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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: August 2011

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2009 2010 Jan.-Jun.2011/r Dec.2010 Jan.2011 Feb.2011 Mar.2011/r Apr.2011/r May.2011/r Jun.2011/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 6,653,957 6,747,218 3,834,795 540,138 574,895 595,054 732,444 593,108 673,795 665,499
2 Foreign sales 6,501,223 6,637,477 3,767,183 533,375 558,947 588,957 717,867 575,302 664,556 661,554
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 152,734 109,741 67,612 6,763 15,948 6,097 14,577 17,806 9,239 3,945
 
4 Foreign countries 152,731 109,787 67,294 6,792 15,677 6,136 14,548 17,761 9,254 3,918
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 11,679 -2,518 4,858 76 2,084 -540 -78 1,180 1,374 838
 
6 Europe 68,422 54,053 19,806 7,620 -1,614 8,175 4,339 6,589 2,825 -508
7 Belgium 2,466 -494 -909 -32 202 -149 -150 -414 -150 -248
8 France 168 19,640 -6,395 -137 -9,040 2,380 739 1,974 -2,155 -293
9 Germany 756 -443 1,783 -1,081 -101 329 -260 16 1,104 695
10 Ireland 1,610 976 2 391 -191 -209 140 -53 29 286
11 Luxembourg 1,875 131 2,405 316 934 894 196 319 270 -208
12 Netherlands 3,284 -5,654 -1,627 127 18 57 -1,061 418 128 -1,187
13 Switzerland 8,664 7,553 1,065 1,485 -56 205 1,327 1,140 -1,177 -374
14 United Kingdom 33,700 27,839 18,443 7,772 4,177 5,661 2,498 888 3,655 1,564
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,144 1,625 684 309 168 148 62 201 83 22
16 Canada -1,647 6,469 13,138 934 3,760 -643 1,168 1,215 3,751 3,887
17 Latin America 5,479 5,181 2,916 44 50 1,107 933 92 868 -134
18 Caribbean 35,516 24,195 25,196 -3,236 11,216 1,800 7,822 9,256 -184 -4,714
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 3,534 4,570 4,034 200 1,157 -231 434 1,125 787 762
20 Other Asia 39,269 13,556 782 869 75 -3,019 -184 -1,247 1,279 3,878
21 China, Mainland 4,040 2,798 -546 -6 -57 -178 325 -635 207 -208
22 Hong Kong 6,334 9,760 4,689 1,046 14 -179 1,086 1,263 825 1,680
23 Japan 13,753 4,587 -1,163 354 224 -842 -631 -1,525 242 1,369
24 Africa -689 -320 178 5 -19 -30 132 48 -18 65
25 Other countries 2,847 2,083 1,244 356 1,052 -1,023 -96 683 -54 682
 
26 International and regional organizations2 3 -46 318 -29 271 -39 29 45 -15 27
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,043,178 1,108,653 504,212 97,125 96,479 77,070 86,287 86,587 75,207 82,582
28 Foreign sales 1,054,669 1,000,634 485,945 87,071 85,204 78,557 76,794 79,083 83,471 82,836
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) -11,491 108,019 18,267 10,054 11,275 -1,487 9,493 7,504 -8,264 -254
 
30 Foreign countries -9,868 109,270 18,916 9,947 11,499 -1,198 9,200 7,810 -8,169 -226
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions -42,906 -38,256 18,274 -445 9,870 5,767 2,566 1,799 655 -2,383
 
32 Europe 23,782 17,060 -19,522 5,314 -1,596 -4,340 6,522 -2,828 -13,096 -4,184
33 Belgium 2,379 2,256 -179 19 -39 1 -31 -27 -81 -2
34 France 12,963 16,377 1,014 -111 -639 14 66 256 1,064 254
35 Germany -838 3,565 -253 337 39 -264 -310 -36 188 129
36 Ireland -4,487 -3,956 -3,584 -150 -692 192 -1,090 -575 -374 -1,045
37 Luxembourg 6,679 -15,303 -4,800 1,821 -1,158 -951 -570 -91 -638 -1,392
38 Netherlands -739 -153 675 -348 86 2 -64 -166 40 777
39 Switzerland -4,580 -3,300 414 -592 413 -41 347 21 30 -356
40 United Kingdom 20,291 17,836 -14,692 3,903 288 -3,444 7,617 -2,749 -13,459 -2,945
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 9 590 1 -114 -3 -7 80 -22 -52 5
42 Canada 2,214 7,778 4,223 943 883 1,270 -125 23 936 1,236
43 Latin America -10,914 4,635 4,231 -1,080 1,142 815 962 -391 765 938
44 Caribbean -20,420 13,811 2,324 2,131 -1,267 -3,170 -3,741 3,644 307 6,551
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 1,483 -2,060 -75 608 -235 -170 163 -202 37 332
46 Other Asia -3,605 69,564 27,772 2,062 12,411 4,523 5,700 7,426 2,742 -5,030
47 China, Mainland -24,671 -29,282 9,834 -1,930 3,718 1,923 3,579 2,010 1,289 -2,685
48 Hong Kong 10,242 6,505 719 1,340 1,090 706 -1,351 454 130 -310
49 Japan -13,462 71,289 7,742 79 1,747 2,660 2,816 654 1,128 -1,263
50 Africa -2,540 -830 156 -8 21 -5 -2 -42 198 -14
51 Other countries 132 -688 -193 -23 140 -121 -279 180 -58 -55
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,623 -1,251 -649 107 -224 -289 293 -306 -95 -28
 
  CORPORATE BONDS  
53 Foreign purchases 1,189,391 971,246 586,057 79,908 97,409 92,925 109,396 84,435 87,642 114,250
54 Foreign sales 1,230,165 984,415 593,026 77,004 96,716 95,467 105,631 88,268 82,009 124,935
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) -40,774 -13,169 -6,969 2,904 693 -2,542 3,765 -3,833 5,633 -10,685
 
56 Foreign countries -39,662 -11,414 -5,484 3,121 1,199 -2,336 3,958 -3,701 5,830 -10,434
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -2,325 788 -3,319 -656 -538 -1,066 381 -1,028 -377 -691
 
58 Europe -52,434 -46,075 -26,674 -6,736 -2,448 -2,189 -5,336 -8,721 1,498 -9,478
59 Belgium -13,807 -16,201 -10,631 -1,999 -2,688 -1,815 -1,768 -1,001 -1,238 -2,121
60 France -3,897 -6,429 -3,583 -1,642 135 -109 321 -2,742 -514 -674
61 Germany -1,651 -2,997 -1,689 -392 -39 116 -452 -86 -814 -414
62 Ireland -12,067 -2,980 -148 -973 -344 57 -386 456 -156 225
63 Luxembourg -2,710 1,380 1,378 -609 181 1,079 769 387 207 -1,245
64 Netherlands -1,746 -1,688 -1,557 -259 -323 -282 -432 91 -341 -270
65 Switzerland -1,540 -277 1,234 -1,224 118 369 286 215 378 -132
66 United Kingdom -12,275 -10,921 -8,567 892 1,031 -711 -3,235 -4,837 3,891 -4,706
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -325 -1,478 -1,951 -267 -280 -25 -151 -573 -671 -251
68 Canada 6,776 1,578 0 580 -12 -953 847 -218 126 210
69 Latin America 7,527 2,975 1,105 -386 813 -572 870 370 -718 342
70 Caribbean 2,815 21,637 9,505 9,146 2,346 1,449 4,449 235 968 58
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -4,041 -5,675 -557 -39 75 -264 -90 -252 99 -125
72 Other Asia -1,195 15,488 10,844 1,283 361 1,194 2,111 5,606 1,828 -256
73 China, Mainland -4,050 -354 696 43 25 158 103 -22 92 340
74 Hong Kong 2,867 -896 -1,826 617 237 -847 -1,397 225 -179 135
75 Japan -1,598 842 6,397 -707 -589 1,386 1,961 2,389 2,019 -769
76 Africa 419 242 111 -29 -4 79 4 47 -8 -7
77 Other countries 471 -1,584 182 -698 68 -1,080 1,103 -768 2,037 -1,178
 
78 International and regional organizations3 -1,112 -1,755 -1,485 -217 -506 -206 -193 -132 -197 -251
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -59,360 -60,615 -63,141 -8,483 -18,662 -13,215 -13,752 -12,936 -6,360 1,784
80 Foreign purchases 3,169,501 3,673,648 2,072,469 319,975 315,933 342,538 403,261 328,155 341,449 341,133
81 Foreign sales 3,228,861 3,734,263 2,135,610 328,458 334,595 355,753 417,013 341,091 347,809 339,349
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -127,474 -67,382 -11,462 -2,978 -358 7,728 -16,920 -1,304 -14,050 13,442
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,951,939 3,650,150 1,951,893 230,791 279,141 295,420 385,341 316,125 315,927 359,939
84 Foreign sales 2,079,413 3,717,532 1,963,355 233,769 279,499 287,692 402,261 317,429 329,977 346,497
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -186,834 -127,997 -74,603 -11,461 -19,020 -5,487 -30,672 -14,240 -20,410 15,226
 
86 Foreign countries -183,453 -148,029 -91,905 -12,120 -18,879 -10,152 -34,655 -15,073 -25,068 11,922
87 Europe -64,502 3,109 -64,918 8,715 -6,731 -13,881 -24,996 -7,207 -10,157 -1,946
88 Euro Area5 -36,689 -31,193 -39,419 3,058 -8,432 -7,001 -9,047 -2,057 -9,591 -3,291
89 United Kingdom -22,347 30,724 -28,162 5,019 3,319 -9,650 -15,525 -4,355 -2,650 699
90 Canada -41,638 -52,516 -8,920 1,619 -5,073 3,320 629 -8,977 -4,795 5,976
91 Latin America -32,614 -34,717 -11,229 1,059 2,771 -1,873 -7,465 2,237 -6,934 35
92 Caribbean 12,179 -1,400 1,592 -5,542 -1,385 1,563 10,104 651 -6,172 -3,169
93 Asia -2,689 -42,272 -6,210 -13,828 -7,739 2,143 -10,369 -3,613 5,213 8,155
94 Japan 1,871 -19,476 -5,212 -7,360 -2,862 -1,941 -4,783 -1,523 697 5,200
95 Africa 3,389 519 1 106 -30 132 13 241 134 -489
96 Other countries -57,578 -20,752 -2,221 -4,249 -692 -1,556 -2,571 1,595 -2,357 3,360
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 -3,381 20,032 17,302 659 -141 4,665 3,983 833 4,658 3,304
  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. Principally 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. 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. Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also includes Cyprus, Malta, and Slovenia. For data as of January 2009, also includes Slovakia. For data as of January 2011, also includes Estonia.   Return to table
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