Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: March 2020
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2018 2019 Jan.-Jan.2020 Jul.2019 Aug.2019 Sep.2019 Oct.2019 Nov.2019 Dec.2019 Jan.2020/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 18,081,825 18,570,325 1,737,107 1,477,596 1,721,288 1,525,850 1,617,621 1,608,930 1,701,667 1,737,107
2 Foreign sales 18,211,550 18,573,823 1,735,086 1,453,395 1,742,275 1,517,025 1,621,860 1,600,409 1,679,509 1,735,086
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -129,725 -3,498 2,021 24,201 -20,987 8,825 -4,239 8,521 22,158 2,021
 
4 Foreign countries -129,801 -3,136 2,047 24,185 -20,971 8,834 -4,305 8,495 22,135 2,047
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -7,038 16,766 2,839 4,857 2,462 3,983 2,070 -864 -1,666 2,839
 
6 Europe -106,649 -306 12,223 14,201 -24,266 11,634 6,591 685 8,746 12,223
7 Belgium 1,044 1,874 577 130 76 220 -94 -94 -79 577
8 France 7,632 -301 8,409 10,139 -9,501 383 1,496 -3,250 -3,733 8,409
9 Germany 2,679 8,273 2,112 651 -265 2,131 969 1,650 1,487 2,112
10 Ireland -4,082 4,000 -1,890 1,444 1,342 -405 7 151 -133 -1,890
11 Luxembourg -4,707 2,795 -36 -159 596 59 566 1,283 4,582 -36
12 Netherlands -3,229 -1,703 1,812 1,649 -242 571 -106 -66 77 1,812
13 Switzerland -3,174 -4,376 1,414 -837 788 435 -451 921 83 1,414
14 United Kingdom -106,386 -17,208 -1,181 401 -16,015 2,562 5,085 -97 5,995 -1,181
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 805 -1,054 -55 -60 -455 -102 69 196 95 -55
16 Canada 788 17,701 -12,526 6,135 1,541 -1,018 -4,448 5,212 12,562 -12,526
17 Latin America 7,563 -4,714 2,528 -1,609 -2,190 403 17 -66 -377 2,528
18 Caribbean -19,108 -50,580 -7,715 -2,603 -4,220 -6,032 -11,929 71 3,428 -7,715
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 4,248 2,652 166 645 807 -866 -1,500 121 -23 166
20 Other Asia -17,614 28,743 8,340 8,335 7,375 3,895 6,899 688 -1,290 8,340
21 China, Mainland 1,993 -3,524 404 -180 382 -73 -117 336 -235 404
22 Hong Kong -28,902 6,983 1,415 1,171 1,406 86 669 1,769 1,645 1,415
23 Japan 5,900 6 -536 523 1,655 43 916 -1,124 -1,096 -536
24 Africa -1,902 -1,458 28 -94 34 -106 -16 1,247 -1,870 28
25 Other countries 2,873 4,826 -997 -825 -52 924 81 537 959 -997
 
26 International and regional organizations2 76 -362 -26 16 -16 -9 66 26 23 -26
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,938,449 2,581,076 235,201 210,886 208,264 230,947 220,363 240,820 234,389 235,201
28 Foreign sales 1,708,365 2,280,971 202,939 171,242 177,761 204,927 188,474 212,509 218,507 202,939
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 230,084 300,105 32,262 39,644 30,503 26,020 31,889 28,311 15,882 32,262
 
30 Foreign countries 230,470 299,887 32,237 39,205 30,376 25,961 31,790 28,275 15,961 32,237
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 89,932 108,431 17,500 16,041 3,208 6,785 11,826 15,389 4,468 17,500
 
32 Europe 20,782 58,319 8,111 9,634 10,215 4,083 9,526 3,480 -5,472 8,111
33 Belgium -357 -27 39 4 24 -33 -23 -2 0 39
34 France 4,310 1,886 6 149 51 -273 284 890 -158 6
35 Germany 1,437 2,630 -57 343 23 51 276 163 162 -57
36 Ireland 6,762 14,404 1,273 -46 2,875 538 950 827 2,373 1,273
37 Luxembourg -7,268 10,504 755 2,642 739 539 1,047 631 693 755
38 Netherlands -2,464 -5,055 -190 81 -160 18 91 -56 -5,430 -190
39 Switzerland -5,110 -1,726 59 -444 -403 369 243 168 23 59
40 United Kingdom 23,168 34,792 6,229 6,818 6,865 2,768 6,500 624 -3,474 6,229
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 136 62 -15 13 81 22 23 -89 3 -15
42 Canada 11,986 11,508 1,011 32 -417 946 1,100 950 941 1,011
43 Latin America 4,807 662 138 -204 911 -1,300 140 -589 314 138
44 Caribbean 22,401 9,875 1,041 -608 6,711 3,099 -2,053 3,207 6,827 1,041
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 1,649 1,337 -119 20 201 -34 78 174 216 -119
46 Other Asia 168,093 215,958 21,946 30,187 12,608 19,071 22,518 21,007 12,699 21,946
47 China, Mainland 47,339 88,452 13,021 13,348 5,460 3,893 7,396 9,682 250 13,021
48 Hong Kong 1,743 3,698 86 486 377 389 77 176 678 86
49 Japan 58,659 80,276 4,109 12,541 2,760 9,307 9,893 5,818 7,025 4,109
50 Africa 157 31 65 3 30 15 7 9 7 65
51 Other countries 595 2,197 44 141 117 81 474 37 429 44
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -386 218 25 439 127 59 99 36 -79 25
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,417,868 1,748,272 155,786 134,939 149,318 157,949 132,117 153,468 125,292 155,786
54 Foreign sales 1,360,984 1,732,833 187,598 137,694 170,295 143,056 138,704 142,644 143,744 187,598
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 56,884 15,439 -31,812 -2,755 -20,977 14,893 -6,587 10,824 -18,452 -31,812
 
56 Foreign countries 56,871 15,776 -31,417 -2,573 -20,715 15,010 -6,608 10,793 -18,678 -31,417
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,082 -5,818 -319 -1,385 987 1,202 -1,005 615 -1,326 -319
 
58 Europe 1,724 -27,478 -26,232 -8,136 -24,178 4,437 -5,328 4,414 -11,895 -26,232
59 Belgium -16,199 -17,219 476 -1,750 1,127 991 -4,298 -1,842 -3,128 476
60 France 3,382 -13,861 -20,969 -848 -302 -2,180 -1,052 -380 -8,636 -20,969
61 Germany -2,979 1,137 -1,443 -411 298 -1,202 -763 -18 -20 -1,443
62 Ireland -32,096 -66,691 -2,080 -2,886 -35,612 -3,045 -2,727 -1,928 -4,148 -2,080
63 Luxembourg -6,113 -195 992 215 -237 -3,011 -1,234 174 1,251 992
64 Netherlands -8,073 -3,369 -1,448 30 -81 69 116 -744 -2,258 -1,448
65 Switzerland 559 3,515 689 252 126 523 352 845 -652 689
66 United Kingdom 64,047 71,817 -622 -2,021 11,155 11,372 5,579 8,699 5,981 -622
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -752 -1,103 -67 -7 -30 -37 -377 -120 8 -67
68 Canada 3,356 -10,547 -2,734 -86 -955 1,053 -3,580 -1,464 -684 -2,734
69 Latin America 3,406 4,866 905 825 319 440 79 362 439 905
70 Caribbean 33,719 30,991 -3,981 2,368 2,658 6,496 1,873 4,214 -5,125 -3,981
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,175 935 316 199 306 -55 -6 657 296 316
72 Other Asia 17,962 19,991 189 1,886 3,844 2,832 28 2,616 -602 189
73 China, Mainland -826 651 116 16 836 85 -215 -329 -101 116
74 Hong Kong 5,304 6,310 -21 831 714 1,149 402 784 -301 -21
75 Japan 11,602 9,499 632 637 1,011 863 -970 1,151 -77 632
76 Africa 312 -38 38 25 -37 8 -1 -19 -9 38
77 Other countries -1,433 -2,944 82 346 -2,672 -201 327 13 -1,098 82
 
78 International and regional organizations2 13 -337 -395 -182 -262 -117 21 31 226 -395
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 43,880 51,408 -14,645 -1,956 6,311 14,399 7,313 6,108 4,545 -14,645
80 Foreign purchases 5,976,403 5,553,624 489,099 443,684 475,768 461,178 487,100 483,673 469,756 489,099
81 Foreign sales 5,932,523 5,502,216 503,744 445,640 469,457 446,779 479,787 477,565 465,211 503,744
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 324,769 156,003 7,518 13,903 -5,448 25,001 24,781 12,966 20,344 7,518
 
83 Foreign purchases 11,150,906 13,058,870 1,195,272 1,246,885 1,058,545 1,281,212 1,186,583 1,107,834 850,825 1,195,272
84 Foreign sales 10,826,137 12,902,867 1,187,754 1,232,982 1,063,993 1,256,211 1,161,802 1,094,868 830,481 1,187,754
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 368,649 207,411 -7,127 11,947 863 39,400 32,094 19,074 24,889 -7,127
 
86 Foreign countries 335,636 164,880 -13,766 9,501 -5,883 34,692 24,664 14,214 21,249 -13,766
87 Europe 73,210 -23,203 -14,612 -1,588 -16,838 16,651 -2,040 4,896 -10,176 -14,612
88 Euro Area5 -91,691 -41,463 -5,445 -3,495 -1,601 13,765 -4,205 3,234 2,764 -5,445
89 United Kingdom 102,043 -16,140 -8,446 -3,191 -17,334 1,488 571 -2,635 -11,428 -8,446
90 Canada 81,296 72,263 10,074 7,188 -876 9,135 5,208 4,784 8,868 10,074
91 Latin America 5,699 4,974 -10,163 4,475 3,944 -7,143 6,622 154 6,184 -10,163
92 Caribbean 140,681 73,066 -6,240 7,882 5,279 16,938 828 -2,518 7,043 -6,240
93 Asia 33,853 53,972 10,766 -5,746 6,277 6,288 13,458 2,660 7,694 10,766
94 Japan 40,610 28,094 258 -5,104 2,739 5,166 2,790 783 2,967 258
95 Africa -7,807 -7,639 -448 55 -155 -5,607 -890 -87 163 -448
96 Other countries 8,704 -8,553 -3,143 -2,765 -3,514 -1,570 1,478 4,325 1,473 -3,143
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 33,013 42,531 6,639 2,446 6,746 4,708 7,430 4,860 3,640 6,639
  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: March 27, 2020