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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: November 2015

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2013 2014 Jan.-Sep.2015/r Mar.2015 Apr.2015 May.2015 Jun.2015 Jul.2015 Aug.2015/r Sep.2015/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 7,697,031 8,923,971 7,744,288 900,116 810,010 812,964 834,458 981,482 942,007 808,931
2 Foreign sales 7,740,273 8,940,085 7,822,737 914,465 809,335 826,988 856,502 977,837 948,013 836,633
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -43,242 -16,114 -78,449 -14,349 675 -14,024 -22,044 3,645 -6,006 -27,702
 
4 Foreign countries -43,032 -15,502 -78,276 -14,393 665 -14,016 -21,998 3,620 -5,867 -27,694
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,116 -4,930 -8,479 -557 -3,137 463 24 -238 1,497 -5,634
 
6 Europe 3,421 8,583 -32,709 -16,829 1,877 -11,957 -7,617 5,781 -4,181 -4,882
7 Belgium -424 -546 -590 318 -136 -215 -534 128 -181 51
8 France 93 17,619 -9,902 -2,559 -1,105 -923 -3,034 3,342 -3,551 2,083
9 Germany 978 -1,951 -3,961 -956 -165 -509 169 -30 501 -2,894
10 Ireland 4,010 4,742 -2,797 -261 199 400 -730 -859 -318 -670
11 Luxembourg 3,769 2,033 228 -1,426 -895 68 -203 1,122 155 843
12 Netherlands 615 3,828 -2,636 -1,542 -1,039 -201 -600 -134 33 507
13 Switzerland -439 -6,193 4,353 -2,604 1,104 640 -635 1,068 -1,361 1,285
14 United Kingdom -298 -19,734 -21,289 -7,406 3,714 -11,563 -1,697 712 -814 -7,626
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,780 574 -2,163 -1,025 -123 106 27 -171 479 165
16 Canada -3,167 10,179 -9,623 525 449 1,405 -1,190 -306 1,667 -4,040
17 Latin America 4,778 3,550 -873 -255 -379 32 -279 571 -515 -217
18 Caribbean -18,973 -11,702 -11,600 4,320 3,973 -764 -7,489 -2,317 -2,636 -9,789
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 319 -326 -16,369 -3,021 -5,827 -1,957 -3,348 336 590 -2,395
20 Other Asia -29,924 -27,401 -6,507 724 -58 -1,266 -2,298 3 -626 -4,664
21 China, Mainland 2,818 -1,674 -4,381 338 -607 -1,507 -659 -1,141 -451 323
22 Hong Kong -3,967 -6,591 -5,157 13 927 275 390 -192 -1,659 -5,818
23 Japan -26,376 -9,223 8,146 643 1,402 118 -110 427 1,096 3,355
24 Africa 1,058 199 -342 -236 226 324 170 212 77 -728
25 Other countries -544 1,416 -253 379 404 167 53 -660 -243 -979
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -210 -612 -173 44 10 -8 -46 25 -139 -8
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,377,790 1,114,724 1,054,332 119,758 140,705 118,644 119,213 113,641 112,778 120,643
28 Foreign sales 1,306,328 1,040,120 923,389 102,342 110,512 103,703 93,606 103,254 103,044 116,022
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 71,462 74,604 130,943 17,416 30,193 14,941 25,607 10,387 9,734 4,621
 
30 Foreign countries 72,390 75,793 131,891 17,566 30,200 14,930 25,693 10,556 9,788 4,547
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 75,171 31,367 28,080 4,158 6,458 4,949 7,627 2,566 -1,784 239
 
32 Europe 45,390 31,784 37,403 5,857 10,681 5,810 8,203 1,353 979 19
33 Belgium -200 -193 -45 0 -21 12 -1 -27 -19 -12
34 France -2,078 6,875 4,999 625 1,093 1,380 480 -59 287 662
35 Germany 1,590 3,375 1,656 733 688 152 76 38 -1 -218
36 Ireland -5,177 -9,419 -3,312 -1,158 248 -979 23 81 -364 86
37 Luxembourg 10,759 -3,371 3,569 797 1,222 253 268 -129 -223 561
38 Netherlands -299 678 1,220 92 241 177 568 -148 130 98
39 Switzerland -2,097 -2,271 -1,066 115 -116 -58 -157 -201 -458 -209
40 United Kingdom 42,431 36,681 30,853 4,574 7,364 4,845 6,948 1,919 1,533 -1,005
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 288 306 -155 10 17 -7 4 -12 103 -103
42 Canada -2,935 3,624 8,474 1,761 949 675 1,210 739 -50 803
43 Latin America -12,377 -9,947 1,702 -907 -353 1,734 619 607 -477 -592
44 Caribbean -9,553 -693 8,788 2,028 3,439 -6,975 2,103 2,574 7,573 -2,409
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -898 -269 -1,051 -17 806 -577 312 -646 -559 -607
46 Other Asia 52,506 51,892 76,516 8,836 14,663 14,257 13,247 5,968 2,276 7,283
47 China, Mainland 73,349 26,156 20,598 3,492 5,835 4,765 9,608 2,683 -5,941 -284
48 Hong Kong -3,992 -2,950 -1,604 227 -436 -105 -44 -324 19 -629
49 Japan -39,876 123 21,147 453 3,682 5,620 374 1,166 1,531 4,704
50 Africa 115 107 48 -10 14 -8 10 -6 0 30
51 Other countries 142 -705 11 18 1 14 -11 -33 46 20
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -928 -1,189 -948 -150 -7 11 -86 -169 -54 74
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 934,948 1,084,270 913,490 124,937 91,870 123,612 111,903 103,615 74,945 91,042
54 Foreign sales 924,604 1,058,960 793,304 104,708 87,600 100,048 98,098 84,922 65,506 75,920
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 10,344 25,310 120,186 20,229 4,270 23,564 13,805 18,693 9,439 15,122
 
56 Foreign countries 9,324 24,557 119,927 20,193 4,242 23,532 13,763 18,706 9,420 15,161
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 16,171 6,960 -1,377 2,259 -359 2,843 -2,150 553 -141 -2,700
 
58 Europe -25,805 15,320 96,455 14,612 2,271 21,784 9,688 13,928 6,701 12,590
59 Belgium -19,791 -12,634 -11,616 -2,165 -1,302 -724 -887 -1,471 -904 -1,182
60 France -9,348 -32,083 -1,460 1,054 220 -980 -641 -174 -88 194
61 Germany 337 -2,791 6,492 42 -61 1,870 584 420 271 3,663
62 Ireland -6,890 -9,203 1,800 742 52 829 417 706 -87 -1,475
63 Luxembourg -4,387 -6,874 -31 192 -494 -89 254 236 -513 812
64 Netherlands -612 -4,877 -3,200 -235 -690 287 -732 119 -449 -829
65 Switzerland -7,318 -4,457 -402 817 -423 229 -690 442 -529 -324
66 United Kingdom 19,089 77,168 103,132 12,668 5,881 19,625 10,900 13,176 8,848 12,331
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -708 -990 -694 -19 -292 -109 17 18 -46 -72
68 Canada -3,221 -5,621 -9,997 655 -205 -3,934 -2,778 283 -1,116 -909
69 Latin America -2,475 606 3,864 848 236 502 1,142 355 191 56
70 Caribbean 15,620 22,402 22,717 4,376 1,273 -328 6,478 640 745 4,479
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -3,800 -4,753 -6,568 -239 -228 -421 -2,443 -387 -9 -1,371
72 Other Asia 27,114 -5,414 12,602 -148 810 5,702 1,671 3,217 2,693 666
73 China, Mainland 9,675 532 1,199 -85 407 1,139 136 128 -365 -623
74 Hong Kong 2,793 2,265 2,436 454 599 329 76 422 289 -49
75 Japan 333 -11,461 1,838 -2,632 -209 1,474 679 1,102 2,138 44
76 Africa -150 18 496 32 -2 -2 -67 241 4 10
77 Other countries 2,041 1,999 358 57 87 229 72 429 211 -360
 
78 International and regional organizations2 1,020 753 259 36 28 32 42 -13 19 -39
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -174,192 -105,733 -104,260 -11,051 -20,696 -11,414 -13,446 -16,733 546 -10,635
80 Foreign purchases 3,839,071 4,392,140 3,611,695 452,626 444,797 394,190 421,160 415,589 390,236 336,321
81 Foreign sales 4,013,263 4,497,873 3,715,955 463,677 465,493 405,604 434,606 432,322 389,690 346,956
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -46,762 131,678 234,061 6,833 33,470 26,573 29,335 20,432 42,033 34,859
 
83 Foreign purchases 4,318,038 4,752,825 4,585,851 508,283 522,547 551,222 606,495 594,026 428,491 505,370
84 Foreign sales 4,364,800 4,621,147 4,351,790 501,450 489,077 524,649 577,160 573,594 386,458 470,511
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -220,954 25,945 129,801 -4,218 12,774 15,159 15,889 3,699 42,579 24,224
 
86 Foreign countries -250,475 -9,155 100,393 -6,762 7,155 12,568 18,201 -2,101 38,364 22,261
87 Europe -221,092 -86,405 -28,535 -23,521 959 -3,298 -12,557 -19,933 31,691 -5,977
88 Euro Area5 -82,017 -59,139 -84,368 -32,389 -12,639 -9,398 -8,585 -14,723 -7,346 -5,689
89 United Kingdom -159,321 -59,731 45,491 6,808 7,738 6,616 -7,925 -8,877 38,390 3,497
90 Canada -26,107 30,250 59,274 7,180 -315 15,269 15,487 8,363 1,568 4,630
91 Latin America -34,478 -38,228 -10,848 1,706 -1,139 -2,979 4,347 4,608 -3,558 3
92 Caribbean 37,547 29,541 40,104 1,186 13,460 -1,698 16,284 1,499 378 7,016
93 Asia -11,645 27,821 25,434 7,207 -5,234 2,664 -3,203 -974 4,963 12,896
94 Japan -45,721 15,383 15,823 1,534 -5,870 3,039 3,382 2,330 1,873 5,539
95 Africa -961 -2,103 -1,587 105 728 -82 -362 185 -547 -280
96 Other countries 6,261 29,969 16,551 -625 -1,304 2,692 -1,795 4,151 3,869 3,973
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 29,521 35,100 29,408 2,544 5,619 2,591 -2,312 5,800 4,215 1,963
  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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