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Statistical Supplement | November 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, November 2008

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2006 2007 2008 2008
Jan - Sept Mar Apr May June July Aug Septp
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -106,455 -95,298 -23,020 -2,922 -245 -18,106 1,562r 16,894 2,851r -2,445
 
80 Foreign purchases 3,636,185 5,215,765 4,426,098 487,580 505,496 494,660 499,993r 560,901 428,218r 482,941
81 Foreign sales 3,742,640 5,311,063 4,449,118 490,502 505,741 512,766 498,431 544,007 425,367r 485,386
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -144,452 -129,015 59,944 2,879 10,728 -8,303 -11,517r 17,278 19,697 37,810
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,879,713 2,971,803 1,860,169 264,947 193,225 182,056 188,259 158,503 157,238 227,068
84 Foreign sales 2,024,165 3,100,818 1,800,225 262,068 182,497 190,359 199,776r 141,225 137,541 189,258
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -250,907 -224,313 36,924 -43 10,483 -26,409 -9,955r 34,172 22,548r 35,365
 
86 Foreign countries -256,016 -240,242 27,858 -2,788 8,529 -26,401 -9,858r 34,158 20,081r 34,415
87 Europe -220,413 -218,683 16,613 3,595 -5,690 -18,064 812 12,103 25,511r 33,673
88 Euro Area5 -54,927 -62,543 25,023 -5,482 -3,927 -1,544 -1,739 17,610 11,059r 14,325
89 United Kingdom -157,698 -154,906 -27,156 7,304 -6,145 -19,134 -856 -2,470 11,179 8,655
90 Canada -18,153 -10,935 -3,431 1,680 -2,397 -6,351 -2,216 1,444 1,734 2,317
91 Latin America -12,714 -7,948 13,776 3,942 2,899 -5,117 3,603 477 -1,133 1,019
92 Caribbean 25,656 -18,442 -38,514 -12,864 4,420 -2,136 -7,296r 2,253 -13,624 -8,625
93 Asia -18,652 27,066 61,437 5,463 10,532 7,726 3,663 16,754 5,978 2,861
94 Japan 2,159 4,032 13,015 2,404 -1,188 5,233 -1,658 8,144 591 -1,116
95 Africa -2,252 1,112 567 -1,841 -217 -591 -22 296 601 185
96 Other countries -9,488 -12,412 -22,590 -2,763 -1,018 -1,868 -8,402 831 1,014 2,985
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 5,109 15,929 9,066 2,745 1,954 -8 -97 14 2,467 950

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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