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Statistical Supplement | November 2006

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, November 2006

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2004 2005 2006 2006
Jan - Sept Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -84,970 -127,296 -52,368 -11,702 -8,098 -4,850 1,119 -2,996 7,149 -9,366
 
80 Foreign purchases 1,664,076 2,240,104 2,543,978 294,550 268,954 371,188 307,312 246,861 272,938 266,526
81 Foreign sales 1,749,046 2,367,400 2,596,346 306,252 277,052 376,038 306,193 249,857 265,789 275,892
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -67,872 -45,095 -86,246 -7,154 -8,119 -15,644 -10,339 -18,759 -9,877 -13,542
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,459,043 1,459,882 1,278,637 165,624 129,758 168,141 139,733 119,475 135,072 139,701
84 Foreign sales 1,526,915 1,504,977 1,364,883 172,778 137,877 183,785 150,072 138,234 144,949 153,243
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -152,842 -172,391 -138,614 -18,856 -16,217 -20,494 -9,220 -21,755 -2,728 -22,908
 
86 Foreign countries -141,025 -165,403 -143,133 -19,294 -16,300 -20,435 -9,171 -21,384 -5,478 -24,949
87 Europe -124,892 -81,669 -124,117 -11,697 -7,975 -22,514 -20,404 -24,417 -9,509 -21,032
88 Euro Area5 -2,516 -15,952 -27,102 842 -6,200 -2,506 -8,326 -9,013 1,923 -3,468
89 United Kingdom -111,464 -46,382 -94,963 -12,264 -3,045 -18,666 -11,491 -16,910 -8,487 -17,351
90 Canada -5,492 -4,559 -14,754 -2,552 -3,131 -853 2,051 -1,475 -3,291 -854
91 Latin America -952 -23,487 -5,321 -2,057 99 219 405 617 987 76
92 Caribbean 10,136 5,474 8,372 1,557 1,598 -2,157 1,644 -408 974 669
93 Asia -12,814 -45,551 -1,858 -3,820 -3,803 4,771 7,650 2,933 5,337 -2,308
94 Japan -20,640 -32,842 8,079 -368 434 4,515 3,178 1,129 2,045 -801
95 Africa 1,591 -1,668 -1,382 -387r -1,312r 128r 155r 320r 43r 136
96 Other countries -8,602 -13,943 -4,073 -338 -1,776 -29 -672 1,046 -19 -1,636
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 -11,817 -6,988 4,519 438 83 -59 -49 -371 2,750 2,041

1. Comprises oil-exporting countries as follows: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table

2. Includes the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, as well as African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations. Beginning with data for June 2006, also includes the Bank for International Settlements.   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. Comprises Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. As of December 2001, also includes Greece.   Return to table

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