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Statistical Supplement | December 2006

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, December 2006

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2004 2005 2006 2006
Jan - Oct Apr May June Julyr Augr Septr Octp
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -84,970 -127,296 -65,384 -8,098 -4,850 1,119 -3,354 5,830 -8,818 -11,887
 
80 Foreign purchases 1,664,076 2,240,104 2,868,896 268,954 371,188 307,312 246,082 271,321 266,303 327,537
81 Foreign sales 1,749,046 2,367,400 2,934,280 277,052 376,038 306,193 249,436 265,491 275,121 339,424
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -67,872 -45,095 -94,162 -8,119 -15,644 -10,339 -18,868 -9,879 -13,550 -7,797
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,459,043 1,459,882 1,434,550 129,758 168,141 139,733 119,311 135,069 139,731 156,050
84 Foreign sales 1,526,915 1,504,977 1,528,712 137,877 183,785 150,072 138,179 144,948 153,281 163,847
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -152,842 -172,391 -159,546 -16,217 -20,494 -9,220 -22,222 -4,049 -22,368 -19,684
 
86 Foreign countries -141,025 -165,403 -164,112 -16,300 -20,435 -9,171 -21,851 -6,799 -24,409 -19,731
87 Europe -124,892 -81,669 -143,856 -7,975 -22,514 -20,404 -24,704 -10,502 -20,590 -18,901
88 Euro Area5 -2,516 -15,952 -32,363 -6,200 -2,506 -8,326 -9,010 708 -3,427 -4,090
89 United Kingdom -111,464 -46,382 -103,932 -3,045 -18,666 -11,491 -17,104 -8,440 -17,127 -9,046
90 Canada -5,492 -4,559 -16,113 -3,131 -853 2,051 -1,539 -3,309 -837 -1,294
91 Latin America -952 -23,487 -7,946 99 219 405 533 974 30 -2,482
92 Caribbean 10,136 5,474 13,665 1,598 -2,157 1,644 -407 974 678 5,283
93 Asia -12,814 -45,551 -3,511 -3,803 4,771 7,650 2,919 4,941 -2,149 -1,402
94 Japan -20,640 -32,842 6,730 434 4,515 3,178 1,068 1,539 -861 -722
95 Africa 1,591 -1,668 -1,227 -1,312 128 155 304 -59 107 302
96 Other countries -8,602 -13,943 -5,124 -1,776 -29 -672 1,043 182 -1,648 -1,237
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 -11,817 -6,988 4,566 83 -59 -49 -371 2,750 2,041 47

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

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.

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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