1.   Generally, however, double taxation treaties exist between countries which permit overseas residents to purchase their securities.

2.   An alternative to spending money on goods and services is to purchase securities.

3.   If the government wishes to increase the money supply, the Bank of England would purchase back securities.

4.   In order to avoid large cash payments to the public on a particular date, the Bank purchases government securities before they mature.

5.   Now suppose that the central bank increases the money supply -- for example, by purchasing government securities on the open market.

6.   Another element of the plan would allow a bank to loan money to a company that has purchased securities from its separate securities affiliate, a practice currently prohibited.

7.   Bonds got a lift when the Federal Reserve purchased Treasury securities for its own account to address a seasonal shortage of reserves.

8.   Bonds and the dollar tend to move in tandem as investors buy dollars first to purchase securities.

9.   Call loans are used by banks to adjust rates and by investment dealers to purchase securities.