Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: August 2018
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2016 2017 Jan.-Jun.2018/r Dec.2017 Jan.2018 Feb.2018 Mar.2018 Apr.2018 May.2018/r Jun.2018/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 11,530,619 13,356,598 8,853,290 1,345,278 1,479,294 1,582,505 1,489,735 1,359,863 1,430,294 1,511,599
2 Foreign sales 11,537,493 13,237,708 8,888,889 1,313,466 1,444,840 1,583,394 1,511,301 1,353,791 1,456,931 1,538,632
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -6,874 118,890 -35,599 31,812 34,454 -889 -21,566 6,072 -26,637 -27,033
 
4 Foreign countries -6,348 119,484 -35,627 31,872 34,428 -873 -21,372 5,998 -26,665 -27,143
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 5,372 530 -1,063 -5,265 952 -549 -2,335 534 1,204 -869
 
6 Europe 2,466 45,830 -32,715 6,337 30,964 -12,880 -14,805 6,748 -26,889 -15,853
7 Belgium -656 667 -24 -912 164 -5 -318 51 145 -61
8 France -1,502 3,326 6,842 -7,032 17,777 -3,704 -2,810 2,507 -430 -6,498
9 Germany -2,778 -478 776 -660 310 -46 -1,236 481 788 479
10 Ireland -7,100 -8,218 -5,288 1,417 -1,641 111 -993 -689 -820 -1,256
11 Luxembourg -12,224 2,488 -1,960 785 423 552 609 -1,014 -759 -1,771
12 Netherlands 3,211 -1,051 -325 457 724 25 221 147 321 -1,763
13 Switzerland 5,298 8,258 125 -469 1,608 422 -1,015 -33 -959 102
14 United Kingdom 13,519 33,507 -33,487 12,847 12,526 -11,174 -11,350 2,631 -23,817 -2,303
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 153 -198 7 627 -837 -39 982 298 -259 -138
16 Canada 2,259 53,018 518 11,842 3,324 2,929 -2,717 -7,959 943 3,998
17 Latin America -7,627 73 3,678 113 682 1,907 617 1,032 -62 -498
18 Caribbean 3,773 25,958 -10,517 20,607 -10,331 10,795 -91 -443 -4,645 -5,802
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -3,952 -8,333 794 241 569 -1,132 -1,250 1,662 1,280 -335
20 Other Asia -4,239 -3,054 1,370 -8,646 9,373 -2,274 -2,261 3,690 2,120 -9,278
21 China, Mainland -3,343 2,069 3,772 702 1,268 1,135 739 272 354 4
22 Hong Kong -12,316 -4,588 -10,761 -2,562 4,964 -2,909 -3,847 597 -1,095 -8,471
23 Japan 9,077 3,005 1,208 412 -471 -1,637 757 1,551 940 68
24 Africa 271 -657 326 -157 -128 8 3 167 139 137
25 Other countries 701 6,649 919 1,535 -25 -226 -868 1,101 449 488
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -526 -594 28 -60 26 -16 -194 74 28 110
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,772,858 1,814,514 936,584 170,004 158,024 163,541 165,797 143,881 152,715 152,626
28 Foreign sales 1,506,931 1,679,454 822,139 153,562 135,502 151,720 140,520 124,161 137,495 132,741
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 265,927 135,060 114,445 16,442 22,522 11,821 25,277 19,720 15,220 19,885
 
30 Foreign countries 266,291 136,356 114,408 16,338 22,407 11,859 25,156 19,756 15,269 19,961
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 40,795 42,041 55,945 4,318 5,406 6,276 18,245 5,696 13,531 6,791
 
32 Europe 61,557 21,534 -6,409 3,037 983 -825 -2,855 731 -5,689 1,246
33 Belgium -99 -124 -269 1 -7 -34 -11 -22 -4 -191
34 France 10,405 3,869 1,799 355 728 355 156 820 -320 60
35 Germany 881 3,242 -152 250 -73 14 73 -113 220 -273
36 Ireland 4,174 4,465 233 913 15 1,179 -245 125 -1,060 219
37 Luxembourg 12,625 3,883 -9,476 635 124 398 -3,229 -1,051 -4,549 -1,169
38 Netherlands 2,370 1,785 -3,862 65 64 -394 -771 -2,194 -636 69
39 Switzerland -3,945 -11,068 -3,416 -968 -772 -484 -570 -450 -543 -597
40 United Kingdom 34,782 15,164 8,836 1,773 808 -1,825 1,930 3,641 1,209 3,073
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 272 -208 140 2 -19 40 10 4 71 34
42 Canada 9,077 5,155 5,077 837 626 782 997 678 671 1,323
43 Latin America 7,893 -14,118 2,436 -118 603 -185 -77 1,015 339 741
44 Caribbean 24,006 3,590 7,087 3,701 431 -122 775 1,679 -124 4,448
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -677 -2,293 403 111 110 -2 -19 66 -97 345
46 Other Asia 163,103 122,261 105,729 8,808 19,560 12,135 26,470 15,406 20,117 12,041
47 China, Mainland 23,384 19,237 28,400 422 301 502 11,775 71 11,590 4,161
48 Hong Kong -2,011 -1,193 789 -497 183 177 -190 421 88 110
49 Japan 91,572 46,227 39,085 1,710 13,812 3,390 7,170 8,670 4,620 1,423
50 Africa 194 -323 66 -6 14 32 12 12 18 -22
51 Other countries 1,138 550 19 -32 80 44 -147 169 34 -161
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -364 -1,296 37 104 115 -38 121 -36 -49 -76
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,212,894 1,551,017 767,527 91,344 116,368 119,168 151,670 123,998 132,451 123,872
54 Foreign sales 1,088,182 1,419,515 727,643 92,606 119,233 115,624 129,280 122,404 127,471 113,631
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 124,712 131,502 39,884 -1,262 -2,865 3,544 22,390 1,594 4,980 10,241
 
56 Foreign countries 125,017 132,340 39,887 -1,187 -2,794 3,578 22,398 1,543 4,867 10,295
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -5,329 1,664 -39 -960 -288 1,512 1,615 -1,440 -1,861 423
 
58 Europe 85,750 63,514 10,819 -8,478 -5,054 1,567 13,476 494 -1,501 1,837
59 Belgium -20,623 -18,543 -9,754 -2,892 -2,867 -1,040 2,553 -2,557 -4,030 -1,813
60 France -2,533 2,304 4,230 57 204 1,465 1,098 438 -94 1,119
61 Germany 5,929 5,655 200 -75 450 938 289 326 -1,446 -357
62 Ireland -15,801 -9,958 -19,354 -1,992 -4,177 -1,522 -3,017 -4,771 -2,574 -3,293
63 Luxembourg -1,094 4,736 -1,565 423 -407 -529 1,020 -1,059 -751 161
64 Netherlands 211 -2,208 -4,691 -298 -430 -1,060 -487 -339 -1,896 -479
65 Switzerland 4,703 3,047 932 -275 222 341 953 -393 -123 -68
66 United Kingdom 113,240 70,563 39,684 -2,767 1,944 2,067 11,132 8,958 9,155 6,428
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -274 808 -220 61 -52 -74 12 -54 -1 -51
68 Canada -17,326 -15,553 4,875 1,249 618 1,281 2,334 -786 1,299 129
69 Latin America 3,175 3,082 2,606 -63 101 690 636 441 248 490
70 Caribbean 27,202 69,438 17,816 5,262 2,440 683 3,348 1,551 4,475 5,319
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -1,298 -1,386 -1,430 -250 -541 -194 -86 -851 -392 634
72 Other Asia 28,751 13,969 5,318 1,025 -523 15 2,954 896 -37 2,013
73 China, Mainland 809 741 234 -6 331 -71 -340 419 40 -145
74 Hong Kong 5,412 4,893 2,880 156 148 191 874 -11 1,024 654
75 Japan 11,327 -2,188 1,833 920 -427 -263 -63 910 -259 1,935
76 Africa 15 -219 288 -14 -19 5 26 8 238 30
77 Other countries -1,252 -505 -405 82 184 -469 -290 -210 537 -157
 
78 International and regional organizations2 -305 -838 -3 -75 -71 -34 -8 51 113 -54
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -55,682 -106,103 17,113 -8,977 -9,002 -5,515 5,886 32,792 -821 -6,227
80 Foreign purchases 4,375,323 4,846,258 3,085,916 445,632 499,638 499,609 502,399 553,129 493,195 537,946
81 Foreign sales 4,431,005 4,952,361 3,068,803 454,609 508,640 505,124 496,513 520,337 494,016 544,173
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 258,745 233,224 122,601 1,369 7,993 -3,107 37,807 38,590 26,070 15,248
 
83 Foreign purchases 5,749,032 8,864,480 5,508,614 623,852 986,717 831,924 973,012 918,462 935,356 863,143
84 Foreign sales 5,490,287 8,631,256 5,386,013 622,483 978,724 835,031 935,205 879,872 909,286 847,895
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 203,063 127,121 139,714 -7,608 -1,009 -8,622 43,693 71,382 25,249 9,021
 
86 Foreign countries 177,376 111,675 127,006 -9,147 -578 -8,654 41,335 69,702 22,674 2,527
87 Europe 13,458 -99,434 32,460 -20,159 -15,660 -11,264 12,587 53,554 1,934 -8,691
88 Euro Area5 -85,654 -67,765 -61,312 3,188 -23,458 -7,258 -5,886 -1,306 -11,578 -11,826
89 United Kingdom 89,547 -38,311 48,093 -22,576 -4,782 -3,515 13,113 26,463 9,169 7,645
90 Canada 45,514 28,984 36,174 685 7,507 6,839 9,067 8,074 780 3,907
91 Latin America -5,135 -270 -9,023 -3,709 -7,301 -5,554 3,721 -5,562 601 5,072
92 Caribbean 46,818 171,286 70,592 6,541 13,445 4,289 10,505 12,746 17,710 11,897
93 Asia 82,715 16,303 4,000 5,817 2,876 2,338 8,619 -2,431 1,842 -9,244
94 Japan 45,180 18,314 14,946 4,212 -3,467 1,056 7,646 3,519 3,448 2,744
95 Africa -10,004 -17,790 -5,540 -326 812 -4,655 -1,319 -509 -217 348
96 Other countries 4,010 12,596 -1,657 2,004 -2,257 -647 -1,845 3,830 24 -762
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 25,687 15,446 12,708 1,539 -431 32 2,358 1,680 2,575 6,494
  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: August 31, 2018