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

Statistical Supplement | April 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, April 2008

3.24 Foreign Transactions in Securities
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country		2006	2007	2008	2007					2008
Transaction, and area or country		2006	2007	Jan - Feb	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb^p
		U.S. corporate securities
Stocks
1	Foreign purchases	6,868,571	10,639,330^r	2,349,589	1,278,771^r	799,640^r	999,347	1,101,407	944,625	1,268,701^r	1,080,888
2	Foreign sales	6,718,156	10,443,806^r	2,325,842	1,319,388^r	797,033^r	969,083	1,096,657	911,164	1,250,923^r	1,074,919

3	Net purchases, or sales (-)	150,415	195,524^r	23,747	-40,617^r	2,607^r	30,264	4,750	33,461	17,778^r	5,969

4	Foreign countries	150,371	195,562^r	23,730	-40,623^r	2,608^r	30,263	4,749	33,458	17,770^r	5,960
5	Of which: by foreign official institutions	5,766	15,107	18,115	-1,612	84	354	482	12,502	13,943	4,172

6	Europe	97,066	89,259^r	3,747	-14,744^r	-7,522^r	14,290	3,054	13,558	6,925^r	-3,178
7	Belgium	1,625	-1,168	-244	-290^r	130	-14	-756	328	-479	235
8	France	21,735	19,521^r	1,375	-4,165^r	5,840^r	6,475	895	-1,158	6,342^r	-4,967
9	Germany	-8,040	600^r	102	-3,280^r	-2,721^r	2,556	2,857	-191	1,740	-1,638
10	Ireland	-1,788	28^r	-409	214^r	-100	-425	70	153	-524^r	115
11	Luxembourg	11,608	-7,143	-1,973	-870	-1,148	-972	-1,660	-1,666	-2,046^r	73
12	Netherlands	-5,363	6,887^r	-341	-224^r	-2,372	-1,079	121	-1,129	1,146^r	-1,487
13	Switzerland	1,180	-2,977	2,215	878	-532	41	-785	695	816^r	1,399
14	United Kingdom	75,764	69,473	40	-9,463	-5,320	6,785	848	16,342	-1,568^r	1,608
15	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	102	877	-201	-75	-22	35	-380	154	-190	-11
16	Canada	11,818	8,086	-151	221	1,858	2,378	2,460	-19	-1,495^r	1,344
17	Latin America	2,166	780	2,015	-30	-276	-380	374	105	1,345^r	670
18	Caribbean	35,068	48,590	-11,778	-24,493	7,620	6,186	-7,818	4,395	-7,520	-4,258
19	Middle East Oil Exporters¹	7,974	12,240	5,900	573	-96	1,739	901	7,100	6,234	-334
20	Other Asia	-4,490	31,734	26,832	-1,722	902	5,138	5,301	9,241	14,526^r	12,306
21	China, Mainland	471	3,993	-278	-26	-57	230	1,133	73	-245	-33
22	Hong Kong	-463	35,434	7,545	2,787	1,248	4,720	4,233	4,673	3,191^r	4,354
23	Japan	-669	-4,973	4,296	-64	111	25	125	126	2,369	1,927
24	Africa	89	-300	-2,879	-15	-43	-31	111	-210	-1,948	-931
25	Other countries	680	5,173	44	-413	165	943	366	-712	-297^r	341

26	International and regional organizations²	44	-38	17	6	-1	1	1	3	8	9

U.S. Government Agency Bonds
27	Foreign purchases	1,572,160	2,050,451	538,212	166,107	182,090	179,040	174,264	227,714	258,288	279,924
28	Foreign sales	1,285,696	1,824,365	481,991	157,752	170,608	164,162	147,627	231,030	238,963	243,028

29	Net purchases, or sales (-)	286,464	226,086	56,221	8,355	11,482	14,878	26,637	-3,316	19,325	36,896

30	Foreign countries	286,228	225,707	56,537	8,352	11,448	14,943	26,303	-3,311	19,649	36,888
31	Of which: by foreign official institutions	92,632	119,057	573	4,063	9,194	10,048	6,007	4,080	-630	1,203

32	Europe	86,320	82,025	33,869	-1,587	5,948	10,224	7,669	1,816	13,364	20,505
33	Belgium	-274	-1,808	-120	-697	-30	-916	-68	-138	-63	-57
34	France	-261	4,293	1,395	-272	1,208	439	933	-18	506	889
35	Germany	4,471	290	-1,107	161	-44	-242	-566	47	-1,238	131
36	Ireland	4,133	1,115	1,956	293	287	371	918	-225	672	1,283
37	Luxembourg	5,028	-8,520	1,310	-1,969	-280	-2,448	-2,907	290	1,997	-687
38	Netherlands	-655	-585	-709	131	167	-49	-48	-713	-209	-500
39	Switzerland	-186	-1,906	-298	-316	55	-311	-159	-293	-123	-175
40	United Kingdom	51,072	60,306	31,195	3,719	4,339	6,732	6,093	279	11,751	19,444
41	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	1,528	4,823	-394	-132	38	466	-33	-48	-279	-115
42	Canada	9,507	3,232	1,704	169	411	402	-1,225	508	-635	2,339
43	Latin America	13,971	6,376	-1,282	-989	-497	399	-1,189	-1,006	-213	-1,069
44	Caribbean	39,741	-7,929	2,564	-2,517	-5,860	-344	15,543	-9,098	5,196	-2,632
45	Middle East Oil Exporters¹	7,037	8,353	248	173	101	184	-595	-497	184	64
46	Other Asia	128,750	132,586	18,359	13,153	11,410	3,560	5,921	4,884	1,775	16,584
47	China, Mainland	37,401	73,733	2,238	2,700	8,026	3,048	6,627	2,550	-2,011	4,249
48	Hong Kong	31,659	30,722	3,746	2,344	2,684	1,611	2,567	2,071	2,639	1,107
49	Japan	44,761	14,061	12,679	3,692	-220	2,713	1,063	2,654	4,453	8,226
50	Africa	-198	38	-61	-20	-30	-8	26	-21	-38	-23
51	Other countries	1,100	1,026	1,136	-30	-35	526	153	103	16	1,120

52	International and regional organizations²	236	379	-316	3	34	-65	334	-5	-324	8

Corporate Bonds³
53	Foreign purchases	1,678,464	1,912,361^r	269,102	155,190	134,280	166,392^r	121,310	140,595	125,212^r	143,890
54	Foreign sales	1,167,658	1,530,304^r	245,651	156,145^r	118,362	143,702^r	106,513^r	103,091	121,045^r	124,606

55	Net purchases, or sales (-)	510,806	382,057^r	23,451	-955^r	15,918	22,690^r	14,797^r	37,504	4,167^r	19,284

56	Foreign countries	509,783	380,810^r	23,591	-1,364^r	15,998	22,657^r	14,828^r	37,496	4,280^r	19,311
57	Of which: by foreign official institutions	28,556	50,566	8,306	2,985	4,631	7,437	4,898	8,218	3,946	4,360

58	Europe	316,130	197,327^r	764	-3,066	-4,464	-1,180^r	564^r	11,444	-1,234^r	1,998
59	Belgium	-2,097	-7,413	-2,813	-159	-641	19	-590	-408	-2,064	-749
60	France	22,144	4,261	-656	24	543	-56	-250	-10	21^r	-677
61	Germany	-11,831	5,419	328	1,126	100	716	-337	965	454	-126
62	Ireland	13,937	8,658	-1,720	310	-324	-689	641	75	-1,267	-453
63	Luxembourg	3,365	-14,650	-1,479	-7,960	-1,927	-1,034	-557	-1,827	-1,345	-134
64	Netherlands	3,197	-652	-661	49	23	161	-234	-230	-334	-327
65	Switzerland	9,739	3,580	115	-156	-450	645	831	497	-404	519
66	United Kingdom	253,762	207,541^r	115	6,301	7,200	7,860^r	873^r	12,502	5,100^r	4,679
67	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	10,388	-6,717	-1,949	-3,301	-9,034	-1,208	-151	-724	-1,141	-808
68	Canada	8,052	12,274^r	1,200	513^r	813	504	-473	810	591^r	609
69	Latin America	10,029	5,097	1,267	555	240	1,048	187	-191	481	786
70	Caribbean	91,309	41,694	4,295	-4,878	1,680	4,438	3,901	9,718	-4,490^r	8,785
71	Middle East Oil Exporters¹	4,666	3,803	422	651	286	873	774	-30	-25	447
72	Other Asia	72,282	115,195	15,440	4,538	17,373	17,376	9,833	15,589	8,741^r	6,699
73	China, Mainland	31,158	41,675	5,462	1,558	2,697	1,957	3,706	7,739	2,945	2,517
74	Hong Kong	14,810	12,780	814	1,053	1,309	587	1,502	1,491	948	-134
75	Japan	12,646	38,573	6,621	136	10,579	9,222	3,082	5,390	3,233^r	3,388
76	Africa	-188	-169	-46	-28	18	4	-26	71	-21	-25
77	Other countries	7,503	5,589	249	351	52	-406	68	85	237	12

78	International and regional organizations³	1,023	1,247	-140	409	-80	33	-31	8	-113	-27

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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