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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: 2008:III

Table 8a. Transactions in Long-term Securities
[Millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted]
Line (Credits +; debits -) 2007 2008
I II III IV I II III IV p
A1 Foreign securities, net purchases (-) or net sales (+) by U.S.
     residents (table 1, line 52 or lines 4 + 18 below) 		-99,541 -84,671 -100,317 -4,202 -35,066 -33,576 82,615 76,978
2     Stocks, gross purchases by U.S. residents 1,150,926 1,278,627 1,415,030 1,490,371 1,481,084 1,521,861 1,457,653 966,198
3     Stocks, gross sales by U.S. residents 1,107,188 1,251,880 1,358,168 1,499,695 1,454,234 1,500,509 1,472,465 1,005,882
4     Stocks, net purchases by U.S. residents -43,738 -26,747 -56,862 9,324 -26,850 -21,352 14,812 39,684
5         New issues in the United States1 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
6         Transactions in outstanding stocks, net n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
          Net purchases by U.S. residents, by area:  
7             Europe -37,572 -28,709 -11,264 -4,905 -14,524 -11,431 14,465 23,089
8                 Of which: United Kingdom -26,825 -28,161 -7,996 -8,402 -12,442 -16,324 8,728 11,633
9             Canada -1,555 -2,490 -1,420 -2,478 -4,166 -6,216 4,386 3,291
10             Caribbean financial centers2 1,369 14,872 -33,655 10,597 -12,621 -5,902 -23,438 -6,625
11             Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers 1,766 -536 -7,095 -5,449 -226 440 -4,529 -652
12             Asia -4,782 -9,238 -2,609 11,803 3,672 5,939 24,616 19,371
13                 Of which: Japan -2,557 -4,584 -479 6,091 -35 2,523 10,244 9,017
14             Africa 121 -280 -1,103 -655 -171 -1,911 -68 274
15             Other -3,085 -366 284 411 1,186 -2,271 -620 936
16     Bonds, gross purchases by U.S. residents 782,609 887,380 816,252 657,087 762,102 575,813 475,060 366,208
17     Bonds, gross sales by U.S. residents 726,806 829,456 772,797 643,561 753,886 563,589 542,863 403,502
18     Bonds, net purchases by U.S. residents -55,803 -57,924 -43,455 -13,526 -8,216 -12,224 67,803 37,294
19         New issues in the United States1 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
20         Transactions in outstanding bonds, net n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
          Net purchases by U.S. residents, by area:  
21             Europe -44,245 -43,218 -56,915 -5,142 -17,731 -11,719 52,320 23,409
22                 Of which: United Kingdom -24,420 -18,190 -45,209 -4,681 -9,237 -10,533 7,079 14,522
23             Canada -1,816 -870 543 -2,675 5,444 -4,821 1,061 3,297
24             Caribbean financial centers2 -16,483 -14,030 917 -16,604 -3,455 -3,283 745 4,347
25             Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers -8 -6,022 4,493 4,899 13,846 1,063 4,882 6,538
26             Asia 7,975 9,883 6,764 6,748 10,386 16,055 1,034 -1,322
27                 Of which: Japan -1,223 -783 3,171 4,422 3,078 -117 -2,619 -3,753
28             Africa 25 151 536 2,299 458 991 1,841 363
29             Other -1,251 -3,818 207 -3,051 -17,164 -10,510 5,920 662
B1 U.S. securities, excluding transactions in U.S. Treasury securities
     and transactions of foreign official agencies, net purchases (+) or
     net sales (-) by foreign residents (table 1, line 66 or lines 4 + 16 + 30
     below) 		183,507 310,340 -30,486 110,489 -20,475 17,068 -91,398 -28,763
2     Stocks, gross purchases by foreign residents 2,132,802 2,446,848 2,992,423 3,028,897 3,390,980 3,014,693 3,334,762 2,205,597
3     Stocks, gross sales by foreign residents 2,090,408 2,342,369 3,013,100 2,972,683 3,382,704 3,015,375 3,331,852 2,209,238
4     Stocks, net purchases by foreign residents 42,394 104,479 -20,677 56,214 8,276 -682 2,910 -3,641
          Net purchases by foreign residents, by area:  
5             Europe 25,333 53,950 -17,363 28,871 -632 3,082 5,670 -5,214
6                 Of which: United Kingdom 20,213 37,172 -12,926 23,395 -8,531 13,295 18,288 3,993
7             Canada -1,163 1,121 2,924 6,898 1,701 3,904 677 430
8             Caribbean financial centers2 17,119 40,463 -12,843 2,385 -11,606 -22,432 2,953 -14,816
9             Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers 444 586 144 -18 1,533 820 2,209 -866
10             Asia -709 5,661 6,335 16,568 19,429 12,551 -6,382 18,343
11                 Of which: Japan -531 -3,891 -1,293 144 4,726 1,786 1,592 12,551
12             Africa -133 -58 -20 -144 -2,591 -289 -1,832 25
13             Other 1,503 2,756 146 1,654 442 1,682 -385 -1,543
14     Corporate bonds, gross purchases by foreign residents 498,803 525,437 412,699 403,610 386,016 453,137 266,649 301,600
15     Corporate bonds, gross sales by foreign residents 326,953 355,864 419,951 365,694 396,745 402,587 302,127 305,325
16     Corporate bonds, net purchases by foreign residents 171,850 169,573 -7,252 37,916 -10,729 50,550 -35,478 -3,725
17         New issues sold abroad by U.S. corporations1 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
18         Transactions in outstanding bonds, net n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
          Net purchases by foreign residents, by area:  
19             Europe 121,615 127,133 -26,726 -6,611 -25,731 2,417 -31,574 -7,921
20                 Of which: United Kingdom 65,401 75,794 -15,133 2,807 -18,178 -1,866 -12,087 -6,158
21             Canada 5,258 3,266 2,951 937 1,341 3,224 262 2,209
22             Caribbean financial centers2 27,730 18,784 -2,564 17,965 -117 27,627 -7,408 2,086
23             Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers 807 1,470 1,477 942 1,636 -171 288 -35
24             Asia 13,267 16,156 17,461 24,915 12,038 16,382 4,737 -904
25                 Of which: Japan 2,785 6,303 11,788 17,676 9,211 9,383 4,447 -1,426
26             Africa -3 -147 -173 -78 -84 -32 -271 -51
27             Other 3,176 2,911 322 -154 188 1,103 -1,512 891
28     Federally sponsored agency bonds, gross purchases by foreign
         residents 		374,193 404,385 432,515 482,127 772,591 620,433 458,624 409,869
29     Federally sponsored agency bonds, gross sales by foreign residents 404,930 368,097 435,072 465,768 790,613 653,233 517,454 431,266
30     Federally sponsored agency bonds, net purchases by foreign
         residents 		-30,737 36,288 -2,557 16,359 -18,022 -32,800 -58,830 -21,397
31         New issues sold abroad by federally sponsored agencies1 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
32         Transactions in outstanding bonds, net n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
          Net purchases by foreign residents, by area:  
33             Europe -17,876 20,646 21,069 29,589 22,969 -5,972 -28,963 30,526
34                 Of which: United Kingdom -12,571 21,722 27,682 35,788 18,040 9,872 -9,598 42,775
35             Canada 1,655 1,045 1,021 -384 4,304 3,635 -2,328 -761
36             Caribbean financial centers2 -5,446 -2,089 -14,261 4,895 -32,620 -19,283 511 -36,488
37             Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers 689 1,193 1,358 45 85 893 432 -88
38             Asia -9,798 15,550 -11,494 -18,485 -13,821 -12,048 -27,691 -13,157
39                 Of which: Japan -8,312 8,256 -7,612 -1,637 4,725 -3,168 -19,829 -6,520
40             Africa 43 -26 -24 -76 17 -100 -474 -794
41             Other -4 -31 -226 775 1,044 75 -317 -635
C1 U.S. Treasury bonds and notes, excluding transactions of foreign
     official agencies, net purchases (+) or net sales (-) by foreign
     residents (table 1, part of line 65) 		38,412 -836 51,915 38,467 15,403 69,184 12,036 28,911
2     U.S. Treasury bonds and notes, gross purchases by foreign residents 3,291,540 3,400,999 4,013,569 3,643,087 4,161,209 3,510,382 3,675,071 2,313,110
3     U.S. Treasury bonds and notes, gross sales by foreign residents 3,253,128 3,401,835 3,961,654 3,604,620 4,145,806 3,441,198 3,663,035 2,284,199
      Net purchases by foreign residents, by area:  
4         Europe 31,092 18,797 67,733 11,695 -8,019 43,403 -7,992 -1,894
5         Canada 3,268 220 -7,256 621 2,471 6,922 -6,680 -8,451
6         Caribbean financial centers2 6,881 -32,892 11,570 16,813 -23,538 12,784 25,300 11,707
7         Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers 3,697 1,491 4,613 8,845 6,299 1,872 465 -4,633
8         Asia -6,749 10,497 -24,114 740 36,924 2,531 1,223 32,028
9         Africa -430 814 190 927 1,837 2,243 369 2,601
10         Other 653 237 -821 -1,174 -571 -571 -649 -2,447
  Memoranda:  
  Net purchases of marketable long-term U.S. securities by foreign
     official agencies included elsewhere in the international
     transactions accounts, net purchases (+) or net sales (-) (lines in
     table 5): 		 
1     U.S. Treasury marketable bonds and notes (line B4) 18,042 39,741 -43,183 24,533 82,404 33,303 67,128 -15,184
2     Other U.S. government securities (line B6) 81,303 60,031 18,022 12,109 79,234 93,145 -10,559 -95,974
3     U.S. corporate and other bonds (part of line B16) 10,782 10,965 9,184 20,653 12,407 20,720 -1,488 3,339
4     U.S. stocks (part of line B16) 153 329 1,287 13,338 18,528 999 -298 4,133

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