Table 3
Corporate sector indicators

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Corporate sector indicators
  Third quarter 2009 Fourth quarter 2009 First quarter 2010 Second quarter 2010 Third quarter 2010 Fourth quarter 2010
  Market value, not seasonally adjusted
Corporate sector            
Net new issuance of debt, non-financial corporations ($ billions) -1 -1 9 5 12 12
Net new issuance of debt, financial corporations ($ billions) 10 9 1 7 15 20
Net new issuance of share equity, non-financial corporations ($ billions) 18 8 7 9 3 3
Private non-financial corporations total debt to equity (%) 171.78 169.91 169.55 172.51 169.54 166.37
Private non-financial corporations credit market debt to equity (book value) (%) 55.18 54.94 54.36 55.19 55.07 55.18