FRB: April 2007 Statistical Supplement--Foreign Transactions in Securities

Statistical Supplement | April 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, April 2007

3.24 Foreign Transactions in Securities
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country		2005	2006^r	2007	2006					2007
Transaction, and area or country		2005	2006^r	Jan - Feb	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb^p
		U.S. corporate securities

Stocks
1	Foreign purchases	4,731,749	6,904,113	1,256,353	583,195^r	562,165	643,028	610,621	573,252	624,681^r	631,672
2	Foreign sales	4,649,799	6,753,857	1,220,062	575,077^r	547,511^r	615,986^r	603,563^r	584,852	601,903^r	618,159

3	Net purchases, or sales (-)	81,950	150,256	36,291	8,118^r	14,654^r	27,042^r	7,058^r	-11,600	22,778^r	13,513

4	Foreign countries	81,993	150,212	36,304	8,116^r	14,651^r	27,043^r	7,058^r	-11,604	22,788^r	13,516
5	Of which: by foreign official institutions	954	5,766	-242	207	-682	-407	-2,098	-499	-571	329

6	Europe	39,592	96,946	17,179	9,640^r	11,305^r	15,417^r	3,395^r	-10,077	13,819^r	3,360
7	Belgium	5,757	1,622	-222	375	167	-399	-781	-272	151^r	-372
8	France	7,675	21,738	2,829	2,239	893	6,128	2,889	974	3,577^r	-748
9	Germany	-3,278	-8,164	2,951	-819	865	1,267	-7	-5,300	-892^r	3,843
10	Ireland	1,660	-1,775	963	-182	25	-560	-287	-1,574	38	925
11	Luxembourg	7,924	11,611	127	252	93	426	1,367	233	-382^r	509
12	Netherlands	-2,326	-5,428	-714	169	267	-2,005	-927	-679	1,401^r	-2,115
13	Switzerland	1,334	1,194	-257	513	-222	-379	-1,156	228	579^r	-836
14	United Kingdom	19,775	75,858	10,949	6,620^r	9,908^r	11,356^r	2,222^r	-1,598	8,045^r	2,904
15	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	350	96	290	-149	-148	-88	74	-944	229	61
16	Canada	16,549	11,821	-461	14	355	915	838	290	-141^r	-320
17	Latin America	-103	2,151	74	-208	68	200	-55	343	72	2
18	Caribbean	15,414	35,039	20,029	-1,914	5,463	12,472	5,938	-1,157	10,387^r	9,642
19	Middle East Oil Exporters¹	1,789	7,965	590	491	-300	418	-487	218	648^r	-58
20	Other Asia	8,399	-4,486	-1,860	48	-2,285	-1,993	-2,742	-1,316	-2,495^r	635
21	China, Mainland	-528	465	-118	-50	-52	403	-76	444	-92	-26
22	Hong Kong	1,050	-465	-148	26	-252	-55	-432	-396	205^r	-353
23	Japan	72	-668	-330	434	-790	-741	-218	-677	-1,249	919
24	Africa	281	89	-76	1	-87	-111	26	-22	10^r	-86
25	Other countries	72	687	829	44	132	-275	145	117	488	341

26	International and regional organizations²	-43	44	-13	2	3	-1	0	4	-10	-3

U.S. Government Agency Bonds
27	Foreign purchases	1,097,458	1,572,182	285,235	127,242	123,864	127,613	140,619	154,126	143,450^r	141,785
28	Foreign sales	878,202	1,282,602	247,441	94,057^r	98,413^r	111,642^r	124,893^r	126,320^r	107,677^r	139,764

29	Net purchases, or sales (-)	219,256	289,580	37,794	33,185^r	25,451^r	15,971^r	15,726^r	27,806^r	35,773^r	2,021

30	Foreign countries	218,983	289,344	37,847	33,319^r	25,448^r	15,916^r	15,751^r	27,843^r	35,790^r	2,057
31	Of which: by foreign official institutions	31,629	92,632	19,931	9,599^r	7,872	5,260	3,955	15,506	15,751	4,180

32	Europe	55,564	88,746	10,808	10,277^r	8,701^r	6,618^r	4,577^r	10,336^r	12,074^r	-1,266
33	Belgium	-398	-193	-25	-19	3	-45	-70	-75	-30	5
34	France	500	-261	1,608	344	759	8	-66	857	706	902
35	Germany	5,938	4,471	-52	84	436	190	805	270	252	-304
36	Ireland	3,591	4,168	-336	481	819	-585^r	57^r	675^r	-195^r	-141
37	Luxembourg	1,583	5,028	-644	315^r	1,018	-149	-299	187	-2,156	1,513
38	Netherlands	1,259	-648	-505	52	-39	-368	13	155	-361	-144
39	Switzerland	-1,971	-185	-291	20^r	20^r	214^r	-171	131	-78	-213
40	United Kingdom	40,819	53,311	7,428	5,251	4,706^r	3,487	3,765	6,770	10,384	-2,956
41	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	54	1,528	343	282^r	13	501	694	293	31	312
42	Canada	12,476	9,507	900	400	919	697^r	498	1,812	521	379
43	Latin America	15,473	14,181	3,302	-267	810	-87	1,920	5,289	2,150	1,152
44	Caribbean	17,304	39,750	-3,139	7,665^r	3,844^r	1,820^r	4,461^r	2,527^r	3,377^r	-6,516
45	Middle East Oil Exporters¹	1,810	7,037	3,200	1,443	575	11	-488	1,140	2,189	1,011
46	Other Asia	115,851	129,141	22,575	13,882^r	10,578^r	6,783^r	4,854	6,771	15,389	7,186
47	China, Mainland	22,986	37,461	13,684	4,770^r	2,545	1,156	610	383	11,400	2,284
48	Hong Kong	16,289	31,659	5,987	3,699	1,422	2,363	1,132	3,599	2,823	3,164
49	Japan	59,140	45,062	6	3,214	5,004	3,857	2,534	-578	-1,088	1,094
50	Africa	-103	-118	46	-19	4	25	-23	-36	10	36
51	Other countries	608	1,100	155	-62	17	49	-48	4	80	75

52	International and regional organizations²	273	236	-53	-134	3	55	-25	-37	-17	-36

Corporate Bonds³
53	Foreign purchases	1,277,006	1,666,037	312,680	131,424^r	157,346^r	149,055^r	173,943^r	166,971^r	155,259^r	157,421
54	Foreign sales	904,784	1,165,329	224,247	90,722^r	99,050^r	108,405^r	111,595^r	131,666^r	112,220^r	112,027

55	Net purchases, or sales (-)	372,222	500,708	88,433	40,702^r	58,296^r	40,650^r	62,348^r	35,305^r	43,039^r	45,394

56	Foreign countries	369,370	499,632	88,290	40,264^r	58,322^r	40,640^r	62,144^r	35,706^r	42,956^r	45,334
57	Of which: by foreign official institutions	19,141	28,556	7,908	2,761^r	1,830	2,006	3,220^r	2,864	2,383	5,525

58	Europe	241,709	305,763	57,219	20,083^r	44,616^r	25,122^r	41,261^r	12,780^r	30,729^r	26,490
59	Belgium	3,625	-653	-2,303	-1,458	173^r	-138	-32	-374^r	-1,519	-784
60	France	13,156	21,563	5,226	2,869^r	3,029	3,423	2,636	3,038^r	3,723	1,503
61	Germany	6,488	-11,985	480	27^r	836	-2,948	764^r	-14,901^r	285	195
62	Ireland	12,184	14,010	3,254	442^r	3,118^r	1,430^r	2,589^r	24^r	1,989^r	1,265
63	Luxembourg	4,610	3,564	177	-395^r	1,713^r	-519	548^r	-33^r	-746^r	923
64	Netherlands	2,772	3,216	-462	144^r	64^r	1,135	61	585^r	-217	-245
65	Switzerland	3,742	9,755	1,264	1,015	635	1,139	2,477^r	376^r	491^r	773
66	United Kingdom	168,881	242,349	1,264	15,538^r	30,387^r	19,825^r	31,664^r	20,797^r	27,729^r	21,182
67	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	16,570	10,388	1,093	-81	3,108^r	883	-670^r	1,612	650	443
68	Canada	2,279	8,052	3,499	439^r	776^r	-159^r	1,317	1,301^r	376^r	3,123
69	Latin America	7,203	10,035	802	1,578	1,024	977	762	680	704	98
70	Caribbean	40,488	91,370	8,618	10,698^r	7,577^r	8,711^r	9,433^r	12,282^r	3,593^r	5,025
71	Middle East Oil Exporters¹	1,022	4,674	244	911^r	-486	-56	414^r	-89^r	221	23
72	Other Asia	69,910	72,404	15,076	6,468^r	3,982	5,681^r	8,899^r	8,778^r	7,487^r	7,589
73	China, Mainland	26,130	31,251	7,339	2,319	1,869	1,367	3,334	3,639	3,401	3,938
74	Hong Kong	11,012	14,810	1,451	1,006	669	1,776	1,402^r	1,615	1,234	217
75	Japan	25,617	12,671	2,315	2,050^r	268	1,468	2,377	2,318	1,564^r	751
76	Africa	394	-178	-34	111^r	63	31	49^r	-435	-86	52
77	Other countries	6,365	7,512	2,866	-24	770	333	9^r	409	-68	2,934

78	International and regional organizations³	2,852	1,076	143	438	-26	10	204	-401	83	60

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.

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