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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: April 2009

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2007 2008/r Jan.-Feb.2009/r Aug.2008/r Sep.2008/r Oct.2008/r Nov.2008/r Dec.2008/r Jan.2009/r Feb.2009/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 10,639,315 11,990,535 998,864 905,531 1,168,886 1,019,890 634,851 561,120 507,335 491,529
2 Foreign sales 10,443,794 11,949,799 1,002,600 906,513 1,157,374 1,026,102 630,421 557,248 505,928 496,672
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 195,521 40,736 -3,736 -982 11,512 -6,212 4,430 3,872 1,407 -5,143
 
4 Foreign countries 195,561 40,707 -3,731 -987 11,514 -6,213 4,431 3,873 1,408 -5,139
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 15,107 23,362 1,096 -1,415 48 -135 1,633 2,635 962 134
 
6 Europe 89,259 11,646 531 5,197 -2,952 -15,877 13,088 -743 5,048 -4,517
7 Belgium -1,168 -1,042 582 68 -489 -46 149 -114 379 203
8 France 19,521 -7,187 -8,858 -1,161 -6,787 -2,767 6,111 -5,238 -3,811 -5,047
9 Germany 600 -19,341 882 1,533 -703 -2,113 -259 102 671 211
10 Ireland 28 838 -72 210 -561 -244 200 280 -74 2
11 Luxembourg -7,143 -7,648 -305 -317 -1,365 -975 -624 -53 -134 -171
12 Netherlands 6,887 -1,469 1,103 -1,403 -856 -1,586 -199 -408 331 772
13 Switzerland -2,977 5,404 1,981 -1,388 -673 176 1,063 967 1,046 935
14 United Kingdom 69,473 29,924 2,988 5,241 9,712 -6,673 6,583 4,950 4,564 -1,576
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 877 574 70 652 745 -728 -49 226 1 69
16 Canada 8,086 7,380 -3,760 1,836 696 -73 451 313 -1,059 -2,701
17 Latin America 780 4,141 304 689 656 -1,181 -19 396 312 -8
18 Caribbean 48,589 -43,466 -8,320 -5,212 13,653 4,760 -15,950 -3,130 -9,089 769
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 12,240 7,277 233 -396 -155 -68 -19 157 40 193
20 Other Asia 31,734 58,031 9,165 -1,818 -242 7,373 7,218 6,871 5,948 3,217
21 China, Mainland 3,993 -706 105 -37 49 13 71 184 86 19
22 Hong Kong 35,434 27,462 1,034 592 1,803 2,255 271 479 1,144 -110
23 Japan -4,973 21,382 5,790 132 720 4,615 4,338 3,738 2,836 2,954
24 Africa -300 -4,642 -965 -920 -85 80 -8 -37 28 -993
25 Other countries 5,173 340 -919 -363 -57 -1,227 -330 46 180 -1,099
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -40 29 -5 5 -2 1 -1 -1 -1 -4
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 2,050,451 2,588,397 224,183 155,794 190,617 201,719 140,861 112,314 105,082 119,101
28 Foreign sales 1,831,472 2,626,156 238,592 179,983 184,445 251,935 163,353 149,758 120,582 118,010
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 218,979 -37,759 -14,409 -24,189 6,172 -50,216 -22,492 -37,444 -15,500 1,091
 
30 Foreign countries 218,600 -36,756 -14,233 -24,391 6,505 -50,169 -22,370 -37,147 -15,301 1,068
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 119,057 -31,529 -11,387 -13,146 -8,677 -16,747 -11,641 -12,858 -7,911 -3,476
 
32 Europe 77,823 22,348 -1,059 -4,827 226 -11,537 -6,372 -27,474 -2,647 1,588
33 Belgium -1,808 -1,601 -351 41 -76 -70 -130 -141 -190 -161
34 France 4,285 2,760 1,441 204 -2,102 -1,420 1,042 -1,946 483 959
35 Germany 219 -3,389 237 -1,221 -1,159 396 -222 -18 -133 370
36 Ireland 1,080 -3,400 -2,442 -909 -859 -775 -983 -1,491 -429 -2,013
37 Luxembourg -11,386 -26,743 -1,216 -3,444 -1,280 -361 -512 -190 209 -1,425
38 Netherlands -631 -1,069 -221 210 239 39 136 -230 9 -229
39 Switzerland -2,246 -1,949 -854 -58 176 -364 -274 -188 -650 -204
40 United Kingdom 59,585 78,123 5,896 2,707 4,694 -5,756 115 -13,339 1,259 4,637
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 4,791 -1,561 126 17 -7 -134 6 -51 22 104
42 Canada 2,968 5,446 -1,996 -1,654 -572 -126 -1,009 515 -1,319 -677
43 Latin America 6,343 6,746 162 25 3,244 614 -202 35 -303 465
44 Caribbean -8,869 -86,012 -2,813 -2,131 15,663 -22,466 -8,801 -4,512 -2,422 -391
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 8,221 -14,468 -64 -3,037 -1,490 -552 14 -511 304 -368
46 Other Asia 131,563 32,424 -7,485 -11,901 -10,628 -15,902 -5,691 -4,714 -8,514 1,029
47 China, Mainland 73,170 16,738 -4,829 -7,154 -7,730 -4,863 -3,087 -2,468 -4,242 -587
48 Hong Kong 30,604 24,541 1,439 138 -195 -155 269 1,261 430 1,009
49 Japan 13,789 6,107 -5,490 -2,913 -1,281 -2,136 -2,069 -4,562 -3,283 -2,207
50 Africa -403 -3,515 -979 -555 60 100 -226 -434 -331 -648
51 Other countries 954 275 1 -311 2 -300 -83 -52 -69 70
 
52 International and regional organzations2 379 -1,003 -176 202 -333 -47 -122 -297 -199 23
 
  CORPORATE BONDS  
53 Foreign purchases 1,913,307 1,466,954 226,940 80,587 93,859 91,136 81,420 139,166 92,939 134,001
54 Foreign sales 1,519,952 1,373,467 231,889 93,717 102,298 104,200 97,626 98,202 101,219 130,670
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 393,355 93,487 -4,949 -13,130 -8,439 -13,064 -16,206 40,964 -8,280 3,331
 
56 Foreign countries 392,108 92,873 -4,050 -13,077 -8,368 -13,056 -16,226 40,229 -8,330 4,280
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 50,566 34,948 585 -510 -1,150 739 -929 3,529 343 242
 
58 Europe 207,482 -5,885 -1,285 -11,574 -4,383 -7,472 -21,446 32,263 -4,202 2,917
59 Belgium -7,413 -11,149 -2,225 -1,361 -495 -1,714 -457 -1,013 -954 -1,271
60 France 4,261 -1,991 -1,230 -1,003 -188 -346 -54 1,353 -882 -348
61 Germany 5,419 4,954 252 -778 -832 -506 -643 247 311 -59
62 Ireland 8,658 -15,326 -2,241 -1,774 -2,268 -2,680 -2,974 -1,257 -846 -1,395
63 Luxembourg -14,650 -9,453 -1,262 -2,863 -1,621 -901 -852 -894 -491 -771
64 Netherlands -652 -364 -417 -349 -385 32 869 -139 -546 129
65 Switzerland 3,581 11,896 -210 343 -455 -18 -23 11,312 731 -941
66 United Kingdom 208,956 31,882 6,458 -2,634 2,902 -15 -16,250 22,969 -1,040 7,498
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -6,717 -12,555 -210 -520 -654 -639 -110 -110 -145 -65
68 Canada 12,274 7,196 3,521 236 77 750 1,393 206 2,207 1,314
69 Latin America 5,097 4,244 1,524 254 27 -165 103 2,225 779 745
70 Caribbean 41,694 22,542 -5,258 -3,721 -433 -4,768 5,682 1,243 -4,971 -287
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 3,803 3,497 -68 628 92 -104 -435 -589 -47 -21
72 Other Asia 116,187 61,141 -1,168 1,177 -3,645 -1,376 -1,378 4,203 -1,675 507
73 China, Mainland 41,675 29,598 -392 -778 -2,599 1,491 166 1,522 84 -476
74 Hong Kong 12,780 7,006 1,644 199 -347 -185 -10 1,894 1,465 179
75 Japan 39,565 22,256 -2,183 1,711 -529 -390 -683 -49 -3,049 866
76 Africa -169 -186 90 -116 -90 98 5 -1 -20 110
77 Other countries 5,740 324 -1,406 39 -13 -19 -150 679 -401 -1,005
 
78 International and regional organizations3 1,247 614 -899 -53 -71 -8 20 735 50 -949
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -95,300 20,089 4,436 2,851 -2,472 21,695 21,313 80 2,756 1,680
80 Foreign purchases 5,215,764 5,430,972 443,264 428,218 482,935 468,005 288,690 248,822 233,221 210,043
81 Foreign sales 5,311,064 5,410,883 438,828 425,367 485,407 446,310 267,377 248,742 230,465 208,363
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -133,923 81,752 -28,344 17,371 37,576 14,835 12,938 12,174 -27,881 -463
 
83 Foreign purchases 2,971,803 2,270,426 218,527 157,519 227,068 177,827 123,475 105,233 115,197 103,330
84 Foreign sales 3,105,726 2,188,674 246,871 140,148 189,492 162,992 110,537 93,059 143,078 103,793
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -229,223 101,841 -23,908 20,222 35,104 36,530 34,251 12,254 -25,125 1,217
 
86 Foreign countries -245,152 90,306 -26,427 17,755 34,154 36,149 32,716 11,701 -25,656 -771
87 Europe -223,590 46,925 -13,006 23,181 33,674 25,093 14,149 8,937 -11,922 -1,084
88 Euro Area5 -67,450 13,312 -15,475 8,768 14,327 59 5,448 1,156 -16,492 1,017
89 United Kingdom -154,906 2,397 4,579 11,140 8,654 19,978 5,208 3,860 780 3,799
90 Canada -10,935 3,137 443 1,734 2,284 -1,825 6,346 2,082 -330 773
91 Latin America -7,948 19,939 -1,434 -1,133 1,019 3,842 2,246 75 -1,436 2
92 Caribbean -18,445 -38,011 -12,294 -13,624 -8,620 407 4,156 -4,061 -7,566 -4,728
93 Asia 27,066 79,515 5,333 5,982 2,627 5,984 5,273 7,038 1,689 3,644
94 Japan 4,032 18,372 5,420 596 -1,350 -1,310 1,672 5,201 4,081 1,339
95 Africa 1,112 1,281 742 601 185 702 147 -135 516 226
96 Other countries -12,412 -22,480 -6,211 1,014 2,985 1,946 399 -2,235 -6,607 396
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 15,929 11,535 2,519 2,467 950 381 1,535 553 531 1,988
  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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Last update: April 24, 2009