Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: October 2019
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2017 2018 Jan.-Aug.2019/r Feb.2019 Mar.2019 Apr.2019 May.2019 Jun.2019 Jul.2019/r Aug.2019/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 13,356,598 18,081,825 12,116,257 1,308,848 1,562,951 1,415,983 1,691,778 1,516,552 1,477,596 1,721,288
2 Foreign sales 13,237,758 18,211,550 12,155,020 1,319,515 1,586,590 1,417,010 1,693,223 1,490,195 1,453,395 1,742,275
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 118,840 -129,725 -38,763 -10,667 -23,639 -1,027 -1,445 26,357 24,201 -20,987
 
4 Foreign countries 119,434 -129,801 -38,295 -10,563 -23,650 -1,033 -1,197 26,475 24,185 -20,971
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 530 -7,038 13,243 -1,671 836 -373 2,598 3,806 4,857 2,462
 
6 Europe 45,795 -106,649 -27,962 -3,918 -14,252 3,841 -8,337 8,275 14,201 -24,266
7 Belgium 667 1,044 1,921 827 247 82 -78 427 130 76
8 France 3,326 7,632 4,803 402 2,029 198 1,699 -3,678 10,139 -9,501
9 Germany -481 2,679 2,036 647 977 -673 -273 557 651 -265
10 Ireland -8,224 -4,082 4,380 412 304 278 -376 688 1,444 1,342
11 Luxembourg 2,481 -4,707 -3,695 -777 -1,828 677 -489 -1,267 -159 596
12 Netherlands -1,051 -3,229 -2,179 -1,515 -1,420 -279 -241 589 1,649 -242
13 Switzerland 8,258 -3,174 -5,364 -1,691 -4,323 -893 -1,206 -704 -837 788
14 United Kingdom 33,507 -106,386 -30,753 -2,670 -10,907 3,299 -7,362 12,846 401 -16,015
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -198 805 -1,312 64 -158 -21 -232 -446 -60 -455
16 Canada 53,008 788 5,393 -2,338 2,104 -1,352 1,494 5,681 6,135 1,541
17 Latin America 73 7,563 -4,691 -261 -1,443 62 -1,740 947 -1,609 -2,190
18 Caribbean 25,958 -19,108 -36,118 -4,610 -8,803 -3,119 3,313 4,498 -2,603 -4,220
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -8,333 4,248 4,920 782 354 133 74 62 645 807
20 Other Asia -3,059 -17,614 18,551 -937 -2,133 499 3,198 6,396 8,335 7,375
21 China, Mainland 2,069 1,993 -3,435 -356 -1,782 -330 285 -1,344 -180 382
22 Hong Kong -4,588 -28,902 2,814 1,062 -1,724 693 661 646 1,171 1,406
23 Japan 3,005 5,900 1,267 -955 -702 -1,894 1,440 786 523 1,655
24 Africa -657 -1,902 -713 -473 -125 -59 -37 50 -94 34
25 Other countries 6,649 2,873 2,325 1,192 648 -1,038 838 566 -825 -52
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -594 76 -468 -104 11 6 -248 -118 16 -16
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,814,514 1,938,549 1,656,147 157,199 161,222 200,618 164,010 212,594 211,150 208,391
28 Foreign sales 1,679,454 1,708,466 1,457,543 134,720 156,482 175,417 148,899 174,953 171,342 177,762
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 135,060 230,083 198,604 22,479 4,740 25,201 15,111 37,641 39,808 30,629
 
30 Foreign countries 136,356 230,469 198,501 22,766 5,038 25,329 14,788 37,528 39,369 30,502
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 42,041 89,932 76,904 9,375 3,102 10,520 2,819 18,939 16,068 3,208
 
32 Europe 21,534 20,781 47,040 3,630 3,336 7,204 6,007 5,194 9,637 10,241
33 Belgium -124 -357 32 4 2 -3 33 -32 4 24
34 France 3,869 4,310 1,143 -35 -293 57 304 523 149 51
35 Germany 3,242 1,437 1,978 25 678 152 229 497 343 23
36 Ireland 4,465 6,762 9,792 817 228 290 376 5,625 -46 2,875
37 Luxembourg 3,883 -7,268 7,597 321 -912 2,530 2,231 2 2,642 739
38 Netherlands 1,785 -2,464 331 44 -234 -104 186 181 84 -156
39 Switzerland -11,068 -5,110 -2,531 -200 -393 -327 -354 -375 -444 -403
40 United Kingdom 15,164 23,167 28,527 2,612 4,296 4,598 2,969 -1,089 6,818 6,887
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -208 136 103 12 15 -40 29 -35 13 81
42 Canada 5,155 11,986 7,600 2,231 1,044 2,088 255 1,052 59 -417
43 Latin America -14,118 4,807 1,982 615 693 26 169 246 -204 911
44 Caribbean 3,590 22,401 -1,187 1,723 -5,810 -487 -1,265 -3,747 -608 6,711
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,293 1,649 903 110 155 31 72 116 20 201
46 Other Asia 122,261 168,093 140,994 14,085 5,367 16,730 9,552 34,583 30,321 12,708
47 China, Mainland 19,237 47,339 67,461 5,352 2,372 7,843 1,572 16,528 13,482 5,460
48 Hong Kong -1,193 1,743 2,378 146 207 101 406 749 486 377
49 Japan 46,227 58,659 48,333 4,802 583 5,878 4,274 14,271 12,541 2,860
50 Africa -323 157 -7 19 -10 -53 -2 -1 3 30
51 Other countries 550 595 1,176 353 263 -210 0 85 141 117
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,296 -386 103 -287 -298 -128 323 113 439 127
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,551,045 1,416,702 1,274,328 147,855 166,240 152,071 167,639 169,460 153,957 169,779
54 Foreign sales 1,419,572 1,362,139 1,259,928 137,174 162,453 156,855 153,153 160,432 156,695 190,816
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 131,473 54,563 14,400 10,681 3,787 -4,784 14,486 9,028 -2,738 -21,037
 
56 Foreign countries 132,311 54,550 14,898 10,779 3,769 -4,699 14,427 8,891 -2,556 -20,775
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 1,664 -4,082 -5,324 -1,568 -1,114 40 836 -678 -1,385 977
 
58 Europe 63,501 -536 -19,098 5,838 -751 -4,507 6,993 7,433 -8,214 -24,164
59 Belgium -18,543 -16,199 -8,938 -697 -1,233 -2,380 -3,434 1,458 -1,749 1,131
60 France 2,304 3,382 -1,625 325 758 -1,489 -360 -52 -852 -305
61 Germany 5,655 -2,980 3,444 586 -28 327 1,019 1,166 -399 291
62 Ireland -9,959 -32,094 -54,823 -1,867 -3,716 -3,816 -2,255 -2,144 -2,863 -35,612
63 Luxembourg 4,736 -6,113 2,625 1,386 821 -593 -232 1,600 215 -237
64 Netherlands -2,208 -8,070 -548 133 -287 -71 -191 -208 31 -67
65 Switzerland 3,046 559 2,452 1,066 370 39 -527 549 253 126
66 United Kingdom 70,552 61,783 39,828 5,549 2,742 2,450 12,814 4,547 -2,150 11,150
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 808 -752 -577 -117 -138 128 -171 -46 -7 -30
68 Canada -15,568 3,356 -5,932 -515 -654 -1,510 443 -1,332 -87 -946
69 Latin America 3,082 3,406 3,546 223 616 720 283 327 825 319
70 Caribbean 69,449 33,719 23,509 4,800 3,769 -546 3,726 273 2,366 2,665
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -1,386 -2,179 30 -205 -320 -154 224 457 199 308
72 Other Asia 13,957 17,901 14,816 533 519 1,819 2,554 1,758 1,980 3,747
73 China, Mainland 741 -871 1,234 -125 -383 699 46 362 39 813
74 Hong Kong 4,884 5,304 4,026 939 157 361 214 272 831 714
75 Japan -2,188 11,602 8,473 1,197 725 77 1,112 1,664 692 949
76 Africa -219 316 -17 -11 -14 13 75 -27 25 -37
77 Other countries -505 -1,433 -1,956 116 604 -534 129 2 350 -2,667
 
78 International and regional organizations2 -838 13 -498 -98 18 -85 59 137 -182 -262
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -106,284 43,880 19,043 8,340 -4,971 -238 -1,654 21,613 -1,956 6,311
80 Foreign purchases 4,846,453 5,976,403 3,651,917 411,719 470,364 454,502 502,376 453,561 443,684 475,768
81 Foreign sales 4,952,737 5,932,523 3,632,874 403,379 475,335 454,740 504,030 431,948 445,640 469,457
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 233,188 324,804 72,187 1,137 6,884 10,748 10,871 13,664 13,531 -5,512
 
83 Foreign purchases 8,864,558 11,151,768 8,640,861 955,080 1,137,607 1,009,165 1,014,947 1,115,311 1,248,333 1,059,453
84 Foreign sales 8,631,370 10,826,964 8,568,674 953,943 1,130,723 998,417 1,004,076 1,101,647 1,234,802 1,064,965
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 126,904 368,684 91,230 9,477 1,913 10,510 9,217 35,277 11,575 799
 
86 Foreign countries 111,458 335,671 69,279 9,401 -1,884 8,943 4,803 33,404 9,129 -5,947
87 Europe -99,456 73,322 -32,481 12,316 -20,512 -10,435 -13,973 12,387 -1,592 -16,646
88 Euro Area5 -67,767 -91,686 -57,043 5,795 -13,931 -14,096 -10,411 -8,670 -3,494 -1,601
89 United Kingdom -38,323 102,150 -3,844 5,058 -10,797 -1,376 -5,613 16,915 -3,150 -17,110
90 Canada 28,964 81,264 44,242 6,663 1,122 6,973 5,673 4,186 7,221 -944
91 Latin America -275 5,699 -816 -16,124 2,110 3,708 3,198 1,203 4,475 3,944
92 Caribbean 171,114 140,642 49,835 9,042 6,366 8,260 2,261 16,430 7,488 5,089
93 Asia 16,295 33,853 23,931 -773 10,510 2,063 10,867 -532 -5,743 6,279
94 Japan 18,314 40,610 16,388 474 9,756 2,983 1,107 4,437 -5,104 2,739
95 Africa -17,789 -7,814 -1,172 -974 -756 -1,052 1,315 470 45 -155
96 Other countries 12,605 8,705 -14,260 -749 -724 -574 -4,538 -740 -2,765 -3,514
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 15,446 33,013 21,951 76 3,797 1,567 4,414 1,873 2,446 6,746
  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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