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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: June 2017

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2015 2016 Jan.-Apr.2017/r Oct.2016 Nov.2016 Dec.2016 Jan.2017/r Feb.2017/r Mar.2017/r Apr.2017/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 11,060,212 11,497,278 3,932,793 943,503 1,129,181 994,960 882,288 955,068 1,158,582 936,855
2 Foreign sales 11,175,141 11,510,925 3,887,128 923,056 1,134,046 1,004,921 867,087 936,262 1,157,703 926,076
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -114,929 -13,647 45,665 20,447 -4,865 -9,961 15,201 18,806 879 10,779
 
4 Foreign countries -114,729 -13,121 45,739 20,431 -4,875 -9,933 15,167 18,864 950 10,758
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -16,218 5,432 2,678 884 68 -507 -1,491 1,719 -337 2,787
 
6 Europe -35,130 4,945 23,575 15,864 -2,048 -4,414 21,580 14,382 -3,192 -9,195
7 Belgium -1,083 -656 -139 6 126 -39 12 90 -234 -7
8 France -12,117 -1,502 9,985 9,134 -713 -4,727 9,064 -974 3,283 -1,388
9 Germany -3,226 -2,787 -2,044 365 351 -1,298 -369 -485 -637 -553
10 Ireland -4,787 -7,196 -2,173 -825 32 -1,047 -370 -246 -792 -765
11 Luxembourg 578 -9,307 -866 288 -640 -394 -435 -1,499 1,081 -13
12 Netherlands -3,001 3,211 -1,647 341 -291 -809 -274 480 -987 -866
13 Switzerland 463 5,268 6,499 -746 91 -1,138 2,411 2,650 2,361 -923
14 United Kingdom -15,518 13,420 12,166 6,197 55 4,395 9,796 13,900 -6,244 -5,286
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -2,088 -24 -483 371 53 98 -229 -101 -158 5
16 Canada -12,227 -3,624 9,122 -172 -1,496 -1,382 557 1,447 7,869 -751
17 Latin America -1,085 -7,627 3,226 511 -17 130 541 354 1,120 1,211
18 Caribbean -33,011 3,404 17,455 3,877 -84 147 -2,785 1,363 -4,387 23,264
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -19,368 -5,020 -5,715 -1,012 -482 1,053 -1,274 -13 -942 -3,486
20 Other Asia -13,957 -6,042 -2,322 469 -337 -3,951 -3,784 1,146 267 49
21 China, Mainland -4,537 -4,123 -398 52 -99 -190 -287 -359 58 190
22 Hong Kong -16,159 -12,316 941 -744 -41 -2,309 -41 -1,134 2,112 4
23 Japan 9,472 8,753 -223 562 311 -448 682 -309 -86 -510
24 Africa -428 271 -392 227 75 -64 40 -8 -209 -215
25 Other countries 477 572 790 667 -486 -1,452 292 193 424 -119
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -200 -526 -74 16 10 -28 34 -58 -71 21
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,393,968 1,777,699 619,667 151,747 147,864 153,812 175,928 168,587 151,298 123,854
28 Foreign sales 1,237,245 1,511,661 591,237 129,687 132,213 141,155 163,376 155,852 152,378 119,631
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 156,723 266,038 28,430 22,060 15,651 12,657 12,552 12,735 -1,080 4,223
 
30 Foreign countries 158,194 266,402 28,586 22,146 15,441 12,927 12,668 12,710 -1,102 4,310
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 33,481 40,717 2,959 7,847 2,951 1,149 -1,178 4,252 -1,807 1,692
 
32 Europe 45,678 61,570 5,264 3,605 -1,148 3,042 3,150 1,923 -1,824 2,015
33 Belgium -49 -99 -2 0 -8 -22 -1 1 -3 1
34 France 5,723 10,405 1,554 1,402 603 765 238 835 -62 543
35 Germany 1,595 881 1,782 -82 -313 1,386 1,833 229 -187 -93
36 Ireland -3,039 4,179 1,456 884 -886 34 615 -434 566 709
37 Luxembourg 3,962 12,625 1,200 1,283 350 979 771 628 -723 524
38 Netherlands 2,092 2,370 764 -366 320 380 199 151 -93 507
39 Switzerland -1,122 -3,945 -3,400 -1,042 -1,043 -996 -1,089 -1,165 -476 -670
40 United Kingdom 36,954 34,769 1,920 1,450 -134 588 620 1,603 -780 477
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -172 272 49 -103 -22 -1 -33 94 -1 -11
42 Canada 9,088 9,077 2,353 633 1,602 1,372 1,421 484 106 342
43 Latin America 4,101 7,893 -9,761 516 -27 525 -2,011 -6,346 -1,143 -261
44 Caribbean 5,759 24,094 -2,440 104 2,814 2,192 3,889 -184 -1,387 -4,758
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -295 -677 266 14 -231 288 -43 221 -37 125
46 Other Asia 93,659 163,113 32,681 17,186 12,383 5,406 6,179 16,558 3,214 6,730
47 China, Mainland 19,002 23,384 7,492 2,930 3,354 -202 176 12,938 -2,207 -3,415
48 Hong Kong -1,788 -2,011 -172 -25 202 123 245 137 -618 64
49 Japan 31,452 91,572 7,680 9,439 4,780 1,125 702 -531 1,312 6,197
50 Africa 4 194 -5 12 19 9 -41 30 -13 19
51 Other countries 200 1,138 228 76 29 93 124 24 -18 98
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,471 -364 -156 -86 210 -270 -116 25 22 -87
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,184,213 1,212,823 485,581 100,172 98,590 91,671 99,127 128,388 150,687 107,379
54 Foreign sales 1,050,080 1,087,979 460,633 95,062 91,314 87,120 105,046 110,801 144,091 100,695
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 134,133 124,844 24,948 5,110 7,276 4,551 -5,919 17,587 6,596 6,684
 
56 Foreign countries 133,912 125,149 25,308 5,129 7,325 4,569 -5,870 17,640 6,782 6,756
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -3,807 -5,283 -1,090 -1,087 -1,051 -1,107 -1,131 -406 567 -120
 
58 Europe 111,001 85,750 22,447 2,513 2,599 -85 -1,909 14,019 4,868 5,469
59 Belgium -15,203 -20,623 -5,347 -2,216 -1,952 -484 -1,030 -1,209 -2,308 -800
60 France -1,669 -2,533 600 -236 -1,374 -886 123 52 603 -178
61 Germany 7,754 5,929 952 408 213 120 -132 827 301 -44
62 Ireland 1,264 -15,801 -2,596 -911 -1,145 -3,335 255 -1,129 -770 -952
63 Luxembourg -1,362 -1,094 1,036 562 -561 162 383 427 83 143
64 Netherlands -3,695 211 -750 -471 -26 56 -442 308 -347 -269
65 Switzerland -3,275 4,703 1,307 760 -317 -824 511 373 441 -18
66 United Kingdom 127,398 113,240 25,469 5,378 7,504 6,014 -1,701 13,934 6,285 6,951
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -727 -274 -331 -16 62 41 -86 -73 -79 -93
68 Canada -13,544 -17,194 -18,580 37 -703 -885 -9,959 -2,969 -4,058 -1,594
69 Latin America 4,503 3,175 1,577 24 111 71 202 575 362 438
70 Caribbean 24,424 27,202 16,116 962 3,718 2,022 4,640 5,569 5,074 833
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -7,476 -1,298 -473 -83 -603 21 -16 -212 79 -324
72 Other Asia 13,739 28,751 4,892 1,821 3,168 3,768 1,471 1,000 425 1,996
73 China, Mainland -357 809 50 174 187 -118 229 0 -329 150
74 Hong Kong 3,199 5,412 2,195 664 404 547 736 736 599 124
75 Japan -333 11,327 -1,624 770 1,233 1,603 -450 -386 -1,426 638
76 Africa 463 15 38 -55 -2 -7 27 55 -25 -19
77 Other countries 802 -1,252 -709 -90 -963 -336 -326 -397 57 -43
 
78 International and regional organizations2 221 -305 -360 -19 -49 -18 -49 -53 -186 -72
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -114,188 -71,272 -50,291 -5,180 430 -18,153 -9,254 -9,175 -6,318 -25,544
80 Foreign purchases 4,790,769 4,356,400 1,404,011 336,386 383,605 346,804 314,951 353,117 419,369 316,574
81 Foreign sales 4,904,957 4,427,672 1,454,302 341,566 383,175 364,957 324,205 362,292 425,687 342,118
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 276,062 258,732 90,325 20,582 17,020 19,280 239 26,623 35,241 28,222
 
83 Foreign purchases 5,935,835 5,749,019 2,556,715 520,204 544,651 484,569 595,729 594,452 738,689 627,845
84 Foreign sales 5,659,773 5,490,287 2,466,390 499,622 527,631 465,289 595,490 567,829 703,448 599,623
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 161,874 187,460 40,034 15,402 17,450 1,127 -9,015 17,448 28,923 2,678
 
86 Foreign countries 136,760 161,773 31,133 14,909 14,353 -1,260 -6,008 15,178 27,088 -5,125
87 Europe -15,668 12,531 -61,429 6,670 -9,216 -3,007 -18,264 6,180 -22,535 -26,810
88 Euro Area5 -94,781 -86,101 -48,382 2,523 -9,357 -4,675 -19,508 5,583 -19,064 -15,393
89 United Kingdom 63,114 89,279 -7,617 1,940 -2,451 1,963 1,259 4,202 592 -13,670
90 Canada 74,074 35,946 11,205 2,148 581 -4,966 8,781 -1,752 6,958 -2,782
91 Latin America -6,577 -5,150 -1,615 -2,396 1,134 -405 -3,964 252 4,509 -2,412
92 Caribbean 29,567 46,800 79,223 11,945 4,181 2,223 7,048 17,628 24,335 30,212
93 Asia 40,466 78,768 2,069 -1,973 10,394 5,090 -188 -9,767 13,200 -1,176
94 Japan 23,716 44,645 8,202 513 2,804 2,508 -414 -1,016 9,577 55
95 Africa -2,313 -10,003 -6,164 -2,024 -399 -606 -1,378 -1,546 -784 -2,456
96 Other countries 17,211 2,881 7,844 539 7,678 411 1,957 4,183 1,405 299
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 25,114 25,687 8,901 493 3,097 2,387 -3,007 2,270 1,835 7,803
  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: June 30, 2017