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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: October 2015

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2013 2014 Jan.-Aug.2015 Feb.2015 Mar.2015 Apr.2015 May.2015 Jun.2015 Jul.2015 Aug.2015/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 7,697,031 8,923,971 6,935,357 821,166 900,116 810,010 812,964 834,458 981,482 942,007
2 Foreign sales 7,740,273 8,940,085 6,986,104 820,407 914,465 809,335 826,988 856,502 977,837 948,013
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -43,242 -16,114 -50,747 759 -14,349 675 -14,024 -22,044 3,645 -6,006
 
4 Foreign countries -43,032 -15,502 -50,582 707 -14,393 665 -14,016 -21,998 3,620 -5,867
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,116 -4,930 -2,845 777 -557 -3,137 463 24 -238 1,497
 
6 Europe 3,421 8,583 -27,827 337 -16,829 1,877 -11,957 -7,617 5,781 -4,181
7 Belgium -424 -546 -641 -36 318 -136 -215 -534 128 -181
8 France 93 17,619 -11,985 -206 -2,559 -1,105 -923 -3,034 3,342 -3,551
9 Germany 978 -1,951 -1,067 -651 -956 -165 -509 169 -30 501
10 Ireland 4,010 4,742 -2,127 -447 -261 199 400 -730 -859 -318
11 Luxembourg 3,769 2,033 -615 -544 -1,426 -895 68 -203 1,122 155
12 Netherlands 615 3,828 -3,143 -160 -1,542 -1,039 -201 -600 -134 33
13 Switzerland -439 -6,193 3,068 3,996 -2,604 1,104 640 -635 1,068 -1,361
14 United Kingdom -298 -19,734 -13,663 -1,186 -7,406 3,714 -11,563 -1,697 712 -814
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,780 574 -2,328 -1,219 -1,025 -123 106 27 -171 479
16 Canada -3,167 10,179 -5,583 -2,069 525 449 1,405 -1,190 -306 1,667
17 Latin America 4,778 3,550 -656 -1,085 -255 -379 32 -279 571 -515
18 Caribbean -18,973 -11,702 -1,811 2,914 4,320 3,973 -764 -7,489 -2,317 -2,636
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 319 -326 -13,974 -513 -3,021 -5,827 -1,957 -3,348 336 590
20 Other Asia -29,924 -27,401 -1,843 1,393 724 -58 -1,266 -2,298 3 -626
21 China, Mainland 2,818 -1,674 -4,704 776 338 -607 -1,507 -659 -1,141 -451
22 Hong Kong -3,967 -6,591 661 228 13 927 275 390 -192 -1,659
23 Japan -26,376 -9,223 4,791 603 643 1,402 118 -110 427 1,096
24 Africa 1,058 199 386 -109 -236 226 324 170 212 77
25 Other countries -544 1,416 726 -161 379 404 167 53 -660 -243
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -210 -612 -165 52 44 10 -8 -46 25 -139
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,377,790 1,114,724 933,689 107,397 119,758 140,705 118,644 119,213 113,641 112,778
28 Foreign sales 1,306,328 1,040,120 807,367 98,461 102,342 110,512 103,703 93,606 103,254 103,044
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 71,462 74,604 126,322 8,936 17,416 30,193 14,941 25,607 10,387 9,734
 
30 Foreign countries 72,390 75,793 127,344 9,238 17,566 30,200 14,930 25,693 10,556 9,788
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 75,171 31,367 27,841 930 4,158 6,458 4,949 7,627 2,566 -1,784
 
32 Europe 45,390 31,784 37,384 3,531 5,857 10,681 5,810 8,203 1,353 979
33 Belgium -200 -193 -33 -39 0 -21 12 -1 -27 -19
34 France -2,078 6,875 4,337 152 625 1,093 1,380 480 -59 287
35 Germany 1,590 3,375 1,874 111 733 688 152 76 38 -1
36 Ireland -5,177 -9,419 -3,398 -654 -1,158 248 -979 23 81 -364
37 Luxembourg 10,759 -3,371 3,008 699 797 1,222 253 268 -129 -223
38 Netherlands -299 678 1,122 100 92 241 177 568 -148 130
39 Switzerland -2,097 -2,271 -857 -21 115 -116 -58 -157 -201 -458
40 United Kingdom 42,431 36,681 31,858 3,462 4,574 7,364 4,845 6,948 1,919 1,533
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 288 306 -52 -136 10 17 -7 4 -12 103
42 Canada -2,935 3,624 7,671 1,255 1,761 949 675 1,210 739 -50
43 Latin America -12,377 -9,947 2,294 3 -907 -353 1,734 619 607 -477
44 Caribbean -9,553 -693 11,197 -277 2,028 3,439 -6,975 2,103 2,574 7,573
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -898 -269 -444 5 -17 806 -577 312 -646 -559
46 Other Asia 52,506 51,892 69,233 4,735 8,836 14,663 14,257 13,247 5,968 2,276
47 China, Mainland 73,349 26,156 20,882 -117 3,492 5,835 4,765 9,608 2,683 -5,941
48 Hong Kong -3,992 -2,950 -975 17 227 -436 -105 -44 -324 19
49 Japan -39,876 123 16,443 2,729 453 3,682 5,620 374 1,166 1,531
50 Africa 115 107 18 7 -10 14 -8 10 -6 0
51 Other countries 142 -705 -9 -21 18 1 14 -11 -33 46
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -928 -1,189 -1,022 -302 -150 -7 11 -86 -169 -54
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 934,948 1,084,270 822,448 106,411 124,937 91,870 123,612 111,903 103,615 74,945
54 Foreign sales 924,604 1,058,960 717,384 97,034 104,708 87,600 100,048 98,098 84,922 65,506
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 10,344 25,310 105,064 9,377 20,229 4,270 23,564 13,805 18,693 9,439
 
56 Foreign countries 9,324 24,557 104,766 9,172 20,193 4,242 23,532 13,763 18,706 9,420
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 16,171 6,960 1,323 -753 2,259 -359 2,843 -2,150 553 -141
 
58 Europe -25,805 15,320 83,865 8,072 14,612 2,271 21,784 9,688 13,928 6,701
59 Belgium -19,791 -12,634 -10,434 -854 -2,165 -1,302 -724 -887 -1,471 -904
60 France -9,348 -32,083 -1,654 -68 1,054 220 -980 -641 -174 -88
61 Germany 337 -2,791 2,829 114 42 -61 1,870 584 420 271
62 Ireland -6,890 -9,203 3,275 1,145 742 52 829 417 706 -87
63 Luxembourg -4,387 -6,874 -843 4 192 -494 -89 254 236 -513
64 Netherlands -612 -4,877 -2,371 -492 -235 -690 287 -732 119 -449
65 Switzerland -7,318 -4,457 -78 53 817 -423 229 -690 442 -529
66 United Kingdom 19,089 77,168 90,801 8,161 12,668 5,881 19,625 10,900 13,176 8,848
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -708 -990 -622 -88 -19 -292 -109 17 18 -46
68 Canada -3,221 -5,621 -9,088 -1,238 655 -205 -3,934 -2,778 283 -1,116
69 Latin America -2,475 606 3,808 221 848 236 502 1,142 355 191
70 Caribbean 15,620 22,402 18,238 2,220 4,376 1,273 -328 6,478 640 745
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -3,800 -4,753 -5,197 -535 -239 -228 -421 -2,443 -387 -9
72 Other Asia 27,114 -5,414 11,936 -4 -148 810 5,702 1,671 3,217 2,693
73 China, Mainland 9,675 532 1,822 304 -85 407 1,139 136 128 -365
74 Hong Kong 2,793 2,265 2,485 261 454 599 329 76 422 289
75 Japan 333 -11,461 1,794 -461 -2,632 -209 1,474 679 1,102 2,138
76 Africa -150 18 486 279 32 -2 -2 -67 241 4
77 Other countries 2,041 1,999 718 157 57 87 229 72 429 211
 
78 International and regional organizations2 1,020 753 298 205 36 28 32 42 -13 19
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -174,192 -105,733 -93,625 -7,115 -11,051 -20,696 -11,414 -13,446 -16,733 546
80 Foreign purchases 3,839,071 4,392,140 3,275,374 380,161 452,626 444,797 394,190 421,160 415,589 390,236
81 Foreign sales 4,013,263 4,497,873 3,368,999 387,276 463,677 465,493 405,604 434,606 432,322 389,690
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -46,762 131,678 198,776 14,445 6,833 33,470 26,573 29,335 20,432 41,607
 
83 Foreign purchases 4,318,038 4,752,825 4,080,055 409,883 508,283 522,547 551,222 606,495 594,026 428,065
84 Foreign sales 4,364,800 4,621,147 3,881,279 395,438 501,450 489,077 524,649 577,160 573,594 386,458
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -220,954 25,945 105,151 7,330 -4,218 12,774 15,159 15,889 3,699 42,153
 
86 Foreign countries -250,475 -9,155 77,706 3,656 -6,762 7,155 12,568 18,201 -2,101 37,938
87 Europe -221,092 -86,405 -22,558 -6,284 -23,521 959 -3,298 -12,557 -19,933 31,691
88 Euro Area5 -82,017 -59,139 -78,679 1,763 -32,389 -12,639 -9,398 -8,585 -14,723 -7,346
89 United Kingdom -159,321 -59,731 41,994 -6,358 6,808 7,738 6,616 -7,925 -8,877 38,390
90 Canada -26,107 30,250 54,218 2,042 7,180 -315 15,269 15,487 8,363 1,142
91 Latin America -34,478 -38,228 -10,851 -473 1,706 -1,139 -2,979 4,347 4,608 -3,558
92 Caribbean 37,547 29,541 33,088 599 1,186 13,460 -1,698 16,284 1,499 378
93 Asia -11,645 27,821 12,538 4,208 7,207 -5,234 2,664 -3,203 -974 4,963
94 Japan -45,721 15,383 10,284 1,662 1,534 -5,870 3,039 3,382 2,330 1,873
95 Africa -961 -2,103 -1,307 -197 105 728 -82 -362 185 -547
96 Other countries 6,261 29,969 12,578 3,761 -625 -1,304 2,692 -1,795 4,151 3,869
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 29,521 35,100 27,445 3,674 2,544 5,619 2,591 -2,312 5,800 4,215
  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: October 30, 2015