2,219 2,861
73 China, Mainland 3,065 5,736 8,634 752 955 998 1,099 343 791 449
74 Hong Kong -822 -638 2,541 120 274 419 217 380 84 179
75 Japan 9,505 2,669 -1,231 452 -945 158 257 493 184 488
76 Africa 169 584 -136 -54 4 102 -22 -14 -31 -18
77 Other countries -3,649 -1,792 2,209 -21 1,986 -1,050 281 982 -1,089 584
 
78 International and regional organizations3 -2,561 -1,286 793 141 87 126 -179 -11 305 114
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -71,702 -41,082 -150,500 -17,215 -16,094 -3,513 -16,033 -12,362 -6,848 -12,666
80 Foreign purchases 3,968,484 3,435,122 3,204,375 332,118 353,064 323,026 319,498 289,423 327,381 331,854
81 Foreign sales 4,040,186 3,476,204 3,354,875 349,333 369,158 326,539 335,531 301,785 334,229 344,520
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -52,625 19,877 -20,890 4,714 -10,745 14,850 368 11,053 -24,828 -6,546
 
83 Foreign purchases 3,530,814 3,950,323 3,673,268 389,453 381,783 355,473 358,183 325,762 373,506 419,662
84 Foreign sales 3,583,439 3,930,446 3,694,158 384,739 392,528 340,623 357,815 314,709 398,334 426,208
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -124,327 -21,205 -171,390 -12,501 -26,839 11,337 -15,665 -1,309 -31,676 -19,212
 
86 Foreign countries -158,568 -42,687 -195,991 -10,541 -31,894 8,160 -22,980 -1,891 -35,985 -20,466
87 Europe -93,041 -76,893 -145,583 -8,370 -37,670 7,382 -13,772 -5,460 -29,791 -15,368
88 Euro Area5 -51,257 -52,727 -53,958 -1,901 -9,775 5,165 -6,958 -6,773 -15,910 -413
89 United Kingdom -50,852 -44,325 -110,040 -14,359 -21,283 -276 -8,650 3,748 -17,977 -19,170
90 Canada -34,909 -6,508 -27,401 -3,516 -974 -2,412 -6,548 -3,265 2,558 347
91 Latin America -23,051 -25,286 -35,742 -3,269 75 -3,238 -4,584 -1,738 -7,645 -7,201
92 Caribbean -15,629 23,817 30,428 2,471 9,388 -4,246 2,983 2,930 12,972 5,344
93 Asia 11,852 27,697 -18,943 -1,828 -2,323 7,552 -2,443 -205 -4,212 -4,168
94 Japan 2,687 1,157 -46,100 -7,435 -4,717 -1,798 -7,752 -2,343 -7,494 -1,495
95 Africa -3,319 -1,258 -837 329 -7 -264 -153 1,185 -652 -380
96 Other countries -471 15,744 2,087 3,642 -383 3,386 1,537 4,662 -9,215 960
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 34,241 21,482 24,601 -1,960 5,055 3,177 7,315 582 4,309 1,254
  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: December 20, 2013