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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: August 2016

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2014 2015 Jan.-Jun.2016/r Dec.2015 Jan.2016 Feb.2016 Mar.2016 Apr.2016 May.2016/r Jun.2016/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 8,923,971 11,060,212 5,574,163 906,604 912,991 987,173 926,342 866,339 930,949 950,369
2 Foreign sales 8,940,085 11,175,141 5,615,104 920,366 908,416 998,286 942,850 869,100 939,296 957,156
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -16,114 -114,929 -40,941 -13,762 4,575 -11,113 -16,508 -2,761 -8,347 -6,787
 
4 Foreign countries -15,502 -114,729 -40,393 -13,768 4,543 -11,116 -16,482 -2,782 -7,812 -6,744
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,930 -16,218 1,053 -4,312 -1,247 1,240 -2,579 1,264 1,131 1,244
 
6 Europe 8,583 -35,130 -9,014 -9,997 -6,666 832 -274 3,256 -1,615 -4,547
7 Belgium -546 -1,083 -647 -171 -206 -299 10 137 -162 -127
8 France 17,619 -12,117 -1,664 -4,468 2,090 -1,995 -1,359 -1,188 1,480 -692
9 Germany -1,951 -3,226 -1,578 -366 188 -463 18 107 161 -1,590
10 Ireland 4,742 -4,787 -3,509 -464 -590 -970 -473 -107 -734 -635
11 Luxembourg 2,033 578 -3,452 -260 -274 -1,166 -201 -751 -228 -832
12 Netherlands 3,828 -3,001 1,666 -596 -203 804 398 86 193 389
13 Switzerland -6,193 463 7,949 -3,568 832 6,111 2,525 -759 -569 -191
14 United Kingdom -19,734 -15,518 -12,177 259 -9,653 -1,739 -1,082 5,658 -4,628 -733
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 574 -2,088 -227 -4 -74 -198 67 20 79 -121
16 Canada 10,179 -12,227 -4,611 -1,279 -2,160 -3,572 148 897 1,541 -1,465
17 Latin America 3,550 -1,085 -6,086 807 1,559 -1,274 -1,350 -1,294 -3,033 -694
18 Caribbean -11,702 -33,011 -12,568 -1,324 10,290 -8,249 -7,032 -3,537 -3,430 -610
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -326 -19,368 -3,002 -1,616 657 558 -3,757 -149 -294 -17
20 Other Asia -27,401 -13,957 -5,137 -670 455 376 -3,702 -2,182 -892 808
21 China, Mainland -1,674 -4,537 -3,282 845 -100 -71 -1,026 -850 -707 -528
22 Hong Kong -6,591 -16,159 -4,309 -3,372 -961 456 -1,542 -1,777 -720 235
23 Japan -9,223 9,472 4,646 559 1,380 1,458 1,601 -394 603 -2
24 Africa 199 -428 33 6 14 18 -6 28 -20 -1
25 Other countries 1,416 477 -8 305 394 195 -509 199 -69 -218
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -612 -200 -548 6 32 3 -26 21 -535 -43
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,114,724 1,393,968 984,076 106,462 116,522 159,361 190,765 168,539 174,442 174,447
28 Foreign sales 1,040,120 1,237,245 838,154 104,709 110,186 140,825 158,448 139,120 149,006 140,569
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 74,604 156,723 145,922 1,753 6,336 18,536 32,317 29,419 25,436 33,878
 
30 Foreign countries 75,793 158,194 146,088 1,962 6,214 18,772 32,418 29,356 25,474 33,854
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 31,367 33,481 19,898 1,020 1,753 7,431 2,201 4,396 701 3,416
 
32 Europe 31,784 45,678 44,931 2,532 530 3,407 11,926 11,346 10,470 7,252
33 Belgium -193 -49 -62 -40 19 47 2 -117 -17 4
34 France 6,875 5,723 6,963 271 20 930 1,926 1,166 770 2,151
35 Germany 3,375 1,595 203 277 220 -970 323 598 -37 68
36 Ireland -9,419 -3,039 2,510 76 583 -178 730 1,562 159 -346
37 Luxembourg -3,371 3,962 7,479 183 153 -196 1,763 1,816 1,613 2,331
38 Netherlands 678 2,092 365 681 71 -99 -34 -128 232 323
39 Switzerland -2,271 -1,122 230 26 0 171 199 -123 -49 32
40 United Kingdom 36,681 36,954 26,726 1,013 -681 3,182 7,392 6,200 7,873 2,760
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 306 -172 276 -64 120 -72 -26 151 105 -2
42 Canada 3,624 9,088 4,269 202 235 -324 1,111 1,472 1,128 647
43 Latin America -9,947 4,101 5,367 1,017 1,066 1,968 -8 1,104 -103 1,340
44 Caribbean -693 5,759 7,946 -5,930 669 -3,873 2,353 3,076 -1,481 7,202
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -269 -295 -703 382 -41 -144 -273 -37 -193 -15
46 Other Asia 51,892 93,659 83,471 3,674 3,640 17,710 17,076 12,301 15,369 17,375
47 China, Mainland 26,156 19,002 12,152 -1,511 -1,466 8,185 1,381 22 2,830 1,200
48 Hong Kong -2,950 -1,788 -505 343 182 669 -352 -581 -423 0
49 Japan 123 31,452 45,675 2,528 1,888 7,108 11,695 6,170 9,194 9,620
50 Africa 107 4 142 26 -2 17 59 18 28 22
51 Other countries -705 200 665 59 117 11 174 76 256 31
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,189 -1,471 -166 -209 122 -236 -101 63 -38 24
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,084,270 1,184,213 625,561 74,049 78,961 99,526 123,299 97,993 116,352 109,430
54 Foreign sales 1,058,960 1,050,080 561,288 69,526 72,841 87,941 98,043 103,524 102,970 95,969
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 25,310 134,133 64,273 4,523 6,120 11,585 25,256 -5,531 13,382 13,461
 
56 Foreign countries 24,557 133,912 64,651 4,467 6,269 11,791 25,242 -5,610 13,431 13,528
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 6,960 -3,807 -1,153 54 371 -534 -492 -1,609 649 462
 
58 Europe 15,320 111,001 50,145 4,309 1,378 9,413 19,287 -2,081 9,208 12,940
59 Belgium -12,634 -15,203 -11,108 -336 -1,952 -1,516 -2,313 -1,780 -2,137 -1,410
60 France -32,083 -1,669 -7,601 -69 -250 -125 -398 -7,766 340 598
61 Germany -2,791 7,754 10,763 234 1,046 2,918 702 2,608 1,878 1,611
62 Ireland -9,203 1,264 -6,672 -335 -1,303 -739 -328 -1,495 -825 -1,982
63 Luxembourg -6,874 -1,362 -4,131 -952 -2,048 -1,296 180 -725 -11 -231
64 Netherlands -4,877 -3,695 698 -127 -126 -43 133 476 -22 280
65 Switzerland -4,457 -3,275 1,723 -74 298 644 1,460 228 -960 53
66 United Kingdom 77,168 127,398 64,527 6,064 5,625 9,441 19,276 7,026 10,052 13,107
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -990 -727 -266 -53 -40 32 -28 28 -224 -34
68 Canada -5,621 -13,544 -11,891 -2,675 -1,370 -1,778 -213 -3,059 -2,124 -3,347
69 Latin America 606 4,503 2,478 120 163 434 546 355 450 530
70 Caribbean 22,402 24,424 12,352 843 3,566 1,435 3,301 -1,501 3,019 2,532
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -4,753 -7,476 -949 -164 -519 -245 -71 -101 14 -27
72 Other Asia -5,414 13,739 12,544 1,574 3,131 2,394 2,058 502 2,686 1,773
73 China, Mainland 532 -357 -1,362 -144 -208 141 -341 -821 310 -443
74 Hong Kong 2,265 3,199 2,498 350 384 368 503 314 561 368
75 Japan -11,461 -333 6,062 734 1,084 1,208 1,349 1,111 655 655
76 Africa 18 463 86 -1 2 39 22 7 9 7
77 Other countries 1,999 802 -114 461 -82 99 312 268 169 -880
 
78 International and regional organizations2 753 221 -378 56 -149 -206 14 79 -49 -67
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -105,733 -114,188 -46,201 -4,890 -6,614 -1,510 -10,351 -17,738 2,567 -12,555
80 Foreign purchases 4,392,140 4,790,769 2,248,661 371,317 346,434 394,182 402,889 367,916 353,000 384,240
81 Foreign sales 4,497,873 4,904,957 2,294,862 376,207 353,048 395,692 413,240 385,654 350,433 396,795
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 131,678 276,062 128,250 19,080 28,119 45,222 23,742 3,809 26,046 1,312
 
83 Foreign purchases 4,752,825 5,935,835 2,733,152 374,836 409,725 405,767 519,291 529,700 440,590 428,079
84 Foreign sales 4,621,147 5,659,773 2,604,902 355,756 381,606 360,545 495,549 525,891 414,544 426,767
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 25,945 161,874 82,049 14,190 21,505 43,712 13,391 -13,929 28,613 -11,243
 
86 Foreign countries -9,155 136,760 69,323 15,438 22,190 43,108 11,861 -23,477 21,877 -6,236
87 Europe -86,405 -15,668 4,353 11,996 8,882 23,558 -2,903 -9,450 -8,273 -7,461
88 Euro Area5 -59,139 -94,781 -48,416 -778 -11,026 262 -12,450 -8,632 -18,834 2,264
89 United Kingdom -59,731 63,114 44,018 13,204 12,172 19,237 8,560 3,454 5,121 -4,526
90 Canada 30,250 74,074 19,415 2,848 7,842 56 1,996 6,927 3,917 -1,323
91 Latin America -38,228 -6,577 -4,182 660 1,682 9,111 586 -18,185 3,845 -1,221
92 Caribbean 29,541 29,567 9,679 -12,011 -8,208 -1,014 5,318 6,196 11,732 -4,345
93 Asia 27,821 40,466 49,204 7,661 16,231 11,250 9,403 -9,549 13,907 7,962
94 Japan 15,383 23,716 27,307 5,521 4,646 2,933 9,703 -3,977 4,884 9,118
95 Africa -2,103 -2,313 -4,321 -600 -954 -27 -572 -1,737 -682 -349
96 Other countries 29,969 17,211 -4,825 4,884 -3,285 174 -1,967 2,321 -2,569 501
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 35,100 25,114 12,726 -1,248 -685 604 1,530 9,548 6,736 -5,007
  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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