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Statistical Supplement | November 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, November 2007

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2005 2006 2007 2007
Jan - Sept Mar Apr May June July Aug Septp
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -127,296 -107,703 -103,288 -7,413 -7,658 -16,453 -13,519 -6,420 -12,852r -9,240
 
80 Foreign purchases 2,240,104 3,645,363 3,771,248 431,137 370,379 448,533 451,421 469,307 544,210r 357,107
81 Foreign sales 2,367,400 3,753,066 3,874,536 438,550 378,037 464,986 464,940 475,727 557,062r 366,347
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -45,095 -144,090 -119,269 -34,339 -9,666 -21,190 -8,245 879 -21,679r -19,726
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,459,882 1,881,727 2,329,784 275,843 261,522 293,776 279,057 290,035 279,607r 198,109
84 Foreign sales 1,504,977 2,025,817 2,449,053 310,182 271,188 314,966 287,302 289,156 301,286 217,835
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -172,391 -251,793 -222,557 -41,752 -17,324 -37,643 -21,764 -5,541 -34,531r -28,966
 
86 Foreign countries -165,403 -256,895 -235,302 -44,569 -18,586 -37,709 -24,552 -5,707 -35,541r -29,021
87 Europe -81,669 -220,792 -203,486 -41,740 -11,367 -39,191 -25,061 -5,222 -6,825r -36,336
88 Euro Area5 -15,952 -54,615 -62,720 -15,477 -4,530 -7,461 -14,433 -2,631 -5,063 -4,034
89 United Kingdom -46,382 -158,239 -136,548 -19,540 -4,570 -30,829 -12,894 -2,361 -1,846r -32,895
90 Canada -4,559 -17,935 -5,480 -2,371 -503 -1,620 -894 771 -1,264 -1,167
91 Latin America -23,487 -12,695 -8,082 481 177 -4,619 -3,229 -51 -1,477 -1,344
92 Caribbean 5,474 25,310 -19,348 -5,320 580 8,491 1,943 -5,709 -31,961 7,347
93 Asia -45,551 -18,959 12,523 8,165 -4,391 -690 4,270 4,653 6,234 2,110
94 Japan -32,842 2,244 -3,756 744 -3,194 -1,247 -557 2,302 2,293 1,270
95 Africa -1,668 -2,261 -261 -113 -169 -1 33 190 -870 170
96 Other countries -13,943 -9,563 -11,168 -3,671 -2,913 -79 -1,614 -339 622 199
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 -6,988 5,102 12,745 2,817 1,262 66 2,788 166 1,010 55

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.   

5. Comprises Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. As of December 2001, also includes Greece.   

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