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Statistical Supplement | August 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, August 2007

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2005 2006r 2007 2006 2007
Jan - June Decr Janr Febr Marr Aprr Mayr Junep
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -127,296 -106,455 -74,056 -19,592 -12,595 -16,418 -7,413 -7,658 -16,453 -13,519
 
80 Foreign purchases 2,240,104 3,636,185 2,393,881 315,773 330,819 361,592 431,137 370,379 448,533 451,421
81 Foreign sales 2,367,400 3,742,640 2,467,937 335,365 343,414 378,010 438,550 378,037 464,986 464,940
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -45,095 -144,452 -86,033 -31,566 -1,444 -4,570 -34,927 -9,666 -21,190 -14,236
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,459,882 1,879,713 1,559,497 194,990 217,115 232,772 275,255 261,522 293,776 279,057
84 Foreign sales 1,504,977 2,024,165 1,645,530 226,556 218,559 237,342 310,182 271,188 314,966 293,293
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -172,391 -250,907 -160,089 -51,158 -14,039 -20,988 -42,340 -17,324 -37,643 -27,755
 
86 Foreign countries -165,403 -256,016 -171,596 -50,901 -14,200 -25,401 -45,157 -18,586 -37,709 -30,543
87 Europe -81,669 -220,413 -159,329 -39,440 -11,965 -26,067 -42,328 -11,367 -39,191 -28,411
88 Euro Area5 -15,952 -54,927 -51,125 -11,049 -1,067 -8,177 -15,477 -4,530 -7,461 -14,414
89 United Kingdom -46,382 -157,698 -103,611 -27,188 -12,128 -19,662 -20,128 -4,570 -30,829 -16,294
90 Canada -4,559 -18,153 -3,841 -2,488 2,761 -1,214 -2,371 -503 -1,620 -894
91 Latin America -23,487 -12,714 -5,236 -2,399 1,898 56 481 177 -4,619 -3,229
92 Caribbean 5,474 25,656 8,661 1,058 -2,587 8,195 -5,320 580 8,491 -698
93 Asia -45,551 -18,652 -505 -6,389 -3,556 -4,303 8,165 -4,391 -690 4,270
94 Japan -32,842 2,159 -9,691 -5,486 -792 -4,645 744 -3,194 -1,247 -557
95 Africa -1,668 -2,252 272 -347 177 345 -113 -169 -1 33
96 Other countries -13,943 -9,488 -11,618 -896 -928 -2,413 -3,671 -2,913 -79 -1,614
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 -6,988 5,109 11,507 -257 161 4,413 2,817 1,262 66 2,788

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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