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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: August 2013

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2011 2012 Jan.-Jun.2013/r Dec.2012 Jan.2013/r Feb.2013/r Mar.2013/r Apr.2013 May.2013/r Jun.2013/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 7,720,283 7,094,570 3,895,311 584,838 669,537 621,058 610,795 679,194 688,160 626,567
2 Foreign sales 7,695,208 6,992,506 3,909,760 558,951 663,424 624,101 604,040 668,007 696,780 653,408
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 25,075 102,064 -14,449 25,887 6,113 -3,043 6,755 11,187 -8,620 -26,841
 
4 Foreign countries 24,725 101,119 -14,319 25,788 6,144 -3,073 6,841 11,197 -8,613 -26,815
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 4,452 8,261 5,119 575 1,249 -301 3,173 794 1,564 -1,360
 
6 Europe -32,400 70,023 10,612 17,479 12,649 5,995 7,721 6,426 -2,923 -19,256
7 Belgium -3,973 -445 -928 57 46 -22 252 -209 -448 -547
8 France -26,557 15,868 -4,692 10,060 3,730 -3,243 4,769 -470 1,079 -10,557
9 Germany 2,118 3,154 5,443 3,074 2,318 -23 1,806 88 780 474
10 Ireland 79 7,141 3,348 205 547 1,177 400 779 76 369
11 Luxembourg -1,570 -1,361 1,044 238 -48 395 304 97 751 -455
12 Netherlands -2,155 -2,607 -1,648 -30 812 -98 -613 -1,253 -589 93
13 Switzerland -4,271 10,269 -503 1,167 1,356 1,463 -862 -582 -1,196 -682
14 United Kingdom 3,037 33,155 3,289 508 1,997 5,783 803 5,581 -3,135 -7,740
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 863 -173 -765 -25 153 1 -591 -171 -141 -16
16 Canada 14,065 11,180 -2,937 1,839 567 8 -788 401 -1,838 -1,287
17 Latin America 1,472 5,517 122 1,348 788 -275 794 -946 484 -723
18 Caribbean 31,789 16,311 -7,624 2,904 -4,619 -7,069 330 5,772 -1,509 -529
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 6,286 4,772 3,978 312 2,024 494 -4 96 465 903
20 Other Asia 2,245 -7,867 -17,185 1,070 -5,883 -1,939 -1,459 -1,015 -3,288 -3,601
21 China, Mainland 360 -1,496 2,279 -60 -119 741 894 558 -374 579
22 Hong Kong 6,460 -103 -150 195 -113 1,804 971 -254 -1,590 -968
23 Japan 3,400 -8,011 -20,942 -697 -5,221 -3,367 -6,896 -1,526 -1,698 -2,234
24 Africa 862 397 467 68 -18 31 86 62 318 -12
25 Other countries 406 786 -1,752 768 636 -318 161 401 -322 -2,310
 
26 International and regional organizations2 350 945 -130 99 -31 30 -86 -10 -7 -26
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,132,565 1,581,112 706,541 126,468 114,002 110,052 112,376 121,322 112,458 136,331
28 Foreign sales 1,051,661 1,439,926 684,727 108,351 109,548 108,476 103,865 98,500 122,765 141,573
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 80,904 141,186 21,814 18,117 4,454 1,576 8,511 22,822 -10,307 -5,242
 
30 Foreign countries 81,870 140,913 22,177 18,205 4,327 1,470 8,671 22,967 -10,068 -5,190
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 23,321 -267 44,692 -750 5,410 3,743 16,675 16,029 -1,057 3,892
 
32 Europe -15,628 31,831 23,609 9,357 3,337 9,975 1,491 3,095 -2,974 8,685
33 Belgium -329 -173 151 -15 32 6 1 56 103 -48
34 France 8,284 -870 -1,906 1,333 -862 259 -439 472 -828 -508
35 Germany 205 519 1,113 406 443 10 146 261 38 215
36 Ireland -4,656 -3,357 -984 -1,621 -1,494 -29 -219 -114 715 157
37 Luxembourg -15,723 24,958 12,278 4,736 2,453 7,927 392 83 -718 2,142
38 Netherlands 460 -190 -462 -4 -13 -77 58 -30 -47 -353
39 Switzerland 292 116 -1,132 -117 -53 -250 -70 -372 -369 -18
40 United Kingdom -3,012 11,428 13,708 4,561 2,632 1,642 1,628 2,754 -2,004 7,056
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 190 -423 324 -95 3 220 -76 45 106 26
42 Canada 3,543 5,117 -7,320 -1,563 -481 191 -855 -891 -1,470 -3,814
43 Latin America 13,942 4,480 -2,504 -969 1,837 -1,046 -1,917 629 -503 -1,504
44 Caribbean 13,326 36,261 -3,596 6,146 -2,673 -1,239 3,051 2,622 -2,099 -3,258
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 1,699 2,863 551 -542 187 290 839 -168 -554 -43
46 Other Asia 64,824 58,185 11,160 5,753 2,227 -6,765 6,085 17,651 -2,655 -5,383
47 China, Mainland 17,790 7,177 27,946 704 3,968 -1,830 5,719 16,987 -1,167 4,269
48 Hong Kong 1,008 -2,413 -1,378 -111 -180 -665 198 -576 232 -387
49 Japan 36,463 24,745 -29,789 3,770 -4,290 -8,509 -3,835 -553 -4,612 -7,990
50 Africa 162 606 129 7 -26 52 -22 68 -2 59
51 Other countries 2 1,570 148 16 -81 12 -1 -39 189 68
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -966 273 -363 -88 127 106 -160 -145 -239 -52
 
  CORPORATE BONDS  
53 Foreign purchases 996,101 952,601 484,493 69,547 77,504 77,826 76,820 73,354 106,715 72,274
54 Foreign sales 1,041,276 977,670 477,911 66,967 71,892 68,291 83,321 78,035 99,109 77,263
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) -45,175 -25,069 6,582 2,580 5,612 9,535 -6,501 -4,681 7,606 -4,989
 
56 Foreign countries -42,614 -23,209 6,018 2,689 5,629 9,368 -6,561 -4,822 7,519 -5,115
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -1,179 7,833 10,585 943 2,994 1,006 1,868 -184 2,978 1,923
 
58 Europe -71,096 -47,829 -18,510 -3,335 1,601 3,891 -6,171 -5,150 -1,563 -11,118
59 Belgium -17,867 -21,483 -13,331 -995 -1,539 -997 -725 -1,898 -7,172 -1,000
60 France -9,133 -5,461 -2,788 -1,143 522 401 384 551 -1,594 -3,052
61 Germany -3,833 -3,075 448 -58 153 444 -190 -80 117 4
62 Ireland -1,612 -4,131 -3,856 -2,573 235 -93 -726 -624 -1,040 -1,608
63 Luxembourg -1,388 -1,151 -1,998 -65 396 -684 -508 -306 522 -1,418
64 Netherlands -2,828 294 -831 258 -400 -232 -62 -33 -374 270
65 Switzerland 325 1,793 -2,239 -935 509 90 611 -282 -127 -3,040
66 United Kingdom -23,670 -13,677 3,811 1,557 1,744 5,293 -5,535 -2,480 7,071 -2,282
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -2,737 -769 -569 -8 29 -31 -70 -194 -132 -171
68 Canada -1,427 1,674 6,170 727 1,353 1,338 1,358 -362 1,382 1,101
69 Latin America 2,286 -1,640 -627 -826 -94 246 -396 -411 -156 184
70 Caribbean 16,667 8,240 8,110 3,373 -632 1,955 -300 535 3,102 3,450
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -737 995 -1,527 -312 -30 80 -223 -954 -79 -321
72 Other Asia 15,173 17,622 12,092 3,226 3,188 1,800 -24 1,595 2,996 2,537
73 China, Mainland 3,065 5,681 5,951 662 1,402 868 977 752 954 998
74 Hong Kong -822 259 1,681 153 119 232 517 120 274 419
75 Japan 9,505 162 -2,654 1,000 191 -351 -2,157 455 -955 163
76 Africa 169 631 -51 -21 -49 -11 -43 -54 4 102
77 Other countries -3,649 -2,902 361 -143 292 69 -762 -21 1,833 -1,050
 
78 International and regional organizations3 -2,561 -1,860 564 -109 -17 167 60 141 87 126
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -71,702 -40,025 -100,063 -4,810 -19,754 -18,697 -26,812 -16,830 -15,614 -2,356
80 Foreign purchases 3,968,484 3,357,666 1,928,317 281,194 315,941 295,294 316,254 331,958 351,817 317,053
81 Foreign sales 4,040,186 3,397,691 2,028,380 286,004 335,695 313,991 343,066 348,788 367,431 319,409
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -52,625 4,632 -6,269 -7,478 -3,104 -6,808 -2,284 3,996 -11,396 13,327
 
83 Foreign purchases 3,530,814 3,855,482 2,189,142 296,023 373,235 327,724 365,067 388,572 380,994 353,550
84 Foreign sales 3,583,439 3,850,850 2,195,411 303,501 376,339 334,532 367,351 384,576 392,390 340,223
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -124,327 -35,393 -106,332 -12,288 -22,858 -25,505 -29,096 -12,834 -27,010 10,971
 
86 Foreign countries -158,568 -57,124 -117,473 -12,359 -20,849 -25,476 -36,003 -10,874 -32,065 7,794
87 Europe -93,041 -85,895 -82,152 -4,862 -1,273 -20,703 -21,043 -8,511 -37,984 7,362
88 Euro Area5 -51,257 -53,689 -23,764 -5,356 -10,662 -4,744 -1,843 -1,891 -9,812 5,188
89 United Kingdom -50,852 -48,666 -69,234 -2,630 6,212 -21,264 -17,692 -14,586 -21,586 -318
90 Canada -34,909 -9,619 -20,517 -3,403 -8,757 -2,005 -2,763 -3,508 -995 -2,489
91 Latin America -23,051 -25,504 -14,799 -5,885 -3,853 -1,728 -2,670 -3,318 85 -3,315
92 Caribbean -15,629 21,596 2,808 4,528 1,689 -392 -4,603 2,338 9,242 -5,466
93 Asia 11,852 25,208 -6,843 -5,788 -6,955 69 -4,425 -1,824 -2,365 8,657
94 Japan 2,687 564 -27,072 -3,256 -3,161 -2,562 -7,379 -7,435 -4,717 -1,818
95 Africa -3,319 -1,445 -835 -523 -425 90 -559 329 -7 -263
96 Other countries -471 18,535 4,865 3,574 -1,275 -807 60 3,620 -41 3,308
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 34,241 21,731 11,141 71 -2,009 -29 6,907 -1,960 5,055 3,177
  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: August 30, 2013