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Statistical Supplement | December 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, December 2008

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2006 2007 2008 2008
Jan - Oct Apr May June July Aug Sept Octp
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -106,455 -95,298 -1,225 -245 -18,106 1,562 16,894 2,851 -2,445 21,795
 
80 Foreign purchases 3,636,185 5,215,765 4,884,940 505,496 494,660 499,993 560,901 428,218 482,941 458,842
81 Foreign sales 3,742,640 5,311,063 4,886,165 505,741 512,766 498,431 544,007 425,367 485,386 437,047
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -144,452 -129,015 72,126 10,728 -8,303 -11,517 17,278 17,366r 37,810 14,513
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,879,713 2,971,803 2,037,257 193,225 182,056 188,259 158,503 157,238 227,068 177,088
84 Foreign sales 2,024,165 3,100,818 1,965,131 182,497 190,359 199,776 141,225 139,872r 189,258 162,575
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -250,907 -224,313 70,901 10,483 -26,409 -9,955 34,172 20,217r 35,365 36,308
 
86 Foreign countries -256,016 -240,242 61,457 8,529 -26,401 -9,858 34,158 17,750r 34,415 35,930
87 Europe -220,413 -218,683 38,957 -5,690 -18,064 812 12,103 23,181r 33,673 24,674
88 Euro Area5 -54,927 -62,543 22,522 -3,927 -1,544 -1,739 17,610 8,768r 14,325 -210
89 United Kingdom -157,698 -154,906 -7,202 -6,145 -19,134 -856 -2,470 11,140r 8,655 19,993
90 Canada -18,153 -10,935 -5,108 -2,397 -6,351 -2,216 1,444 1,734 2,317 -1,677
91 Latin America -12,714 -7,948 17,608 2,899 -5,117 3,603 477 -1,133 1,019 3,832
92 Caribbean 25,656 -18,442 -38,107 4,420 -2,136 -7,296 2,253 -13,624 -8,625 407
93 Asia -18,652 27,066 67,550 10,532 7,726 3,663 16,754 5,977r 2,861 6,114
94 Japan 2,159 4,032 11,830 -1,188 5,233 -1,658 8,144 591 -1,116 -1,185
95 Africa -2,252 1,112 1,264 -217 -591 -22 296 601 185 697
96 Other countries -9,488 -12,412 -20,707 -1,018 -1,868 -8,402 831 1,014 2,985 1,883
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 5,109 15,929 9,444 1,954 -8 -97 14 2,467 950 378

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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