Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: July 2020
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2018 2019/r Jan.-May.2020/r Nov.2019 Dec.2019/r Jan.2020/r Feb.2020/r Mar.2020/r Apr.2020/r May.2020/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 18,081,825 18,568,387 9,996,536 1,608,930 1,699,729 1,734,961 1,835,301 2,979,525 1,697,081 1,749,668
2 Foreign sales 18,211,550 18,571,879 9,904,074 1,600,409 1,677,565 1,732,172 1,823,732 2,972,546 1,705,669 1,669,955
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -129,725 -3,492 92,462 8,521 22,164 2,789 11,569 6,979 -8,588 79,713
 
4 Foreign countries -129,801 -3,130 92,493 8,495 22,141 2,811 11,583 6,995 -8,593 79,697
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -7,038 16,766 952 -864 -1,666 2,839 482 3,297 -10,020 4,354
 
6 Europe -106,649 -291 17,046 685 8,761 12,536 5,259 -25,401 -20,211 44,863
7 Belgium 1,044 1,874 114 -94 -79 577 -131 -329 -92 89
8 France 7,632 -301 -7,214 -3,250 -3,733 8,440 4,169 -26,743 3,083 3,837
9 Germany 2,679 8,273 5,617 1,650 1,487 2,123 113 -2,793 2,348 3,826
10 Ireland -4,082 4,000 -3,629 151 -133 -1,890 -2,280 62 -340 819
11 Luxembourg -4,707 2,795 3,519 1,283 4,582 13 1,245 -1,672 833 3,100
12 Netherlands -3,229 -1,703 1,934 -66 77 1,998 -1,126 427 567 68
13 Switzerland -3,174 -4,362 20,545 921 97 1,368 -468 15,891 3,219 535
14 United Kingdom -106,386 -17,207 -9,415 -97 5,996 -1,158 2,673 -8,208 -31,667 28,945
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 805 -1,054 715 196 95 -31 -168 284 502 128
16 Canada 788 17,701 -11,409 5,212 12,562 -12,478 3,950 -12,968 303 9,784
17 Latin America 7,563 -4,714 5,360 -66 -377 2,530 1,273 -270 1,548 279
18 Caribbean -19,108 -50,580 24,952 71 3,428 -7,500 -1,722 25,685 2,705 5,784
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 4,248 2,651 20,581 121 -24 260 639 8,655 8,435 2,592
20 Other Asia -17,614 28,735 44,628 688 -1,298 8,429 2,615 15,146 957 17,481
21 China, Mainland 1,993 -3,532 3,802 336 -243 425 -118 2,533 611 351
22 Hong Kong -28,902 6,983 20,324 1,769 1,645 1,453 2,984 10,295 4,984 608
23 Japan 5,900 6 12,845 -1,124 -1,096 -534 -1,468 2,816 2,453 9,578
24 Africa -1,902 -1,458 -231 1,247 -1,870 28 -167 -19 -67 -6
25 Other countries 2,873 4,826 -8,434 537 959 -994 -264 -3,833 -2,263 -1,080
 
26 International and regional organizations2 76 -362 -31 26 23 -22 -14 -16 5 16
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,938,449 2,581,076 1,440,386 240,820 234,389 235,201 267,551 357,281 310,197 270,156
28 Foreign sales 1,708,365 2,280,971 1,283,633 212,509 218,507 202,939 228,122 295,793 289,054 267,725
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 230,084 300,105 156,753 28,311 15,882 32,262 39,429 61,488 21,143 2,431
 
30 Foreign countries 230,470 299,887 157,416 28,275 15,961 32,237 39,634 61,715 21,367 2,463
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 89,932 108,431 85,259 15,389 4,468 17,500 21,463 22,767 9,005 14,524
 
32 Europe 20,782 58,319 30,536 3,480 -5,472 8,111 7,929 2,776 6,024 5,696
33 Belgium -357 -27 -31 -2 0 39 -42 -25 -1 -2
34 France 4,310 1,886 581 890 -158 6 68 82 436 -11
35 Germany 1,437 2,630 -190 163 162 -57 78 -224 44 -31
36 Ireland 6,762 14,404 1,874 827 2,373 1,273 -60 -2,488 2,197 952
37 Luxembourg -7,268 10,504 6,317 631 693 755 2,516 -2,452 159 5,339
38 Netherlands -2,464 -5,055 -436 -56 -5,430 -190 -170 100 4 -180
39 Switzerland -5,110 -1,726 359 168 23 59 68 230 -97 99
40 United Kingdom 23,168 34,792 21,927 624 -3,474 6,229 5,377 7,371 3,495 -545
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 136 62 -215 -89 3 -15 67 -8 -320 61
42 Canada 11,986 11,508 6,995 950 941 1,011 1,783 2,875 371 955
43 Latin America 4,807 662 1,510 -589 314 138 71 859 693 -251
44 Caribbean 22,401 9,875 11,229 3,207 6,827 1,041 4,003 -2,780 11,341 -2,376
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 1,649 1,337 -1,400 174 216 -119 3 252 -429 -1,107
46 Other Asia 168,093 215,958 107,795 21,007 12,699 21,946 25,336 58,180 3,224 -891
47 China, Mainland 47,339 88,452 49,041 9,682 250 13,021 14,197 14,987 707 6,129
48 Hong Kong 1,743 3,698 -719 176 678 86 528 -66 -172 -1,095
49 Japan 58,659 80,276 32,474 5,818 7,025 4,109 6,059 36,615 -2,155 -12,154
50 Africa 157 31 222 9 7 65 65 28 21 43
51 Other countries 595 2,197 529 37 429 44 444 -475 122 394
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -386 218 -663 36 -79 25 -205 -227 -224 -32
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,417,868 1,748,272 1,117,200 153,468 125,292 155,786 177,252 268,441 262,207 253,514
54 Foreign sales 1,360,984 1,732,833 1,141,769 142,644 143,744 187,598 197,767 265,230 251,268 239,906
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 56,884 15,439 -24,569 10,824 -18,452 -31,812 -20,515 3,211 10,939 13,608
 
56 Foreign countries 56,871 15,776 -21,747 10,793 -18,678 -31,417 -20,543 4,714 11,497 14,002
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,082 -5,818 13,573 615 -1,326 -319 1,317 5,686 2,180 4,709
 
58 Europe 1,724 -27,478 -93,198 4,414 -11,895 -26,232 -25,150 -18,350 -16,533 -6,933
59 Belgium -16,199 -17,219 -4,185 -1,842 -3,128 476 -3,445 2,455 -276 -3,395
60 France 3,382 -13,861 -107,914 -380 -8,636 -20,969 -17,473 -24,505 -27,539 -17,428
61 Germany -2,979 1,137 -16,856 -18 -20 -1,443 -5,454 -4,485 -4,642 -832
62 Ireland -32,096 -66,691 -33,643 -1,928 -4,148 -2,080 -5,050 -11,496 -5,621 -9,396
63 Luxembourg -6,113 -195 7,090 174 1,251 992 2,509 -4,887 4,117 4,359
64 Netherlands -8,073 -3,369 -6,971 -744 -2,258 -1,448 -3,908 -2,190 -13 588
65 Switzerland 559 3,515 2,936 845 -652 689 150 -660 1,511 1,246
66 United Kingdom 64,047 71,817 62,248 8,699 5,981 -622 6,858 23,307 14,992 17,713
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -752 -1,103 -108 -120 8 -67 50 -63 -37 9
68 Canada 3,356 -10,547 17,248 -1,464 -684 -2,734 2,380 6,622 6,586 4,394
69 Latin America 3,406 4,866 4,263 362 439 905 1,146 461 55 1,696
70 Caribbean 33,719 30,991 21,316 4,214 -5,125 -3,981 -974 8,460 13,793 4,018
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -2,175 935 1,045 657 296 316 -144 86 181 606
72 Other Asia 17,962 19,991 28,661 2,616 -602 189 1,902 9,748 7,309 9,513
73 China, Mainland -826 651 5,779 -329 -101 116 662 2,116 1,270 1,615
74 Hong Kong 5,304 6,310 4,808 784 -301 -21 -597 1,745 1,854 1,827
75 Japan 11,602 9,499 7,929 1,151 -77 632 -485 2,337 2,387 3,058
76 Africa 312 -38 115 -19 -9 38 36 -29 44 26
77 Other countries -1,433 -2,944 -1,197 13 -1,098 82 261 -2,284 62 682
 
78 International and regional organizations2 13 -337 -2,822 31 226 -395 28 -1,503 -558 -394
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 43,880 52,632 32,527 6,108 5,769 -13,958 5,057 2,338 13,115 25,975
80 Foreign purchases 5,976,403 5,553,332 2,917,934 483,673 469,464 488,000 504,792 827,465 530,437 567,240
81 Foreign sales 5,932,523 5,500,700 2,885,407 477,565 463,695 501,958 499,735 825,127 517,322 541,265
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 324,769 156,003 171,543 12,966 20,344 7,518 9,224 112,684 9,079 33,038
 
83 Foreign purchases 11,150,906 13,058,870 6,448,250 1,107,834 850,825 1,195,272 965,286 1,577,539 1,397,508 1,312,645
84 Foreign sales 10,826,137 12,902,867 6,276,707 1,094,868 830,481 1,187,754 956,062 1,464,855 1,388,429 1,279,607
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 368,649 208,635 204,070 19,074 26,113 -6,440 14,281 115,022 22,194 59,013
 
86 Foreign countries 335,636 166,104 168,819 14,214 22,473 -13,079 10,197 104,396 18,150 49,155
87 Europe 73,210 -23,176 3,714 4,896 -10,149 -14,504 -22,978 12,186 4,888 24,122
88 Euro Area5 -91,691 -41,463 -1,347 3,234 2,764 -5,445 -2,213 -2,658 4,883 4,086
89 United Kingdom 102,043 -16,095 -4,113 -2,635 -11,383 -8,370 -22,229 8,796 5,848 11,842
90 Canada 81,296 72,263 26,873 4,784 8,868 10,074 5,848 2,333 2,370 6,248
91 Latin America 5,699 4,971 16,692 154 6,181 -10,170 3,812 20,733 1,525 792
92 Caribbean 140,681 74,266 33,468 -2,518 8,243 -5,654 16,721 20,306 2,970 -875
93 Asia 33,853 53,972 95,654 2,660 7,694 10,766 10,224 46,654 11,042 16,968
94 Japan 40,610 28,094 20,367 783 2,967 258 -3,448 18,846 1,560 3,151
95 Africa -7,807 -7,639 -3,367 -87 163 -448 -908 960 -1,228 -1,743
96 Other countries 8,704 -8,553 -4,215 4,325 1,473 -3,143 -2,522 1,224 -3,417 3,643
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 33,013 42,531 35,251 4,860 3,640 6,639 4,084 10,626 4,044 9,858
  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 31, 2020