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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: December 2015

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2013 2014 Jan.-Oct.2015/r Apr.2015 May.2015 Jun.2015 Jul.2015 Aug.2015 Sep.2015 Oct.2015/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 7,697,031 8,923,971 8,650,105 810,010 812,964 834,458 981,482 942,007 808,931 905,817
2 Foreign sales 7,740,273 8,940,085 8,745,719 809,335 826,988 856,502 977,837 948,013 836,633 922,982
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -43,242 -16,114 -95,614 675 -14,024 -22,044 3,645 -6,006 -27,702 -17,165
 
4 Foreign countries -43,032 -15,502 -95,471 665 -14,016 -21,998 3,620 -5,867 -27,694 -17,195
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,116 -4,930 -8,968 -3,137 463 24 -238 1,497 -5,634 -489
 
6 Europe 3,421 8,583 -30,609 1,877 -11,957 -7,617 5,781 -4,181 -4,882 2,100
7 Belgium -424 -546 -631 -136 -215 -534 128 -181 51 -41
8 France 93 17,619 -10,395 -1,105 -923 -3,034 3,342 -3,551 2,083 -493
9 Germany 978 -1,951 -3,765 -165 -509 169 -30 501 -2,894 196
10 Ireland 4,010 4,742 -3,460 199 400 -730 -859 -318 -670 -663
11 Luxembourg 3,769 2,033 -478 -895 68 -203 1,122 155 843 -706
12 Netherlands 615 3,828 -2,027 -1,039 -201 -600 -134 33 507 609
13 Switzerland -439 -6,193 4,160 1,104 640 -635 1,068 -1,361 1,285 -193
14 United Kingdom -298 -19,734 -18,858 3,714 -11,563 -1,697 712 -814 -7,626 2,431
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,780 574 -2,176 -123 106 27 -171 479 165 -13
16 Canada -3,167 10,179 -13,900 449 1,405 -1,190 -306 1,667 -4,040 -4,277
17 Latin America 4,778 3,550 -1,149 -379 32 -279 571 -515 -217 -276
18 Caribbean -18,973 -11,702 -25,395 3,973 -764 -7,489 -2,317 -2,636 -9,789 -13,795
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 319 -326 -16,385 -5,827 -1,957 -3,348 336 590 -2,395 -16
20 Other Asia -29,924 -27,401 -7,724 -58 -1,266 -2,298 3 -626 -4,664 -1,217
21 China, Mainland 2,818 -1,674 -5,359 -607 -1,507 -659 -1,141 -451 323 -978
22 Hong Kong -3,967 -6,591 -6,900 927 275 390 -192 -1,659 -5,818 -1,743
23 Japan -26,376 -9,223 8,966 1,402 118 -110 427 1,096 3,355 820
24 Africa 1,058 199 -364 226 324 170 212 77 -728 -22
25 Other countries -544 1,416 55 404 167 53 -660 -243 -979 308
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -210 -612 -143 10 -8 -46 25 -139 -8 30
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,377,790 1,114,724 1,162,699 140,705 118,644 119,213 113,641 112,778 120,643 108,367
28 Foreign sales 1,306,328 1,040,120 1,021,690 110,512 103,703 93,606 103,254 103,044 116,022 98,301
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 71,462 74,604 141,009 30,193 14,941 25,607 10,387 9,734 4,621 10,066
 
30 Foreign countries 72,390 75,793 142,244 30,200 14,930 25,693 10,556 9,788 4,547 10,353
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 75,171 31,367 28,747 6,458 4,949 7,627 2,566 -1,784 239 667
 
32 Europe 45,390 31,784 41,397 10,681 5,810 8,203 1,353 979 19 3,994
33 Belgium -200 -193 -50 -21 12 -1 -27 -19 -12 -5
34 France -2,078 6,875 5,432 1,093 1,380 480 -59 287 662 433
35 Germany 1,590 3,375 1,758 688 152 76 38 -1 -218 102
36 Ireland -5,177 -9,419 -3,387 248 -979 23 81 -364 86 -75
37 Luxembourg 10,759 -3,371 3,727 1,222 253 268 -129 -223 561 158
38 Netherlands -299 678 1,195 241 177 568 -148 130 98 -25
39 Switzerland -2,097 -2,271 -1,116 -116 -58 -157 -201 -458 -209 -50
40 United Kingdom 42,431 36,681 34,369 7,364 4,845 6,948 1,919 1,533 -1,005 3,516
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 288 306 -129 17 -7 4 -12 103 -103 26
42 Canada -2,935 3,624 8,288 949 675 1,210 739 -50 803 -186
43 Latin America -12,377 -9,947 2,263 -353 1,734 619 607 -477 -592 561
44 Caribbean -9,553 -693 9,290 3,439 -6,975 2,103 2,574 7,573 -2,409 502
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -898 -269 -674 806 -577 312 -646 -559 -607 377
46 Other Asia 52,506 51,892 81,535 14,663 14,257 13,247 5,968 2,276 7,283 5,019
47 China, Mainland 73,349 26,156 20,423 5,835 4,765 9,608 2,683 -5,941 -284 -175
48 Hong Kong -3,992 -2,950 -2,140 -436 -105 -44 -324 19 -629 -536
49 Japan -39,876 123 24,205 3,682 5,620 374 1,166 1,531 4,704 3,058
50 Africa 115 107 35 14 -8 10 -6 0 30 -13
51 Other countries 142 -705 110 1 14 -11 -33 46 20 99
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -928 -1,189 -1,235 -7 11 -86 -169 -54 74 -287
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 934,948 1,084,270 1,016,746 91,870 123,612 111,903 103,615 74,945 91,042 103,256
54 Foreign sales 924,604 1,058,960 893,649 87,600 100,048 98,098 84,922 65,506 75,920 91,224
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 10,344 25,310 123,097 4,270 23,564 13,805 18,693 9,439 15,122 12,032
 
56 Foreign countries 9,324 24,557 122,886 4,242 23,532 13,763 18,706 9,420 15,161 12,080
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 16,171 6,960 -2,041 -359 2,843 -2,150 553 -141 -2,700 -664
 
58 Europe -25,805 15,320 101,762 2,271 21,784 9,688 13,928 6,701 12,590 14,428
59 Belgium -19,791 -12,634 -13,043 -1,302 -724 -887 -1,471 -904 -1,182 -1,427
60 France -9,348 -32,083 -1,463 220 -980 -641 -174 -88 194 -3
61 Germany 337 -2,791 7,757 -61 1,870 584 420 271 3,663 1,265
62 Ireland -6,890 -9,203 1,917 52 829 417 706 -87 -1,475 117
63 Luxembourg -4,387 -6,874 -539 -494 -89 254 236 -513 812 -508
64 Netherlands -612 -4,877 -3,195 -690 287 -732 119 -449 -829 5
65 Switzerland -7,318 -4,457 -2,457 -423 229 -690 442 -529 -324 -2,055
66 United Kingdom 19,089 77,168 112,061 5,881 19,625 10,900 13,176 8,848 12,331 18,050
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -708 -990 -697 -292 -109 17 18 -46 -72 -3
68 Canada -3,221 -5,621 -10,626 -205 -3,934 -2,778 283 -1,116 -909 -629
69 Latin America -2,475 606 4,036 236 502 1,142 355 191 56 172
70 Caribbean 15,620 22,402 22,166 1,273 -328 6,478 640 745 4,479 -551
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -3,800 -4,753 -6,605 -228 -421 -2,443 -387 -9 -1,371 -37
72 Other Asia 27,114 -5,414 11,281 810 5,702 1,671 3,217 2,693 666 -1,321
73 China, Mainland 9,675 532 630 407 1,139 136 128 -365 -623 -569
74 Hong Kong 2,793 2,265 2,637 599 329 76 422 289 -49 201
75 Japan 333 -11,461 -725 -209 1,474 679 1,102 2,138 44 -2,563
76 Africa -150 18 490 -2 -2 -67 241 4 10 -6
77 Other countries 2,041 1,999 382 87 229 72 429 211 -360 24
 
78 International and regional organizations2 1,020 753 211 28 32 42 -13 19 -39 -48
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -174,192 -105,733 -109,137 -20,696 -11,414 -13,446 -16,733 546 -10,635 -4,877
80 Foreign purchases 3,839,071 4,392,140 4,004,866 444,797 394,190 421,160 415,589 390,236 336,321 393,171
81 Foreign sales 4,013,263 4,497,873 4,114,003 465,493 405,604 434,606 432,322 389,690 346,956 398,048
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -46,762 131,678 281,726 33,470 26,573 29,335 20,432 42,033 34,859 38,544
 
83 Foreign purchases 4,318,038 4,752,825 5,137,984 522,547 551,222 606,495 594,026 428,491 505,370 543,012
84 Foreign sales 4,364,800 4,621,147 4,856,258 489,077 524,649 577,160 573,594 386,458 470,511 504,468
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 -220,954 25,945 172,589 12,774 15,159 15,889 3,699 42,579 24,224 33,667
 
86 Foreign countries -250,475 -9,155 146,058 7,155 12,568 18,201 -2,101 38,364 22,261 36,544
87 Europe -221,092 -86,405 -6,599 959 -3,298 -12,557 -19,933 31,691 -5,977 12,815
88 Euro Area5 -82,017 -59,139 -89,577 -12,639 -9,398 -8,585 -14,723 -7,346 -5,689 -5,209
89 United Kingdom -159,321 -59,731 65,342 7,738 6,616 -7,925 -8,877 38,390 3,497 10,730
90 Canada -26,107 30,250 70,843 -315 15,269 15,487 8,363 1,568 4,630 11,569
91 Latin America -34,478 -38,228 -3,417 -1,139 -2,979 4,347 4,608 -3,558 3 7,431
92 Caribbean 37,547 29,541 37,625 13,460 -1,698 16,284 1,499 378 7,016 -2,479
93 Asia -11,645 27,821 30,835 -5,234 2,664 -3,203 -974 4,963 12,896 5,401
94 Japan -45,721 15,383 18,114 -5,870 3,039 3,382 2,330 1,873 5,539 2,291
95 Africa -961 -2,103 -1,740 728 -82 -362 185 -547 -280 -153
96 Other countries 6,261 29,969 18,511 -1,304 2,692 -1,795 4,151 3,869 3,973 1,960
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 29,521 35,100 26,531 5,619 2,591 -2,312 5,800 4,215 1,963 -2,877
  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: December 28, 2015