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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: July 2016

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2014 2015/r Jan.-May.2016/r Nov.2015 Dec.2015/r Jan.2016 Feb.2016 Mar.2016 Apr.2016/r May.2016/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 8,923,971 11,060,212 4,623,794 896,992 906,604 912,991 987,173 926,342 866,339 930,949
2 Foreign sales 8,940,085 11,175,141 4,657,948 910,065 920,366 908,416 998,286 942,850 869,100 939,296
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -16,114 -114,929 -34,154 -13,073 -13,762 4,575 -11,113 -16,508 -2,761 -8,347
 
4 Foreign countries -15,502 -114,729 -33,649 -13,010 -13,768 4,543 -11,116 -16,482 -2,782 -7,812
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,930 -16,218 -191 -2,938 -4,312 -1,247 1,240 -2,579 1,264 1,131
 
6 Europe 8,583 -35,130 -4,467 -3,274 -9,997 -6,666 832 -274 3,256 -1,615
7 Belgium -546 -1,083 -520 -281 -171 -206 -299 10 137 -162
8 France 17,619 -12,117 -972 2,746 -4,468 2,090 -1,995 -1,359 -1,188 1,480
9 Germany -1,951 -3,226 12 905 -366 188 -463 18 107 161
10 Ireland 4,742 -4,787 -2,874 -1,028 -464 -590 -970 -473 -107 -734
11 Luxembourg 2,033 578 -2,620 1,316 -260 -274 -1,166 -201 -751 -228
12 Netherlands 3,828 -3,001 1,277 -378 -596 -203 804 398 86 193
13 Switzerland -6,193 463 8,140 -129 -3,568 832 6,111 2,525 -759 -569
14 United Kingdom -19,734 -15,518 -11,444 -5,506 259 -9,653 -1,739 -1,082 5,658 -4,628
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 574 -2,088 -106 94 -4 -74 -198 67 20 79
16 Canada 10,179 -12,227 -3,146 2,952 -1,279 -2,160 -3,572 148 897 1,541
17 Latin America 3,550 -1,085 -5,392 -743 807 1,559 -1,274 -1,350 -1,294 -3,033
18 Caribbean -11,702 -33,011 -11,958 -5,082 -1,324 10,290 -8,249 -7,032 -3,537 -3,430
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -326 -19,368 -2,985 -1,367 -1,616 657 558 -3,757 -149 -294
20 Other Asia -27,401 -13,957 -5,945 -5,543 -670 455 376 -3,702 -2,182 -892
21 China, Mainland -1,674 -4,537 -2,754 -23 845 -100 -71 -1,026 -850 -707
22 Hong Kong -6,591 -16,159 -4,544 -5,867 -3,372 -961 456 -1,542 -1,777 -720
23 Japan -9,223 9,472 4,648 -53 559 1,380 1,458 1,601 -394 603
24 Africa 199 -428 34 -70 6 14 18 -6 28 -20
25 Other countries 1,416 477 210 117 305 394 195 -509 199 -69
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -612 -200 -505 -63 6 32 3 -26 21 -535
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,114,724 1,393,968 809,629 124,807 106,462 116,522 159,361 190,765 168,539 174,442
28 Foreign sales 1,040,120 1,237,245 697,585 110,871 104,709 110,186 140,825 158,448 139,120 149,006
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 74,604 156,723 112,044 13,936 1,753 6,336 18,536 32,317 29,419 25,436
 
30 Foreign countries 75,793 158,194 112,234 13,963 1,962 6,214 18,772 32,418 29,356 25,474
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 31,367 33,481 16,482 3,714 1,020 1,753 7,431 2,201 4,396 701
 
32 Europe 31,784 45,678 37,679 1,724 2,532 530 3,407 11,926 11,346 10,470
33 Belgium -193 -49 -67 41 -40 19 47 2 -117 -17
34 France 6,875 5,723 4,812 20 271 20 930 1,926 1,166 770
35 Germany 3,375 1,595 134 -441 277 220 -970 323 598 -37
36 Ireland -9,419 -3,039 2,856 272 76 583 -178 730 1,562 159
37 Luxembourg -3,371 3,962 5,148 52 183 153 -196 1,763 1,816 1,613
38 Netherlands 678 2,092 42 216 681 71 -99 -34 -128 232
39 Switzerland -2,271 -1,122 198 -32 26 0 171 199 -123 -49
40 United Kingdom 36,681 36,954 23,966 1,547 1,013 -681 3,182 7,392 6,200 7,873
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 306 -172 278 21 -64 120 -72 -26 151 105
42 Canada 3,624 9,088 3,622 598 202 235 -324 1,111 1,472 1,128
43 Latin America -9,947 4,101 4,027 821 1,017 1,066 1,968 -8 1,104 -103
44 Caribbean -693 5,759 744 2,399 -5,930 669 -3,873 2,353 3,076 -1,481
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -269 -295 -688 -3 382 -41 -144 -273 -37 -193
46 Other Asia 51,892 93,659 66,096 8,450 3,674 3,640 17,710 17,076 12,301 15,369
47 China, Mainland 26,156 19,002 10,952 90 -1,511 -1,466 8,185 1,381 22 2,830
48 Hong Kong -2,950 -1,788 -505 9 343 182 669 -352 -581 -423
49 Japan 123 31,452 36,055 4,719 2,528 1,888 7,108 11,695 6,170 9,194
50 Africa 107 4 120 -57 26 -2 17 59 18 28
51 Other countries -705 200 634 31 59 117 11 174 76 256
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,189 -1,471 -190 -27 -209 122 -236 -101 63 -38
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,084,270 1,184,213 515,463 91,367 74,049 78,961 99,526 123,299 97,993 115,684
54 Foreign sales 1,058,960 1,050,080 465,319 86,313 69,526 72,841 87,941 98,043 103,524 102,970
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 25,310 134,133 50,144 5,054 4,523 6,120 11,585 25,256 -5,531 12,714
 
56 Foreign countries 24,557 133,912 50,455 5,100 4,467 6,269 11,791 25,242 -5,610 12,763
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 6,960 -3,807 -1,615 -1,820 54 371 -534 -492 -1,609 649
 
58 Europe 15,320 111,001 36,537 4,337 4,309 1,378 9,413 19,287 -2,081 8,540
59 Belgium -12,634 -15,203 -9,698 -1,824 -336 -1,952 -1,516 -2,313 -1,780 -2,137
60 France -32,083 -1,669 -8,199 -137 -69 -250 -125 -398 -7,766 340
61 Germany -2,791 7,754 9,152 -237 234 1,046 2,918 702 2,608 1,878
62 Ireland -9,203 1,264 -4,690 -318 -335 -1,303 -739 -328 -1,495 -825
63 Luxembourg -6,874 -1,362 -3,900 129 -952 -2,048 -1,296 180 -725 -11
64 Netherlands -4,877 -3,695 195 -373 -127 -126 -43 133 476 -245
65 Switzerland -4,457 -3,275 1,670 -744 -74 298 644 1,460 228 -960
66 United Kingdom 77,168 127,398 50,975 8,683 6,064 5,625 9,441 19,276 7,026 9,607
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -990 -727 -232 20 -53 -40 32 -28 28 -224
68 Canada -5,621 -13,544 -8,544 -243 -2,675 -1,370 -1,778 -213 -3,059 -2,124
69 Latin America 606 4,503 1,948 347 120 163 434 546 355 450
70 Caribbean 22,402 24,424 9,820 1,619 843 3,566 1,435 3,301 -1,501 3,019
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -4,753 -7,476 -922 -707 -164 -519 -245 -71 -101 14
72 Other Asia -5,414 13,739 10,771 -186 1,574 3,131 2,394 2,058 502 2,686
73 China, Mainland 532 -357 -919 -843 -144 -208 141 -341 -821 310
74 Hong Kong 2,265 3,199 2,130 202 350 384 368 503 314 561
75 Japan -11,461 -333 5,407 -342 734 1,084 1,208 1,349 1,111 655
76 Africa 18 463 79 -26 -1 2 39 22 7 9
77 Other countries 1,999 802 766 -41 461 -82 99 312 268 169
 
78 International and regional organizations2 753 221 -311 -46 56 -149 -206 14 79 -49
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -105,733 -114,188 -32,628 1,657 -4,890 -6,614 -1,510 -10,351 -17,738 3,585
80 Foreign purchases 4,392,140 4,790,769 1,864,421 365,659 371,317 346,434 394,182 402,889 367,916 353,000
81 Foreign sales 4,497,873 4,904,957 1,897,049 364,002 376,207 353,048 395,692 413,240 385,654 349,415
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 131,678 276,062 126,938 -11,304 19,080 28,119 45,222 23,742 3,809 26,046
 
83 Foreign purchases 4,752,825 5,935,835 2,305,073 437,566 374,836 409,725 405,767 519,291 529,700 440,590
84 Foreign sales 4,621,147 5,659,773 2,178,135 448,870 355,756 381,606 360,545 495,549 525,891 414,544
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 25,945 161,874 94,310 -9,647 14,190 21,505 43,712 13,391 -13,929 29,631
 
86 Foreign countries -9,155 136,760 76,577 -9,478 15,438 22,190 43,108 11,861 -23,477 22,895
87 Europe -86,405 -15,668 11,814 -7,126 11,996 8,882 23,558 -2,903 -9,450 -8,273
88 Euro Area5 -59,139 -94,781 -50,680 -4,537 -778 -11,026 262 -12,450 -8,632 -18,834
89 United Kingdom -59,731 63,114 48,544 -2,767 13,204 12,172 19,237 8,560 3,454 5,121
90 Canada 30,250 74,074 20,738 383 2,848 7,842 56 1,996 6,927 3,917
91 Latin America -38,228 -6,577 -2,961 -2,716 660 1,682 9,111 586 -18,185 3,845
92 Caribbean 29,541 29,567 15,042 4,153 -12,011 -8,208 -1,014 5,318 6,196 12,750
93 Asia 27,821 40,466 41,242 1,975 7,661 16,231 11,250 9,403 -9,549 13,907
94 Japan 15,383 23,716 18,189 81 5,521 4,646 2,933 9,703 -3,977 4,884
95 Africa -2,103 -2,313 -3,972 27 -600 -954 -27 -572 -1,737 -682
96 Other countries 29,969 17,211 -5,326 -6,174 4,884 -3,285 174 -1,967 2,321 -2,569
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 35,100 25,114 17,733 -169 -1,248 -685 604 1,530 9,548 6,736
  1. Comprises oil-exporting countries as follows: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  2. Principally the Bank for International Settlements, 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.   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, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain. For data as of January 2009, also includes Slovakia. For data as of January 2011, also includes Estonia. For data as of January 2014, also includes Latvia.   Return to table
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Last update: July 29, 2016