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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: November 2012

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2010 2011 Jan.-Sep.2012/r Mar.2012 Apr.2012 May.2012/r Jun.2012 Jul.2012/r Aug.2012/r Sep.2012/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 6,747,218 7,720,283 5,286,478 631,804 563,228 651,421 569,598 562,146 583,114 598,714
2 Foreign sales 6,637,477 7,695,208 5,233,110 624,765 561,401 650,590 573,910 555,497 576,893 574,896
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 109,741 25,075 53,368 7,039 1,827 831 -4,312 6,649 6,221 23,818
 
4 Foreign countries 109,787 24,725 52,489 7,020 1,722 667 -4,420 6,539 6,226 23,621
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -2,518 4,452 6,655 451 2,145 377 2,801 326 121 429
 
6 Europe 54,053 -32,400 46,691 6,466 2,260 2,381 -14 3,385 3,215 21,647
7 Belgium -494 -3,973 -544 -80 -274 -20 -168 -431 135 -26
8 France 19,640 -26,557 9,434 17 -1,217 -17 -1,474 -731 -940 7,585
9 Germany -443 2,118 -729 439 -110 -1,413 -508 381 391 2,495
10 Ireland 976 79 6,231 -97 -30 -273 6,093 7 106 177
11 Luxembourg 131 -1,570 -1,429 -83 -70 362 -426 -429 -499 261
12 Netherlands -5,654 -2,155 -2,754 551 611 -1,569 -1,307 22 -700 152
13 Switzerland 7,553 -4,271 6,171 -311 169 1,076 1,770 2,443 -163 1,455
14 United Kingdom 27,839 3,037 29,204 6,790 2,434 5,881 -3,264 1,447 4,394 8,285
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,625 863 -384 7 4 -553 -30 15 44 -57
16 Canada 6,469 14,065 6,492 2,178 184 5,153 -2,950 -503 929 690
17 Latin America 5,181 1,472 932 85 391 -207 581 621 -1,610 1,079
18 Caribbean 24,195 31,789 5,008 1,746 -2,411 -6,380 -3,537 3,360 7,196 1,616
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 4,570 6,286 4,274 -148 1,899 -493 1,417 538 -60 97
20 Other Asia 13,556 2,245 -10,302 -3,460 -452 846 317 -622 -3,317 -1,486
21 China, Mainland 2,798 360 -265 -68 64 -340 -369 93 -876 -1,087
22 Hong Kong 9,760 6,460 -363 -267 340 147 6 154 -119 -774
23 Japan 4,587 3,400 -7,914 -2,814 -1,659 275 -378 -238 -268 -251
24 Africa -320 862 225 -12 100 95 -16 -50 -18 42
25 Other countries 2,083 406 -831 165 -249 -728 -218 -190 -109 -64
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -46 350 879 19 105 164 108 110 -5 197
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,108,653 1,132,565 1,161,512 103,918 120,259 141,707 145,220 133,842 157,385 158,342
28 Foreign sales 1,000,634 1,051,661 1,104,283 110,523 128,716 129,298 145,824 129,365 138,742 140,498
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 108,019 80,904 57,229 -6,605 -8,457 12,409 -604 4,477 18,643 17,844
 
30 Foreign countries 109,270 81,870 57,446 -6,695 -8,666 12,384 -642 4,467 18,787 18,265
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions -38,157 23,321 881 -5,310 -6,124 8,568 -14,575 -8,296 9,009 9,860
 
32 Europe 17,060 -15,628 5,058 -6,201 -3,504 3,889 202 3,223 8,027 394
33 Belgium 2,256 -329 -92 -62 23 -48 -14 -48 -25 -17
34 France 16,377 8,284 308 670 -1,751 2,520 -1,042 -151 -401 79
35 Germany 3,565 205 -351 -81 -340 -291 115 -229 121 392
36 Ireland -3,956 -4,656 -7,630 -1,740 -1,197 -916 -647 -825 -777 175
37 Luxembourg -15,303 -15,723 8,121 -5,093 671 4,810 4,057 -522 3,893 -573
38 Netherlands -153 460 -263 11 -35 -74 -12 -10 2 -16
39 Switzerland -3,300 292 497 -99 52 31 121 19 71 131
40 United Kingdom 17,836 -3,012 5,246 451 -744 -2,144 -2,291 5,105 5,192 177
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 590 190 -377 -251 -62 97 -39 -15 50 26
42 Canada 7,778 3,543 -7,476 -1,253 -522 2,574 -2,006 -1,817 -2,346 -1,513
43 Latin America 4,635 13,942 3,781 -188 2,040 -1,022 -656 -423 -444 803
44 Caribbean 13,811 13,326 4,865 -298 1,839 -2,871 821 2,674 763 3,408
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,060 1,699 3,344 -199 616 234 716 207 827 1,393
46 Other Asia 69,564 64,824 46,568 1,075 -9,112 9,499 155 391 11,469 13,366
47 China, Mainland -29,282 17,790 6,830 -2,070 -6,454 9,834 -11,888 -962 6,061 6,184
48 Hong Kong 6,505 1,008 -1,911 -35 -399 -96 -255 -726 -121 -150
49 Japan 71,289 36,463 20,109 1,751 -3,569 -2,459 9,366 393 3,207 3,528
50 Africa -830 162 552 29 -8 -12 6 234 301 10
51 Other countries -688 2 754 340 -15 93 120 -22 190 404
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,251 -966 -217 90 209 25 38 10 -144 -421
 
  CORPORATE BONDS  
53 Foreign purchases 971,246 996,101 703,204 93,089 64,710 80,450 63,643 63,391 86,988 81,750
54 Foreign sales 984,400 1,041,276 746,028 96,108 68,855 88,682 85,719 63,271 76,234 88,175
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) -13,154 -45,175 -42,824 -3,019 -4,145 -8,232 -22,076 120 10,754 -6,425
 
56 Foreign countries -11,420 -42,614 -41,321 -2,742 -4,184 -8,274 -21,691 272 11,117 -6,328
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 797 -1,179 2,984 -538 429 481 -2,652 616 1,623 2,892
 
58 Europe -46,081 -71,096 -54,076 -6,712 -8,657 -9,708 -16,594 -59 9,646 -10,038
59 Belgium -16,201 -17,867 -15,297 -1,531 -947 -641 -4,891 -1,193 -1,106 -1,553
60 France -6,429 -9,133 -4,232 -1,367 -713 -747 -5 -2 -27 -360
61 Germany -2,997 -3,833 -3,421 -309 -1,354 -476 -317 -209 38 -65
62 Ireland -2,980 -1,612 -768 -466 -372 -343 -81 -5 342 400
63 Luxembourg 1,380 -1,388 -333 243 708 -1,988 -162 352 1,242 -1,852
64 Netherlands -1,688 -2,828 -370 -46 -425 -199 313 -242 91 283
65 Switzerland -283 325 1,635 -358 109 -574 -123 174 671 496
66 United Kingdom -10,921 -23,670 -29,014 -3,002 -5,378 -4,557 -11,007 1,569 7,928 -8,284
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,478 -2,737 -693 -50 -63 -105 -72 -100 19 -62
68 Canada 1,578 -1,427 1,203 -70 1,407 2,111 98 550 291 2,640
69 Latin America 2,975 2,286 -1,120 -24 865 239 -2,360 233 -599 97
70 Caribbean 21,637 16,667 3,123 3,255 1,519 -1,075 -1,876 -2,198 700 -497
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -5,675 -737 925 553 182 52 -420 130 63 128
72 Other Asia 15,488 15,173 12,414 1,604 1,403 -555 -160 1,676 1,882 1,536
73 China, Mainland -354 3,065 3,139 -227 -41 459 466 626 637 200
74 Hong Kong -896 -822 -292 -59 -482 25 -1,301 300 266 160
75 Japan 842 9,505 2,149 2,144 1,152 -1,911 -708 -40 123 -889
76 Africa 242 169 55 4 6 -8 -22 2 18 -21
77 Other countries -1,584 -3,649 -3,845 -1,352 -909 670 -357 -62 -884 -173
 
78 International and regional organizations3 -1,734 -2,561 -1,503 -277 39 42 -385 -152 -363 -97
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -60,615 -71,702 -28,710 -2,859 -3,186 -9,425 -6,715 -816 -2,367 6,967
80 Foreign purchases 3,673,648 3,968,484 2,562,697 336,338 296,637 297,735 265,304 262,516 243,229 266,620
81 Foreign sales 3,734,263 4,040,186 2,591,407 339,197 299,823 307,160 272,019 263,332 245,596 259,653
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -54,644 -52,625 48,338 16,962 2,470 15,199 10,518 8,263 14,098 -21,570
 
83 Foreign purchases 3,650,150 3,530,814 2,813,461 363,286 300,119 328,716 320,884 283,078 267,510 342,483
84 Foreign sales 3,704,794 3,583,439 2,765,123 346,324 297,649 313,517 310,366 274,815 253,412 364,053
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -115,259 -124,327 19,628 14,103 -716 5,774 3,803 7,447 11,731 -14,603
 
86 Foreign countries -135,291 -158,568 -1,678 8,610 -4,335 6,699 2,521 7,970 10,161 -21,075
87 Europe 15,847 -93,041 -33,088 10,239 -7,361 -3,034 -11,712 -296 -10,069 -23,416
88 Euro Area5 -18,455 -51,257 -23,481 -7,834 -6,941 3,989 -3,225 4,465 -2,826 -9,415
89 United Kingdom 30,724 -50,852 -17,419 23,167 -3,395 -9,960 -8,601 -5,911 -9,071 -12,108
90 Canada -52,516 -34,909 -4,201 2,229 -5,669 -3,211 2,175 2,393 4,550 2,804
91 Latin America -34,717 -23,051 -8,297 -4,917 1,176 350 -2,529 -1,884 2,593 1,578
92 Caribbean -1,400 -15,629 13,206 -453 -35 1,418 2,457 613 12,091 825
93 Asia -42,272 11,852 24,697 5,438 2,475 8,808 9,287 2,569 1,713 4,377
94 Japan -19,476 2,687 4,828 2,513 -3,238 853 1,719 -212 1,772 3,706
95 Africa 519 -3,319 -787 -565 1,542 -519 -258 182 -195 -188
96 Other countries -20,752 -471 6,792 -3,361 3,537 2,887 3,101 4,393 -522 -7,055
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 20,032 34,241 21,306 5,493 3,619 -925 1,282 -523 1,570 6,472
  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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Last update: November 30, 2012