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

Statistical Supplement | October 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, October 2007

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

Stocks
1	Foreign purchases	4,731,749	6,882,746	6,778,957	630,096^r	880,537^r	690,355	861,753	881,343	927,052^r	1,277,421
2	Foreign sales	4,649,799	6,732,131	6,656,210	618,140^r	871,052	662,895	819,709	852,503	905,830^r	1,318,058

3	Net purchases, or sales (-)	81,950	150,615	122,747	11,956^r	9,485^r	27,460	42,044	28,840	21,222^r	-40,637

4	Foreign countries	81,993	150,571	122,789	11,959^r	9,481^r	27,459	42,049	28,838	21,257^r	-40,643
5	Of which: by foreign official institutions	954	6,039	1,685	317	415	-653	-673	1,655	2,815	-1,612

6	Europe	39,592	97,612	64,753	3,037^r	9,220^r	12,850	23,440	11,013	6,104^r	-14,764
7	Belgium	5,757	1,662	-856	-330	-368	-363	-183	302	185	-294
8	France	7,675	21,727	6,299	-734^r	-325	2,620	2,499	3,271	-408^r	-4,187
9	Germany	-3,278	-8,045	-1,898	3,856^r	1,452	439	1,215	-5,224	515^r	-3,312
10	Ireland	1,660	-1,802	337	958^r	-160	-513	38	-267	45	213
11	Luxembourg	7,924	11,592	-1,696	575^r	-222	-16	-468	-511	259	-870
12	Netherlands	-2,326	-5,301	11,261	-2,614^r	1,742	-1,700	11,011	-1,219	2,973	-230
13	Switzerland	1,334	1,116	-2,396	-832^r	-897	-390	40	-751	-939	878
14	United Kingdom	19,775	76,188	50,912	2,972^r	9,111^r	12,523	9,898	14,761	2,684^r	-9,375
15	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	350	136	1,090	79	73	235	221	266	35	-75
16	Canada	16,549	11,909	968	-637^r	-724	-91	643	684	975	221
17	Latin America	-103	3,340	961	-13	452	-299	65	189	519^r	-30
18	Caribbean	15,414	33,724	38,211	8,800^r	-1,395	14,758	13,483	12,528	4,594^r	-24,493
19	Middle East Oil Exporters¹	1,789	7,964	2,596	-63	-82	-718	539	36	1,676	573
20	Other Asia	8,399	-4,788	11,162	603^r	1,325	220	2,818	3,570	6,885	-1,722
21	China, Mainland	-528	471	2,614	-22^r	-23	3	-118	2,942	-50	-26
22	Hong Kong	1,050	-584	20,560	-334^r	1,531	1,677	4,135	4,808	5,791	2,787
23	Japan	72	-646	-5,350	871^r	7	-602	-497	-2,636	-1,166	-64
24	Africa	281	89	-127	-99	-27	-20	20	-44	53	-15
25	Other countries	72	721	4,265	331^r	712	759	1,041	862	451	-413

26	International and regional organizations²	-43	44	-42	-3	4	1	-5	2	-35	6

U.S. Government Agency Bonds
27	Foreign purchases	1,097,458	1,633,299	1,288,953	142,900^r	159,064	159,266	165,332^r	171,020	164,857^r	167,717
28	Foreign sales	878,202	1,339,231	1,111,296	137,677^r	143,916	123,145	138,288^r	131,426	156,191^r	158,109

29	Net purchases, or sales (-)	219,256	294,068	177,657	5,223^r	15,148	36,121	27,044^r	39,594	8,666^r	9,608

30	Foreign countries	218,983	293,706	177,576	5,259^r	15,028	36,155	27,080^r	39,476	8,690^r	9,605
31	Of which: by foreign official institutions	31,629	92,622	89,728	4,545	16,108	13,691	12,793	15,993	7,468	4,063

32	Europe	55,564	88,339	57,620	1,523^r	4,375	11,283	5,739^r	15,935	7,083^r	-334
33	Belgium	-398	-274	-656	49	149	-67	-26	9	-42	-697
34	France	500	-261	1,732	904	-385	908	-75	34	-88	-272
35	Germany	5,938	4,921	2,347	-304	-82	196	50	274	552	1,414
36	Ireland	3,591	4,197	-236	-163	-280	-143	148	227	-128	293
37	Luxembourg	1,583	5,028	-3,175	1,554^r	943	187	-870^r	-86	-691	-1,969
38	Netherlands	1,259	-1,465	58	-143	-681	70	127	606	300	131
39	Switzerland	-1,971	-160	-1,199	-213	-181	132	-717	2	169	-316
40	United Kingdom	40,819	51,343	42,863	-292^r	1,655	6,975	3,943	11,276	5,015^r	3,719
41	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	54	1,637	4,400	312	2,192	197	1,481	-319	635	-132
42	Canada	12,476	9,303	3,136	379	571	1,031	-483	667	349	169
43	Latin America	15,473	13,971	8,669	1,152	-554	736	1,229	2,019	2,929^r	-989
44	Caribbean	17,304	46,487	-8,170	-6,458^r	-32	2,555	-1,964^r	25	-3,501^r	-2,517
45	Middle East Oil Exporters¹	1,810	7,075	9,160	1,011	1,975	861	1,149	1,845	-191	173
46	Other Asia	115,851	127,080	106,811	7,542	8,709	19,787	21,321^r	18,872	1,917	13,153
47	China, Mainland	22,986	35,459	53,482	2,516	5,756	8,946	9,851^r	9,741	2,519	2,700
48	Hong Kong	16,289	31,967	21,789	3,177	1,725	3,383	2,918	2,208	3,163	2,344
49	Japan	59,140	45,254	7,851	1,104	-2,826	3,549	3,225	5,037	-4,858	3,692
50	Africa	-103	-198	71	36	15	-6	-11	-9	55	-20
51	Other countries	608	1,649	279	74^r	-31	-92	100^r	122	49	-30

52	International and regional organizations²	273	362	81	-36	120	-34	-36	118	-24	3

Corporate Bonds³
53	Foreign purchases	1,277,006	1,684,657	1,346,940	161,842^r	188,513^r	142,698^r	215,879^r	183,722^r	137,269^r	154,798
54	Foreign sales	904,784	1,170,659	1,060,795	113,276^r	143,143^r	109,071	137,571^r	155,186	132,794^r	156,040

55	Net purchases, or sales (-)	372,222	513,998	286,145	48,566^r	45,370^r	33,627^r	78,308^r	28,536^r	4,475^r	-1,242

56	Foreign countries	369,370	512,973	284,828	48,506^r	45,382^r	33,700^r	77,989^r	28,399^r	4,085^r	-1,651
57	Of which: by foreign official institutions	19,141	28,500	25,365	5,553	2,873	2,911	3,964	3,701	1,030	2,985

58	Europe	241,709	318,437	186,037	29,559^r	27,156^r	21,390	55,871^r	21,437^r	-1,606^r	-3,470
59	Belgium	3,625	-2,097	-5,793	-781	-682	-408	-294^r	-1,555	-411	-159
60	France	13,156	22,121	3,994	1,505	93	38	84^r	-1,409^r	-56	24
61	Germany	6,488	-11,754	3,970	187	153	520	1,399^r	-234^r	513	1,121
62	Ireland	12,184	14,396	7,247	1,220	352	1,717	431^r	210^r	935	266
63	Luxembourg	4,610	3,346	-9,439	927^r	884^r	-904	993	-67	-2,546^r	-7,960
64	Netherlands	2,772	3,220	-372	-253	275^r	-161	-95^r	105^r	-102	49
65	Switzerland	3,742	9,735	2,064	749	-329^r	-134	399	1,224	-180	-156
66	United Kingdom	168,881	255,764	2,064	23,032^r	25,254^r	18,713	48,213^r	18,954^r	3,392^r	5,946
67	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	16,570	10,337	4,400	458	-104	1,792	3,682	3,294	-2,016	-3,301
68	Canada	2,279	7,966	10,719	2,909^r	1,832^r	815	1,787^r	646	1,595	649
69	Latin America	7,203	10,016	3,787	92	158	357	607^r	399^r	783	548
70	Caribbean	40,488	90,739	21,899	5,223^r	9,712	5,238	9,580^r	-6,831	670^r	-4,891
71	Middle East Oil Exporters¹	1,022	4,666	1,901	23^r	512	330	109	346	-290	653
72	Other Asia	69,910	73,744	54,943	7,702	5,901	5,512^r	8,253^r	11,510^r	3,413	4,538
73	China, Mainland	26,130	31,247	25,576	4,043	2,700	3,445	3,550	4,776	1,927	1,558
74	Hong Kong	11,012	16,149	7,891	220	2,051	661	961	1,326	351	1,053
75	Japan	25,617	12,660	10,225	773	424	-3	1,637^r	4,623	1,047	136
76	Africa	394	-186	-236	52	29	-8	-73	-6	-117	-28
77	Other countries	6,365	7,591	5,778	2,946	82	66	1,855	898^r	-363	350

78	International and regional organizations³	2,852	1,025	1,317	60	-12	-73	319	137	390	409

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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