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Statistical Supplement | February 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, February 2008

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2006 2007 2007 2007
Jan - Dec June July Aug Sept Oct Novr Decp
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -106,455 -94,906 -94,906 -8,477 -14,883 -12,852 -21,277 5,029 9,617 456
 
80 Foreign purchases 3,636,185 5,215,256 5,215,256 442,946 454,098 544,210 359,707 546,484 521,977 430,223
81 Foreign sales 3,742,640 5,310,162 5,310,162 451,423 468,981 557,062 380,984 541,455 512,360 429,767
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -144,452 -128,575 -128,575 -6,659 830 -21,679 -19,726 -9,082 10,963 -13,050
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,879,713 2,961,794 2,961,794 278,799 289,744 279,607 198,109 262,946 206,920 168,339
84 Foreign sales 2,024,165 3,090,369 3,090,369 285,458 288,914 301,286 217,835 272,028 195,957 181,389
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -250,907 -223,481 -223,481 -15,136 -14,053 -34,531 -41,003 -4,053 20,580 -12,594
 
86 Foreign countries -256,016 -239,410 -239,410 -17,960 -14,211 -35,541 -41,058 -7,109 20,698 -12,881
87 Europe -220,413 -218,114 -218,114 -23,155 -10,318 -6,825 -43,680 -13,984 3,821 851
88 Euro Area5 -54,927 -62,402 -62,402 -13,682 -3,937 -5,063 -4,137 -9,532 8,866 653
89 United Kingdom -157,698 -154,611 -154,611 -12,199 -5,529 -1,846 -39,774 -3,787 -6,350 -832
90 Canada -18,153 -10,557 -10,557 -1,071 843 -1,264 -403 -1,935 567 -4,132
91 Latin America -12,714 -7,929 -7,929 -2,195 186 -1,477 -1,344 -810 932 -1,259
92 Caribbean 25,656 -18,442 -18,442 6,204 -5,619 -31,961 7,634 10,759 -2,477 -11,730
93 Asia -18,652 26,919 26,919 3,885 1,582 6,234 -3,633 283 17,836 3,034
94 Japan 2,159 3,815 3,815 -1,070 -887 2,293 1,270 1,263 4,614 4,398
95 Africa -2,252 1,112 1,112 -26 161 -870 169 5 988 680
96 Other countries -9,488 -12,399 -12,399 -1,602 -1,046 622 199 -1,427 -969 -325
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 5,109 15,929 15,929 2,824 158 1,010 55 3,056 -118 287

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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