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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: December 2016

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2014 2015 Jan.-Oct.2016 Apr.2016 May.2016 Jun.2016 Jul.2016 Aug.2016 Sep.2016 Oct.2016/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 8,923,971 11,060,212 9,220,747 866,335 930,949 950,369 870,693 931,248 917,219 927,428
2 Foreign sales 8,940,085 11,175,141 9,215,574 869,100 939,296 957,156 844,634 928,514 920,429 906,893
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -16,114 -114,929 5,173 -2,765 -8,347 -6,787 26,059 2,734 -3,210 20,535
 
4 Foreign countries -15,502 -114,729 5,681 -2,786 -7,812 -6,744 26,051 2,717 -3,209 20,519
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,930 -16,218 5,871 1,264 1,131 1,244 4,814 -472 -408 884
 
6 Europe 8,583 -35,130 14,840 3,256 -1,615 -4,547 15,451 5,019 -12,026 15,410
7 Belgium -546 -1,083 -743 137 -162 -127 66 -175 7 6
8 France 17,619 -12,117 3,938 -1,188 1,480 -692 -148 1,236 -4,620 9,134
9 Germany -1,951 -3,226 -1,840 107 161 -1,590 -149 -685 207 365
10 Ireland 4,742 -4,787 -6,181 -107 -734 -635 -1,008 -720 -119 -825
11 Luxembourg 2,033 578 -4,840 -751 -228 -832 -283 -607 -332 -166
12 Netherlands 3,828 -3,001 4,311 86 193 389 2,019 96 189 341
13 Switzerland -6,193 463 6,315 -759 -569 -191 222 -817 -293 -746
14 United Kingdom -19,734 -15,518 8,970 5,658 -4,628 -733 14,845 7,100 -6,995 6,197
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 574 -2,088 -175 20 79 -121 -175 -152 8 371
16 Canada 10,179 -12,227 -178 897 1,541 -1,465 4,610 -515 -32 370
17 Latin America 3,550 -1,085 -7,747 -1,294 -3,033 -694 -1,920 345 -597 511
18 Caribbean -11,702 -33,011 3,341 -3,537 -3,430 -610 1,944 278 9,810 3,877
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -326 -19,368 -5,591 -149 -294 -17 489 289 -2,355 -1,012
20 Other Asia -27,401 -13,957 -1,754 -2,182 -892 808 5,057 -3,019 876 469
21 China, Mainland -1,674 -4,537 -3,834 -850 -707 -528 -627 -18 41 52
22 Hong Kong -6,591 -16,159 -9,966 -1,777 -720 235 875 -4,658 -1,130 -744
23 Japan -9,223 9,472 8,890 -394 603 -2 1,759 628 1,295 562
24 Africa 199 -428 260 28 -20 -1 -1 -37 38 227
25 Other countries 1,416 477 2,510 195 -69 -218 421 357 1,077 667
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -612 -200 -508 21 -535 -43 8 17 -1 16
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,114,724 1,393,968 1,724,371 168,539 174,442 174,447 179,009 175,751 211,229 174,306
28 Foreign sales 1,040,120 1,237,245 1,445,448 139,120 149,006 140,569 140,098 146,190 179,114 141,892
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 74,604 156,723 278,923 29,419 25,436 33,878 38,911 29,561 32,115 32,414
 
30 Foreign countries 75,793 158,194 279,323 29,356 25,474 33,854 38,911 29,641 32,183 32,500
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 31,367 33,481 45,378 4,396 701 3,416 6,892 3,679 8,244 6,665
 
32 Europe 31,784 45,678 62,688 11,346 10,470 7,252 3,854 5,547 3,922 4,434
33 Belgium -193 -49 -44 -117 -17 4 31 -5 -7 0
34 France 6,875 5,723 9,201 1,166 770 2,151 246 564 -44 1,472
35 Germany 3,375 1,595 -1,347 598 -37 68 -325 -641 -581 -3
36 Ireland -9,419 -3,039 4,510 1,562 159 -346 648 327 380 645
37 Luxembourg -3,371 3,962 11,968 1,816 1,613 2,331 1,251 1,072 483 1,683
38 Netherlands 678 2,092 1,602 -128 232 323 71 796 735 -365
39 Switzerland -2,271 -1,122 -1,615 -123 -49 32 -79 -168 -552 -1,046
40 United Kingdom 36,681 36,954 37,501 6,200 7,873 2,760 2,256 3,770 2,931 1,818
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 306 -172 303 151 105 -2 26 52 52 -103
42 Canada 3,624 9,088 10,198 1,472 1,128 647 257 1,102 3,690 880
43 Latin America -9,947 4,101 7,439 1,104 -103 1,340 736 628 322 386
44 Caribbean -693 5,759 20,295 3,076 -1,481 7,202 4,801 1,259 1,906 4,383
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -269 -295 -730 -37 -193 -15 -31 110 -119 13
46 Other Asia 51,892 93,659 177,854 12,301 15,369 17,375 29,098 20,805 22,173 22,307
47 China, Mainland 26,156 19,002 23,688 22 2,830 1,200 6,436 110 2,070 2,920
48 Hong Kong -2,950 -1,788 -531 -581 -423 0 -22 385 637 -1,026
49 Japan 123 31,452 89,969 6,170 9,194 9,620 13,854 11,582 9,390 9,468
50 Africa 107 4 166 18 28 22 9 27 -13 1
51 Other countries -705 200 1,413 76 256 31 187 163 302 96
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,189 -1,471 -400 63 -38 24 0 -80 -68 -86
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,084,270 1,184,213 1,026,346 97,993 123,733 104,591 100,425 102,850 93,500 100,553
54 Foreign sales 1,058,960 1,050,080 918,393 103,524 103,858 96,568 84,327 82,860 92,424 96,007
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 25,310 134,133 107,953 -5,531 19,875 8,023 16,098 19,990 1,076 4,546
 
56 Foreign countries 24,557 133,912 108,191 -5,610 19,924 8,090 15,973 19,888 1,144 4,565
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 6,960 -3,807 -3,125 -1,609 649 462 -1,087 1,187 -985 -1,087
 
58 Europe 15,320 111,001 79,058 -2,081 15,701 7,502 15,238 9,365 -48 2,388
59 Belgium -12,634 -15,203 -18,187 -1,780 -2,138 -1,410 -1,789 -1,238 -1,802 -2,216
60 France -32,083 -1,669 -9,336 -7,766 -206 52 328 423 -100 -1,294
61 Germany -2,791 7,754 12,889 2,608 1,332 1,065 556 1,175 146 1,341
62 Ireland -9,203 1,264 -11,321 -1,495 -825 -1,982 -1,623 -959 -1,156 -911
63 Luxembourg -6,874 -1,362 -695 -725 3,437 -569 -526 1,034 -742 562
64 Netherlands -4,877 -3,695 181 476 -79 223 56 247 -235 -471
65 Switzerland -4,457 -3,275 5,844 228 1,462 -208 315 771 114 760
66 United Kingdom 77,168 127,398 97,314 7,026 11,825 9,417 17,583 7,186 3,607 5,378
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -990 -727 -377 28 -224 -34 -33 -33 -29 -16
68 Canada -5,621 -13,544 -17,197 -3,059 -2,124 -3,347 -1,075 -1,835 -1,994 -402
69 Latin America 606 4,503 2,993 355 450 530 252 207 32 24
70 Caribbean 22,402 24,424 22,167 -1,501 3,019 2,532 808 5,322 2,723 962
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -4,753 -7,476 -716 -101 14 -27 -17 130 203 -83
72 Other Asia -5,414 13,739 21,815 502 2,686 1,773 810 6,133 507 1,821
73 China, Mainland 532 -357 740 -821 310 -443 230 1,694 4 174
74 Hong Kong 2,265 3,199 4,461 314 561 368 366 553 380 664
75 Japan -11,461 -333 8,491 1,111 655 655 897 1,152 -390 770
76 Africa 18 463 24 7 9 7 26 -19 -14 -55
77 Other countries 1,999 802 47 268 169 -880 -69 585 -265 -90
 
78 International and regional organizations2 753 221 -238 79 -49 -67 125 102 -68 -19
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -105,733 -114,188 -53,859 -17,821 2,326 -9,491 -687 -2,202 -2,028 -5,184
80 Foreign purchases 4,392,140 4,790,769 3,618,876 367,833 352,759 383,656 338,528 353,403 343,866 335,623
81 Foreign sales 4,497,873 4,904,957 3,672,735 385,654 350,433 393,147 339,215 355,605 345,894 340,807
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 131,678 276,062 221,745 3,544 27,212 1,114 32,034 20,160 22,420 20,577
 
83 Foreign purchases 4,752,825 5,935,835 4,718,410 529,435 440,088 427,884 478,307 433,839 557,016 520,173
84 Foreign sales 4,621,147 5,659,773 4,496,665 525,891 412,876 426,770 446,273 413,679 534,596 499,596
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 25,945 161,874 167,886 -14,277 29,538 -8,377 31,347 17,958 20,392 15,393
 
86 Foreign countries -9,155 136,760 147,683 -23,825 22,802 -3,370 33,264 15,313 14,136 14,900
87 Europe -86,405 -15,668 24,126 -9,538 -7,101 -7,657 12,684 6,126 -4,238 6,694
88 Euro Area5 -59,139 -94,781 -72,160 -8,717 -19,020 2,071 -1,255 -4,189 -19,880 2,523
89 United Kingdom -59,731 63,114 89,053 3,454 6,496 -4,524 11,803 11,387 20,386 1,964
90 Canada 30,250 74,074 40,009 6,925 3,823 -1,319 11,937 222 6,466 2,115
91 Latin America -38,228 -6,577 -5,927 -18,306 3,744 -1,286 -5,526 5,469 1,554 -2,396
92 Caribbean 29,541 29,567 40,397 6,196 11,732 -4,345 7,367 4,317 7,088 11,945
93 Asia 27,821 40,466 63,284 -9,684 13,878 11,094 6,301 197 6,053 -1,973
94 Japan 15,383 23,716 39,333 -3,976 4,884 8,834 5,645 2,523 2,918 513
95 Africa -2,103 -2,313 -8,998 -1,737 -686 -358 -112 -452 -2,072 -2,024
96 Other countries 29,969 17,211 -5,208 2,319 -2,588 501 613 -566 -715 539
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 35,100 25,114 20,203 9,548 6,736 -5,007 -1,917 2,645 6,256 493
  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: December 30, 2016