Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: February 2020
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2017 2018/r Jan.-Dec.2019/r Jun.2019 Jul.2019 Aug.2019 Sep.2019/r Oct.2019/r Nov.2019/r Dec.2019/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 13,356,598 18,081,825 18,570,325 1,516,552 1,477,596 1,721,288 1,525,850 1,617,621 1,608,930 1,701,667
2 Foreign sales 13,237,758 18,211,550 18,573,823 1,490,195 1,453,395 1,742,275 1,517,025 1,621,860 1,600,409 1,679,509
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 118,840 -129,725 -3,498 26,357 24,201 -20,987 8,825 -4,239 8,521 22,158
 
4 Foreign countries 119,434 -129,801 -3,136 26,475 24,185 -20,971 8,834 -4,305 8,495 22,135
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 530 -7,038 16,766 3,806 4,857 2,462 3,983 2,070 -864 -1,666
 
6 Europe 45,795 -106,649 -306 8,275 14,201 -24,266 11,634 6,591 685 8,746
7 Belgium 667 1,044 1,874 427 130 76 220 -94 -94 -79
8 France 3,326 7,632 -301 -3,678 10,139 -9,501 383 1,496 -3,250 -3,733
9 Germany -481 2,679 8,273 557 651 -265 2,131 969 1,650 1,487
10 Ireland -8,224 -4,082 4,000 688 1,444 1,342 -405 7 151 -133
11 Luxembourg 2,481 -4,707 2,795 -1,267 -159 596 59 566 1,283 4,582
12 Netherlands -1,051 -3,229 -1,703 589 1,649 -242 571 -106 -66 77
13 Switzerland 8,258 -3,174 -4,376 -704 -837 788 435 -451 921 83
14 United Kingdom 33,507 -106,386 -17,208 12,846 401 -16,015 2,562 5,085 -97 5,995
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -198 805 -1,054 -446 -60 -455 -102 69 196 95
16 Canada 53,008 788 17,701 5,681 6,135 1,541 -1,018 -4,448 5,212 12,562
17 Latin America 73 7,563 -4,714 947 -1,609 -2,190 403 17 -66 -377
18 Caribbean 25,958 -19,108 -50,580 4,498 -2,603 -4,220 -6,032 -11,929 71 3,428
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -8,333 4,248 2,652 62 645 807 -866 -1,500 121 -23
20 Other Asia -3,059 -17,614 28,743 6,396 8,335 7,375 3,895 6,899 688 -1,290
21 China, Mainland 2,069 1,993 -3,524 -1,344 -180 382 -73 -117 336 -235
22 Hong Kong -4,588 -28,902 6,983 646 1,171 1,406 86 669 1,769 1,645
23 Japan 3,005 5,900 6 786 523 1,655 43 916 -1,124 -1,096
24 Africa -657 -1,902 -1,458 50 -94 34 -106 -16 1,247 -1,870
25 Other countries 6,649 2,873 4,826 566 -825 -52 924 81 537 959
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -594 76 -362 -118 16 -16 -9 66 26 23
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,814,514 1,938,449 2,581,076 212,392 210,886 208,264 230,947 220,363 240,820 234,389
28 Foreign sales 1,679,454 1,708,365 2,280,971 174,852 171,242 177,761 204,927 188,474 212,509 218,507
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 135,060 230,084 300,105 37,540 39,644 30,503 26,020 31,889 28,311 15,882
 
30 Foreign countries 136,356 230,470 299,887 37,427 39,205 30,376 25,961 31,790 28,275 15,961
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 42,041 89,932 108,431 12,010 16,041 3,208 6,785 11,826 15,389 4,468
 
32 Europe 21,534 20,782 58,319 5,191 9,634 10,215 4,083 9,526 3,480 -5,472
33 Belgium -124 -357 -27 -32 4 24 -33 -23 -2 0
34 France 3,869 4,310 1,886 523 149 51 -273 284 890 -158
35 Germany 3,242 1,437 2,630 497 343 23 51 276 163 162
36 Ireland 4,465 6,762 14,404 5,625 -46 2,875 538 950 827 2,373
37 Luxembourg 3,883 -7,268 10,504 2 2,642 739 539 1,047 631 693
38 Netherlands 1,785 -2,464 -5,055 179 81 -160 18 91 -56 -5,430
39 Switzerland -11,068 -5,110 -1,726 -375 -444 -403 369 243 168 23
40 United Kingdom 15,164 23,168 34,792 -1,090 6,818 6,865 2,768 6,500 624 -3,474
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -208 136 62 -35 13 81 22 23 -89 3
42 Canada 5,155 11,986 11,508 1,050 32 -417 946 1,100 950 941
43 Latin America -14,118 4,807 662 246 -204 911 -1,300 140 -589 314
44 Caribbean 3,590 22,401 9,875 -3,747 -608 6,711 3,099 -2,053 3,207 6,827
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,293 1,649 1,337 116 20 201 -34 78 174 216
46 Other Asia 122,261 168,093 215,958 34,487 30,187 12,608 19,071 22,518 21,007 12,699
47 China, Mainland 19,237 47,339 88,452 16,432 13,348 5,460 3,893 7,396 9,682 250
48 Hong Kong -1,193 1,743 3,698 749 486 377 389 77 176 678
49 Japan 46,227 58,659 80,276 14,271 12,541 2,760 9,307 9,893 5,818 7,025
50 Africa -323 157 31 -1 3 30 15 7 9 7
51 Other countries 550 595 2,197 85 141 117 81 474 37 429
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,296 -386 218 113 439 127 59 99 36 -79
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,551,045 1,417,868 1,748,272 149,814 134,939 149,318 157,949 132,117 153,468 125,292
54 Foreign sales 1,419,572 1,360,984 1,732,833 140,551 137,694 170,295 143,056 138,704 142,644 143,744
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 131,473 56,884 15,439 9,263 -2,755 -20,977 14,893 -6,587 10,824 -18,452
 
56 Foreign countries 132,311 56,871 15,776 9,126 -2,573 -20,715 15,010 -6,608 10,793 -18,678
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 1,664 -4,082 -5,818 -678 -1,385 987 1,202 -1,005 615 -1,326
 
58 Europe 63,501 1,724 -27,478 7,419 -8,136 -24,178 4,437 -5,328 4,414 -11,895
59 Belgium -18,543 -16,199 -17,219 1,461 -1,750 1,127 991 -4,298 -1,842 -3,128
60 France 2,304 3,382 -13,861 -58 -848 -302 -2,180 -1,052 -380 -8,636
61 Germany 5,655 -2,979 1,137 1,163 -411 298 -1,202 -763 -18 -20
62 Ireland -9,959 -32,096 -66,691 -2,148 -2,886 -35,612 -3,045 -2,727 -1,928 -4,148
63 Luxembourg 4,736 -6,113 -195 1,600 215 -237 -3,011 -1,234 174 1,251
64 Netherlands -2,208 -8,073 -3,369 -200 30 -81 69 116 -744 -2,258
65 Switzerland 3,046 559 3,515 549 252 126 523 352 845 -652
66 United Kingdom 70,552 64,047 71,817 4,526 -2,021 11,155 11,372 5,579 8,699 5,981
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 808 -752 -1,103 -46 -7 -30 -37 -377 -120 8
68 Canada -15,568 3,356 -10,547 -1,305 -86 -955 1,053 -3,580 -1,464 -684
69 Latin America 3,082 3,406 4,866 327 825 319 440 79 362 439
70 Caribbean 69,449 33,719 30,991 275 2,368 2,658 6,496 1,873 4,214 -5,125
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -1,386 -2,175 935 453 199 306 -55 -6 657 296
72 Other Asia 13,957 17,962 19,991 1,985 1,886 3,844 2,832 28 2,616 -602
73 China, Mainland 741 -826 651 324 16 836 85 -215 -329 -101
74 Hong Kong 4,884 5,304 6,310 522 831 714 1,149 402 784 -301
75 Japan -2,188 11,602 9,499 1,682 637 1,011 863 -970 1,151 -77
76 Africa -219 312 -38 -27 25 -37 8 -1 -19 -9
77 Other countries -505 -1,433 -2,944 -1 346 -2,672 -201 327 13 -1,098
 
78 International and regional organizations2 -838 13 -337 137 -182 -262 -117 21 31 226
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -106,284 43,880 51,408 21,613 -1,956 6,311 14,399 7,313 6,108 4,545
80 Foreign purchases 4,846,453 5,976,403 5,553,624 453,561 443,684 475,768 461,178 487,100 483,673 469,756
81 Foreign sales 4,952,737 5,932,523 5,502,216 431,948 445,640 469,457 446,779 479,787 477,565 465,211
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 233,188 324,769 156,003 13,342 13,903 -5,448 25,001 24,781 12,966 20,344
 
83 Foreign purchases 8,864,558 11,150,906 13,058,870 1,112,927 1,246,885 1,058,545 1,281,212 1,186,583 1,107,834 850,825
84 Foreign sales 8,631,370 10,826,137 12,902,867 1,099,585 1,232,982 1,063,993 1,256,211 1,161,802 1,094,868 830,481
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 126,904 368,649 207,411 34,955 11,947 863 39,400 32,094 19,074 24,889
 
86 Foreign countries 111,458 335,636 164,880 33,109 9,501 -5,883 34,692 24,664 14,214 21,249
87 Europe -99,456 73,210 -23,203 12,431 -1,588 -16,838 16,651 -2,040 4,896 -10,176
88 Euro Area5 -67,767 -91,691 -41,463 -8,668 -3,495 -1,601 13,765 -4,205 3,234 2,764
89 United Kingdom -38,323 102,043 -16,140 16,897 -3,191 -17,334 1,488 571 -2,635 -11,428
90 Canada 28,964 81,296 72,263 4,202 7,188 -876 9,135 5,208 4,784 8,868
91 Latin America -275 5,699 4,974 1,205 4,475 3,944 -7,143 6,622 154 6,184
92 Caribbean 171,114 140,681 73,066 16,006 7,882 5,279 16,938 828 -2,518 7,043
93 Asia 16,295 33,853 53,972 -497 -5,746 6,277 6,288 13,458 2,660 7,694
94 Japan 18,314 40,610 28,094 4,437 -5,104 2,739 5,166 2,790 783 2,967
95 Africa -17,789 -7,807 -7,639 501 55 -155 -5,607 -890 -87 163
96 Other countries 12,605 8,704 -8,553 -739 -2,765 -3,514 -1,570 1,478 4,325 1,473
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 15,446 33,013 42,531 1,846 2,446 6,746 4,708 7,430 4,860 3,640
  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 28, 2020