TOTAL FOREIGN PURCHASES AND SALES OF LONG-TERM U.S. ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) AGENCY SECURITIES CORPORATE SECURITIES NET GROSS GROSS NET GROSS GROSS MONTH TRANSACTIONS PURCHASES SALES TRANSACTIONS PURCHASES SALES ------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ 2012-03 4,759 71,458 66,699 -6,215 5,526 11,741 2012-02 5,945 67,038 61,093 -571 4,421 4,992 2012-01 5,264 62,192 56,928 1,524 5,281 3,757 2011-12 19,548 74,214 54,666 -1,347 3,794 5,141 2011-11 5,527 73,653 68,126 -380 3,348 3,728 2011-10 -113 69,862 69,975 -865 4,196 5,061 2011-09 12,333 86,946 74,613 -1,422 3,546 4,968 2011-08 8,478 66,983 58,505 -386 4,166 4,552 2011-07 5,422 57,140 51,718 -1,103 6,120 7,223 2011-06 4,920 50,646 45,726 -1,881 9,842 11,723 2011-05 -7,205 53,926 61,131 -4,086 4,891 8,977 2011-04 6,737 62,758 56,021 -1,404 8,957 10,361 2011-03 14,630 63,127 48,497 -4,610 5,915 10,525 2011-02 3,074 53,878 50,804 -2,730 5,190 7,920 2011-01 6,149 69,332 63,183 -961 4,822 5,783 2010-12 7,146 74,788 67,642 5,316 12,494 7,178 2010-11 9,569 71,904 62,335 -954 5,431 6,385 2010-10 -1,663 72,857 74,520 -1,658 6,436 8,094 2010-09 -14,892 79,850 94,742 -1,559 4,691 6,250 2010-08 12,763 60,688 47,925 99 6,118 6,019 2010-07 25,043 63,753 38,710 1,277 7,647 6,370 2010-06 23,179 59,124 35,945 -3,867 4,869 8,736 2010-05 21,150 53,273 32,123 -2,938 4,663 7,601 2010-04 12,666 48,765 36,099 -2,400 6,206 8,606 2010-03 9,710 44,645 34,935 -5,409 5,242 10,651 2010-02 4,505 39,413 34,908 -1,665 5,553 7,218 2010-01 2,801 35,685 32,884 -3,826 5,028 8,854 2009-12 3,009 42,515 39,506 -1,462 17,133 18,595 2009-11 8,126 48,198 40,072 -3,814 19,096 22,910 2009-10 4,268 51,486 47,218 -5,957 20,505 26,462 2009-09 11,838 52,663 40,825 -264 23,763 24,027 2009-08 11,448 56,431 44,983 -4,029 20,737 24,766 2009-07 10,741 55,015 44,274 -6,203 21,691 27,894 2009-06 16,465 68,622 52,157 -1,251 24,050 25,301 2009-05 13,865 64,104 50,239 -3,972 24,768 28,740 2009-04 249 66,630 66,381 -8,988 23,018 32,006 2009-03 -4,518 60,249 64,767 2,326 56,868 54,542 2009-02 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 2009-01 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.