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Statistical Supplement | October 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, October 2007

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2005 2006r 2007 2007
Jan - Aug Febr Mar Apr May June Julyr Augp
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -127,296 -107,703 -94,002 -16,399 -7,413 -7,658 -16,453 -13,519 -6,420 -12,806
 
80 Foreign purchases 2,240,104 3,645,363 3,414,323 361,661 431,137 370,379 448,533 451,421 469,307 544,392
81 Foreign sales 2,367,400 3,753,066 3,508,325 378,060 438,550 378,037 464,986 464,940 475,727 557,198
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -45,095 -144,090 -99,541 -4,365 -34,339r -9,666 -21,190 -8,245 879 -21,677
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,459,882 1,881,727 2,131,677 232,982 275,843r 261,522 293,776 279,057 290,035 279,609
84 Foreign sales 1,504,977 2,025,817 2,231,218 237,347 310,182 271,188 314,966 287,302 289,156 301,286
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -172,391 -251,793 -193,543 -20,764 -41,752r -17,324 -37,643 -21,764 -5,541 -34,483
 
86 Foreign countries -165,403 -256,895 -206,233 -25,177 -44,569r -18,586 -37,709 -24,552 -5,707 -35,493
87 Europe -81,669 -220,792 -167,102 -25,844 -41,740r -11,367 -39,191 -25,061 -5,222 -6,777
88 Euro Area5 -15,952 -54,615 -58,686 -7,952 -15,477 -4,530 -7,461 -14,433 -2,631 -5,063
89 United Kingdom -46,382 -158,239 -103,605 -19,666 -19,540r -4,570 -30,829 -12,894 -2,361 -1,798
90 Canada -4,559 -17,935 -4,313 -1,216 -2,371 -503 -1,620 -894 771 -1,264
91 Latin America -23,487 -12,695 -6,738 56 481 177 -4,619 -3,229 -51 -1,477
92 Caribbean 5,474 25,310 -26,695 8,186 -5,320 580 8,491 1,943 -5,709 -31,961
93 Asia -45,551 -18,959 10,413 -4,303 8,165 -4,391 -690 4,270 4,653 6,234
94 Japan -32,842 2,244 -5,026 -4,645 744 -3,194 -1,247 -557 2,302 2,293
95 Africa -1,668 -2,261 -431 345 -113 -169 -1 33 190 -870
96 Other countries -13,943 -9,563 -11,367 -2,401 -3,671 -2,913 -79 -1,614 -339 622
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 -6,988 5,102 12,690 4,413 2,817 1,262 66 2,788 166 1,010

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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