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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: January 2017

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2014 2015 Jan.-Nov.2016/r May.2016 Jun.2016/r Jul.2016/r Aug.2016/r Sep.2016/r Oct.2016/r Nov.2016/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 8,923,971 11,060,212 10,326,961 930,949 950,369 870,693 931,248 917,219 927,428 1,106,214
2 Foreign sales 8,940,085 11,175,141 10,327,577 939,296 957,156 844,634 928,514 920,429 906,893 1,112,003
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -16,114 -114,929 -616 -8,347 -6,787 26,059 2,734 -3,210 20,535 -5,789
 
4 Foreign countries -15,502 -114,729 -118 -7,812 -6,744 26,051 2,717 -3,209 20,519 -5,799
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,930 -16,218 5,939 1,131 1,244 4,814 -472 -408 884 68
 
6 Europe 8,583 -35,130 11,730 -1,615 -4,547 15,451 5,019 -12,026 15,410 -3,110
7 Belgium -546 -1,083 -617 -162 -127 66 -175 7 6 126
8 France 17,619 -12,117 3,225 1,480 -692 -148 1,236 -4,620 9,134 -713
9 Germany -1,951 -3,226 -1,489 161 -1,590 -149 -685 207 365 351
10 Ireland 4,742 -4,787 -6,149 -734 -635 -1,008 -720 -119 -825 32
11 Luxembourg 2,033 578 -6,542 -228 -832 -283 -607 -332 -166 -1,702
12 Netherlands 3,828 -3,001 4,020 193 389 2,019 96 189 341 -291
13 Switzerland -6,193 463 6,406 -569 -191 222 -817 -293 -746 91
14 United Kingdom -19,734 -15,518 9,025 -4,628 -733 14,845 7,100 -6,995 6,197 55
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 574 -2,088 -122 79 -121 -175 -152 8 371 53
16 Canada 10,179 -12,227 -1,536 1,541 -1,465 4,610 -515 -32 370 -1,358
17 Latin America 3,550 -1,085 -7,764 -3,033 -694 -1,920 345 -597 511 -17
18 Caribbean -11,702 -33,011 3,257 -3,430 -610 1,944 278 9,810 3,877 -84
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -326 -19,368 -6,073 -294 -17 489 289 -2,355 -1,012 -482
20 Other Asia -27,401 -13,957 -2,091 -892 808 5,057 -3,019 876 469 -337
21 China, Mainland -1,674 -4,537 -3,933 -707 -528 -627 -18 41 52 -99
22 Hong Kong -6,591 -16,159 -10,007 -720 235 875 -4,658 -1,130 -744 -41
23 Japan -9,223 9,472 9,201 603 -2 1,759 628 1,295 562 311
24 Africa 199 -428 335 -20 -1 -1 -37 38 227 75
25 Other countries 1,416 477 2,024 -69 -218 421 357 1,077 667 -486
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -612 -200 -498 -535 -43 8 17 -1 16 10
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,114,724 1,393,968 1,882,068 174,442 174,447 179,009 175,751 211,229 174,306 157,697
28 Foreign sales 1,040,120 1,237,245 1,582,178 149,006 140,569 140,098 146,190 179,114 141,892 136,730
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 74,604 156,723 299,890 25,436 33,878 38,911 29,561 32,115 32,414 20,967
 
30 Foreign countries 75,793 158,194 300,080 25,474 33,854 38,911 29,641 32,183 32,500 20,757
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 31,367 33,481 48,374 701 3,416 6,892 3,679 8,244 6,665 2,996
 
32 Europe 31,784 45,678 60,788 10,470 7,252 3,854 5,547 3,922 4,434 -1,900
33 Belgium -193 -49 -51 -17 4 31 -5 -7 0 -8
34 France 6,875 5,723 9,804 770 2,151 246 564 -44 1,472 603
35 Germany 3,375 1,595 -2,075 -37 68 -325 -641 -581 -3 -728
36 Ireland -9,419 -3,039 3,625 159 -346 648 327 380 645 -884
37 Luxembourg -3,371 3,962 12,278 1,613 2,331 1,251 1,072 483 1,683 310
38 Netherlands 678 2,092 1,965 232 323 71 796 735 -365 363
39 Switzerland -2,271 -1,122 -2,655 -49 32 -79 -168 -552 -1,046 -1,040
40 United Kingdom 36,681 36,954 37,025 7,873 2,760 2,256 3,770 2,931 1,818 -476
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 306 -172 281 105 -2 26 52 52 -103 -22
42 Canada 3,624 9,088 12,177 1,128 647 257 1,102 3,690 880 1,979
43 Latin America -9,947 4,101 7,415 -103 1,340 736 628 322 386 -24
44 Caribbean -693 5,759 24,166 -1,481 7,202 4,801 1,259 1,906 4,383 3,871
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -269 -295 -975 -193 -15 -31 110 -119 13 -245
46 Other Asia 51,892 93,659 194,871 15,369 17,375 29,098 20,805 22,173 22,307 17,017
47 China, Mainland 26,156 19,002 27,043 2,830 1,200 6,436 110 2,070 2,920 3,355
48 Hong Kong -2,950 -1,788 -329 -423 0 -22 385 637 -1,026 202
49 Japan 123 31,452 94,735 9,194 9,620 13,854 11,582 9,390 9,468 4,766
50 Africa 107 4 196 28 22 9 27 -13 1 30
51 Other countries -705 200 1,442 256 31 187 163 302 96 29
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,189 -1,471 -190 -38 24 0 -80 -68 -86 210
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,084,270 1,184,213 1,124,826 123,733 104,591 100,425 102,850 93,500 100,553 98,480
54 Foreign sales 1,058,960 1,050,080 1,018,548 103,858 96,568 84,327 82,860 92,424 96,007 100,155
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 25,310 134,133 106,278 19,875 8,023 16,098 19,990 1,076 4,546 -1,675
 
56 Foreign countries 24,557 133,912 106,565 19,924 8,090 15,973 19,888 1,144 4,565 -1,626
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 6,960 -3,807 -4,176 649 462 -1,087 1,187 -985 -1,087 -1,051
 
58 Europe 15,320 111,001 73,254 15,701 7,502 15,238 9,365 -48 2,388 -5,804
59 Belgium -12,634 -15,203 -20,139 -2,138 -1,410 -1,789 -1,238 -1,802 -2,216 -1,952
60 France -32,083 -1,669 -19,710 -206 52 328 423 -100 -1,294 -10,374
61 Germany -2,791 7,754 13,699 1,332 1,065 556 1,175 146 1,341 810
62 Ireland -9,203 1,264 -12,466 -825 -1,982 -1,623 -959 -1,156 -911 -1,145
63 Luxembourg -6,874 -1,362 -1,256 3,437 -569 -526 1,034 -742 562 -561
64 Netherlands -4,877 -3,695 155 -79 223 56 247 -235 -471 -26
65 Switzerland -4,457 -3,275 5,527 1,462 -208 315 771 114 760 -317
66 United Kingdom 77,168 127,398 104,818 11,825 9,417 17,583 7,186 3,607 5,378 7,504
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -990 -727 -315 -224 -34 -33 -33 -29 -16 62
68 Canada -5,621 -13,544 -18,380 -2,124 -3,347 -1,075 -1,835 -1,994 -402 -1,183
69 Latin America 606 4,503 3,104 450 530 252 207 32 24 111
70 Caribbean 22,402 24,424 25,885 3,019 2,532 808 5,322 2,723 962 3,718
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -4,753 -7,476 -1,319 14 -27 -17 130 203 -83 -603
72 Other Asia -5,414 13,739 24,915 2,686 1,773 810 6,133 507 1,821 3,100
73 China, Mainland 532 -357 932 310 -443 230 1,694 4 174 192
74 Hong Kong 2,265 3,199 4,865 561 368 366 553 380 664 404
75 Japan -11,461 -333 9,724 655 655 897 1,152 -390 770 1,233
76 Africa 18 463 22 9 7 26 -19 -14 -55 -2
77 Other countries 1,999 802 -916 169 -880 -69 585 -265 -90 -963
 
78 International and regional organizations2 753 221 -287 -49 -67 125 102 -68 -19 -49
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -105,733 -114,188 -53,456 2,326 -9,491 -687 -2,202 -2,028 -5,184 403
80 Foreign purchases 4,392,140 4,790,769 4,001,495 352,759 383,656 338,528 353,403 343,866 335,623 382,619
81 Foreign sales 4,497,873 4,904,957 4,054,951 350,433 393,147 339,215 355,605 345,894 340,807 382,216
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 131,678 276,062 239,516 27,212 1,636 32,012 20,186 22,416 20,554 17,056
 
83 Foreign purchases 4,752,825 5,935,835 5,264,512 440,088 428,424 478,437 433,865 557,029 520,173 544,642
84 Foreign sales 4,621,147 5,659,773 5,024,996 412,876 426,788 446,425 413,679 534,613 499,619 527,586
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 25,945 161,874 186,060 29,538 -7,855 31,325 17,984 20,388 15,370 17,459
 
86 Foreign countries -9,155 136,760 162,760 22,802 -2,848 33,242 15,339 14,132 14,877 14,362
87 Europe -86,405 -15,668 15,635 -7,101 -7,135 12,662 6,152 -4,242 6,671 -9,206
88 Euro Area5 -59,139 -94,781 -81,507 -19,020 2,071 -1,255 -4,189 -19,880 2,523 -9,347
89 United Kingdom -59,731 63,114 87,317 6,496 -4,002 11,781 11,413 20,382 1,941 -2,451
90 Canada 30,250 74,074 40,587 3,823 -1,319 11,937 222 6,466 2,115 578
91 Latin America -38,228 -6,577 -4,793 3,744 -1,286 -5,526 5,469 1,554 -2,396 1,134
92 Caribbean 29,541 29,567 44,580 11,732 -4,345 7,367 4,317 7,088 11,945 4,183
93 Asia 27,821 40,466 73,678 13,878 11,094 6,301 197 6,053 -1,973 10,394
94 Japan 15,383 23,716 42,137 4,884 8,834 5,645 2,523 2,918 513 2,804
95 Africa -2,103 -2,313 -9,397 -686 -358 -112 -452 -2,072 -2,024 -399
96 Other countries 29,969 17,211 2,470 -2,588 501 613 -566 -715 539 7,678
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 35,100 25,114 23,300 6,736 -5,007 -1,917 2,645 6,256 493 3,097
  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 27, 2017