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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: December 2011

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2009 2010 Jan.-Oct.2011/r Apr.2011 May.2011 Jun.2011 Jul.2011 Aug.2011/r Sep.2011/r Oct.2011/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 6,653,957 6,747,218 6,612,737 593,135 673,811 665,514 606,492 901,451 635,547 634,371
2 Foreign sales 6,501,223 6,637,477 6,569,331 575,330 664,589 661,721 607,461 907,945 655,003 631,482
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 152,734 109,741 43,406 17,805 9,222 3,793 -969 -6,494 -19,456 2,889
 
4 Foreign countries 152,731 109,787 43,026 17,760 9,237 3,766 -989 -6,461 -19,475 2,833
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 11,679 -2,518 5,119 1,180 1,374 844 -618 -14 -32 919
 
6 Europe 68,422 54,053 -15,373 6,589 2,828 -666 -3,947 -14,156 -16,532 -384
7 Belgium 2,466 -494 -3,172 -414 -150 -248 -521 -702 -740 -300
8 France 168 19,640 -18,156 1,974 -2,155 -293 -954 -10,944 -2,223 2,360
9 Germany 756 -443 43 16 1,104 695 644 -1,612 -574 -198
10 Ireland 1,610 976 -195 -53 29 286 50 -62 -224 39
11 Luxembourg 1,875 131 -483 319 270 -208 -748 -905 -980 -255
12 Netherlands 3,284 -5,654 -742 418 128 -1,187 -55 -583 1,560 -37
13 Switzerland 8,664 7,553 -2,767 1,140 -1,177 -374 -1,089 -852 -1,761 -130
14 United Kingdom 33,700 27,839 7,651 888 3,658 1,406 -1,234 2,702 -11,091 -1,009
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,144 1,625 772 201 83 22 86 290 -184 -104
16 Canada -1,647 6,469 12,437 1,215 3,731 3,894 -26 841 -368 -1,130
17 Latin America 5,479 5,181 1,658 92 868 -134 -675 1,039 -1,501 -121
18 Caribbean 35,516 24,195 31,089 9,256 -184 -4,714 4,344 414 -1,513 2,648
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 3,534 4,570 5,698 1,125 787 762 -23 720 -69 1,036
20 Other Asia 39,269 13,556 5,837 -1,247 1,279 3,878 -700 4,482 573 700
21 China, Mainland 4,040 2,798 -1,075 -635 207 -208 -965 293 649 -506
22 Hong Kong 6,334 9,760 6,012 1,263 825 1,680 -32 701 211 443
23 Japan 13,753 4,587 4,624 -1,525 242 1,369 942 2,587 1,066 1,192
24 Africa -689 -320 314 48 -18 65 -155 6 -83 368
25 Other countries 2,847 2,083 1,366 682 -54 681 193 193 18 -284
 
26 International and regional organizations2 3 -46 380 45 -15 27 20 -33 19 56
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,043,178 1,108,653 918,283 86,587 75,232 82,582 92,285 99,433 121,574 100,754
28 Foreign sales 1,054,669 1,000,634 872,162 79,083 83,548 82,836 84,002 90,618 114,392 97,025
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) -11,491 108,019 46,121 7,504 -8,316 -254 8,283 8,815 7,182 3,729
 
30 Foreign countries -9,868 109,270 46,995 7,810 -8,221 -228 8,219 8,881 7,288 3,848
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions -42,906 -38,157 17,580 1,799 655 -2,383 1,338 -1,013 -1,729 710
 
32 Europe 23,782 17,060 -24,279 -2,828 -13,096 -4,186 -3,406 1,217 -1,068 -1,498
33 Belgium 2,379 2,256 -274 -27 -81 -2 -34 -25 -10 -26
34 France 12,963 16,377 5,207 256 1,064 254 892 1,349 1,991 -39
35 Germany -838 3,565 -52 -36 188 129 138 3 70 -10
36 Ireland -4,487 -3,956 -5,039 -575 -374 -1,045 -430 -169 -490 -366
37 Luxembourg 6,679 -15,303 -11,480 -91 -638 -1,392 -256 -212 -5,752 -460
38 Netherlands -739 -153 514 -166 40 777 10 135 6 -312
39 Switzerland -4,580 -3,300 598 21 30 -358 -41 142 26 59
40 United Kingdom 20,291 17,836 -15,415 -2,749 -13,459 -2,945 -4,246 -194 2,568 1,149
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 9 590 269 -22 -52 5 -26 70 28 196
42 Canada 2,214 7,778 3,931 23 884 1,236 -1,128 423 1,376 -808
43 Latin America -10,914 4,635 10,771 -391 765 938 3,522 1,431 -1,272 2,859
44 Caribbean -20,420 13,811 10,079 3,644 307 6,551 6,624 2,523 1,769 -3,161
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 1,483 -2,060 509 -202 37 332 8 -35 172 439
46 Other Asia -3,605 69,564 46,220 7,426 2,742 -5,030 2,750 3,239 6,402 6,057
47 China, Mainland -24,671 -29,282 10,459 2,010 1,289 -2,685 -3,090 508 3,332 -125
48 Hong Kong 10,242 6,505 317 454 130 -310 1,172 -818 -805 49
49 Japan -13,462 71,289 28,194 654 1,128 -1,263 2,774 5,259 7,615 4,804
50 Africa -2,540 -830 117 -42 198 -14 29 -16 -8 -44
51 Other countries 132 -688 -353 180 -58 -55 -180 99 -83 4
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,623 -1,251 -874 -306 -95 -26 64 -66 -106 -119
 
  CORPORATE BONDS  
53 Foreign purchases 1,189,391 971,246 870,467 84,436 87,647 114,251 77,178 83,796 62,575 60,641
54 Foreign sales 1,230,165 984,400 896,282 89,306 82,088 125,031 75,979 83,970 69,089 72,206
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) -40,774 -13,154 -25,815 -4,870 5,559 -10,780 1,199 -174 -6,514 -11,565
 
56 Foreign countries -39,662 -11,420 -23,870 -4,738 5,756 -10,529 1,306 -21 -6,347 -11,532
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -2,325 797 -1,222 -1,028 -377 -694 -373 1,974 278 221
 
58 Europe -52,434 -46,081 -47,318 -9,752 1,432 -9,571 497 -5,303 -4,323 -9,736
59 Belgium -13,807 -16,201 -14,442 -1,001 -1,238 -2,121 -584 -1,713 -580 -934
60 France -3,897 -6,429 -8,373 -2,742 -514 -674 -1,556 -1,367 -885 -982
61 Germany -1,651 -2,997 -3,383 -86 -814 -414 -276 -766 -369 -284
62 Ireland -12,067 -2,980 -443 456 -156 225 363 -196 -127 -277
63 Luxembourg -2,710 1,380 -1,513 387 207 -1,245 -686 -760 -978 -467
64 Netherlands -1,746 -1,688 -1,839 91 -341 -270 -211 -171 302 -202
65 Switzerland -1,540 -283 1,033 215 378 -132 64 561 217 -1,043
66 United Kingdom -12,275 -10,921 -10,569 -5,868 3,825 -4,799 4,482 1,360 -1,273 -4,849
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -325 -1,478 -2,388 -573 -671 -251 33 -209 -8 -253
68 Canada 6,776 1,578 -2,797 -221 127 210 -414 122 -1,166 -1,339
69 Latin America 7,527 2,975 2,044 371 -718 343 666 90 -89 267
70 Caribbean 2,815 21,637 16,002 231 959 55 1,781 2,813 1,490 431
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -4,041 -5,675 -662 -252 99 -125 -218 93 -6 26
72 Other Asia -1,195 15,488 11,772 5,606 1,828 -256 -1,039 1,631 -685 1,021
73 China, Mainland -4,050 -354 3,467 -22 92 340 721 1,787 454 -191
74 Hong Kong 2,867 -896 -985 225 -179 135 215 57 145 424
75 Japan -1,598 842 6,552 2,389 2,019 -769 -945 742 -844 1,202
76 Africa 419 242 191 47 -8 -7 170 -41 -57 8
77 Other countries 471 -1,584 -3,102 -768 2,037 -1,178 -137 574 -1,511 -2,210
 
78 International and regional organizations3 -1,112 -1,734 -1,945 -132 -197 -251 -107 -153 -167 -33
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -59,360 -60,615 -82,199 -12,994 -6,327 1,658 -15,580 -3,256 1,764 -1,902
80 Foreign purchases 3,169,501 3,673,648 3,378,892 328,232 341,585 341,182 305,573 378,490 313,718 308,053
81 Foreign sales 3,228,861 3,734,263 3,461,091 341,226 347,912 339,524 321,153 381,746 311,954 309,955
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -127,474 -54,644 -10,908 -1,319 -14,069 13,400 580 -4,981 963 4,115
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,951,939 3,650,150 3,055,548 316,165 316,006 360,013 290,201 266,016 274,000 273,194
84 Foreign sales 2,079,413 3,704,794 3,066,456 317,484 330,075 346,613 289,621 270,997 273,037 269,079
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -186,834 -115,259 -93,107 -14,313 -20,396 15,058 -15,000 -8,237 2,727 2,213
 
86 Foreign countries -183,453 -135,291 -118,692 -15,146 -25,054 11,754 -19,537 -8,192 3,298 -2,149
87 Europe -64,502 15,847 -57,579 -7,275 -10,134 -2,064 2,737 -4,383 1,134 7,944
88 Euro Area5 -36,689 -18,455 -32,840 -2,066 -9,623 -3,325 9,338 -342 -4,260 1,917
89 United Kingdom -22,347 30,724 -27,550 -4,364 -2,595 615 -3,979 -3,952 5,238 3,343
90 Canada -41,638 -52,516 -27,420 -8,977 -4,807 5,972 -11,792 -178 -1,480 -5,038
91 Latin America -32,614 -34,717 -20,511 2,235 -6,930 29 -2,920 -6,186 1,214 -1,379
92 Caribbean 12,179 -1,400 -18,582 649 -6,186 -3,210 -2,179 -8,688 -7,735 -1,490
93 Asia -2,689 -42,272 6,766 -3,610 5,214 8,156 -4,279 10,301 8,216 -1,255
94 Japan 1,871 -19,476 1,438 -1,530 697 5,196 -2,713 6,542 3,481 -640
95 Africa 3,389 519 -2,699 241 134 -489 -1,840 -123 -191 -546
96 Other countries -57,578 -20,752 1,333 1,591 -2,345 3,360 736 1,065 2,140 -385
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 -3,381 20,032 25,585 833 4,658 3,304 4,537 -45 -571 4,362
  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: December 23, 2011