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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: November 2014

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2012 2013 Jan.-Sep.2014 Mar.2014 Apr.2014 May.2014 Jun.2014 Jul.2014 Aug.2014 Sep.2014/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 7,408,587 7,677,028 6,312,717 724,858 811,922 725,004 688,676 655,730 621,470 660,192
2 Foreign sales 7,299,796 7,717,271 6,311,268 739,205 801,732 714,224 686,065 659,227 623,615 655,757
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 108,791 -40,243 1,449 -14,347 10,190 10,780 2,611 -3,497 -2,145 4,435
 
4 Foreign countries 107,815 -40,033 2,021 -14,297 10,204 10,751 2,801 -3,432 -1,958 4,535
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 10,346 -4,116 -4,773 -5,201 -850 -247 1,490 -1,527 2,032 3
 
6 Europe 72,584 6,423 12,619 4,764 3,191 3,520 -415 -3,566 -5,899 7,292
7 Belgium -595 -424 53 -81 -371 397 63 -376 250 244
8 France 15,716 93 10,977 5,370 30 -1,526 -2,881 1,279 3,207 2,537
9 Germany 3,343 978 1,585 469 -637 -214 919 -2,519 -1,103 3,660
10 Ireland 7,312 4,010 2,917 230 438 353 209 -36 794 641
11 Luxembourg -1,236 3,769 1,718 1,159 287 552 -494 -273 -765 -499
12 Netherlands -3,748 615 1,924 -12 -86 535 548 917 -238 426
13 Switzerland 11,644 -439 -4,175 -1,343 -76 -483 -57 -754 -852 -1,192
14 United Kingdom 34,194 2,702 -8,701 -1,748 897 3,069 1,079 -985 -7,222 -298
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -160 -1,780 637 92 578 -346 -64 153 -10 591
16 Canada 14,685 -3,167 4,314 1,886 3,797 1,236 1,604 781 560 -1,529
17 Latin America 7,239 4,778 1,878 -433 1,022 1,103 -329 217 859 317
18 Caribbean 14,272 -18,976 -9,546 -15,690 1,152 9,780 2,720 5,148 1,744 -6,931
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 4,769 319 1,272 -340 4 31 1,907 -521 -43 43
20 Other Asia -7,086 -29,924 -12,775 -5,754 -140 -5,510 -3,224 -6,047 472 6,214
21 China, Mainland -1,505 2,818 -968 4 -229 -1,591 -266 -65 213 197
22 Hong Kong 92 -3,912 4,720 -378 287 -561 -1,137 -1,406 -731 8,922
23 Japan -8,066 -26,376 -9,404 -517 -77 -2,180 -534 -2,208 -947 -2,661
24 Africa 409 1,058 -51 57 73 -202 -34 74 122 -20
25 Other countries 943 -544 4,310 1,213 1,105 793 572 482 227 -851
 
26 International and regional organizations2 976 -210 -572 -50 -14 29 -190 -65 -187 -100
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,519,708 1,377,790 803,076 76,223 83,566 84,248 93,690 96,370 91,744 114,849
28 Foreign sales 1,386,751 1,306,328 766,843 84,827 85,648 77,692 90,298 88,891 81,454 93,886
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 132,957 71,462 36,233 -8,604 -2,082 6,556 3,392 7,479 10,290 20,963
 
30 Foreign countries 131,650 72,390 37,084 -8,538 -2,071 6,615 3,527 7,815 10,408 21,030
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions -1,253 75,171 19,217 -1,391 276 3,732 5,008 295 -970 9,289
 
32 Europe 24,376 45,390 17,117 -3,150 -1,800 4,096 1,911 3,447 4,716 7,544
33 Belgium -134 -200 -154 -9 -76 8 5 -44 -5 -52
34 France -504 -2,078 4,285 -343 412 610 400 571 27 635
35 Germany 519 1,590 2,673 82 234 99 258 223 771 611
36 Ireland -3,652 -5,177 -7,156 -1,314 -1,983 -10 -981 410 -52 -1,931
37 Luxembourg 23,834 10,759 -668 -127 -656 -86 68 -116 493 -168
38 Netherlands -196 -299 -31 -96 -94 14 -180 162 0 243
39 Switzerland 560 -2,097 -1,734 -330 -451 94 -56 -186 -16 -47
40 United Kingdom 4,555 42,431 20,510 -879 926 3,503 2,385 2,468 3,566 8,082
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -423 288 278 -74 -55 55 -3 38 -40 236
42 Canada 5,230 -2,935 1,812 -167 668 265 -675 -45 891 566
43 Latin America 4,553 -12,377 -7,075 -1,638 -812 149 -429 -372 -975 267
44 Caribbean 37,469 -9,553 -2,042 -599 -1,998 -637 1,140 3,292 1,723 -714
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 2,965 -898 -170 -349 -386 404 90 296 -100 -106
46 Other Asia 55,000 52,506 28,221 -2,513 2,388 2,501 1,563 1,257 4,229 13,447
47 China, Mainland 7,180 73,349 18,618 169 1,150 2,079 508 306 -341 7,459
48 Hong Kong -2,413 -3,992 -1,997 -42 -162 -87 -345 651 -428 344
49 Japan 22,060 -39,876 -3,182 -2,538 215 -552 -553 -40 461 435
50 Africa 627 115 -56 7 81 -4 -3 -13 -54 -11
51 Other countries 1,430 142 -723 -129 -212 -159 -70 -47 -22 37
 
52 International and regional organzations2 1,307 -928 -851 -66 -11 -59 -135 -336 -118 -67
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 870,111 933,656 792,748 92,754 83,414 97,225 95,139 86,420 76,596 106,121
54 Foreign sales 894,184 924,303 806,817 86,295 91,923 104,997 98,747 93,509 83,901 85,421
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) -24,073 9,353 -14,069 6,459 -8,509 -7,772 -3,608 -7,089 -7,305 20,700
 
56 Foreign countries -22,787 8,333 -14,609 6,511 -8,493 -7,764 -3,643 -7,101 -7,587 20,560
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 6,951 16,171 5,089 951 -284 1,205 -274 1,408 1,252 1,331
 
58 Europe -45,962 -25,754 -17,732 6,527 -2,937 -12,422 -1,227 -7,340 -10,882 13,649
59 Belgium -21,365 -19,791 -10,324 -1,167 -1,279 -1,603 -735 -230 -453 -1,486
60 France -5,594 -9,350 -32,583 -3,144 -471 -4,808 -6,433 -6,029 -8,868 -1,420
61 Germany -3,220 337 -568 265 126 -279 51 -142 -264 -156
62 Ireland -4,605 -6,890 -7,309 -1,199 -901 -1,143 -874 -1,064 -1,144 752
63 Luxembourg -1,250 -4,392 -5,199 121 -1,058 -593 -109 -976 -548 -1,572
64 Netherlands 564 -621 -4,236 -608 72 -1,034 -906 275 -1,558 157
65 Switzerland 90 -7,314 -5,220 -171 -585 -576 -927 -430 -211 -1,227
66 United Kingdom -10,761 19,155 41,129 11,198 638 -2,159 8,129 1,063 1,174 16,807
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -841 -709 -925 -323 -45 -48 96 -207 -344 61
68 Canada -789 -3,225 -4,293 -389 365 -1,824 -4,466 566 692 2,509
69 Latin America -1,855 -2,480 744 -253 -60 6 52 380 256 475
70 Caribbean 9,096 14,552 13,937 2,315 -1,154 4,760 2,025 -375 1,039 5,303
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 446 -3,800 -4,265 -565 -201 -17 -251 -631 -590 -340
72 Other Asia 17,485 27,136 -5,607 -767 -4,132 1,810 64 332 976 -2,863
73 China, Mainland 5,736 9,711 612 0 -225 224 257 619 -223 335
74 Hong Kong -638 2,794 1,780 375 -63 346 442 75 96 74
75 Japan 2,669 334 -10,538 -2,047 -3,335 806 -191 -761 620 -3,733
76 Africa 584 -151 8 -9 20 16 10 8 8 5
77 Other countries -1,792 2,055 2,599 -348 -394 -93 150 -41 914 1,822
 
78 International and regional organizations2 -1,286 1,020 540 -52 -16 -8 35 12 282 140
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -41,082 -174,195 -62,867 -57,464 -27,981 -16,184 12,846 -8,569 17,459 29,916
80 Foreign purchases 3,435,122 3,839,066 3,207,016 376,710 363,276 349,941 367,777 330,547 334,699 400,931
81 Foreign sales 3,476,204 4,013,261 3,269,883 434,174 391,257 366,125 354,931 339,116 317,240 371,015
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 19,877 -46,725 66,199 2,052 753 170 -13,204 -6,142 8,065 40,146
 
83 Foreign purchases 3,950,323 4,318,006 3,650,202 436,871 416,622 429,216 442,697 372,590 318,030 452,117
84 Foreign sales 3,930,446 4,364,731 3,584,003 434,819 415,869 429,046 455,901 378,732 309,965 411,971
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -21,205 -220,920 3,332 -55,412 -27,228 -16,014 -358 -14,711 25,524 70,062
 
86 Foreign countries -42,687 -250,441 -27,862 -58,483 -33,313 -25,667 -6,414 -12,894 18,804 69,046
87 Europe -76,893 -221,096 -86,982 -57,367 -33,009 -24,569 -9,771 -12,691 19,321 43,702
88 Euro Area5 -52,727 -82,021 -59,290 -1,962 -8,775 -7,173 -16,734 -3,871 -6,812 656
89 United Kingdom -44,325 -159,321 -49,900 -55,932 -29,034 -19,829 5,434 -9,221 21,898 43,355
90 Canada -6,508 -26,107 17,780 -1,325 5,727 -3,550 7,274 -3,660 2,283 7,086
91 Latin America -25,286 -34,481 -46,741 -3,233 -9,670 -5,775 -10,659 -5,558 -7,339 -1,319
92 Caribbean 23,817 37,588 28,782 941 -5,184 9,195 5,051 3,850 -2,979 10,854
93 Asia 27,697 -11,645 38,383 173 4,315 -3,040 -907 1,318 4,660 10,415
94 Japan 1,157 -45,721 16,346 -485 446 547 854 776 3,747 3,049
95 Africa -1,258 -961 -1,208 -621 776 133 319 -883 -90 -438
96 Other countries 15,744 6,261 22,124 2,949 3,732 1,939 2,279 4,730 2,948 -1,254
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 21,482 29,521 31,194 3,071 6,085 9,653 6,056 -1,817 6,720 1,016
  1. Comprises oil-exporting countries as follows: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  2. Principally the Bank for International Settlements, 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.   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, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain. For data as of January 2009, also includes Slovakia. For data as of January 2011, also includes Estonia. For data as of January 2014, also includes Latvia.   Return to table
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Last update: November 28, 2014