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Statistical Supplement | March 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, March 2008

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2006 2007 2008 2007 2008
Jan - Jan July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Janp
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -106,455 -94,910r -2,670 -14,883 -12,852 -21,277 5,025r 9,617 456 -2,670
 
80 Foreign purchases 3,636,185 5,215,193r 525,393 454,098 544,210 359,707 546,421r 521,977 430,223 525,393
81 Foreign sales 3,742,640 5,310,103r 528,063 468,981 557,062 380,984 541,396r 512,360 429,767 528,063
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -144,452 -128,575 -16,524 830 -21,679 -19,726 -9,082 10,963 -13,050 -16,524
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,879,713 2,961,794 245,194 289,744 279,607 198,109 262,946 206,920 168,339 245,194
84 Foreign sales 2,024,165 3,090,369 261,718 288,914 301,286 217,835 272,028 195,957 181,389 261,718
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -250,907 -223,485r -19,194 -14,053 -34,531 -41,003 -4,057r 20,580 -12,594 -19,194
 
86 Foreign countries -256,016 -239,414r -19,320 -14,211 -35,541 -41,058 -7,113r 20,698 -12,881 -19,320
87 Europe -220,413 -218,118r -18,087 -10,318 -6,825 -43,680 -13,988r 3,821 851 -18,087
88 Euro Area5 -54,927 -62,406r -2,316 -3,937 -5,063 -4,137 -9,536r 8,866 653 -2,316
89 United Kingdom -157,698 -154,611 -11,769 -5,529 -1,846 -39,774 -3,787 -6,350 -832 -11,769
90 Canada -18,153 -10,557 -3,726 843 -1,264 -403 -1,935 567 -4,132 -3,726
91 Latin America -12,714 -7,929 2,354 186 -1,477 -1,344 -810 932 -1,259 2,354
92 Caribbean 25,656 -18,442 -4,903 -5,619 -31,961 7,634 10,759 -2,477 -11,730 -4,903
93 Asia -18,652 26,919 11,717 1,582 6,234 -3,633 283 17,836 3,034 11,717
94 Japan 2,159 3,815 862 -887 2,293 1,270 1,263 4,614 4,398 862
95 Africa -2,252 1,112 1,644 161 -870 169 5 988 680 1,644
96 Other countries -9,488 -12,399 -8,319 -1,046 622 199 -1,427 -969 -325 -8,319
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 5,109 15,929 126 158 1,010 55 3,056 -118 287 126

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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