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Pair · Q2 2026 · Aug 2025–Jul 2026

Goods, bank claims, portfolio holdings and direct investment between United States and Sweden, each channel at its own period. Left, United States to Sweden; right, Sweden to United States.

Finance to trade

positions ÷ goods, both directions
Finance to trade36×positions ÷ goods, both directions
Financial positions, both directions923USD bn
Goods, both directions25.8USD bn

Bank, and positions in both directions over goods trade in both directions; financial centres show very high ratios because they hold securities for others.

Positions at the periods above, goods in the 12-month window. Calculations: datasteg.

The pair through time

2006–Jul 2026

Each channel at its own period on one time axis: goods every month (12-month windows), bank claims every quarter, portfolio holdings every half year, direct investment every year, and below them the finance-to-trade ratio by quarter. Solid lines are reported flows, dashed stretches estimated; the band between a goods line and its other report is the mirror gap where both reports exist. A month with no goods line is one where the pair fell below trade-flow’s 1,500 largest flows.

SinceUnited States → SwedenSweden → United Statesother report (mirror gap)estimated
Goods · 12-month windows, monthly · USD bnJul 2026 · 9.2 / 16.601020Bank claims · quarterly · USD bnQ2 2026 · 40.1 / 29.4050100Portfolio holdings · half-yearly · USD bnDec 2025 · 224 / 4710250500Direct investment · annual · USD bn2024 · 36.3 / 1220100200Finance to trade · quarterly, positions both ways ÷ goods both waysQ2 2026 · 35×0.0×25×50×20062008201020122014201620182020202220242026
Sources

The ratio starts in 2009, when the direct-investment survey begins: bank claims at the quarter, portfolio and direct investment at their latest period at or before it, goods in the 12 months to the quarter end. Calculations: datasteg global-network.

Goods United States → Sweden

Aug 2025–Jul 2026

exports of United States to Sweden, 12 months

Exports, 12 months9.2USD bnreported
0.94importer’s report ÷ exporter’s
Sources

Window Aug 2025–Jul 2026. Importer-reported where filed, partner-reported or estimated otherwise (tagged). Mirror ratio: the importer’s report over the exporter’s.

Goods Sweden → United States

Aug 2025–Jul 2026

exports of Sweden to United States, 12 months

Exports, 12 months16.6USD bnreported
1.01importer’s report ÷ exporter’s
Sources

Window Aug 2025–Jul 2026. Importer-reported where filed, partner-reported or estimated otherwise (tagged). Mirror ratio: the importer’s report over the exporter’s.

United States → Sweden

Q2 2026

loans and deposits of banks in United States on residents of Sweden

Position40.1USD bn
Flow in the quarter−1.1USD bnas published by the BIS
Sources

Loans and deposits, all sectors and currencies, residence basis, Q2 2026. Flow as published by the BIS.

Sweden → United States

Q2 2026

loans and deposits of banks in Sweden on residents of United States

Position29.4USD bn
Flow in the quarter−2.3USD bnas published by the BIS
Sources

Loans and deposits, all sectors and currencies, residence basis, Q2 2026. Flow as published by the BIS.

United States → Sweden

Q4 2025

securities issued in Sweden held by investors in United States

Total224USD bn
Equity177USD bn
Debt securities46.7USD bn
Sources

Holder to issuer, Q4 2025.

Sweden → United States

Q4 2025

securities issued in United States held by investors in Sweden

Total471USD bn
Equity440USD bn
Debt securities30.8USD bn
Sources

Holder to issuer, Q4 2025.

United States → Sweden

2024

position of investors in United States in Sweden

Position36.3USD bn
Reportthe host’s
Sources

Investor to host, 2024; one report per pair, the host’s first.

Sweden → United States

2024

position of investors in Sweden in United States

Position122USD bn
Reportthe host’s
Sources

Investor to host, 2024; one report per pair, the host’s first.