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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: February 2009

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2006 2007 Jan.-Dec.2008/r Jun.2008 Jul.2008 Aug.2008 Sep.2008/r Oct.2008/r Nov.2008/r Dec.2008/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 6,868,571 10,639,315 11,990,577 1,066,125 1,273,558 905,531 1,168,913 1,019,895 634,856 561,125
2 Foreign sales 6,718,156 10,443,794 11,949,831 1,067,942 1,279,336 906,513 1,157,394 1,026,106 630,425 557,252
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 150,415 195,521 40,746 -1,817 -5,778 -982 11,519 -6,211 4,431 3,873
 
4 Foreign countries 150,371 195,561 40,717 -1,820 -5,783 -987 11,521 -6,212 4,432 3,874
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 5,766 15,107 23,362 527 1,069 -1,415 48 -135 1,633 2,635
 
6 Europe 97,066 89,259 11,649 560 5,328 5,197 -2,949 -15,877 13,088 -743
7 Belgium 1,625 -1,168 -1,042 -401 -62 68 -489 -46 149 -114
8 France 21,735 19,521 -7,187 -1,711 3,806 -1,161 -6,787 -2,767 6,111 -5,238
9 Germany -8,040 600 -19,341 -2,182 -128 1,533 -703 -2,113 -259 102
10 Ireland -1,788 28 838 -362 182 210 -561 -244 200 280
11 Luxembourg 11,608 -7,143 -7,648 -69 -927 -317 -1,365 -975 -624 -53
12 Netherlands -5,363 6,887 -1,469 -523 -859 -1,403 -856 -1,586 -199 -408
13 Switzerland 1,180 -2,977 5,404 1,148 -313 -1,388 -673 176 1,063 967
14 United Kingdom 75,764 69,473 29,927 3,073 2,590 5,241 9,715 -6,673 6,583 4,950
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 102 877 574 224 -185 652 745 -728 -49 226
16 Canada 11,818 8,086 7,381 1,088 -1,698 1,836 697 -73 451 313
17 Latin America 2,166 780 4,141 437 970 689 656 -1,181 -19 396
18 Caribbean 35,068 48,589 -43,460 -9,763 -4,844 -5,212 13,656 4,761 -15,949 -3,129
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 7,974 12,240 7,277 -40 187 -396 -155 -68 -19 157
20 Other Asia -4,490 31,734 58,031 3,979 -4,995 -1,818 -242 7,373 7,218 6,871
21 China, Mainland 471 3,993 -706 -213 -736 -37 49 13 71 184
22 Hong Kong -463 35,434 27,462 2,721 -127 592 1,803 2,255 271 479
23 Japan -669 -4,973 21,382 817 920 132 720 4,615 4,338 3,738
24 Africa 89 -300 -4,642 1,471 -814 -920 -85 80 -8 -37
25 Other countries 680 5,173 340 448 83 -363 -57 -1,227 -330 46
 
26 International and regional organizations2 44 -40 29 3 5 5 -2 1 -1 -1
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,572,160 2,050,451 2,588,748 227,298 173,505 155,794 190,743 201,794 140,936 112,389
28 Foreign sales 1,285,696 1,831,472 2,626,499 197,940 215,571 179,983 184,572 252,007 163,425 149,830
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 286,464 218,979 -37,751 29,358 -42,066 -24,189 6,171 -50,213 -22,489 -37,441
 
30 Foreign countries 286,228 218,600 -36,748 29,309 -42,008 -24,391 6,504 -50,166 -22,367 -37,144
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 92,632 119,057 -31,529 9,142 -16,160 -13,146 -8,677 -16,747 -11,641 -12,858
 
32 Europe 86,320 77,823 22,349 3,269 -9,564 -4,827 227 -11,537 -6,372 -27,474
33 Belgium -274 -1,808 -1,601 -58 52 41 -76 -70 -130 -141
34 France -261 4,285 2,760 1,995 -1,824 204 -2,102 -1,420 1,042 -1,946
35 Germany 4,471 219 -3,389 -1,283 718 -1,221 -1,159 396 -222 -18
36 Ireland 4,133 1,080 -3,400 -162 -862 -909 -859 -775 -983 -1,491
37 Luxembourg 5,028 -11,386 -26,743 -4,464 -3,548 -3,444 -1,280 -361 -512 -190
38 Netherlands -655 -631 -1,069 88 -125 210 239 39 136 -230
39 Switzerland -186 -2,246 -1,949 327 -230 -58 176 -364 -274 -188
40 United Kingdom 51,072 59,585 78,124 6,713 -2,097 2,707 4,695 -5,756 115 -13,339
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,528 4,791 -1,561 -27 -79 17 -7 -134 6 -51
42 Canada 9,507 2,968 5,443 208 156 -1,654 -575 -126 -1,009 515
43 Latin America 13,971 6,343 6,746 -295 -2,800 25 3,244 614 -202 35
44 Caribbean 39,741 -8,869 -86,002 11,320 -12,382 -2,131 15,664 -22,463 -8,798 -4,509
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 7,037 8,221 -14,468 -495 -3,371 -3,037 -1,490 -552 14 -511
46 Other Asia 128,750 131,563 32,424 15,644 -12,759 -11,901 -10,628 -15,902 -5,691 -4,714
47 China, Mainland 37,401 73,170 16,738 9,585 -3,537 -7,154 -7,730 -4,863 -3,087 -2,468
48 Hong Kong 31,659 30,604 24,541 4,485 1,173 138 -195 -155 269 1,261
49 Japan 44,761 13,789 6,107 590 -5,652 -2,913 -1,281 -2,136 -2,069 -4,562
50 Africa -198 -403 -3,515 -411 -667 -555 60 100 -226 -434
51 Other countries 1,100 954 275 69 -621 -311 2 -300 -83 -52
 
52 International and regional organzations2 236 379 -1,003 49 -58 202 -333 -47 -122 -297
 
  CORPORATE BONDS  
53 Foreign purchases 1,678,464 1,913,307 1,466,955 124,990 97,810 80,587 93,860 91,136 81,420 139,166
54 Foreign sales 1,167,658 1,519,952 1,373,467 120,305 101,948 93,717 102,298 104,200 97,626 98,202
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 510,806 393,355 93,488 4,685 -4,138 -13,130 -8,438 -13,064 -16,206 40,964
 
56 Foreign countries 509,783 392,108 92,874 4,737 -4,128 -13,077 -8,367 -13,056 -16,226 40,229
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 28,556 50,566 34,948 4,102 172 -510 -1,150 739 -929 3,529
 
58 Europe 316,130 207,482 -5,884 -2,745 -4,567 -11,574 -4,382 -7,472 -21,446 32,263
59 Belgium -2,097 -7,413 -11,149 -1,430 -130 -1,361 -495 -1,714 -457 -1,013
60 France 22,144 4,261 -1,991 -8 -353 -1,003 -188 -346 -54 1,353
61 Germany -11,831 5,419 4,954 6,549 -120 -778 -832 -506 -643 247
62 Ireland 13,937 8,658 -15,326 -1,041 -2,532 -1,774 -2,268 -2,680 -2,974 -1,257
63 Luxembourg 3,365 -14,650 -9,453 -1,702 -648 -2,863 -1,621 -901 -852 -894
64 Netherlands 3,197 -652 -364 -9 -106 -349 -385 32 869 -139
65 Switzerland 9,739 3,581 11,896 -264 -62 343 -455 -18 -23 11,312
66 United Kingdom 253,762 208,956 31,883 -3,132 49 -2,634 2,903 -15 -16,250 22,969
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 10,388 -6,717 -12,555 -1,748 -84 -520 -654 -639 -110 -110
68 Canada 8,052 12,274 7,196 1,130 16 236 77 750 1,393 206
69 Latin America 10,029 5,097 4,244 -470 -21 254 27 -165 103 2,225
70 Caribbean 91,309 41,694 22,542 -2,676 -3,203 -3,721 -433 -4,768 5,682 1,243
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 4,666 3,803 3,497 1,258 786 628 92 -104 -435 -589
72 Other Asia 72,282 116,187 61,141 8,228 4,378 1,177 -3,645 -1,376 -1,378 4,203
73 China, Mainland 31,158 41,675 29,598 3,817 1,567 -778 -2,599 1,491 166 1,522
74 Hong Kong 14,810 12,780 7,006 640 656 199 -347 -185 -10 1,894
75 Japan 12,646 39,565 22,256 3,648 3,573 1,711 -529 -390 -683 -49
76 Africa -188 -169 -186 4 -48 -116 -90 98 5 -1
77 Other countries 7,503 5,740 324 8 -1,469 39 -13 -19 -150 679
 
78 International and regional organizations3 1,023 1,247 614 -52 -10 -53 -71 -8 20 735
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -106,455 -95,300 20,059 1,562 16,894 2,851 -2,478 21,687 21,305 72
80 Foreign purchases 3,636,185 5,215,764 5,430,993 499,993 560,901 428,218 482,944 468,009 288,694 248,826
81 Foreign sales 3,742,640 5,311,064 5,410,934 498,431 544,007 425,367 485,422 446,322 267,389 248,754
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -144,452 -133,923 82,200 -12,683 15,462 17,366 37,810 14,835 13,167 12,261
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,879,713 2,971,803 2,266,704 188,259 158,503 157,238 227,068 177,827 123,475 105,233
84 Foreign sales 2,024,165 3,105,726 2,184,504 200,942 143,041 139,872 189,258 162,992 110,308 92,972
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -250,907 -229,223 102,259 -11,121 32,356 20,217 35,332 36,522 34,472 12,333
 
86 Foreign countries -256,016 -245,152 90,724 -11,024 32,342 17,750 34,382 36,141 32,937 11,780
87 Europe -220,413 -223,590 47,166 -354 10,287 23,181 33,673 25,093 14,378 9,024
88 Euro Area5 -54,927 -67,450 14,019 -2,905 15,794 8,768 14,325 59 5,677 1,156
89 United Kingdom -157,698 -154,906 1,931 -856 -2,470 11,140 8,655 19,978 5,208 3,947
90 Canada -18,153 -10,935 3,134 -2,216 1,444 1,734 2,284 -1,826 6,345 2,081
91 Latin America -12,714 -7,948 19,939 3,603 477 -1,133 1,019 3,842 2,246 75
92 Caribbean 25,656 -18,445 -38,037 -7,296 2,253 -13,624 -8,625 400 4,149 -4,068
93 Asia -18,652 27,066 79,721 3,663 16,754 5,977 2,861 5,984 5,273 7,038
94 Japan 2,159 4,032 18,578 -1,658 8,144 591 -1,116 -1,310 1,672 5,201
95 Africa -2,252 1,112 1,281 -22 296 601 185 702 147 -135
96 Other countries -9,488 -12,412 -22,480 -8,402 831 1,014 2,985 1,946 399 -2,235
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 5,109 15,929 11,535 -97 14 2,467 950 381 1,535 553
  1. Comprises oil-exporting countries as follows: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).  Return to table
  2. Includes the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, as well as African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations. Beginning with data for June 2006, also includes the Bank for International Settlements.  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. Comprises Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. As of December 2001, also includes Greece.  Return to table
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