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Statistical Supplement | October 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, October 2008

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2006 2007 2008 2008
Jan - Aug Feb Mar Apr May June Julyr Augp
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -106,455 -95,298 -20,375 -18,272 -2,922 -245 -18,106 1,561 16,894 3,052
 
80 Foreign purchases 3,636,185 5,215,765 3,945,694 442,624 487,580 505,496 494,660 499,992 560,901 430,756
81 Foreign sales 3,742,640 5,311,063 3,966,069 460,896 490,502 505,741 512,766 498,431 544,007 427,704
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -144,452 -129,015 22,854 7,343 2,879 10,728 -8,303 -10,797 17,278 19,697
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,879,713 2,971,803 1,633,101 241,387 264,947 193,225 182,056 188,259 158,503 157,238
84 Foreign sales 2,024,165 3,100,818 1,610,247 234,044 262,068 182,497 190,359 199,056 141,225 137,541
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -250,907 -224,313 2,479 -10,929 -43 10,483 -26,409 -9,236 34,172 22,749
 
86 Foreign countries -256,016 -240,242 -5,637 -11,844 -2,788 8,529 -26,401 -9,139 34,158 20,282
87 Europe -220,413 -218,683 -16,859 -17,579 3,595 -5,690 -18,064 812 12,103 25,712
88 Euro Area5 -54,927 -62,543 10,899 -3,147 -5,482 -3,927 -1,544 -1,739 17,610 11,260
89 United Kingdom -157,698 -154,906 -35,811 -14,080 7,304 -6,145 -19,134 -856 -2,470 11,179
90 Canada -18,153 -10,935 -5,748 3,294 1,680 -2,397 -6,351 -2,216 1,444 1,734
91 Latin America -12,714 -7,948 12,757 5,767 3,942 2,899 -5,117 3,603 477 -1,133
92 Caribbean 25,656 -18,442 -29,170 4,304 -12,864 4,420 -2,136 -6,577 2,253 -13,624
93 Asia -18,652 27,066 58,576 -2,999 5,463 10,532 7,726 3,663 16,754 5,978
94 Japan 2,159 4,032 14,131 -340 2,404 -1,188 5,233 -1,658 8,144 591
95 Africa -2,252 1,112 382 624 -1,841 -217 -591 -22 296 601
96 Other countries -9,488 -12,412 -25,575 -5,255 -2,763 -1,018 -1,868 -8,402 831 1,014
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 5,109 15,929 8,116 915 2,745 1,954 -8 -97 14 2,467

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.

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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