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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: November 2013

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2011 2012 Jan.-Sep.2013/r Mar.2013/r Apr.2013 May.2013 Jun.2013/r Jul.2013 Aug.2013/r Sep.2013/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 7,720,283 7,408,587 5,674,538 612,550 680,339 690,700 628,607 614,179 574,449 580,677
2 Foreign sales 7,695,208 7,299,796 5,701,010 605,304 669,329 698,939 655,739 622,680 591,329 568,174
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 25,075 108,791 -26,472 7,246 11,010 -8,239 -27,132 -8,501 -16,880 12,503
 
4 Foreign countries 24,725 107,815 -26,160 7,332 11,020 -8,232 -27,106 -8,498 -16,882 12,684
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 4,452 10,346 4,168 3,173 794 1,564 -1,360 733 -3,087 1,403
 
6 Europe -32,400 72,584 21,881 7,977 6,268 -2,626 -19,349 6,521 -7,828 12,159
7 Belgium -3,973 -595 -364 253 -209 -448 -547 244 47 272
8 France -26,557 15,716 -36 4,769 -470 1,079 -10,557 -65 -886 5,606
9 Germany 2,118 3,343 8,466 1,806 84 780 474 2,225 -1,511 2,317
10 Ireland 79 7,312 3,449 400 778 79 369 -249 120 224
11 Luxembourg -1,570 -1,236 2,011 304 96 752 -454 657 287 22
12 Netherlands -2,155 -3,748 799 -613 -1,254 -584 93 -220 1,479 1,184
13 Switzerland -4,271 11,644 -1,553 -862 -584 -1,195 -684 784 -1,529 -308
14 United Kingdom 3,037 34,194 4,722 1,043 5,423 -2,906 -7,829 4,115 -5,559 2,627
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 863 -160 -1,487 -591 -172 -136 -16 -277 -267 -190
16 Canada 14,065 14,685 -4,636 -779 461 -1,829 -1,212 -3,015 -147 1,350
17 Latin America 1,472 7,239 2,366 800 -937 494 -697 1,424 -882 1,630
18 Caribbean 31,789 14,272 -24,989 464 5,854 -1,315 -525 -13,189 -981 -3,876
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 6,286 4,769 4,251 1 102 463 903 392 -203 68
20 Other Asia 2,245 -7,086 -22,254 -1,373 -1,255 -3,435 -3,892 553 -5,978 868
21 China, Mainland 360 -1,505 2,374 894 552 -341 578 -33 -146 192
22 Hong Kong 6,460 92 -2,298 1,058 -486 -1,786 -1,085 299 -1,049 -946
23 Japan 3,400 -8,066 -22,614 -6,896 -1,526 -1,698 -2,234 -69 -1,296 -307
24 Africa 862 409 127 86 62 318 -12 -100 -191 -49
25 Other countries 406 943 -2,906 156 465 -302 -2,322 -1,084 -672 534
 
26 International and regional organizations2 350 976 -312 -86 -10 -7 -26 -3 2 -181
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,132,565 1,519,708 1,072,866 112,522 121,322 112,458 136,332 134,194 117,073 114,908
28 Foreign sales 1,051,661 1,386,751 997,436 103,865 98,500 122,775 141,810 112,018 100,256 100,178
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 80,904 132,957 75,430 8,657 22,822 -10,317 -5,478 22,176 16,817 14,730
 
30 Foreign countries 81,870 131,650 76,174 8,817 22,967 -10,078 -5,426 22,319 16,832 14,953
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 23,321 -1,253 77,603 16,675 16,029 -1,057 3,892 20,090 8,144 4,677
 
32 Europe -15,628 24,376 43,346 1,491 3,095 -2,974 8,449 5,513 8,192 6,268
33 Belgium -329 -134 110 1 56 103 -48 -4 -12 -24
34 France 8,284 -504 -2,546 -439 472 -828 -508 -1,597 599 358
35 Germany 205 519 1,353 146 261 38 215 -120 204 156
36 Ireland -4,656 -3,652 -687 -219 -114 715 -80 1,031 -731 234
37 Luxembourg -15,723 23,834 13,391 392 83 -718 2,142 941 -395 567
38 Netherlands 460 -196 -205 58 -30 -47 -353 0 199 59
39 Switzerland 292 560 -1,387 -70 -372 -369 -18 -218 79 -116
40 United Kingdom -3,012 4,555 32,652 1,628 2,754 -2,004 7,057 5,474 8,264 5,205
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 190 -423 355 -76 45 106 26 2 73 -44
42 Canada 3,543 5,230 -9,566 -855 -891 -1,480 -3,814 -528 -1,050 -648
43 Latin America 13,942 4,553 -7,273 -1,917 629 -503 -1,504 -519 -2,585 -1,666
44 Caribbean 13,326 37,469 -709 3,051 2,622 -2,099 -3,258 -212 822 2,277
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 1,699 2,965 202 839 -168 -554 -43 -644 129 166
46 Other Asia 64,824 55,000 49,863 6,231 17,651 -2,655 -5,383 18,745 11,360 8,452
47 China, Mainland 17,790 7,180 66,118 5,719 16,987 -1,167 4,269 20,216 10,964 6,992
48 Hong Kong 1,008 -2,413 -3,162 198 -576 232 -387 -217 -1,019 -548
49 Japan 36,463 22,060 -33,685 -3,689 -553 -4,612 -7,990 -3,644 -1,058 660
50 Africa 162 627 144 -22 68 -2 59 -45 49 11
51 Other countries 2 1,430 167 -1 -39 189 68 9 -85 93
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -966 1,307 -744 -160 -145 -239 -52 -143 -15 -223
 
  CORPORATE BONDS  
53 Foreign purchases 996,101 870,111 708,407 77,085 73,421 108,593 72,843 64,166 62,923 91,252
54 Foreign sales 1,041,276 894,184 690,113 83,742 78,275 99,427 78,009 65,088 60,560 84,017
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) -45,175 -24,073 18,294 -6,657 -4,854 9,166 -5,166 -922 2,363 7,235
 
56 Foreign countries -42,614 -22,787 17,615 -6,717 -4,995 9,079 -5,292 -743 2,374 6,930
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions -1,179 6,951 13,503 1,868 -184 2,978 1,923 33 1,003 1,882
 
58 Europe -71,096 -45,962 -16,468 -6,210 -5,165 71 -11,404 -1,204 -2,168 2,731
59 Belgium -17,867 -21,365 -15,569 -724 -1,898 -7,172 -1,000 -744 -1,088 -407
60 France -9,133 -5,594 -4,245 382 550 -1,596 -3,054 -1,902 256 203
61 Germany -3,833 -3,220 -312 -205 -88 114 -159 160 501 -1,176
62 Ireland -1,612 -4,605 -5,119 -729 -624 -1,040 -1,967 -410 -165 -318
63 Luxembourg -1,388 -1,250 -4,861 -508 -306 512 -1,418 526 -2,756 -623
64 Netherlands -2,828 564 -399 -65 -33 -375 268 273 107 61
65 Switzerland 325 90 -5,919 347 -304 -149 -3,051 -1,414 -612 -1,254
66 United Kingdom -23,670 -10,761 16,926 -5,288 -2,464 8,743 -2,293 2,263 967 6,417
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -2,737 -841 -684 -70 -194 -132 -171 -44 -17 -54
68 Canada -1,427 -789 6,264 1,350 -397 1,365 1,339 -800 -164 968
69 Latin America 2,286 -1,855 -1,671 -382 -416 -159 185 -213 54 -896
70 Caribbean 16,667 9,096 10,810 -420 420 2,884 3,327 -1,197 1,615 3,117
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -737 446 -1,989 -225 -954 -79 -323 -402 33 -89
72 Other Asia 15,173 17,485 19,162 -25 1,592 3,007 2,532 2,814 2,036 2,219
73 China, Mainland 3,065 5,736 8,185 977 752 955 998 1,099 343 791
74 Hong Kong -822 -638 2,362 517 120 274 419 217 380 84
75 Japan 9,505 2,669 -1,719 -2,157 452 -945 158 257 493 184
76 Africa 169 584 -118 -43 -54 4 102 -22 -14 -31
77 Other countries -3,649 -1,792 1,625 -762 -21 1,986 -1,050 281 982 -1,089
 
78 International and regional organizations3 -2,561 -1,286 679 60 141 87 126 -179 -11 305
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -71,702 -41,082 -137,953 -26,872 -17,215 -16,094 -3,513 -16,033 -12,362 -6,967
80 Foreign purchases 3,968,484 3,435,122 2,872,521 316,465 332,118 353,064 323,026 319,498 289,423 327,381
81 Foreign sales 4,040,186 3,476,204 3,010,474 343,337 349,333 369,158 326,539 335,531 301,785 334,348
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -52,625 19,877 -19,337 -831 4,714 -10,745 14,850 368 11,053 -29,821
 
83 Foreign purchases 3,530,814 3,950,323 3,253,606 367,061 389,453 381,783 355,473 358,183 325,762 373,506
84 Foreign sales 3,583,439 3,930,446 3,272,943 367,892 384,739 392,528 340,623 357,815 314,709 403,327
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -124,327 -21,205 -157,290 -27,703 -12,501 -26,839 11,337 -15,665 -1,309 -36,788
 
86 Foreign countries -158,568 -42,687 -180,637 -34,610 -10,541 -31,894 8,160 -22,980 -1,891 -41,097
87 Europe -93,041 -76,893 -129,980 -21,009 -8,370 -37,670 7,382 -13,772 -5,460 -29,556
88 Euro Area5 -51,257 -52,727 -53,310 -1,991 -1,901 -9,775 5,165 -6,958 -6,773 -15,675
89 United Kingdom -50,852 -44,325 -90,870 -17,351 -14,359 -21,283 -276 -8,650 3,748 -17,977
90 Canada -34,909 -6,508 -27,748 -2,762 -3,516 -974 -2,412 -6,548 -3,265 2,558
91 Latin America -23,051 -25,286 -33,738 -2,620 -3,269 75 -3,238 -4,584 -1,738 -12,842
92 Caribbean -15,629 23,817 24,934 -3,153 2,471 9,388 -4,246 2,983 2,930 12,822
93 Asia 11,852 27,697 -14,775 -4,399 -1,828 -2,323 7,552 -2,443 -205 -4,212
94 Japan 2,687 1,157 -44,605 -7,362 -7,435 -4,717 -1,798 -7,752 -2,343 -7,494
95 Africa -3,319 -1,258 -457 -559 329 -7 -264 -153 1,185 -652
96 Other countries -471 15,744 1,127 -108 3,642 -383 3,386 1,537 4,662 -9,215
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 34,241 21,482 23,347 6,907 -1,960 5,055 3,177 7,315 582 4,309
  1. Comprises oil-exporting countries as follows: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  2. Principally 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. Beginning with data for June 2006, also includes the Bank for International Settlements.  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, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. For data as of January 2008, also includes Cyprus, Malta, and Slovenia. For data as of January 2009, also includes Slovakia. For data as of January 2011, also includes Estonia.   Return to table
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Last update: November 22, 2013