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

Statistical Supplement | August 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, August 2007

3.24 Foreign Transactions in Securities
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country		2005	2006	2007	2006	2007
Transaction, and area or country		2005	2006	Jan - June	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar^r	Apr	May	June^p
		U.S. corporate securities

Stocks
1	Foreign purchases	4,731,749	6,868,558^r	4,562,873	568,205^r	619,724^r	629,170^r	880,527	690,355^r	861,753^r	881,344
2	Foreign sales	4,649,799	6,718,156^r	4,419,942	579,756^r	596,973^r	616,809^r	871,052	662,895^r	819,709^r	852,504

3	Net purchases, or sales (-)	81,950	150,402^r	142,931	-11,551^r	22,751^r	12,361^r	9,475	27,460^r	42,044^r	28,840

4	Foreign countries	81,993	150,358^r	142,942	-11,555^r	22,761^r	12,364^r	9,471	27,459^r	42,049^r	28,838
5	Of which: by foreign official institutions	954	5,766	490	-499	-571	317	415	-653	-673	1,655

6	Europe	39,592	97,066^r	73,794	-10,056^r	13,754^r	3,527^r	9,210	12,850^r	23,440^r	11,013
7	Belgium	5,757	1,625^r	-795	-281^r	147^r	-330^r	-368	-363^r	-183^r	302
8	France	7,675	21,735^r	10,899	974	3,577	-743	-325	2,620^r	2,499^r	3,271
9	Germany	-3,278	-8,040^r	901	-5,263^r	-864^r	3,883^r	1,452	439^r	1,215^r	-5,224
10	Ireland	1,660	-1,788^r	57	-1,579^r	30^r	929^r	-160	-513^r	38^r	-267
11	Luxembourg	7,924	11,608^r	-1,036	236^r	-382	563	-222	-16^r	-468^r	-511
12	Netherlands	-2,326	-5,363^r	9,196	-673^r	1,417^r	-2,056^r	1,742	-1,700^r	11,011^r	-1,219
13	Switzerland	1,334	1,180^r	-2,261	235^r	579	-842	-897	-390^r	40^r	-751
14	United Kingdom	19,775	75,764^r	57,267	-1,578^r	8,032^r	2,952^r	9,101	12,523^r	9,898^r	14,761
15	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	350	102^r	1,103	-941^r	229	79	73	235^r	221^r	266
16	Canada	16,549	11,805^r	-289	270^r	-124^r	-677^r	-724	-91^r	643^r	684
17	Latin America	-103	2,166^r	471	344^r	77^r	-13^r	452	-299^r	65^r	189
18	Caribbean	15,414	35,068^r	58,577	-1,118^r	10,413^r	8,790^r	-1,395	14,758^r	13,483^r	12,528
19	Middle East Oil Exporters¹	1,789	7,974^r	361	226^r	649^r	-63^r	-82	-718^r	539^r	36
20	Other Asia	8,399	-4,490^r	6,005	-1,319^r	-2,499^r	571^r	1,325	220^r	2,818^r	3,570
21	China, Mainland	-528	471^r	2,687	443^r	-91^r	-26^r	-23	3^r	-118^r	2,942
22	Hong Kong	1,050	-463^r	11,999	-392^r	207^r	-359^r	1,531	1,677^r	4,135^r	4,808
23	Japan	72	-669^r	-4,112	-677	-1,252^r	868^r	7	-602^r	-497	-2,636
24	Africa	281	89	-166	-20^r	4^r	-99^r	-27	-20^r	20^r	-44
25	Other countries	72	680^r	4,189	118^r	487^r	328^r	712	759^r	1,041^r	862

26	International and regional organizations²	-43	44	-11	4	-10	-3	4	1	-5	2

U.S. Government Agency Bonds
27	Foreign purchases	1,097,458	1,572,160^r	940,639	154,126	143,450	142,507	159,064	159,266^r	165,332	171,020
28	Foreign sales	878,202	1,283,493^r	784,002	126,320	107,677	140,030	143,916	123,145	137,873^r	131,361

29	Net purchases, or sales (-)	219,256	288,667	156,637	27,806	35,773	2,477	15,148	36,121^r	27,459^r	39,659

30	Foreign countries	218,983	288,431	156,522	27,843	35,790	2,513	15,028	36,155^r	27,495	39,541
31	Of which: by foreign official institutions	31,629	92,632	78,881	15,506	15,751	4,545	16,108	13,691	12,793	15,993

32	Europe	55,564	88,523	48,668	10,336	12,074	-1,218	4,375	11,283	6,154^r	16,000
33	Belgium	-398	-274	84	-75	-30	49	149	-67	-26	9
34	France	500	-261	2,092	857	706	904	-385	908	-75	34
35	Germany	5,938	4,471	386	270	252	-304	-82	196	50	274
36	Ireland	3,591	4,133	-405	675	-195	-163	-280	-143	148	227
37	Luxembourg	1,583	5,028	-447	187	-2,156	1,535	943	187	-870	-86
38	Netherlands	1,259	-655	-381	155	-361	-143	-681	70	127	606
39	Switzerland	-1,971	-186	-1,055	131	-78	-213	-181	132	-717^r	2
40	United Kingdom	40,819	53,275	31,699	6,770	10,384	-3,014	1,655	6,975	4,358	11,341
41	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	54	1,528	3,894	293	31	312	2,192	197	1,481	-319
42	Canada	12,476	9,507	2,686	1,812	521	379	571	1,031	-483	667
43	Latin America	15,473	13,971	6,732	5,289	2,150	1,152	-554	736	1,229	2,019
44	Caribbean	17,304	39,741	-2,503	2,527	3,377	-6,464	-32	2,555^r	-1,964^r	25
45	Middle East Oil Exporters¹	1,810	7,037	9,030	1,140	2,189	1,011	1,975	861	1,149	1,845
46	Other Asia	115,851	128,750	91,620	6,771	15,389	7,542	8,709	19,787	21,321	18,872
47	China, Mainland	22,986	37,401	48,210	383	11,400	2,516	5,756	8,946	9,851	9,741
48	Hong Kong	16,289	31,659	16,234	3,599	2,823	3,177	1,725	3,383	2,918	2,208
49	Japan	59,140	44,761	9,001	-578	-1,088	1,104	-2,826	3,549	3,225	5,037
50	Africa	-103	-198	35	-36	10	36	15	-6	-11	-9
51	Other countries	608	1,100	254	4	80	75	-31	-92	100	122

52	International and regional organizations²	273	236	115	-37	-17	-36	120	-34	-36^r	118

Corporate Bonds³
53	Foreign purchases	1,277,006	1,668,036^r	1,035,385	166,979^r	155,256^r	159,105^r	187,433	142,592^r	209,923^r	181,076
54	Foreign sales	904,784	1,167,658^r	769,538	131,659^r	112,216^r	112,598^r	143,140	109,071^r	137,336	155,177

55	Net purchases, or sales (-)	372,222	500,378^r	265,847	35,320	43,040^r	46,507^r	44,293	33,521^r	72,587^r	25,899

56	Foreign countries	369,370	499,355^r	265,333	35,721	42,957^r	46,447^r	44,305	33,594^r	72,268^r	25,762
57	Of which: by foreign official institutions	19,141	28,556	21,385	2,864	2,383	5,553	2,873	2,911	3,964	3,701

58	Europe	241,709	305,702^r	177,956	12,795	30,735	27,250	26,179	21,384^r	52,612^r	19,796
59	Belgium	3,625	-2,097	-5,252	-361	-1,513	-781	-682	-408	-313	-1,555
60	France	13,156	22,144	4,000	3,038	3,723	1,505	93	38	65	-1,424
61	Germany	6,488	-11,831	2,239	-14,901	285	187	153	520	1,350	-256
62	Ireland	12,184	13,937	5,893	24	1,989	1,220	352	1,717	412	203
63	Luxembourg	4,610	3,365	688	-31	-746	925	487	-904	993	-67
64	Netherlands	2,772	3,197	-376	585	-217	-253	276	-164	-114	96
65	Switzerland	3,742	9,739	2,117	376	491	749	-615	-134	399	1,227
66	United Kingdom	168,881	243,334^r	2,117	20,797	27,729	22,027	24,959	18,710	45,155^r	17,514
67	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	16,570	10,388	9,772	1,612	650	458	-104	1,792	3,682	3,294
68	Canada	2,279	8,052	8,578	1,301	377^r	3,153^r	1,732	815	1,855	646
69	Latin America	7,203	10,029^r	2,263	680	698^r	92^r	158	357^r	589^r	369
70	Caribbean	40,488	91,309^r	26,519	12,282	3,593	5,227	9,712	5,238^r	9,580	-6,831
71	Middle East Oil Exporters¹	1,022	4,666	1,543	-89	221	25	512	330	109	346
72	Other Asia	69,910	72,282	44,781	8,778	7,487	7,702	5,901	5,412	6,938	11,341
73	China, Mainland	26,130	31,158	21,915	3,639	3,401	4,043	2,700	3,445	3,550	4,776
74	Hong Kong	11,012	14,810	6,453	1,615	1,234	220	2,051	661	961	1,326
75	Japan	25,617	12,646	7,696	2,318	1,564	773	424	-3	322	4,616
76	Africa	394	-188	-92	-435	-86	52	29	-8	-73	-6
77	Other countries	6,365	7,503	3,785	409	-68	2,946	82	66	658^r	101

78	International and regional organizations³	2,852	1,023	514	-401	83	60	-12	-73	319	137

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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