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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: April 2016

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2014 2015 Jan.-Feb.2016/r Aug.2015 Sep.2015 Oct.2015 Nov.2015 Dec.2015 Jan.2016/r Feb.2016/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 8,923,971 11,060,212 1,900,164 1,004,635 875,140 959,025 896,992 906,604 912,991 987,173
2 Foreign sales 8,940,085 11,175,141 1,906,702 1,016,997 907,311 971,828 910,065 920,366 908,416 998,286
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -16,114 -114,929 -6,538 -12,362 -32,171 -12,803 -13,073 -13,762 4,575 -11,113
 
4 Foreign countries -15,502 -114,729 -6,573 -12,223 -32,163 -12,833 -13,010 -13,768 4,543 -11,116
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,930 -16,218 -7 1,497 -5,634 -489 -2,938 -4,312 -1,247 1,240
 
6 Europe 8,583 -35,130 -5,834 -10,541 -9,349 6,462 -3,274 -9,997 -6,666 832
7 Belgium -546 -1,083 -505 -181 51 -41 -281 -171 -206 -299
8 France 17,619 -12,117 94 -3,551 2,083 -493 2,746 -4,468 2,090 -1,995
9 Germany -1,951 -3,226 -274 501 -2,894 196 905 -366 188 -463
10 Ireland 4,742 -4,787 -1,560 -328 -670 -663 -1,028 -464 -590 -970
11 Luxembourg 2,033 578 -1,440 155 843 -706 1,316 -260 -274 -1,166
12 Netherlands 3,828 -3,001 600 33 507 609 -378 -596 -203 804
13 Switzerland -6,193 463 6,943 -1,361 1,285 -193 -129 -3,568 832 6,111
14 United Kingdom -19,734 -15,518 -11,392 -7,164 -12,093 6,793 -5,506 259 -9,653 -1,739
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 574 -2,088 -272 479 165 -13 94 -4 -74 -198
16 Canada 10,179 -12,227 -5,732 1,667 -4,040 -4,277 2,952 -1,279 -2,160 -3,572
17 Latin America 3,550 -1,085 285 -515 -217 -276 -743 807 1,559 -1,274
18 Caribbean -11,702 -33,011 2,041 -2,624 -9,791 -13,795 -5,082 -1,324 10,290 -8,249
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -326 -19,368 1,215 590 -2,395 -16 -1,367 -1,616 657 558
20 Other Asia -27,401 -13,957 831 -634 -4,664 -1,217 -5,543 -670 455 376
21 China, Mainland -1,674 -4,537 -171 -451 323 -978 -23 845 -100 -71
22 Hong Kong -6,591 -16,159 -505 -1,667 -5,818 -1,743 -5,867 -3,372 -961 456
23 Japan -9,223 9,472 2,838 1,096 3,355 820 -53 559 1,380 1,458
24 Africa 199 -428 32 77 -728 -22 -70 6 14 18
25 Other countries 1,416 477 589 -243 -979 308 117 305 394 195
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -612 -200 35 -139 -8 30 -63 6 32 3
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,114,724 1,393,968 275,883 112,778 120,643 108,367 124,807 106,462 116,522 159,361
28 Foreign sales 1,040,120 1,237,245 251,011 103,044 116,022 98,301 110,871 104,709 110,186 140,825
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 74,604 156,723 24,872 9,734 4,621 10,066 13,936 1,753 6,336 18,536
 
30 Foreign countries 75,793 158,194 24,986 9,788 4,547 10,353 13,963 1,962 6,214 18,772
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 31,367 33,481 9,184 -1,784 239 667 3,714 1,020 1,753 7,431
 
32 Europe 31,784 45,678 3,937 979 19 3,994 1,724 2,532 530 3,407
33 Belgium -193 -49 66 -19 -12 -5 41 -40 19 47
34 France 6,875 5,723 950 287 662 433 20 271 20 930
35 Germany 3,375 1,595 -750 -1 -218 102 -441 277 220 -970
36 Ireland -9,419 -3,039 405 -364 86 -75 272 76 583 -178
37 Luxembourg -3,371 3,962 -43 -223 561 158 52 183 153 -196
38 Netherlands 678 2,092 -28 130 98 -25 216 681 71 -99
39 Switzerland -2,271 -1,122 171 -458 -209 -50 -32 26 0 171
40 United Kingdom 36,681 36,954 2,501 1,533 -1,005 3,516 1,547 1,013 -681 3,182
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 306 -172 48 103 -103 26 21 -64 120 -72
42 Canada 3,624 9,088 -89 -50 803 -186 598 202 235 -324
43 Latin America -9,947 4,101 3,034 -477 -592 561 821 1,017 1,066 1,968
44 Caribbean -693 5,759 -3,204 7,573 -2,409 502 2,399 -5,930 669 -3,873
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -269 -295 -185 -559 -607 377 -3 382 -41 -144
46 Other Asia 51,892 93,659 21,350 2,276 7,283 5,019 8,450 3,674 3,640 17,710
47 China, Mainland 26,156 19,002 6,719 -5,941 -284 -175 90 -1,511 -1,466 8,185
48 Hong Kong -2,950 -1,788 851 19 -629 -536 9 343 182 669
49 Japan 123 31,452 8,996 1,531 4,704 3,058 4,719 2,528 1,888 7,108
50 Africa 107 4 15 0 30 -13 -57 26 -2 17
51 Other countries -705 200 128 46 20 99 31 59 117 11
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,189 -1,471 -114 -54 74 -287 -27 -209 122 -236
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,084,270 1,184,213 177,868 75,091 91,634 103,404 91,367 74,049 78,961 98,907
54 Foreign sales 1,058,960 1,050,080 160,782 65,583 75,994 91,300 86,313 69,526 72,841 87,941
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 25,310 134,133 17,086 9,508 15,640 12,104 5,054 4,523 6,120 10,966
 
56 Foreign countries 24,557 133,912 17,441 9,489 15,679 12,152 5,100 4,467 6,269 11,172
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 6,960 -3,807 -163 -141 -2,700 -664 -1,820 54 371 -534
 
58 Europe 15,320 111,001 10,172 6,770 12,688 14,500 4,337 4,309 1,378 8,794
59 Belgium -12,634 -15,203 -3,468 -904 -1,182 -1,427 -1,824 -336 -1,952 -1,516
60 France -32,083 -1,669 -375 -88 194 -3 -137 -69 -250 -125
61 Germany -2,791 7,754 3,964 271 3,663 1,265 -237 234 1,046 2,918
62 Ireland -9,203 1,264 -2,042 -87 -1,475 117 -318 -335 -1,303 -739
63 Luxembourg -6,874 -1,362 -3,344 -513 812 -508 129 -952 -2,048 -1,296
64 Netherlands -4,877 -3,695 -169 -449 -829 5 -373 -127 -126 -43
65 Switzerland -4,457 -3,275 942 -529 -324 -2,055 -744 -74 298 644
66 United Kingdom 77,168 127,398 14,447 8,917 12,429 18,122 8,683 6,064 5,625 8,822
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -990 -727 -8 -46 -72 -3 20 -53 -40 32
68 Canada -5,621 -13,544 -3,148 -1,116 -909 -629 -243 -2,675 -1,370 -1,778
69 Latin America 606 4,503 597 191 56 172 347 120 163 434
70 Caribbean 22,402 24,424 5,001 731 4,479 -551 1,619 843 3,566 1,435
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -4,753 -7,476 -764 -9 -1,371 -37 -707 -164 -519 -245
72 Other Asia -5,414 13,739 5,525 2,707 1,086 -1,321 -186 1,574 3,131 2,394
73 China, Mainland 532 -357 -67 -365 -623 -569 -843 -144 -208 141
74 Hong Kong 2,265 3,199 752 303 -49 201 202 350 384 368
75 Japan -11,461 -333 2,292 2,138 44 -2,563 -342 734 1,084 1,208
76 Africa 18 463 41 4 10 -6 -26 -1 2 39
77 Other countries 1,999 802 17 211 -360 24 -41 461 -82 99
 
78 International and regional organizations2 753 221 -355 19 -39 -48 -46 56 -149 -206
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -105,733 -114,388 -8,124 -116 -10,647 -4,790 1,657 -5,090 -6,614 -1,510
80 Foreign purchases 4,392,140 4,790,769 740,616 395,404 341,491 398,232 365,659 371,317 346,434 394,182
81 Foreign sales 4,497,873 4,905,157 748,740 395,520 352,138 403,022 364,002 376,407 353,048 395,692
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 131,678 276,062 73,341 42,047 34,841 36,102 -11,304 19,080 28,119 45,222
 
83 Foreign purchases 4,752,825 5,935,835 815,492 428,584 505,440 540,653 437,566 374,836 409,725 405,767
84 Foreign sales 4,621,147 5,659,773 742,151 386,537 470,599 504,551 448,870 355,756 381,606 360,545
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 25,945 161,674 65,217 41,931 24,194 31,312 -9,647 13,990 21,505 43,712
 
86 Foreign countries -9,155 136,560 65,298 37,716 22,231 34,189 -9,478 15,238 22,190 43,108
87 Europe -86,405 -15,668 32,440 31,059 -6,013 11,565 -7,126 11,996 8,882 23,558
88 Euro Area5 -59,139 -94,781 -10,764 -7,345 -5,689 -5,209 -4,537 -778 -11,026 262
89 United Kingdom -59,731 63,114 31,409 37,757 3,462 10,859 -2,767 13,204 12,172 19,237
90 Canada 30,250 74,074 7,898 1,568 4,630 11,569 383 2,848 7,842 56
91 Latin America -38,228 -6,577 10,793 -3,558 3 6,327 -2,716 660 1,682 9,111
92 Caribbean 29,541 29,367 -9,222 360 7,033 -2,480 4,153 -12,211 -8,208 -1,014
93 Asia 27,821 40,466 27,481 4,965 12,895 5,401 1,975 7,661 16,231 11,250
94 Japan 15,383 23,716 7,579 1,873 5,539 2,291 81 5,521 4,646 2,933
95 Africa -2,103 -2,313 -981 -547 -280 -153 27 -600 -954 -27
96 Other countries 29,969 17,211 -3,111 3,869 3,963 1,960 -6,174 4,884 -3,285 174
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 35,100 25,114 -81 4,215 1,963 -2,877 -169 -1,248 -685 604
  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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