The Federal Reserve Board eagle logo links to home page

Statistical Supplement | December 2006

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, December 2006
3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2004 2005 2006 2006
Jan - Oct Apr May June July Aug Sept Octp
  U.S. corporate securities
 
Stocks  
1 Foreign purchases 3,862,043 4,740,672 5,102,575 456,731 609,929 551,041 478,553 527,451 490,945r 575,453
2 Foreign sales 3,833,567 4,660,298 4,995,387 450,138 607,225 555,012 468,121 523,071 482,392 554,441
 
3 Net purchases, or sales (-) 28,476 80,374 107,188 6,593 2,704 -3,971 10,432 4,380 8,553r 21,012
 
4 Foreign countries 28,616 80,417 107,147 6,590 2,702 -3,971 10,430 4,377 8,550r 21,013
5 Of which: by foreign official institutions 2,239 954 8,361 3,396 1,168 1,178 1,625 207 -682 -407
 
6 Europe 19,571 38,016 74,296 5,570 -1,314 -3,483 4,032 6,000 9,103r 13,168
7 Belgium -348 5,757 2,674 646 1,920 190 -67 375 167 -399
8 France -876 7,675 17,875 3,936 -1,621 -870 206 2,239 893 6,128
9 Germany -2,360 -3,278 -3,705 -707 -912 -4,303 -87 -819 -299 1,267
10 Ireland 2,153 1,660 86 -172 1,214 32 345 -182 25 -560
11 Luxembourg 4,534 7,924 10,012 3,387 1,955 237 415 252 93 426
12 Netherlands 1,697 -2,326 -3,823 -1,024 -766 13 17 169 267 -2,005
13 Switzerland -1,194 1,334 2,122 -44 -517 -347 138 513 -222 -379
14 United Kingdom 15,208 18,199 46,750 -920 -2,878 1,021 3,009 2,980 8,870r 9,107
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -180 350 966 -43 67 1,195 136 -149 -148 -88
16 Canada 1,292 16,549 10,694 -535 762 2,754 1,955 14 355 915
17 Latin America -98 -103 1,863 167 793 -140 -133 -208 68 200
18 Caribbean 729 15,414 11,980 -1,522 483 -5,164 3,563 -2,013 1,564 8,691
19 Middle East Oil Exporters1 6,485 1,789 8,232 3,324 120 771 1,078 491 -300 418
20 Other Asia -320 8,399 -428 -639 1,979 1,323 -315 48 -2,285 -1,993
21 China, Mainland -307 -528 97 -87 -1 -22 12 -50 -52 403
22 Hong Kong -778 1,050 363 -262 41 305 482 26 -252 -55
23 Japan 2,832 72 227 -117 583 447 -310 434 -790 -741
24 Africa -41 281 85 101 71 -5 -4 1 -87 -111
25 Other countries 998 72 425 124 -192 -27 254 44 132 -275
 
26 International and regional organizations2 -140 -43 41 3 2 0 2 3 3 -1
 
U.S. Government Agency Bonds  
27 Foreign purchases 1,209,381 1,098,131 1,155,474 116,264 138,544 114,660 113,287r 115,575r 114,314r 115,699
28 Foreign sales 982,980 878,697 915,000 101,127 103,928 91,738 94,782r 84,144r 88,725r 100,503
 
29 Net purchases, or sales (-) 226,401 219,434 240,474 15,137 34,616 22,922 18,505r 31,431r 25,589r 15,196
 
30 Foreign countries 225,522 219,161 240,170 15,106 34,545 22,776 18,596r 31,565r 25,585r 15,141
31 Of which: by foreign official institutions 20,750 31,589 68,629 5,509 8,521 5,209 11,844 9,764 7,872 5,260
 
32 Europe 84,230 55,564 74,042 7,433 9,603 11,079 -2,863r 10,288 8,714 6,611
33 Belgium 5,649 -398 -48 14 28 -7 -44 -19 3 -45
34 France -239 500 -1,052 93 -711 -404 128 344 759 8
35 Germany -123 5,938 3,396 116 -245 370 -286r 84 436 190
36 Ireland 4,224 3,591 3,436 33 502 1,463 455 481 819 -583
37 Luxembourg 799 1,583 5,166 608 696 595 655r 323 1,028 -149
38 Netherlands -163 1,259 -816 86 92 -363 -62 52 -39 -368
39 Switzerland 3,008 -1,971 -141 7 -48 -90 40 21 21 215
40 United Kingdom 53,183 40,819 43,017 4,494 5,345 7,406 -3,044r 5,251 4,708 3,477
41 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 575 54 543 -74 -42 -45 -59 284 13 501
42 Canada 5,980 12,553 9,294 184 789 1,895 1,135 400 919 698
43 Latin America 8,591 15,473 6,966 406 1,290 894 3,465r -267 810 -87
44 Caribbean 29,593 17,304 26,920 -2,726 6,024 -2,843 4,370r 5,720 3,967 1,050
45 Middle East Oil Exporters1 4,353 1,810 6,136 1,041 1,030 369 925 1,443 575 11
46 Other Asia 92,077 115,952 115,727 8,594 15,739 11,179 11,232r 14,062r 10,579r 6,784
47 China, Mainland 16,387 23,026 34,592 3,467 3,545 5,345 4,133 4,948 2,545 1,156
48 Hong Kong 11,289 16,289 27,378 1,980 2,685 2,395 2,207 3,699 1,422 2,363
49 Japan 44,442 59,201 42,739 3,205 8,724 3,495 4,273r 3,214r 5,004r 3,857
50 Africa 61 -103 -59 1 -11 31 -25 -19 4 25
51 Other countries 637 608 1,144 173 81 172 357 -62 17 49
 
52 International and regional organizations2 879 273 304 31 71 146 -91r -134 4 55
 
Corporate Bonds3  
53 Foreign purchases 1,171,415 1,277,006 1,230,524 108,176 134,568 127,324 90,218 122,925 150,262r 139,419
54 Foreign sales 861,915 904,784 843,781 70,820 92,592 87,295 71,179r 85,503 91,595r 99,920
 
55 Net purchases, or sales (-) 309,500 372,222 386,743 37,356 41,976 40,029 19,039r 37,422 58,667r 39,499
 
56 Foreign countries 307,900 369,370 385,472 37,310 41,869 40,041 19,114r 36,985 58,693r 39,489
57 Of which: by foreign official institutions 11,464 19,035 21,588 1,675 2,359 1,575 1,004 2,748 1,835 2,006
 
58 Europe 172,033 241,709 247,120 20,790 29,994 26,302 8,466 18,930 45,419r 25,083
59 Belgium 5,838 3,625 -289 -1,430 1,970 -200 -395r -1,458 162 -138
60 France 7,608 13,156 15,930 791 1,116 798 1,535 2,910 3,029 3,423
61 Germany 12,247 6,488 2,240 922 1,064 709 -354r 31 836 -2,948
62 Ireland 10,222 12,184 11,398 1,156 12 1,620 788 423 3,118 1,434
63 Luxembourg 5,787 4,610 3,902 882 1,694 689 -141r -386 1,972 -519
64 Netherlands 2,092 2,772 2,715 247 130 453 76 145 74 1,135
65 Switzerland 3,964 3,742 7,003 39 -515 1,480 1,220 1,015 635 1,139
66 United Kingdom 107,060 168,881 7,003 15,409 22,698 18,833 6,028r 14,345 30,933r 19,782
67 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 5,902 16,570 9,446 788 1,470 1,233 -283 -81 3,108 883
68 Canada 6,115 2,279 5,562 372 905 1,147 -604 440 776r -158
69 Latin America 19,858 7,203 8,593 554 669 1,030 440r 1,578 1,024 977
70 Caribbean 47,952 40,488 57,717 7,669 3,543 4,939 5,737 8,526 7,145 7,588
71 Middle East Oil Exporters1 349 1,022 4,385 353 707 938 633 946 -486 -56
72 Other Asia 59,781 69,910 54,770 5,747 5,929 4,869 4,520 6,473 3,982 5,691
73 China, Mainland 12,337 26,130 24,278 2,720 2,823 2,293 1,529 2,319 1,869 1,367
74 Hong Kong 5,714 11,012 11,784 1,098 1,366 1,140 1,411 1,006 669 1,776
75 Japan 33,463 25,617 8,018 795 303 -166 933 2,055 268 1,468
76 Africa 451 394 229 61 -62 60 22 116 63 31
77 Other countries 1,361 6,365 7,096 1,764 184 756 -100 -24 770 333
 
78 International and regional organizations3 1,600 2,852 1,271 46 107 -12 -75 437 -26 10

1. Comprises oil-exporting countries as follows: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table

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.   Return to table

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.

Statistical Supplement | December 2006 | Tips for printing wide tables | Symbols and Abbreviations

Accessibility | Contact us
Last update: December 21, 2006