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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: September 2014

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2012 2013 Jan.-Jul.2014/r Jan.2014 Feb.2014 Mar.2014 Apr.2014 May.2014 Jun.2014/r Jul.2014/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 7,408,587 7,677,028 5,031,042 714,374 710,491 724,858 811,922 725,004 688,676 655,717
2 Foreign sales 7,299,796 7,717,271 5,031,883 720,069 711,374 739,205 801,732 714,224 686,065 659,214
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 108,791 -40,243 -841 -5,695 -883 -14,347 10,190 10,780 2,611 -3,497
 
4 Foreign countries 107,815 -40,033 -556 -5,687 -896 -14,297 10,204 10,751 2,801 -3,432
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 10,346 -4,116 -6,808 -425 -48 -5,201 -850 -247 1,490 -1,527
 
6 Europe 72,584 6,423 11,226 8,892 -5,160 4,764 3,191 3,520 -415 -3,566
7 Belgium -595 -424 -441 -111 38 -81 -371 397 63 -376
8 France 15,716 93 5,233 1,526 1,435 5,370 30 -1,526 -2,881 1,279
9 Germany 3,343 978 -972 1,961 -951 469 -637 -214 919 -2,519
10 Ireland 7,312 4,010 1,482 -221 509 230 438 353 209 -36
11 Luxembourg -1,236 3,769 2,982 1,268 483 1,159 287 552 -494 -273
12 Netherlands -3,748 615 1,736 217 -383 -12 -86 535 548 917
13 Switzerland 11,644 -439 -2,131 -246 828 -1,343 -76 -483 -57 -754
14 United Kingdom 34,194 2,702 -1,181 3,514 -7,007 -1,748 897 3,069 1,079 -985
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -160 -1,780 56 -115 -242 92 578 -346 -64 153
16 Canada 14,685 -3,167 5,283 -3,156 -865 1,886 3,797 1,236 1,604 781
17 Latin America 7,239 4,778 702 -1,086 208 -433 1,022 1,103 -329 217
18 Caribbean 14,272 -18,976 -4,359 -10,657 3,188 -15,690 1,152 9,780 2,720 5,148
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 4,769 319 1,272 121 70 -340 4 31 1,907 -521
20 Other Asia -7,086 -29,924 -19,461 83 1,131 -5,754 -140 -5,510 -3,224 -6,047
21 China, Mainland -1,505 2,818 -1,378 478 291 4 -229 -1,591 -266 -65
22 Hong Kong 92 -3,912 -3,471 -164 -112 -378 287 -561 -1,137 -1,406
23 Japan -8,066 -26,376 -5,796 -1,105 825 -517 -77 -2,180 -534 -2,208
24 Africa 409 1,058 -153 17 -138 57 73 -202 -34 74
25 Other countries 943 -544 4,934 99 670 1,213 1,105 793 572 482
 
26 International and regional organizations2 976 -210 -285 -8 13 -50 -14 29 -190 -65
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,519,708 1,377,790 596,483 83,141 79,245 76,223 83,566 84,248 93,690 96,370
28 Foreign sales 1,386,751 1,306,328 591,503 86,407 77,740 84,827 85,648 77,692 90,298 88,891
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 132,957 71,462 4,980 -3,266 1,505 -8,604 -2,082 6,556 3,392 7,479
 
30 Foreign countries 131,650 72,390 5,646 -3,256 1,554 -8,538 -2,071 6,615 3,527 7,815
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions -1,253 75,171 10,898 527 2,451 -1,391 276 3,732 5,008 295
 
32 Europe 24,376 45,390 4,857 -467 820 -3,150 -1,800 4,096 1,911 3,447
33 Belgium -134 -200 -97 -14 34 -9 -76 8 5 -44
34 France -504 -2,078 3,623 768 1,205 -343 412 610 400 571
35 Germany 519 1,590 1,291 277 117 82 234 99 258 223
36 Ireland -3,652 -5,177 -5,173 99 -1,394 -1,314 -1,983 -10 -981 410
37 Luxembourg 23,834 10,759 -993 130 -206 -127 -656 -86 68 -116
38 Netherlands -196 -299 -274 -59 -21 -96 -94 14 -180 162
39 Switzerland 560 -2,097 -1,556 -606 -136 -330 -451 94 -56 -71
40 United Kingdom 4,555 42,431 8,747 -940 1,399 -879 926 3,503 2,385 2,353
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -423 288 82 108 13 -74 -55 55 -3 38
42 Canada 5,230 -2,935 355 90 219 -167 668 265 -675 -45
43 Latin America 4,553 -12,377 -6,367 -164 -3,101 -1,638 -812 149 -429 -372
44 Caribbean 37,469 -9,553 -3,051 -2,239 -2,010 -599 -1,998 -637 1,140 3,292
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 2,965 -898 36 124 -143 -349 -386 404 90 296
46 Other Asia 55,000 52,506 10,545 -439 5,788 -2,513 2,388 2,501 1,563 1,257
47 China, Mainland 7,180 73,349 11,500 660 6,628 169 1,150 2,079 508 306
48 Hong Kong -2,413 -3,992 -1,913 -544 -1,384 -42 -162 -87 -345 651
49 Japan 22,060 -39,876 -4,078 -598 -12 -2,538 215 -552 -553 -40
50 Africa 627 115 9 3 -62 7 81 -4 -3 -13
51 Other countries 1,430 142 -738 -164 43 -129 -212 -159 -70 -47
 
52 International and regional organzations2 1,307 -928 -666 -10 -49 -66 -11 -59 -135 -336
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 870,111 933,656 610,031 79,774 75,305 92,754 83,414 97,225 95,139 86,420
54 Foreign sales 894,184 924,303 637,495 84,659 77,365 86,295 91,923 104,997 98,747 93,509
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) -24,073 9,353 -27,464 -4,885 -2,060 6,459 -8,509 -7,772 -3,608 -7,089
 
56 Foreign countries -22,787 8,333 -27,582 -4,979 -2,113 6,511 -8,493 -7,764 -3,643 -7,101
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 6,951 16,171 2,506 27 -527 951 -284 1,205 -274 1,408
 
58 Europe -45,962 -25,754 -20,499 -2,509 -591 6,527 -2,937 -12,422 -1,227 -7,340
59 Belgium -21,365 -19,791 -8,385 -2,197 -1,174 -1,167 -1,279 -1,603 -735 -230
60 France -5,594 -9,350 -22,295 23 -1,433 -3,144 -471 -4,808 -6,433 -6,029
61 Germany -3,220 337 -148 -164 -5 265 126 -279 51 -142
62 Ireland -4,605 -6,890 -6,917 -685 -1,051 -1,199 -901 -1,143 -874 -1,064
63 Luxembourg -1,250 -4,392 -3,079 21 -485 121 -1,058 -593 -109 -976
64 Netherlands 564 -621 -2,835 -493 -141 -608 72 -1,034 -906 275
65 Switzerland 90 -7,314 -3,835 -37 -1,056 -171 -585 -576 -927 -483
66 United Kingdom -10,761 19,155 23,201 860 3,419 11,198 638 -2,159 8,129 1,116
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -841 -709 -642 -4 -111 -323 -45 -48 96 -207
68 Canada -789 -3,225 -7,481 -297 -1,449 -389 365 -1,824 -4,466 579
69 Latin America -1,855 -2,480 13 85 -197 -253 -60 6 52 380
70 Caribbean 9,096 14,552 7,595 -1,335 1,359 2,315 -1,154 4,760 2,025 -375
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 446 -3,800 -3,348 -525 -1,145 -565 -201 -17 -251 -644
72 Other Asia 17,485 27,136 -3,720 -467 -560 -767 -4,132 1,810 64 332
73 China, Mainland 5,736 9,711 500 -193 -182 0 -225 224 257 619
74 Hong Kong -638 2,794 1,610 402 33 375 -63 346 442 75
75 Japan 2,669 334 -7,425 -1,750 -147 -2,047 -3,335 806 -191 -761
76 Africa 584 -151 -5 -5 -45 -9 20 16 10 8
77 Other countries -1,792 2,055 -137 74 515 -348 -394 -93 150 -41
 
78 International and regional organizations2 -1,286 1,020 118 94 53 -52 -16 -8 35 12
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -41,082 -174,195 -110,230 -11,382 -1,508 -57,464 -27,981 -16,184 12,846 -8,557
80 Foreign purchases 3,435,122 3,839,066 2,462,067 345,137 337,998 376,710 363,276 349,941 367,777 321,228
81 Foreign sales 3,476,204 4,013,261 2,572,297 356,519 339,506 434,174 391,257 366,125 354,931 329,785
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 19,877 -46,725 17,988 33,531 828 2,052 753 170 -13,204 -6,142
 
83 Foreign purchases 3,950,323 4,318,006 2,880,055 428,855 353,204 436,871 416,622 429,216 442,697 372,590
84 Foreign sales 3,930,446 4,364,731 2,862,067 395,324 352,376 434,819 415,869 429,046 455,901 378,732
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -21,205 -220,920 -92,242 22,149 -680 -55,412 -27,228 -16,014 -358 -14,699
 
86 Foreign countries -42,687 -250,441 -115,700 25,146 -4,087 -58,483 -33,313 -25,667 -6,414 -12,882
87 Europe -76,893 -221,096 -150,005 2,672 -15,270 -57,367 -33,009 -24,569 -9,771 -12,691
88 Euro Area5 -52,727 -82,021 -52,979 -11,280 -3,282 -1,922 -8,782 -7,142 -16,711 -3,860
89 United Kingdom -44,325 -159,321 -113,829 4,618 -11,189 -55,932 -29,034 -19,829 5,434 -7,897
90 Canada -6,508 -26,107 8,410 7,590 -3,645 -1,325 5,727 -3,550 7,274 -3,661
91 Latin America -25,286 -34,481 -38,083 -2,249 -939 -3,233 -9,670 -5,775 -10,659 -5,558
92 Caribbean 23,817 37,588 20,920 -2,062 9,116 941 -5,184 9,195 5,051 3,863
93 Asia 27,697 -11,645 23,308 15,447 6,002 173 4,315 -3,040 -907 1,318
94 Japan 1,157 -45,721 9,550 3,575 3,837 -485 446 547 854 776
95 Africa -1,258 -961 -680 -155 -249 -621 776 133 319 -883
96 Other countries 15,744 6,261 20,430 3,903 898 2,949 3,732 1,939 2,279 4,730
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 21,482 29,521 23,458 -2,997 3,407 3,071 6,085 9,653 6,056 -1,817
  1. Comprises oil-exporting countries as follows: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  2. Principally the Bank for International Settlements, 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.   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, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain. For data as of January 2009, also includes Slovakia. For data as of January 2011, also includes Estonia. For data as of January 2014, also includes Latvia.   Return to table
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