Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: April 2020
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2018 2019 Jan.-Feb.2020/r Aug.2019 Sep.2019 Oct.2019 Nov.2019 Dec.2019 Jan.2020/r Feb.2020/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 18,081,825 18,570,325 3,574,035 1,721,288 1,525,850 1,617,621 1,608,930 1,701,667 1,737,107 1,836,928
2 Foreign sales 18,211,550 18,573,823 3,559,683 1,742,275 1,517,025 1,621,860 1,600,409 1,679,509 1,734,271 1,825,412
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -129,725 -3,498 14,352 -20,987 8,825 -4,239 8,521 22,158 2,836 11,516
 
4 Foreign countries -129,801 -3,136 14,388 -20,971 8,834 -4,305 8,495 22,135 2,858 11,530
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -7,038 16,766 3,321 2,462 3,983 2,070 -864 -1,666 2,839 482
 
6 Europe -106,649 -306 17,789 -24,266 11,634 6,591 685 8,746 12,583 5,206
7 Belgium 1,044 1,874 446 76 220 -94 -94 -79 577 -131
8 France 7,632 -301 12,609 -9,501 383 1,496 -3,250 -3,733 8,440 4,169
9 Germany 2,679 8,273 2,236 -265 2,131 969 1,650 1,487 2,123 113
10 Ireland -4,082 4,000 -4,170 1,342 -405 7 151 -133 -1,890 -2,280
11 Luxembourg -4,707 2,795 1,258 596 59 566 1,283 4,582 13 1,245
12 Netherlands -3,229 -1,703 872 -242 571 -106 -66 77 1,998 -1,126
13 Switzerland -3,174 -4,376 895 788 435 -451 921 83 1,416 -521
14 United Kingdom -106,386 -17,208 1,514 -16,015 2,562 5,085 -97 5,995 -1,159 2,673
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 805 -1,054 -199 -455 -102 69 196 95 -31 -168
16 Canada 788 17,701 -8,528 1,541 -1,018 -4,448 5,212 12,562 -12,478 3,950
17 Latin America 7,563 -4,714 3,803 -2,190 403 17 -66 -377 2,530 1,273
18 Caribbean -19,108 -50,580 -9,222 -4,220 -6,032 -11,929 71 3,428 -7,500 -1,722
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 4,248 2,652 899 807 -866 -1,500 121 -23 260 639
20 Other Asia -17,614 28,743 11,044 7,375 3,895 6,899 688 -1,290 8,429 2,615
21 China, Mainland 1,993 -3,524 307 382 -73 -117 336 -235 425 -118
22 Hong Kong -28,902 6,983 4,437 1,406 86 669 1,769 1,645 1,453 2,984
23 Japan 5,900 6 -2,002 1,655 43 916 -1,124 -1,096 -534 -1,468
24 Africa -1,902 -1,458 -139 34 -106 -16 1,247 -1,870 28 -167
25 Other countries 2,873 4,826 -1,258 -52 924 81 537 959 -994 -264
 
26 International and regional organizations2 76 -362 -36 -16 -9 66 26 23 -22 -14
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,938,449 2,581,076 502,752 208,264 230,947 220,363 240,820 234,389 235,201 267,551
28 Foreign sales 1,708,365 2,280,971 431,061 177,761 204,927 188,474 212,509 218,507 202,939 228,122
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 230,084 300,105 71,691 30,503 26,020 31,889 28,311 15,882 32,262 39,429
 
30 Foreign countries 230,470 299,887 71,871 30,376 25,961 31,790 28,275 15,961 32,237 39,634
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 89,932 108,431 38,963 3,208 6,785 11,826 15,389 4,468 17,500 21,463
 
32 Europe 20,782 58,319 16,040 10,215 4,083 9,526 3,480 -5,472 8,111 7,929
33 Belgium -357 -27 -3 24 -33 -23 -2 0 39 -42
34 France 4,310 1,886 74 51 -273 284 890 -158 6 68
35 Germany 1,437 2,630 21 23 51 276 163 162 -57 78
36 Ireland 6,762 14,404 1,213 2,875 538 950 827 2,373 1,273 -60
37 Luxembourg -7,268 10,504 3,271 739 539 1,047 631 693 755 2,516
38 Netherlands -2,464 -5,055 -360 -160 18 91 -56 -5,430 -190 -170
39 Switzerland -5,110 -1,726 127 -403 369 243 168 23 59 68
40 United Kingdom 23,168 34,792 11,606 6,865 2,768 6,500 624 -3,474 6,229 5,377
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 136 62 52 81 22 23 -89 3 -15 67
42 Canada 11,986 11,508 2,794 -417 946 1,100 950 941 1,011 1,783
43 Latin America 4,807 662 209 911 -1,300 140 -589 314 138 71
44 Caribbean 22,401 9,875 5,044 6,711 3,099 -2,053 3,207 6,827 1,041 4,003
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 1,649 1,337 -116 201 -34 78 174 216 -119 3
46 Other Asia 168,093 215,958 47,282 12,608 19,071 22,518 21,007 12,699 21,946 25,336
47 China, Mainland 47,339 88,452 27,218 5,460 3,893 7,396 9,682 250 13,021 14,197
48 Hong Kong 1,743 3,698 614 377 389 77 176 678 86 528
49 Japan 58,659 80,276 10,168 2,760 9,307 9,893 5,818 7,025 4,109 6,059
50 Africa 157 31 130 30 15 7 9 7 65 65
51 Other countries 595 2,197 488 117 81 474 37 429 44 444
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -386 218 -180 127 59 99 36 -79 25 -205
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,417,868 1,748,272 333,038 149,318 157,949 132,117 153,468 125,292 155,786 177,252
54 Foreign sales 1,360,984 1,732,833 385,365 170,295 143,056 138,704 142,644 143,744 187,598 197,767
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 56,884 15,439 -52,327 -20,977 14,893 -6,587 10,824 -18,452 -31,812 -20,515
 
56 Foreign countries 56,871 15,776 -51,960 -20,715 15,010 -6,608 10,793 -18,678 -31,417 -20,543
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,082 -5,818 998 987 1,202 -1,005 615 -1,326 -319 1,317
 
58 Europe 1,724 -27,478 -51,382 -24,178 4,437 -5,328 4,414 -11,895 -26,232 -25,150
59 Belgium -16,199 -17,219 -2,969 1,127 991 -4,298 -1,842 -3,128 476 -3,445
60 France 3,382 -13,861 -38,442 -302 -2,180 -1,052 -380 -8,636 -20,969 -17,473
61 Germany -2,979 1,137 -6,897 298 -1,202 -763 -18 -20 -1,443 -5,454
62 Ireland -32,096 -66,691 -7,130 -35,612 -3,045 -2,727 -1,928 -4,148 -2,080 -5,050
63 Luxembourg -6,113 -195 3,501 -237 -3,011 -1,234 174 1,251 992 2,509
64 Netherlands -8,073 -3,369 -5,356 -81 69 116 -744 -2,258 -1,448 -3,908
65 Switzerland 559 3,515 839 126 523 352 845 -652 689 150
66 United Kingdom 64,047 71,817 6,236 11,155 11,372 5,579 8,699 5,981 -622 6,858
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -752 -1,103 -17 -30 -37 -377 -120 8 -67 50
68 Canada 3,356 -10,547 -354 -955 1,053 -3,580 -1,464 -684 -2,734 2,380
69 Latin America 3,406 4,866 2,051 319 440 79 362 439 905 1,146
70 Caribbean 33,719 30,991 -4,955 2,658 6,496 1,873 4,214 -5,125 -3,981 -974
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,175 935 172 306 -55 -6 657 296 316 -144
72 Other Asia 17,962 19,991 2,091 3,844 2,832 28 2,616 -602 189 1,902
73 China, Mainland -826 651 778 836 85 -215 -329 -101 116 662
74 Hong Kong 5,304 6,310 -618 714 1,149 402 784 -301 -21 -597
75 Japan 11,602 9,499 147 1,011 863 -970 1,151 -77 632 -485
76 Africa 312 -38 74 -37 8 -1 -19 -9 38 36
77 Other countries -1,433 -2,944 343 -2,672 -201 327 13 -1,098 82 261
 
78 International and regional organizations2 13 -337 -367 -262 -117 21 31 226 -395 28
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 43,880 51,408 -9,826 6,311 14,399 7,313 6,108 4,545 -14,645 4,819
80 Foreign purchases 5,976,403 5,553,624 995,152 475,768 461,178 487,100 483,673 469,756 489,099 506,053
81 Foreign sales 5,932,523 5,502,216 1,004,978 469,457 446,779 479,787 477,565 465,211 503,744 501,234
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 324,769 156,003 16,742 -5,448 25,001 24,781 12,966 20,344 7,518 9,224
 
83 Foreign purchases 11,150,906 13,058,870 2,160,558 1,058,545 1,281,212 1,186,583 1,107,834 850,825 1,195,272 965,286
84 Foreign sales 10,826,137 12,902,867 2,143,816 1,063,993 1,256,211 1,161,802 1,094,868 830,481 1,187,754 956,062
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 368,649 207,411 6,916 863 39,400 32,094 19,074 24,889 -7,127 14,043
 
86 Foreign countries 335,636 164,880 -3,807 -5,883 34,692 24,664 14,214 21,249 -13,766 9,959
87 Europe 73,210 -23,203 -37,615 -16,838 16,651 -2,040 4,896 -10,176 -14,612 -23,003
88 Euro Area5 -91,691 -41,463 -7,741 -1,601 13,765 -4,205 3,234 2,764 -5,445 -2,296
89 United Kingdom 102,043 -16,140 -30,649 -17,334 1,488 571 -2,635 -11,428 -8,446 -22,203
90 Canada 81,296 72,263 15,870 -876 9,135 5,208 4,784 8,868 10,074 5,796
91 Latin America 5,699 4,974 -6,358 3,944 -7,143 6,622 154 6,184 -10,163 3,805
92 Caribbean 140,681 73,066 10,399 5,279 16,938 828 -2,518 7,043 -6,240 16,639
93 Asia 33,853 53,972 20,939 6,277 6,288 13,458 2,660 7,694 10,766 10,173
94 Japan 40,610 28,094 -3,240 2,739 5,166 2,790 783 2,967 258 -3,498
95 Africa -7,807 -7,639 -1,355 -155 -5,607 -890 -87 163 -448 -907
96 Other countries 8,704 -8,553 -5,687 -3,514 -1,570 1,478 4,325 1,473 -3,143 -2,544
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 33,013 42,531 10,723 6,746 4,708 7,430 4,860 3,640 6,639 4,084
  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: April 24, 2020