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Statistical Supplement | May 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, May 2007

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2005 2006 2007 2006 2007
Jan - Mar Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Marp
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -127,296 -107,391 -36,630 -9,335 -8,374 -19,867 -19,547 -13,200 -15,327 -8,103
 
80 Foreign purchases 2,240,104 3,699,410 1,146,966 281,208 346,245 342,698 326,212 341,666 370,376 434,924
81 Foreign sales 2,367,400 3,806,801 1,183,596 290,543 354,619 362,565 345,759 354,866 385,703 443,027
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -45,095 -139,751 -41,389 -13,936 -8,224 -14,184 -29,186 -4,774 -4,453 -32,162
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,459,882 1,872,823 716,884 146,152 161,418 194,222 195,131 216,329 229,586 270,969
84 Foreign sales 1,504,977 2,012,574 758,273 160,088 169,642 208,406 224,317 221,103 234,039 303,131
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -172,391 -247,142 -78,019 -23,271 -16,598 -34,051 -48,733 -17,974 -19,780 -40,265
 
86 Foreign countries -165,403 -251,589 -85,485 -25,312 -16,645 -34,132 -48,476 -18,138 -24,192 -43,155
87 Europe -81,669 -218,438 -79,775 -20,687 -20,076 -30,570 -37,256 -15,917 -24,417 -39,441
88 Euro Area5 -15,952 -48,820 -28,392 -3,404 -5,552 -5,735 -8,605 -3,974 -7,554 -16,864
89 United Kingdom -46,382 -158,505 -53,470 -17,519 -9,098 -23,954 -26,741 -12,944 -18,360 -22,166
90 Canada -4,559 -18,775 -1,779 -839 -1,297 691 -2,543 2,771 -1,434 -3,116
91 Latin America -23,487 -12,564 2,020 43 -2,153 -2,787 -2,189 1,853 47 120
92 Caribbean 5,474 25,749 4,909 -169 9,176 3,878 1,180 -2,564 8,559 -1,086
93 Asia -45,551 -16,779 -4,517 -2,103 -1,302 -2,223 -6,399 -3,553 -4,869 3,905
94 Japan -32,842 2,275 -5,472 -863 -665 1,816 -5,495 -792 -4,034 -646
95 Africa -1,668 -2,272 411 96 244 -79 -349 186 315 -90
96 Other countries -13,943 -8,510 -6,754 -1,653 -1,237 -3,042 -920 -914 -2,393 -3,447
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 -6,988 4,447 7,466 2,041 47 81 -257 164 4,412 2,890

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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