Securities Holdings and Transactions

Announcements

These tables will be discontinued with the final table released in April 2022.

The source for these data is the Treasury International Capital System and future data publications can be found on Treasury’s website.

Data were previously published in the Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, which ceased publication in December 2008.

Release Date: April 2022
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2020 2021 Jan.-Feb.2022 Aug.2021 Sep.2021 Oct.2021 Nov.2021 Dec.2021 Jan.2022 Feb.2022/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 24,458,068 30,615,319 5,526,189 2,315,323 2,611,532 2,322,441 2,690,540 3,192,787 2,839,953 2,686,236
2 Foreign sales 24,091,071 30,567,492 5,602,313 2,306,690 2,622,483 2,344,268 2,682,188 3,162,337 2,890,649 2,711,664
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 366,997 47,827 -76,124 8,633 -10,951 -21,827 8,352 30,450 -50,696 -25,428
 
4 Foreign countries 366,882 47,833 -76,106 8,611 -10,935 -21,843 8,340 30,447 -50,667 -25,439
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 12,101 -3,906 -6,725 644 1,763 551 -821 951 -5,962 -763
 
6 Europe 123,973 -8,542 15,516 3,644 2,386 -12,726 -16,208 -16,550 26,997 -11,481
7 Belgium 1,783 2,228 -248 267 -815 217 -16 1,392 -193 -55
8 France 15,807 10,716 20,786 -558 2,067 -6,225 -4,621 -12,561 17,550 3,236
9 Germany 33,512 41,000 2,107 2,940 1,323 2,245 -785 1,046 2,184 -77
10 Ireland 15,680 4,588 -105 597 1,174 2,221 1,417 2,261 -1,071 966
11 Luxembourg 14,827 11,595 813 1,401 -313 -1,277 423 1,507 1,235 -422
12 Netherlands 4,567 -9,745 -2,083 -508 -1,316 -1,645 -1,544 -2,555 -1,094 -989
13 Switzerland 27,141 -349 16,092 154 -140 -233 107 -4,784 5,028 11,064
14 United Kingdom -20,332 -64,486 -25,952 233 1,682 -7,236 -10,575 -2,742 -886 -25,066
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 2,935 -2,500 -91 9 -501 -397 -49 -120 346 -437
16 Canada 72,785 76,635 -34,137 4,262 6,900 4,588 19,185 14,360 -21,971 -12,166
17 Latin America 8,704 4,959 4,563 118 -709 1,168 1,781 2,333 3,763 800
18 Caribbean 67,302 -40,072 -28,079 -1,582 -7,373 -11,070 -331 20,411 -42,655 14,576
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 19,702 10,873 -1,514 4,987 911 1,911 1,276 498 -2,931 1,417
20 Other Asia 76,037 -10,281 -28,448 -4,464 -12,125 -7,487 1,654 5,856 -11,296 -17,152
21 China, Mainland 441 -6,980 716 -258 144 -1,490 -52 885 28 688
22 Hong Kong 23,559 -4,183 -11,759 -584 -3,748 488 5,408 3,923 -4,423 -7,336
23 Japan 13,973 -24,167 -8,524 -7,780 -11,423 -7,944 -4,152 2,131 -5,374 -3,150
24 Africa 269 -518 194 -513 -397 -139 87 47 16 178
25 Other countries -1,890 14,779 -4,201 2,159 -528 1,912 896 3,492 -2,590 -1,611
 
26 International and regional organizations2 115 -6 -18 22 -16 16 12 3 -29 11
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 3,509,287 5,055,926 843,234 457,141 464,027 407,251 390,276 368,531 397,570 445,664
28 Foreign sales 3,042,508 4,734,397 799,325 439,105 441,301 375,991 370,725 362,281 374,938 424,387
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 466,779 321,529 43,909 18,036 22,726 31,260 19,551 6,250 22,632 21,277
 
30 Foreign countries 469,620 321,527 43,851 18,028 22,910 31,200 19,566 6,218 22,595 21,256
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 202,556 177,001 36,345 11,531 5,860 15,960 7,789 6,444 16,683 19,662
 
32 Europe 101,578 57,481 7,586 4,434 6,759 4,266 4,631 2,470 4,744 2,842
33 Belgium -27 -189 44 0 0 64 0 -1 -6 50
34 France 2,090 3,382 -419 172 121 194 135 78 -76 -343
35 Germany 1,008 500 54 7 150 -44 153 71 50 4
36 Ireland 9,164 -280 573 54 583 821 -132 -16 86 487
37 Luxembourg 48,268 25,362 3,355 2,444 1,059 676 2,301 1,935 1,783 1,572
38 Netherlands 972 1,680 334 196 624 35 -250 2 319 15
39 Switzerland -937 -1,517 384 -234 -79 7 116 82 144 240
40 United Kingdom 39,621 28,640 3,019 1,804 4,472 2,292 2,067 166 2,531 488
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 122 -1,629 -1 -44 -239 131 77 10 -59 58
42 Canada 32,306 9,608 -92 352 383 556 1,385 502 2,880 -2,972
43 Latin America 5,560 -414 -115 -139 412 -79 11 447 -436 321
44 Caribbean 57,205 -4,715 -201 -926 585 -2,808 1,390 -832 -1,809 1,608
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -1,540 386 191 -254 -110 -20 360 50 -9 200
46 Other Asia 272,551 257,863 36,292 14,558 15,128 29,021 11,274 3,498 17,182 19,110
47 China, Mainland 88,280 79,773 23,460 6,372 -510 9,157 68 -467 10,497 12,963
48 Hong Kong -2,135 1,794 530 310 -230 909 -56 308 603 -73
49 Japan 99,430 95,117 361 2,464 9,708 12,588 3,741 -3,117 972 -611
50 Africa 710 463 15 -42 -13 92 172 1 -1 16
51 Other countries 1,250 855 175 45 -234 172 343 82 44 131
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -2,841 2 58 8 -184 60 -15 32 37 21
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 2,541,073 2,623,134 374,800 213,470 221,513 230,478 205,040 161,170 179,404 195,396
54 Foreign sales 2,692,487 2,482,633 346,839 198,667 220,421 218,483 195,215 165,185 171,783 175,056
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) -151,414 140,501 27,961 14,803 1,092 11,995 9,825 -4,015 7,621 20,340
 
56 Foreign countries -145,278 146,745 28,362 14,651 1,243 12,128 9,724 -3,997 7,973 20,389
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 21,645 7,902 3,459 389 -250 506 738 1,685 1,769 1,690
 
58 Europe -217,357 53,799 13,676 2,077 -1,044 6,214 498 -9,433 5,031 8,645
59 Belgium -17,571 -2,879 944 -819 549 -1,853 -225 -332 -2,136 3,080
60 France -204,405 -16,797 -4,270 -2,858 -4,213 -1,190 -3,723 -6,859 4 -4,274
61 Germany -40,634 11,674 2,739 -159 -220 780 814 1,346 70 2,669
62 Ireland -89,909 -11,233 -1,708 -379 -836 -175 -1,775 -497 -1,154 -554
63 Luxembourg 20,871 1,274 -1,806 -231 -354 2,435 -45 735 -1,419 -387
64 Netherlands -14,889 -923 -202 -144 -602 264 -142 79 -314 112
65 Switzerland 3,878 9,365 1,691 805 -656 908 1,149 1,061 854 837
66 United Kingdom 122,779 59,572 15,076 5,423 5,958 4,234 4,529 -5,204 8,205 6,871
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -394 -62 96 65 63 203 23 40 83 13
68 Canada 22,084 11,782 -2,594 -68 -546 2,218 238 -308 -1,261 -1,333
69 Latin America 13,348 -351 3,504 287 68 -527 202 106 1,351 2,153
70 Caribbean -11,636 56,732 7,034 9,960 1,299 2,226 6,289 3,266 487 6,547
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 566 -2,063 -798 97 -229 -272 -41 -279 -350 -448
72 Other Asia 49,350 30,017 7,958 2,868 2,830 2,113 2,464 4,354 3,158 4,800
73 China, Mainland 8,577 2,936 888 56 223 16 103 114 134 754
74 Hong Kong 4,896 6,116 2,158 776 770 482 711 509 1,142 1,016
75 Japan 11,827 4,956 3,314 910 728 87 -606 2,013 1,711 1,603
76 Africa 421 -84 -16 36 -26 -11 -63 1 -33 17
77 Other countries -2,054 -3,087 -402 -606 -1,109 167 137 -1,704 -410 8
 
78 International and regional organizations2 -6,136 -6,244 -401 152 -151 -133 101 -18 -352 -49
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 109,104 -54,249 -3,446 -13,110 -9,659 -4,136 6,245 5,121 -18,300 14,854
80 Foreign purchases 7,273,454 8,456,795 1,252,536 628,630 674,906 613,024 663,444 687,950 636,306 616,230
81 Foreign sales 7,164,350 8,511,044 1,255,982 641,740 684,565 617,160 657,199 682,829 654,606 601,376
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 253,170 368,713 58,560 18,656 22,078 33,297 27,878 32,506 23,208 35,352
 
83 Foreign purchases 15,981,179 18,124,328 2,673,150 1,424,571 1,637,201 1,582,306 1,676,551 1,052,617 1,273,417 1,399,733
84 Foreign sales 15,728,009 17,755,615 2,614,590 1,405,915 1,615,123 1,549,009 1,648,673 1,020,111 1,250,209 1,364,381
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 362,274 314,464 55,114 5,546 12,419 29,161 34,123 37,627 4,908 50,206
 
86 Foreign countries 287,118 245,178 39,458 3,357 3,816 25,327 33,358 29,242 -1,000 40,458
87 Europe 44,053 -64,743 -15,530 -1,829 15,583 -10,033 -3,465 333 -12,731 -2,799
88 Euro Area5 18,799 -48,787 -10,263 3,102 -7,481 -10,141 -12,739 -515 -14,744 4,481
89 United Kingdom -2,890 -21,146 -10,169 -3,018 21,490 -590 12,506 7,345 132 -10,301
90 Canada 65,182 47,338 25,701 -3,156 -7,105 -1,216 -4,144 6,961 14,060 11,641
91 Latin America 32,790 10,677 -9,696 723 1,655 991 1,978 2,404 -12,116 2,420
92 Caribbean -4,068 168,990 11,514 9,653 4,446 25,138 18,856 10,048 -1,481 12,995
93 Asia 178,960 101,254 26,435 -1,559 -4,744 13,166 20,316 6,555 9,761 16,674
94 Japan 43,463 28,178 7,311 -2,085 33 -5 6,003 4,632 536 6,775
95 Africa -12,505 -7,147 -60 385 -1,992 -758 -407 185 417 -477
96 Other countries -17,294 -11,191 1,094 -860 -4,027 -1,961 224 2,756 1,090 4
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 75,156 69,286 15,656 2,189 8,603 3,834 765 8,385 5,908 9,748
  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 29, 2022