Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: October 2021
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2019 2020 Jan.-Aug.2021 Feb.2021 Mar.2021 Apr.2021 May.2021 Jun.2021 Jul.2021 Aug.2021/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 18,615,847 24,457,835 19,797,936 2,337,447 3,086,996 2,288,636 2,363,698 2,792,029 2,304,579 2,315,240
2 Foreign sales 18,615,343 24,090,042 19,756,087 2,323,282 3,055,119 2,301,688 2,366,054 2,766,828 2,338,886 2,306,561
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 504 367,793 41,849 14,165 31,877 -13,052 -2,356 25,201 -34,307 8,679
 
4 Foreign countries 866 367,678 41,870 14,225 31,882 -13,076 -2,378 25,208 -34,321 8,657
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 16,766 12,101 -6,350 -36 3,749 1,891 -4,739 -5,387 -5,365 644
 
6 Europe 224 124,317 34,568 998 7,534 -1,466 -3,340 13,754 -12,306 3,656
7 Belgium 1,874 1,804 1,450 744 174 19 -33 -119 132 267
8 France -301 15,820 32,056 -1,566 -2,260 7,574 506 7,886 4,893 -558
9 Germany 8,273 33,581 37,171 3,899 3,801 3,080 4,554 4,824 4,758 2,940
10 Ireland 4,000 15,709 -2,485 243 -1,581 -2,857 -987 771 949 597
11 Luxembourg 2,795 14,827 11,255 1,161 4,738 147 1,322 3,328 -2,981 1,401
12 Netherlands -2,696 4,575 -2,685 1,463 260 -3,885 -1,865 182 -874 -508
13 Switzerland -4,362 27,181 4,701 3,716 1,030 640 431 692 -4,727 154
14 United Kingdom -15,729 -20,194 -45,603 -7,129 1,367 -6,864 -3,555 -4,129 -15,720 245
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,054 2,936 -1,433 -9 -563 -5 -11 -529 -831 9
16 Canada 21,091 72,818 31,557 9,779 11,251 -1,881 7,827 18,481 -2,408 4,217
17 Latin America -4,714 8,726 386 698 454 -426 -721 590 28 118
18 Caribbean -50,556 67,299 -41,709 -3,891 -7,104 -14,252 2,456 945 -8,537 -1,582
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 2,651 19,712 6,277 -2,303 3,013 3,175 -1,935 -1,180 -2,076 4,987
20 Other Asia 28,802 76,411 1,898 5,893 15,176 -931 -7,507 -7,660 -8,211 -4,387
21 China, Mainland -3,465 549 -6,425 176 -356 -1,982 -1,724 -1,713 -971 -216
22 Hong Kong 6,983 23,525 -10,254 3,132 -1,598 -2,537 -7,454 -1,115 -1,036 -584
23 Japan 6 14,002 -2,779 -3,499 9,979 1,093 -2,097 1,728 -3,309 -7,780
24 Africa -1,458 269 -116 -42 178 154 -25 94 53 -513
25 Other countries 4,826 -1,874 9,009 3,093 1,380 2,551 867 184 -864 2,161
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -362 115 -21 -60 -5 24 22 -7 14 22
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 2,581,076 3,509,287 3,407,318 376,214 441,854 439,931 415,012 469,193 425,832 438,618
28 Foreign sales 2,280,971 3,042,508 3,165,903 346,566 428,062 393,144 377,194 446,451 405,089 420,909
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 300,105 466,779 241,415 29,648 13,792 46,787 37,818 22,742 20,743 17,709
 
30 Foreign countries 299,887 469,620 241,320 29,680 13,787 46,796 37,795 22,603 20,771 17,715
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 108,431 202,556 140,948 11,185 10,874 28,518 22,136 15,808 14,791 11,531
 
32 Europe 58,319 101,578 39,094 5,314 7,096 7,874 3,343 949 4,903 4,173
33 Belgium -27 -27 -252 -2 2 3 54 -307 -1 0
34 France 1,886 2,090 2,854 803 333 330 720 203 -12 172
35 Germany 2,630 1,008 170 41 -47 154 -25 82 -23 7
36 Ireland 14,404 9,164 -1,536 -4,014 3,158 1,934 -452 -2,562 1,109 54
37 Luxembourg 10,504 48,268 19,391 3,833 2,801 2,513 1,552 1,331 926 2,444
38 Netherlands -5,055 972 1,269 174 -353 187 -137 368 456 196
39 Switzerland -1,726 -937 -1,610 -290 -229 -48 -169 -554 -203 -201
40 United Kingdom 34,792 39,621 19,349 6,109 1,357 2,562 1,689 2,365 2,622 1,510
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 62 122 -1,608 -1,408 -122 119 18 -32 84 -44
42 Canada 11,508 32,306 6,730 1,001 3,803 -1,656 1,946 590 -76 300
43 Latin America 662 5,560 -1,205 -240 532 141 -210 -258 -724 -139
44 Caribbean 9,875 57,205 -3,050 689 -6,510 764 1,326 684 3,788 -926
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 1,337 -1,540 106 17 98 114 88 2 -78 -254
46 Other Asia 215,958 272,551 198,942 22,090 8,690 39,561 31,553 20,660 12,801 14,558
47 China, Mainland 88,452 88,280 71,525 307 1,140 19,710 12,114 9,256 7,213 6,372
48 Hong Kong 3,698 -2,135 863 52 539 160 427 -622 -81 310
49 Japan 80,276 99,430 72,197 13,694 54 11,996 11,738 4,048 1,637 2,464
50 Africa 31 710 211 155 14 65 5 -16 5 -42
51 Other countries 2,197 1,250 492 654 64 -67 -256 -8 152 45
 
52 International and regional organzations2 218 -2,841 95 -32 5 -9 23 139 -28 -6
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,750,380 2,541,073 1,804,689 236,124 295,533 210,528 200,411 239,936 199,936 213,226
54 Foreign sales 1,734,649 2,692,487 1,683,161 221,618 252,390 200,380 183,101 226,101 210,953 198,499
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 15,731 -151,414 121,528 14,506 43,143 10,148 17,310 13,835 -11,017 14,727
 
56 Foreign countries 16,068 -145,278 127,576 15,124 43,363 10,414 17,333 13,994 -10,442 14,580
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -5,818 21,645 5,223 1,304 3,496 -10 -579 564 -301 389
 
58 Europe -27,478 -217,357 57,559 9,052 21,703 9,844 11,255 9,470 -8,474 2,072
59 Belgium -17,219 -17,571 -1,018 -1,011 1,963 3,077 -1,194 222 -4,063 -819
60 France -13,861 -204,405 -812 3,273 594 929 90 182 -3,819 -2,858
61 Germany 1,137 -40,634 8,954 1,649 2,553 1,361 361 836 156 -159
62 Ireland -66,691 -89,909 -7,950 -768 -510 -1,500 -1,376 -1,336 -692 -379
63 Luxembourg -195 20,871 -1,497 -1,976 -305 825 494 -126 672 -231
64 Netherlands -3,369 -14,889 -522 339 -431 -250 -566 371 338 -144
65 Switzerland 3,515 3,878 6,903 2,145 1,402 672 488 237 91 805
66 United Kingdom 71,817 122,779 50,050 5,369 15,183 4,203 12,490 8,894 -887 5,418
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,103 -394 -391 -37 -478 44 80 -50 -50 65
68 Canada -10,545 22,084 10,107 1,805 7,083 2,482 646 441 -1,153 -141
69 Latin America 4,866 13,348 -200 491 -8 275 -1,386 363 -42 287
70 Caribbean 31,281 -11,636 43,659 3,815 9,290 -3,352 3,675 1,352 -746 9,967
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 935 566 -1,242 -24 -161 -399 -211 -13 -99 97
72 Other Asia 19,991 49,350 18,256 -166 4,582 2,159 3,418 2,109 693 2,868
73 China, Mainland 651 8,577 2,480 268 538 -132 891 286 52 56
74 Hong Kong 6,310 4,896 3,644 -590 1,148 46 988 416 -112 776
75 Japan 9,499 11,827 2,734 -35 -60 909 595 466 63 910
76 Africa -38 421 15 27 7 4 19 -1 -44 36
77 Other countries -2,944 -2,054 -578 124 867 -599 -83 273 -577 -606
 
78 International and regional organizations2 -337 -6,136 -6,048 -618 -220 -266 -23 -159 -575 147
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 50,114 109,188 -51,322 3,087 -8,848 -29,483 -15,713 7,462 -17,438 -12,623
80 Foreign purchases 5,566,875 7,273,661 5,814,417 772,870 956,297 680,833 649,179 729,377 655,196 627,308
81 Foreign sales 5,516,761 7,164,473 5,865,739 769,783 965,145 710,316 664,892 721,915 672,634 639,931
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 156,039 253,170 254,634 8,582 63,084 37,057 26,265 30,747 33,792 20,152
 
83 Foreign purchases 13,059,064 15,981,179 12,168,382 1,398,621 1,659,322 1,661,285 1,520,757 1,616,347 1,626,006 1,417,093
84 Foreign sales 12,903,025 15,728,009 11,913,748 1,390,039 1,596,238 1,624,228 1,494,492 1,585,600 1,592,214 1,396,941
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 206,153 362,358 203,312 11,669 54,236 7,574 10,552 38,209 16,354 7,529
 
86 Foreign countries 163,622 287,202 155,602 6,760 42,652 3,845 4,180 29,247 11,147 5,340
87 Europe -25,394 44,122 -67,492 -23,142 -984 -16,914 -14,384 10,721 -13,471 -1,923
88 Euro Area5 -41,460 18,793 -18,030 4,634 -3,801 -7,484 -15,439 2,070 -51 3,021
89 United Kingdom -18,290 -2,884 -61,853 -24,492 -3,266 -15,134 -2,049 4,580 -12,470 -2,975
90 Canada 72,432 65,180 55,256 5,777 11,261 3,484 7,737 8,393 -72 -785
91 Latin America 4,987 32,790 3,655 112 5,791 1,813 -3,781 3,251 -1,222 726
92 Caribbean 73,812 -4,067 110,638 18,949 14,555 20,642 6,509 10,611 14,601 9,404
93 Asia 53,977 178,975 65,902 7,719 12,323 -3,513 6,158 3,063 13,415 -1,606
94 Japan 28,094 43,465 17,516 2,013 12,041 2,847 -1,712 -153 8,220 -2,085
95 Africa -7,639 -12,504 -4,174 -1,920 -998 -346 -288 -1,157 -385 385
96 Other countries -8,553 -17,294 -8,183 -735 704 -1,321 2,229 -5,635 -1,719 -861
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 42,531 75,156 47,710 4,909 11,584 3,729 6,372 8,962 5,207 2,189
  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: October 29, 2021