Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: June 2021
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2019 2020 Jan.-Apr.2021/r Oct.2020 Nov.2020 Dec.2020 Jan.2021/r Feb.2021/r Mar.2021/r Apr.2021/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 18,615,847 24,461,336 10,021,941 1,869,011 2,087,479 2,403,103 2,309,311 2,337,447 3,086,895 2,288,288
2 Foreign sales 18,615,343 24,093,024 9,977,149 1,844,937 2,025,547 2,324,802 2,297,669 2,323,282 3,054,595 2,301,603
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 504 368,312 44,792 24,074 61,932 78,301 11,642 14,165 32,300 -13,315
 
4 Foreign countries 866 368,197 41,997 24,061 61,895 78,281 11,673 14,225 32,305 -16,206
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 16,766 12,101 5,630 2,555 1,713 294 2,893 -36 3,749 -976
 
6 Europe 224 124,246 32,823 5,327 25,321 23,377 25,738 998 7,548 -1,461
7 Belgium 1,874 1,804 1,203 181 490 528 266 744 174 19
8 France -301 15,815 19,329 2,422 2,922 7,342 15,581 -1,566 -2,260 7,574
9 Germany 8,273 33,580 20,095 3,528 4,446 5,682 9,315 3,899 3,801 3,080
10 Ireland 4,000 15,691 -3,815 2,294 2,492 4,109 380 243 -1,581 -2,857
11 Luxembourg 2,795 14,827 8,186 -248 1,461 3,094 2,139 1,161 4,739 147
12 Netherlands -2,696 4,580 387 -657 593 -68 2,542 1,463 267 -3,885
13 Switzerland -4,362 27,181 8,151 -273 2,752 -266 2,765 3,716 1,030 640
14 United Kingdom -15,729 -20,247 -22,434 -1,751 2,994 1,351 -9,818 -7,129 1,372 -6,859
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,054 2,936 -71 -775 -220 -136 506 -9 -563 -5
16 Canada 21,091 73,353 3,441 8,234 24,733 33,984 -15,709 9,779 11,252 -1,881
17 Latin America -4,714 8,726 382 -26 -623 -199 -355 698 465 -426
18 Caribbean -50,556 67,299 -34,958 4,649 6,958 7,580 -9,744 -3,891 -6,802 -14,521
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 2,651 19,712 3,616 -917 4,868 8,085 2,596 -2,303 3,013 310
20 Other Asia 28,802 76,466 29,729 6,884 -1,947 3,347 9,525 5,893 15,237 -926
21 China, Mainland -3,465 549 -1,753 -2,053 -181 78 361 176 -314 -1,976
22 Hong Kong 6,983 23,543 -64 2,316 -48 4,318 938 3,132 -1,597 -2,537
23 Japan 6 14,000 8,680 1,222 -2,419 -4,103 1,106 -3,499 9,980 1,093
24 Africa -1,458 269 275 142 104 -95 -15 -42 178 154
25 Other countries 4,826 -1,874 6,689 -232 2,481 2,202 -363 3,093 1,414 2,545
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -362 115 2,795 13 37 20 -31 -60 -5 2,891
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 2,581,076 3,509,287 1,658,663 315,739 372,831 386,127 400,664 376,214 441,854 439,931
28 Foreign sales 2,280,971 3,042,509 1,516,260 266,791 319,440 334,891 348,488 346,566 428,062 393,144
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 300,105 466,778 142,403 48,948 53,391 51,236 52,176 29,648 13,792 46,787
 
30 Foreign countries 299,887 469,619 142,436 48,949 53,615 51,054 52,173 29,680 13,787 46,796
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 108,431 202,556 76,682 28,257 30,103 12,254 26,105 11,185 10,874 28,518
 
32 Europe 58,319 101,577 25,726 6,469 7,838 9,240 5,442 5,314 7,096 7,874
33 Belgium -27 -27 2 10 -5 -1 -1 -2 2 3
34 France 1,886 2,090 1,771 6 66 104 305 803 333 330
35 Germany 2,630 1,008 129 350 83 218 -19 41 -47 154
36 Ireland 14,404 9,164 315 206 602 1,021 -763 -4,014 3,158 1,934
37 Luxembourg 10,504 48,268 13,138 3,403 4,696 3,865 3,991 3,833 2,801 2,513
38 Netherlands -5,055 972 386 -78 186 388 378 174 -353 187
39 Switzerland -1,726 -937 -483 -349 -469 -131 84 -290 -229 -48
40 United Kingdom 34,792 39,620 11,163 2,844 2,493 3,426 1,135 6,109 1,357 2,562
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 62 122 -1,634 47 45 94 -223 -1,408 -122 119
42 Canada 11,508 32,306 3,970 3,701 2,191 9,157 822 1,001 3,803 -1,656
43 Latin America 662 5,560 126 463 293 280 -307 -240 532 141
44 Caribbean 9,875 57,205 -7,922 8,364 1,213 8,506 -2,865 689 -6,510 764
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 1,337 -1,540 348 6 259 -288 119 17 98 114
46 Other Asia 215,958 272,551 119,370 29,814 41,671 24,051 49,029 22,090 8,690 39,561
47 China, Mainland 88,452 88,280 36,570 15,405 19,501 -346 15,413 307 1,140 19,710
48 Hong Kong 3,698 -2,135 829 122 365 90 78 52 539 160
49 Japan 80,276 99,430 52,310 5,472 11,968 14,065 26,566 13,694 54 11,996
50 Africa 31 710 259 94 230 -12 25 155 14 65
51 Other countries 2,197 1,250 559 38 -80 120 -92 654 64 -67
 
52 International and regional organzations2 218 -2,841 -33 -1 -224 182 3 -32 5 -9
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,750,380 2,541,081 951,180 213,069 211,208 179,363 208,995 236,124 295,533 210,528
54 Foreign sales 1,734,649 2,692,507 864,507 234,580 210,341 190,758 190,119 221,618 252,390 200,380
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 15,731 -151,426 86,673 -21,511 867 -11,395 18,876 14,506 43,143 10,148
 
56 Foreign countries 16,068 -145,290 92,111 -21,348 872 -11,367 23,210 15,124 43,363 10,414
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -5,818 21,645 5,150 -43 2,657 1,157 360 1,304 3,496 -10
 
58 Europe -27,478 -217,369 43,236 -14,840 -7,322 -9,203 2,637 9,052 21,703 9,844
59 Belgium -17,219 -17,571 4,836 -1,552 -1,868 -764 807 -1,011 1,963 3,077
60 France -13,861 -204,405 5,593 -13,429 -11,011 -9,496 797 3,273 594 929
61 Germany 1,137 -40,634 7,760 -3,436 -1,521 -3,131 2,197 1,649 2,553 1,361
62 Ireland -66,691 -89,909 -4,167 -7,030 -4,681 -4,961 -1,389 -768 -510 -1,500
63 Luxembourg -195 20,871 -2,306 647 2,115 941 -850 -1,976 -305 825
64 Netherlands -3,369 -14,889 -521 -395 -1,195 -752 -179 339 -431 -250
65 Switzerland 3,515 3,878 5,282 -499 -225 779 1,063 2,145 1,402 672
66 United Kingdom 71,817 122,767 24,135 11,239 10,142 8,493 -620 5,369 15,183 4,203
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,103 -394 -436 0 -56 2 35 -37 -478 44
68 Canada -10,545 22,084 10,314 12 1,591 1,566 -1,056 1,805 7,083 2,482
69 Latin America 4,866 13,348 578 1,104 759 1,109 -180 491 -8 275
70 Caribbean 31,281 -11,636 29,411 -9,044 2,640 -7,846 19,658 3,815 9,290 -3,352
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 935 566 -1,016 -738 722 149 -432 -24 -161 -399
72 Other Asia 19,991 49,350 9,168 1,807 2,458 2,846 2,593 -166 4,582 2,159
73 China, Mainland 651 8,577 1,195 339 849 217 521 268 538 -132
74 Hong Kong 6,310 4,896 1,576 -1,006 -639 342 972 -590 1,148 46
75 Japan 9,499 11,827 700 -238 507 649 -114 -35 -60 909
76 Africa -38 421 5 192 1 38 -33 27 7 4
77 Other countries -2,944 -2,054 415 159 23 -26 23 124 867 -599
 
78 International and regional organizations2 -337 -6,136 -5,438 -163 -5 -28 -4,334 -618 -220 -266
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 50,114 109,048 -13,036 10,891 10,142 10,296 22,234 3,087 -8,786 -29,571
80 Foreign purchases 5,566,875 7,272,704 3,152,534 538,722 686,698 724,277 743,357 772,870 955,782 680,525
81 Foreign sales 5,516,761 7,163,656 3,165,570 527,831 676,556 713,981 721,123 769,783 964,568 710,096
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 156,039 253,170 143,678 9,540 13,194 13,359 34,955 8,582 63,084 37,057
 
83 Foreign purchases 13,059,064 15,981,177 5,988,179 1,577,224 1,453,187 1,025,083 1,268,951 1,398,621 1,659,322 1,661,285
84 Foreign sales 12,903,025 15,728,007 5,844,501 1,567,684 1,439,993 1,011,724 1,233,996 1,390,039 1,596,238 1,624,228
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 206,153 362,218 130,642 20,431 23,336 23,655 57,189 11,669 54,298 7,486
 
86 Foreign countries 163,622 287,062 105,662 18,627 19,135 17,125 52,431 6,760 42,714 3,757
87 Europe -25,394 44,148 -48,803 2,411 7,357 2,313 -7,395 -23,142 -1,266 -17,000
88 Euro Area5 -41,460 18,804 -7,651 2,133 70 2,876 -980 4,634 -3,805 -7,500
89 United Kingdom -18,290 -2,937 -49,201 -4,765 3,799 -5,696 -6,047 -24,492 -3,509 -15,153
90 Canada 72,432 65,149 39,983 7,744 193 -4,251 19,461 5,777 11,254 3,491
91 Latin America 4,987 32,809 4,681 558 712 4,278 -3,035 112 5,791 1,813
92 Caribbean 73,812 -4,117 69,894 -211 -8,187 923 15,367 18,949 14,955 20,623
93 Asia 53,977 178,878 44,892 10,727 18,688 15,136 28,343 7,719 12,332 -3,502
94 Japan 28,094 43,422 13,246 2,312 3,004 4,589 -3,655 2,013 12,041 2,847
95 Africa -7,639 -12,511 -2,731 -372 -1,296 -961 535 -1,920 -998 -348
96 Other countries -8,553 -17,294 -2,254 -2,230 1,668 -313 -845 -735 646 -1,320
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 42,531 75,156 24,980 1,804 4,201 6,530 4,758 4,909 11,584 3,729
  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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