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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: June 2012

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2010 2011 Jan.-Apr.2012/r Oct.2011 Nov.2011 Dec.2011 Jan.2012 Feb.2012 Mar.2012/r Apr.2012/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 6,747,218 7,720,283 2,324,211 634,396 575,840 531,589 542,304 585,202 631,909 564,796
2 Foreign sales 6,637,477 7,695,208 2,303,552 631,644 582,984 542,557 538,834 577,644 624,954 562,120
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 109,741 25,075 20,659 2,752 -7,144 -10,968 3,470 7,558 6,955 2,676
 
4 Foreign countries 109,787 24,725 20,354 2,696 -7,010 -11,072 3,395 7,452 6,936 2,571
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -2,518 4,452 2,601 919 -1,987 1,320 1,025 -1,020 451 2,145
 
6 Europe 54,053 -32,400 16,179 -340 -3,361 -13,602 2,793 4,312 6,452 2,622
7 Belgium -494 -3,973 -34 -300 -603 -199 156 164 -80 -274
8 France 19,640 -26,557 4,901 2,360 -2,029 -6,373 5,001 1,100 17 -1,217
9 Germany -443 2,118 -2,075 -198 -508 2,574 -1,435 -969 439 -110
10 Ireland 976 79 -29 39 -38 309 13 100 -112 -30
11 Luxembourg 131 -1,570 -698 -255 -378 -713 -16 -529 -83 -70
12 Netherlands -5,654 -2,155 648 -37 -910 -513 -4 -510 551 611
13 Switzerland 7,553 -4,271 -410 -127 -316 -1,194 -53 -215 -310 168
14 United Kingdom 27,839 3,037 12,887 -955 2,668 -7,190 -1,935 5,171 6,791 2,860
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,625 863 158 -104 -120 210 89 97 7 -35
16 Canada 6,469 14,065 3,470 -1,130 51 1,576 756 44 2,178 492
17 Latin America 5,181 1,472 473 -173 437 -571 -97 89 90 391
18 Caribbean 24,195 31,789 2,695 2,521 565 251 -2,092 5,510 1,747 -2,470
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 4,570 6,286 2,775 1,036 349 231 192 832 -148 1,899
20 Other Asia 13,556 2,245 -5,887 701 -5,270 1,672 1,279 -3,417 -3,536 -213
21 China, Mainland 2,798 360 2,314 -506 283 1,152 2,146 172 -68 64
22 Hong Kong 9,760 6,460 221 444 565 -118 -173 319 -267 342
23 Japan 4,587 3,400 -6,917 1,192 -1,502 277 -1,132 -1,455 -2,890 -1,440
24 Africa -320 862 172 365 225 326 29 55 -12 100
25 Other countries 2,083 406 477 -284 -6 -955 535 27 165 -250
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -46 350 305 56 -134 104 75 106 19 105
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,108,653 1,132,565 421,432 101,249 108,975 104,558 104,113 97,590 104,328 115,401
28 Foreign sales 1,000,634 1,051,661 422,555 96,539 102,807 77,343 94,510 87,515 111,021 129,509
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 108,019 80,904 -1,123 4,710 6,168 27,215 9,603 10,075 -6,693 -14,108
 
30 Foreign countries 109,270 81,870 -1,398 4,829 6,229 27,246 9,585 10,117 -6,783 -14,317
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions -38,157 23,321 -4,562 658 -5,283 10,818 -156 7,824 -5,292 -6,938
 
32 Europe 17,060 -15,628 -15,661 -1,573 1,039 5,312 -314 -737 -6,323 -8,287
33 Belgium 2,256 -329 35 -26 -46 -9 32 42 -62 23
34 France 16,377 8,284 -741 -39 1,285 1,746 1,105 -765 670 -1,751
35 Germany 3,565 205 -458 -10 78 179 -28 -10 -81 -340
36 Ireland -3,956 -4,656 -4,595 -366 273 110 -324 -1,363 -1,711 -1,197
37 Luxembourg -15,303 -15,723 -8,301 -460 -2,636 -1,607 1,334 -446 -5,101 -4,088
38 Netherlands -153 460 -152 -312 29 -6 -127 -1 11 -35
39 Switzerland -3,300 292 141 59 -159 -147 133 50 -94 52
40 United Kingdom 17,836 -3,012 -1,006 1,074 4,638 5,434 -1,718 1,175 303 -766
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 590 190 -496 196 14 -93 -195 12 -251 -62
42 Canada 7,778 3,543 -2,359 -700 -27 991 -498 -147 -1,192 -522
43 Latin America 4,635 13,942 5,423 2,859 1,665 1,506 2,304 1,367 -188 1,940
44 Caribbean 13,811 13,326 297 -3,147 -2,085 5,318 1,892 -3,377 -50 1,832
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,060 1,699 -32 439 372 818 23 -473 -198 616
46 Other Asia 69,564 64,824 10,952 6,991 5,158 13,008 6,301 13,725 799 -9,873
47 China, Mainland -29,282 17,790 -2,399 -125 -2,154 9,485 -852 6,977 -2,070 -6,454
48 Hong Kong 6,505 1,008 -553 49 383 308 -312 198 -40 -399
49 Japan 71,289 36,463 5,348 5,738 6,133 1,698 3,957 4,201 1,475 -4,285
50 Africa -830 162 13 9 -16 8 -1 -7 29 -8
51 Other countries -688 2 -31 -49 123 285 -122 -234 340 -15
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,251 -966 275 -119 -61 -31 18 -42 90 209
 
  CORPORATE BONDS  
53 Foreign purchases 971,246 996,101 339,495 60,752 72,086 54,533 79,539 91,984 98,489 69,483
54 Foreign sales 984,400 1,041,276 347,189 71,329 67,251 75,247 80,856 100,211 96,939 69,183
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) -13,154 -45,175 -7,694 -10,577 4,835 -20,714 -1,317 -8,227 1,550 300
 
56 Foreign countries -11,420 -42,614 -7,146 -10,544 4,996 -20,272 -1,220 -8,014 1,827 261
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 797 -1,179 705 361 1,286 -1,385 8 693 -425 429
 
58 Europe -46,081 -71,096 -18,815 -9,801 -3,710 -15,812 -735 -11,708 -2,098 -4,274
59 Belgium -16,201 -17,867 -5,906 -934 -1,219 -2,206 -1,817 -1,609 -1,533 -947
60 France -6,429 -9,133 -3,273 -982 -186 -490 -962 -250 -1,348 -713
61 Germany -2,997 -3,833 -2,405 -290 3 -368 -790 53 -313 -1,355
62 Ireland -2,980 -1,612 -1,161 -230 8 -1,257 -393 78 -474 -372
63 Luxembourg 1,380 -1,388 10,281 -467 35 90 251 1,227 3,832 4,971
64 Netherlands -1,688 -2,828 -619 -202 -282 -687 -31 -116 -47 -425
65 Switzerland -283 325 999 -1,050 -234 -467 663 591 -354 99
66 United Kingdom -10,921 -23,670 -14,133 -4,940 -278 -8,689 4,613 -11,426 -2,071 -5,249
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,478 -2,737 -390 -267 -134 -201 -297 28 -58 -63
68 Canada 1,578 -1,427 -4,392 -480 1,306 -289 -3,399 -2,330 -72 1,409
69 Latin America 2,975 2,286 1,271 267 435 -193 207 224 -25 865
70 Caribbean 21,637 16,667 8,061 432 1,395 -731 1,971 1,324 3,243 1,523
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -5,675 -737 1,041 26 87 -162 138 117 604 182
72 Other Asia 15,488 15,173 7,936 1,207 5,289 -2,331 973 4,027 1,477 1,459
73 China, Mainland -354 3,065 709 -191 -98 -304 815 177 -242 -41
74 Hong Kong -896 -822 289 424 362 -199 420 392 -52 -471
75 Japan 842 9,505 5,547 1,386 4,170 -1,658 -322 2,719 1,998 1,152
76 Africa 242 169 688 15 17 -59 108 569 5 6
77 Other countries -1,584 -3,649 -2,936 -2,210 177 -695 -483 -237 -1,307 -909
 
78 International and regional organizations3 -1,734 -2,561 -548 -33 -161 -442 -97 -213 -277 39
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -60,615 -71,702 -16,291 -2,190 1,352 10,320 -4,433 -5,898 -2,867 -3,093
80 Foreign purchases 3,673,648 3,968,484 1,227,138 309,463 288,295 287,238 276,396 318,023 336,318 296,401
81 Foreign sales 3,734,263 4,040,186 1,243,429 311,653 286,943 276,918 280,829 323,921 339,185 299,494
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -54,644 -52,625 21,899 -1,918 1,969 28,168 11,129 -8,717 16,956 2,531
 
83 Foreign purchases 3,650,150 3,530,814 1,270,852 264,710 299,820 256,131 296,888 310,644 363,293 300,027
84 Foreign sales 3,704,794 3,583,439 1,248,953 266,628 297,851 227,963 285,759 319,361 346,337 297,496
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -115,259 -124,327 5,608 -4,108 3,321 38,488 6,696 -14,615 14,089 -562
 
86 Foreign countries -135,291 -158,568 -7,822 -8,470 -3,481 36,634 6,214 -18,451 8,596 -4,181
87 Europe 15,847 -93,041 15,295 384 8,419 20,951 17,859 -5,341 10,228 -7,451
88 Euro Area5 -18,455 -51,257 -16,552 1,821 -4,766 -4,730 5,200 -6,940 -7,834 -6,978
89 United Kingdom 30,724 -50,852 28,227 -3,990 11,881 21,182 9,684 -1,221 23,155 -3,391
90 Canada -52,516 -34,909 -12,890 -3,739 -9,704 4,987 -3,516 -5,956 2,229 -5,647
91 Latin America -34,717 -23,051 -8,394 -1,300 -436 -865 -2,314 -2,350 -4,914 1,184
92 Caribbean -1,400 -15,629 -4,159 -1,589 34 3,018 -3,835 161 -459 -26
93 Asia -42,272 11,852 -2,008 -1,076 -231 4,846 -5,737 -4,234 5,438 2,525
94 Japan -19,476 2,687 -2,980 -506 -2,085 2,521 458 -2,744 2,514 -3,208
95 Africa 519 -3,319 191 -542 -285 -341 -349 -437 -565 1,542
96 Other countries -20,752 -471 4,143 -608 -1,278 4,038 4,106 -294 -3,361 3,692
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 20,032 34,241 13,430 4,362 6,802 1,854 482 3,836 5,493 3,619
  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: June 22, 2012