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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: March 2012

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2010 2011/r Jan.-Jan.2012 Jul.2011 Aug.2011 Sep.2011 Oct.2011 Nov.2011/r Dec.2011/r Jan.2012/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 6,747,218 7,720,283 542,304 606,495 901,462 635,626 634,396 575,840 531,589 542,304
2 Foreign sales 6,637,477 7,695,208 538,834 607,573 907,982 655,024 631,644 582,984 542,557 538,834
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 109,741 25,075 3,470 -1,078 -6,520 -19,398 2,752 -7,144 -10,968 3,470
 
4 Foreign countries 109,787 24,725 3,395 -1,098 -6,487 -19,417 2,696 -7,010 -11,072 3,395
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -2,518 4,452 1,025 -618 -14 -32 919 -1,987 1,320 1,025
 
6 Europe 54,053 -32,400 2,793 -3,991 -14,230 -16,517 -340 -3,361 -13,602 2,793
7 Belgium -494 -3,973 156 -521 -702 -739 -300 -603 -199 156
8 France 19,640 -26,557 5,001 -954 -10,944 -2,222 2,360 -2,029 -6,373 5,001
9 Germany -443 2,118 -1,435 644 -1,612 -565 -198 -508 2,574 -1,435
10 Ireland 976 79 13 50 -62 -221 39 -38 309 13
11 Luxembourg 131 -1,570 -16 -748 -905 -976 -255 -378 -713 -16
12 Netherlands -5,654 -2,155 -4 -55 -583 1,570 -37 -910 -513 -4
13 Switzerland 7,553 -4,271 -53 -1,089 -852 -1,758 -127 -316 -1,194 -53
14 United Kingdom 27,839 3,037 -1,935 -1,278 2,628 -11,114 -955 2,668 -7,190 -1,935
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,625 863 89 86 290 -183 -104 -120 210 89
16 Canada 6,469 14,065 756 -26 841 -367 -1,130 51 1,576 756
17 Latin America 5,181 1,472 -97 -675 1,039 -1,501 -173 437 -571 -97
18 Caribbean 24,195 31,789 -2,092 4,279 462 -1,485 2,521 565 251 -2,092
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 4,570 6,286 192 -23 720 -61 1,036 349 231 192
20 Other Asia 13,556 2,245 1,279 -700 4,482 578 701 -5,270 1,672 1,279
21 China, Mainland 2,798 360 2,146 -965 293 649 -506 283 1,152 2,146
22 Hong Kong 9,760 6,460 -173 -32 701 211 444 565 -118 -173
23 Japan 4,587 3,400 -1,132 942 2,587 1,067 1,192 -1,502 277 -1,132
24 Africa -320 862 29 -155 6 -83 365 225 326 29
25 Other countries 2,083 406 535 193 193 19 -284 -6 -955 535
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -46 350 75 20 -33 19 56 -134 104 75
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,108,653 1,132,565 104,113 92,031 98,874 121,204 101,249 108,975 104,558 104,113
28 Foreign sales 1,000,634 1,051,661 94,510 84,250 91,181 114,765 96,539 102,807 77,343 94,510
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 108,019 80,904 9,603 7,781 7,693 6,439 4,710 6,168 27,215 9,603
 
30 Foreign countries 109,270 81,870 9,585 7,717 7,759 6,545 4,829 6,229 27,246 9,585
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions -38,157 23,321 -156 1,354 -877 -1,791 658 -5,283 10,818 -156
 
32 Europe 17,060 -15,628 -314 -3,401 15 -1,051 -1,573 1,039 5,312 -314
33 Belgium 2,256 -329 32 -34 -25 -10 -26 -46 -9 32
34 France 16,377 8,284 1,105 894 1,349 1,991 -39 1,285 1,746 1,105
35 Germany 3,565 205 -28 138 3 70 -10 78 179 -28
36 Ireland -3,956 -4,656 -324 -430 -169 -490 -366 273 110 -324
37 Luxembourg -15,303 -15,723 1,334 -256 -212 -5,752 -460 -2,636 -1,607 1,334
38 Netherlands -153 460 -127 10 135 6 -312 29 -6 -127
39 Switzerland -3,300 292 133 -41 142 26 59 -159 -147 133
40 United Kingdom 17,836 -3,012 -1,718 -4,243 -1,396 2,585 1,074 4,638 5,434 -1,718
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 590 190 -195 -26 70 28 196 14 -93 -195
42 Canada 7,778 3,543 -498 -1,021 481 430 -700 -27 991 -498
43 Latin America 4,635 13,942 2,304 3,522 1,431 -1,272 2,859 1,665 1,506 2,304
44 Caribbean 13,811 13,326 1,892 6,624 2,523 1,769 -3,147 -2,085 5,318 1,892
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,060 1,699 23 8 -35 172 439 372 818 23
46 Other Asia 69,564 64,824 6,301 2,136 3,261 6,588 6,991 5,158 13,008 6,301
47 China, Mainland -29,282 17,790 -852 -3,090 508 3,332 -125 -2,154 9,485 -852
48 Hong Kong 6,505 1,008 -312 1,172 -818 -805 49 383 308 -312
49 Japan 71,289 36,463 3,957 2,160 5,281 7,801 5,738 6,133 1,698 3,957
50 Africa -830 162 -1 29 -16 -8 9 -16 8 -1
51 Other countries -688 2 -122 -180 99 -83 -49 123 285 -122
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,251 -966 18 64 -66 -106 -119 -61 -31 18
 
  CORPORATE BONDS  
53 Foreign purchases 971,246 996,101 79,539 77,458 84,324 63,763 60,752 72,086 54,533 79,539
54 Foreign sales 984,400 1,041,276 80,856 75,580 83,523 68,699 71,329 67,251 75,247 80,856
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) -13,154 -45,175 -1,317 1,878 801 -4,936 -10,577 4,835 -20,714 -1,317
 
56 Foreign countries -11,420 -42,614 -1,220 1,985 967 -4,769 -10,544 4,996 -20,272 -1,220
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 797 -1,179 8 -373 1,974 278 361 1,286 -1,385 8
 
58 Europe -46,081 -71,096 -735 881 -5,012 -3,402 -9,801 -3,710 -15,812 -735
59 Belgium -16,201 -17,867 -1,817 -584 -1,713 -580 -934 -1,219 -2,206 -1,817
60 France -6,429 -9,133 -962 -1,332 -1,319 -883 -982 -186 -490 -962
61 Germany -2,997 -3,833 -790 -280 -766 -356 -290 3 -368 -790
62 Ireland -2,980 -1,612 -393 384 -188 -111 -230 8 -1,257 -393
63 Luxembourg 1,380 -1,388 251 -686 -760 -978 -467 35 90 251
64 Netherlands -1,688 -2,828 -31 -211 -171 302 -202 -282 -687 -31
65 Switzerland -283 325 663 64 561 217 -1,050 -234 -467 663
66 United Kingdom -10,921 -23,670 4,613 4,625 1,595 -383 -4,940 -278 -8,689 4,613
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,478 -2,737 -297 33 -209 -8 -267 -134 -201 -297
68 Canada 1,578 -1,427 -3,399 -516 235 -1,154 -480 1,306 -289 -3,399
69 Latin America 2,975 2,286 207 666 90 -89 267 435 -193 207
70 Caribbean 21,637 16,667 1,971 1,781 2,813 1,490 432 1,395 -731 1,971
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -5,675 -737 138 -218 93 -6 26 87 -162 138
72 Other Asia 15,488 15,173 973 -635 2,204 -38 1,207 5,289 -2,331 973
73 China, Mainland -354 3,065 815 721 1,787 454 -191 -98 -304 815
74 Hong Kong -896 -822 420 215 57 145 424 362 -199 420
75 Japan 842 9,505 -322 -541 1,315 -197 1,386 4,170 -1,658 -322
76 Africa 242 169 108 170 -28 -57 15 17 -59 108
77 Other countries -1,584 -3,649 -483 -144 572 -1,513 -2,210 177 -695 -483
 
78 International and regional organizations3 -1,734 -2,561 -97 -107 -166 -167 -33 -161 -442 -97
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -60,615 -71,732 -4,800 -15,939 -3,163 1,997 -2,190 1,352 10,320 -4,800
80 Foreign purchases 3,673,648 3,968,403 275,953 306,699 380,235 314,999 309,463 288,295 287,238 275,953
81 Foreign sales 3,734,263 4,040,135 280,753 322,638 383,398 313,002 311,653 286,943 276,918 280,753
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -54,644 -52,625 11,129 -5,974 -7,923 -2,028 -1,918 1,969 28,168 11,129
 
83 Foreign purchases 3,650,150 3,530,814 296,888 283,980 250,806 260,216 264,710 299,820 256,131 296,888
84 Foreign sales 3,704,794 3,583,439 285,759 289,954 258,729 262,244 266,628 297,851 227,963 285,759
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -115,259 -124,357 6,329 -21,913 -11,086 -31 -4,108 3,321 38,488 6,329
 
86 Foreign countries -135,291 -158,598 5,847 -26,450 -11,041 540 -8,470 -3,481 36,634 5,847
87 Europe 15,847 -93,065 17,859 -395 -4,736 -5,291 384 8,419 20,951 17,859
88 Euro Area5 -18,455 -51,249 5,200 9,373 -950 -5,547 1,821 -4,766 -4,730 5,200
89 United Kingdom 30,724 -50,842 9,684 -7,146 -3,697 -68 -3,990 11,881 21,182 9,684
90 Canada -52,516 -34,909 -3,516 -12,302 -1,726 2,163 -3,739 -9,704 4,987 -3,516
91 Latin America -34,717 -23,051 -2,314 -3,840 -6,071 1,520 -1,300 -436 -865 -2,314
92 Caribbean -1,400 -15,629 -4,202 -2,179 -8,688 -7,735 -1,589 34 3,018 -4,202
93 Asia -42,272 11,848 -5,737 -4,081 10,293 8,320 -1,076 -231 4,846 -5,737
94 Japan -19,476 2,687 458 -2,522 6,720 3,579 -506 -2,085 2,521 458
95 Africa 519 -3,321 -349 -1,840 -123 -191 -542 -285 -341 -349
96 Other countries -20,752 -471 4,106 -1,813 10 1,754 -608 -1,278 4,038 4,106
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 20,032 34,241 482 4,537 -45 -571 4,362 6,802 1,854 482
  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: March 30, 2012