Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: December 2019
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2017 2018 Jan.-Oct.2019 Apr.2019 May.2019 Jun.2019 Jul.2019 Aug.2019 Sep.2019 Oct.2019/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 13,356,598 18,081,825 15,259,728 1,415,983 1,691,778 1,516,552 1,477,596 1,721,288 1,525,850 1,617,621
2 Foreign sales 13,237,758 18,211,550 15,293,943 1,417,010 1,693,223 1,490,195 1,453,395 1,742,275 1,517,025 1,621,898
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 118,840 -129,725 -34,215 -1,027 -1,445 26,357 24,201 -20,987 8,825 -4,277
 
4 Foreign countries 119,434 -129,801 -33,804 -1,033 -1,197 26,475 24,185 -20,971 8,834 -4,343
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 530 -7,038 19,286 -373 2,598 3,806 4,857 2,462 3,983 2,060
 
6 Europe 45,795 -106,649 -9,752 3,841 -8,337 8,275 14,201 -24,266 11,634 6,576
7 Belgium 667 1,044 2,047 82 -78 427 130 76 220 -94
8 France 3,326 7,632 6,682 198 1,699 -3,678 10,139 -9,501 383 1,496
9 Germany -481 2,679 5,132 -673 -273 557 651 -265 2,131 965
10 Ireland -8,224 -4,082 3,982 278 -376 688 1,444 1,342 -405 7
11 Luxembourg 2,481 -4,707 -3,071 677 -489 -1,267 -159 596 59 565
12 Netherlands -1,051 -3,229 -1,716 -279 -241 589 1,649 -242 571 -108
13 Switzerland 8,258 -3,174 -5,381 -893 -1,206 -704 -837 788 435 -452
14 United Kingdom 33,507 -106,386 -23,109 3,299 -7,362 12,846 401 -16,015 2,562 5,082
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -198 805 -1,346 -21 -232 -446 -60 -455 -102 68
16 Canada 53,008 788 -77 -1,352 1,494 5,681 6,135 1,541 -1,018 -4,452
17 Latin America 73 7,563 -4,271 62 -1,740 947 -1,609 -2,190 403 17
18 Caribbean 25,958 -19,108 -54,082 -3,119 3,313 4,498 -2,603 -4,220 -6,032 -11,932
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -8,333 4,248 2,548 133 74 62 645 807 -866 -1,506
20 Other Asia -3,059 -17,614 29,335 499 3,198 6,396 8,335 7,375 3,895 6,889
21 China, Mainland 2,069 1,993 -3,626 -330 285 -1,344 -180 382 -73 -118
22 Hong Kong -4,588 -28,902 3,566 693 661 646 1,171 1,406 86 666
23 Japan 3,005 5,900 2,225 -1,894 1,440 786 523 1,655 43 915
24 Africa -657 -1,902 -835 -59 -37 50 -94 34 -106 -16
25 Other countries 6,649 2,873 3,330 -1,038 838 566 -825 -52 924 81
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -594 76 -411 6 -248 -118 16 -16 -9 66
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,814,514 1,938,449 2,106,517 200,368 163,910 212,494 211,050 208,291 230,957 220,363
28 Foreign sales 1,679,454 1,708,366 1,850,094 175,167 148,799 174,853 171,242 177,762 204,927 188,474
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 135,060 230,083 256,423 25,201 15,111 37,641 39,808 30,529 26,030 31,889
 
30 Foreign countries 136,356 230,469 256,162 25,329 14,788 37,528 39,369 30,402 25,971 31,790
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 42,041 89,932 88,586 10,520 2,819 12,010 16,068 3,208 6,785 11,826
 
32 Europe 21,534 20,781 60,659 7,204 6,007 5,194 9,637 10,241 4,093 9,526
33 Belgium -124 -357 -25 -3 33 -32 4 24 -33 -23
34 France 3,869 4,310 1,154 57 304 523 149 51 -273 284
35 Germany 3,242 1,437 2,305 152 229 497 343 23 51 276
36 Ireland 4,465 6,762 11,279 290 376 5,625 -46 2,875 538 950
37 Luxembourg 3,883 -7,268 9,183 2,530 2,231 2 2,642 739 539 1,047
38 Netherlands 1,785 -2,464 449 -104 186 181 84 -156 27 91
39 Switzerland -11,068 -5,110 -1,919 -327 -354 -375 -444 -403 369 243
40 United Kingdom 15,164 23,167 37,796 4,598 2,969 -1,089 6,818 6,887 2,769 6,500
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -208 136 148 -40 29 -35 13 81 22 23
42 Canada 5,155 11,986 9,646 2,088 255 1,052 59 -417 946 1,100
43 Latin America -14,118 4,807 822 26 169 246 -204 911 -1,300 140
44 Caribbean 3,590 22,401 -141 -487 -1,265 -3,747 -608 6,711 3,099 -2,053
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,293 1,649 947 31 72 116 20 201 -34 78
46 Other Asia 122,261 168,093 182,483 16,730 9,552 34,583 30,321 12,608 19,071 22,518
47 China, Mainland 19,237 47,339 78,750 7,843 1,572 16,528 13,482 5,460 3,893 7,396
48 Hong Kong -1,193 1,743 2,844 101 406 749 486 377 389 77
49 Japan 46,227 58,659 67,433 5,878 4,274 14,271 12,541 2,760 9,307 9,893
50 Africa -323 157 15 -53 -2 -1 3 30 15 7
51 Other countries 550 595 1,731 -210 0 85 141 117 81 474
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,296 -386 261 -128 323 113 439 127 59 99
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,551,045 1,415,630 1,470,013 137,779 150,001 149,858 135,017 149,363 158,030 132,117
54 Foreign sales 1,419,572 1,361,011 1,447,116 142,789 135,418 140,627 137,723 170,432 143,129 138,704
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 131,473 54,619 22,897 -5,010 14,583 9,231 -2,706 -21,069 14,901 -6,587
 
56 Foreign countries 132,311 54,606 23,491 -4,925 14,524 9,094 -2,524 -20,807 15,018 -6,608
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 1,664 -4,082 -5,124 40 836 -678 -1,385 977 1,202 -1,005
 
58 Europe 63,501 -542 -20,085 -4,536 6,936 7,396 -8,093 -24,268 4,450 -5,328
59 Belgium -18,543 -16,199 -12,249 -2,384 -3,432 1,461 -1,750 1,127 991 -4,298
60 France 2,304 3,382 -4,846 -1,480 -359 -58 -848 -302 -2,180 -1,052
61 Germany 5,655 -2,980 1,178 45 1,006 1,163 -410 298 -1,202 -763
62 Ireland -9,959 -32,094 -60,590 -3,816 -2,255 -2,144 -2,863 -35,612 -3,040 -2,727
63 Luxembourg 4,736 -6,113 -1,616 -593 -232 1,600 215 -237 -3,007 -1,234
64 Netherlands -2,208 -8,070 -363 -69 -191 -207 31 -67 66 116
65 Switzerland 3,046 559 3,327 39 -527 549 253 126 523 352
66 United Kingdom 70,552 61,777 57,018 2,721 12,765 4,506 -2,006 11,061 11,379 5,579
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 808 -752 -991 128 -171 -46 -7 -30 -37 -377
68 Canada -15,568 3,356 -8,450 -1,518 458 -1,312 -86 -960 1,048 -3,580
69 Latin America 3,082 3,406 4,065 720 283 327 825 319 440 79
70 Caribbean 69,449 33,719 31,876 -546 3,730 273 2,365 2,661 6,496 1,873
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -1,386 -2,178 -31 -173 231 453 199 306 -55 -6
72 Other Asia 13,957 17,962 17,980 1,664 2,683 1,985 1,891 3,844 2,832 28
73 China, Mainland 741 -826 1,079 575 125 324 16 836 85 -215
74 Hong Kong 4,884 5,304 5,827 361 214 522 831 714 1,149 402
75 Japan -2,188 11,602 8,425 70 1,153 1,682 637 1,011 863 -970
76 Africa -219 316 -10 13 75 -27 25 -37 8 -1
77 Other countries -505 -1,433 -1,854 -549 128 -1 350 -2,672 -201 327
 
78 International and regional organizations2 -838 13 -594 -85 59 137 -182 -262 -117 21
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -106,284 43,880 31,822 -238 -1,654 21,613 -1,956 6,311 9,490 3,289
80 Foreign purchases 4,846,453 5,976,403 4,600,195 454,502 502,376 453,561 443,684 475,768 461,178 487,100
81 Foreign sales 4,952,737 5,932,523 4,568,373 454,740 504,030 431,948 445,640 469,457 451,688 483,811
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 233,188 324,697 121,651 10,730 10,860 13,656 13,501 -5,467 24,552 24,914
 
83 Foreign purchases 8,864,558 11,151,266 11,105,156 1,008,766 1,014,493 1,114,908 1,247,829 1,058,872 1,281,542 1,186,500
84 Foreign sales 8,631,370 10,826,569 10,983,505 998,036 1,003,633 1,101,252 1,234,328 1,064,339 1,256,990 1,161,586
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 126,904 368,577 153,473 10,492 9,206 35,269 11,545 844 34,042 28,203
 
86 Foreign countries 111,458 335,564 119,301 8,925 4,792 33,396 9,099 -5,902 29,235 20,789
87 Europe -99,456 73,215 -27,749 -10,453 -13,984 12,379 -1,622 -16,601 11,693 -6,959
88 Euro Area5 -67,767 -91,686 -47,473 -14,096 -10,411 -8,670 -3,494 -1,601 13,768 -4,198
89 United Kingdom -38,323 102,043 -1,777 -1,394 -5,624 16,907 -3,180 -17,065 1,498 571
90 Canada 28,964 81,264 58,593 6,973 5,673 4,186 7,221 -944 9,135 5,216
91 Latin America -275 5,699 -1,337 3,708 3,198 1,203 4,475 3,944 -7,143 6,622
92 Caribbean 171,114 140,642 68,122 8,260 2,261 16,430 7,488 5,089 16,449 1,838
93 Asia 16,295 33,853 43,662 2,063 10,867 -532 -5,743 6,279 6,278 13,453
94 Japan 18,314 40,610 24,345 2,983 1,107 4,437 -5,104 2,739 5,166 2,791
95 Africa -17,789 -7,814 -7,638 -1,052 1,315 470 45 -155 -5,607 -859
96 Other countries 12,605 8,705 -14,352 -574 -4,538 -740 -2,765 -3,514 -1,570 1,478
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 15,446 33,013 34,172 1,567 4,414 1,873 2,446 6,746 4,807 7,414
  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: December 27, 2019