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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: April 2015

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2013 2014 Jan.-Feb.2015/r Aug.2014 Sep.2014 Oct.2014 Nov.2014 Dec.2014 Jan.2015/r Feb.2015/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 7,697,031 8,923,971 1,654,320 621,470 660,192 928,933 763,051 893,270 833,154 821,166
2 Foreign sales 7,740,273 8,940,085 1,652,964 623,615 655,757 956,174 757,280 888,362 832,557 820,407
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -43,242 -16,114 1,356 -2,145 4,435 -27,241 5,771 4,908 597 759
 
4 Foreign countries -43,032 -15,502 1,407 -1,958 4,535 -27,143 5,768 4,853 700 707
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,116 -4,930 -897 2,032 3 -182 -270 295 -1,674 777
 
6 Europe 3,421 8,583 5,099 -5,899 7,292 -8,279 7,148 -2,903 4,762 337
7 Belgium -424 -546 -21 250 244 -520 76 -152 15 -36
8 France 93 17,619 -4,155 3,207 2,537 -3,886 4,965 5,563 -3,949 -206
9 Germany 978 -1,951 -77 -1,103 3,660 -2,056 845 -2,325 574 -651
10 Ireland 4,010 4,742 -558 794 641 583 445 797 -111 -447
11 Luxembourg 3,769 2,033 564 -765 -499 -112 107 320 1,108 -544
12 Netherlands 615 3,828 340 -238 426 937 716 251 500 -160
13 Switzerland -439 -6,193 4,856 -852 -1,192 56 -1,408 -666 860 3,996
14 United Kingdom -298 -19,734 3,391 -7,222 -298 -2,552 533 -9,015 4,577 -1,186
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,780 574 -1,621 -10 591 110 -102 -71 -402 -1,219
16 Canada -3,167 10,179 -8,133 560 -1,529 2,487 -194 3,572 -6,064 -2,069
17 Latin America 4,778 3,550 169 859 317 2,281 -121 -488 1,254 -1,085
18 Caribbean -18,973 -11,702 3,102 1,744 -6,931 -13,546 4,091 8,299 188 2,914
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 319 -326 -747 -43 43 -425 -637 -536 -234 -513
20 Other Asia -29,924 -27,401 1,678 472 6,214 -8,905 -3,963 -1,759 285 1,393
21 China, Mainland 2,818 -1,674 -677 213 197 467 -1,245 72 -1,453 776
22 Hong Kong -3,967 -6,591 907 -731 8,922 -9,091 -1,140 -1,080 679 228
23 Japan -26,376 -9,223 1,215 -947 -2,661 805 -495 -129 612 603
24 Africa 1,058 199 -387 122 -20 130 -72 192 -278 -109
25 Other countries -544 1,416 626 227 -851 -886 -484 -1,524 787 -161
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -210 -612 -51 -187 -100 -98 3 55 -103 52
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,377,790 1,114,724 208,950 91,744 114,849 101,641 122,588 87,419 101,553 107,397
28 Foreign sales 1,306,328 1,040,120 190,906 81,454 93,886 97,791 89,298 86,188 92,445 98,461
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 71,462 74,604 18,044 10,290 20,963 3,850 33,290 1,231 9,108 8,936
 
30 Foreign countries 72,390 75,793 18,611 10,408 21,030 4,041 33,440 1,228 9,373 9,238
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 75,171 31,367 3,867 -970 9,289 1,614 14,559 -4,023 2,937 930
 
32 Europe 45,390 31,784 4,501 4,716 7,544 1,739 10,808 2,120 970 3,531
33 Belgium -200 -193 23 -5 -52 -17 -20 -2 62 -39
34 France -2,078 6,875 531 27 635 1,025 619 946 379 152
35 Germany 1,590 3,375 189 771 611 287 264 151 78 111
36 Ireland -5,177 -9,419 -1,249 -52 -1,931 -1,019 -862 -382 -594 -654
37 Luxembourg 10,759 -3,371 820 493 -168 -284 -1,465 -954 121 699
38 Netherlands -299 678 61 0 243 388 268 53 -39 100
39 Switzerland -2,097 -2,271 18 -16 -47 -619 -55 137 39 -21
40 United Kingdom 42,431 36,681 4,675 3,566 8,082 1,962 12,064 2,145 1,213 3,462
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 288 306 -167 -40 236 7 120 -99 -31 -136
42 Canada -2,935 3,624 2,387 891 566 -77 1,258 631 1,132 1,255
43 Latin America -12,377 -9,947 1,071 -975 267 -481 -369 -2,022 1,068 3
44 Caribbean -9,553 -693 455 1,723 -714 -1,127 1,696 780 732 -277
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -898 -269 237 -100 -106 -459 297 63 232 5
46 Other Asia 52,506 51,892 9,986 4,229 13,447 4,297 19,730 -356 5,251 4,735
47 China, Mainland 73,349 26,156 440 -341 7,459 -781 11,964 -3,645 557 -117
48 Hong Kong -3,992 -2,950 -312 -428 344 -514 -67 -372 -329 17
49 Japan -39,876 123 3,617 461 435 1,039 1,711 555 888 2,729
50 Africa 115 107 18 -54 -11 162 11 -10 11 7
51 Other countries 142 -705 -44 -22 37 -13 9 22 -23 -21
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -928 -1,189 -567 -118 -67 -191 -150 3 -265 -302
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 934,948 1,084,270 191,566 76,596 106,121 104,125 103,771 83,626 85,155 106,411
54 Foreign sales 924,604 1,058,960 176,502 83,901 85,421 96,230 78,788 77,125 79,468 97,034
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 10,344 25,310 15,064 -7,305 20,700 7,895 24,983 6,501 5,687 9,377
 
56 Foreign countries 9,324 24,557 14,910 -7,587 20,560 7,945 24,776 6,445 5,738 9,172
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 16,171 6,960 -1,682 1,252 1,331 1,556 -544 859 -929 -753
 
58 Europe -25,805 15,320 14,881 -10,882 13,649 8,678 18,541 5,833 6,809 8,072
59 Belgium -19,791 -12,634 -2,981 -453 -1,486 -424 -1,505 -381 -2,127 -854
60 France -9,348 -32,083 -1,045 -8,868 -1,420 50 360 90 -977 -68
61 Germany 337 -2,791 -297 -264 -156 -1,748 -74 -401 -411 114
62 Ireland -6,890 -9,203 616 -1,144 752 -546 -253 -1,098 -529 1,145
63 Luxembourg -4,387 -6,874 -429 -548 -1,572 -574 215 -1,316 -433 4
64 Netherlands -612 -4,877 -671 -1,558 157 -424 -317 101 -179 -492
65 Switzerland -7,318 -4,457 76 -211 -1,227 57 505 201 23 53
66 United Kingdom 19,089 77,168 19,703 1,174 16,807 10,534 19,332 6,174 11,542 8,161
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -708 -990 -191 -344 61 -69 -29 33 -103 -88
68 Canada -3,221 -5,621 -1,993 692 2,509 -784 1,249 -1,793 -755 -1,238
69 Latin America -2,475 606 534 256 475 -132 -154 148 313 221
70 Caribbean 15,620 22,402 5,054 1,039 5,303 113 5,185 3,167 2,834 2,220
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -3,800 -4,753 -1,470 -590 -340 -220 -451 183 -935 -535
72 Other Asia 27,114 -5,414 -2,009 976 -2,863 181 731 -719 -2,005 -4
73 China, Mainland 9,675 532 462 -223 335 185 -169 -96 158 304
74 Hong Kong 2,793 2,265 316 96 74 245 165 75 55 261
75 Japan 333 -11,461 -758 620 -3,733 -434 874 -1,363 -297 -461
76 Africa -150 18 280 8 5 -20 -2 32 1 279
77 Other countries 2,041 1,999 -367 914 1,822 129 -323 -406 -524 157
 
78 International and regional organizations2 1,020 753 154 282 140 -50 207 56 -51 205
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -174,192 -105,733 -20,272 17,459 25,988 -13,970 -29,279 4,306 -13,734 -6,538
80 Foreign purchases 3,839,071 4,392,140 758,972 334,699 400,931 415,825 361,159 407,140 376,661 382,311
81 Foreign sales 4,013,263 4,497,873 779,244 317,240 374,943 429,795 390,438 402,834 390,395 388,849
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -46,762 135,232 29,651 8,065 40,146 27,574 3,594 37,850 26,081 3,570
 
83 Foreign purchases 4,318,038 4,756,379 869,417 318,030 452,117 441,059 318,959 346,159 459,534 409,883
84 Foreign sales 4,364,800 4,621,147 839,766 309,965 411,971 413,485 315,365 308,309 433,453 406,313
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -220,954 29,499 9,379 25,524 66,134 13,604 -25,685 42,156 12,347 -2,968
 
86 Foreign countries -250,475 -5,601 391 18,804 65,118 12,462 -25,627 39,334 7,033 -6,642
87 Europe -221,092 -86,405 -3,843 19,321 43,702 -1,242 -12,564 14,376 10,368 -14,211
88 Euro Area5 -82,017 -59,139 -2,053 -6,812 656 -1,367 -530 2,041 4,096 -6,149
89 United Kingdom -159,321 -59,731 -769 21,898 43,355 -3,246 -14,864 8,279 5,593 -6,362
90 Canada -26,107 33,804 4,809 2,283 7,086 11,896 846 3,282 5,054 -245
91 Latin America -34,478 -38,228 -13,836 -7,339 -1,319 1,209 -3,798 11,104 -13,363 -473
92 Caribbean 37,547 29,541 1,894 -2,979 6,926 -4,508 -1,948 11,128 1,376 518
93 Asia -11,645 27,821 7,113 4,660 10,415 2,871 -12,171 -1,262 2,907 4,206
94 Japan -45,721 15,383 3,996 3,747 3,049 188 -2,353 1,202 2,334 1,662
95 Africa -961 -2,103 -1,334 -90 -438 -184 -655 -56 -1,137 -197
96 Other countries 6,261 29,969 5,588 2,948 -1,254 2,420 4,663 762 1,828 3,760
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 29,521 35,100 8,988 6,720 1,016 1,142 -58 2,822 5,314 3,674
  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 24, 2015