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Statistical Supplement | December 2007

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, December 2007

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2005 2006 2007 2007
Jan - Oct Apr May June July Aug Septr Octp
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -127,296 -107,703 -110,295 -7,658 -16,453 -13,519 -6,420 -12,852 -21,277 5,030
 
80 Foreign purchases 2,240,104 3,645,363 4,320,332 370,379 448,533 451,421 469,307 544,210 359,707 546,484
81 Foreign sales 2,367,400 3,753,066 4,430,627 378,037 464,986 464,940 475,727 557,062 380,984 541,454
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -45,095 -144,090 -128,351 -9,666 -21,190 -8,245 879 -21,679 -19,726 -9,082
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,459,882 1,881,727 2,592,730 261,522 293,776 279,057 290,035 279,607 198,109 262,946
84 Foreign sales 1,504,977 2,025,817 2,721,081 271,188 314,966 287,302 289,156 301,286 217,835 272,028
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -172,391 -251,793 -238,646 -17,324 -37,643 -21,764 -5,541 -34,531 -41,003 -4,052
 
86 Foreign countries -165,403 -256,895 -254,447 -18,586 -37,709 -24,552 -5,707 -35,541 -41,058 -7,108
87 Europe -81,669 -220,792 -224,813 -11,367 -39,191 -25,061 -5,222 -6,825 -43,680 -13,983
88 Euro Area5 -15,952 -54,615 -72,355 -4,530 -7,461 -14,433 -2,631 -5,063 -4,137 -9,532
89 United Kingdom -46,382 -158,239 -147,214 -4,570 -30,829 -12,894 -2,361 -1,846 -39,774 -3,787
90 Canada -4,559 -17,935 -6,651 -503 -1,620 -894 771 -1,264 -403 -1,935
91 Latin America -23,487 -12,695 -8,892 177 -4,619 -3,229 -51 -1,477 -1,344 -810
92 Caribbean 5,474 25,310 -8,302 580 8,491 1,943 -5,709 -31,961 7,634 10,759
93 Asia -45,551 -18,959 7,063 -4,391 -690 4,270 4,653 6,234 -3,633 283
94 Japan -32,842 2,244 -2,493 -3,194 -1,247 -557 2,302 2,293 1,270 1,263
95 Africa -1,668 -2,261 -257 -169 -1 33 190 -870 169 5
96 Other countries -13,943 -9,563 -12,595 -2,913 -79 -1,614 -339 622 199 -1,427
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 -6,988 5,102 15,801 1,262 66 2,788 166 1,010 55 3,056

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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