Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: January 2020
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2017 2018/r Jan.-Nov.2019/r May.2019/r Jun.2019/r Jul.2019/r Aug.2019/r Sep.2019/r Oct.2019/r Nov.2019/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 13,356,598 18,081,825 16,864,539 1,691,778 1,516,552 1,477,596 1,721,288 1,525,850 1,617,621 1,604,811
2 Foreign sales 13,237,758 18,211,550 16,888,202 1,693,223 1,490,195 1,453,395 1,742,275 1,517,025 1,621,860 1,594,297
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 118,840 -129,725 -23,663 -1,445 26,357 24,201 -20,987 8,825 -4,239 10,514
 
4 Foreign countries 119,434 -129,801 -23,278 -1,197 26,475 24,185 -20,971 8,834 -4,305 10,488
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 530 -7,038 18,611 2,598 3,806 4,857 2,462 3,983 2,070 -685
 
6 Europe 45,795 -106,649 -7,242 -8,337 8,275 14,201 -24,266 11,634 6,591 2,495
7 Belgium 667 1,044 1,953 -78 427 130 76 220 -94 -94
8 France 3,326 7,632 3,432 1,699 -3,678 10,139 -9,501 383 1,496 -3,250
9 Germany -481 2,679 6,200 -273 557 651 -265 2,131 969 1,064
10 Ireland -8,224 -4,082 4,133 -376 688 1,444 1,342 -405 7 151
11 Luxembourg 2,481 -4,707 -1,778 -489 -1,267 -159 596 59 566 1,292
12 Netherlands -1,051 -3,229 -1,780 -241 589 1,649 -242 571 -106 -66
13 Switzerland 8,258 -3,174 -4,342 -1,206 -704 -837 788 435 -451 1,038
14 United Kingdom 33,507 -106,386 -20,860 -7,362 12,846 401 -16,015 2,562 5,085 2,246
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -198 805 -1,223 -232 -446 -60 -455 -102 69 122
16 Canada 53,008 788 5,463 1,494 5,681 6,135 1,541 -1,018 -4,448 5,536
17 Latin America 73 7,563 -4,517 -1,740 947 -1,609 -2,190 403 17 -246
18 Caribbean 25,958 -19,108 -53,784 3,313 4,498 -2,603 -4,220 -6,032 -11,929 295
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -8,333 4,248 2,627 74 62 645 807 -866 -1,500 73
20 Other Asia -3,059 -17,614 30,167 3,198 6,396 8,335 7,375 3,895 6,899 822
21 China, Mainland 2,069 1,993 -3,252 285 -1,344 -180 382 -73 -117 373
22 Hong Kong -4,588 -28,902 5,298 661 646 1,171 1,406 86 669 1,729
23 Japan 3,005 5,900 951 1,440 786 523 1,655 43 916 -1,275
24 Africa -657 -1,902 401 -37 50 -94 34 -106 -16 1,236
25 Other countries 6,649 2,873 3,607 838 566 -825 -52 924 81 277
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -594 76 -385 -248 -118 16 -16 -9 66 26
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,814,514 1,938,449 2,346,673 163,672 212,392 210,886 208,264 230,947 220,363 240,806
28 Foreign sales 1,679,454 1,708,365 2,062,464 148,799 174,852 171,242 177,761 204,927 188,474 212,509
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 135,060 230,084 284,209 14,873 37,540 39,644 30,503 26,020 31,889 28,297
 
30 Foreign countries 136,356 230,470 283,912 14,550 37,427 39,205 30,376 25,961 31,790 28,261
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 42,041 89,932 103,963 2,719 12,010 16,041 3,208 6,785 11,826 15,389
 
32 Europe 21,534 20,782 63,794 5,769 5,191 9,634 10,215 4,083 9,526 3,483
33 Belgium -124 -357 -27 33 -32 4 24 -33 -23 -2
34 France 3,869 4,310 2,044 304 523 149 51 -273 284 890
35 Germany 3,242 1,437 2,471 229 497 343 23 51 276 166
36 Ireland 4,465 6,762 12,031 301 5,625 -46 2,875 538 950 827
37 Luxembourg 3,883 -7,268 9,811 2,231 2 2,642 739 539 1,047 631
38 Netherlands 1,785 -2,464 375 186 179 81 -160 18 91 -56
39 Switzerland -11,068 -5,110 -1,749 -354 -375 -444 -403 369 243 168
40 United Kingdom 15,164 23,168 38,266 2,906 -1,090 6,818 6,865 2,768 6,500 624
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -208 136 59 29 -35 13 81 22 23 -89
42 Canada 5,155 11,986 10,567 255 1,050 32 -417 946 1,100 950
43 Latin America -14,118 4,807 348 169 246 -204 911 -1,300 140 -589
44 Caribbean 3,590 22,401 3,048 -1,265 -3,747 -608 6,711 3,099 -2,053 3,207
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,293 1,649 1,121 72 116 20 201 -34 78 174
46 Other Asia 122,261 168,093 203,242 9,552 34,487 30,187 12,608 19,071 22,518 20,990
47 China, Mainland 19,237 47,339 88,202 1,572 16,432 13,348 5,460 3,893 7,396 9,682
48 Hong Kong -1,193 1,743 3,020 406 749 486 377 389 77 176
49 Japan 46,227 58,659 73,234 4,274 14,271 12,541 2,760 9,307 9,893 5,801
50 Africa -323 157 24 -2 -1 3 30 15 7 9
51 Other countries 550 595 1,768 0 85 141 117 81 474 37
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,296 -386 297 323 113 439 127 59 99 36
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,551,045 1,415,582 1,622,008 149,950 149,814 134,939 149,318 157,949 132,117 152,496
54 Foreign sales 1,419,572 1,360,984 1,588,943 135,323 140,551 137,694 170,295 143,056 138,704 142,498
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 131,473 54,598 33,065 14,627 9,263 -2,755 -20,977 14,893 -6,587 9,998
 
56 Foreign countries 132,311 54,585 33,628 14,568 9,126 -2,573 -20,715 15,010 -6,608 9,967
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 1,664 -4,082 -4,495 832 -678 -1,385 987 1,202 -1,005 612
 
58 Europe 63,501 -562 -15,812 6,958 7,419 -8,136 -24,178 4,437 -5,328 4,185
59 Belgium -18,543 -16,199 -14,091 -3,432 1,461 -1,750 1,127 991 -4,298 -1,842
60 France 2,304 3,382 -5,228 -359 -58 -848 -302 -2,180 -1,052 -383
61 Germany 5,655 -2,979 1,134 1,006 1,163 -411 298 -1,202 -763 -41
62 Ireland -9,959 -32,096 -62,523 -2,255 -2,148 -2,886 -35,612 -3,045 -2,727 -1,908
63 Luxembourg 4,736 -6,113 -1,454 -232 1,600 215 -237 -3,011 -1,234 166
64 Netherlands -2,208 -8,073 -1,072 -189 -200 30 -81 69 116 -705
65 Switzerland 3,046 559 4,141 -531 549 252 126 523 352 819
66 United Kingdom 70,552 61,761 65,593 12,789 4,526 -2,021 11,155 11,372 5,579 8,456
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 808 -752 -1,111 -171 -46 -7 -30 -37 -377 -120
68 Canada -15,568 3,356 -9,870 477 -1,305 -86 -955 1,053 -3,580 -1,471
69 Latin America 3,082 3,406 4,430 283 327 825 319 440 79 365
70 Caribbean 69,449 33,719 35,524 3,733 275 2,368 2,658 6,496 1,873 3,622
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -1,386 -2,175 644 231 453 199 306 -55 -6 662
72 Other Asia 13,957 17,962 20,588 2,683 1,985 1,886 3,844 2,832 28 2,611
73 China, Mainland 741 -826 752 125 324 16 836 85 -215 -329
74 Hong Kong 4,884 5,304 6,606 214 522 831 714 1,149 402 779
75 Japan -2,188 11,602 9,576 1,153 1,682 637 1,011 863 -970 1,151
76 Africa -219 312 -29 75 -27 25 -37 8 -1 -19
77 Other countries -505 -1,433 -1,847 128 -1 346 -2,672 -201 327 12
 
78 International and regional organizations2 -838 13 -563 59 137 -182 -262 -117 21 31
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -106,284 43,880 33,946 -1,654 21,613 -1,956 6,311 9,490 2,398 3,015
80 Foreign purchases 4,846,453 5,976,403 5,085,984 502,376 453,561 443,684 475,768 461,178 487,100 485,789
81 Foreign sales 4,952,737 5,932,523 5,052,038 504,030 431,948 445,640 469,457 451,688 484,702 482,774
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 233,188 324,769 135,268 11,003 13,342 13,903 -5,448 25,001 24,781 12,575
 
83 Foreign purchases 8,864,558 11,150,906 12,224,532 1,013,934 1,112,927 1,246,885 1,058,545 1,281,212 1,186,583 1,124,321
84 Foreign sales 8,631,370 10,826,137 12,089,264 1,002,931 1,099,585 1,232,982 1,063,993 1,256,211 1,161,802 1,111,746
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 126,904 368,649 169,214 9,349 34,955 11,947 863 34,491 27,179 15,590
 
86 Foreign countries 111,458 335,636 130,323 4,948 33,109 9,501 -5,883 29,783 19,749 10,730
87 Europe -99,456 73,210 -27,955 -13,971 12,431 -1,588 -16,838 11,742 -6,955 -208
88 Euro Area5 -67,767 -91,691 -44,423 -10,410 -8,668 -3,495 -1,601 13,765 -4,205 3,038
89 United Kingdom -38,323 102,043 -4,959 -5,624 16,897 -3,191 -17,334 1,488 571 -2,882
90 Canada 28,964 81,296 63,343 5,652 4,202 7,188 -876 9,135 5,208 4,732
91 Latin America -275 5,699 -1,136 3,198 1,205 4,475 3,944 -7,143 6,622 228
92 Caribbean 171,114 140,681 66,290 2,433 16,006 7,882 5,279 16,938 828 -2,251
93 Asia 16,295 33,853 47,615 10,859 -497 -5,746 6,277 6,288 13,458 3,997
94 Japan 18,314 40,610 25,119 1,107 4,437 -5,104 2,739 5,166 2,790 775
95 Africa -17,789 -7,807 -7,802 1,315 501 55 -155 -5,607 -890 -87
96 Other countries 12,605 8,704 -10,032 -4,538 -739 -2,765 -3,514 -1,570 1,478 4,319
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 15,446 33,013 38,891 4,401 1,846 2,446 6,746 4,708 7,430 4,860
  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: January 31, 2020