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Statistical Supplement | September 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, September 2008

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2006 2007 2008 2008
Jan - July Jan Feb Mar Apr May June Julyp
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -106,455 -95,298 -22,227 -2,337 -18,272 -2,922 -245 -18,106 1,561 18,094
 
80 Foreign purchases 3,636,185 5,215,765 3,515,699 523,685 442,624 487,580 505,496 494,660 499,992 561,662
81 Foreign sales 3,742,640 5,311,063 3,537,926 526,022 460,896 490,502 505,741 512,766 498,431 543,568
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -144,452 -129,015 -528 -15,971 7,343 2,879 10,728 -8,303 -10,797 13,593
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,879,713 2,971,803 1,475,863 247,486 241,387 264,947 193,225 182,056 188,259 158,503
84 Foreign sales 2,024,165 3,100,818 1,476,391 263,457 234,044 262,068 182,497 190,359 199,056 144,910
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -250,907 -224,313 -22,755 -18,308 -10,929 -43 10,483 -26,409 -9,236 31,687
 
86 Foreign countries -256,016 -240,242 -28,404 -18,434 -11,844 -2,788 8,529 -26,401 -9,139 31,673
87 Europe -220,413 -218,683 -45,054 -17,748 -17,579 3,595 -5,690 -18,064 812 9,620
88 Euro Area5 -54,927 -62,543 -361 -2,132 -3,147 -5,482 -3,927 -1,544 -1,739 17,610
89 United Kingdom -157,698 -154,906 -49,473 -11,609 -14,080 7,304 -6,145 -19,134 -856 -4,953
90 Canada -18,153 -10,935 -7,482 -2,936 3,294 1,680 -2,397 -6,351 -2,216 1,444
91 Latin America -12,714 -7,948 13,890 2,319 5,767 3,942 2,899 -5,117 3,603 477
92 Caribbean 25,656 -18,442 -15,546 -4,946 4,304 -12,864 4,420 -2,136 -6,577 2,253
93 Asia -18,652 27,066 52,596 11,459 -2,999 5,463 10,532 7,726 3,663 16,752
94 Japan 2,159 4,032 13,540 945 -340 2,404 -1,188 5,233 -1,658 8,144
95 Africa -2,252 1,112 -219 1,532 624 -1,841 -217 -591 -22 296
96 Other countries -9,488 -12,412 -26,589 -8,114 -5,255 -2,763 -1,018 -1,868 -8,402 831
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 5,109 15,929 5,649 126 915 2,745 1,954 -8 -97 14

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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