Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: June 2020
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2018 2019 Jan.-Apr.2020/r Oct.2019 Nov.2019 Dec.2019 Jan.2020 Feb.2020 Mar.2020/r Apr.2020/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 18,081,825 18,570,325 8,261,734 1,617,621 1,608,930 1,701,667 1,737,107 1,836,928 2,981,873 1,705,826
2 Foreign sales 18,211,550 18,573,823 8,245,903 1,621,860 1,600,409 1,679,509 1,734,271 1,825,412 2,974,784 1,711,436
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -129,725 -3,498 15,831 -4,239 8,521 22,158 2,836 11,516 7,089 -5,610
 
4 Foreign countries -129,801 -3,136 15,878 -4,305 8,495 22,135 2,858 11,530 7,105 -5,615
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -7,038 16,766 -3,495 2,070 -864 -1,666 2,839 482 3,297 -10,113
 
6 Europe -106,649 -306 -27,115 6,591 685 8,746 12,583 5,206 -25,291 -19,613
7 Belgium 1,044 1,874 25 -94 -94 -79 577 -131 -329 -92
8 France 7,632 -301 -11,051 1,496 -3,250 -3,733 8,440 4,169 -26,743 3,083
9 Germany 2,679 8,273 1,791 969 1,650 1,487 2,123 113 -2,793 2,348
10 Ireland -4,082 4,000 -4,446 7 151 -133 -1,890 -2,280 62 -338
11 Luxembourg -4,707 2,795 419 566 1,283 4,582 13 1,245 -1,672 833
12 Netherlands -3,229 -1,703 1,874 -106 -66 77 1,998 -1,126 427 575
13 Switzerland -3,174 -4,376 20,225 -451 921 83 1,416 -521 16,001 3,329
14 United Kingdom -106,386 -17,208 -37,883 5,085 -97 5,995 -1,159 2,673 -8,208 -31,189
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 805 -1,054 587 69 196 95 -31 -168 284 502
16 Canada 788 17,701 -18,531 -4,448 5,212 12,562 -12,478 3,950 -12,968 2,965
17 Latin America 7,563 -4,714 5,081 17 -66 -377 2,530 1,273 -270 1,548
18 Caribbean -19,108 -50,580 19,156 -11,929 71 3,428 -7,500 -1,722 25,685 2,693
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 4,248 2,652 17,988 -1,500 121 -23 260 639 8,655 8,434
20 Other Asia -17,614 28,743 27,178 6,899 688 -1,290 8,429 2,615 15,146 988
21 China, Mainland 1,993 -3,524 3,451 -117 336 -235 425 -118 2,533 611
22 Hong Kong -28,902 6,983 19,759 669 1,769 1,645 1,453 2,984 10,295 5,027
23 Japan 5,900 6 3,256 916 -1,124 -1,096 -534 -1,468 2,816 2,442
24 Africa -1,902 -1,458 -225 -16 1,247 -1,870 28 -167 -19 -67
25 Other countries 2,873 4,826 -7,654 81 537 959 -994 -264 -3,833 -2,563
 
26 International and regional organizations2 76 -362 -47 66 26 23 -22 -14 -16 5
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,938,449 2,581,076 1,170,230 220,363 240,820 234,389 235,201 267,551 357,281 310,197
28 Foreign sales 1,708,365 2,280,971 1,015,908 188,474 212,509 218,507 202,939 228,122 295,793 289,054
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 230,084 300,105 154,322 31,889 28,311 15,882 32,262 39,429 61,488 21,143
 
30 Foreign countries 230,470 299,887 154,953 31,790 28,275 15,961 32,237 39,634 61,715 21,367
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 89,932 108,431 70,735 11,826 15,389 4,468 17,500 21,463 22,767 9,005
 
32 Europe 20,782 58,319 24,840 9,526 3,480 -5,472 8,111 7,929 2,776 6,024
33 Belgium -357 -27 -29 -23 -2 0 39 -42 -25 -1
34 France 4,310 1,886 592 284 890 -158 6 68 82 436
35 Germany 1,437 2,630 -159 276 163 162 -57 78 -224 44
36 Ireland 6,762 14,404 922 950 827 2,373 1,273 -60 -2,488 2,197
37 Luxembourg -7,268 10,504 978 1,047 631 693 755 2,516 -2,452 159
38 Netherlands -2,464 -5,055 -256 91 -56 -5,430 -190 -170 100 4
39 Switzerland -5,110 -1,726 260 243 168 23 59 68 230 -97
40 United Kingdom 23,168 34,792 22,472 6,500 624 -3,474 6,229 5,377 7,371 3,495
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 136 62 -276 23 -89 3 -15 67 -8 -320
42 Canada 11,986 11,508 6,040 1,100 950 941 1,011 1,783 2,875 371
43 Latin America 4,807 662 1,761 140 -589 314 138 71 859 693
44 Caribbean 22,401 9,875 13,605 -2,053 3,207 6,827 1,041 4,003 -2,780 11,341
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 1,649 1,337 -293 78 174 216 -119 3 252 -429
46 Other Asia 168,093 215,958 108,686 22,518 21,007 12,699 21,946 25,336 58,180 3,224
47 China, Mainland 47,339 88,452 42,912 7,396 9,682 250 13,021 14,197 14,987 707
48 Hong Kong 1,743 3,698 376 77 176 678 86 528 -66 -172
49 Japan 58,659 80,276 44,628 9,893 5,818 7,025 4,109 6,059 36,615 -2,155
50 Africa 157 31 179 7 9 7 65 65 28 21
51 Other countries 595 2,197 135 474 37 429 44 444 -475 122
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -386 218 -631 99 36 -79 25 -205 -227 -224
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,417,868 1,748,272 863,686 132,117 153,468 125,292 155,786 177,252 268,441 262,207
54 Foreign sales 1,360,984 1,732,833 901,863 138,704 142,644 143,744 187,598 197,767 265,230 251,268
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 56,884 15,439 -38,177 -6,587 10,824 -18,452 -31,812 -20,515 3,211 10,939
 
56 Foreign countries 56,871 15,776 -35,749 -6,608 10,793 -18,678 -31,417 -20,543 4,714 11,497
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,082 -5,818 8,864 -1,005 615 -1,326 -319 1,317 5,686 2,180
 
58 Europe 1,724 -27,478 -86,265 -5,328 4,414 -11,895 -26,232 -25,150 -18,350 -16,533
59 Belgium -16,199 -17,219 -790 -4,298 -1,842 -3,128 476 -3,445 2,455 -276
60 France 3,382 -13,861 -90,486 -1,052 -380 -8,636 -20,969 -17,473 -24,505 -27,539
61 Germany -2,979 1,137 -16,024 -763 -18 -20 -1,443 -5,454 -4,485 -4,642
62 Ireland -32,096 -66,691 -24,247 -2,727 -1,928 -4,148 -2,080 -5,050 -11,496 -5,621
63 Luxembourg -6,113 -195 2,731 -1,234 174 1,251 992 2,509 -4,887 4,117
64 Netherlands -8,073 -3,369 -7,559 116 -744 -2,258 -1,448 -3,908 -2,190 -13
65 Switzerland 559 3,515 1,690 352 845 -652 689 150 -660 1,511
66 United Kingdom 64,047 71,817 44,535 5,579 8,699 5,981 -622 6,858 23,307 14,992
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -752 -1,103 -117 -377 -120 8 -67 50 -63 -37
68 Canada 3,356 -10,547 12,854 -3,580 -1,464 -684 -2,734 2,380 6,622 6,586
69 Latin America 3,406 4,866 2,567 79 362 439 905 1,146 461 55
70 Caribbean 33,719 30,991 17,298 1,873 4,214 -5,125 -3,981 -974 8,460 13,793
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,175 935 439 -6 657 296 316 -144 86 181
72 Other Asia 17,962 19,991 19,148 28 2,616 -602 189 1,902 9,748 7,309
73 China, Mainland -826 651 4,164 -215 -329 -101 116 662 2,116 1,270
74 Hong Kong 5,304 6,310 2,981 402 784 -301 -21 -597 1,745 1,854
75 Japan 11,602 9,499 4,871 -970 1,151 -77 632 -485 2,337 2,387
76 Africa 312 -38 89 -1 -19 -9 38 36 -29 44
77 Other countries -1,433 -2,944 -1,879 327 13 -1,098 82 261 -2,284 62
 
78 International and regional organizations2 13 -337 -2,428 21 31 226 -395 28 -1,503 -558
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 43,880 51,408 5,923 7,313 6,108 4,545 -14,645 5,019 2,793 12,756
80 Foreign purchases 5,976,403 5,553,624 2,356,514 487,100 483,673 469,756 489,099 506,445 829,187 531,783
81 Foreign sales 5,932,523 5,502,216 2,350,591 479,787 477,565 465,211 503,744 501,426 826,394 519,027
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 324,769 156,003 138,505 24,781 12,966 20,344 7,518 9,224 112,684 9,079
 
83 Foreign purchases 11,150,906 13,058,870 5,135,605 1,186,583 1,107,834 850,825 1,195,272 965,286 1,577,539 1,397,508
84 Foreign sales 10,826,137 12,902,867 4,997,100 1,161,802 1,094,868 830,481 1,187,754 956,062 1,464,855 1,388,429
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 368,649 207,411 144,428 32,094 19,074 24,889 -7,127 14,243 115,477 21,835
 
86 Foreign countries 335,636 164,880 119,035 24,664 14,214 21,249 -13,766 10,159 104,851 17,791
87 Europe 73,210 -23,203 -20,305 -2,040 4,896 -10,176 -14,612 -22,937 12,271 4,973
88 Euro Area5 -91,691 -41,463 -5,433 -4,205 3,234 2,764 -5,445 -2,213 -2,658 4,883
89 United Kingdom 102,043 -16,140 -15,902 571 -2,635 -11,428 -8,446 -22,264 8,878 5,930
90 Canada 81,296 72,263 20,625 5,208 4,784 8,868 10,074 5,848 2,333 2,370
91 Latin America 5,699 4,974 15,928 6,622 154 6,184 -10,163 3,815 20,742 1,534
92 Caribbean 140,681 73,066 33,583 828 -2,518 7,043 -6,240 16,639 20,667 2,517
93 Asia 33,853 53,972 78,686 13,458 2,660 7,694 10,766 10,224 46,654 11,042
94 Japan 40,610 28,094 17,216 2,790 783 2,967 258 -3,448 18,846 1,560
95 Africa -7,807 -7,639 -1,624 -890 -87 163 -448 -908 960 -1,228
96 Other countries 8,704 -8,553 -7,858 1,478 4,325 1,473 -3,143 -2,522 1,224 -3,417
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 33,013 42,531 25,393 7,430 4,860 3,640 6,639 4,084 10,626 4,044
  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: June 26, 2020