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Today's Date: May 7, 2009     Release Date: March 18, 2009     Next Release Date: June 17, 2009
Earliest Quarter Revised on March 18, 2009: No Revision

Table 8b. Securities Transactions
[Millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted]
Line (Credits +; debits -) 1997 1998
I II III IV I II III IV
A1 Foreign securities, net U.S. purchases (-), (table 1, line 52 or lines 2
     + 13 below) 		-24,352 -31,275 -51,401 -9,824 -19,451 -42,961 7,783 -75,575
2     Stocks, net U.S. purchases -19,029 -18,500 -18,990 -767 -6,902 -13,185 1,256 -82,531
3         New issues in the United States -2,255 -2,724 -3,456 -6,894 -1,144 -4,856 -2,707 -2,901
4             Of which: Western Europe -709 -1,104 -847 -2,244 -138 -1,963 -1,679 -169
5                                 Canada (D) -56 -182 -1,172 -48 -109 -374 0
6                                 Latin America (D) -917 -1,555 -138 0 -174 0 0
7         Transactions in outstanding stocks, net -16,774 -15,776 -15,534 6,127 -5,758 -8,329 3,963 -79,630
8                 Western Europe -7,302 -1,941 -9,401 764 339 285 8,587 -79,725
9                     Of which: United Kingdom -5,052 -4,544 -10,288 -2,353 104 5,701 2,836 -53,124
10                 Canada 316 -927 -68 733 -102 283 2,536 1,062
11                 Japan -2,007 -8,747 -2,982 4,313 -2,671 2,744 357 -1,968
12                 Other -7,781 -4,161 -3,083 317 -3,324 -11,641 -7,517 1,001
13     Bonds, net U.S. purchases -5,323 -12,775 -32,411 -9,057 -12,549 -29,776 6,527 6,956
14         New issues in the United States -16,257 -17,303 -24,847 -14,741 -13,658 -24,270 -10,702 -9,665
              By issuer:  
15                 Central governments and their agencies and corporations -3,990 -2,861 -2,237 -900 -300 -7,142 -984 -275
16                 Other governments and their agencies and corporations1 -800 -111 -4,399 -122 0 -1,971 -500 -293
17                 Private corporations -11,167 -14,331 -18,124 -13,719 -13,358 -15,157 -9,218 -8,687
18                 International financial institutions2 -300 ..... -87 ..... 0 0 0 -410
              By area:  
19                 Western Europe -4,857 -3,432 -6,087 -7,022 -6,196 -5,756 -3,907 -1,615
20                 Canada -1,220 -1,668 -2,388 -1,278 -775 -2,335 -3,141 -3,689
21                 Japan ..... ..... ..... -135 -2,271 0 0 0
22                 Latin America -5,925 -5,625 -6,876 -1,606 -1,999 -5,965 -2,466 -2,581
23                 Other countries -3,955 -6,578 -9,409 -4,700 -2,217 -10,209 -1,188 -1,370
24                 International financial institutions2 -300 ..... -87 ..... -200 -5 0 -410
25         Redemptions of U.S.-held foreign bonds3 3,633 1,566 3,947 6,766 3,102 5,580 4,605 4,235
26                 Western Europe 888 273 987 2,705 1,065 886 1,057 674
27                 Canada 678 493 1,042 806 890 1,018 590 637
28                 Other countries 517 701 1,403 2,311 1,047 3,532 2,731 2,664
29                 International financial institutions2 1,550 99 515 944 100 144 227 260
30         Other transactions in outstanding bonds, net3 7,301 2,962 -11,511 -1,082 -1,993 -11,086 12,624 12,386
31                 Western Europe 4,219 6,781 -11,199 -1,611 -1,505 -12,229 -594 9,954
32                     Of which: United Kingdom 1,888 5,069 -12,550 -2,576 -1,903 -9,742 -3,797 8,247
33                 Canada 1,729 -584 -857 1,658 -3 -790 3,768 -1,343
34                 Japan -1,492 -1,591 512 1,397 -2,836 -2,857 3,158 5,776
35                 Other 2,845 -1,644 33 -2,526 2,351 4,790 6,292 -2,001
B1 U.S. securities, excluding Treasury securities and transactions of
     foreign official agencies, net foreign purchases (+), (table 1,
     line 66 or lines 2 + 10 below) 		38,490 45,651 52,544 24,724 63,237 56,146 6,628 30,304
2     Stocks, net foreign purchases 11,879 21,329 26,514 9,038 30,695 13,127 -6,618 8,443
          By area:  
3             Western Europe 11,101 14,712 18,685 16,022 27,390 20,436 11,865 2,503
4                 Of which: Germany 2,777 2,044 2,022 2,138 1,912 3,640 3,290 225
5                                     Switzerland 1,328 1,999 1,023 3,309 3,730 4,049 -195 -2,748
6                                     United Kingdom 3,384 6,248 6,631 5,590 10,686 3,878 3,183 4,029
7             Canada 1,077 131 -1,312 -1,291 -175 -1,971 -889 -2,599
8             Japan -2,338 4,139 1,390 1,447 -3,212 -87 530 1,089
9             Other 2,039 2,347 7,751 -7,140 6,692 -5,251 -18,124 7,450
10     Corporate and other bonds, net foreign purchases 26,611 24,322 26,030 15,686 32,542 43,019 13,246 21,861
          By type:  
11             New issues sold abroad by U.S. corporations 18,400 25,579 28,953 11,846 15,829 15,664 13,314 9,170
12             U.S. federally sponsored agency bonds, net 9,742 5,817 6,243 3,982 9,596 6,853 -6,673 -5,055
13             Other outstanding bonds, net -1,531 -7,074 -9,166 -142 7,117 20,502 6,605 17,746
          By area:  
14             Western Europe 15,004 13,471 16,470 2,726 16,732 28,102 19,401 27,889
15                 Of which: Germany 493 197 2,133 -211 860 1,720 1,134 717
16                                     Switzerland -336 376 -1,187 1,139 368 1,793 1,285 118
17                                     United Kingdom 12,917 10,377 12,077 -428 13,221 21,329 14,394 23,012
18             Canada 1,781 840 1,454 2,046 1,793 1,456 1,455 837
19             Japan 2,434 2,230 2,621 -3,011 -1,626 1,679 -3,468 2,054
20             Other countries 7,392 7,779 5,470 13,853 15,617 11,530 -4,031 -8,999
21             International financial institutions2 ..... 2 15 72 26 252 -111 80
  Memoranda:  
  Other foreign transactions in marketable, long-term U.S. securities
     included elsewhere in international transactions accounts: 		 
  Foreign official assets in the United States (lines in table 11b):  
1     U.S. Treasury marketable bonds (line A4) 24,897 20,309 9,831 -11,078 6,186 -1,426 -26,755 26,118
2     Other U.S. government securities (line A6) 754 962 2,712 101 2,610 254 1,906 1,562
3     U.S. corporate and other bonds (part of line A14) 349 158 780 232 97 802 -608 -89
4     U.S. stocks (part of line A14) -3,659 877 123 932 -1,053 30 -1,886 -780
5 Other foreign transactions in U.S. Treasury bonds and notes (table
     11b, line B4) 		33,416 30,497 28,952 30,585 167 25,168 -2,651 1,518

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