Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: December 2020
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2018 2019 Jan.-Oct.2020 Apr.2020 May.2020 Jun.2020 Jul.2020 Aug.2020 Sep.2020 Oct.2020/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 18,081,825 18,615,847 19,970,754 1,757,365 1,749,668 2,184,086 1,821,076 1,734,928 2,087,150 1,869,011
2 Foreign sales 18,211,550 18,615,343 19,742,675 1,762,870 1,669,955 2,155,564 1,804,577 1,708,352 2,048,986 1,844,937
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -129,725 504 228,079 -5,505 79,713 28,522 16,499 26,576 38,164 24,074
 
4 Foreign countries -129,801 866 228,021 -5,510 79,697 28,497 16,468 26,554 38,166 24,061
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -7,038 16,766 10,094 -10,020 4,354 -2,630 1,227 7,245 745 2,555
 
6 Europe -106,649 224 75,548 -19,027 44,863 19,920 1,996 15,290 15,078 5,327
7 Belgium 1,044 1,874 786 -92 89 133 247 75 36 181
8 France 7,632 -301 5,551 3,083 3,837 3,420 2,209 3,079 1,635 2,422
9 Germany 2,679 8,273 23,452 2,348 3,826 3,825 3,001 3,855 3,626 3,528
10 Ireland -4,082 4,000 9,090 -340 819 3,804 1,202 2,443 2,976 2,294
11 Luxembourg -4,707 2,795 10,272 833 3,100 5,227 -467 1,737 504 -248
12 Netherlands -3,229 -2,696 4,055 711 68 1,019 224 2,295 324 -657
13 Switzerland -3,174 -4,362 24,695 3,219 535 -2,398 1,605 3,678 1,538 -273
14 United Kingdom -106,386 -15,729 -24,592 -31,003 28,945 509 -11,608 -4,672 1,038 -1,751
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 805 -1,054 3,292 502 128 515 785 739 1,313 -775
16 Canada 788 21,091 14,636 2,279 9,784 6,089 1,430 7,523 5,047 8,234
17 Latin America 7,563 -4,714 9,548 1,548 279 1,641 -830 1,282 2,121 -26
18 Caribbean -19,108 -50,556 52,761 2,591 5,784 6,678 694 1,860 10,869 4,649
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 4,248 2,651 6,759 8,435 2,592 -3,412 -1,124 -6,738 -1,633 -917
20 Other Asia -17,614 28,802 75,066 994 17,481 -3,084 14,142 6,695 5,693 6,884
21 China, Mainland 1,993 -3,465 652 648 351 -306 -427 401 -873 -2,053
22 Hong Kong -28,902 6,983 19,273 4,984 608 -361 -1,545 -1,862 401 2,316
23 Japan 5,900 6 20,522 2,453 9,578 -3,644 11,348 -1,001 -248 1,222
24 Africa -1,902 -1,458 260 -67 -6 156 203 73 -83 142
25 Other countries 2,873 4,826 -6,557 -2,263 -1,080 509 -43 569 1,074 -232
 
26 International and regional organizations2 76 -362 58 5 16 25 31 22 -2 13
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,938,449 2,581,076 2,750,329 310,197 270,156 226,989 235,298 261,696 270,221 315,739
28 Foreign sales 1,708,365 2,280,971 2,388,178 289,054 267,725 188,969 200,856 223,956 223,973 266,791
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 230,084 300,105 362,151 21,143 2,431 38,020 34,442 37,740 46,248 48,948
 
30 Foreign countries 230,470 299,887 364,950 21,367 2,463 38,500 35,289 38,377 46,419 48,949
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 89,932 108,431 160,199 9,005 14,524 9,488 12,226 13,397 11,572 28,257
 
32 Europe 20,782 58,319 84,499 6,024 5,696 15,749 7,631 12,392 11,722 6,469
33 Belgium -357 -27 -21 -1 -2 1 0 0 -1 10
34 France 4,310 1,886 1,920 436 -11 336 36 -19 980 6
35 Germany 1,437 2,630 707 44 -31 17 50 397 83 350
36 Ireland 6,762 14,404 7,541 2,197 952 3,266 615 -59 1,639 206
37 Luxembourg -7,268 10,504 39,707 159 5,339 7,777 7,258 7,978 6,974 3,403
38 Netherlands -2,464 -5,055 398 4 -180 632 -169 35 414 -78
39 Switzerland -5,110 -1,726 -337 -97 99 4 -51 -39 -261 -349
40 United Kingdom 23,168 34,792 33,701 3,495 -545 3,299 -99 3,881 1,849 2,844
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 136 62 -17 -320 61 177 -6 -7 -13 47
42 Canada 11,986 11,508 20,958 371 955 2,056 1,763 2,381 4,062 3,701
43 Latin America 4,807 662 4,987 693 -251 473 1,636 1,005 -100 463
44 Caribbean 22,401 9,875 47,486 11,341 -2,376 4,199 8,226 5,073 10,395 8,364
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 1,649 1,337 -1,511 -429 -1,107 118 -278 183 -140 6
46 Other Asia 168,093 215,958 206,829 3,224 -891 15,441 16,553 17,290 19,936 29,814
47 China, Mainland 47,339 88,452 69,125 707 6,129 604 -1,058 5,489 -356 15,405
48 Hong Kong 1,743 3,698 -2,590 -172 -1,095 -1,419 -138 -411 -25 122
49 Japan 58,659 80,276 73,397 -2,155 -12,154 8,807 10,033 4,611 12,000 5,472
50 Africa 157 31 492 21 43 -7 23 173 -13 94
51 Other countries 595 2,197 1,210 122 394 471 -265 -120 557 38
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -386 218 -2,799 -224 -32 -480 -847 -637 -171 -1
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,417,868 1,750,380 2,150,510 264,953 253,514 242,896 168,746 205,197 193,657 213,069
54 Foreign sales 1,360,984 1,734,649 2,291,408 253,648 239,906 259,498 223,095 202,896 222,383 234,580
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 56,884 15,731 -140,898 11,305 13,608 -16,602 -54,349 2,301 -28,726 -21,511
 
56 Foreign countries 56,871 16,068 -134,795 11,863 14,002 -16,545 -54,013 3,289 -26,989 -21,348
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,082 -5,818 17,831 2,180 4,709 749 1,409 932 1,211 -43
 
58 Europe 1,724 -27,478 -200,844 -16,533 -6,933 -16,684 -38,113 -9,338 -28,671 -14,840
59 Belgium -16,199 -17,219 -14,939 -276 -3,395 -1,920 -1,811 -3,091 -2,380 -1,552
60 France 3,382 -13,861 -183,898 -27,539 -17,428 -15,457 -10,059 -18,324 -18,715 -13,429
61 Germany -2,979 1,137 -35,982 -4,642 -832 -3,169 -5,520 -2,353 -4,648 -3,436
62 Ireland -32,096 -66,691 -80,267 -5,621 -9,396 -12,182 -12,523 -5,975 -8,914 -7,030
63 Luxembourg -6,113 -195 17,815 4,117 4,359 4,846 -30 3,121 2,141 647
64 Netherlands -8,073 -3,369 -12,942 -13 588 -860 -2,741 -135 -1,840 -395
65 Switzerland 559 3,515 3,324 1,511 1,246 471 -25 130 311 -499
66 United Kingdom 64,047 71,817 104,132 14,992 17,713 11,840 -3,870 17,287 5,388 11,239
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -752 -1,103 -340 -37 9 -38 -149 11 -56 0
68 Canada 3,356 -10,545 18,927 6,586 4,394 2,102 -2,485 2,640 -590 12
69 Latin America 3,406 4,866 11,480 55 1,696 898 1,866 1,580 1,769 1,104
70 Caribbean 33,719 31,281 -6,430 14,159 4,018 -6,732 -16,607 4,452 -2,373 -9,044
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,175 935 -305 181 606 -161 -368 -88 5 -738
72 Other Asia 17,962 19,991 44,046 7,309 9,513 4,936 1,675 4,285 2,682 1,807
73 China, Mainland -826 651 7,511 1,270 1,615 387 -207 810 403 339
74 Hong Kong 5,304 6,310 5,193 1,854 1,827 575 -126 422 520 -1,006
75 Japan 11,602 9,499 10,671 2,387 3,058 1,876 -29 1,218 -85 -238
76 Africa 312 -38 382 44 26 65 -5 48 -33 192
77 Other countries -1,433 -2,944 -2,051 62 682 -969 24 -290 222 159
 
78 International and regional organizations2 13 -337 -6,103 -558 -394 -57 -336 -988 -1,737 -163
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 43,880 50,114 88,610 16,501 25,975 19,386 25,082 -154 7,109 10,891
80 Foreign purchases 5,976,403 5,566,875 5,861,729 550,354 567,240 677,585 586,154 507,120 555,263 538,722
81 Foreign sales 5,932,523 5,516,761 5,773,119 533,853 541,265 658,199 561,072 507,274 548,154 527,831
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 324,769 156,039 226,617 9,222 33,038 14,775 12,385 -5,596 23,543 9,540
 
83 Foreign purchases 11,150,906 13,059,064 13,502,907 1,397,809 1,312,645 1,380,296 1,414,899 1,194,481 1,486,313 1,577,224
84 Foreign sales 10,826,137 12,903,025 13,276,290 1,388,587 1,279,607 1,365,521 1,402,514 1,200,077 1,462,770 1,567,684
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 368,649 206,153 315,227 25,723 59,013 34,161 37,467 -5,750 30,652 20,431
 
86 Foreign countries 335,636 163,622 250,802 21,679 49,155 26,683 32,332 -14,687 24,832 18,627
87 Europe 73,210 -25,394 34,478 7,876 24,122 1,221 19,959 1,120 12,639 2,411
88 Euro Area5 -91,691 -41,460 15,858 4,885 4,086 3,045 4,813 -359 7,571 2,133
89 United Kingdom 102,043 -18,290 -1,040 8,795 11,842 -2,869 15,836 361 1,128 -4,765
90 Canada 81,296 72,432 69,207 2,565 6,248 14,771 13,134 -823 7,313 7,744
91 Latin America 5,699 4,987 27,819 1,573 792 3,764 3,930 1,263 1,494 558
92 Caribbean 140,681 73,812 3,147 3,272 -875 -7,950 -10,537 -11,632 -480 -211
93 Asia 33,853 53,977 145,054 11,038 16,968 14,944 11,710 5,894 6,145 10,727
94 Japan 40,610 28,094 35,829 1,560 3,151 9,359 158 2,872 761 2,312
95 Africa -7,807 -7,639 -10,254 -1,228 -1,743 -3,431 -485 -2,105 -494 -372
96 Other countries 8,704 -8,553 -18,649 -3,417 3,643 3,364 -5,379 -8,404 -1,785 -2,230
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 33,013 42,531 64,425 4,044 9,858 7,478 5,135 8,937 5,820 1,804
  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 23, 2020