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Today's Date: February 9, 2010     Release Date: December 16, 2009     Next Release Date: March 18, 2010
Earliest Quarter Revised on December 16, 2009: 2009:II
Table 8a. Transactions in Long-Term Securities
[Millions of dollars, not seasonally adjusted]
Line (Credits +; debits -) 2008 2009
I II III IV I II III p
A1 Foreign securities, net purchases (-) or net sales (+) by U.S.
     residents (table 1, line 52 or lines 4 + 18 below) 		-47,870 -40,566 79,182 70,015 -36,201 -92,589 -47,847
2     Stocks, gross purchases by U.S. residents 1,481,451 1,522,815 1,458,686 970,720 695,575 829,286 815,797
3     Stocks, gross sales by U.S. residents 1,453,546 1,500,552 1,472,428 1,005,812 693,742 791,559 788,977
4     Stocks, net purchases by U.S. residents -27,905 -22,263 13,742 35,092 -1,833 -37,727 -26,820
5         New issues in the United States1 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.
          Net purchases by U.S. residents, by area:  
7             Europe -14,604 -11,409 14,344 23,009 12,429 -21,370 -13,618
8                 Of which: United Kingdom -12,530 -16,311 8,631 11,573 7,817 -21,121 -15,405
9             Canada -4,163 -6,215 4,388 2,592 -95 -927 -3,081
10             Caribbean financial centers2 -13,621 -6,902 -24,439 -7,607 -13,208 -3,428 5,791
11             Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers -224 441 -4,533 -655 -819 -3,267 -6,106
12             Asia 3,688 5,995 24,702 16,591 2,122 -8,831 -8,030
13                 Of which: Japan -29 2,526 10,249 9,049 3,459 -1,222 -1,274
14             Africa -170 -1,910 -66 280 173 711 822
15             Other 1,189 -2,263 -654 882 -2,435 -615 -2,598
16     Bonds, gross purchases by U.S. residents 774,685 583,530 478,666 371,655 380,116 521,774 545,121
17     Bonds, gross sales by U.S. residents 754,720 565,227 544,106 406,578 345,748 466,912 524,094
18     Bonds, net purchases by U.S. residents -19,965 -18,303 65,440 34,923 -34,368 -54,862 -21,027
19         New issues in the United States1 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.
          Net purchases by U.S. residents, by area:  
21             Europe -26,925 -16,357 52,178 22,678 -25,611 -30,889 5,648
22                 Of which: United Kingdom -9,179 -10,387 7,416 14,557 -2,792 -8,329 8,473
23             Canada 5,444 -4,820 1,103 3,324 56 -18,291 -12,166
24             Caribbean financial centers2 -5,459 -5,282 -1,303 2,366 -3,711 4,615 3,701
25             Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers 13,847 1,066 4,857 6,547 -327 313 -4,813
26             Asia 9,838 16,610 850 -1,049 3,847 4,543 2,185
27                 Of which: Japan 2,536 440 -2,826 -3,466 3,039 -1,773 3,123
28             Africa 457 991 1,895 435 1,160 936 -330
29             Other -17,167 -10,511 5,860 622 -9,782 -16,089 -15,252
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) 		-15,179 19,983 -102,512 -29,029 -55,992 13,917 24,720
2     Stocks, gross purchases by foreign residents 3,402,744 3,037,634 3,334,799 2,205,419 1,614,469 1,667,626 1,565,052
3     Stocks, gross sales by foreign residents 3,367,043 3,015,431 3,331,767 2,209,270 1,608,366 1,632,070 1,516,452
4     Stocks, net purchases by foreign residents 35,701 22,203 3,032 -3,851 6,103 35,556 48,600
          Net purchases by foreign residents, by area:  
5             Europe 1,013 3,008 5,685 -5,434 4,765 11,015 28,456
6                 Of which: United Kingdom -6,900 13,232 18,278 3,939 4,423 5,493 12,826
7             Canada 1,698 3,897 696 397 -7,018 2,329 2,726
8             Caribbean financial centers2 14,116 561 3,011 -14,727 246 14,974 6,370
9             Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers 1,531 815 2,214 -879 -16 941 1,257
10             Asia 19,486 12,530 -6,362 18,306 10,095 5,760 8,440
11                 Of which: Japan 4,728 1,773 1,594 12,581 7,101 2,437 2,249
12             Africa -2,592 -289 -1,831 25 -1,007 -34 -72
13             Other 449 1,681 -381 -1,539 -962 571 1,423
14     Corporate bonds, gross purchases by foreign residents 386,402 453,128 266,653 301,498 350,864 291,571 267,958
15     Corporate bonds, gross sales by foreign residents 396,721 402,594 302,121 305,275 363,219 313,558 298,399
16     Corporate bonds, net purchases by foreign residents -10,319 50,534 -35,468 -3,777 -12,355 -21,987 -30,441
17         New issues sold abroad by U.S. corporations1 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.
          Net purchases by foreign residents, by area:  
19             Europe -25,350 2,408 -31,569 -7,964 -13,174 -29,273 -34,646
20                 Of which: United Kingdom -17,871 -1,873 -12,083 -6,210 -2,460 -15,395 -27,632
21             Canada 1,355 3,224 263 2,205 5,902 1,093 -1,356
22             Caribbean financial centers2 -110 27,622 -7,405 2,080 -3,533 3,719 804
23             Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers 1,635 -172 288 -33 143 1,950 938
24             Asia 12,045 16,381 4,738 -902 206 2,756 3,385
25                 Of which: Japan 9,212 9,382 4,448 -1,426 -3,910 2,368 1,762
26             Africa -84 -32 -271 -54 -22 177 -3
27             Other 190 1,103 -1,512 891 -1,877 -2,409 437
28     Federally sponsored agency bonds, gross purchases by foreign
         residents 		772,563 620,430 458,500 409,488 270,118 252,154 197,128
29     Federally sponsored agency bonds, gross sales by foreign residents 813,124 673,184 528,576 430,889 319,858 251,806 190,567
30     Federally sponsored agency bonds, net purchases by foreign
         residents 		-40,561 -52,754 -70,076 -21,401 -49,740 348 6,561
31         New issues sold abroad by federally sponsored agencies1 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.
          Net purchases by foreign residents, by area:  
33             Europe 14,029 -12,802 -30,805 30,522 -16,400 2,295 7,311
34                 Of which: United Kingdom 15,505 9,422 -8,456 42,769 -5,147 -1,154 5,738
35             Canada 4,143 3,743 -2,251 -752 -1,264 2,902 1,475
36             Caribbean financial centers2 -37,295 -23,815 -2,491 -36,494 -15,273 -6,334 -5,846
37             Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers -188 753 305 -90 -546 -908 337
38             Asia -21,371 -19,511 -33,727 -13,159 -14,528 3,419 3,894
39                 Of which: Japan 677 -7,564 -23,835 -6,519 -7,857 6,665 3,305
40             Africa -585 -838 -533 -794 -983 -202 -250
41             Other 706 -284 -574 -634 -746 -824 -360
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) 		-33,760 21,846 4,061 20,865 36,290 387 3,233
2     U.S. Treasury bonds and notes, gross purchases by foreign residents 4,161,215 3,510,370 3,675,083 2,313,081 2,020,743 2,540,773 2,897,382
3     U.S. Treasury bonds and notes, gross sales by foreign residents 4,194,975 3,488,524 3,671,022 2,292,216 1,984,453 2,540,386 2,894,149
      Net purchases by foreign residents, by area:  
4         Europe -45,850 5,895 -15,976 -9,919 -25,957 -31,265 -15,389
5         Canada 2,472 6,921 -6,679 -8,452 2,798 7,473 15,716
6         Caribbean financial centers2 -27,798 8,393 25,305 11,695 14,883 -16,772 -13,391
7         Latin America, excluding Caribbean financial centers 1,725 -2,612 465 -4,635 -6,918 7,061 91
8         Asia 34,444 1,606 1,226 32,022 54,615 32,590 13,324
9         Africa 1,838 2,243 369 2,601 463 359 233
10         Other -591 -600 -649 -2,447 -3,594 941 2,649
  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) 101,154 52,053 67,128 -15,184 34,941 102,988 99,981
2     Other U.S. government securities (line B6) 79,234 93,145 -10,559 -95,974 256 -3,052 -29,628
3     U.S. corporate and other bonds (part of line B16) 12,407 20,720 -1,488 3,339 -327 101 -1,367
4     U.S. stocks (part of line B16) 33,528 15,999 -298 4,133 1,825 3,041 4,986

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