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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: July 2015

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2013 2014 Jan.-May.2015/r Nov.2014 Dec.2014 Jan.2015/r Feb.2015/r Mar.2015/r Apr.2015/r May.2015/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 7,697,031 8,923,971 4,177,410 763,051 893,270 833,154 821,166 900,116 810,010 812,964
2 Foreign sales 7,740,273 8,940,085 4,203,752 757,280 888,362 832,557 820,407 914,465 809,335 826,988
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -43,242 -16,114 -26,342 5,771 4,908 597 759 -14,349 675 -14,024
 
4 Foreign countries -43,032 -15,502 -26,337 5,768 4,853 700 707 -14,393 665 -14,016
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,116 -4,930 -4,128 -270 295 -1,674 777 -557 -3,137 463
 
6 Europe 3,421 8,583 -21,810 7,148 -2,903 4,762 337 -16,829 1,877 -11,957
7 Belgium -424 -546 -54 76 -152 15 -36 318 -136 -215
8 France 93 17,619 -8,742 4,965 5,563 -3,949 -206 -2,559 -1,105 -923
9 Germany 978 -1,951 -1,707 845 -2,325 574 -651 -956 -165 -509
10 Ireland 4,010 4,742 -220 445 797 -111 -447 -261 199 400
11 Luxembourg 3,769 2,033 -1,689 107 320 1,108 -544 -1,426 -895 68
12 Netherlands 615 3,828 -2,442 716 251 500 -160 -1,542 -1,039 -201
13 Switzerland -439 -6,193 3,996 -1,408 -666 860 3,996 -2,604 1,104 640
14 United Kingdom -298 -19,734 -11,864 533 -9,015 4,577 -1,186 -7,406 3,714 -11,563
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,780 574 -2,663 -102 -71 -402 -1,219 -1,025 -123 106
16 Canada -3,167 10,179 -5,754 -194 3,572 -6,064 -2,069 525 449 1,405
17 Latin America 4,778 3,550 -433 -121 -488 1,254 -1,085 -255 -379 32
18 Caribbean -18,973 -11,702 10,631 4,091 8,299 188 2,914 4,320 3,973 -764
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 319 -326 -11,552 -637 -536 -234 -513 -3,021 -5,827 -1,957
20 Other Asia -29,924 -27,401 1,078 -3,963 -1,759 285 1,393 724 -58 -1,266
21 China, Mainland 2,818 -1,674 -2,453 -1,245 72 -1,453 776 338 -607 -1,507
22 Hong Kong -3,967 -6,591 2,122 -1,140 -1,080 679 228 13 927 275
23 Japan -26,376 -9,223 3,378 -495 -129 612 603 643 1,402 118
24 Africa 1,058 199 -73 -72 192 -278 -109 -236 226 324
25 Other countries -544 1,416 1,576 -484 -1,524 787 -161 379 404 167
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -210 -612 -5 3 55 -103 52 44 10 -8
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,377,790 1,114,724 588,057 122,588 87,419 101,553 107,397 119,758 140,705 118,644
28 Foreign sales 1,306,328 1,040,120 507,463 89,298 86,188 92,445 98,461 102,342 110,512 103,703
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 71,462 74,604 80,594 33,290 1,231 9,108 8,936 17,416 30,193 14,941
 
30 Foreign countries 72,390 75,793 81,307 33,440 1,228 9,373 9,238 17,566 30,200 14,930
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 75,171 31,367 19,432 14,559 -4,023 2,937 930 4,158 6,458 4,949
 
32 Europe 45,390 31,784 26,849 10,808 2,120 970 3,531 5,857 10,681 5,810
33 Belgium -200 -193 14 -20 -2 62 -39 0 -21 12
34 France -2,078 6,875 3,629 619 946 379 152 625 1,093 1,380
35 Germany 1,590 3,375 1,762 264 151 78 111 733 688 152
36 Ireland -5,177 -9,419 -3,138 -862 -382 -594 -654 -1,158 248 -979
37 Luxembourg 10,759 -3,371 3,092 -1,465 -954 121 699 797 1,222 253
38 Netherlands -299 678 571 268 53 -39 100 92 241 177
39 Switzerland -2,097 -2,271 -41 -55 137 39 -21 115 -116 -58
40 United Kingdom 42,431 36,681 21,458 12,064 2,145 1,213 3,462 4,574 7,364 4,845
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 288 306 -147 120 -99 -31 -136 10 17 -7
42 Canada -2,935 3,624 5,772 1,258 631 1,132 1,255 1,761 949 675
43 Latin America -12,377 -9,947 1,545 -369 -2,022 1,068 3 -907 -353 1,734
44 Caribbean -9,553 -693 -1,053 1,696 780 732 -277 2,028 3,439 -6,975
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -898 -269 449 297 63 232 5 -17 806 -577
46 Other Asia 52,506 51,892 47,742 19,730 -356 5,251 4,735 8,836 14,663 14,257
47 China, Mainland 73,349 26,156 14,532 11,964 -3,645 557 -117 3,492 5,835 4,765
48 Hong Kong -3,992 -2,950 -626 -67 -372 -329 17 227 -436 -105
49 Japan -39,876 123 13,372 1,711 555 888 2,729 453 3,682 5,620
50 Africa 115 107 14 11 -10 11 7 -10 14 -8
51 Other countries 142 -705 -11 9 22 -23 -21 18 1 14
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -928 -1,189 -713 -150 3 -265 -302 -150 -7 11
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 934,948 1,084,270 531,985 103,771 83,626 85,155 106,411 124,937 91,870 123,612
54 Foreign sales 924,604 1,058,960 468,858 78,788 77,125 79,468 97,034 104,708 87,600 100,048
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 10,344 25,310 63,127 24,983 6,501 5,687 9,377 20,229 4,270 23,564
 
56 Foreign countries 9,324 24,557 62,877 24,776 6,445 5,738 9,172 20,193 4,242 23,532
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 16,171 6,960 3,061 -544 859 -929 -753 2,259 -359 2,843
 
58 Europe -25,805 15,320 53,548 18,541 5,833 6,809 8,072 14,612 2,271 21,784
59 Belgium -19,791 -12,634 -7,172 -1,505 -381 -2,127 -854 -2,165 -1,302 -724
60 France -9,348 -32,083 -751 360 90 -977 -68 1,054 220 -980
61 Germany 337 -2,791 1,554 -74 -401 -411 114 42 -61 1,870
62 Ireland -6,890 -9,203 2,239 -253 -1,098 -529 1,145 742 52 829
63 Luxembourg -4,387 -6,874 -820 215 -1,316 -433 4 192 -494 -89
64 Netherlands -612 -4,877 -1,309 -317 101 -179 -492 -235 -690 287
65 Switzerland -7,318 -4,457 699 505 201 23 53 817 -423 229
66 United Kingdom 19,089 77,168 57,877 19,332 6,174 11,542 8,161 12,668 5,881 19,625
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -708 -990 -611 -29 33 -103 -88 -19 -292 -109
68 Canada -3,221 -5,621 -5,477 1,249 -1,793 -755 -1,238 655 -205 -3,934
69 Latin America -2,475 606 2,120 -154 148 313 221 848 236 502
70 Caribbean 15,620 22,402 10,375 5,185 3,167 2,834 2,220 4,376 1,273 -328
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -3,800 -4,753 -2,358 -451 183 -935 -535 -239 -228 -421
72 Other Asia 27,114 -5,414 4,355 731 -719 -2,005 -4 -148 810 5,702
73 China, Mainland 9,675 532 1,923 -169 -96 158 304 -85 407 1,139
74 Hong Kong 2,793 2,265 1,698 165 75 55 261 454 599 329
75 Japan 333 -11,461 -2,125 874 -1,363 -297 -461 -2,632 -209 1,474
76 Africa -150 18 308 -2 32 1 279 32 -2 -2
77 Other countries 2,041 1,999 6 -323 -406 -524 157 57 87 229
 
78 International and regional organizations2 1,020 753 250 207 56 -51 205 36 28 32
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -174,192 -105,733 -63,992 -29,279 4,306 -13,716 -7,115 -11,051 -20,696 -11,414
80 Foreign purchases 3,839,071 4,392,140 2,048,389 361,159 407,140 376,615 380,161 452,626 444,797 394,190
81 Foreign sales 4,013,263 4,497,873 2,112,381 390,438 402,834 390,331 387,276 463,677 465,493 405,604
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -46,762 131,678 107,402 3,594 37,850 26,081 14,445 6,833 33,470 26,573
 
83 Foreign purchases 4,318,038 4,752,825 2,451,469 318,959 346,159 459,534 409,883 508,283 522,547 551,222
84 Foreign sales 4,364,800 4,621,147 2,344,067 315,365 308,309 433,453 395,438 501,450 489,077 524,649
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -220,954 25,945 43,410 -25,685 42,156 12,365 7,330 -4,218 12,774 15,159
 
86 Foreign countries -250,475 -9,155 23,668 -25,627 39,334 7,051 3,656 -6,762 7,155 12,568
87 Europe -221,092 -86,405 -21,759 -12,564 14,376 10,385 -6,284 -23,521 959 -3,298
88 Euro Area5 -82,017 -59,139 -48,025 -530 2,041 4,638 1,763 -32,389 -12,639 -9,398
89 United Kingdom -159,321 -59,731 20,406 -14,864 8,279 5,602 -6,358 6,808 7,738 6,616
90 Canada -26,107 30,250 29,226 846 3,282 5,050 2,042 7,180 -315 15,269
91 Latin America -34,478 -38,228 -16,248 -3,798 11,104 -13,363 -473 1,706 -1,139 -2,979
92 Caribbean 37,547 29,541 14,927 -1,948 11,128 1,380 599 1,186 13,460 -1,698
93 Asia -11,645 27,821 11,752 -12,171 -1,262 2,907 4,208 7,207 -5,234 2,664
94 Japan -45,721 15,383 2,699 -2,353 1,202 2,334 1,662 1,534 -5,870 3,039
95 Africa -961 -2,103 -583 -655 -56 -1,137 -197 105 728 -82
96 Other countries 6,261 29,969 6,353 4,663 762 1,829 3,761 -625 -1,304 2,692
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 29,521 35,100 19,742 -58 2,822 5,314 3,674 2,544 5,619 2,591
  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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