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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: October 2016

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2014 2015 Jan.-Aug.2016/r Feb.2016/r Mar.2016/r Apr.2016/r May.2016/r Jun.2016/r Jul.2016/r Aug.2016/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 8,923,971 11,060,212 7,376,100 987,173 926,342 866,335 930,949 950,369 870,693 931,248
2 Foreign sales 8,940,085 11,175,141 7,388,252 998,286 942,850 869,100 939,296 957,156 844,634 928,514
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -16,114 -114,929 -12,152 -11,113 -16,508 -2,765 -8,347 -6,787 26,059 2,734
 
4 Foreign countries -15,502 -114,729 -11,629 -11,116 -16,482 -2,786 -7,812 -6,744 26,051 2,717
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,930 -16,218 6,623 1,240 -2,579 1,264 1,131 1,244 4,814 756
 
6 Europe 8,583 -35,130 11,456 832 -274 3,256 -1,615 -4,547 15,451 5,019
7 Belgium -546 -1,083 -756 -299 10 137 -162 -127 66 -175
8 France 17,619 -12,117 -576 -1,995 -1,359 -1,188 1,480 -692 -148 1,236
9 Germany -1,951 -3,226 -2,412 -463 18 107 161 -1,590 -149 -685
10 Ireland 4,742 -4,787 -5,237 -970 -473 -107 -734 -635 -1,008 -720
11 Luxembourg 2,033 578 -4,342 -1,166 -201 -751 -228 -832 -283 -607
12 Netherlands 3,828 -3,001 3,781 804 398 86 193 389 2,019 96
13 Switzerland -6,193 463 7,354 6,111 2,525 -759 -569 -191 222 -817
14 United Kingdom -19,734 -15,518 9,768 -1,739 -1,082 5,658 -4,628 -733 14,845 7,100
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 574 -2,088 -554 -198 67 20 79 -121 -175 -152
16 Canada 10,179 -12,227 -516 -3,572 148 897 1,541 -1,465 4,610 -515
17 Latin America 3,550 -1,085 -7,661 -1,274 -1,350 -1,294 -3,033 -694 -1,920 345
18 Caribbean -11,702 -33,011 -10,346 -8,249 -7,032 -3,537 -3,430 -610 1,944 278
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -326 -19,368 -2,224 558 -3,757 -149 -294 -17 489 289
20 Other Asia -27,401 -13,957 -3,099 376 -3,702 -2,182 -892 808 5,057 -3,019
21 China, Mainland -1,674 -4,537 -3,927 -71 -1,026 -850 -707 -528 -627 -18
22 Hong Kong -6,591 -16,159 -8,092 456 -1,542 -1,777 -720 235 875 -4,658
23 Japan -9,223 9,472 7,033 1,458 1,601 -394 603 -2 1,759 628
24 Africa 199 -428 -5 18 -6 28 -20 -1 -1 -37
25 Other countries 1,416 477 766 195 -509 195 -69 -218 421 357
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -612 -200 -523 3 -26 21 -535 -43 8 17
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,114,724 1,393,968 1,338,836 159,361 190,765 168,539 174,442 174,447 179,009 175,751
28 Foreign sales 1,040,120 1,237,245 1,124,442 140,825 158,448 139,120 149,006 140,569 140,098 146,190
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 74,604 156,723 214,394 18,536 32,317 29,419 25,436 33,878 38,911 29,561
 
30 Foreign countries 75,793 158,194 214,640 18,772 32,418 29,356 25,474 33,854 38,911 29,641
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 31,367 33,481 30,469 7,431 2,201 4,396 701 3,416 6,892 3,679
 
32 Europe 31,784 45,678 54,332 3,407 11,926 11,346 10,470 7,252 3,854 5,547
33 Belgium -193 -49 -36 47 2 -117 -17 4 31 -5
34 France 6,875 5,723 7,773 930 1,926 1,166 770 2,151 246 564
35 Germany 3,375 1,595 -763 -970 323 598 -37 68 -325 -641
36 Ireland -9,419 -3,039 3,485 -178 730 1,562 159 -346 648 327
37 Luxembourg -3,371 3,962 9,802 -196 1,763 1,816 1,613 2,331 1,251 1,072
38 Netherlands 678 2,092 1,232 -99 -34 -128 232 323 71 796
39 Switzerland -2,271 -1,122 -17 171 199 -123 -49 32 -79 -168
40 United Kingdom 36,681 36,954 32,752 3,182 7,392 6,200 7,873 2,760 2,256 3,770
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 306 -172 354 -72 -26 151 105 -2 26 52
42 Canada 3,624 9,088 5,628 -324 1,111 1,472 1,128 647 257 1,102
43 Latin America -9,947 4,101 6,731 1,968 -8 1,104 -103 1,340 736 628
44 Caribbean -693 5,759 14,006 -3,873 2,353 3,076 -1,481 7,202 4,801 1,259
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -269 -295 -624 -144 -273 -37 -193 -15 -31 110
46 Other Asia 51,892 93,659 133,374 17,710 17,076 12,301 15,369 17,375 29,098 20,805
47 China, Mainland 26,156 19,002 18,698 8,185 1,381 22 2,830 1,200 6,436 110
48 Hong Kong -2,950 -1,788 -142 669 -352 -581 -423 0 -22 385
49 Japan 123 31,452 71,111 7,108 11,695 6,170 9,194 9,620 13,854 11,582
50 Africa 107 4 178 17 59 18 28 22 9 27
51 Other countries -705 200 1,015 11 174 76 256 31 187 163
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,189 -1,471 -246 -236 -101 63 -38 24 0 -80
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,084,270 1,184,213 842,637 100,441 123,299 97,993 123,733 108,039 103,873 106,298
54 Foreign sales 1,058,960 1,050,080 729,962 87,941 98,043 103,524 103,858 95,969 84,327 83,459
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 25,310 134,133 112,675 12,500 25,256 -5,531 19,875 12,070 19,546 22,839
 
56 Foreign countries 24,557 133,912 112,826 12,706 25,242 -5,610 19,924 12,137 19,421 22,737
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 6,960 -3,807 -1,053 -534 -492 -1,609 649 462 -1,087 1,187
 
58 Europe 15,320 111,001 87,062 10,328 19,287 -2,081 15,701 11,549 18,686 12,214
59 Belgium -12,634 -15,203 -14,169 -1,549 -2,313 -1,780 -2,138 -1,410 -1,789 -1,238
60 France -32,083 -1,669 -7,942 -125 -398 -7,766 -206 52 328 423
61 Germany -2,791 7,754 11,402 2,918 702 2,608 1,332 1,065 556 1,175
62 Ireland -9,203 1,264 -9,254 -739 -328 -1,495 -825 -1,982 -1,623 -959
63 Luxembourg -6,874 -1,362 9,829 -1,298 180 -725 3,437 3,217 2,922 4,144
64 Netherlands -4,877 -3,695 887 -43 133 476 -79 223 56 247
65 Switzerland -4,457 -3,275 4,970 644 1,460 228 1,462 53 315 510
66 United Kingdom 77,168 127,398 88,329 10,391 19,276 7,026 11,825 9,417 17,583 7,186
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -990 -727 -332 32 -28 28 -224 -34 -33 -33
68 Canada -5,621 -13,544 -14,801 -1,778 -213 -3,059 -2,124 -3,347 -1,075 -1,835
69 Latin America 606 4,503 2,937 434 546 355 450 530 252 207
70 Caribbean 22,402 24,424 18,482 1,435 3,301 -1,501 3,019 2,532 808 5,322
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -4,753 -7,476 -836 -245 -71 -101 14 -27 -17 130
72 Other Asia -5,414 13,739 19,487 2,394 2,058 502 2,686 1,773 810 6,133
73 China, Mainland 532 -357 562 141 -341 -821 310 -443 230 1,694
74 Hong Kong 2,265 3,199 3,417 368 503 314 561 368 366 553
75 Japan -11,461 -333 8,111 1,208 1,349 1,111 655 655 897 1,152
76 Africa 18 463 93 39 22 7 9 7 26 -19
77 Other countries 1,999 802 402 99 312 268 169 -880 -69 585
 
78 International and regional organizations2 753 221 -151 -206 14 79 -49 -67 125 102
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -105,733 -114,188 -46,647 -1,699 -10,383 -17,821 2,326 -9,491 -687 -2,202
80 Foreign purchases 4,392,140 4,790,769 2,939,387 393,993 402,857 367,833 352,759 383,656 338,528 353,403
81 Foreign sales 4,497,873 4,904,957 2,986,034 395,692 413,240 385,654 350,433 393,147 339,215 355,605
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 131,678 276,062 178,748 43,903 23,087 3,544 27,212 1,114 32,034 20,160
 
83 Foreign purchases 4,752,825 5,935,835 3,641,221 403,732 518,636 529,435 440,088 427,884 478,307 433,839
84 Foreign sales 4,621,147 5,659,773 3,462,473 359,829 495,549 525,891 412,876 426,770 446,273 413,679
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 25,945 161,874 132,101 42,204 12,704 -14,277 29,538 -8,377 31,347 17,958
 
86 Foreign countries -9,155 136,760 118,647 41,600 11,174 -23,825 22,802 -3,370 33,264 15,313
87 Europe -86,405 -15,668 21,670 21,562 -3,184 -9,538 -7,101 -7,657 12,684 6,126
88 Euro Area5 -59,139 -94,781 -54,803 135 -12,721 -8,717 -19,020 2,071 -1,255 -4,189
89 United Kingdom -59,731 63,114 66,703 17,371 8,559 3,454 6,496 -4,524 11,803 11,387
90 Canada 30,250 74,074 31,428 36 1,965 6,925 3,823 -1,319 11,937 222
91 Latin America -38,228 -6,577 -5,085 8,909 467 -18,306 3,744 -1,286 -5,526 5,469
92 Caribbean 29,541 29,567 21,364 -1,014 5,318 6,196 11,732 -4,345 7,367 4,317
93 Asia 27,821 40,466 59,204 11,964 9,376 -9,684 13,878 11,094 6,301 197
94 Japan 15,383 23,716 35,902 3,649 9,697 -3,976 4,884 8,834 5,645 2,523
95 Africa -2,103 -2,313 -4,902 -27 -572 -1,737 -686 -358 -112 -452
96 Other countries 29,969 17,211 -5,032 170 -2,196 2,319 -2,588 501 613 -566
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 35,100 25,114 13,454 604 1,530 9,548 6,736 -5,007 -1,917 2,645
  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: October 28, 2016