Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: September 2018
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2016 2017 Jan.-Jul.2018 Jan.2018 Feb.2018 Mar.2018 Apr.2018 May.2018 Jun.2018 Jul.2018/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 11,530,619 13,356,598 10,208,049 1,479,294 1,582,505 1,489,735 1,359,863 1,430,294 1,511,599 1,354,759
2 Foreign sales 11,537,493 13,237,708 10,257,731 1,444,840 1,583,394 1,511,301 1,353,791 1,456,931 1,538,632 1,368,842
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -6,874 118,890 -49,682 34,454 -889 -21,566 6,072 -26,637 -27,033 -14,083
 
4 Foreign countries -6,348 119,484 -49,686 34,428 -873 -21,372 5,998 -26,665 -27,143 -14,059
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 5,372 530 -1,094 952 -549 -2,335 534 1,204 -869 -31
 
6 Europe 2,466 45,830 -42,446 30,964 -12,880 -14,805 6,748 -26,889 -15,853 -9,731
7 Belgium -656 667 377 164 -5 -318 51 145 -61 401
8 France -1,502 3,326 12,428 17,777 -3,704 -2,810 2,507 -430 -6,498 5,586
9 Germany -2,778 -478 2,404 310 -46 -1,236 481 788 479 1,628
10 Ireland -7,100 -8,218 -1,694 -1,641 111 -993 -689 -820 -1,256 3,594
11 Luxembourg -12,224 2,488 -2,562 423 552 609 -1,014 -759 -1,771 -602
12 Netherlands 3,211 -1,051 -442 724 25 221 147 321 -1,763 -117
13 Switzerland 5,298 8,258 5 1,608 422 -1,015 -33 -959 102 -120
14 United Kingdom 13,519 33,507 -53,880 12,526 -11,174 -11,350 2,631 -23,817 -2,303 -20,393
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 153 -198 -293 -837 -39 982 298 -259 -138 -300
16 Canada 2,259 53,018 147 3,324 2,929 -2,717 -7,959 943 3,998 -371
17 Latin America -7,627 73 3,537 682 1,907 617 1,032 -62 -498 -141
18 Caribbean 3,773 25,958 -9,155 -10,331 10,795 -91 -443 -4,645 -5,802 1,362
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -3,952 -8,333 1,006 569 -1,132 -1,250 1,662 1,280 -335 212
20 Other Asia -4,239 -3,054 -3,033 9,373 -2,274 -2,261 3,690 2,120 -9,278 -4,403
21 China, Mainland -3,343 2,069 3,064 1,268 1,135 739 272 354 4 -708
22 Hong Kong -12,316 -4,588 -16,330 4,964 -2,909 -3,847 597 -1,095 -8,471 -5,569
23 Japan 9,077 3,005 1,302 -471 -1,637 757 1,551 940 68 94
24 Africa 271 -657 -492 -128 8 3 167 139 137 -818
25 Other countries 701 6,649 750 -25 -226 -868 1,101 449 488 -169
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -526 -594 4 26 -16 -194 74 28 110 -24
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,772,858 1,814,514 1,105,208 158,024 163,541 165,797 143,881 152,715 152,626 168,624
28 Foreign sales 1,506,931 1,679,454 958,994 135,502 151,720 140,520 124,161 137,495 132,741 136,855
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 265,927 135,060 146,214 22,522 11,821 25,277 19,720 15,220 19,885 31,769
 
30 Foreign countries 266,291 136,356 146,314 22,407 11,859 25,156 19,756 15,269 19,961 31,906
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 40,795 42,041 66,364 5,406 6,276 18,245 5,696 13,531 6,791 10,419
 
32 Europe 61,557 21,534 -502 983 -825 -2,855 731 -5,689 1,246 5,907
33 Belgium -99 -124 -254 -7 -34 -11 -22 -4 -191 15
34 France 10,405 3,869 2,814 728 355 156 820 -320 60 1,015
35 Germany 881 3,242 21 -73 14 73 -113 220 -273 173
36 Ireland 4,174 4,465 1,789 15 1,179 -245 125 -1,060 219 1,556
37 Luxembourg 12,625 3,883 -8,154 124 398 -3,229 -1,051 -4,549 -1,169 1,322
38 Netherlands 2,370 1,785 -3,596 64 -394 -771 -2,194 -636 69 266
39 Switzerland -3,945 -11,068 -3,886 -772 -484 -570 -450 -543 -597 -470
40 United Kingdom 34,782 15,164 10,797 808 -1,825 1,930 3,641 1,209 3,073 1,961
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 272 -208 184 -19 40 10 4 71 34 44
42 Canada 9,077 5,155 10,075 626 782 997 678 671 1,323 4,998
43 Latin America 7,893 -14,118 2,479 603 -185 -77 1,015 339 741 43
44 Caribbean 24,006 3,590 9,957 431 -122 775 1,679 -124 4,448 2,870
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -677 -2,293 722 110 -2 -19 66 -97 345 319
46 Other Asia 163,103 122,261 123,252 19,560 12,135 26,470 15,406 20,117 12,041 17,523
47 China, Mainland 23,384 19,237 35,822 301 502 11,775 71 11,590 4,161 7,422
48 Hong Kong -2,011 -1,193 947 183 177 -190 421 88 110 158
49 Japan 91,572 46,227 44,312 13,812 3,390 7,170 8,670 4,620 1,423 5,227
50 Africa 194 -323 94 14 32 12 12 18 -22 28
51 Other countries 1,138 550 237 80 44 -147 169 34 -161 218
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -364 -1,296 -100 115 -38 121 -36 -49 -76 -137
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,212,894 1,551,017 864,078 116,368 119,168 151,670 123,998 132,451 123,872 96,551
54 Foreign sales 1,088,182 1,419,515 820,241 119,233 115,624 129,280 122,404 127,471 113,631 92,598
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 124,712 131,502 43,837 -2,865 3,544 22,390 1,594 4,980 10,241 3,953
 
56 Foreign countries 125,017 132,340 43,760 -2,794 3,578 22,398 1,543 4,867 10,295 3,873
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -5,329 1,664 -1,191 -288 1,512 1,615 -1,440 -1,861 423 -1,152
 
58 Europe 85,750 63,514 10,432 -5,054 1,567 13,476 494 -1,501 1,837 -387
59 Belgium -20,623 -18,543 -9,888 -2,867 -1,040 2,553 -2,557 -4,030 -1,813 -134
60 France -2,533 2,304 3,870 204 1,465 1,098 438 -94 1,119 -360
61 Germany 5,929 5,655 315 450 938 289 326 -1,446 -357 115
62 Ireland -15,801 -9,958 -21,827 -4,177 -1,522 -3,017 -4,771 -2,574 -3,293 -2,473
63 Luxembourg -1,094 4,736 -2,275 -407 -529 1,020 -1,059 -751 161 -710
64 Netherlands 211 -2,208 -5,306 -430 -1,060 -487 -339 -1,896 -479 -615
65 Switzerland 4,703 3,047 1,037 222 341 953 -393 -123 -68 105
66 United Kingdom 113,240 70,563 44,061 1,944 2,067 11,132 8,958 9,155 6,428 4,377
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -274 808 -406 -52 -74 12 -54 -1 -51 -186
68 Canada -17,326 -15,553 3,828 618 1,281 2,334 -786 1,299 129 -1,047
69 Latin America 3,175 3,082 2,449 101 690 636 441 248 490 -157
70 Caribbean 27,202 69,438 22,327 2,440 683 3,348 1,551 4,475 5,319 4,511
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -1,298 -1,386 -1,353 -541 -194 -86 -851 -392 634 77
72 Other Asia 28,751 13,969 6,094 -523 15 2,954 896 -37 2,013 776
73 China, Mainland 809 741 145 331 -71 -340 419 40 -145 -89
74 Hong Kong 5,412 4,893 3,193 148 191 874 -11 1,024 654 313
75 Japan 11,327 -2,188 3,296 -427 -263 -63 910 -259 1,935 1,463
76 Africa 15 -219 258 -19 5 26 8 238 30 -30
77 Other countries -1,252 -505 -275 184 -469 -290 -210 537 -157 130
 
78 International and regional organizations2 -305 -838 77 -71 -34 -8 51 113 -54 80
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -55,682 -106,103 18,460 -9,002 -5,515 5,886 32,792 -821 -6,227 1,347
80 Foreign purchases 4,375,323 4,846,258 3,533,424 499,638 499,609 502,399 553,129 493,195 537,946 447,508
81 Foreign sales 4,431,005 4,952,361 3,514,964 508,640 505,124 496,513 520,337 494,016 544,173 446,161
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 258,745 233,224 155,481 7,993 -3,107 37,807 38,590 26,070 15,248 32,880
 
83 Foreign purchases 5,749,032 8,864,480 6,399,410 986,717 831,924 973,012 918,462 935,356 863,143 890,796
84 Foreign sales 5,490,287 8,631,256 6,243,929 978,724 835,031 935,205 879,872 909,286 847,895 857,916
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 203,063 127,121 173,941 -1,009 -8,622 43,693 71,382 25,249 9,021 34,227
 
86 Foreign countries 177,376 111,675 158,134 -578 -8,654 41,335 69,702 22,674 2,527 31,128
87 Europe 13,458 -99,434 40,359 -15,660 -11,264 12,587 53,554 1,934 -8,691 7,899
88 Euro Area5 -85,654 -67,765 -67,520 -23,458 -7,258 -5,886 -1,306 -11,578 -11,826 -6,208
89 United Kingdom 89,547 -38,311 62,592 -4,782 -3,515 13,113 26,463 9,169 7,645 14,499
90 Canada 45,514 28,984 46,355 7,507 6,839 9,067 8,074 780 3,907 10,181
91 Latin America -5,135 -270 -9,952 -7,301 -5,554 3,721 -5,562 601 5,072 -929
92 Caribbean 46,818 171,286 79,284 13,445 4,289 10,505 12,746 17,710 11,897 8,692
93 Asia 82,715 16,303 7,426 2,876 2,338 8,619 -2,431 1,842 -9,244 3,426
94 Japan 45,180 18,314 19,240 -3,467 1,056 7,646 3,519 3,448 2,744 4,294
95 Africa -10,004 -17,790 -6,073 812 -4,655 -1,319 -509 -217 348 -533
96 Other countries 4,010 12,596 735 -2,257 -647 -1,845 3,830 24 -762 2,392
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 25,687 15,446 15,807 -431 32 2,358 1,680 2,575 6,494 3,099
  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: September 28, 2018