Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: May 2020
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2018 2019 Jan.-Mar.2020/r Sep.2019 Oct.2019 Nov.2019 Dec.2019 Jan.2020 Feb.2020/r Mar.2020/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 18,081,825 18,570,325 6,555,656 1,525,850 1,617,621 1,608,930 1,701,667 1,737,107 1,836,928 2,981,621
2 Foreign sales 18,211,550 18,573,823 6,534,492 1,517,025 1,621,860 1,600,409 1,679,509 1,734,271 1,825,412 2,974,809
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -129,725 -3,498 21,164 8,825 -4,239 8,521 22,158 2,836 11,516 6,812
 
4 Foreign countries -129,801 -3,136 21,216 8,834 -4,305 8,495 22,135 2,858 11,530 6,828
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -7,038 16,766 6,618 3,983 2,070 -864 -1,666 2,839 482 3,297
 
6 Europe -106,649 -306 -7,525 11,634 6,591 685 8,746 12,583 5,206 -25,314
7 Belgium 1,044 1,874 117 220 -94 -94 -79 577 -131 -329
8 France 7,632 -301 -14,134 383 1,496 -3,250 -3,733 8,440 4,169 -26,743
9 Germany 2,679 8,273 -557 2,131 969 1,650 1,487 2,123 113 -2,793
10 Ireland -4,082 4,000 -4,130 -405 7 151 -133 -1,890 -2,280 40
11 Luxembourg -4,707 2,795 -411 59 566 1,283 4,582 13 1,245 -1,669
12 Netherlands -3,229 -1,703 1,299 571 -106 -66 77 1,998 -1,126 427
13 Switzerland -3,174 -4,376 16,896 435 -451 921 83 1,416 -521 16,001
14 United Kingdom -106,386 -17,208 -6,703 2,562 5,085 -97 5,995 -1,159 2,673 -8,217
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 805 -1,054 90 -102 69 196 95 -31 -168 289
16 Canada 788 17,701 -21,536 -1,018 -4,448 5,212 12,562 -12,478 3,950 -13,008
17 Latin America 7,563 -4,714 3,533 403 17 -66 -377 2,530 1,273 -270
18 Caribbean -19,108 -50,580 16,250 -6,032 -11,929 71 3,428 -7,500 -1,722 25,472
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 4,248 2,652 9,554 -866 -1,500 121 -23 260 639 8,655
20 Other Asia -17,614 28,743 26,189 3,895 6,899 688 -1,290 8,429 2,615 15,145
21 China, Mainland 1,993 -3,524 2,840 -73 -117 336 -235 425 -118 2,533
22 Hong Kong -28,902 6,983 14,732 86 669 1,769 1,645 1,453 2,984 10,295
23 Japan 5,900 6 813 43 916 -1,124 -1,096 -534 -1,468 2,815
24 Africa -1,902 -1,458 -158 -106 -16 1,247 -1,870 28 -167 -19
25 Other countries 2,873 4,826 -5,091 924 81 537 959 -994 -264 -3,833
 
26 International and regional organizations2 76 -362 -52 -9 66 26 23 -22 -14 -16
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,938,449 2,581,076 860,032 230,947 220,363 240,820 234,389 235,201 267,551 357,280
28 Foreign sales 1,708,365 2,280,971 726,856 204,927 188,474 212,509 218,507 202,939 228,122 295,795
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 230,084 300,105 133,176 26,020 31,889 28,311 15,882 32,262 39,429 61,485
 
30 Foreign countries 230,470 299,887 133,583 25,961 31,790 28,275 15,961 32,237 39,634 61,712
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 89,932 108,431 61,730 6,785 11,826 15,389 4,468 17,500 21,463 22,767
 
32 Europe 20,782 58,319 18,816 4,083 9,526 3,480 -5,472 8,111 7,929 2,776
33 Belgium -357 -27 -28 -33 -23 -2 0 39 -42 -25
34 France 4,310 1,886 156 -273 284 890 -158 6 68 82
35 Germany 1,437 2,630 -203 51 276 163 162 -57 78 -224
36 Ireland 6,762 14,404 -1,275 538 950 827 2,373 1,273 -60 -2,488
37 Luxembourg -7,268 10,504 819 539 1,047 631 693 755 2,516 -2,452
38 Netherlands -2,464 -5,055 -260 18 91 -56 -5,430 -190 -170 100
39 Switzerland -5,110 -1,726 357 369 243 168 23 59 68 230
40 United Kingdom 23,168 34,792 18,977 2,768 6,500 624 -3,474 6,229 5,377 7,371
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 136 62 44 22 23 -89 3 -15 67 -8
42 Canada 11,986 11,508 5,669 946 1,100 950 941 1,011 1,783 2,875
43 Latin America 4,807 662 1,068 -1,300 140 -589 314 138 71 859
44 Caribbean 22,401 9,875 2,262 3,099 -2,053 3,207 6,827 1,041 4,003 -2,782
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 1,649 1,337 136 -34 78 174 216 -119 3 252
46 Other Asia 168,093 215,958 105,462 19,071 22,518 21,007 12,699 21,946 25,336 58,180
47 China, Mainland 47,339 88,452 42,205 3,893 7,396 9,682 250 13,021 14,197 14,987
48 Hong Kong 1,743 3,698 548 389 77 176 678 86 528 -66
49 Japan 58,659 80,276 46,783 9,307 9,893 5,818 7,025 4,109 6,059 36,615
50 Africa 157 31 157 15 7 9 7 65 65 27
51 Other countries 595 2,197 13 81 474 37 429 44 444 -475
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -386 218 -407 59 99 36 -79 25 -205 -227
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,417,868 1,748,272 601,372 157,949 132,117 153,468 125,292 155,786 177,252 268,334
54 Foreign sales 1,360,984 1,732,833 650,522 143,056 138,704 142,644 143,744 187,598 197,767 265,157
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 56,884 15,439 -49,150 14,893 -6,587 10,824 -18,452 -31,812 -20,515 3,177
 
56 Foreign countries 56,871 15,776 -47,280 15,010 -6,608 10,793 -18,678 -31,417 -20,543 4,680
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,082 -5,818 6,684 1,202 -1,005 615 -1,326 -319 1,317 5,686
 
58 Europe 1,724 -27,478 -69,719 4,437 -5,328 4,414 -11,895 -26,232 -25,150 -18,337
59 Belgium -16,199 -17,219 -514 991 -4,298 -1,842 -3,128 476 -3,445 2,455
60 France 3,382 -13,861 -62,940 -2,180 -1,052 -380 -8,636 -20,969 -17,473 -24,498
61 Germany -2,979 1,137 -11,382 -1,202 -763 -18 -20 -1,443 -5,454 -4,485
62 Ireland -32,096 -66,691 -18,634 -3,045 -2,727 -1,928 -4,148 -2,080 -5,050 -11,504
63 Luxembourg -6,113 -195 -1,386 -3,011 -1,234 174 1,251 992 2,509 -4,887
64 Netherlands -8,073 -3,369 -7,546 69 116 -744 -2,258 -1,448 -3,908 -2,190
65 Switzerland 559 3,515 178 523 352 845 -652 689 150 -661
66 United Kingdom 64,047 71,817 29,538 11,372 5,579 8,699 5,981 -622 6,858 23,302
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -752 -1,103 -80 -37 -377 -120 8 -67 50 -63
68 Canada 3,356 -10,547 6,186 1,053 -3,580 -1,464 -684 -2,734 2,380 6,540
69 Latin America 3,406 4,866 2,562 440 79 362 439 905 1,146 511
70 Caribbean 33,719 30,991 3,542 6,496 1,873 4,214 -5,125 -3,981 -974 8,497
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,175 935 258 -55 -6 657 296 316 -144 86
72 Other Asia 17,962 19,991 11,789 2,832 28 2,616 -602 189 1,902 9,698
73 China, Mainland -826 651 2,894 85 -215 -329 -101 116 662 2,116
74 Hong Kong 5,304 6,310 1,127 1,149 402 784 -301 -21 -597 1,745
75 Japan 11,602 9,499 2,484 863 -970 1,151 -77 632 -485 2,337
76 Africa 312 -38 45 8 -1 -19 -9 38 36 -29
77 Other countries -1,433 -2,944 -1,943 -201 327 13 -1,098 82 261 -2,286
 
78 International and regional organizations2 13 -337 -1,870 -117 21 31 226 -395 28 -1,503
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 43,880 51,408 -7,125 14,399 7,313 6,108 4,545 -14,645 5,019 2,501
80 Foreign purchases 5,976,403 5,553,624 1,824,332 461,178 487,100 483,673 469,756 489,099 506,445 828,788
81 Foreign sales 5,932,523 5,502,216 1,831,457 446,779 479,787 477,565 465,211 503,744 501,426 826,287
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 324,769 156,003 129,474 25,001 24,781 12,966 20,344 7,518 9,224 112,732
 
83 Foreign purchases 11,150,906 13,058,870 3,738,122 1,281,212 1,186,583 1,107,834 850,825 1,195,272 965,286 1,577,564
84 Foreign sales 10,826,137 12,902,867 3,608,648 1,256,211 1,161,802 1,094,868 830,481 1,187,754 956,062 1,464,832
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 368,649 207,411 122,349 39,400 32,094 19,074 24,889 -7,127 14,243 115,233
 
86 Foreign countries 335,636 164,880 101,000 34,692 24,664 14,214 21,249 -13,766 10,159 104,607
87 Europe 73,210 -23,203 -25,287 16,651 -2,040 4,896 -10,176 -14,612 -22,937 12,262
88 Euro Area5 -91,691 -41,463 -10,299 13,765 -4,205 3,234 2,764 -5,445 -2,213 -2,641
89 United Kingdom 102,043 -16,140 -21,891 1,488 571 -2,635 -11,428 -8,446 -22,264 8,819
90 Canada 81,296 72,263 18,253 9,135 5,208 4,784 8,868 10,074 5,848 2,331
91 Latin America 5,699 4,974 14,394 -7,143 6,622 154 6,184 -10,163 3,815 20,742
92 Caribbean 140,681 73,066 30,833 16,938 828 -2,518 7,043 -6,240 16,639 20,434
93 Asia 33,853 53,972 67,644 6,288 13,458 2,660 7,694 10,766 10,224 46,654
94 Japan 40,610 28,094 15,656 5,166 2,790 783 2,967 258 -3,448 18,846
95 Africa -7,807 -7,639 -396 -5,607 -890 -87 163 -448 -908 960
96 Other countries 8,704 -8,553 -4,441 -1,570 1,478 4,325 1,473 -3,143 -2,522 1,224
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 33,013 42,531 21,349 4,708 7,430 4,860 3,640 6,639 4,084 10,626
  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: May 29, 2020