Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: June 2018
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2016 2017/r Jan.-Apr.2018 Oct.2017 Nov.2017 Dec.2017 Jan.2018 Feb.2018 Mar.2018 Apr.2018/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 11,530,619 13,356,598 5,908,644 1,175,547 1,173,571 1,345,278 1,479,294 1,582,505 1,487,123 1,359,722
2 Foreign sales 11,537,493 13,237,708 5,893,300 1,163,236 1,160,924 1,313,466 1,444,840 1,583,394 1,511,275 1,353,791
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -6,874 118,890 15,344 12,311 12,647 31,812 34,454 -889 -24,152 5,931
 
4 Foreign countries -6,348 119,484 15,454 12,283 12,812 31,872 34,428 -873 -23,958 5,857
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 5,372 530 -1,398 -1,066 717 -5,265 952 -549 -2,335 534
 
6 Europe 2,466 45,830 9,861 13,218 2,741 6,337 30,964 -12,880 -14,967 6,744
7 Belgium -656 667 -108 52 1,314 -912 164 -5 -318 51
8 France -1,502 3,326 13,770 1,799 -1,357 -7,032 17,777 -3,704 -2,810 2,507
9 Germany -2,778 -478 -491 424 315 -660 310 -46 -1,236 481
10 Ireland -7,100 -8,218 -3,212 -1,237 -3,024 1,417 -1,641 111 -993 -689
11 Luxembourg -12,224 2,488 570 1,416 641 785 423 552 609 -1,014
12 Netherlands 3,211 -1,051 1,117 197 -55 457 724 25 221 147
13 Switzerland 5,298 8,258 982 293 21 -469 1,608 422 -1,015 -33
14 United Kingdom 13,519 33,507 -7,385 9,625 4,000 12,847 12,526 -11,174 -11,368 2,631
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 153 -198 404 184 -42 627 -837 -39 982 298
16 Canada 2,259 53,018 -5,602 2,717 2,231 11,842 3,324 2,929 -3,896 -7,959
17 Latin America -7,627 73 4,238 -2,063 -407 113 682 1,907 617 1,032
18 Caribbean 3,773 25,958 -818 -4,219 6,123 20,607 -10,331 10,795 -825 -457
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -3,952 -8,333 -192 -299 -173 241 569 -1,132 -1,250 1,621
20 Other Asia -4,239 -3,054 7,946 2,629 1,902 -8,646 9,373 -2,274 -2,761 3,608
21 China, Mainland -3,343 2,069 3,064 35 603 702 1,268 1,135 389 272
22 Hong Kong -12,316 -4,588 -1,377 240 -1,288 -2,562 4,964 -2,909 -3,947 515
23 Japan 9,077 3,005 200 615 1,226 412 -471 -1,637 757 1,551
24 Africa 271 -657 50 -56 -275 -157 -128 8 3 167
25 Other countries 701 6,649 -29 356 670 1,535 -25 -226 -879 1,101
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -526 -594 -110 28 -165 -60 26 -16 -194 74
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,772,858 1,814,514 631,243 144,526 168,849 170,004 158,024 163,541 165,797 143,881
28 Foreign sales 1,506,931 1,679,454 551,903 134,555 156,582 153,562 135,502 151,720 140,520 124,161
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 265,927 135,060 79,340 9,971 12,267 16,442 22,522 11,821 25,277 19,720
 
30 Foreign countries 266,291 136,356 79,178 9,817 12,096 16,338 22,407 11,859 25,156 19,756
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 40,795 42,041 35,623 3,425 7,119 4,318 5,406 6,276 18,245 5,696
 
32 Europe 61,557 21,534 -1,966 3,457 583 3,037 983 -825 -2,855 731
33 Belgium -99 -124 -74 -101 -1 1 -7 -34 -11 -22
34 France 10,405 3,869 2,059 34 -357 355 728 355 156 820
35 Germany 881 3,242 -99 441 2 250 -73 14 73 -113
36 Ireland 4,174 4,465 1,074 704 1,267 913 15 1,179 -245 125
37 Luxembourg 12,625 3,883 -3,758 1,007 -111 635 124 398 -3,229 -1,051
38 Netherlands 2,370 1,785 -3,295 -15 225 65 64 -394 -771 -2,194
39 Switzerland -3,945 -11,068 -2,276 -464 -970 -968 -772 -484 -570 -450
40 United Kingdom 34,782 15,164 4,554 1,816 469 1,773 808 -1,825 1,930 3,641
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 272 -208 35 58 -61 2 -19 40 10 4
42 Canada 9,077 5,155 3,083 291 208 837 626 782 997 678
43 Latin America 7,893 -14,118 1,356 -17 -51 -118 603 -185 -77 1,015
44 Caribbean 24,006 3,590 2,763 -5,176 -1,987 3,701 431 -122 775 1,679
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -677 -2,293 155 80 -621 111 110 -2 -19 66
46 Other Asia 163,103 122,261 73,571 11,144 13,858 8,808 19,560 12,135 26,470 15,406
47 China, Mainland 23,384 19,237 12,649 -156 2,546 422 301 502 11,775 71
48 Hong Kong -2,011 -1,193 591 -256 2 -497 183 177 -190 421
49 Japan 91,572 46,227 33,042 6,565 4,381 1,710 13,812 3,390 7,170 8,670
50 Africa 194 -323 70 -12 93 -6 14 32 12 12
51 Other countries 1,138 550 146 50 13 -32 80 44 -147 169
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -364 -1,296 162 154 171 104 115 -38 121 -36
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,212,894 1,551,017 511,204 137,078 150,887 91,344 116,368 119,168 151,670 123,998
54 Foreign sales 1,088,182 1,419,515 486,541 126,631 122,218 92,606 119,233 115,624 129,280 122,404
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 124,712 131,502 24,663 10,447 28,669 -1,262 -2,865 3,544 22,390 1,594
 
56 Foreign countries 125,017 132,340 24,725 10,563 28,603 -1,187 -2,794 3,578 22,398 1,543
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -5,329 1,664 1,399 -204 -95 -960 -288 1,512 1,615 -1,440
 
58 Europe 85,750 63,514 10,483 1,426 7,404 -8,478 -5,054 1,567 13,476 494
59 Belgium -20,623 -18,543 -3,911 -1,285 -1,829 -2,892 -2,867 -1,040 2,553 -2,557
60 France -2,533 2,304 3,205 316 564 57 204 1,465 1,098 438
61 Germany 5,929 5,655 2,003 -146 689 -75 450 938 289 326
62 Ireland -15,801 -9,958 -13,487 -994 -958 -1,992 -4,177 -1,522 -3,017 -4,771
63 Luxembourg -1,094 4,736 -975 992 1,235 423 -407 -529 1,020 -1,059
64 Netherlands 211 -2,208 -2,316 -258 -190 -298 -430 -1,060 -487 -339
65 Switzerland 4,703 3,047 1,123 824 353 -275 222 341 953 -393
66 United Kingdom 113,240 70,563 24,101 1,641 6,552 -2,767 1,944 2,067 11,132 8,958
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -274 808 -168 550 96 61 -52 -74 12 -54
68 Canada -17,326 -15,553 3,447 603 3,320 1,249 618 1,281 2,334 -786
69 Latin America 3,175 3,082 1,868 243 61 -63 101 690 636 441
70 Caribbean 27,202 69,438 8,022 7,660 14,886 5,262 2,440 683 3,348 1,551
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -1,298 -1,386 -1,672 -189 -389 -250 -541 -194 -86 -851
72 Other Asia 28,751 13,969 3,342 748 3,196 1,025 -523 15 2,954 896
73 China, Mainland 809 741 339 -170 -144 -6 331 -71 -340 419
74 Hong Kong 5,412 4,893 1,202 550 414 156 148 191 874 -11
75 Japan 11,327 -2,188 157 145 1,475 920 -427 -263 -63 910
76 Africa 15 -219 20 -38 -53 -14 -19 5 26 8
77 Other countries -1,252 -505 -785 110 178 82 184 -469 -290 -210
 
78 International and regional organizations2 -305 -838 -62 -116 66 -75 -71 -34 -8 51
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -55,682 -106,103 23,714 -12,027 1,449 -8,977 -9,002 -5,515 5,439 32,792
80 Foreign purchases 4,375,323 4,846,258 2,054,310 431,608 461,225 445,632 499,638 499,609 501,934 553,129
81 Foreign sales 4,431,005 4,952,361 2,030,596 443,635 459,776 454,609 508,640 505,124 496,495 520,337
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 258,745 233,224 81,283 27,765 21,255 1,369 7,993 -3,107 37,807 38,590
 
83 Foreign purchases 5,749,032 8,864,480 3,710,115 861,667 855,801 623,852 986,717 831,924 973,012 918,462
84 Foreign sales 5,490,287 8,631,256 3,628,832 833,902 834,546 622,483 978,724 835,031 935,205 879,872
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 203,063 127,121 104,997 15,738 22,704 -7,608 -1,009 -8,622 43,246 71,382
 
86 Foreign countries 177,376 111,675 101,358 15,066 23,256 -9,147 -578 -8,654 40,888 69,702
87 Europe 13,458 -99,434 39,217 -3,892 -460 -20,159 -15,660 -11,264 12,587 53,554
88 Euro Area5 -85,654 -67,765 -37,908 -439 -3,458 3,188 -23,458 -7,258 -5,886 -1,306
89 United Kingdom 89,547 -38,311 31,279 -2,215 -3,280 -22,576 -4,782 -3,515 13,113 26,463
90 Canada 45,514 28,984 31,487 1,803 -3,790 685 7,507 6,839 9,067 8,074
91 Latin America -5,135 -270 -14,696 1,090 8,052 -3,709 -7,301 -5,554 3,721 -5,562
92 Caribbean 46,818 171,286 40,538 17,540 18,368 6,541 13,445 4,289 10,058 12,746
93 Asia 82,715 16,303 11,402 -275 2,767 5,817 2,876 2,338 8,619 -2,431
94 Japan 45,180 18,314 8,754 1,921 1,755 4,212 -3,467 1,056 7,646 3,519
95 Africa -10,004 -17,790 -5,671 -780 -3,217 -326 812 -4,655 -1,319 -509
96 Other countries 4,010 12,596 -919 -420 1,536 2,004 -2,257 -647 -1,845 3,830
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 25,687 15,446 3,639 672 -552 1,539 -431 32 2,358 1,680
  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: June 29, 2018