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Statistical Supplement | January 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, January 2008

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2005 2006r 2007 2007
Jan - Nov Mayr Juner Julyr Aug Sept Oct Novp
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -127,296 -106,455 -95,351 -12,587 -8,477 -14,883 -12,852 -21,277 5,029r 9,628
 
80 Foreign purchases 2,240,104 3,636,185 4,784,795 442,782 442,946 454,098 544,210 359,707 546,484 521,739
81 Foreign sales 2,367,400 3,742,640 4,880,146 455,369 451,423 468,981 557,062 380,984 541,455r 512,111
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -45,095 -144,452 -115,525 -21,773 -6,659 830 -21,679 -19,726 -9,082 10,963
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,459,882 1,879,713 2,793,455 292,299 278,799 289,744 279,607 198,109 262,946 206,920
84 Foreign sales 1,504,977 2,024,165 2,908,980 314,072 285,458 288,914 301,286 217,835 272,028 195,957
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -172,391 -250,907 -210,876 -34,360 -15,136 -14,053 -34,531 -41,003 -4,053r 20,591
 
86 Foreign countries -165,403 -256,016 -226,518 -34,406 -17,960 -14,211 -35,541 -41,058 -7,109r 20,709
87 Europe -81,669 -220,413 -218,968 -36,529 -23,155 -10,318 -6,825 -43,680 -13,984r 3,818
88 Euro Area5 -15,952 -54,927 -63,058 -6,163 -13,682 -3,937 -5,063 -4,137 -9,532 8,863
89 United Kingdom -46,382 -157,698 -153,778 -30,084 -12,199 -5,529 -1,846 -39,774 -3,787 -6,349
90 Canada -4,559 -18,153 -6,425 -1,710 -1,071 843 -1,264 -403 -1,935 567
91 Latin America -23,487 -12,714 -6,671 -4,152 -2,195 186 -1,477 -1,344 -810 931
92 Caribbean 5,474 25,656 -6,713 8,484 6,204 -5,619 -31,961 7,634 10,759 -2,478
93 Asia -45,551 -18,652 23,895 -827 3,885 1,582 6,234 -3,633 283 17,846
94 Japan -32,842 2,159 -583 -1,481 -1,070 -887 2,293 1,270 1,263 4,614
95 Africa -1,668 -2,252 433 21 -26 161 -870 169 5 989
96 Other countries -13,943 -9,488 -12,069 307 -1,602 -1,046 622 199 -1,427 -964
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 -6,988 5,109 15,642 46 2,824 158 1,010 55 3,056 -118

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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