FRB: February 2008 Statistical Supplement--Foreign Transactions in Securities

Statistical Supplement | February 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, February 2008

3.24 Foreign Transactions in Securities
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country		2006	2007	2007	2007
Transaction, and area or country		2006	2007	Jan - Dec	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec^p
		U.S. corporate securities
Stocks
1	Foreign purchases	6,868,571	10,639,717	10,639,717	896,129	927,052	1,278,775	799,649	999,347	1,101,407^r	944,625
2	Foreign sales	6,718,156	10,444,219	10,444,219	866,165	905,830	1,319,500	797,035	969,127	1,096,657^r	911,164

3	Net purchases, or sales (-)	150,415	195,498	195,498	29,964	21,222	-40,725	2,614	30,220	4,750^r	33,461

4	Foreign countries	150,371	195,536	195,536	29,962	21,257	-40,731	2,615	30,219	4,749^r	33,458
5	Of which: by foreign official institutions	5,766	15,107	15,107	1,655	2,815	-1,612	84	354	482	12,502

6	Europe	97,066	89,233	89,233	12,153	6,104	-14,852	-7,515	14,246	3,054^r	13,558
7	Belgium	1,625	-1,169	-1,169	302	185	-294	130	-16	-756^r	328
8	France	21,735	19,515	19,515	4,443	-408	-4,187	5,841	6,466	895^r	-1,158
9	Germany	-8,040	592	592	-5,224	515	-3,312	-2,719	2,543	2,857^r	-191
10	Ireland	-1,788	28	28	-273	45	213	-100	-426	70^r	153
11	Luxembourg	11,608	-7,143	-7,143	-512	259	-870	-1,148	-972	-1,660	-1,666
12	Netherlands	-5,363	6,885	6,885	-1,219	2,973	-230	-2,372	-1,081	121^r	-1,129
13	Switzerland	1,180	-2,977	-2,977	-751	-939	878	-532	41	-785^r	695
14	United Kingdom	75,764	69,473	69,473	14,755	2,684	-9,463	-5,320	6,785	848^r	16,342
15	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	102	877	877	266	35	-75	-22	35	-380	154
16	Canada	11,818	8,086	8,086	682	975	221	1,858	2,378	2,460^r	-19
17	Latin America	2,166	780	780	185	519	-30	-276	-380	374^r	105
18	Caribbean	35,068	48,590	48,590	12,528	4,594	-24,493	7,620	6,186	-7,818^r	4,395
19	Middle East Oil Exporters¹	7,974	12,240	12,240	36	1,676	573	-96	1,739	901^r	7,100
20	Other Asia	-4,490	31,734	31,734	3,560	6,885	-1,722	902	5,138	5,301^r	9,241
21	China, Mainland	471	3,993	3,993	2,942	-50	-26	-57	230	1,133^r	73
22	Hong Kong	-463	35,434	35,434	4,808	5,791	2,787	1,248	4,720	4,233^r	4,673
23	Japan	-669	-4,973	-4,973	-2,646	-1,166	-64	111	25	125^r	126
24	Africa	89	-300	-300	-44	53	-15	-43	-31	111^r	-210
25	Other countries	680	5,173	5,173	862	451	-413	165	943	366^r	-712

26	International and regional organizations²	44	-38	-38	2	-35	6	-1	1	1	3

U.S. Government Agency Bonds
27	Foreign purchases	1,572,160	2,050,451	2,050,451	171,020	164,857	166,107	182,090	179,040	174,264	227,714
28	Foreign sales	1,285,696	1,824,365	1,824,365	131,426	156,190	157,752	170,608	164,162	147,627	231,030

29	Net purchases, or sales (-)	286,464	226,086	226,086	39,594	8,667	8,355	11,482	14,878	26,637	-3,316

30	Foreign countries	286,228	225,707	225,707	39,476	8,691	8,352	11,448	14,943	26,303	-3,311
31	Of which: by foreign official institutions	92,632	119,057	119,057	15,993	7,468	4,063	9,194	10,048	6,007	4,080

32	Europe	86,320	82,025	82,025	15,935	7,084	-1,587	5,948	10,224	7,669	1,816
33	Belgium	-274	-1,808	-1,808	9	-42	-697	-30	-916	-68	-138
34	France	-261	4,293	4,293	34	-88	-272	1,208	439	933	-18
35	Germany	4,471	290	290	274	552	161	-44	-242	-566	47
36	Ireland	4,133	1,115	1,115	227	-128	293	287	371	918	-225
37	Luxembourg	5,028	-8,520	-8,520	-86	-691	-1,969	-280	-2,448	-2,907	290
38	Netherlands	-655	-585	-585	606	300	131	167	-49	-48	-713
39	Switzerland	-186	-1,906	-1,906	2	170	-316	55	-311	-159	-293
40	United Kingdom	51,072	60,306	60,306	11,276	5,015	3,719	4,339	6,732	6,093	279
41	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	1,528	4,823	4,823	-319	635	-132	38	466	-33	-48
42	Canada	9,507	3,232	3,232	667	349	169	411	402	-1,225	508
43	Latin America	13,971	6,376	6,376	2,019	2,929	-989	-497	399	-1,189	-1,006
44	Caribbean	39,741	-7,929	-7,929	25	-3,501	-2,517	-5,860	-344	15,543	-9,098
45	Middle East Oil Exporters¹	7,037	8,353	8,353	1,845	-191	173	101	184	-595	-497
46	Other Asia	128,750	132,586	132,586	18,872	1,917	13,153	11,410	3,560	5,921	4,884
47	China, Mainland	37,401	73,733	73,733	9,741	2,519	2,700	8,026	3,048	6,627	2,550
48	Hong Kong	31,659	30,722	30,722	2,208	3,163	2,344	2,684	1,611	2,567	2,071
49	Japan	44,761	14,061	14,061	5,037	-4,858	3,692	-220	2,713	1,063	2,654
50	Africa	-198	38	38	-9	55	-20	-30	-8	26	-21
51	Other countries	1,100	1,026	1,026	122	49	-30	-35	526	153	103

52	International and regional organizations²	236	379	379	118	-24	3	34	-65	334	-5

Corporate Bonds³
53	Foreign purchases	1,678,464	1,912,345	1,912,345	184,509	137,269	155,190	134,280	166,376	121,310^r	140,595
54	Foreign sales	1,167,658	1,529,206	1,529,206	154,529	132,545	156,009	118,362^r	143,314^r	105,939^r	103,091

55	Net purchases, or sales (-)	510,806	383,139	383,139	29,980	4,724	-819	15,918^r	23,062^r	15,371^r	37,504

56	Foreign countries	509,783	381,892	381,892	29,843	4,334	-1,228	15,998^r	23,029^r	15,402^r	37,496
57	Of which: by foreign official institutions	28,556	50,566	50,566	3,702	1,030	2,985	4,631	7,437	4,898	8,218

58	Europe	316,130	198,273	198,273	22,797	-1,414	-3,066	-4,464	-808^r	1,138	11,444
59	Belgium	-2,097	-7,413	-7,413	-1,555	-411	-159	-641	19	-590	-408
60	France	22,144	4,261	4,261	-1,384	-56	24	543	-56	-250	-10
61	Germany	-11,831	5,419	5,419	-234	513	1,126	100	716	-337	965
62	Ireland	13,937	8,658	8,658	588	1,105	310	-324	-689	641	75
63	Luxembourg	3,365	-14,650	-14,650	-20	-2,526	-7,960	-1,927	-1,034	-557	-1,827
64	Netherlands	3,197	-652	-652	105	-102	49	23	161	-234	-230
65	Switzerland	9,739	3,580	3,580	1,224	-180	-156	-450	645	831	497
66	United Kingdom	253,762	208,487	3,580	19,864	3,394	6,301	7,200	8,232	1,447	12,502
67	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	10,388	-6,717	-6,717	3,294	-2,016	-3,301	-9,034	-1,208	-151	-724
68	Canada	8,052	12,410	12,410	647	1,620	649	813^r	504^r	-473^r	810
69	Latin America	10,029	5,097	5,097	399	786	555	240^r	1,048	187	-191
70	Caribbean	91,309	41,694	41,694	-6,805	670	-4,878	1,680	4,438	3,901	9,718
71	Middle East Oil Exporters¹	4,666	3,803	3,803	347	-290	651	286	873	774	-30
72	Other Asia	72,282	115,195	115,195	11,565	3,438	4,538	17,373	17,376	9,833	15,589
73	China, Mainland	31,158	41,675	41,675	4,776	1,927	1,558	2,697	1,957	3,706	7,739
74	Hong Kong	14,810	12,780	12,780	1,326	351	1,053	1,309	587	1,502	1,491
75	Japan	12,646	38,573	38,573	4,673	1,072	136	10,579	9,222	3,082	5,390
76	Africa	-188	-169	-169	-6	-117	-28	18	4	-26	71
77	Other countries	7,503	5,589	5,589	899	-359	351	52	-406	68	85

78	International and regional organizations³	1,023	1,247	1,247	137	390	409	-80^r	33^r	-31	8

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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