Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: April 2021
Foreign Transactions in Securities (Table 3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2019 2020/r Jan.-Feb.2021/r Aug.2020 Sep.2020 Oct.2020 Nov.2020 Dec.2020/r Jan.2021/r Feb.2021/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 18,615,847 24,461,336 4,651,140 1,734,928 2,087,150 1,869,011 2,087,479 2,403,103 2,311,554 2,339,586
2 Foreign sales 18,615,343 24,093,024 4,625,276 1,708,352 2,048,986 1,844,937 2,025,547 2,324,802 2,299,686 2,325,590
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 504 368,312 25,864 26,576 38,164 24,074 61,932 78,301 11,868 13,996
 
4 Foreign countries 866 368,197 25,955 26,554 38,166 24,061 61,895 78,281 11,899 14,056
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 16,766 12,101 2,857 7,245 745 2,555 1,713 294 2,893 -36
 
6 Europe 224 124,246 26,736 15,290 15,078 5,327 25,321 23,377 25,738 998
7 Belgium 1,874 1,804 1,010 75 36 181 490 528 266 744
8 France -301 15,815 14,015 3,079 1,635 2,422 2,922 7,342 15,581 -1,566
9 Germany 8,273 33,580 13,214 3,855 3,626 3,528 4,446 5,682 9,315 3,899
10 Ireland 4,000 15,691 623 2,443 2,976 2,294 2,492 4,109 380 243
11 Luxembourg 2,795 14,827 3,300 1,737 504 -248 1,461 3,094 2,139 1,161
12 Netherlands -2,696 4,580 4,005 2,295 324 -657 593 -68 2,542 1,463
13 Switzerland -4,362 27,181 6,481 3,678 1,538 -273 2,752 -266 2,765 3,716
14 United Kingdom -15,729 -20,247 -16,947 -4,672 1,038 -1,751 2,994 1,351 -9,818 -7,129
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,054 2,936 497 739 1,313 -775 -220 -136 506 -9
16 Canada 21,091 73,353 -5,873 7,523 5,047 8,234 24,733 33,984 -15,483 9,610
17 Latin America -4,714 8,726 343 1,282 2,121 -26 -623 -199 -355 698
18 Caribbean -50,556 67,299 -13,635 1,860 10,869 4,649 6,958 7,580 -9,744 -3,891
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 2,651 19,712 293 -6,738 -1,633 -917 4,868 8,085 2,596 -2,303
20 Other Asia 28,802 76,466 15,418 6,695 5,693 6,884 -1,947 3,347 9,525 5,893
21 China, Mainland -3,465 549 537 401 -873 -2,053 -181 78 361 176
22 Hong Kong 6,983 23,543 4,070 -1,862 401 2,316 -48 4,318 938 3,132
23 Japan 6 14,000 -2,393 -1,001 -248 1,222 -2,419 -4,103 1,106 -3,499
24 Africa -1,458 269 -57 73 -83 142 104 -95 -15 -42
25 Other countries 4,826 -1,874 2,730 569 1,074 -232 2,481 2,202 -363 3,093
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -362 115 -91 22 -2 13 37 20 -31 -60
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 2,581,076 3,509,287 776,878 261,696 270,221 315,739 372,831 386,127 400,664 376,214
28 Foreign sales 2,280,971 3,042,509 695,054 223,956 223,973 266,791 319,440 334,891 348,488 346,566
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 300,105 466,778 81,824 37,740 46,248 48,948 53,391 51,236 52,176 29,648
 
30 Foreign countries 299,887 469,619 81,853 38,377 46,419 48,949 53,615 51,054 52,173 29,680
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 108,431 202,556 37,290 13,397 11,572 28,257 30,103 12,254 26,105 11,185
 
32 Europe 58,319 101,577 10,756 12,392 11,722 6,469 7,838 9,240 5,442 5,314
33 Belgium -27 -27 -3 0 -1 10 -5 -1 -1 -2
34 France 1,886 2,090 1,108 -19 980 6 66 104 305 803
35 Germany 2,630 1,008 22 397 83 350 83 218 -19 41
36 Ireland 14,404 9,164 -4,777 -59 1,639 206 602 1,021 -763 -4,014
37 Luxembourg 10,504 48,268 7,824 7,978 6,974 3,403 4,696 3,865 3,991 3,833
38 Netherlands -5,055 972 552 35 414 -78 186 388 378 174
39 Switzerland -1,726 -937 -206 -39 -261 -349 -469 -131 84 -290
40 United Kingdom 34,792 39,620 7,244 3,881 1,849 2,844 2,493 3,426 1,135 6,109
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 62 122 -1,631 -7 -13 47 45 94 -223 -1,408
42 Canada 11,508 32,306 1,823 2,381 4,062 3,701 2,191 9,157 822 1,001
43 Latin America 662 5,560 -547 1,005 -100 463 293 280 -307 -240
44 Caribbean 9,875 57,205 -2,176 5,073 10,395 8,364 1,213 8,506 -2,865 689
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 1,337 -1,540 136 183 -140 6 259 -288 119 17
46 Other Asia 215,958 272,551 71,119 17,290 19,936 29,814 41,671 24,051 49,029 22,090
47 China, Mainland 88,452 88,280 15,720 5,489 -356 15,405 19,501 -346 15,413 307
48 Hong Kong 3,698 -2,135 130 -411 -25 122 365 90 78 52
49 Japan 80,276 99,430 40,260 4,611 12,000 5,472 11,968 14,065 26,566 13,694
50 Africa 31 710 180 173 -13 94 230 -12 25 155
51 Other countries 2,197 1,250 562 -120 557 38 -80 120 -92 654
 
52 International and regional organzations2 218 -2,841 -29 -637 -171 -1 -224 182 3 -32
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,750,380 2,541,081 445,104 205,197 193,657 213,069 211,208 179,363 208,995 236,109
54 Foreign sales 1,734,649 2,692,507 411,737 202,896 222,383 234,580 210,341 190,758 190,119 221,618
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 15,731 -151,426 33,367 2,301 -28,726 -21,511 867 -11,395 18,876 14,491
 
56 Foreign countries 16,068 -145,290 38,319 3,289 -26,989 -21,348 872 -11,367 23,210 15,109
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -5,818 21,645 1,664 932 1,211 -43 2,657 1,157 360 1,304
 
58 Europe -27,478 -217,369 11,689 -9,338 -28,671 -14,840 -7,322 -9,203 2,637 9,052
59 Belgium -17,219 -17,571 -204 -3,091 -2,380 -1,552 -1,868 -764 807 -1,011
60 France -13,861 -204,405 4,070 -18,324 -18,715 -13,429 -11,011 -9,496 797 3,273
61 Germany 1,137 -40,634 3,846 -2,353 -4,648 -3,436 -1,521 -3,131 2,197 1,649
62 Ireland -66,691 -89,909 -2,157 -5,975 -8,914 -7,030 -4,681 -4,961 -1,389 -768
63 Luxembourg -195 20,871 -2,826 3,121 2,141 647 2,115 941 -850 -1,976
64 Netherlands -3,369 -14,889 160 -135 -1,840 -395 -1,195 -752 -179 339
65 Switzerland 3,515 3,878 3,208 130 311 -499 -225 779 1,063 2,145
66 United Kingdom 71,817 122,767 4,749 17,287 5,388 11,239 10,142 8,493 -620 5,369
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,103 -394 -2 11 -56 0 -56 2 35 -37
68 Canada -10,545 22,084 749 2,640 -590 12 1,591 1,566 -1,056 1,805
69 Latin America 4,866 13,348 311 1,580 1,769 1,104 759 1,109 -180 491
70 Caribbean 31,281 -11,636 23,473 4,452 -2,373 -9,044 2,640 -7,846 19,658 3,815
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 935 566 -456 -88 5 -738 722 149 -432 -24
72 Other Asia 19,991 49,350 2,412 4,285 2,682 1,807 2,458 2,846 2,593 -181
73 China, Mainland 651 8,577 789 810 403 339 849 217 521 268
74 Hong Kong 6,310 4,896 382 422 520 -1,006 -639 342 972 -590
75 Japan 9,499 11,827 -149 1,218 -85 -238 507 649 -114 -35
76 Africa -38 421 -6 48 -33 192 1 38 -33 27
77 Other countries -2,944 -2,054 147 -290 222 159 23 -26 23 124
 
78 International and regional organizations2 -337 -6,136 -4,952 -988 -1,737 -163 -5 -28 -4,334 -618
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 50,114 109,048 25,212 -154 7,109 10,891 10,142 10,296 22,251 2,961
80 Foreign purchases 5,566,875 7,272,704 1,516,100 507,120 555,263 538,722 686,698 724,277 743,377 772,723
81 Foreign sales 5,516,761 7,163,656 1,490,888 507,274 548,154 527,831 676,556 713,981 721,126 769,762
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 156,039 253,170 43,537 -5,596 23,543 9,540 13,194 13,359 34,955 8,582
 
83 Foreign purchases 13,059,064 15,981,177 2,667,572 1,194,481 1,486,313 1,577,224 1,453,187 1,025,083 1,268,951 1,398,621
84 Foreign sales 12,903,025 15,728,007 2,624,035 1,200,077 1,462,770 1,567,684 1,439,993 1,011,724 1,233,996 1,390,039
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 206,153 362,218 68,749 -5,750 30,652 20,431 23,336 23,655 57,206 11,543
 
86 Foreign countries 163,622 287,062 59,082 -14,687 24,832 18,627 19,135 17,125 52,448 6,634
87 Europe -25,394 44,148 -30,537 1,120 12,639 2,411 7,357 2,313 -7,395 -23,142
88 Euro Area5 -41,460 18,804 3,654 -359 7,571 2,133 70 2,876 -980 4,634
89 United Kingdom -18,290 -2,937 -30,539 361 1,128 -4,765 3,799 -5,696 -6,047 -24,492
90 Canada 72,432 65,149 25,250 -823 7,313 7,744 193 -4,251 19,478 5,772
91 Latin America 4,987 32,809 -2,923 1,263 1,494 558 712 4,278 -3,035 112
92 Caribbean 73,812 -4,117 34,195 -11,632 -480 -211 -8,187 923 15,367 18,828
93 Asia 53,977 178,878 36,062 5,894 6,145 10,727 18,688 15,136 28,343 7,719
94 Japan 28,094 43,422 -1,642 2,872 761 2,312 3,004 4,589 -3,655 2,013
95 Africa -7,639 -12,511 -1,385 -2,105 -494 -372 -1,296 -961 535 -1,920
96 Other countries -8,553 -17,294 -1,580 -8,404 -1,785 -2,230 1,668 -313 -845 -735
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 42,531 75,156 9,667 8,937 5,820 1,804 4,201 6,530 4,758 4,909
  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: April 30, 2021