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Today's Date: August 5, 2010     Release Date: June 17, 2010     Next Release Date: September 16, 2010
Earliest Quarter Revised on June 17, 2010: 2007:I
Table 8a. Transactions in Long-Term Securities
[Millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted]
Line (Credits +; debits -) 2009 2010
I II III IV I p
A1 Foreign securities, net purchases (-) or net sales (+) by U.S.
     residents (table 1, line 52 or lines 4 + 18 below) 		-29,176 -86,725 -46,823 -45,489 -45,868
2     Stocks, gross purchases by U.S. residents 699,583 834,740 820,205 880,208 856,675
3     Stocks, gross sales by U.S. residents 700,260 799,602 794,116 877,454 846,153
4     Stocks, net purchases by U.S. residents 677 -35,138 -26,089 -2,754 -10,522
5         New issues in the United States1 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.
          Net purchases by U.S. residents, by area:  
7             Europe 12,595 -21,163 -13,289 9,771 -2,930
8                 Of which: United Kingdom 8,099 -20,767 -15,234 1,282 -5,201
9             Canada -23 -1,062 -2,891 -3,175 2,854
10             Caribbean financial centers2 -11,152 -1,297 5,862 -889 -512
11             Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers -787 -3,177 -6,169 -7,095 612
12             Asia 2,351 -8,668 -7,807 -1,498 -10,318
13                 Of which: Japan 3,530 -1,226 -1,270 -3,372 -7,149
14             Africa 175 713 826 581 464
15             Other -2,482 -484 -2,621 -449 -692
16     Bonds, gross purchases by U.S. residents 375,784 519,542 545,485 656,486 1,161,056
17     Bonds, gross sales by U.S. residents 345,931 467,955 524,751 613,751 1,125,710
18     Bonds, net purchases by U.S. residents -29,853 -51,587 -20,734 -42,735 -35,346
19         New issues in the United States1 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.
          Net purchases by U.S. residents, by area:  
21             Europe -24,185 -30,255 5,746 -19,840 -17,979
22                 Of which: United Kingdom -2,199 -7,781 8,508 2,397 9,779
23             Canada 207 -18,319 -12,169 -4,411 -9,740
24             Caribbean financial centers2 -890 7,224 3,735 8,437 -2,450
25             Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers -109 350 -4,824 -9,838 -2,675
26             Asia 3,748 4,564 2,411 2,191 7,311
27                 Of which: Japan 3,031 -1,775 3,196 -303 -1,994
28             Africa 1,157 938 -327 -8 -1,535
29             Other -9,781 -16,089 -15,306 -19,266 -8,278
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) 		-67,781 -221 47,708 20,353 5,205
2     Stocks, gross purchases by foreign residents 1,643,520 1,692,397 1,583,302 1,705,006 1,681,625
3     Stocks, gross sales by foreign residents 1,633,712 1,654,439 1,532,176 1,667,543 1,646,883
4     Stocks, net purchases by foreign residents 9,808 37,958 51,126 37,463 34,742
          Net purchases by foreign residents, by area:  
5             Europe 5,313 9,390 30,613 13,130 9,092
6                 Of which: United Kingdom 5,579 5,972 13,973 7,704 2,533
7             Canada -6,432 2,792 2,250 -550 2,669
8             Caribbean financial centers2 -358 14,841 6,202 13,410 15,709
9             Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers -112 1,105 1,267 3,074 1,607
10             Asia 13,145 7,552 9,464 6,761 4,773
11                 Of which: Japan 8,095 2,424 2,247 248 12
12             Africa -979 -8 -38 280 -256
13             Other -769 2,286 1,368 1,358 1,148
14     Corporate bonds, gross purchases by foreign residents 351,989 289,980 269,143 256,112 227,581
15     Corporate bonds, gross sales by foreign residents 388,839 339,496 293,880 275,576 255,686
16     Corporate bonds, net purchases by foreign residents -36,850 -49,516 -24,737 -19,464 -28,105
17         New issues sold abroad by U.S. corporations1 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.
          Net purchases by foreign residents, by area:  
19             Europe -22,934 -38,598 -29,394 -20,036 -27,106
20                 Of which: United Kingdom -7,961 -19,887 -22,483 -10,974 -17,201
21             Canada -957 -6,867 -946 636 -125
22             Caribbean financial centers2 -7,853 -944 842 560 -1,142
23             Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers -3,780 -2,424 1,014 701 817
24             Asia 565 1,536 3,315 -3,831 -1,559
25                 Of which: Japan -3,294 2,393 2,156 -2,873 -1,345
26             Africa -6 176 -4 -45 28
27             Other -1,885 -2,395 436 2,551 982
28     Federally sponsored agency bonds, gross purchases by foreign
         residents 		271,997 256,587 198,252 167,962 172,802
29     Federally sponsored agency bonds, gross sales by foreign residents 312,736 245,250 176,933 165,608 174,234
30     Federally sponsored agency bonds, net purchases by foreign
         residents 		-40,739 11,337 21,319 2,354 -1,432
31         New issues sold abroad by federally sponsored agencies1 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.
          Net purchases by foreign residents, by area:  
33             Europe -24,800 -4,525 8,772 5,949 5,999
34                 Of which: United Kingdom -13,008 -7,459 1,630 5,971 8,461
35             Canada -1,243 2,893 1,582 -1,472 1,438
36             Caribbean financial centers2 -2,960 4,940 5,429 495 1,024
37             Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers -415 -693 858 1,074 2,543
38             Asia -9,426 9,984 4,852 -2,561 -10,745
39                 Of which: Japan -8,130 7,139 3,534 -3,713 -10,309
40             Africa -1,044 -290 -298 -412 -433
41             Other -851 -972 124 -719 -1,258
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) 		28,618 -7,589 3,563 61,322 101,077
2     U.S. Treasury bonds and notes, gross purchases by foreign residents 2,021,613 2,541,301 2,897,825 3,224,291 3,564,562
3     U.S. Treasury bonds and notes, gross sales by foreign residents 1,992,995 2,548,890 2,894,262 3,162,969 3,463,485
      Net purchases by foreign residents, by area:  
4         Europe -6,473 -12,016 -15,332 855 19,450
5         Canada 2,717 7,473 15,723 16,267 22,216
6         Caribbean financial centers2 7,795 -23,428 -13,238 19,057 11,609
7         Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers -6,884 7,082 98 5,895 -650
8         Asia 34,610 12,000 13,429 16,899 44,926
9         Africa 448 359 230 78 2,266
10         Other -3,595 941 2,653 2,271 1,260
  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) 80,441 128,488 99,893 188,842 116,226
2     Other U.S. government securities (line B6) -18,297 -28,437 -50,382 -22,953 -3,122
3     U.S. corporate and other bonds (part of line B16) -531 65 -1,383 -476 1,537
4     U.S. stocks (part of line B16) 5,325 12,041 4,986 1,827 -503

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