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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: February 2017

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Foreign Transactions in Securities (3.24) 
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2014 2015 Jan.-Dec.2016/r Jun.2016 Jul.2016 Aug.2016 Sep.2016 Oct.2016/r Nov.2016/r Dec.2016/p
 
  STOCKS  
1 Foreign purchases 8,923,971 11,060,212 11,301,073 950,369 870,693 931,248 917,219 927,428 1,106,214 974,112
2 Foreign sales 8,940,085 11,175,141 11,311,672 957,156 844,634 928,514 920,429 906,893 1,112,003 984,095
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) -16,114 -114,929 -10,599 -6,787 26,059 2,734 -3,210 20,535 -5,789 -9,983
 
4 Foreign countries -15,502 -114,729 -10,082 -6,744 26,051 2,717 -3,209 20,519 -5,799 -9,964
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions -4,930 -16,218 5,432 1,244 4,814 -472 -408 884 68 -507
 
6 Europe 8,583 -35,130 7,255 -4,547 15,451 5,019 -12,026 15,410 -3,110 -4,475
7 Belgium -546 -1,083 -656 -127 66 -175 7 6 126 -39
8 France 17,619 -12,117 -1,497 -692 -148 1,236 -4,620 9,134 -713 -4,722
9 Germany -1,951 -3,226 -2,778 -1,590 -149 -685 207 365 351 -1,289
10 Ireland 4,742 -4,787 -7,192 -635 -1,008 -720 -119 -825 32 -1,043
11 Luxembourg 2,033 578 -7,123 -832 -283 -607 -332 -166 -1,702 -581
12 Netherlands 3,828 -3,001 3,217 389 2,019 96 189 341 -291 -803
13 Switzerland -6,193 463 5,277 -191 222 -817 -293 -746 91 -1,129
14 United Kingdom -19,734 -15,518 13,456 -733 14,845 7,100 -6,995 6,197 55 4,431
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 574 -2,088 -13 -121 -175 -152 8 371 53 109
16 Canada 10,179 -12,227 -3,268 -1,465 4,610 -515 -32 370 -1,358 -1,732
17 Latin America 3,550 -1,085 -7,633 -694 -1,920 345 -597 511 -17 131
18 Caribbean -11,702 -33,011 3,539 -610 1,944 278 9,810 3,877 -84 282
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -326 -19,368 -4,970 -17 489 289 -2,355 -1,012 -482 1,103
20 Other Asia -27,401 -13,957 -5,864 808 5,057 -3,019 876 469 -337 -3,773
21 China, Mainland -1,674 -4,537 -4,060 -528 -627 -18 41 52 -99 -127
22 Hong Kong -6,591 -16,159 -12,259 235 875 -4,658 -1,130 -744 -41 -2,252
23 Japan -9,223 9,472 8,762 -2 1,759 628 1,295 562 311 -439
24 Africa 199 -428 271 -1 -1 -37 38 227 75 -64
25 Other countries 1,416 477 588 -218 421 357 1,077 667 -486 -1,436
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -612 -200 -517 -43 8 17 -1 16 10 -19
 
  U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS  
27 Foreign purchases 1,114,724 1,393,968 2,033,309 174,447 179,009 175,751 211,229 168,188 152,973 162,083
28 Foreign sales 1,040,120 1,237,245 1,730,617 140,569 140,098 146,190 179,114 141,892 136,730 148,439
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 74,604 156,723 302,692 33,878 38,911 29,561 32,115 26,296 16,243 13,644
 
30 Foreign countries 75,793 158,194 303,152 33,854 38,911 29,641 32,183 26,382 16,033 13,914
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 31,367 33,481 49,533 3,416 6,892 3,679 8,244 6,665 2,996 1,159
 
32 Europe 31,784 45,678 64,581 7,252 3,854 5,547 3,922 4,434 -1,950 3,843
33 Belgium -193 -49 -73 4 31 -5 -7 0 -8 -22
34 France 6,875 5,723 10,573 2,151 246 564 -44 1,472 603 768
35 Germany 3,375 1,595 354 68 -325 -641 -581 -3 -728 2,429
36 Ireland -9,419 -3,039 3,439 -346 648 327 380 645 -884 -186
37 Luxembourg -3,371 3,962 13,243 2,331 1,251 1,072 483 1,683 310 966
38 Netherlands 678 2,092 2,298 323 71 796 735 -365 313 382
39 Switzerland -2,271 -1,122 -3,651 32 -79 -168 -552 -1,046 -1,040 -996
40 United Kingdom 36,681 36,954 37,599 2,760 2,256 3,770 2,931 1,818 -476 574
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 306 -172 280 -2 26 52 52 -103 -22 -1
42 Canada 3,624 9,088 14,154 647 257 1,102 3,690 880 1,979 1,977
43 Latin America -9,947 4,101 7,925 1,340 736 628 322 386 -24 510
44 Caribbean -693 5,759 26,440 7,202 4,801 1,259 1,906 4,383 3,871 2,274
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -269 -295 -687 -15 -31 110 -119 13 -245 288
46 Other Asia 51,892 93,659 189,014 17,375 29,098 20,805 22,173 16,189 12,343 4,935
47 China, Mainland 26,156 19,002 26,841 1,200 6,436 110 2,070 2,920 3,355 -202
48 Hong Kong -2,950 -1,788 -195 0 -22 385 637 -1,026 202 134
49 Japan 123 31,452 95,390 9,620 13,854 11,582 9,390 9,468 4,766 655
50 Africa 107 4 190 22 9 27 -13 1 30 -6
51 Other countries -705 200 1,535 31 187 163 302 96 29 93
 
52 International and regional organzations2 -1,189 -1,471 -460 24 0 -80 -68 -86 210 -270
 
  CORPORATE BONDS3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,084,270 1,184,213 1,214,629 104,591 100,425 102,850 93,500 99,620 97,861 91,355
54 Foreign sales 1,058,960 1,050,080 1,095,538 96,568 84,327 82,860 92,424 94,949 91,133 87,070
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 25,310 134,133 119,091 8,023 16,098 19,990 1,076 4,671 6,728 4,285
 
56 Foreign countries 24,557 133,912 119,396 8,090 15,973 19,888 1,144 4,690 6,777 4,303
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 6,960 -3,807 -5,283 462 -1,087 1,187 -985 -1,087 -1,051 -1,107
 
58 Europe 15,320 111,001 81,697 7,502 15,238 9,365 -48 2,513 2,599 -85
59 Belgium -12,634 -15,203 -20,623 -1,410 -1,789 -1,238 -1,802 -2,216 -1,952 -484
60 France -32,083 -1,669 -10,538 52 328 423 -100 -236 -1,374 -886
61 Germany -2,791 7,754 12,289 1,065 556 1,175 146 408 213 120
62 Ireland -9,203 1,264 -15,801 -1,982 -1,623 -959 -1,156 -911 -1,145 -3,335
63 Luxembourg -6,874 -1,362 -1,094 -569 -526 1,034 -742 562 -561 162
64 Netherlands -4,877 -3,695 211 223 56 247 -235 -471 -26 56
65 Switzerland -4,457 -3,275 4,703 -208 315 771 114 760 -317 -824
66 United Kingdom 77,168 127,398 110,832 9,417 17,583 7,186 3,607 5,378 7,504 6,014
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -990 -727 -274 -34 -33 -33 -29 -16 62 41
68 Canada -5,621 -13,544 -19,531 -3,347 -1,075 -1,835 -1,994 -402 -1,183 -1,151
69 Latin America 606 4,503 3,175 530 252 207 32 24 111 71
70 Caribbean 22,402 24,424 27,907 2,532 808 5,322 2,723 962 3,718 2,022
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 -4,753 -7,476 -1,298 -27 -17 130 203 -83 -603 21
72 Other Asia -5,414 13,739 28,683 1,773 810 6,133 507 1,821 3,100 3,768
73 China, Mainland 532 -357 814 -443 230 1,694 4 174 192 -118
74 Hong Kong 2,265 3,199 5,412 368 366 553 380 664 404 547
75 Japan -11,461 -333 11,327 655 897 1,152 -390 770 1,233 1,603
76 Africa 18 463 15 7 26 -19 -14 -55 -2 -7
77 Other countries 1,999 802 -1,252 -880 -69 585 -265 -90 -963 -336
 
78 International and regional organizations2 753 221 -305 -67 125 102 -68 -19 -49 -18
 
  FOREIGN SECURITIES  
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -105,733 -114,188 -71,638 -9,491 -687 -2,202 -2,028 -5,184 403 -18,182
80 Foreign purchases 4,392,140 4,790,769 4,347,555 383,656 338,528 353,403 343,866 335,623 382,619 346,060
81 Foreign sales 4,497,873 4,904,957 4,419,193 393,147 339,215 355,605 345,894 340,807 382,216 364,242
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 131,678 276,062 258,752 1,636 32,012 20,186 22,416 20,554 17,056 19,236
 
83 Foreign purchases 4,752,825 5,935,835 5,749,025 428,424 478,437 433,865 557,029 520,173 544,642 484,513
84 Foreign sales 4,621,147 5,659,773 5,490,273 426,788 446,425 413,679 534,613 499,619 527,586 465,277
 
85 Net purchases or sales (-), of stocks and bonds4 25,945 161,874 187,114 -7,855 31,325 17,984 20,388 15,370 17,459 1,054
 
86 Foreign countries -9,155 136,760 161,427 -2,848 33,242 15,339 14,132 14,877 14,362 -1,333
87 Europe -86,405 -15,668 12,591 -7,135 12,662 6,152 -4,242 6,671 -9,206 -3,044
88 Euro Area5 -59,139 -94,781 -86,219 2,071 -1,255 -4,189 -19,880 2,523 -9,347 -4,712
89 United Kingdom -59,731 63,114 89,280 -4,002 11,781 11,413 20,382 1,941 -2,451 1,963
90 Canada 30,250 74,074 35,585 -1,319 11,937 222 6,466 2,115 578 -5,002
91 Latin America -38,228 -6,577 -5,198 -1,286 -5,526 5,469 1,554 -2,396 1,134 -405
92 Caribbean 29,541 29,567 46,803 -4,345 7,367 4,317 7,088 11,945 4,183 2,223
93 Asia 27,821 40,466 78,768 11,094 6,301 197 6,053 -1,973 10,394 5,090
94 Japan 15,383 23,716 44,645 8,834 5,645 2,523 2,918 513 2,804 2,508
95 Africa -2,103 -2,313 -10,003 -358 -112 -452 -2,072 -2,024 -399 -606
96 Other countries 29,969 17,211 2,881 501 613 -566 -715 539 7,678 411
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 35,100 25,114 25,687 -5,007 -1,917 2,645 6,256 493 3,097 2,387
  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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Last update: February 24, 2017