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

Statistical Supplement | August 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, August 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 - June	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May^r	June^p
		U.S. corporate securities
Stocks
1	Foreign purchases	6,868,571	10,639,316	6,440,700	944,625	1,268,101	1,016,491	1,134,086^r	958,436^r	997,461	1,066,125
2	Foreign sales	6,718,156	10,443,794	6,408,438	911,164	1,250,923	1,015,376	1,122,710^r	970,005^r	981,481	1,067,943

3	Net purchases, or sales (-)	150,415	195,522	32,262	33,461	17,178	1,115	11,376^r	-11,569^r	15,980	-1,818

4	Foreign countries	150,371	195,562	32,240	33,458	17,170	1,106	11,378^r	-11,569^r	15,976	-1,821
5	Of which: by foreign official institutions	5,766	15,107	19,527	12,502	13,343	4,772	413	436	36	527

6	Europe	97,066	89,259	5,980	13,558	6,925	-8,632	3,195^r	-113^r	4,045	560
7	Belgium	1,625	-1,168	-548	328	-479	235	-265	54	308	-401
8	France	21,735	19,521	-1,151	-1,158	6,342	-4,967	4,352	-7,604	2,437	-1,711
9	Germany	-8,040	600	-17,773	-191	1,740	-1,638	-1,697	-5,545	-8,451	-2,182
10	Ireland	-1,788	28	771	153	-524	115	361	437	744	-362
11	Luxembourg	11,608	-7,143	-3,387	-1,666	-2,046	73	-1,049	-236	-60	-69
12	Netherlands	-5,363	6,887	3,842	-1,129	1,146	-1,487	1,537	3,572	-403	-523
13	Switzerland	1,180	-2,977	5,572	695	816	1,399	1,069	336	804	1,148
14	United Kingdom	75,764	69,473	5,896	16,342	-1,568	-3,846	-2,247^r	6,538^r	3,946	3,073
15	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	102	877	-87	154	-190	-11	-121	-35	46	224
16	Canada	11,818	8,086	5,860	-19	-1,495	1,344	1,982^r	1,370^r	1,571	1,088
17	Latin America	2,166	780	2,630	105	1,345	670	-321	105	394	437
18	Caribbean	35,068	48,590	-32,743	4,395	-7,520	-4,258	914	-14,716	2,601	-9,764
19	Middle East Oil Exporters¹	7,974	12,240	7,571	7,100	6,234	-334	1,127	95	489	-40
20	Other Asia	-4,490	31,734	43,612	9,241	13,926	12,906	3,747^r	2,887^r	6,167	3,979
21	China, Mainland	471	3,993	-250	73	-245	-33	297	-186	130	-213
22	Hong Kong	-463	35,434	22,189	4,673	3,191	4,354	2,288	1,965	7,670	2,721
23	Japan	-669	-4,973	6,919	126	2,369	1,927	708	1,131	-33	817
24	Africa	89	-300	-2,858	-210	-1,948	-931	299	-1,717	-32	1,471
25	Other countries	680	5,173	2,188	-712	-297	341	435	520	741	448

26	International and regional organizations²	44	-40	22	3	8	9	-2	0	4	3

U.S. Government Agency Bonds
27	Foreign purchases	1,572,160	2,050,451	1,613,617	227,714	258,302	279,924	332,852^r	259,359^r	255,882	227,298
28	Foreign sales	1,285,696	1,824,365	1,463,781	231,030	238,985	243,028	314,119^r	244,088^r	227,727	195,834

29	Net purchases, or sales (-)	286,464	226,086	149,836	-3,316	19,317	36,896	18,733^r	15,271	28,155	31,464

30	Foreign countries	286,228	225,707	150,184	-3,311	19,641	36,888	18,709^r	15,256	28,275	31,415
31	Of which: by foreign official institutions	92,632	119,057	47,700	4,080	-630	1,203	15,937	11,012	11,036	9,142

32	Europe	86,320	82,025	91,504	1,816	13,364	20,505	30,598^r	10,954	11,893	4,190
33	Belgium	-274	-1,808	-1,223	-138	-63	-57	-862	-52	-130	-58
34	France	-261	4,293	8,809	-18	527	889	5,940	135	-677	1,995
35	Germany	4,471	290	-1,822	47	-1,228	131	-90	294	343	-1,273
36	Ireland	4,133	1,115	2,739	-225	672	1,283	1,714	-379	-605	53
37	Luxembourg	5,028	-8,520	-13,608	290	1,997	-687	-2,774	-3,584	-4,615	-3,945
38	Netherlands	-655	-585	-1,337	-713	-209	-500	-461	-365	110	88
39	Switzerland	-186	-1,906	-426	-293	-123	-175	-223	-154	-158	407
40	United Kingdom	51,072	60,306	95,445	279	11,720	19,444	24,976^r	14,168	18,424	6,713
41	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	1,528	4,823	-1,306	-48	-279	-115	-810	-12	-70	-20
42	Canada	9,507	3,232	8,391	508	-635	2,339	2,684	1,210	2,585	208
43	Latin America	13,971	6,376	5,878	-1,006	-183	-1,069	2,291	3,660	1,468	-289
44	Caribbean	39,741	-7,929	-48,497	-9,098	5,234	-2,632	-33,461	-19,896	-9,626	11,884
45	Middle East Oil Exporters¹	7,037	8,353	-5,384	-497	184	64	-1,708	-2,100	-1,344	-480
46	Other Asia	128,750	132,586	96,983	4,884	1,761	16,584	18,329	20,791	23,519	15,999
47	China, Mainland	37,401	73,733	46,020	2,550	-2,011	4,249	7,391	11,891	14,859	9,641
48	Hong Kong	31,659	30,722	22,393	2,071	2,625	1,107	4,409	5,332	4,353	4,567
49	Japan	44,761	14,061	25,630	2,654	4,453	8,226	5,102	2,605	4,474	770
50	Africa	-198	38	-543	-21	-38	-23	-406	149	-44	-181
51	Other countries	1,100	1,026	1,852	103	-46	1,120	382	488	-176	84

52	International and regional organizations²	236	379	-348	-5	-324	8	24	15	-120	49

Corporate Bonds³
53	Foreign purchases	1,678,464	1,913,307	882,978	140,595	125,095	138,083	140,391^r	164,754^r	189,665	124,990
54	Foreign sales	1,167,658	1,519,952	775,498	103,296	121,703	118,834	145,082^r	139,751^r	129,823	120,305

55	Net purchases, or sales (-)	510,806	393,355	107,480	37,299	3,392	19,249	-4,691^r	25,003^r	59,842	4,685

56	Foreign countries	509,783	392,108	107,479	37,291	3,505	19,276	-4,691^r	24,887^r	59,765	4,737
57	Of which: by foreign official institutions	28,556	50,566	33,097	8,218	3,946	4,360	4,088	7,513	9,088	4,102

58	Europe	316,130	207,482	11,274	11,234	-1,952	1,963	-8,903^r	6,762^r	16,149	-2,745
59	Belgium	-2,097	-7,413	-5,979	-408	-2,064	-749	-802	-8	-926	-1,430
60	France	22,144	4,261	-1,400	-10	21	-677	-579	-367	210	-8
61	Germany	-11,831	5,419	7,586	965	454	-126	174	246	289	6,549
62	Ireland	13,937	8,658	-1,841	75	-1,265	-453	-406	880	444	-1,041
63	Luxembourg	3,365	-14,650	-1,674	-1,827	-1,345	-134	1,654	1,219	-1,366	-1,702
64	Netherlands	3,197	-652	-286	-230	-334	-327	-259	-38	681	-9
65	Switzerland	9,739	3,581	799	497	-404	519	-36	306	678	-264
66	United Kingdom	253,762	208,956	799	12,292	4,380	4,644	-7,641^r	5,435^r	21,155	-3,132
67	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	10,388	-6,717	-10,438	-724	-1,141	-808	-1,250	-734	-4,757	-1,748
68	Canada	8,052	12,274	4,518	810	576	609	112	580	1,511	1,130
69	Latin America	10,029	5,097	1,821	-191	481	786	736	26	262	-470
70	Caribbean	91,309	41,694	27,742	9,718	-4,490	8,785	-4,324	7,306	23,141	-2,676
71	Middle East Oil Exporters¹	4,666	3,803	3,119	-30	-25	447	234	551	654	1,258
72	Other Asia	72,282	116,187	57,782	15,589	8,699	6,699	7,303	9,775	17,078	8,228
73	China, Mainland	31,158	41,675	28,229	7,739	2,945	2,517	2,765	6,947	9,238	3,817
74	Hong Kong	14,810	12,780	4,799	1,491	899	-134	1,005	747	1,642	640
75	Japan	12,646	39,565	18,623	5,390	3,240	3,388	2,600	1,107	4,640	3,648
76	Africa	-188	-169	-34	71	-21	-25	9	19	-20	4
77	Other countries	7,503	5,740	1,257	90	237	12	142	-132	990	8

78	International and regional organizations³	1,023	1,247	1	8	-113	-27	0	116	77	-52

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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