Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: April 2019
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2017/r 2018/r Jan.-Feb.2019 Aug.2018/r Sep.2018/r Oct.2018/r Nov.2018/r Dec.2018/r Jan.2019 Feb.2019/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 13,356,598 18,081,754 2,730,109 1,441,440 1,342,017 1,907,804 1,667,600 1,514,840 1,421,261 1,308,848
2 Foreign sales 13,237,758 18,211,550 2,771,982 1,458,395 1,358,930 1,929,992 1,673,264 1,533,091 1,452,468 1,319,514
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 118,840 -129,796 -41,873 -16,955 -16,913 -22,188 -5,664 -18,251 -31,207 -10,666
 
4 Foreign countries 119,434 -129,872 -41,754 -16,949 -17,006 -22,156 -5,669 -18,263 -31,192 -10,562
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 530 -7,038 -943 -2,318 -7,869 3,791 -715 820 728 -1,671
 
6 Europe 45,795 -106,649 -7,424 -5,629 -4,075 -24,139 -4,569 -25,672 -3,506 -3,918
7 Belgium 667 1,044 1,037 201 140 -27 387 -34 210 827
8 France 3,326 7,632 3,917 994 630 3,761 -1,735 -8,446 3,515 402
9 Germany -481 2,679 1,062 814 1,457 -337 -1,325 -307 415 647
10 Ireland -8,224 -4,082 700 1,225 -1,233 -624 -950 -776 288 412
11 Luxembourg 2,481 -4,707 -1,225 890 527 -81 17 -3,485 -448 -777
12 Netherlands -1,051 -3,229 -2,235 -856 -957 -1,040 -392 458 -720 -1,515
13 Switzerland 8,258 -3,174 1,811 -1,702 -299 -803 -109 -266 3,502 -1,691
14 United Kingdom 33,507 -106,386 -13,015 -6,134 -3,824 -26,256 -2,172 -14,109 -10,345 -2,670
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -198 805 60 -578 185 216 126 1,149 -4 64
16 Canada 53,008 788 -10,210 -750 1,120 -3,186 1,109 2,362 -7,872 -2,338
17 Latin America 73 7,563 1,282 -508 -397 1,599 -44 3,377 1,543 -261
18 Caribbean 25,958 -19,179 -24,834 -1,459 -3,571 96 211 -5,299 -20,225 -4,609
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -8,333 4,248 2,845 2,023 1,526 -1,142 617 218 2,063 782
20 Other Asia -3,059 -17,614 -5,119 -9,874 -11,043 5,287 -3,897 4,953 -4,182 -937
21 China, Mainland 2,069 1,993 -466 -633 -547 -249 326 32 -110 -356
22 Hong Kong -4,588 -28,902 -39 -6,493 -3,313 -2,724 -917 875 -1,101 1,062
23 Japan 3,005 5,900 -541 30 678 2,142 682 1,066 414 -955
24 Africa -657 -1,902 -482 -479 -253 -280 -173 -225 -9 -473
25 Other countries 6,649 2,873 2,188 -273 -313 -391 1,077 2,023 996 1,192
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -594 76 -119 -6 93 -32 5 12 -15 -104
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,814,514 1,938,549 498,162 160,901 175,852 177,532 167,483 160,047 340,963 157,199
28 Foreign sales 1,679,454 1,708,466 452,688 144,897 146,003 165,943 147,931 145,016 317,968 134,720
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 135,060 230,083 45,474 16,004 29,849 11,589 19,552 15,031 22,995 22,479
 
30 Foreign countries 136,356 230,469 45,947 16,230 29,827 11,586 19,551 15,117 23,181 22,766
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 42,041 89,932 22,248 1,601 10,281 4,698 5,199 2,012 12,873 9,375
 
32 Europe 21,534 20,781 5,421 1,981 6,420 1,955 4,952 9,521 1,791 3,630
33 Belgium -124 -357 4 1 -100 4 0 1 0 4
34 France 3,869 4,310 352 101 1,122 17 77 179 387 -35
35 Germany 3,242 1,437 56 115 736 109 445 31 31 25
36 Ireland 4,465 6,762 444 -504 2,153 476 2,004 1,512 -373 817
37 Luxembourg 3,883 -7,268 365 1,052 480 550 194 1,227 44 321
38 Netherlands 1,785 -2,464 374 -100 656 270 252 114 330 44
39 Switzerland -11,068 -5,110 -235 -501 -256 -102 -235 -116 -35 -200
40 United Kingdom 15,164 23,167 4,048 1,822 1,717 542 1,749 6,637 1,436 2,612
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -208 136 40 -7 22 -49 64 -61 28 12
42 Canada 5,155 11,986 3,519 1,051 1,462 742 881 1,261 1,288 2,231
43 Latin America -14,118 4,807 141 415 392 322 398 993 -474 615
44 Caribbean 3,590 22,401 4,019 8,152 5,179 2,405 836 -3,702 2,296 1,723
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,293 1,649 308 403 284 238 -16 41 198 110
46 Other Asia 122,261 168,093 31,733 4,122 15,819 5,886 12,554 6,809 17,648 14,085
47 China, Mainland 19,237 47,339 20,204 125 8,931 844 1,764 -110 14,852 5,352
48 Hong Kong -1,193 1,743 52 -26 304 521 -67 156 -94 146
49 Japan 46,227 58,659 7,926 1,169 3,157 -424 5,936 4,700 3,124 4,802
50 Africa -323 157 26 40 17 9 4 -7 7 19
51 Other countries 550 595 780 66 254 29 -58 201 427 353
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,296 -386 -473 -226 22 3 1 -86 -186 -287
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,551,045 1,416,761 293,065 114,463 107,170 127,184 112,104 91,667 145,210 147,855
54 Foreign sales 1,419,572 1,364,779 281,746 99,548 101,108 124,870 116,347 102,513 144,572 137,174
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 131,473 51,982 11,319 14,915 6,062 2,314 -4,243 -10,846 638 10,681
 
56 Foreign countries 132,311 51,969 11,502 14,785 6,138 2,250 -4,103 -10,804 723 10,779
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 1,664 -4,082 -4,000 -8 -320 -2,026 189 -808 -2,432 -1,568
 
58 Europe 63,501 -3,176 -128 8,029 -708 836 -10,441 -11,290 -5,966 5,838
59 Belgium -18,543 -16,199 -2,731 1,205 -1,770 -785 -1,601 -3,360 -2,034 -697
60 France 2,304 3,382 675 160 -95 580 225 -1,357 350 325
61 Germany 5,655 -2,980 1,068 -107 -150 -1,617 -838 -569 482 586
62 Ireland -9,959 -32,094 -4,417 -285 -1,591 -1,407 -3,959 -3,019 -2,550 -1,867
63 Luxembourg 4,736 -6,113 1,049 489 -690 -1,383 -988 -1,265 -337 1,386
64 Netherlands -2,208 -8,070 245 -315 -368 -921 -1,048 -111 112 133
65 Switzerland 3,046 559 1,642 508 99 -400 -465 -214 576 1,066
66 United Kingdom 70,552 59,143 4,037 6,795 3,564 6,879 -692 -1,459 -1,512 5,549
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 808 -752 -313 -9 -98 -365 62 63 -196 -117
68 Canada -15,568 3,356 -1,846 16 695 322 -282 -1,191 -1,331 -515
69 Latin America 3,082 3,406 456 449 406 18 212 -134 233 223
70 Caribbean 69,449 33,719 11,255 4,989 3,631 64 2,191 514 6,455 4,800
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -1,386 -2,179 -684 -115 -111 -916 443 -127 -479 -205
72 Other Asia 13,957 17,960 2,341 2,614 2,000 1,866 3,805 1,581 1,808 533
73 China, Mainland 741 -871 -342 28 -115 -634 -220 -75 -217 -125
74 Hong Kong 4,884 5,304 1,477 245 402 852 444 177 538 939
75 Japan -2,188 11,661 3,156 1,310 1,883 1,678 1,861 1,633 1,959 1,197
76 Africa -219 316 -52 13 -14 -20 18 61 -41 -11
77 Other countries -505 -1,433 160 -1,210 239 80 -49 -218 44 116
 
78 International and regional organizations2 -838 13 -183 130 -76 64 -140 -42 -85 -98
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -106,284 43,886 -65 -1,471 206 5,863 9,275 11,919 -8,408 8,343
80 Foreign purchases 4,846,453 5,976,403 851,656 487,327 440,385 560,233 500,583 453,625 439,937 411,719
81 Foreign sales 4,952,737 5,932,517 851,721 488,798 440,179 554,370 491,308 441,706 448,345 403,376
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 233,188 324,804 21,877 56,019 23,170 32,617 26,256 31,132 20,740 1,137
 
83 Foreign purchases 8,864,558 11,151,768 2,055,942 979,095 908,042 1,028,670 1,049,657 786,446 1,100,862 955,080
84 Foreign sales 8,631,370 10,826,964 2,034,065 923,076 884,872 996,053 1,023,401 755,314 1,080,122 953,943
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 126,904 368,690 21,812 54,548 23,376 38,480 35,531 43,051 12,332 9,480
 
86 Foreign countries 111,458 335,677 20,704 50,835 17,737 33,119 34,883 41,206 11,300 9,404
87 Europe -99,456 73,322 18,176 25,323 -3,497 -991 5,404 6,663 5,860 12,316
88 Euro Area5 -67,767 -91,686 -4,840 5,025 -13,526 -11,886 3,396 -7,226 -10,635 5,795
89 United Kingdom -38,323 102,150 17,173 17,228 11,636 1,478 -488 9,673 12,115 5,058
90 Canada 28,964 81,264 20,017 1,584 14,339 9,739 5,058 4,167 13,354 6,663
91 Latin America -275 5,699 -19,454 11,332 1,407 -3,049 1,584 4,355 -3,330 -16,124
92 Caribbean 171,114 140,648 3,942 17,322 6,860 8,310 19,934 8,889 -5,103 9,045
93 Asia 16,295 33,853 467 -4,794 -2,393 17,287 -720 17,463 1,240 -773
94 Japan 18,314 40,610 450 2,283 4,428 6,548 -141 8,240 -24 474
95 Africa -17,789 -7,814 -1,039 -456 11 -726 -343 -228 -65 -974
96 Other countries 12,605 8,705 -1,405 524 1,010 2,549 3,966 -103 -656 -749
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 15,446 33,013 1,108 3,713 5,639 5,361 648 1,845 1,032 76
  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: April 26, 2019