Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: July 2018
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2016 2017 Jan.-May.2018 Nov.2017 Dec.2017 Jan.2018 Feb.2018 Mar.2018 Apr.2018 May.2018/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 11,530,619 13,356,598 7,341,722 1,173,571 1,345,278 1,479,294 1,582,505 1,489,735 1,359,863 1,430,325
2 Foreign sales 11,537,493 13,237,708 7,350,226 1,160,924 1,313,466 1,444,840 1,583,394 1,511,301 1,353,791 1,456,900
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -6,874 118,890 -8,504 12,647 31,812 34,454 -889 -21,566 6,072 -26,575
 
4 Foreign countries -6,348 119,484 -8,422 12,812 31,872 34,428 -873 -21,372 5,998 -26,603
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 5,372 530 -194 717 -5,265 952 -549 -2,335 534 1,204
 
6 Europe 2,466 45,830 -16,777 2,741 6,337 30,964 -12,880 -14,805 6,748 -26,804
7 Belgium -656 667 37 1,314 -912 164 -5 -318 51 145
8 France -1,502 3,326 13,340 -1,357 -7,032 17,777 -3,704 -2,810 2,507 -430
9 Germany -2,778 -478 297 315 -660 310 -46 -1,236 481 788
10 Ireland -7,100 -8,218 -4,032 -3,024 1,417 -1,641 111 -993 -689 -820
11 Luxembourg -12,224 2,488 -189 641 785 423 552 609 -1,014 -759
12 Netherlands 3,211 -1,051 1,523 -55 457 724 25 221 147 406
13 Switzerland 5,298 8,258 23 21 -469 1,608 422 -1,015 -33 -959
14 United Kingdom 13,519 33,507 -31,184 4,000 12,847 12,526 -11,174 -11,350 2,631 -23,817
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 153 -198 145 -42 627 -837 -39 982 298 -259
16 Canada 2,259 53,018 -3,480 2,231 11,842 3,324 2,929 -2,717 -7,959 943
17 Latin America -7,627 73 4,176 -407 113 682 1,907 617 1,032 -62
18 Caribbean 3,773 25,958 -4,715 6,123 20,607 -10,331 10,795 -91 -443 -4,645
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -3,952 -8,333 1,129 -173 241 569 -1,132 -1,250 1,662 1,280
20 Other Asia -4,239 -3,054 10,710 1,902 -8,646 9,373 -2,274 -2,261 3,690 2,182
21 China, Mainland -3,343 2,069 3,768 603 702 1,268 1,135 739 272 354
22 Hong Kong -12,316 -4,588 -2,228 -1,288 -2,562 4,964 -2,909 -3,847 597 -1,033
23 Japan 9,077 3,005 1,140 1,226 412 -471 -1,637 757 1,551 940
24 Africa 271 -657 189 -275 -157 -128 8 3 167 139
25 Other countries 701 6,649 346 670 1,535 -25 -226 -868 1,101 364
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -526 -594 -82 -165 -60 26 -16 -194 74 28
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,772,858 1,814,514 783,958 168,849 170,004 158,024 163,541 165,797 143,881 152,715
28 Foreign sales 1,506,931 1,679,454 689,398 156,582 153,562 135,502 151,720 140,520 124,161 137,495
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 265,927 135,060 94,560 12,267 16,442 22,522 11,821 25,277 19,720 15,220
 
30 Foreign countries 266,291 136,356 94,447 12,096 16,338 22,407 11,859 25,156 19,756 15,269
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 40,795 42,041 49,154 7,119 4,318 5,406 6,276 18,245 5,696 13,531
 
32 Europe 61,557 21,534 -7,655 583 3,037 983 -825 -2,855 731 -5,689
33 Belgium -99 -124 -78 -1 1 -7 -34 -11 -22 -4
34 France 10,405 3,869 1,739 -357 355 728 355 156 820 -320
35 Germany 881 3,242 121 2 250 -73 14 73 -113 220
36 Ireland 4,174 4,465 14 1,267 913 15 1,179 -245 125 -1,060
37 Luxembourg 12,625 3,883 -8,307 -111 635 124 398 -3,229 -1,051 -4,549
38 Netherlands 2,370 1,785 -3,931 225 65 64 -394 -771 -2,194 -636
39 Switzerland -3,945 -11,068 -2,819 -970 -968 -772 -484 -570 -450 -543
40 United Kingdom 34,782 15,164 5,763 469 1,773 808 -1,825 1,930 3,641 1,209
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 272 -208 106 -61 2 -19 40 10 4 71
42 Canada 9,077 5,155 3,754 208 837 626 782 997 678 671
43 Latin America 7,893 -14,118 1,695 -51 -118 603 -185 -77 1,015 339
44 Caribbean 24,006 3,590 2,639 -1,987 3,701 431 -122 775 1,679 -124
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -677 -2,293 58 -621 111 110 -2 -19 66 -97
46 Other Asia 163,103 122,261 93,688 13,858 8,808 19,560 12,135 26,470 15,406 20,117
47 China, Mainland 23,384 19,237 24,239 2,546 422 301 502 11,775 71 11,590
48 Hong Kong -2,011 -1,193 679 2 -497 183 177 -190 421 88
49 Japan 91,572 46,227 37,662 4,381 1,710 13,812 3,390 7,170 8,670 4,620
50 Africa 194 -323 88 93 -6 14 32 12 12 18
51 Other countries 1,138 550 180 13 -32 80 44 -147 169 34
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -364 -1,296 113 171 104 115 -38 121 -36 -49
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,212,894 1,551,017 643,655 150,887 91,344 116,368 119,168 151,670 123,998 132,451
54 Foreign sales 1,088,182 1,419,515 614,012 122,218 92,606 119,233 115,624 129,280 122,404 127,471
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 124,712 131,502 29,643 28,669 -1,262 -2,865 3,544 22,390 1,594 4,980
 
56 Foreign countries 125,017 132,340 29,592 28,603 -1,187 -2,794 3,578 22,398 1,543 4,867
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -5,329 1,664 -462 -95 -960 -288 1,512 1,615 -1,440 -1,861
 
58 Europe 85,750 63,514 8,982 7,404 -8,478 -5,054 1,567 13,476 494 -1,501
59 Belgium -20,623 -18,543 -7,941 -1,829 -2,892 -2,867 -1,040 2,553 -2,557 -4,030
60 France -2,533 2,304 3,111 564 57 204 1,465 1,098 438 -94
61 Germany 5,929 5,655 557 689 -75 450 938 289 326 -1,446
62 Ireland -15,801 -9,958 -16,061 -958 -1,992 -4,177 -1,522 -3,017 -4,771 -2,574
63 Luxembourg -1,094 4,736 -1,726 1,235 423 -407 -529 1,020 -1,059 -751
64 Netherlands 211 -2,208 -4,212 -190 -298 -430 -1,060 -487 -339 -1,896
65 Switzerland 4,703 3,047 1,000 353 -275 222 341 953 -393 -123
66 United Kingdom 113,240 70,563 33,256 6,552 -2,767 1,944 2,067 11,132 8,958 9,155
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -274 808 -169 96 61 -52 -74 12 -54 -1
68 Canada -17,326 -15,553 4,746 3,320 1,249 618 1,281 2,334 -786 1,299
69 Latin America 3,175 3,082 2,116 61 -63 101 690 636 441 248
70 Caribbean 27,202 69,438 12,497 14,886 5,262 2,440 683 3,348 1,551 4,475
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -1,298 -1,386 -2,064 -389 -250 -541 -194 -86 -851 -392
72 Other Asia 28,751 13,969 3,305 3,196 1,025 -523 15 2,954 896 -37
73 China, Mainland 809 741 379 -144 -6 331 -71 -340 419 40
74 Hong Kong 5,412 4,893 2,226 414 156 148 191 874 -11 1,024
75 Japan 11,327 -2,188 -102 1,475 920 -427 -263 -63 910 -259
76 Africa 15 -219 258 -53 -14 -19 5 26 8 238
77 Other countries -1,252 -505 -248 178 82 184 -469 -290 -210 537
 
78 International and regional organizations2 -305 -838 51 66 -75 -71 -34 -8 51 113
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -55,682 -106,103 23,342 1,449 -8,977 -9,002 -5,515 5,886 32,792 -819
80 Foreign purchases 4,375,323 4,846,258 2,547,970 461,225 445,632 499,638 499,609 502,399 553,129 493,195
81 Foreign sales 4,431,005 4,952,361 2,524,628 459,776 454,609 508,640 505,124 496,513 520,337 494,014
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 258,745 233,224 107,353 21,255 1,369 7,993 -3,107 37,807 38,590 26,070
 
83 Foreign purchases 5,749,032 8,864,480 4,645,471 855,801 623,852 986,717 831,924 973,012 918,462 935,356
84 Foreign sales 5,490,287 8,631,256 4,538,118 834,546 622,483 978,724 835,031 935,205 879,872 909,286
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 203,063 127,121 130,695 22,704 -7,608 -1,009 -8,622 43,693 71,382 25,251
 
86 Foreign countries 177,376 111,675 124,481 23,256 -9,147 -578 -8,654 41,335 69,702 22,676
87 Europe 13,458 -99,434 41,171 -460 -20,159 -15,660 -11,264 12,587 53,554 1,954
88 Euro Area5 -85,654 -67,765 -49,468 -3,458 3,188 -23,458 -7,258 -5,886 -1,306 -11,560
89 United Kingdom 89,547 -38,311 40,450 -3,280 -22,576 -4,782 -3,515 13,113 26,463 9,171
90 Canada 45,514 28,984 32,267 -3,790 685 7,507 6,839 9,067 8,074 780
91 Latin America -5,135 -270 -14,095 8,052 -3,709 -7,301 -5,554 3,721 -5,562 601
92 Caribbean 46,818 171,286 58,695 18,368 6,541 13,445 4,289 10,505 12,746 17,710
93 Asia 82,715 16,303 13,244 2,767 5,817 2,876 2,338 8,619 -2,431 1,842
94 Japan 45,180 18,314 12,202 1,755 4,212 -3,467 1,056 7,646 3,519 3,448
95 Africa -10,004 -17,790 -5,888 -3,217 -326 812 -4,655 -1,319 -509 -217
96 Other countries 4,010 12,596 -913 1,536 2,004 -2,257 -647 -1,845 3,830 6
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 25,687 15,446 6,214 -552 1,539 -431 32 2,358 1,680 2,575
  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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Last Update: July 27, 2018