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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: December 2012

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2010 2011 Jan.-Oct.2012/r Apr.2012/r May.2012/r Jun.2012/r Jul.2012/r Aug.2012/r Sep.2012/r Oct.2012/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 6,747,218 7,720,283 5,944,778 562,962 651,748 569,935 562,146 583,114 598,716 659,462
2 Foreign sales 6,637,477 7,695,208 5,890,869 561,014 650,922 574,196 555,497 576,893 574,953 658,864
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 109,741 25,075 53,909 1,948 826 -4,261 6,649 6,221 23,763 598
 
4 Foreign countries 109,787 24,725 53,057 1,843 662 -4,369 6,539 6,226 23,566 625
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -2,518 4,452 7,869 2,145 377 2,801 326 121 429 1,214
 
6 Europe 54,053 -32,400 42,367 2,455 2,418 33 3,385 3,215 21,635 -4,687
7 Belgium -494 -3,973 -584 -274 -20 -168 -431 135 -26 -40
8 France 19,640 -26,557 5,929 -1,181 -18 -1,474 -731 -940 7,581 -3,657
9 Germany -443 2,118 -582 -110 -1,414 -507 381 391 2,494 130
10 Ireland 976 79 6,097 -30 -273 6,093 7 106 177 14
11 Luxembourg 131 -1,570 -2,734 -67 362 -432 -429 -499 260 -1,305
12 Netherlands -5,654 -2,155 -3,100 613 -1,540 -1,307 22 -700 150 -387
13 Switzerland 7,553 -4,271 7,501 164 1,091 1,768 2,443 -163 1,454 1,262
14 United Kingdom 27,839 3,037 27,830 2,587 5,857 -3,239 1,447 4,394 8,285 -1,556
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,625 863 -338 4 -553 -30 15 44 -57 48
16 Canada 6,469 14,065 6,207 146 5,110 -2,946 -503 929 690 -174
17 Latin America 5,181 1,472 2,790 357 -207 581 621 -1,610 1,079 1,891
18 Caribbean 24,195 31,789 6,671 -2,415 -6,379 -3,537 3,360 7,196 1,578 1,703
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 4,570 6,286 4,544 1,899 -493 1,417 538 -60 97 270
20 Other Asia 13,556 2,245 -9,209 -452 846 317 -622 -3,317 -1,487 1,372
21 China, Mainland 2,798 360 -912 62 -340 -369 93 -876 -1,087 -622
22 Hong Kong 9,760 6,460 -547 371 147 6 154 -119 -774 -213
23 Japan 4,587 3,400 -7,458 -1,688 275 -378 -238 -268 -252 721
24 Africa -320 862 382 102 95 -16 -50 -18 42 144
25 Other countries 2,083 406 -695 -249 -728 -218 -190 -109 -68 106
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -46 350 852 105 164 108 110 -5 197 -27
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,108,653 1,132,565 1,325,088 120,259 141,707 145,220 133,842 157,385 158,342 157,933
28 Foreign sales 1,000,634 1,051,661 1,255,695 128,716 129,298 145,824 129,365 138,742 140,498 149,559
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 108,019 80,904 69,393 -8,457 12,409 -604 4,477 18,643 17,844 8,374
 
30 Foreign countries 109,270 81,870 69,436 -8,666 12,384 -642 4,467 18,787 18,265 8,200
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions -38,157 23,321 -3,307 -6,124 8,568 -14,575 -8,296 9,009 9,860 -4,125
 
32 Europe 17,060 -15,628 13,048 -3,504 3,889 202 3,223 8,027 394 4,586
33 Belgium 2,256 -329 -137 23 -48 -14 -48 -25 -17 -21
34 France 16,377 8,284 -683 -1,751 2,520 -1,042 -151 -401 79 -992
35 Germany 3,565 205 50 -340 -291 115 -229 121 392 405
36 Ireland -3,956 -4,656 -6,513 -1,197 -916 -647 -825 -777 175 1,025
37 Luxembourg -15,303 -15,723 15,582 671 4,810 4,057 -522 3,893 -573 3,513
38 Netherlands -153 460 -232 -35 -74 -12 -10 2 -16 31
39 Switzerland -3,300 292 213 52 31 121 19 71 131 -300
40 United Kingdom 17,836 -3,012 5,533 -744 -2,144 -2,291 5,105 5,192 177 1,019
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 590 190 -393 -62 97 -39 -15 50 26 -16
42 Canada 7,778 3,543 -6,705 -522 2,574 -2,006 -1,817 -2,346 -1,513 737
43 Latin America 4,635 13,942 3,987 2,040 -1,022 -656 -423 -444 803 206
44 Caribbean 13,811 13,326 3,991 1,839 -2,871 821 2,674 763 3,408 -1,113
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,060 1,699 3,424 616 234 716 207 827 1,393 79
46 Other Asia 69,564 64,824 49,691 -9,112 9,499 155 391 11,469 13,366 3,128
47 China, Mainland -29,282 17,790 5,401 -6,454 9,834 -11,888 -962 6,061 6,184 -1,394
48 Hong Kong 6,505 1,008 -2,113 -399 -96 -255 -726 -121 -150 -212
49 Japan 71,289 36,463 22,915 -3,569 -2,459 9,366 393 3,207 3,528 2,816
50 Africa -830 162 621 -8 -12 6 234 301 10 69
51 Other countries -688 2 1,379 -15 93 120 -22 190 404 508
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,251 -966 -43 209 25 38 10 -144 -421 174
 
  CORPORATE BONDS  
53 Foreign purchases 971,246 996,101 802,155 64,718 80,460 63,644 63,391 86,988 81,750 95,659
54 Foreign sales 984,400 1,041,276 841,967 69,330 89,547 85,721 63,271 76,234 88,175 92,017
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) -13,154 -45,175 -39,812 -4,612 -9,087 -22,077 120 10,754 -6,425 3,642
 
56 Foreign countries -11,420 -42,614 -38,168 -4,651 -9,129 -21,692 272 11,117 -6,328 3,783
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 797 -1,179 4,646 429 622 -2,652 616 1,623 2,892 840
 
58 Europe -46,081 -71,096 -53,443 -9,124 -10,562 -16,595 -59 9,646 -10,038 1,843
59 Belgium -16,201 -17,867 -19,262 -947 -641 -4,891 -1,193 -1,106 -1,553 -3,972
60 France -6,429 -9,133 -4,005 -713 -747 -5 -2 -27 -360 198
61 Germany -2,997 -3,833 -3,320 -1,353 -476 -317 -209 38 -65 107
62 Ireland -2,980 -1,612 -1,409 -372 -343 -81 -5 342 400 -513
63 Luxembourg 1,380 -1,388 -1,287 248 -2,839 -162 352 1,242 -1,852 1,004
64 Netherlands -1,688 -2,828 -185 -426 -199 313 -242 91 283 189
65 Switzerland -283 325 1,590 109 -574 -123 174 671 496 -62
66 United Kingdom -10,921 -23,670 -22,978 -5,379 -4,557 -11,008 1,569 7,928 -8,284 5,108
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,478 -2,737 -717 -63 -105 -72 -100 19 -62 -7
68 Canada 1,578 -1,427 701 1,407 2,111 98 550 291 2,640 -570
69 Latin America 2,975 2,286 -968 865 239 -2,360 233 -599 97 152
70 Caribbean 21,637 16,667 3,490 1,519 -1,076 -1,876 -2,198 700 -497 383
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -5,675 -737 1,250 182 52 -420 130 63 128 256
72 Other Asia 15,488 15,173 13,876 1,403 -555 -160 1,676 1,882 1,536 1,591
73 China, Mainland -354 3,065 3,773 -41 459 466 626 637 200 643
74 Hong Kong -896 -822 -186 -482 25 -1,301 300 266 160 86
75 Japan 842 9,505 1,165 1,152 -1,911 -708 -40 123 -889 -957
76 Africa 242 169 652 6 -8 -22 2 18 -21 -5
77 Other countries -1,584 -3,649 -3,726 -909 670 -357 -62 -884 -173 133
 
78 International and regional organizations3 -1,734 -2,561 -1,644 39 42 -385 -152 -363 -97 -141
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -60,615 -71,702 -29,159 -3,237 -9,500 -6,688 -831 -2,357 6,971 -432
80 Foreign purchases 3,673,648 3,968,484 2,827,458 296,724 297,769 265,430 262,562 243,296 266,651 263,992
81 Foreign sales 3,734,263 4,040,186 2,856,617 299,961 307,269 272,118 263,393 245,653 259,680 264,424
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -54,644 -52,625 21,948 2,495 15,453 10,518 8,263 14,098 -21,570 -26,706
 
83 Foreign purchases 3,650,150 3,530,814 3,191,142 300,110 328,716 320,884 283,078 267,510 342,483 377,688
84 Foreign sales 3,704,794 3,583,439 3,169,194 297,615 313,263 310,366 274,815 253,412 364,053 404,394
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -115,259 -124,327 -7,211 -742 5,953 3,830 7,432 11,741 -14,599 -27,138
 
86 Foreign countries -135,291 -158,568 -32,193 -4,361 6,878 2,548 7,955 10,171 -21,071 -30,814
87 Europe 15,847 -93,041 -56,448 -7,349 -2,848 -11,736 -313 -10,049 -23,420 -23,548
88 Euro Area5 -18,455 -51,257 -33,004 -6,956 4,167 -3,228 4,464 -2,826 -9,416 -9,625
89 United Kingdom 30,724 -50,852 -34,324 -3,397 -9,944 -8,619 -5,924 -9,061 -12,107 -16,918
90 Canada -52,516 -34,909 -14,871 -5,671 -3,202 2,185 2,392 4,525 2,803 -10,653
91 Latin America -34,717 -23,051 -12,328 1,180 352 -2,529 -1,884 2,594 1,578 -4,040
92 Caribbean -1,400 -15,629 18,324 -51 1,387 2,503 621 12,109 836 4,738
93 Asia -42,272 11,852 27,353 2,449 8,821 9,287 2,569 1,710 4,377 2,927
94 Japan -19,476 2,687 786 -3,269 852 1,719 -212 1,772 3,706 -3,834
95 Africa 519 -3,319 -1,335 1,544 -519 -263 177 -196 -190 -530
96 Other countries -20,752 -471 7,112 3,537 2,887 3,101 4,393 -522 -7,055 292
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 20,032 34,241 24,982 3,619 -925 1,282 -523 1,570 6,472 3,676
  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: December 28, 2012