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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: November 2016

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2014 2015 Jan.-Sep.2016/r Mar.2016 Apr.2016 May.2016 Jun.2016/r Jul.2016/r Aug.2016/r Sep.2016/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 8,923,971 11,060,212 8,293,319 926,342 866,335 930,949 950,369 870,693 931,248 917,219
2 Foreign sales 8,940,085 11,175,141 8,308,681 942,850 869,100 939,296 957,156 844,634 928,514 920,429
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -16,114 -114,929 -15,362 -16,508 -2,765 -8,347 -6,787 26,059 2,734 -3,210
 
4 Foreign countries -15,502 -114,729 -14,838 -16,482 -2,786 -7,812 -6,744 26,051 2,717 -3,209
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,930 -16,218 4,987 -2,579 1,264 1,131 1,244 4,814 -472 -408
 
6 Europe 8,583 -35,130 -570 -274 3,256 -1,615 -4,547 15,451 5,019 -12,026
7 Belgium -546 -1,083 -749 10 137 -162 -127 66 -175 7
8 France 17,619 -12,117 -5,196 -1,359 -1,188 1,480 -692 -148 1,236 -4,620
9 Germany -1,951 -3,226 -2,205 18 107 161 -1,590 -149 -685 207
10 Ireland 4,742 -4,787 -5,356 -473 -107 -734 -635 -1,008 -720 -119
11 Luxembourg 2,033 578 -4,674 -201 -751 -228 -832 -283 -607 -332
12 Netherlands 3,828 -3,001 3,970 398 86 193 389 2,019 96 189
13 Switzerland -6,193 463 7,061 2,525 -759 -569 -191 222 -817 -293
14 United Kingdom -19,734 -15,518 2,773 -1,082 5,658 -4,628 -733 14,845 7,100 -6,995
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 574 -2,088 -546 67 20 79 -121 -175 -152 8
16 Canada 10,179 -12,227 -548 148 897 1,541 -1,465 4,610 -515 -32
17 Latin America 3,550 -1,085 -8,258 -1,350 -1,294 -3,033 -694 -1,920 345 -597
18 Caribbean -11,702 -33,011 -536 -7,032 -3,537 -3,430 -610 1,944 278 9,810
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -326 -19,368 -4,579 -3,757 -149 -294 -17 489 289 -2,355
20 Other Asia -27,401 -13,957 -2,223 -3,702 -2,182 -892 808 5,057 -3,019 876
21 China, Mainland -1,674 -4,537 -3,886 -1,026 -850 -707 -528 -627 -18 41
22 Hong Kong -6,591 -16,159 -9,222 -1,542 -1,777 -720 235 875 -4,658 -1,130
23 Japan -9,223 9,472 8,328 1,601 -394 603 -2 1,759 628 1,295
24 Africa 199 -428 33 -6 28 -20 -1 -1 -37 38
25 Other countries 1,416 477 1,843 -509 195 -69 -218 421 357 1,077
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -612 -200 -524 -26 21 -535 -43 8 17 -1
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,114,724 1,393,968 1,550,065 190,765 168,539 174,442 174,447 179,009 175,751 211,229
28 Foreign sales 1,040,120 1,237,245 1,303,556 158,448 139,120 149,006 140,569 140,098 146,190 179,114
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 74,604 156,723 246,509 32,317 29,419 25,436 33,878 38,911 29,561 32,115
 
30 Foreign countries 75,793 158,194 246,823 32,418 29,356 25,474 33,854 38,911 29,641 32,183
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 31,367 33,481 38,713 2,201 4,396 701 3,416 6,892 3,679 8,244
 
32 Europe 31,784 45,678 58,254 11,926 11,346 10,470 7,252 3,854 5,547 3,922
33 Belgium -193 -49 -44 2 -117 -17 4 31 -5 -7
34 France 6,875 5,723 7,729 1,926 1,166 770 2,151 246 564 -44
35 Germany 3,375 1,595 -1,344 323 598 -37 68 -325 -641 -581
36 Ireland -9,419 -3,039 3,865 730 1,562 159 -346 648 327 380
37 Luxembourg -3,371 3,962 10,285 1,763 1,816 1,613 2,331 1,251 1,072 483
38 Netherlands 678 2,092 1,967 -34 -128 232 323 71 796 735
39 Switzerland -2,271 -1,122 -569 199 -123 -49 32 -79 -168 -552
40 United Kingdom 36,681 36,954 35,683 7,392 6,200 7,873 2,760 2,256 3,770 2,931
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 306 -172 406 -26 151 105 -2 26 52 52
42 Canada 3,624 9,088 9,318 1,111 1,472 1,128 647 257 1,102 3,690
43 Latin America -9,947 4,101 7,053 -8 1,104 -103 1,340 736 628 322
44 Caribbean -693 5,759 15,912 2,353 3,076 -1,481 7,202 4,801 1,259 1,906
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -269 -295 -743 -273 -37 -193 -15 -31 110 -119
46 Other Asia 51,892 93,659 155,547 17,076 12,301 15,369 17,375 29,098 20,805 22,173
47 China, Mainland 26,156 19,002 20,768 1,381 22 2,830 1,200 6,436 110 2,070
48 Hong Kong -2,950 -1,788 495 -352 -581 -423 0 -22 385 637
49 Japan 123 31,452 80,501 11,695 6,170 9,194 9,620 13,854 11,582 9,390
50 Africa 107 4 165 59 18 28 22 9 27 -13
51 Other countries -705 200 1,317 174 76 256 31 187 163 302
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,189 -1,471 -314 -101 63 -38 24 0 -80 -68
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,084,270 1,184,213 925,793 123,299 97,993 123,733 104,591 100,425 102,850 93,500
54 Foreign sales 1,058,960 1,050,080 822,386 98,043 103,524 103,858 96,568 84,327 82,860 92,424
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 25,310 134,133 103,407 25,256 -5,531 19,875 8,023 16,098 19,990 1,076
 
56 Foreign countries 24,557 133,912 103,626 25,242 -5,610 19,924 8,090 15,973 19,888 1,144
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 6,960 -3,807 -2,038 -492 -1,609 649 462 -1,087 1,187 -985
 
58 Europe 15,320 111,001 76,670 19,287 -2,081 15,701 7,502 15,238 9,365 -48
59 Belgium -12,634 -15,203 -15,971 -2,313 -1,780 -2,138 -1,410 -1,789 -1,238 -1,802
60 France -32,083 -1,669 -8,042 -398 -7,766 -206 52 328 423 -100
61 Germany -2,791 7,754 11,548 702 2,608 1,332 1,065 556 1,175 146
62 Ireland -9,203 1,264 -10,410 -328 -1,495 -825 -1,982 -1,623 -959 -1,156
63 Luxembourg -6,874 -1,362 -1,257 180 -725 3,437 -569 -526 1,034 -742
64 Netherlands -4,877 -3,695 652 133 476 -79 223 56 247 -235
65 Switzerland -4,457 -3,275 5,084 1,460 228 1,462 -208 315 771 114
66 United Kingdom 77,168 127,398 91,936 19,276 7,026 11,825 9,417 17,583 7,186 3,607
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -990 -727 -361 -28 28 -224 -34 -33 -33 -29
68 Canada -5,621 -13,544 -16,795 -213 -3,059 -2,124 -3,347 -1,075 -1,835 -1,994
69 Latin America 606 4,503 2,969 546 355 450 530 252 207 32
70 Caribbean 22,402 24,424 21,205 3,301 -1,501 3,019 2,532 808 5,322 2,723
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -4,753 -7,476 -633 -71 -101 14 -27 -17 130 203
72 Other Asia -5,414 13,739 19,994 2,058 502 2,686 1,773 810 6,133 507
73 China, Mainland 532 -357 566 -341 -821 310 -443 230 1,694 4
74 Hong Kong 2,265 3,199 3,797 503 314 561 368 366 553 380
75 Japan -11,461 -333 7,721 1,349 1,111 655 655 897 1,152 -390
76 Africa 18 463 79 22 7 9 7 26 -19 -14
77 Other countries 1,999 802 137 312 268 169 -880 -69 585 -265
 
78 International and regional organizations2 753 221 -219 14 79 -49 -67 125 102 -68
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -105,733 -114,188 -48,675 -10,383 -17,821 2,326 -9,491 -687 -2,202 -2,028
80 Foreign purchases 4,392,140 4,790,769 3,283,253 402,857 367,833 352,759 383,656 338,528 353,403 343,866
81 Foreign sales 4,497,873 4,904,957 3,331,928 413,240 385,654 350,433 393,147 339,215 355,605 345,894
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 131,678 276,062 201,168 23,087 3,544 27,212 1,114 32,034 20,160 22,420
 
83 Foreign purchases 4,752,825 5,935,835 4,198,237 518,636 529,435 440,088 427,884 478,307 433,839 557,016
84 Foreign sales 4,621,147 5,659,773 3,997,069 495,549 525,891 412,876 426,770 446,273 413,679 534,596
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 25,945 161,874 152,493 12,704 -14,277 29,538 -8,377 31,347 17,958 20,392
 
86 Foreign countries -9,155 136,760 132,783 11,174 -23,825 22,802 -3,370 33,264 15,313 14,136
87 Europe -86,405 -15,668 17,432 -3,184 -9,538 -7,101 -7,657 12,684 6,126 -4,238
88 Euro Area5 -59,139 -94,781 -74,683 -12,721 -8,717 -19,020 2,071 -1,255 -4,189 -19,880
89 United Kingdom -59,731 63,114 87,089 8,559 3,454 6,496 -4,524 11,803 11,387 20,386
90 Canada 30,250 74,074 37,894 1,965 6,925 3,823 -1,319 11,937 222 6,466
91 Latin America -38,228 -6,577 -3,531 467 -18,306 3,744 -1,286 -5,526 5,469 1,554
92 Caribbean 29,541 29,567 28,452 5,318 6,196 11,732 -4,345 7,367 4,317 7,088
93 Asia 27,821 40,466 65,257 9,376 -9,684 13,878 11,094 6,301 197 6,053
94 Japan 15,383 23,716 38,820 9,697 -3,976 4,884 8,834 5,645 2,523 2,918
95 Africa -2,103 -2,313 -6,974 -572 -1,737 -686 -358 -112 -452 -2,072
96 Other countries 29,969 17,211 -5,747 -2,196 2,319 -2,588 501 613 -566 -715
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 35,100 25,114 19,710 1,530 9,548 6,736 -5,007 -1,917 2,645 6,256
  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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