FIGURE 11.2 Cumulative net purchases by US residents from foreigners of foreign stocks by year 1977–2009. This figure obtains data from the
US Treasury International Capital (TIC) data at www.treasury.gov/tic. Each month, the gross purchases by foreigners from US residents are subtracted
from the gross sales by foreigners to US residents of foreign stocks (in US$ millions) and accumulated across months over the period from
1977 to November 2009. Source: US Treasury International Capital (TIC), 2010.