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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: June 2016

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2014 2015 Jan.-Apr.2016 Oct.2015 Nov.2015 Dec.2015 Jan.2016 Feb.2016 Mar.2016 Apr.2016/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 8,923,971 11,060,212 3,692,845 959,025 896,992 906,604 912,991 987,173 926,342 866,339
2 Foreign sales 8,940,085 11,175,141 3,718,652 971,828 910,065 920,366 908,416 998,286 942,850 869,100
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -16,114 -114,929 -25,807 -12,803 -13,073 -13,762 4,575 -11,113 -16,508 -2,761
 
4 Foreign countries -15,502 -114,729 -25,837 -12,833 -13,010 -13,768 4,543 -11,116 -16,482 -2,782
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,930 -16,218 -1,322 -489 -2,938 -4,312 -1,247 1,240 -2,579 1,264
 
6 Europe 8,583 -35,130 -2,852 6,462 -3,274 -9,997 -6,666 832 -274 3,256
7 Belgium -546 -1,083 -358 -41 -281 -171 -206 -299 10 137
8 France 17,619 -12,117 -2,453 -493 2,746 -4,468 2,090 -1,995 -1,359 -1,188
9 Germany -1,951 -3,226 -149 196 905 -366 188 -463 18 107
10 Ireland 4,742 -4,787 -2,140 -663 -1,028 -464 -590 -970 -473 -107
11 Luxembourg 2,033 578 -2,392 -706 1,316 -260 -274 -1,166 -201 -751
12 Netherlands 3,828 -3,001 1,084 609 -378 -596 -203 804 398 86
13 Switzerland -6,193 463 8,709 -193 -129 -3,568 832 6,111 2,525 -759
14 United Kingdom -19,734 -15,518 -6,816 6,793 -5,506 259 -9,653 -1,739 -1,082 5,658
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 574 -2,088 -185 -13 94 -4 -74 -198 67 20
16 Canada 10,179 -12,227 -4,687 -4,277 2,952 -1,279 -2,160 -3,572 148 897
17 Latin America 3,550 -1,085 -2,359 -276 -743 807 1,559 -1,274 -1,350 -1,294
18 Caribbean -11,702 -33,011 -8,528 -13,795 -5,082 -1,324 10,290 -8,249 -7,032 -3,537
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -326 -19,368 -2,691 -16 -1,367 -1,616 657 558 -3,757 -149
20 Other Asia -27,401 -13,957 -5,053 -1,217 -5,543 -670 455 376 -3,702 -2,182
21 China, Mainland -1,674 -4,537 -2,047 -978 -23 845 -100 -71 -1,026 -850
22 Hong Kong -6,591 -16,159 -3,824 -1,743 -5,867 -3,372 -961 456 -1,542 -1,777
23 Japan -9,223 9,472 4,045 820 -53 559 1,380 1,458 1,601 -394
24 Africa 199 -428 54 -22 -70 6 14 18 -6 28
25 Other countries 1,416 477 279 308 117 305 394 195 -509 199
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -612 -200 30 30 -63 6 32 3 -26 21
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,114,724 1,393,968 635,231 108,367 124,807 106,462 116,522 159,361 190,765 168,583
28 Foreign sales 1,040,120 1,237,245 548,539 98,301 110,871 104,709 110,186 140,825 158,448 139,080
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 74,604 156,723 86,692 10,066 13,936 1,753 6,336 18,536 32,317 29,503
 
30 Foreign countries 75,793 158,194 86,844 10,353 13,963 1,962 6,214 18,772 32,418 29,440
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 31,367 33,481 15,781 667 3,714 1,020 1,753 7,431 2,201 4,396
 
32 Europe 31,784 45,678 27,288 3,994 1,724 2,532 530 3,407 11,926 11,425
33 Belgium -193 -49 -49 -5 41 -40 19 47 2 -117
34 France 6,875 5,723 4,042 433 20 271 20 930 1,926 1,166
35 Germany 3,375 1,595 165 102 -441 277 220 -970 323 592
36 Ireland -9,419 -3,039 2,702 -75 272 76 583 -178 730 1,567
37 Luxembourg -3,371 3,962 3,583 158 52 183 153 -196 1,763 1,863
38 Netherlands 678 2,092 -190 -25 216 681 71 -99 -34 -128
39 Switzerland -2,271 -1,122 246 -50 -32 26 0 171 199 -124
40 United Kingdom 36,681 36,954 16,094 3,516 1,547 1,013 -681 3,182 7,392 6,201
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 306 -172 173 26 21 -64 120 -72 -26 151
42 Canada 3,624 9,088 2,493 -186 598 202 235 -324 1,111 1,471
43 Latin America -9,947 4,101 4,126 561 821 1,017 1,066 1,968 -8 1,100
44 Caribbean -693 5,759 2,236 502 2,399 -5,930 669 -3,873 2,353 3,087
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -269 -295 -495 377 -3 382 -41 -144 -273 -37
46 Other Asia 51,892 93,659 50,726 5,019 8,450 3,674 3,640 17,710 17,076 12,300
47 China, Mainland 26,156 19,002 8,122 -175 90 -1,511 -1,466 8,185 1,381 22
48 Hong Kong -2,950 -1,788 -83 -536 9 343 182 669 -352 -582
49 Japan 123 31,452 26,861 3,058 4,719 2,528 1,888 7,108 11,695 6,170
50 Africa 107 4 92 -13 -57 26 -2 17 59 18
51 Other countries -705 200 378 99 31 59 117 11 174 76
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,189 -1,471 -152 -287 -27 -209 122 -236 -101 63
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,084,270 1,184,213 401,434 103,404 91,367 74,049 78,961 99,526 123,299 99,648
54 Foreign sales 1,058,960 1,050,080 379,332 91,300 86,313 69,526 72,841 87,941 98,043 120,507
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 25,310 134,133 22,102 12,104 5,054 4,523 6,120 11,585 25,256 -20,859
 
56 Foreign countries 24,557 133,912 22,364 12,152 5,100 4,467 6,269 11,791 25,242 -20,938
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 6,960 -3,807 -2,234 -664 -1,820 54 371 -534 -492 -1,579
 
58 Europe 15,320 111,001 16,259 14,500 4,337 4,309 1,378 9,413 19,287 -13,819
59 Belgium -12,634 -15,203 -7,556 -1,427 -1,824 -336 -1,952 -1,516 -2,313 -1,775
60 France -32,083 -1,669 -20,740 -3 -137 -69 -250 -125 -398 -19,967
61 Germany -2,791 7,754 7,326 1,265 -237 234 1,046 2,918 702 2,660
62 Ireland -9,203 1,264 -3,864 117 -318 -335 -1,303 -739 -328 -1,494
63 Luxembourg -6,874 -1,362 -3,790 -508 129 -952 -2,048 -1,296 180 -626
64 Netherlands -4,877 -3,695 452 5 -373 -127 -126 -43 133 488
65 Switzerland -4,457 -3,275 2,635 -2,055 -744 -74 298 644 1,460 233
66 United Kingdom 77,168 127,398 41,507 18,122 8,683 6,064 5,625 9,441 19,276 7,165
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -990 -727 -8 -3 20 -53 -40 32 -28 28
68 Canada -5,621 -13,544 -6,354 -629 -243 -2,675 -1,370 -1,778 -213 -2,993
69 Latin America 606 4,503 1,450 172 347 120 163 434 546 307
70 Caribbean 22,402 24,424 6,945 -551 1,619 843 3,566 1,435 3,301 -1,357
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -4,753 -7,476 -935 -37 -707 -164 -519 -245 -71 -100
72 Other Asia -5,414 13,739 4,320 -1,321 -186 1,574 3,131 2,394 2,058 -3,263
73 China, Mainland 532 -357 -1,217 -569 -843 -144 -208 141 -341 -809
74 Hong Kong 2,265 3,199 1,575 201 202 350 384 368 503 320
75 Japan -11,461 -333 970 -2,563 -342 734 1,084 1,208 1,349 -2,671
76 Africa 18 463 70 -6 -26 -1 2 39 22 7
77 Other countries 1,999 802 609 24 -41 461 -82 99 312 280
 
78 International and regional organizations2 753 221 -262 -48 -46 56 -149 -206 14 79
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -105,733 -114,388 -36,188 -4,790 1,657 -5,090 -6,614 -1,510 -10,351 -17,713
80 Foreign purchases 4,392,140 4,790,769 1,511,421 398,232 365,659 371,317 346,434 394,182 402,889 367,916
81 Foreign sales 4,497,873 4,905,157 1,547,609 403,022 364,002 376,407 353,048 395,692 413,240 385,629
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 131,678 276,062 103,891 36,102 -11,304 19,080 28,119 45,222 23,742 6,808
 
83 Foreign purchases 4,752,825 5,935,835 1,862,735 540,653 437,566 374,836 409,725 405,767 519,291 527,952
84 Foreign sales 4,621,147 5,659,773 1,758,844 504,551 448,870 355,756 381,606 360,545 495,549 521,144
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 25,945 161,674 67,703 31,312 -9,647 13,990 21,505 43,712 13,391 -10,905
 
86 Foreign countries -9,155 136,560 56,706 34,189 -9,478 15,238 22,190 43,108 11,861 -20,453
87 Europe -86,405 -15,668 19,531 11,565 -7,126 11,996 8,882 23,558 -2,903 -10,006
88 Euro Area5 -59,139 -94,781 -32,242 -5,209 -4,537 -778 -11,026 262 -12,450 -9,028
89 United Kingdom -59,731 63,114 43,279 10,859 -2,767 13,204 12,172 19,237 8,560 3,310
90 Canada 30,250 74,074 16,734 11,569 383 2,848 7,842 56 1,996 6,840
91 Latin America -38,228 -6,577 -6,764 6,327 -2,716 660 1,682 9,111 586 -18,143
92 Caribbean 29,541 29,367 2,158 -2,480 4,153 -12,211 -8,208 -1,014 5,318 6,062
93 Asia 27,821 40,466 31,109 5,401 1,975 7,661 16,231 11,250 9,403 -5,775
94 Japan 15,383 23,716 17,098 2,291 81 5,521 4,646 2,933 9,703 -184
95 Africa -2,103 -2,313 -3,290 -153 27 -600 -954 -27 -572 -1,737
96 Other countries 29,969 17,211 -2,772 1,960 -6,174 4,884 -3,285 174 -1,967 2,306
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 35,100 25,114 10,997 -2,877 -169 -1,248 -685 604 1,530 9,548
  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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