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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: November 2011

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2009 2010 Jan.-Sep.2011/r Mar.2011 Apr.2011 May.2011 Jun.2011 Jul.2011 Aug.2011/r Sep.2011/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 6,653,957 6,747,218 5,978,191 732,444 593,135 673,811 665,514 606,492 901,451 635,372
2 Foreign sales 6,501,223 6,637,477 5,937,467 717,867 575,330 664,589 661,721 607,461 907,945 654,621
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 152,734 109,741 40,724 14,577 17,805 9,222 3,793 -969 -6,494 -19,249
 
4 Foreign countries 152,731 109,787 40,400 14,548 17,760 9,237 3,766 -989 -6,461 -19,268
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 11,679 -2,518 4,200 -78 1,180 1,374 844 -618 -14 -32
 
6 Europe 68,422 54,053 -14,815 4,339 6,589 2,828 -666 -3,947 -14,156 -16,358
7 Belgium 2,466 -494 -2,872 -150 -414 -150 -248 -521 -702 -740
8 France 168 19,640 -20,515 739 1,974 -2,155 -293 -954 -10,944 -2,222
9 Germany 756 -443 241 -260 16 1,104 695 644 -1,612 -574
10 Ireland 1,610 976 -234 140 -53 29 286 50 -62 -224
11 Luxembourg 1,875 131 -68 196 319 270 -208 -748 -905 -820
12 Netherlands 3,284 -5,654 -705 -1,061 418 128 -1,187 -55 -583 1,560
13 Switzerland 8,664 7,553 -2,634 1,327 1,140 -1,177 -374 -1,089 -852 -1,758
14 United Kingdom 33,700 27,839 8,669 2,498 888 3,658 1,406 -1,234 2,702 -11,082
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,144 1,625 876 62 201 83 22 86 290 -184
16 Canada -1,647 6,469 13,566 1,168 1,215 3,731 3,894 -26 841 -369
17 Latin America 5,479 5,181 1,779 933 92 868 -134 -675 1,039 -1,501
18 Caribbean 35,516 24,195 28,441 7,822 9,256 -184 -4,714 4,344 414 -1,513
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 3,534 4,570 4,672 434 1,125 787 762 -23 720 -59
20 Other Asia 39,269 13,556 5,161 -184 -1,247 1,279 3,878 -700 4,482 597
21 China, Mainland 4,040 2,798 -569 325 -635 207 -208 -965 293 649
22 Hong Kong 6,334 9,760 5,574 1,086 1,263 825 1,680 -32 701 216
23 Japan 13,753 4,587 3,451 -631 -1,525 242 1,369 942 2,587 1,085
24 Africa -689 -320 -54 132 48 -18 65 -155 6 -83
25 Other countries 2,847 2,083 1,650 -96 682 -54 681 193 193 18
 
26 International and regional organizations2 3 -46 324 29 45 -15 27 20 -33 19
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,043,178 1,108,653 817,098 86,287 86,587 75,232 82,582 92,285 99,433 121,143
28 Foreign sales 1,054,669 1,000,634 774,836 76,794 79,083 83,548 82,836 84,002 90,618 114,091
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) -11,491 108,019 42,262 9,493 7,504 -8,316 -254 8,283 8,815 7,052
 
30 Foreign countries -9,868 109,270 43,017 9,200 7,810 -8,221 -228 8,219 8,881 7,158
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions -42,906 -38,157 16,870 2,566 1,799 655 -2,383 1,338 -1,013 -1,729
 
32 Europe 23,782 17,060 -22,782 6,522 -2,828 -13,096 -4,186 -3,406 1,217 -1,069
33 Belgium 2,379 2,256 -248 -31 -27 -81 -2 -34 -25 -10
34 France 12,963 16,377 5,246 66 256 1,064 254 892 1,349 1,991
35 Germany -838 3,565 -42 -310 -36 188 129 138 3 70
36 Ireland -4,487 -3,956 -4,674 -1,090 -575 -374 -1,045 -430 -169 -491
37 Luxembourg 6,679 -15,303 -11,020 -570 -91 -638 -1,392 -256 -212 -5,752
38 Netherlands -739 -153 826 -64 -166 40 777 10 135 6
39 Switzerland -4,580 -3,300 539 347 21 30 -358 -41 142 26
40 United Kingdom 20,291 17,836 -16,564 7,617 -2,749 -13,459 -2,945 -4,246 -194 2,568
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 9 590 73 80 -22 -52 5 -26 70 28
42 Canada 2,214 7,778 4,739 -125 23 884 1,236 -1,128 423 1,376
43 Latin America -10,914 4,635 7,861 962 -391 765 938 3,522 1,431 -1,323
44 Caribbean -20,420 13,811 13,157 -3,741 3,644 307 6,551 6,624 2,523 1,686
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 1,483 -2,060 70 163 -202 37 332 8 -35 172
46 Other Asia -3,605 69,564 40,163 5,700 7,426 2,742 -5,030 2,750 3,239 6,402
47 China, Mainland -24,671 -29,282 10,584 3,579 2,010 1,289 -2,685 -3,090 508 3,332
48 Hong Kong 10,242 6,505 268 -1,351 454 130 -310 1,172 -818 -805
49 Japan -13,462 71,289 23,390 2,816 654 1,128 -1,263 2,774 5,259 7,615
50 Africa -2,540 -830 161 -2 -42 198 -14 29 -16 -8
51 Other countries 132 -688 -352 -279 180 -58 -55 -180 99 -78
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,623 -1,251 -755 293 -306 -95 -26 64 -66 -106
 
  CORPORATE BONDS  
53 Foreign purchases 1,189,391 971,246 824,095 109,584 84,436 87,647 114,251 77,178 98,183 62,457
54 Foreign sales 1,230,165 984,400 834,443 106,238 89,306 82,088 125,031 75,979 94,496 68,930
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) -40,774 -13,154 -10,348 3,346 -4,870 5,559 -10,780 1,199 3,687 -6,473
 
56 Foreign countries -39,662 -11,420 -8,436 3,539 -4,738 5,756 -10,529 1,306 3,840 -6,306
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -2,325 797 -1,443 381 -1,028 -377 -694 -373 1,974 278
 
58 Europe -52,434 -46,081 -33,686 -5,755 -9,752 1,432 -9,571 497 -1,442 -4,288
59 Belgium -13,807 -16,201 -13,508 -1,768 -1,001 -1,238 -2,121 -584 -1,713 -580
60 France -3,897 -6,429 -7,391 321 -2,742 -514 -674 -1,556 -1,367 -885
61 Germany -1,651 -2,997 -3,099 -452 -86 -814 -414 -276 -766 -369
62 Ireland -12,067 -2,980 -173 -397 456 -156 225 363 -196 -134
63 Luxembourg -2,710 1,380 -1,004 769 387 207 -1,245 -686 -760 -936
64 Netherlands -1,746 -1,688 -1,637 -432 91 -341 -270 -211 -171 302
65 Switzerland -1,540 -283 2,076 286 215 378 -132 64 561 217
66 United Kingdom -12,275 -10,921 -1,859 -3,643 -5,868 3,825 -4,799 4,482 5,221 -1,273
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -325 -1,478 -2,135 -151 -573 -671 -251 33 -209 -8
68 Canada 6,776 1,578 -1,457 847 -221 127 210 -414 122 -1,165
69 Latin America 7,527 2,975 1,775 870 371 -718 343 666 90 -91
70 Caribbean 2,815 21,637 15,558 4,449 231 959 55 1,781 2,813 1,477
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -4,041 -5,675 -688 -90 -252 99 -125 -218 93 -6
72 Other Asia -1,195 15,488 10,751 2,111 5,606 1,828 -256 -1,039 1,631 -685
73 China, Mainland -4,050 -354 3,658 103 -22 92 340 721 1,787 454
74 Hong Kong 2,867 -896 -1,409 -1,397 225 -179 135 215 57 145
75 Japan -1,598 842 5,350 1,961 2,389 2,019 -769 -945 742 -844
76 Africa 419 242 183 4 47 -8 -7 170 -41 -57
77 Other countries 471 -1,584 -872 1,103 -768 2,037 -1,178 -137 574 -1,491
 
78 International and regional organizations3 -1,112 -1,734 -1,912 -193 -132 -197 -251 -107 -153 -167
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -59,360 -60,615 -80,301 -13,732 -12,994 -6,327 1,658 -15,580 -3,226 1,730
80 Foreign purchases 3,169,501 3,673,648 3,070,587 403,391 328,232 341,585 341,182 305,573 378,375 313,581
81 Foreign sales 3,228,861 3,734,263 3,150,888 417,123 341,226 347,912 339,524 321,153 381,601 311,851
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -127,474 -54,644 -14,931 -16,925 -1,319 -14,069 13,400 580 -4,903 977
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,951,939 3,650,150 2,782,430 385,367 316,165 316,006 360,013 290,201 266,094 273,998
84 Foreign sales 2,079,413 3,704,794 2,797,361 402,292 317,484 330,075 346,613 289,621 270,997 273,021
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -186,834 -115,259 -95,232 -30,657 -14,313 -20,396 15,058 -15,000 -8,129 2,707
 
86 Foreign countries -183,453 -135,291 -116,455 -34,640 -15,146 -25,054 11,754 -19,537 -8,084 3,278
87 Europe -64,502 15,847 -65,468 -24,957 -7,275 -10,134 -2,064 2,737 -4,306 1,112
88 Euro Area5 -36,689 -18,455 -34,788 -9,034 -2,066 -9,623 -3,325 9,338 -343 -4,290
89 United Kingdom -22,347 30,724 -30,814 -15,503 -4,364 -2,595 615 -3,979 -3,874 5,239
90 Canada -41,638 -52,516 -22,381 626 -8,977 -4,807 5,972 -11,792 -178 -1,479
91 Latin America -32,614 -34,717 -19,131 -7,461 2,235 -6,930 29 -2,920 -6,186 1,215
92 Caribbean 12,179 -1,400 -17,091 10,096 649 -6,186 -3,210 -2,179 -8,688 -7,734
93 Asia -2,689 -42,272 8,050 -10,376 -3,610 5,214 8,156 -4,279 10,332 8,214
94 Japan 1,871 -19,476 2,079 -4,793 -1,530 697 5,196 -2,713 6,542 3,482
95 Africa 3,389 519 -2,152 13 241 134 -489 -1,840 -123 -190
96 Other countries -57,578 -20,752 1,718 -2,581 1,591 -2,345 3,360 736 1,065 2,140
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 -3,381 20,032 21,223 3,983 833 4,658 3,304 4,537 -45 -571
  1. Comprises oil-exporting countries as follows: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  2. Principally 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. Beginning with data for June 2006, also includes the Bank for International Settlements.  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, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also includes Cyprus, Malta, and Slovenia. For data as of January 2009, also includes Slovakia. For data as of January 2011, also includes Estonia.   Return to table
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Last update: November 25, 2011