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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: September 2016

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2014 2015 Jan.-Jul.2016/r Jan.2016 Feb.2016 Mar.2016 Apr.2016 May.2016/r Jun.2016/r Jul.2016/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 8,923,971 11,060,212 6,444,856 912,991 987,173 926,342 866,339 930,949 950,369 870,693
2 Foreign sales 8,940,085 11,175,141 6,459,738 908,416 998,286 942,850 869,100 939,296 957,156 844,634
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -16,114 -114,929 -14,882 4,575 -11,113 -16,508 -2,761 -8,347 -6,787 26,059
 
4 Foreign countries -15,502 -114,729 -14,342 4,543 -11,116 -16,482 -2,782 -7,812 -6,744 26,051
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,930 -16,218 5,867 -1,247 1,240 -2,579 1,264 1,131 1,244 4,814
 
6 Europe 8,583 -35,130 6,437 -6,666 832 -274 3,256 -1,615 -4,547 15,451
7 Belgium -546 -1,083 -581 -206 -299 10 137 -162 -127 66
8 France 17,619 -12,117 -1,812 2,090 -1,995 -1,359 -1,188 1,480 -692 -148
9 Germany -1,951 -3,226 -1,727 188 -463 18 107 161 -1,590 -149
10 Ireland 4,742 -4,787 -4,517 -590 -970 -473 -107 -734 -635 -1,008
11 Luxembourg 2,033 578 -3,735 -274 -1,166 -201 -751 -228 -832 -283
12 Netherlands 3,828 -3,001 3,685 -203 804 398 86 193 389 2,019
13 Switzerland -6,193 463 8,171 832 6,111 2,525 -759 -569 -191 222
14 United Kingdom -19,734 -15,518 2,668 -9,653 -1,739 -1,082 5,658 -4,628 -733 14,845
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 574 -2,088 -402 -74 -198 67 20 79 -121 -175
16 Canada 10,179 -12,227 -1 -2,160 -3,572 148 897 1,541 -1,465 4,610
17 Latin America 3,550 -1,085 -8,006 1,559 -1,274 -1,350 -1,294 -3,033 -694 -1,920
18 Caribbean -11,702 -33,011 -10,624 10,290 -8,249 -7,032 -3,537 -3,430 -610 1,944
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -326 -19,368 -2,513 657 558 -3,757 -149 -294 -17 489
20 Other Asia -27,401 -13,957 -80 455 376 -3,702 -2,182 -892 808 5,057
21 China, Mainland -1,674 -4,537 -3,909 -100 -71 -1,026 -850 -707 -528 -627
22 Hong Kong -6,591 -16,159 -3,434 -961 456 -1,542 -1,777 -720 235 875
23 Japan -9,223 9,472 6,405 1,380 1,458 1,601 -394 603 -2 1,759
24 Africa 199 -428 32 14 18 -6 28 -20 -1 -1
25 Other countries 1,416 477 413 394 195 -509 199 -69 -218 421
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -612 -200 -540 32 3 -26 21 -535 -43 8
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,114,724 1,393,968 1,163,085 116,522 159,361 190,765 168,539 174,442 174,447 179,009
28 Foreign sales 1,040,120 1,237,245 978,252 110,186 140,825 158,448 139,120 149,006 140,569 140,098
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 74,604 156,723 184,833 6,336 18,536 32,317 29,419 25,436 33,878 38,911
 
30 Foreign countries 75,793 158,194 184,999 6,214 18,772 32,418 29,356 25,474 33,854 38,911
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 31,367 33,481 26,790 1,753 7,431 2,201 4,396 701 3,416 6,892
 
32 Europe 31,784 45,678 48,785 530 3,407 11,926 11,346 10,470 7,252 3,854
33 Belgium -193 -49 -31 19 47 2 -117 -17 4 31
34 France 6,875 5,723 7,209 20 930 1,926 1,166 770 2,151 246
35 Germany 3,375 1,595 -122 220 -970 323 598 -37 68 -325
36 Ireland -9,419 -3,039 3,158 583 -178 730 1,562 159 -346 648
37 Luxembourg -3,371 3,962 8,730 153 -196 1,763 1,816 1,613 2,331 1,251
38 Netherlands 678 2,092 436 71 -99 -34 -128 232 323 71
39 Switzerland -2,271 -1,122 151 0 171 199 -123 -49 32 -79
40 United Kingdom 36,681 36,954 28,982 -681 3,182 7,392 6,200 7,873 2,760 2,256
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 306 -172 302 120 -72 -26 151 105 -2 26
42 Canada 3,624 9,088 4,526 235 -324 1,111 1,472 1,128 647 257
43 Latin America -9,947 4,101 6,103 1,066 1,968 -8 1,104 -103 1,340 736
44 Caribbean -693 5,759 12,747 669 -3,873 2,353 3,076 -1,481 7,202 4,801
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -269 -295 -734 -41 -144 -273 -37 -193 -15 -31
46 Other Asia 51,892 93,659 112,569 3,640 17,710 17,076 12,301 15,369 17,375 29,098
47 China, Mainland 26,156 19,002 18,588 -1,466 8,185 1,381 22 2,830 1,200 6,436
48 Hong Kong -2,950 -1,788 -527 182 669 -352 -581 -423 0 -22
49 Japan 123 31,452 59,529 1,888 7,108 11,695 6,170 9,194 9,620 13,854
50 Africa 107 4 151 -2 17 59 18 28 22 9
51 Other countries -705 200 852 117 11 174 76 256 31 187
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,189 -1,471 -166 122 -236 -101 63 -38 24 0
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,084,270 1,184,213 736,359 78,961 99,526 123,299 97,993 122,091 109,430 105,059
54 Foreign sales 1,058,960 1,050,080 644,404 72,841 87,941 98,043 103,524 101,759 95,969 84,327
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 25,310 134,133 91,955 6,120 11,585 25,256 -5,531 20,332 13,461 20,732
 
56 Foreign countries 24,557 133,912 92,208 6,269 11,791 25,242 -5,610 20,381 13,528 20,607
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 6,960 -3,807 -2,240 371 -534 -492 -1,609 649 462 -1,087
 
58 Europe 15,320 111,001 76,967 1,378 9,413 19,287 -2,081 16,158 12,940 19,872
59 Belgium -12,634 -15,203 -12,897 -1,952 -1,516 -2,313 -1,780 -2,137 -1,410 -1,789
60 France -32,083 -1,669 -8,365 -250 -125 -398 -7,766 -206 52 328
61 Germany -2,791 7,754 10,227 1,046 2,918 702 2,608 1,332 1,065 556
62 Ireland -9,203 1,264 -8,295 -1,303 -739 -328 -1,495 -825 -1,982 -1,623
63 Luxembourg -6,874 -1,362 5,687 -2,048 -1,296 180 -725 3,437 3,217 2,922
64 Netherlands -4,877 -3,695 640 -126 -43 133 476 -79 223 56
65 Switzerland -4,457 -3,275 4,460 298 644 1,460 228 1,462 53 315
66 United Kingdom 77,168 127,398 83,226 5,625 9,441 19,276 7,026 12,281 10,808 18,769
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -990 -727 -299 -40 32 -28 28 -224 -34 -33
68 Canada -5,621 -13,544 -12,966 -1,370 -1,778 -213 -3,059 -2,124 -3,347 -1,075
69 Latin America 606 4,503 2,730 163 434 546 355 450 530 252
70 Caribbean 22,402 24,424 13,160 3,566 1,435 3,301 -1,501 3,019 2,532 808
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -4,753 -7,476 -966 -519 -245 -71 -101 14 -27 -17
72 Other Asia -5,414 13,739 13,354 3,131 2,394 2,058 502 2,686 1,773 810
73 China, Mainland 532 -357 -1,132 -208 141 -341 -821 310 -443 230
74 Hong Kong 2,265 3,199 2,864 384 368 503 314 561 368 366
75 Japan -11,461 -333 6,959 1,084 1,208 1,349 1,111 655 655 897
76 Africa 18 463 112 2 39 22 7 9 7 26
77 Other countries 1,999 802 -183 -82 99 312 268 169 -880 -69
 
78 International and regional organizations2 753 221 -253 -149 -206 14 79 -49 -67 125
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -105,733 -114,188 -43,750 -6,614 -1,510 -10,351 -17,738 2,567 -9,417 -687
80 Foreign purchases 4,392,140 4,790,769 2,586,679 346,434 394,182 402,889 367,916 353,000 383,730 338,528
81 Foreign sales 4,497,873 4,904,957 2,630,429 353,048 395,692 413,240 385,654 350,433 393,147 339,215
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 131,678 276,062 160,281 28,119 45,222 23,742 3,809 26,046 1,309 32,034
 
83 Foreign purchases 4,752,825 5,935,835 3,211,459 409,725 405,767 519,291 529,700 440,590 428,079 478,307
84 Foreign sales 4,621,147 5,659,773 3,051,178 381,606 360,545 495,549 525,891 414,544 426,770 446,273
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 25,945 161,874 116,531 21,505 43,712 13,391 -13,929 28,613 -8,108 31,347
 
86 Foreign countries -9,155 136,760 105,722 22,190 43,108 11,861 -23,477 21,877 -3,101 33,264
87 Europe -86,405 -15,668 17,030 8,882 23,558 -2,903 -9,450 -8,273 -7,468 12,684
88 Euro Area5 -59,139 -94,781 -49,677 -11,026 262 -12,450 -8,632 -18,834 2,258 -1,255
89 United Kingdom -59,731 63,114 55,823 12,172 19,237 8,560 3,454 5,121 -4,524 11,803
90 Canada 30,250 74,074 31,352 7,842 56 1,996 6,927 3,917 -1,323 11,937
91 Latin America -38,228 -6,577 -9,708 1,682 9,111 586 -18,185 3,845 -1,221 -5,526
92 Caribbean 29,541 29,567 17,046 -8,208 -1,014 5,318 6,196 11,732 -4,345 7,367
93 Asia 27,821 40,466 58,647 16,231 11,250 9,403 -9,549 13,907 11,104 6,301
94 Japan 15,383 23,716 32,668 4,646 2,933 9,703 -3,977 4,884 8,834 5,645
95 Africa -2,103 -2,313 -4,433 -954 -27 -572 -1,737 -682 -349 -112
96 Other countries 29,969 17,211 -4,212 -3,285 174 -1,967 2,321 -2,569 501 613
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 35,100 25,114 10,809 -685 604 1,530 9,548 6,736 -5,007 -1,917
  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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