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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: May 2012

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2010 2011 Jan.-Mar.2012 Sep.2011 Oct.2011 Nov.2011 Dec.2011 Jan.2012 Feb.2012 Mar.2012/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 6,747,218 7,720,283 1,759,358 635,626 634,396 575,840 531,589 542,304 585,202 631,852
2 Foreign sales 6,637,477 7,695,208 1,741,380 655,024 631,644 582,984 542,557 538,834 577,644 624,902
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 109,741 25,075 17,978 -19,398 2,752 -7,144 -10,968 3,470 7,558 6,950
 
4 Foreign countries 109,787 24,725 17,778 -19,417 2,696 -7,010 -11,072 3,395 7,452 6,931
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -2,518 4,452 456 -32 919 -1,987 1,320 1,025 -1,020 451
 
6 Europe 54,053 -32,400 13,558 -16,517 -340 -3,361 -13,602 2,793 4,312 6,453
7 Belgium -494 -3,973 240 -739 -300 -603 -199 156 164 -80
8 France 19,640 -26,557 6,118 -2,222 2,360 -2,029 -6,373 5,001 1,100 17
9 Germany -443 2,118 -1,965 -565 -198 -508 2,574 -1,435 -969 439
10 Ireland 976 79 1 -221 39 -38 309 13 100 -112
11 Luxembourg 131 -1,570 -628 -976 -255 -378 -713 -16 -529 -83
12 Netherlands -5,654 -2,155 37 1,570 -37 -910 -513 -4 -510 551
13 Switzerland 7,553 -4,271 -579 -1,758 -127 -316 -1,194 -53 -215 -311
14 United Kingdom 27,839 3,037 10,028 -11,114 -955 2,668 -7,190 -1,935 5,171 6,792
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,625 863 193 -183 -104 -120 210 89 97 7
16 Canada 6,469 14,065 2,978 -367 -1,130 51 1,576 756 44 2,178
17 Latin America 5,181 1,472 77 -1,501 -173 437 -571 -97 89 85
18 Caribbean 24,195 31,789 5,164 -1,485 2,521 565 251 -2,092 5,510 1,746
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 4,570 6,286 876 -61 1,036 349 231 192 832 -148
20 Other Asia 13,556 2,245 -5,674 578 701 -5,270 1,672 1,279 -3,417 -3,536
21 China, Mainland 2,798 360 2,250 649 -506 283 1,152 2,146 172 -68
22 Hong Kong 9,760 6,460 -121 211 444 565 -118 -173 319 -267
23 Japan 4,587 3,400 -5,477 1,067 1,192 -1,502 277 -1,132 -1,455 -2,890
24 Africa -320 862 72 -83 365 225 326 29 55 -12
25 Other countries 2,083 406 727 19 -284 -6 -955 535 27 165
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -46 350 200 19 56 -134 104 75 106 19
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,108,653 1,132,565 306,031 121,204 101,249 108,975 104,558 104,113 97,590 104,328
28 Foreign sales 1,000,634 1,051,661 293,046 114,765 96,539 102,807 77,343 94,510 87,515 111,021
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 108,019 80,904 12,985 6,439 4,710 6,168 27,215 9,603 10,075 -6,693
 
30 Foreign countries 109,270 81,870 12,919 6,545 4,829 6,229 27,246 9,585 10,117 -6,783
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions -38,157 23,321 2,376 -1,791 658 -5,283 10,818 -156 7,824 -5,292
 
32 Europe 17,060 -15,628 -7,374 -1,051 -1,573 1,039 5,312 -314 -737 -6,323
33 Belgium 2,256 -329 12 -10 -26 -46 -9 32 42 -62
34 France 16,377 8,284 1,010 1,991 -39 1,285 1,746 1,105 -765 670
35 Germany 3,565 205 -118 70 -10 78 179 -28 -10 -81
36 Ireland -3,956 -4,656 -3,398 -490 -366 273 110 -324 -1,363 -1,711
37 Luxembourg -15,303 -15,723 -4,213 -5,752 -460 -2,636 -1,607 1,334 -446 -5,101
38 Netherlands -153 460 -117 6 -312 29 -6 -127 -1 11
39 Switzerland -3,300 292 89 26 59 -159 -147 133 50 -94
40 United Kingdom 17,836 -3,012 -240 2,585 1,074 4,638 5,434 -1,718 1,175 303
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 590 190 -434 28 196 14 -93 -195 12 -251
42 Canada 7,778 3,543 -1,837 430 -700 -27 991 -498 -147 -1,192
43 Latin America 4,635 13,942 3,483 -1,272 2,859 1,665 1,506 2,304 1,367 -188
44 Caribbean 13,811 13,326 -1,535 1,769 -3,147 -2,085 5,318 1,892 -3,377 -50
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,060 1,699 -648 172 439 372 818 23 -473 -198
46 Other Asia 69,564 64,824 20,825 6,588 6,991 5,158 13,008 6,301 13,725 799
47 China, Mainland -29,282 17,790 4,055 3,332 -125 -2,154 9,485 -852 6,977 -2,070
48 Hong Kong 6,505 1,008 -154 -805 49 383 308 -312 198 -40
49 Japan 71,289 36,463 9,633 7,801 5,738 6,133 1,698 3,957 4,201 1,475
50 Africa -830 162 21 -8 9 -16 8 -1 -7 29
51 Other countries -688 2 -16 -83 -49 123 285 -122 -234 340
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,251 -966 66 -106 -119 -61 -31 18 -42 90
 
  CORPORATE BONDS  
53 Foreign purchases 971,246 996,101 270,009 63,763 60,752 72,086 54,533 79,539 91,984 98,486
54 Foreign sales 984,400 1,041,276 278,004 68,699 71,329 67,251 75,247 80,856 100,211 96,937
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) -13,154 -45,175 -7,995 -4,936 -10,577 4,835 -20,714 -1,317 -8,227 1,549
 
56 Foreign countries -11,420 -42,614 -7,408 -4,769 -10,544 4,996 -20,272 -1,220 -8,014 1,826
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 797 -1,179 276 278 361 1,286 -1,385 8 693 -425
 
58 Europe -46,081 -71,096 -14,541 -3,402 -9,801 -3,710 -15,812 -735 -11,708 -2,098
59 Belgium -16,201 -17,867 -4,959 -580 -934 -1,219 -2,206 -1,817 -1,609 -1,533
60 France -6,429 -9,133 -2,560 -883 -982 -186 -490 -962 -250 -1,348
61 Germany -2,997 -3,833 -1,050 -356 -290 3 -368 -790 53 -313
62 Ireland -2,980 -1,612 -789 -111 -230 8 -1,257 -393 78 -474
63 Luxembourg 1,380 -1,388 5,310 -978 -467 35 90 251 1,227 3,832
64 Netherlands -1,688 -2,828 -194 302 -202 -282 -687 -31 -116 -47
65 Switzerland -283 325 900 217 -1,050 -234 -467 663 591 -354
66 United Kingdom -10,921 -23,670 -8,884 -383 -4,940 -278 -8,689 4,613 -11,426 -2,071
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,478 -2,737 -327 -8 -267 -134 -201 -297 28 -58
68 Canada 1,578 -1,427 -5,801 -1,154 -480 1,306 -289 -3,399 -2,330 -72
69 Latin America 2,975 2,286 405 -89 267 435 -193 207 224 -26
70 Caribbean 21,637 16,667 6,540 1,490 432 1,395 -731 1,971 1,324 3,245
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -5,675 -737 859 -6 26 87 -162 138 117 604
72 Other Asia 15,488 15,173 6,475 -38 1,207 5,289 -2,331 973 4,027 1,475
73 China, Mainland -354 3,065 750 454 -191 -98 -304 815 177 -242
74 Hong Kong -896 -822 760 145 424 362 -199 420 392 -52
75 Japan 842 9,505 4,395 -197 1,386 4,170 -1,658 -322 2,719 1,998
76 Africa 242 169 682 -57 15 17 -59 108 569 5
77 Other countries -1,584 -3,649 -2,027 -1,513 -2,210 177 -695 -483 -237 -1,307
 
78 International and regional organizations3 -1,734 -2,561 -587 -167 -33 -161 -442 -97 -213 -277
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -60,615 -71,702 -13,368 1,992 -2,190 1,352 10,320 -4,433 -5,898 -3,037
80 Foreign purchases 3,673,648 3,968,484 929,677 315,014 309,463 288,295 287,238 276,396 318,023 335,258
81 Foreign sales 3,734,263 4,040,186 943,045 313,022 311,653 286,943 276,918 280,829 323,921 338,295
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -54,644 -52,625 19,365 -2,028 -1,918 1,969 28,168 11,129 -8,717 16,953
 
83 Foreign purchases 3,650,150 3,530,814 970,819 260,216 264,710 299,820 256,131 296,888 310,644 363,287
84 Foreign sales 3,704,794 3,583,439 951,454 262,244 266,628 297,851 227,963 285,759 319,361 346,334
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -115,259 -124,327 5,997 -36 -4,108 3,321 38,488 6,696 -14,615 13,916
 
86 Foreign countries -135,291 -158,568 -3,814 535 -8,470 -3,481 36,634 6,214 -18,451 8,423
87 Europe 15,847 -93,041 22,632 -5,296 384 8,419 20,951 17,859 -5,341 10,114
88 Euro Area5 -18,455 -51,257 -9,787 -5,551 1,821 -4,766 -4,730 5,200 -6,940 -8,047
89 United Kingdom 30,724 -50,852 31,740 -74 -3,990 11,881 21,182 9,684 -1,221 23,277
90 Canada -52,516 -34,909 -7,253 2,163 -3,739 -9,704 4,987 -3,516 -5,956 2,219
91 Latin America -34,717 -23,051 -9,581 1,520 -1,300 -436 -865 -2,314 -2,350 -4,917
92 Caribbean -1,400 -15,629 -4,127 -7,735 -1,589 34 3,018 -3,835 161 -453
93 Asia -42,272 11,852 -4,605 8,319 -1,076 -231 4,846 -5,737 -4,234 5,366
94 Japan -19,476 2,687 202 3,579 -506 -2,085 2,521 458 -2,744 2,488
95 Africa 519 -3,319 -1,348 -190 -542 -285 -341 -349 -437 -562
96 Other countries -20,752 -471 468 1,754 -608 -1,278 4,038 4,106 -294 -3,344
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 20,032 34,241 9,811 -571 4,362 6,802 1,854 482 3,836 5,493
  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: May 25, 2012