Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: June 2019
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2017 2018 Jan.-Apr.2019/r Oct.2018 Nov.2018 Dec.2018 Jan.2019 Feb.2019 Mar.2019/r Apr.2019/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 13,356,598 18,081,754 5,709,043 1,907,804 1,667,600 1,514,840 1,421,261 1,308,848 1,562,951 1,415,983
2 Foreign sales 13,237,758 18,211,550 5,775,518 1,929,992 1,673,264 1,533,091 1,452,468 1,319,514 1,586,589 1,416,947
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 118,840 -129,796 -66,475 -22,188 -5,664 -18,251 -31,207 -10,666 -23,638 -964
 
4 Foreign countries 119,434 -129,872 -66,373 -22,156 -5,669 -18,263 -31,192 -10,562 -23,649 -970
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 530 -7,038 -480 3,791 -715 820 728 -1,671 836 -373
 
6 Europe 45,795 -106,649 -17,835 -24,139 -4,569 -25,672 -3,506 -3,918 -14,252 3,841
7 Belgium 667 1,044 1,366 -27 387 -34 210 827 247 82
8 France 3,326 7,632 6,144 3,761 -1,735 -8,446 3,515 402 2,029 198
9 Germany -481 2,679 1,366 -337 -1,325 -307 415 647 977 -673
10 Ireland -8,224 -4,082 1,282 -624 -950 -776 288 412 304 278
11 Luxembourg 2,481 -4,707 -2,376 -81 17 -3,485 -448 -777 -1,828 677
12 Netherlands -1,051 -3,229 -3,934 -1,040 -392 458 -720 -1,515 -1,420 -279
13 Switzerland 8,258 -3,174 -3,405 -803 -109 -266 3,502 -1,691 -4,323 -893
14 United Kingdom 33,507 -106,386 -20,623 -26,256 -2,172 -14,109 -10,345 -2,670 -10,907 3,299
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -198 805 -119 216 126 1,149 -4 64 -158 -21
16 Canada 53,008 788 -9,458 -3,186 1,109 2,362 -7,872 -2,338 2,104 -1,352
17 Latin America 73 7,563 -99 1,599 -44 3,377 1,543 -261 -1,443 62
18 Caribbean 25,958 -19,179 -36,692 96 211 -5,299 -20,225 -4,609 -8,802 -3,056
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -8,333 4,248 3,332 -1,142 617 218 2,063 782 354 133
20 Other Asia -3,059 -17,614 -6,753 5,287 -3,897 4,953 -4,182 -937 -2,133 499
21 China, Mainland 2,069 1,993 -2,578 -249 326 32 -110 -356 -1,782 -330
22 Hong Kong -4,588 -28,902 -1,070 -2,724 -917 875 -1,101 1,062 -1,724 693
23 Japan 3,005 5,900 -3,137 2,142 682 1,066 414 -955 -702 -1,894
24 Africa -657 -1,902 -666 -280 -173 -225 -9 -473 -125 -59
25 Other countries 6,649 2,873 1,798 -391 1,077 2,023 996 1,192 648 -1,038
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -594 76 -102 -32 5 12 -15 -104 11 6
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,814,514 1,938,549 860,002 177,532 167,483 160,047 340,963 157,199 161,222 200,618
28 Foreign sales 1,679,454 1,708,466 784,587 165,943 147,931 145,016 317,968 134,720 156,482 175,417
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 135,060 230,083 75,415 11,589 19,552 15,031 22,995 22,479 4,740 25,201
 
30 Foreign countries 136,356 230,469 76,314 11,586 19,551 15,117 23,181 22,766 5,038 25,329
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 42,041 89,932 35,870 4,698 5,199 2,012 12,873 9,375 3,102 10,520
 
32 Europe 21,534 20,781 15,961 1,955 4,952 9,521 1,791 3,630 3,336 7,204
33 Belgium -124 -357 3 4 0 1 0 4 2 -3
34 France 3,869 4,310 116 17 77 179 387 -35 -293 57
35 Germany 3,242 1,437 886 109 445 31 31 25 678 152
36 Ireland 4,465 6,762 962 476 2,004 1,512 -373 817 228 290
37 Luxembourg 3,883 -7,268 1,983 550 194 1,227 44 321 -912 2,530
38 Netherlands 1,785 -2,464 36 270 252 114 330 44 -234 -104
39 Switzerland -11,068 -5,110 -955 -102 -235 -116 -35 -200 -393 -327
40 United Kingdom 15,164 23,167 12,942 542 1,749 6,637 1,436 2,612 4,296 4,598
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -208 136 15 -49 64 -61 28 12 15 -40
42 Canada 5,155 11,986 6,651 742 881 1,261 1,288 2,231 1,044 2,088
43 Latin America -14,118 4,807 860 322 398 993 -474 615 693 26
44 Caribbean 3,590 22,401 -2,278 2,405 836 -3,702 2,296 1,723 -5,810 -487
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,293 1,649 494 238 -16 41 198 110 155 31
46 Other Asia 122,261 168,093 53,830 5,886 12,554 6,809 17,648 14,085 5,367 16,730
47 China, Mainland 19,237 47,339 30,419 844 1,764 -110 14,852 5,352 2,372 7,843
48 Hong Kong -1,193 1,743 360 521 -67 156 -94 146 207 101
49 Japan 46,227 58,659 14,387 -424 5,936 4,700 3,124 4,802 583 5,878
50 Africa -323 157 -37 9 4 -7 7 19 -10 -53
51 Other countries 550 595 833 29 -58 201 427 353 263 -210
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,296 -386 -899 3 1 -86 -186 -287 -298 -128
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,551,045 1,416,761 613,176 127,184 112,104 91,667 145,210 147,855 166,240 153,871
54 Foreign sales 1,419,572 1,364,779 603,020 124,870 116,347 102,513 144,572 137,174 162,618 158,656
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 131,473 51,982 10,156 2,314 -4,243 -10,846 638 10,681 3,622 -4,785
 
56 Foreign countries 132,311 51,969 10,406 2,250 -4,103 -10,804 723 10,779 3,604 -4,700
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 1,664 -4,082 -4,798 -2,026 189 -808 -2,432 -1,568 -1,114 316
 
58 Europe 63,501 -3,176 -5,552 836 -10,441 -11,290 -5,966 5,838 -916 -4,508
59 Belgium -18,543 -16,199 -6,344 -785 -1,601 -3,360 -2,034 -697 -1,233 -2,380
60 France 2,304 3,382 -56 580 225 -1,357 350 325 758 -1,489
61 Germany 5,655 -2,980 1,367 -1,617 -838 -569 482 586 -28 327
62 Ireland -9,959 -32,094 -11,949 -1,407 -3,959 -3,019 -2,550 -1,867 -3,716 -3,816
63 Luxembourg 4,736 -6,113 1,277 -1,383 -988 -1,265 -337 1,386 821 -593
64 Netherlands -2,208 -8,070 -113 -921 -1,048 -111 112 133 -287 -71
65 Switzerland 3,046 559 1,886 -400 -465 -214 576 1,066 205 39
66 United Kingdom 70,552 59,143 9,228 6,879 -692 -1,459 -1,512 5,549 2,742 2,449
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 808 -752 -323 -365 62 63 -196 -117 -138 128
68 Canada -15,568 3,356 -4,010 322 -282 -1,191 -1,331 -515 -654 -1,510
69 Latin America 3,082 3,406 1,792 18 212 -134 233 223 616 720
70 Caribbean 69,449 33,719 14,478 64 2,191 514 6,455 4,800 3,769 -546
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -1,386 -2,179 -1,158 -916 443 -127 -479 -205 -320 -154
72 Other Asia 13,957 17,960 4,679 1,866 3,805 1,581 1,808 533 519 1,819
73 China, Mainland 741 -871 -26 -634 -220 -75 -217 -125 -383 699
74 Hong Kong 4,884 5,304 1,995 852 444 177 538 939 157 361
75 Japan -2,188 11,661 3,958 1,678 1,861 1,633 1,959 1,197 725 77
76 Africa -219 316 -53 -20 18 61 -41 -11 -14 13
77 Other countries -505 -1,433 230 80 -49 -218 44 116 604 -534
 
78 International and regional organizations2 -838 13 -250 64 -140 -42 -85 -98 18 -85
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -106,284 43,886 -5,268 5,863 9,275 11,919 -8,408 8,343 -4,968 -235
80 Foreign purchases 4,846,453 5,976,403 1,776,522 560,233 500,583 453,625 439,937 411,719 470,364 454,502
81 Foreign sales 4,952,737 5,932,517 1,781,790 554,370 491,308 441,706 448,345 403,376 475,332 454,737
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 233,188 324,804 39,623 32,617 26,256 31,132 20,854 1,137 6,884 10,748
 
83 Foreign purchases 8,864,558 11,151,768 4,202,828 1,028,670 1,049,657 786,446 1,100,976 955,080 1,137,607 1,009,165
84 Foreign sales 8,631,370 10,826,964 4,163,205 996,053 1,023,401 755,314 1,080,122 953,943 1,130,723 998,417
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 126,904 368,690 34,355 38,480 35,531 43,051 12,446 9,480 1,916 10,513
 
86 Foreign countries 111,458 335,677 27,883 33,119 34,883 41,206 11,414 9,404 -1,881 8,946
87 Europe -99,456 73,322 -12,657 -991 5,404 6,663 5,974 12,316 -20,512 -10,435
88 Euro Area5 -67,767 -91,686 -32,867 -11,886 3,396 -7,226 -10,635 5,795 -13,931 -14,096
89 United Kingdom -38,323 102,150 5,114 1,478 -488 9,673 12,229 5,058 -10,797 -1,376
90 Canada 28,964 81,264 28,112 9,739 5,058 4,167 13,354 6,663 1,122 6,973
91 Latin America -275 5,699 -13,636 -3,049 1,584 4,355 -3,330 -16,124 2,110 3,708
92 Caribbean 171,114 140,648 18,574 8,310 19,934 8,889 -5,103 9,045 6,369 8,263
93 Asia 16,295 33,853 13,040 17,287 -720 17,463 1,240 -773 10,510 2,063
94 Japan 18,314 40,610 13,189 6,548 -141 8,240 -24 474 9,756 2,983
95 Africa -17,789 -7,814 -2,847 -726 -343 -228 -65 -974 -756 -1,052
96 Other countries 12,605 8,705 -2,703 2,549 3,966 -103 -656 -749 -724 -574
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 15,446 33,013 6,472 5,361 648 1,845 1,032 76 3,797 1,567
  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 28, 2019