TABLE snetFor. Net Transactions in Foreign Long-Term Securities by US Residents, millions of dollars, as of: March 2012 Negative entries indicate net U.S. purchases of foreign securities, or an outflow of capital from the United States Positive entries indicate U.S. sales of foreign securities March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 Total Total Total Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Foreign Securities, Bonds, Stocks, Securities, Bonds, Stocks, Securities, Bonds, Stocks, net net net net net net net net net ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Europe Austria 735 756 -20 119 171 -52 217 239 -22 Belgium -8,276 -8,377 101 -8,018 -8,000 -18 -7,071 -7,322 251 Bulgaria 0 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0 -1 Cyprus -128 -79 -49 43 18 25 -16 -5 -11 Czech Republic -22 -12 -10 -26 -10 -16 100 111 -11 Denmark 327 372 -45 -176 -46 -130 1,202 909 293 Finland -331 -409 78 -55 -62 7 -161 -183 22 France 3,274 2,768 506 1,185 1,381 -197 1,864 1,443 421 Germany 7,133 7,553 -420 358 239 118 8,263 7,597 666 Greece 146 154 -7 -1 -14 12 -24 -32 8 Hungary -97 -89 -8 -9 -8 -1 -10 -12 2 Ireland -5,463 -4,006 -1,456 -72 -458 386 -2,475 -2,328 -147 Italy 1,395 1,485 -90 1,324 1,437 -114 656 983 -327 Kazakhstan -8 -8 0 21 24 -3 51 50 1 Luxembourg -3,789 -5,100 1,311 -7,813 -8,054 241 -4,111 -4,467 355 Monaco -348 -16 -332 -1 6 -7 22 20 2 Netherlands -6,196 -5,050 -1,146 5,557 5,706 -149 6,920 6,728 192 Norway 1,428 839 589 2,240 2,512 -272 211 498 -287 Poland -15 34 -49 55 73 -18 611 623 -12 Portugal -24 -18 -6 -113 -67 -46 171 191 -20 Romania 7 8 -1 2 11 -9 -7 -7 0 Russia -41 -120 79 67 12 55 -35 -45 10 Serbia & Montenegro 64 64 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 Spain 3,516 3,789 -273 570 974 -404 872 799 72 Sweden -3,325 -3,333 8 486 455 31 -848 -984 136 Switzerland -2,776 -1,982 -794 -322 561 -883 669 348 321 Turkey 200 273 -73 279 412 -133 1,234 1,195 39 Ukraine 105 49 56 39 50 -11 -2 -2 0 United Kingdom 23,277 23,390 -113 -1,221 500 -1,721 9,684 7,729 1,955 Channel Islands -498 9 -507 128 -53 181 62 -99 161 All other Europe -156 -146 -10 12 -146 158 -190 -431 241 Total Europe 10,114 12,797 -2,683 -5,341 -2,373 -2,968 17,859 13,548 4,311 Memo: Euro Area -8,047 -6,566 -1,481 -6,940 -6,736 -204 5,200 3,754 1,446 Memo: European Union 12,084 13,783 -1,699 -7,932 -5,865 -2,067 15,840 12,033 3,807 Canada 2,219 2,953 -734 -5,956 -6,016 60 -3,516 -3,593 77 Latin America Argentina 135 37 98 303 293 10 -22 -72 50 Brazil -2,292 -2,463 171 -221 -1 -220 -1,914 -617 -1,297 Chile 299 250 49 -644 -663 19 108 171 -63 Colombia -259 -288 29 226 411 -185 490 658 -168 Costa Rica 22 21 1 8 3 5 -18 -15 -3 Ecuador 55 55 0 116 58 58 153 31 122 Guatemala -58 -57 -1 32 31 1 8 11 -3 Mexico -3,111 -2,935 -176 -938 -646 -292 -1,427 -1,463 36 Panama 192 176 16 -16 35 -51 23 45 -22 Peru 56 141 -85 -1,414 -1,357 -57 144 256 -112 Uruguay 20 13 7 221 209 12 123 90 33 Venezuela 23 22 1 -88 -83 -5 22 28 -6 All other L America 1 -3 4 65 62 3 -4 0 -4 Total Latin America -4,917 -5,031 114 -2,350 -1,648 -702 -2,314 -877 -1,437 Caribbean Anguilla 976 9 967 290 -17 307 -498 3 -501 Bahamas 299 90 209 964 734 230 722 691 31 Barbados 846 717 129 -98 -102 4 -358 -74 -284 Bermuda -454 -171 -283 34 423 -389 270 586 -316 British Virgin Islands -3,596 -1,419 -2,177 464 212 252 -268 498 -766 Cayman Islands 1,314 -364 1,678 -1,378 -4,602 3,224 -3,914 -4,005 91 Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 -15 -4 -11 Jamaica -11 -12 1 8 9 -1 6 5 1 Netherlands Antilles 79 -137 216 -148 -81 -67 365 418 -53 Trinidad & Tobago 17 16 1 -6 -4 -2 19 15 4 All other Caribbean 77 78 -1 31 43 -12 -164 -167 3 Total Caribbean -453 -1,193 740 161 -3,385 3,546 -3,835 -2,034 -1,801 Asia China, Mainland 1,620 924 696 1,600 1,479 121 261 -173 434 Hong Kong 241 906 -665 -1,166 -11 -1,155 -2,796 523 -3,319 India -337 -106 -231 -383 -37 -346 323 699 -376 Indonesia -235 -35 -200 196 93 103 -267 70 -337 Israel 475 408 67 200 218 -18 5 -17 22 Japan 2,488 3,625 -1,137 -2,744 -944 -1,800 458 70 388 Korea, South 679 508 171 -1,464 -930 -534 -2,557 -1,013 -1,544 Lebanon 22 19 3 -6 2 -8 -9 -6 -3 Malaysia 233 138 95 451 455 -4 -890 -917 27 Pakistan -3 0 -3 1 2 -1 -6 -1 -5 Philippines -15 -73 58 311 288 23 37 47 -10 Singapore 1,077 239 838 -271 637 -908 45 -225 270 Syria 0 0 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 Taiwan -540 6 -546 393 570 -177 -408 -70 -338 Thailand -55 69 -124 -715 -278 -437 -267 63 -330 Asian oil exporters -337 -511 174 -620 216 -836 405 343 62 All other Asia 53 3 50 -29 -33 4 -71 -45 -26 Total Asia 5,366 6,120 -754 -4,234 1,739 -5,973 -5,737 -652 -5,085 Africa Egypt -71 -75 4 -9 0 -9 648 648 0 Liberia 6 6 0 81 86 -5 -9 2 -11 Morocco 3 0 3 -2 0 -2 -1 1 -2 South Africa -461 -412 -49 66 155 -89 -719 -657 -62 African oil exporters 185 187 -2 -183 -175 -8 -153 -160 7 All other Africa -224 35 -259 -390 -14 -376 -115 -4 -111 Total Africa -562 -259 -303 -437 52 -489 -349 -170 -179 Other Countries Australia -3,477 -3,794 317 -269 -844 575 3,980 4,263 -283 New Zealand 103 107 -4 7 8 -1 127 79 48 All Other 30 6 24 -32 -26 -6 -1 -2 1 Total Other -3,344 -3,681 337 -294 -862 568 4,106 4,340 -234 All Countries 8,423 11,706 -3,283 -18,451 -12,493 -5,958 6,214 10,562 -4,348 International Orgs. International -20 -22 2 -820 -823 3 -991 -953 -38 Total Regional Orgs 5,513 5,269 244 4,656 4,599 57 1,473 1,520 -47 Total IROs 5,493 5,247 246 3,836 3,776 60 482 567 -85 Grand Total 13,916 16,953 -3,037 -14,615 -8,717 -5,898 6,696 11,129 -4,433 of which: net purchases of asset-backed securities 1,180 1,180 n.a. -545 -545 n.a. 959 959 n.a. Adjustments for stock swaps 0 n.a. 0 0 n.a. 0 0 n.a. 0 Adjusted Total 13,916 16,953 -3,037 -14,615 -8,717 -5,898 6,696 11,129 -4,433 Definitions: Euro area: As of January 2011, includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. European Union: As of January 2007, includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Asian oil exporters: Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (Trucial States). African oil exporters: Includes Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.