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Statistical Supplement | May 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, May 2008

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2006 2007r 2008 2007 2008
Jan - Mar Sept Oct Nov Decr Janr Febr Marp
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -106,455 -95,325 -24,445 -21,298 5,025 9,617 -29 -2,337 -18,272 -3,008
 
80 Foreign purchases 3,636,185 5,215,768 1,959,800 359,679 546,421 521,977 430,974 523,685 442,624 487,855
81 Foreign sales 3,742,640 5,311,093 1,984,245 380,977 541,396 512,360 431,003 526,022 460,896 490,863
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -144,452 -127,861 3,192 -20,372 -9,101 10,979 -12,367 -17,343 5,323 4,065
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,879,713 2,972,380 948,999 200,176 264,614 209,714 169,182 246,800 240,377 267,714
84 Foreign sales 2,024,165 3,100,241 945,807 220,548 273,715 198,735 181,549 264,143 235,054 263,649
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -250,907 -223,186 -21,253 -41,670 -4,076 20,596 -12,396 -19,680 -12,949 1,057
 
86 Foreign countries -256,016 -239,115 -26,993 -41,725 -7,132 20,714 -12,683 -19,806 -13,864 -1,688
87 Europe -220,413 -218,331 -37,063 -43,701 -13,988 3,988 381 -17,514 -17,579 3,579
88 Euro Area5 -54,927 -62,547 -14,735 -4,158 -9,536 8,866 442 -2,132 -3,147 -5,529
89 United Kingdom -157,698 -154,543 -24,124 -39,774 -3,787 -6,183 -951 -11,375 -14,080 7,335
90 Canada -18,153 -10,203 -3,072 -1,073 -1,954 416 -3,598 -4,542 1,274 2,814
91 Latin America -12,714 -7,948 14,927 -1,344 -810 932 -1,278 2,319 5,767 3,942
92 Caribbean 25,656 -18,442 -9,104 7,634 10,759 -2,477 -11,730 -4,946 4,304 -12,882
93 Asia -18,652 27,064 24,371 -3,633 283 17,836 3,179 11,459 -2,999 5,463
94 Japan 2,159 4,030 1,821 1,270 1,263 4,614 4,613 945 -340 2,404
95 Africa -2,252 1,112 98 169 5 988 680 1,532 624 -1,841
96 Other countries -9,488 -12,367 -17,150 223 -1,427 -969 -317 -8,114 -5,255 -2,763
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 5,109 15,929 5,740 55 3,056 -118 287 126 915 2,745

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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