Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: February 2019
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2016 2017 Jan.-Dec.2018/r Jun.2018 Jul.2018 Aug.2018 Sep.2018 Oct.2018 Nov.2018/r Dec.2018/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 11,530,619 13,356,598 18,081,743 1,511,599 1,354,756 1,441,440 1,342,017 1,907,803 1,667,599 1,514,838
2 Foreign sales 11,537,493 13,237,708 18,211,286 1,538,632 1,368,842 1,458,369 1,358,928 1,929,967 1,673,241 1,533,050
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -6,874 118,890 -129,543 -27,033 -14,086 -16,929 -16,911 -22,164 -5,642 -18,212
 
4 Foreign countries -6,348 119,484 -129,619 -27,143 -14,062 -16,923 -17,004 -22,132 -5,647 -18,224
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 5,372 530 -7,038 -869 316 -2,318 -7,869 3,791 -715 820
 
6 Europe 2,466 45,830 -106,447 -15,853 -9,731 -5,624 -4,074 -24,120 -4,548 -25,635
7 Belgium -656 667 1,044 -61 401 201 140 -27 387 -34
8 France -1,502 3,326 7,632 -6,498 5,586 994 630 3,761 -1,735 -8,446
9 Germany -2,778 -478 2,724 479 1,628 814 1,457 -337 -1,307 -307
10 Ireland -7,100 -8,218 -4,043 -1,256 3,594 1,227 -1,232 -618 -950 -776
11 Luxembourg -12,224 2,488 -4,684 -1,771 -602 890 527 -77 17 -3,479
12 Netherlands 3,211 -1,051 -3,229 -1,763 -117 -856 -957 -1,040 -392 458
13 Switzerland 5,298 8,258 -3,174 102 -120 -1,702 -299 -803 -109 -266
14 United Kingdom 13,519 33,507 -106,344 -2,303 -20,393 -6,134 -3,824 -26,256 -2,172 -14,078
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 153 -198 805 -138 -300 -578 185 216 126 1,149
16 Canada 2,259 53,018 802 3,998 -371 -750 1,120 -3,186 1,109 2,362
17 Latin America -7,627 73 7,565 -498 -141 -508 -397 1,600 -44 3,377
18 Caribbean 3,773 25,958 -19,180 -5,802 1,359 -1,459 -3,571 96 210 -5,298
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -3,952 -8,333 4,248 -335 212 2,023 1,526 -1,142 617 218
20 Other Asia -4,239 -3,054 -17,578 -9,278 -4,403 -9,853 -11,042 5,291 -3,895 4,954
21 China, Mainland -3,343 2,069 1,993 4 -708 -633 -547 -249 326 32
22 Hong Kong -12,316 -4,588 -28,902 -8,471 -5,569 -6,493 -3,313 -2,724 -917 875
23 Japan 9,077 3,005 5,900 68 94 30 678 2,142 682 1,066
24 Africa 271 -657 -1,902 137 -818 -479 -253 -280 -173 -225
25 Other countries 701 6,649 2,873 488 -169 -273 -313 -391 1,077 2,023
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -526 -594 76 110 -24 -6 93 -32 5 12
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,772,858 1,814,514 1,938,543 152,626 160,150 160,901 175,852 177,532 167,477 160,047
28 Foreign sales 1,506,931 1,679,454 1,708,465 132,741 136,537 144,897 146,003 165,943 147,930 145,016
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 265,927 135,060 230,078 19,885 23,613 16,004 29,849 11,589 19,547 15,031
 
30 Foreign countries 266,291 136,356 230,464 19,961 23,750 16,230 29,827 11,586 19,546 15,117
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 40,795 42,041 89,932 6,791 10,196 1,601 10,281 4,698 5,199 2,012
 
32 Europe 61,557 21,534 20,781 1,246 2,361 1,981 6,420 1,955 4,952 9,521
33 Belgium -99 -124 -357 -191 6 1 -100 4 0 1
34 France 10,405 3,869 4,310 60 1,015 101 1,122 17 77 179
35 Germany 881 3,242 1,437 -273 153 115 736 109 445 31
36 Ireland 4,174 4,465 6,762 219 888 -504 2,153 476 2,004 1,512
37 Luxembourg 12,625 3,883 -7,268 -1,169 -1,295 1,052 480 550 194 1,227
38 Netherlands 2,370 1,785 -2,464 69 206 -100 656 270 252 114
39 Switzerland -3,945 -11,068 -5,110 -597 -484 -501 -256 -102 -235 -116
40 United Kingdom 34,782 15,164 23,167 3,073 1,864 1,822 1,717 542 1,749 6,637
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 272 -208 136 34 27 -7 22 -49 64 -61
42 Canada 9,077 5,155 11,986 1,323 1,512 1,051 1,462 742 881 1,261
43 Latin America 7,893 -14,118 4,807 741 -149 415 392 322 398 993
44 Caribbean 24,006 3,590 22,401 4,448 2,444 8,152 5,179 2,405 836 -3,702
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -677 -2,293 1,649 345 296 403 284 238 -16 41
46 Other Asia 163,103 122,261 168,088 12,041 17,174 4,122 15,819 5,886 12,549 6,809
47 China, Mainland 23,384 19,237 47,339 4,161 7,385 125 8,931 844 1,764 -110
48 Hong Kong -2,011 -1,193 1,743 110 66 -26 304 521 -67 156
49 Japan 91,572 46,227 58,659 1,423 5,036 1,169 3,157 -424 5,936 4,700
50 Africa 194 -323 157 -22 28 40 17 9 4 -7
51 Other countries 1,138 550 595 -161 84 66 254 29 -58 201
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -364 -1,296 -386 -76 -137 -226 22 3 1 -86
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,212,894 1,551,017 1,416,593 123,872 96,551 114,454 107,149 127,172 112,093 91,647
54 Foreign sales 1,088,182 1,419,515 1,364,511 113,631 92,598 99,513 101,094 124,836 116,327 102,500
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 124,712 131,502 52,082 10,241 3,953 14,941 6,055 2,336 -4,234 -10,853
 
56 Foreign countries 125,017 132,340 52,069 10,295 3,873 14,811 6,131 2,272 -4,094 -10,811
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -5,329 1,664 -4,082 423 -1,070 -8 -320 -2,026 189 -808
 
58 Europe 85,750 63,514 -3,118 1,837 -387 8,034 -711 845 -10,430 -11,288
59 Belgium -20,623 -18,543 -16,194 -1,813 -134 1,205 -1,769 -781 -1,601 -3,360
60 France -2,533 2,304 3,385 1,119 -360 161 -95 581 225 -1,357
61 Germany 5,929 5,655 -2,967 -357 115 -107 -150 -1,617 -838 -570
62 Ireland -15,801 -9,958 -32,086 -3,293 -2,473 -285 -1,591 -1,405 -3,959 -3,019
63 Luxembourg -1,094 4,736 -6,111 161 -710 489 -691 -1,383 -986 -1,265
64 Netherlands 211 -2,208 -8,069 -479 -615 -315 -368 -921 -1,048 -111
65 Switzerland 4,703 3,047 570 -68 105 511 97 -398 -464 -213
66 United Kingdom 113,240 70,563 59,155 6,428 4,377 6,796 3,564 6,880 -687 -1,459
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -274 808 -754 -51 -186 -9 -98 -366 62 63
68 Canada -17,326 -15,553 3,415 129 -1,047 17 700 337 -277 -1,190
69 Latin America 3,175 3,082 3,397 490 -157 449 406 18 212 -137
70 Caribbean 27,202 69,438 33,723 5,319 4,511 5,009 3,629 62 2,186 510
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -1,298 -1,386 -2,179 634 77 -115 -111 -916 443 -127
72 Other Asia 28,751 13,969 17,947 2,013 776 2,613 1,993 1,866 3,803 1,578
73 China, Mainland 809 741 -871 -145 -89 28 -115 -634 -220 -75
74 Hong Kong 5,412 4,893 5,305 654 313 245 394 852 444 177
75 Japan 11,327 -2,188 11,661 1,935 1,463 1,310 1,883 1,678 1,861 1,633
76 Africa 15 -219 316 30 -30 13 -14 -20 18 61
77 Other countries -1,252 -505 -1,432 -157 130 -1,209 239 80 -49 -218
 
78 International and regional organizations2 -305 -838 13 -54 80 130 -76 64 -140 -42
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -55,682 -106,273 43,979 -6,347 1,299 -1,476 184 5,882 9,302 11,995
80 Foreign purchases 4,375,323 4,846,258 5,975,261 538,016 447,534 487,217 440,298 560,142 500,506 453,535
81 Foreign sales 4,431,005 4,952,531 5,931,282 544,363 446,235 488,693 440,114 554,260 491,204 441,540
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 258,745 233,224 324,565 15,248 32,880 56,008 23,170 32,566 26,263 31,077
 
83 Foreign purchases 5,749,032 8,864,480 11,150,967 863,143 890,796 979,024 908,006 1,028,558 1,049,620 786,349
84 Foreign sales 5,490,287 8,631,256 10,826,402 847,895 857,916 923,016 884,836 995,992 1,023,357 755,272
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 203,063 126,951 368,544 8,901 34,179 54,532 23,354 38,448 35,565 43,072
 
86 Foreign countries 177,376 111,505 335,531 2,407 31,080 50,819 17,715 33,087 34,917 41,227
87 Europe 13,458 -99,434 73,304 -8,691 7,899 25,324 -3,508 -998 5,417 6,706
88 Euro Area5 -85,654 -67,765 -91,720 -11,826 -6,208 5,016 -13,534 -11,880 3,399 -7,201
89 United Kingdom 89,547 -38,311 102,145 7,645 14,499 17,245 11,627 1,473 -487 9,691
90 Canada 45,514 28,984 81,193 3,907 10,181 1,577 14,340 9,710 5,051 4,160
91 Latin America -5,135 -270 5,681 5,072 -929 11,330 1,408 -3,044 1,584 4,355
92 Caribbean 46,818 171,116 140,630 11,897 8,702 17,324 6,846 8,314 19,949 8,903
93 Asia 82,715 16,303 33,906 -9,364 3,368 -4,794 -2,391 17,300 -710 17,457
94 Japan 45,180 18,314 40,589 2,744 4,294 2,274 4,434 6,554 -145 8,232
95 Africa -10,004 -17,790 -7,815 348 -533 -456 11 -727 -343 -227
96 Other countries 4,010 12,596 8,632 -762 2,392 514 1,009 2,532 3,969 -127
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 25,687 15,446 33,013 6,494 3,099 3,713 5,639 5,361 648 1,845
  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: February 22, 2019