Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: October 2018
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2016 2017 Jan.-Aug.2018/r Feb.2018 Mar.2018 Apr.2018 May.2018 Jun.2018 Jul.2018/r Aug.2018/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 11,530,619 13,356,598 11,649,491 1,582,505 1,489,735 1,359,863 1,430,294 1,511,599 1,354,759 1,441,442
2 Foreign sales 11,537,493 13,237,708 11,716,100 1,583,394 1,511,301 1,353,791 1,456,931 1,538,632 1,368,842 1,458,369
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -6,874 118,890 -66,609 -889 -21,566 6,072 -26,637 -27,033 -14,083 -16,927
 
4 Foreign countries -6,348 119,484 -66,607 -873 -21,372 5,998 -26,665 -27,143 -14,059 -16,921
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 5,372 530 -3,065 -549 -2,335 534 1,204 -869 316 -2,318
 
6 Europe 2,466 45,830 -48,070 -12,880 -14,805 6,748 -26,889 -15,853 -9,731 -5,624
7 Belgium -656 667 578 -5 -318 51 145 -61 401 201
8 France -1,502 3,326 13,422 -3,704 -2,810 2,507 -430 -6,498 5,586 994
9 Germany -2,778 -478 3,218 -46 -1,236 481 788 479 1,628 814
10 Ireland -7,100 -8,218 -467 111 -993 -689 -820 -1,256 3,594 1,227
11 Luxembourg -12,224 2,488 -1,672 552 609 -1,014 -759 -1,771 -602 890
12 Netherlands 3,211 -1,051 -1,298 25 221 147 321 -1,763 -117 -856
13 Switzerland 5,298 8,258 -1,697 422 -1,015 -33 -959 102 -120 -1,702
14 United Kingdom 13,519 33,507 -60,014 -11,174 -11,350 2,631 -23,817 -2,303 -20,393 -6,134
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 153 -198 -871 -39 982 298 -259 -138 -300 -578
16 Canada 2,259 53,018 -603 2,929 -2,717 -7,959 943 3,998 -371 -750
17 Latin America -7,627 73 3,029 1,907 617 1,032 -62 -498 -141 -508
18 Caribbean 3,773 25,958 -10,612 10,795 -91 -443 -4,645 -5,802 1,362 -1,457
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -3,952 -8,333 3,029 -1,132 -1,250 1,662 1,280 -335 212 2,023
20 Other Asia -4,239 -3,054 -12,886 -2,274 -2,261 3,690 2,120 -9,278 -4,403 -9,853
21 China, Mainland -3,343 2,069 2,431 1,135 739 272 354 4 -708 -633
22 Hong Kong -12,316 -4,588 -22,823 -2,909 -3,847 597 -1,095 -8,471 -5,569 -6,493
23 Japan 9,077 3,005 1,332 -1,637 757 1,551 940 68 94 30
24 Africa 271 -657 -971 8 3 167 139 137 -818 -479
25 Other countries 701 6,649 477 -226 -868 1,101 449 488 -169 -273
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -526 -594 -2 -16 -194 74 28 110 -24 -6
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,772,858 1,814,514 1,257,635 163,541 165,797 143,881 152,715 152,626 160,150 160,901
28 Foreign sales 1,506,931 1,679,454 1,103,573 151,720 140,520 124,161 137,495 132,741 136,537 144,897
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 265,927 135,060 154,062 11,821 25,277 19,720 15,220 19,885 23,613 16,004
 
30 Foreign countries 266,291 136,356 154,388 11,859 25,156 19,756 15,269 19,961 23,750 16,230
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 40,795 42,041 67,742 6,276 18,245 5,696 13,531 6,791 10,196 1,601
 
32 Europe 61,557 21,534 -2,067 -825 -2,855 731 -5,689 1,246 2,361 1,981
33 Belgium -99 -124 -262 -34 -11 -22 -4 -191 6 1
34 France 10,405 3,869 2,915 355 156 820 -320 60 1,015 101
35 Germany 881 3,242 116 14 73 -113 220 -273 153 115
36 Ireland 4,174 4,465 617 1,179 -245 125 -1,060 219 888 -504
37 Luxembourg 12,625 3,883 -9,719 398 -3,229 -1,051 -4,549 -1,169 -1,295 1,052
38 Netherlands 2,370 1,785 -3,756 -394 -771 -2,194 -636 69 206 -100
39 Switzerland -3,945 -11,068 -4,401 -484 -570 -450 -543 -597 -484 -501
40 United Kingdom 34,782 15,164 12,522 -1,825 1,930 3,641 1,209 3,073 1,864 1,822
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 272 -208 160 40 10 4 71 34 27 -7
42 Canada 9,077 5,155 7,640 782 997 678 671 1,323 1,512 1,051
43 Latin America 7,893 -14,118 2,702 -185 -77 1,015 339 741 -149 415
44 Caribbean 24,006 3,590 17,683 -122 775 1,679 -124 4,448 2,444 8,152
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -677 -2,293 1,102 -2 -19 66 -97 345 296 403
46 Other Asia 163,103 122,261 127,025 12,135 26,470 15,406 20,117 12,041 17,174 4,122
47 China, Mainland 23,384 19,237 35,910 502 11,775 71 11,590 4,161 7,385 125
48 Hong Kong -2,011 -1,193 829 177 -190 421 88 110 66 -26
49 Japan 91,572 46,227 45,290 3,390 7,170 8,670 4,620 1,423 5,036 1,169
50 Africa 194 -323 134 32 12 12 18 -22 28 40
51 Other countries 1,138 550 169 44 -147 169 34 -161 84 66
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -364 -1,296 -326 -38 121 -36 -49 -76 -137 -226
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,212,894 1,551,017 978,532 119,168 151,670 123,998 132,451 123,872 96,551 114,454
54 Foreign sales 1,088,182 1,419,515 919,754 115,624 129,280 122,404 127,471 113,631 92,598 99,513
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 124,712 131,502 58,778 3,544 22,390 1,594 4,980 10,241 3,953 14,941
 
56 Foreign countries 125,017 132,340 58,571 3,578 22,398 1,543 4,867 10,295 3,873 14,811
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -5,329 1,664 -1,117 1,512 1,615 -1,440 -1,861 423 -1,070 -8
 
58 Europe 85,750 63,514 18,466 1,567 13,476 494 -1,501 1,837 -387 8,034
59 Belgium -20,623 -18,543 -8,683 -1,040 2,553 -2,557 -4,030 -1,813 -134 1,205
60 France -2,533 2,304 4,031 1,465 1,098 438 -94 1,119 -360 161
61 Germany 5,929 5,655 208 938 289 326 -1,446 -357 115 -107
62 Ireland -15,801 -9,958 -22,112 -1,522 -3,017 -4,771 -2,574 -3,293 -2,473 -285
63 Luxembourg -1,094 4,736 -1,786 -529 1,020 -1,059 -751 161 -710 489
64 Netherlands 211 -2,208 -5,621 -1,060 -487 -339 -1,896 -479 -615 -315
65 Switzerland 4,703 3,047 1,548 341 953 -393 -123 -68 105 511
66 United Kingdom 113,240 70,563 50,857 2,067 11,132 8,958 9,155 6,428 4,377 6,796
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -274 808 -415 -74 12 -54 -1 -51 -186 -9
68 Canada -17,326 -15,553 3,845 1,281 2,334 -786 1,299 129 -1,047 17
69 Latin America 3,175 3,082 2,898 690 636 441 248 490 -157 449
70 Caribbean 27,202 69,438 27,336 683 3,348 1,551 4,475 5,319 4,511 5,009
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -1,298 -1,386 -1,468 -194 -86 -851 -392 634 77 -115
72 Other Asia 28,751 13,969 8,707 15 2,954 896 -37 2,013 776 2,613
73 China, Mainland 809 741 173 -71 -340 419 40 -145 -89 28
74 Hong Kong 5,412 4,893 3,438 191 874 -11 1,024 654 313 245
75 Japan 11,327 -2,188 4,606 -263 -63 910 -259 1,935 1,463 1,310
76 Africa 15 -219 271 5 26 8 238 30 -30 13
77 Other countries -1,252 -505 -1,484 -469 -290 -210 537 -157 130 -1,209
 
78 International and regional organizations2 -305 -838 207 -34 -8 51 113 -54 80 130
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -55,682 -106,103 17,136 -5,515 5,886 32,792 -821 -6,227 1,357 -1,334
80 Foreign purchases 4,375,323 4,846,258 4,020,604 499,609 502,399 553,129 493,195 537,946 447,508 487,180
81 Foreign sales 4,431,005 4,952,361 4,003,468 505,124 496,513 520,337 494,016 544,173 446,151 488,514
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 258,745 233,224 211,489 -3,107 37,807 38,590 26,070 15,248 32,880 56,008
 
83 Foreign purchases 5,749,032 8,864,480 7,378,434 831,924 973,012 918,462 935,356 863,143 890,796 979,024
84 Foreign sales 5,490,287 8,631,256 7,166,945 835,031 935,205 879,872 909,286 847,895 857,916 923,016
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 203,063 127,121 228,625 -8,622 43,693 71,382 25,249 9,021 34,237 54,674
 
86 Foreign countries 177,376 111,675 209,105 -8,654 41,335 69,702 22,674 2,527 31,138 50,961
87 Europe 13,458 -99,434 65,683 -11,264 12,587 53,554 1,934 -8,691 7,899 25,324
88 Euro Area5 -85,654 -67,765 -62,504 -7,258 -5,886 -1,306 -11,578 -11,826 -6,208 5,016
89 United Kingdom 89,547 -38,311 79,837 -3,515 13,113 26,463 9,169 7,645 14,499 17,245
90 Canada 45,514 28,984 47,932 6,839 9,067 8,074 780 3,907 10,181 1,577
91 Latin America -5,135 -270 1,378 -5,554 3,721 -5,562 601 5,072 -929 11,330
92 Caribbean 46,818 171,286 96,618 4,289 10,505 12,746 17,710 11,897 8,702 17,324
93 Asia 82,715 16,303 2,774 2,338 8,619 -2,431 1,842 -9,244 3,426 -4,652
94 Japan 45,180 18,314 21,514 1,056 7,646 3,519 3,448 2,744 4,294 2,274
95 Africa -10,004 -17,790 -6,529 -4,655 -1,319 -509 -217 348 -533 -456
96 Other countries 4,010 12,596 1,249 -647 -1,845 3,830 24 -762 2,392 514
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 25,687 15,446 19,520 32 2,358 1,680 2,575 6,494 3,099 3,713
  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: October 26, 2018