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Statistical Supplement | April 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, April 2007

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2005 2006r 2007 2006 2007
Jan - Feb Augr Septr Octr Novr Decr Janr Febp
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -127,296 -107,391 -28,527 6,385 -9,335 -8,374 -19,867 -19,547 -13,200 -15,327
 
80 Foreign purchases 2,240,104 3,699,410 712,042 287,585 281,208 346,245 342,698 326,212 341,666 370,376
81 Foreign sales 2,367,400 3,806,801 740,569 281,200 290,543 354,619 362,565 345,759 354,866 385,703
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -45,095 -139,751 -9,227 -10,392 -13,936 -8,224 -14,184 -29,186 -4,774 -4,453
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,459,882 1,872,823 445,915 140,409 146,152 161,418 194,222 195,131 216,329 229,586
84 Foreign sales 1,504,977 2,012,574 455,142 150,801 160,088 169,642 208,406 224,317 221,103 234,039
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -172,391 -247,142 -37,754 -4,007 -23,271 -16,598 -34,051 -48,733 -17,974 -19,780
 
86 Foreign countries -165,403 -251,589 -42,330 -6,757 -25,312 -16,645 -34,132 -48,476 -18,138 -24,192
87 Europe -81,669 -218,438 -40,334 -11,723 -20,687 -20,076 -30,570 -37,256 -15,917 -24,417
88 Euro Area5 -15,952 -48,820 -11,528 734 -3,404 -5,552 -5,735 -8,605 -3,974 -7,554
89 United Kingdom -46,382 -158,505 -31,304 -9,690 -17,519 -9,098 -23,954 -26,741 -12,944 -18,360
90 Canada -4,559 -18,775 1,337 -3,302 -839 -1,297 691 -2,543 2,771 -1,434
91 Latin America -23,487 -12,564 1,900 1,005 43 -2,153 -2,787 -2,189 1,853 47
92 Caribbean 5,474 25,749 5,995 2,095 -169 9,176 3,878 1,180 -2,564 8,559
93 Asia -45,551 -16,779 -8,422 5,026 -2,103 -1,302 -2,223 -6,399 -3,553 -4,869
94 Japan -32,842 2,275 -4,826 1,547 -863 -665 1,816 -5,495 -792 -4,034
95 Africa -1,668 -2,272 501 -35 96 244 -79 -349 186 315
96 Other countries -13,943 -8,510 -3,307 177 -1,653 -1,237 -3,042 -920 -914 -2,393
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 -6,988 4,447 4,576 2,750 2,041 47 81 -257 164 4,412

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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