TOTAL PURCHASES AND SALES OF LONG-TERM FOREIGN ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES BY U.S. RESIDENTS (IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) (FOR NET TRANSACTIONS: NEGATIVE ENTRIES INDICATE NET U.S. PURCHASES OF FOREIGN SECURITIES, OR A NET OUTFLOW OF CAPITAL FROM THE UNITED STATES; POSITIVE ENTRIES INDICATE U.S. SALES OF FOREIGN SECURITIES) FOREIGN SECURITIES NET GROSS GROSS MONTH TRANSACTIONS PURCHASES SALES ------- ------------ ------------ ------------ 2023-01 583 3,301 3,884 2022-12 -13 3,609 3,596 2022-11 -2,043 6,592 4,549 2022-10 1,275 5,446 6,721 2022-09 1,129 4,785 5,914 2022-08 672 4,114 4,786 2022-07 1,323 3,769 5,092 2022-06 2,717 4,195 6,912 2022-05 1,698 4,540 6,238 2022-04 1,573 4,445 6,018 2022-03 6,496 5,596 12,092 2022-02 9,934 7,602 17,536 2022-01 -754 6,623 5,869 2021-12 16,938 5,970 22,908 2021-11 22,873 5,925 28,798 2021-10 23,367 8,398 31,765 2021-09 16,545 7,334 23,879 2021-08 10,697 8,074 18,771 2021-07 22,085 7,855 29,940 2021-06 21,324 6,703 28,027 2021-05 17,657 7,071 24,728 2021-04 30,322 8,483 38,805 2021-03 21,397 8,399 29,796 2021-02 12,866 8,476 21,342 2021-01 12,300 4,720 17,020 2020-12 3,524 3,199 6,723 2020-11 1,717 3,263 4,980 2020-10 4,159 3,458 7,617 2020-09 2,526 3,490 6,016 2020-08 1,378 4,688 6,066 2020-07 1,372 3,051 4,423 2020-06 3,047 3,428 6,475 2020-05 1,145 2,618 3,763 2020-04 2,080 6,367 8,447 2020-03 15,231 4,007 19,238 2020-02 8,811 4,501 13,312 2020-01 919 3,431 4,350 2019-12 5,189 1,523 6,712 2019-11 3,548 2,074 5,622 2019-10 3,982 4,457 8,439 2019-09 3,476 2,796 6,272 2019-08 5,261 3,055 8,316 2019-07 7,927 3,169 11,096 2019-06 7,212 3,215 10,427 2019-05 5,634 3,560 9,194 2019-04 5,648 5,839 11,487 2019-03 6,038 2,194 8,232 2019-02 2,476 2,224 4,700 2019-01 1,662 1,749 3,411 2018-12 5,726 4,676 10,402 2018-11 9,813 5,259 15,072 2018-10 18,174 4,837 23,011 2018-09 4,228 5,780 10,008 2018-08 10,280 2,956 13,236 2018-07 18,733 4,293 23,026 2018-06 11,880 3,684 15,564 2018-05 8,894 5,223 14,117 2018-04 23,083 3,832 26,915 2018-03 9,663 4,479 14,142 2018-02 7,535 5,214 12,749 2018-01 13,832 4,338 18,170 2017-12 10,580 5,477 16,057 2017-11 9,011 2,674 11,685 2017-10 15,999 5,764 21,763 2017-09 4,953 3,255 8,208 2017-08 8,785 3,492 12,277 2017-07 20,647 4,693 25,340 2017-06 11,403 2,088 13,491 2017-05 13,762 3,512 17,274 2017-04 30,611 7,477 38,088 2017-03 6,725 5,230 11,955 2017-02 12,009 5,373 17,382 2017-01 7,976 2,617 10,593 2016-12 12,573 5,205 17,778 2016-11 7,815 3,262 11,077 2016-10 11,099 4,678 15,777 2016-09 2,474 2,550 5,024 2016-08 -168 3,671 3,503 2016-07 3,112 2,158 5,270 2016-06 1,454 2,816 4,270 2016-05 2,112 2,291 4,403 2016-04 1,005 4,170 5,175 2016-03 1,401 2,693 4,094 2016-02 1,067 1,844 2,911 2016-01 528 2,387 2,915 2015-12 1,914 2,482 4,396 2015-11 2,598 2,942 5,540 2015-10 4,262 3,488 7,750 2015-09 2,910 2,253 5,163 2015-08 2,721 2,572 5,293 2015-07 2,702 4,512 7,214 2015-06 5,271 4,574 9,845 2015-05 2,114 3,712 5,826 2015-04 4,689 3,706 8,395 2015-03 -320 6,230 5,910 2015-02 -67 4,405 4,338 2015-01 1,032 2,178 3,210 2014-12 1,027 3,339 4,366 2014-11 1,046 2,958 4,004 2014-10 1,365 3,996 5,361 2014-09 4,390 3,889 8,279 2014-08 1,836 3,561 5,397 2014-07 3,634 3,329 6,963 2014-06 234 5,120 5,354 2014-05 2,031 3,634 5,665 2014-04 1,875 3,901 5,776 2014-03 1,663 4,105 5,768 2014-02 -1,342 5,064 3,722 2014-01 -34 4,259 4,225 2013-12 305 4,798 5,103 2013-11 1,516 3,407 4,923 2013-10 -766 5,926 5,160 2013-09 513 2,844 3,357 2013-08 -499 4,890 4,391 2013-07 -2,378 8,566 6,188 2013-06 -1,827 8,638 6,811 2013-05 -50 7,299 7,249 2013-04 2,289 2,271 4,560 2013-03 1,490 3,515 5,005 2013-02 3,396 3,565 6,961 2013-01 452 2,612 3,064 2012-12 2,868 2,069 4,937 2012-11 1,399 3,759 5,158 2012-10 -682 4,213 3,531 2012-09 2,983 2,236 5,219 2012-08 4,983 2,619 7,602 2012-07 4,128 3,351 7,479 2012-06 1,627 2,923 4,550 2012-05 3,242 3,084 6,326 2012-04 745 1,414 2,159 2012-03 1,029 3,648 4,677 2012-02 -545 2,767 2,222 2012-01 960 1,464 2,424 2011-12 915 1,947 2,862 2011-11 2,825 2,261 5,086 2011-10 895 1,125 2,020 2011-09 1,654 1,787 3,441 2011-08 1,462 1,197 2,659 2011-07 1,078 2,006 3,084 2011-06 1,804 3,496 5,300 2011-05 -825 3,653 2,828 2011-04 844 5,176 6,020 2011-03 -16 3,182 3,166 2011-02 -678 4,040 3,362 2011-01 1,022 2,692 3,714 2010-12 3,710 2,435 6,145 2010-11 547 1,675 2,222 2010-10 1,414 3,828 5,242 2010-09 3,156 2,887 6,043 2010-08 3,948 2,119 6,067 2010-07 2,799 1,841 4,640 2010-06 5,211 2,443 7,654 2010-05 393 1,863 2,256 2010-04 1,213 3,400 4,613 2010-03 3,133 1,895 5,028 2010-02 1,498 1,371 2,869 2010-01 1,567 2,038 3,605 2009-12 1,014 1,755 2,769 2009-11 607 4,295 4,902 2009-10 554 3,860 4,414 2009-09 464 1,863 2,327 2009-08 643 1,245 1,888 2009-07 291 1,476 1,767 2009-06 462 812 1,274 2009-05 915 932 1,847 2009-04 265 2,150 2,415 2009-03 3,055 922 3,977 2009-02 n.a. n.a. n.a. 2009-01 n.a. n.a. n.a.