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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: January 2016

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2013 2014 Jan.-Nov.2015/r May.2015 Jun.2015 Jul.2015/r Aug.2015 Sep.2015/r Oct.2015/r Nov.2015/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 7,697,031 8,923,971 9,497,548 812,964 834,458 981,482 942,007 808,931 905,817 847,443
2 Foreign sales 7,740,273 8,940,085 9,609,500 826,988 856,502 977,837 948,013 836,633 922,982 863,781
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -43,242 -16,114 -111,952 -14,024 -22,044 3,645 -6,006 -27,702 -17,165 -16,338
 
4 Foreign countries -43,032 -15,502 -111,746 -14,016 -21,998 3,620 -5,867 -27,694 -17,195 -16,275
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,116 -4,930 -11,906 463 24 -238 1,497 -5,634 -489 -2,938
 
6 Europe 3,421 8,583 -37,143 -11,957 -7,617 5,781 -4,181 -4,882 2,100 -6,534
7 Belgium -424 -546 -912 -215 -534 128 -181 51 -41 -281
8 France 93 17,619 -7,649 -923 -3,034 3,342 -3,551 2,083 -493 2,746
9 Germany 978 -1,951 -2,860 -509 169 -30 501 -2,894 196 905
10 Ireland 4,010 4,742 -4,488 400 -730 -859 -318 -670 -663 -1,028
11 Luxembourg 3,769 2,033 838 68 -203 1,122 155 843 -706 1,316
12 Netherlands 615 3,828 -2,405 -201 -600 -134 33 507 609 -378
13 Switzerland -439 -6,193 4,031 640 -635 1,068 -1,361 1,285 -193 -129
14 United Kingdom -298 -19,734 -27,624 -11,563 -1,697 712 -814 -7,626 2,431 -8,766
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,780 574 -2,082 106 27 -171 479 165 -13 94
16 Canada -3,167 10,179 -10,948 1,405 -1,190 -306 1,667 -4,040 -4,277 2,952
17 Latin America 4,778 3,550 -1,892 32 -279 571 -515 -217 -276 -743
18 Caribbean -18,973 -11,702 -30,482 -764 -7,489 -2,317 -2,636 -9,789 -13,795 -5,087
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 319 -326 -17,752 -1,957 -3,348 336 590 -2,395 -16 -1,367
20 Other Asia -29,924 -27,401 -13,267 -1,266 -2,298 3 -626 -4,664 -1,217 -5,543
21 China, Mainland 2,818 -1,674 -5,382 -1,507 -659 -1,141 -451 323 -978 -23
22 Hong Kong -3,967 -6,591 -12,767 275 390 -192 -1,659 -5,818 -1,743 -5,867
23 Japan -26,376 -9,223 8,913 118 -110 427 1,096 3,355 820 -53
24 Africa 1,058 199 -434 324 170 212 77 -728 -22 -70
25 Other countries -544 1,416 172 167 53 -660 -243 -979 308 117
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -210 -612 -206 -8 -46 25 -139 -8 30 -63
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,377,790 1,114,724 1,287,506 118,644 119,213 113,641 112,778 120,643 108,367 124,807
28 Foreign sales 1,306,328 1,040,120 1,132,561 103,703 93,606 103,254 103,044 116,022 98,301 110,871
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 71,462 74,604 154,945 14,941 25,607 10,387 9,734 4,621 10,066 13,936
 
30 Foreign countries 72,390 75,793 156,207 14,930 25,693 10,556 9,788 4,547 10,353 13,963
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 75,171 31,367 32,461 4,949 7,627 2,566 -1,784 239 667 3,714
 
32 Europe 45,390 31,784 43,121 5,810 8,203 1,353 979 19 3,994 1,724
33 Belgium -200 -193 -9 12 -1 -27 -19 -12 -5 41
34 France -2,078 6,875 5,452 1,380 480 -59 287 662 433 20
35 Germany 1,590 3,375 1,318 152 76 38 -1 -218 102 -441
36 Ireland -5,177 -9,419 -3,115 -979 23 81 -364 86 -75 272
37 Luxembourg 10,759 -3,371 3,779 253 268 -129 -223 561 158 52
38 Netherlands -299 678 1,411 177 568 -148 130 98 -25 216
39 Switzerland -2,097 -2,271 -1,148 -58 -157 -201 -458 -209 -50 -32
40 United Kingdom 42,431 36,681 35,916 4,845 6,948 1,919 1,533 -1,005 3,516 1,547
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 288 306 -108 -7 4 -12 103 -103 26 21
42 Canada -2,935 3,624 8,886 675 1,210 739 -50 803 -186 598
43 Latin America -12,377 -9,947 3,084 1,734 619 607 -477 -592 561 821
44 Caribbean -9,553 -693 11,689 -6,975 2,103 2,574 7,573 -2,409 502 2,399
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -898 -269 -677 -577 312 -646 -559 -607 377 -3
46 Other Asia 52,506 51,892 89,985 14,257 13,247 5,968 2,276 7,283 5,019 8,450
47 China, Mainland 73,349 26,156 20,513 4,765 9,608 2,683 -5,941 -284 -175 90
48 Hong Kong -3,992 -2,950 -2,131 -105 -44 -324 19 -629 -536 9
49 Japan -39,876 123 28,924 5,620 374 1,166 1,531 4,704 3,058 4,719
50 Africa 115 107 -22 -8 10 -6 0 30 -13 -57
51 Other countries 142 -705 141 14 -11 -33 46 20 99 31
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -928 -1,189 -1,262 11 -86 -169 -54 74 -287 -27
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 934,948 1,084,270 1,109,072 123,612 111,903 103,905 74,945 91,462 103,256 91,266
54 Foreign sales 924,604 1,058,960 979,850 100,048 98,098 84,922 65,506 75,920 91,224 86,201
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 10,344 25,310 129,222 23,564 13,805 18,983 9,439 15,542 12,032 5,065
 
56 Foreign countries 9,324 24,557 129,057 23,532 13,763 18,996 9,420 15,581 12,080 5,111
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 16,171 6,960 -3,861 2,843 -2,150 553 -141 -2,700 -664 -1,820
 
58 Europe -25,805 15,320 106,110 21,784 9,688 13,928 6,701 12,590 14,428 4,348
59 Belgium -19,791 -12,634 -14,867 -724 -887 -1,471 -904 -1,182 -1,427 -1,824
60 France -9,348 -32,083 -1,600 -980 -641 -174 -88 194 -3 -137
61 Germany 337 -2,791 7,520 1,870 584 420 271 3,663 1,265 -237
62 Ireland -6,890 -9,203 1,599 829 417 706 -87 -1,475 117 -318
63 Luxembourg -4,387 -6,874 -410 -89 254 236 -513 812 -508 129
64 Netherlands -612 -4,877 -3,568 287 -732 119 -449 -829 5 -373
65 Switzerland -7,318 -4,457 -3,201 229 -690 442 -529 -324 -2,055 -744
66 United Kingdom 19,089 77,168 120,755 19,625 10,900 13,176 8,848 12,331 18,050 8,694
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -708 -990 -677 -109 17 18 -46 -72 -3 20
68 Canada -3,221 -5,621 -10,869 -3,934 -2,778 283 -1,116 -909 -629 -243
69 Latin America -2,475 606 4,383 502 1,142 355 191 56 172 347
70 Caribbean 15,620 22,402 23,785 -328 6,478 640 745 4,479 -551 1,619
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -3,800 -4,753 -7,312 -421 -2,443 -387 -9 -1,371 -37 -707
72 Other Asia 27,114 -5,414 12,155 5,702 1,671 3,507 2,693 1,086 -1,321 -186
73 China, Mainland 9,675 532 -213 1,139 136 128 -365 -623 -569 -843
74 Hong Kong 2,793 2,265 2,839 329 76 422 289 -49 201 202
75 Japan 333 -11,461 -1,067 1,474 679 1,102 2,138 44 -2,563 -342
76 Africa -150 18 464 -2 -67 241 4 10 -6 -26
77 Other countries 2,041 1,999 341 229 72 429 211 -360 24 -41
 
78 International and regional organizations2 1,020 753 165 32 42 -13 19 -39 -48 -46
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -174,192 -105,733 -107,431 -11,414 -13,446 -16,733 546 -10,635 -4,877 1,706
80 Foreign purchases 3,839,071 4,392,140 4,365,931 394,190 421,160 415,589 390,236 336,321 393,171 361,065
81 Foreign sales 4,013,263 4,497,873 4,473,362 405,604 434,606 432,322 389,690 346,956 398,048 359,359
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -46,762 131,678 269,291 26,573 29,335 20,432 42,033 34,859 37,440 -11,331
 
83 Foreign purchases 4,318,038 4,752,825 5,574,380 551,222 606,495 594,026 428,491 505,370 541,908 437,500
84 Foreign sales 4,364,800 4,621,147 5,305,089 524,649 577,160 573,594 386,458 470,511 504,468 448,831
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -220,954 25,945 161,860 15,159 15,889 3,699 42,579 24,224 32,563 -9,625
 
86 Foreign countries -250,475 -9,155 135,498 12,568 18,201 -2,101 38,364 22,261 35,440 -9,456
87 Europe -221,092 -86,405 -13,703 -3,298 -12,557 -19,933 31,691 -5,977 12,815 -7,104
88 Euro Area5 -82,017 -59,139 -94,114 -9,398 -8,585 -14,723 -7,346 -5,689 -5,209 -4,537
89 United Kingdom -159,321 -59,731 62,597 6,616 -7,925 -8,877 38,390 3,497 10,730 -2,745
90 Canada -26,107 30,250 71,226 15,269 15,487 8,363 1,568 4,630 11,569 383
91 Latin America -34,478 -38,228 -7,237 -2,979 4,347 4,608 -3,558 3 6,327 -2,716
92 Caribbean 37,547 29,541 41,778 -1,698 16,284 1,499 378 7,016 -2,479 4,153
93 Asia -11,645 27,821 32,810 2,664 -3,203 -974 4,963 12,896 5,401 1,975
94 Japan -45,721 15,383 18,195 3,039 3,382 2,330 1,873 5,539 2,291 81
95 Africa -961 -2,103 -1,713 -82 -362 185 -547 -280 -153 27
96 Other countries 6,261 29,969 12,337 2,692 -1,795 4,151 3,869 3,973 1,960 -6,174
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 29,521 35,100 26,362 2,591 -2,312 5,800 4,215 1,963 -2,877 -169
  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: January 29, 2016