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Statistical Supplement | April 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, April 2008

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2006 2007r 2008 2007 2008
Jan - Feb Augr Septr Oct Nov Dec Janr Febp
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -106,455 -94,840 -18,725 -12,789 -21,298 5,025 9,617 456 -2,928 -15,797
 
80 Foreign purchases 3,636,185 5,215,017 976,143 544,133 359,679 546,421 521,977 430,223 523,026 453,117
81 Foreign sales 3,742,640 5,309,857 994,868 556,922 380,977 541,396 512,360 429,767 525,954 468,914
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -144,452 -127,998 -11,670 -20,999 -20,372 -9,101r 10,979r -12,504r -17,241 5,571
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,879,713 2,972,152 487,269 282,821 200,176 264,614r 209,714r 168,954r 246,733 240,536
84 Foreign sales 2,024,165 3,100,150 498,939 303,820 220,548 273,715r 198,735r 181,458r 263,974 234,965
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -250,907 -222,838 -30,395 -33,788 -41,670 -4,076r 20,596r -12,048r -20,169 -10,226
 
86 Foreign countries -256,016 -238,767 -31,436 -34,798 -41,725 -7,132r 20,714r -12,335r -20,295 -11,141
87 Europe -220,413 -217,861 -33,313 -6,742 -43,701 -13,988 3,988r 851 -17,885 -15,428
88 Euro Area5 -54,927 -62,336 -4,944 -5,000 -4,158 -9,536 8,866 653 -2,234 -2,710
89 United Kingdom -157,698 -154,424 -24,393 -1,826 -39,774 -3,787 -6,183r -832 -11,632 -12,761
90 Canada -18,153 -10,191 -3,138 -604 -1,073 -1,954r 416r -3,586r -4,551 1,413
91 Latin America -12,714 -7,929 8,121 -1,477 -1,344 -810 932 -1,259 2,351 5,770
92 Caribbean 25,656 -18,442 -598 -31,961 7,634 10,759 -2,477 -11,730 -4,908 4,310
93 Asia -18,652 26,919 8,713 6,234 -3,633 283 17,836 3,034 11,361 -2,648
94 Japan 2,159 3,815 807 2,293 1,270 1,263 4,614 4,398 868 -61
95 Africa -2,252 1,112 2,244 -870 169 5 988 680 1,631 613
96 Other countries -9,488 -12,375 -13,465 622 223 -1,427 -969 -325 -8,294 -5,171
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 5,109 15,929 1,041 1,010 55 3,056 -118 287 126 915

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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