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Statistical Supplement | August 2008

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, August 2008

3.24  Foreign Transactions in Securities--Continued
Millions of dollars
Transaction, and area or country 2006 2007 2008 2007 2008
Jan - June Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr Mayr Junep
  Foreign securities
79 Stocks, net purchases or sales (-)4 -106,455 -95,298 -40,321 -2 -2,337 -18,272 -2,922r -245r -18,106 1,561
 
80 Foreign purchases 3,636,185 5,215,765 2,954,037 430,971 523,685 442,624 487,580r 505,496r 494,660 499,992
81 Foreign sales 3,742,640 5,311,063 2,994,358 430,973 526,022 460,896 490,502r 505,741r 512,766 498,431
 
82 Bonds, net purchases or sales (-)4 -144,452 -129,015 -14,121 -13,459 -15,971 7,343 2,879 10,728 -8,303 -10,797
 
83 Foreign purchases 1,879,713 2,971,803 1,317,360 168,636 247,486 241,387 264,947 193,225 182,056 188,259
84 Foreign sales 2,024,165 3,100,818 1,331,481 182,095 263,457 234,044 262,068 182,497 190,359 199,056
 
85 Net purchases, or sales (-) of stocks and bonds4 -250,907 -224,313 -54,442 -13,461 -18,308 -10,929 -43r 10,483r -26,409 -9,236
 
86 Foreign countries -256,016 -240,242 -60,077 -13,748 -18,434 -11,844 -2,788r 8,529r -26,401 -9,139
87 Europe -220,413 -218,683 -54,674 403 -17,748 -17,579 3,595r -5,690r -18,064 812
88 Euro Area5 -54,927 -62,543 -17,971 446 -2,132 -3,147 -5,482 -3,927 -1,544 -1,739
89 United Kingdom -157,698 -154,906 -44,520 -940 -11,609 -14,080 7,304r -6,145r -19,134 -856
90 Canada -18,153 -10,935 -8,926 -4,690 -2,936 3,294 1,680 -2,397r -6,351 -2,216
91 Latin America -12,714 -7,948 13,413 -1,278 2,319 5,767 3,942 2,899 -5,117 3,603
92 Caribbean 25,656 -18,442 -17,799 -11,730 -4,946 4,304 -12,864 4,420 -2,136 -6,577
93 Asia -18,652 27,066 35,844 3,181 11,459 -2,999 5,463 10,532 7,726 3,663
94 Japan 2,159 4,032 5,396 4,615 945 -340 2,404 -1,188 5,233 -1,658
95 Africa -2,252 1,112 -515 680 1,532 624 -1,841 -217 -591 -22
96 Other countries -9,488 -12,412 -27,420 -314 -8,114 -5,255 -2,763 -1,018 -1,868 -8,402
 
97 Nonmonetary international and regional organizations2 5,109 15,929 5,635 287 126 915 2,745 1,954 -8 -97

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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