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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: May 2016

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2014 2015 Jan.-Mar.2016/r Sep.2015 Oct.2015 Nov.2015 Dec.2015 Jan.2016 Feb.2016/r Mar.2016/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 8,923,971 11,060,212 2,826,506 875,140 959,025 896,992 906,604 912,991 987,173 926,342
2 Foreign sales 8,940,085 11,175,141 2,849,552 907,311 971,828 910,065 920,366 908,416 998,286 942,850
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -16,114 -114,929 -23,046 -32,171 -12,803 -13,073 -13,762 4,575 -11,113 -16,508
 
4 Foreign countries -15,502 -114,729 -23,055 -32,163 -12,833 -13,010 -13,768 4,543 -11,116 -16,482
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,930 -16,218 -2,586 -5,634 -489 -2,938 -4,312 -1,247 1,240 -2,579
 
6 Europe 8,583 -35,130 -6,108 -9,349 6,462 -3,274 -9,997 -6,666 832 -274
7 Belgium -546 -1,083 -495 51 -41 -281 -171 -206 -299 10
8 France 17,619 -12,117 -1,265 2,083 -493 2,746 -4,468 2,090 -1,995 -1,359
9 Germany -1,951 -3,226 -256 -2,894 196 905 -366 188 -463 18
10 Ireland 4,742 -4,787 -2,033 -670 -663 -1,028 -464 -590 -970 -473
11 Luxembourg 2,033 578 -1,641 843 -706 1,316 -260 -274 -1,166 -201
12 Netherlands 3,828 -3,001 998 507 609 -378 -596 -203 804 398
13 Switzerland -6,193 463 9,468 1,285 -193 -129 -3,568 832 6,111 2,525
14 United Kingdom -19,734 -15,518 -12,474 -12,093 6,793 -5,506 259 -9,653 -1,739 -1,082
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 574 -2,088 -205 165 -13 94 -4 -74 -198 67
16 Canada 10,179 -12,227 -5,584 -4,040 -4,277 2,952 -1,279 -2,160 -3,572 148
17 Latin America 3,550 -1,085 -1,065 -217 -276 -743 807 1,559 -1,274 -1,350
18 Caribbean -11,702 -33,011 -4,991 -9,791 -13,795 -5,082 -1,324 10,290 -8,249 -7,032
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -326 -19,368 -2,542 -2,395 -16 -1,367 -1,616 657 558 -3,757
20 Other Asia -27,401 -13,957 -2,871 -4,664 -1,217 -5,543 -670 455 376 -3,702
21 China, Mainland -1,674 -4,537 -1,197 323 -978 -23 845 -100 -71 -1,026
22 Hong Kong -6,591 -16,159 -2,047 -5,818 -1,743 -5,867 -3,372 -961 456 -1,542
23 Japan -9,223 9,472 4,439 3,355 820 -53 559 1,380 1,458 1,601
24 Africa 199 -428 26 -728 -22 -70 6 14 18 -6
25 Other countries 1,416 477 80 -979 308 117 305 394 195 -509
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -612 -200 9 -8 30 -63 6 32 3 -26
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,114,724 1,393,968 466,648 120,643 108,367 124,807 106,462 116,522 159,361 190,765
28 Foreign sales 1,040,120 1,237,245 409,459 116,022 98,301 110,871 104,709 110,186 140,825 158,448
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 74,604 156,723 57,189 4,621 10,066 13,936 1,753 6,336 18,536 32,317
 
30 Foreign countries 75,793 158,194 57,404 4,547 10,353 13,963 1,962 6,214 18,772 32,418
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 31,367 33,481 11,385 239 667 3,714 1,020 1,753 7,431 2,201
 
32 Europe 31,784 45,678 15,863 19 3,994 1,724 2,532 530 3,407 11,926
33 Belgium -193 -49 68 -12 -5 41 -40 19 47 2
34 France 6,875 5,723 2,876 662 433 20 271 20 930 1,926
35 Germany 3,375 1,595 -427 -218 102 -441 277 220 -970 323
36 Ireland -9,419 -3,039 1,135 86 -75 272 76 583 -178 730
37 Luxembourg -3,371 3,962 1,720 561 158 52 183 153 -196 1,763
38 Netherlands 678 2,092 -62 98 -25 216 681 71 -99 -34
39 Switzerland -2,271 -1,122 370 -209 -50 -32 26 0 171 199
40 United Kingdom 36,681 36,954 9,893 -1,005 3,516 1,547 1,013 -681 3,182 7,392
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 306 -172 22 -103 26 21 -64 120 -72 -26
42 Canada 3,624 9,088 1,022 803 -186 598 202 235 -324 1,111
43 Latin America -9,947 4,101 3,026 -592 561 821 1,017 1,066 1,968 -8
44 Caribbean -693 5,759 -851 -2,409 502 2,399 -5,930 669 -3,873 2,353
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -269 -295 -458 -607 377 -3 382 -41 -144 -273
46 Other Asia 51,892 93,659 38,426 7,283 5,019 8,450 3,674 3,640 17,710 17,076
47 China, Mainland 26,156 19,002 8,100 -284 -175 90 -1,511 -1,466 8,185 1,381
48 Hong Kong -2,950 -1,788 499 -629 -536 9 343 182 669 -352
49 Japan 123 31,452 20,691 4,704 3,058 4,719 2,528 1,888 7,108 11,695
50 Africa 107 4 74 30 -13 -57 26 -2 17 59
51 Other countries -705 200 302 20 99 31 59 117 11 174
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,189 -1,471 -215 74 -287 -27 -209 122 -236 -101
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,084,270 1,184,213 301,786 91,634 103,404 91,367 74,049 78,961 99,526 123,299
54 Foreign sales 1,058,960 1,050,080 258,825 75,994 91,300 86,313 69,526 72,841 87,941 98,043
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 25,310 134,133 42,961 15,640 12,104 5,054 4,523 6,120 11,585 25,256
 
56 Foreign countries 24,557 133,912 43,302 15,679 12,152 5,100 4,467 6,269 11,791 25,242
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 6,960 -3,807 -655 -2,700 -664 -1,820 54 371 -534 -492
 
58 Europe 15,320 111,001 30,078 12,688 14,500 4,337 4,309 1,378 9,413 19,287
59 Belgium -12,634 -15,203 -5,781 -1,182 -1,427 -1,824 -336 -1,952 -1,516 -2,313
60 France -32,083 -1,669 -773 194 -3 -137 -69 -250 -125 -398
61 Germany -2,791 7,754 4,666 3,663 1,265 -237 234 1,046 2,918 702
62 Ireland -9,203 1,264 -2,370 -1,475 117 -318 -335 -1,303 -739 -328
63 Luxembourg -6,874 -1,362 -3,164 812 -508 129 -952 -2,048 -1,296 180
64 Netherlands -4,877 -3,695 -36 -829 5 -373 -127 -126 -43 133
65 Switzerland -4,457 -3,275 2,402 -324 -2,055 -744 -74 298 644 1,460
66 United Kingdom 77,168 127,398 34,342 12,429 18,122 8,683 6,064 5,625 9,441 19,276
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -990 -727 -36 -72 -3 20 -53 -40 32 -28
68 Canada -5,621 -13,544 -3,361 -909 -629 -243 -2,675 -1,370 -1,778 -213
69 Latin America 606 4,503 1,143 56 172 347 120 163 434 546
70 Caribbean 22,402 24,424 8,302 4,479 -551 1,619 843 3,566 1,435 3,301
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -4,753 -7,476 -835 -1,371 -37 -707 -164 -519 -245 -71
72 Other Asia -5,414 13,739 7,583 1,086 -1,321 -186 1,574 3,131 2,394 2,058
73 China, Mainland 532 -357 -408 -623 -569 -843 -144 -208 141 -341
74 Hong Kong 2,265 3,199 1,255 -49 201 202 350 384 368 503
75 Japan -11,461 -333 3,641 44 -2,563 -342 734 1,084 1,208 1,349
76 Africa 18 463 63 10 -6 -26 -1 2 39 22
77 Other countries 1,999 802 329 -360 24 -41 461 -82 99 312
 
78 International and regional organizations2 753 221 -341 -39 -48 -46 56 -149 -206 14
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -105,733 -114,388 -18,475 -10,647 -4,790 1,657 -5,090 -6,614 -1,510 -10,351
80 Foreign purchases 4,392,140 4,790,769 1,143,505 341,491 398,232 365,659 371,317 346,434 394,182 402,889
81 Foreign sales 4,497,873 4,905,157 1,161,980 352,138 403,022 364,002 376,407 353,048 395,692 413,240
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 131,678 276,062 97,083 34,841 36,102 -11,304 19,080 28,119 45,222 23,742
 
83 Foreign purchases 4,752,825 5,935,835 1,334,783 505,440 540,653 437,566 374,836 409,725 405,767 519,291
84 Foreign sales 4,621,147 5,659,773 1,237,700 470,599 504,551 448,870 355,756 381,606 360,545 495,549
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 25,945 161,674 78,608 24,194 31,312 -9,647 13,990 21,505 43,712 13,391
 
86 Foreign countries -9,155 136,560 77,159 22,231 34,189 -9,478 15,238 22,190 43,108 11,861
87 Europe -86,405 -15,668 29,537 -6,013 11,565 -7,126 11,996 8,882 23,558 -2,903
88 Euro Area5 -59,139 -94,781 -23,214 -5,689 -5,209 -4,537 -778 -11,026 262 -12,450
89 United Kingdom -59,731 63,114 39,969 3,462 10,859 -2,767 13,204 12,172 19,237 8,560
90 Canada 30,250 74,074 9,894 4,630 11,569 383 2,848 7,842 56 1,996
91 Latin America -38,228 -6,577 11,379 3 6,327 -2,716 660 1,682 9,111 586
92 Caribbean 29,541 29,367 -3,904 7,033 -2,480 4,153 -12,211 -8,208 -1,014 5,318
93 Asia 27,821 40,466 36,884 12,895 5,401 1,975 7,661 16,231 11,250 9,403
94 Japan 15,383 23,716 17,282 5,539 2,291 81 5,521 4,646 2,933 9,703
95 Africa -2,103 -2,313 -1,553 -280 -153 27 -600 -954 -27 -572
96 Other countries 29,969 17,211 -5,078 3,963 1,960 -6,174 4,884 -3,285 174 -1,967
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 35,100 25,114 1,449 1,963 -2,877 -169 -1,248 -685 604 1,530
  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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