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Statistical Supplement | June 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, June 2008

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2006 2007 2008 2007 2008
Jan - Apr Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Aprp
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -106,455 -95,325 -24,445 5,025 9,617 -29 -2,337 -18,272 -3,008 -828
 
80 Foreign purchases 3,636,185 5,215,768 1,959,800 546,421 521,977 430,974 523,685 442,624 487,855 505,636
81 Foreign sales 3,742,640 5,311,093 1,984,245 541,396 512,360 431,003 526,022 460,896 490,863 506,464
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -144,452 -127,861 3,192 -9,101 10,979 -12,367 -17,343 5,323 4,065 11,147
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,879,713 2,972,380 948,999 264,614 209,714 169,182 246,800 240,377 267,714 194,108
84 Foreign sales 2,024,165 3,100,241 945,807 273,715 198,735 181,549 264,143 235,054 263,649 182,961
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -250,907 -223,186 -21,253 -4,076 20,596 -12,396 -19,680 -12,949 1,057 10,319
 
86 Foreign countries -256,016 -239,115 -26,993 -7,132 20,714 -12,683 -19,806 -13,864 -1,688 8,365
87 Europe -220,413 -218,331 -37,063 -13,988 3,988 381 -17,514 -17,579 3,579 -5,549
88 Euro Area5 -54,927 -62,547 -14,735 -9,536 8,866 442 -2,132 -3,147 -5,529 -3,927
89 United Kingdom -157,698 -154,543 -24,124 -3,787 -6,183 -951 -11,375 -14,080 7,335 -6,004
90 Canada -18,153 -10,203 -3,072 -1,954 416 -3,598 -4,542 1,274 2,814 -2,618
91 Latin America -12,714 -7,948 14,927 -810 932 -1,278 2,319 5,767 3,942 2,899
92 Caribbean 25,656 -18,442 -9,104 10,759 -2,477 -11,730 -4,946 4,304 -12,882 4,420
93 Asia -18,652 27,064 24,371 283 17,836 3,179 11,459 -2,999 5,463 10,448
94 Japan 2,159 4,030 1,821 1,263 4,614 4,613 945 -340 2,404 -1,188
95 Africa -2,252 1,112 98 5 988 680 1,532 624 -1,841 -217
96 Other countries -9,488 -12,367 -17,150 -1,427 -969 -317 -8,114 -5,255 -2,763 -1,018
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 5,109 15,929 5,740 3,056 -118 287 126 915 2,745 1,954

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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