CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
FEE
  Title
      of Each Class of
                Securities
      Offered
              Maximum
                Aggregate
      Offering
                Price(1)
              Amount
      of
                Registration
      Fee(2)5.650%
      PowerNotes® Due December 15, 2010
              $125,416,000
              $4,928.855.800%
      PowerNotes® Due December 15, 2012
              $24,646,000
              $968.597.000%
      PowerNotes® Due December 15, 2015
              $198,315,000
              $7,793.78TOTAL
              
              $13,691.22
  
  (1)
              Excludes
      accrued interest, if any.(2)
              Calculated
      in accordance with Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act of
      1933.
  Caterpillar
Financial Services Corporation PowerNotes®, with Maturities of
9 Months or More from Date of Issue
 Filed under Rule
424(b)(3), Registration Statement(s) No. 333-150218
 Pricing Supplement
Number 1152 Dated December 22, 2008
 (to Prospectus dated
April 11, 2008 and Prospectus Supplement dated April 11, 2008)
 Investors should
read this pricing supplement in conjunction with the Prospectus and Prospectus
Supplement.
  CUSIPNumber
              AggregatePrincipal
      Amount
              Selling
      Price(3)
              Gross
      Concession
              NetProceeds
              Coupon Type
              Coupon Rate(4)
              Coupon Frequency
              Maturity
      Date
              1st
      Coupon Date
              1stCoupon Amount
              Survivor's Option
              Product Ranking
              Moody's Rating
              S & P Rating
              Yield(5)14912HNC0
              $125,416,000.00
              100.000%
              0.400%
              $124,914,336.00
              FIXED
              5.650%
              SEMI-ANNUAL
              12/15/2010
              06/15/2009
              $26.52
              YES
              Senior
      Unsecured Notes
              A2
              A
              5.650%
  Redemption
Information:Non-Callable.
 Joint Lead Managers
and Lead Agents:Incapital LLC, Banc
of America Securities LLC Agents: Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Citi, Edward
D. Jones & Co., L.P., Fidelity Capital Markets a division of National
Financial Services LLC, Merrill Lynch & Co., Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment
Bank, Wachovia Securities
  CUSIPNumber
              AggregatePrincipal
      Amount
              Selling
      Price(3)
              Gross
      Concession
              NetProceeds
              Coupon Type
              Coupon Rate(4)
              Coupon Frequency
              Maturity
      Date
              1st
      Coupon Date
              1stCoupon Amount
              Survivor's Option
              Product Ranking
              Moody's Rating
              S & P Rating
              Yield(5)14912HND8
              $24,646,000.00
              100.000%
              0.750%
              $24,461,155.00
              FIXED
              5.800%
              SEMI-ANNUAL
              12/15/2012
              06/15/2009
              $27.23
              YES
              Senior
      Unsecured Notes
              A2
              A
              5.800%
  Redemption
Information:Non-Callable.
 Joint Lead Managers
and Lead Agents:Incapital LLC, Banc
of America Securities LLC Agents: Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Citi, Edward
D. Jones & Co., L.P., Fidelity Capital Markets a division of National
Financial Services LLC, Merrill Lynch & Co., Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment
Bank, Wachovia Securities
  CUSIPNumber
              AggregatePrincipal
      Amount
              Selling
      Price(3)
              Gross
      Concession
              NetProceeds
              Coupon Type
              Coupon Rate(4)
              Coupon Frequency
              Maturity
      Date
              1st
      Coupon Date
              1stCoupon Amount
              Survivor's Option
              Product Ranking
              Moody's Rating
              S & P Rating
              Yield(5)14912HNE6
              $198,315,000.00
              100.000%
              1.200%
              $195,935,220.00
              FIXED
              7.000%
              MONTHLY
              12/15/2015
              01/15/2009
              $3.69
              YES
              Senior
      Unsecured Notes
              A2
              A
              7.103%
  Redemption
Information:Callable at 100.000% on
12/15/2010 and every coupon date thereafter.
 Joint Lead Managers
and Lead Agents:Incapital LLC, Banc
of America Securities LLC Agents: Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Citi, Edward
D. Jones & Co., L.P., Fidelity Capital Markets a division of National
Financial Services LLC, Merrill Lynch & Co., Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment
Bank, Wachovia Securities
 Caterpillar Financial Services
Corporation PowerNotes® will be subject to redemption at the option of
Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation, in whole on the coupon date
occurring any time on or after 12/15/2010 at a redemption price equal to 100% of
the principal amount of the Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation
PowerNotes®, plus accrued interest thereon, if any, upon at least 30 days' prior
notice to the noteholder and the trustee, as described in the
prospectus.
  Caterpillar
      Financial Services Corporation
              Offering Dates: December 15, 2008
      through December 22, 2008
                
                Trade Date: Monday, December 22,
      2008 @12:00 PM ET
                
                Settlement Date: Friday, December
      26, 2008
                
                Minimum Denomination/Increments:
      $1,000.00/$1,000.00
                
                Initial trades settle flat and
      clear SDFS: DTC Book Entry only
                
                DTC number: 0235 via RBC Dain
      Rauscher Inc.
  
  (3)
              The
      interest rates on the PowerNotes® may be changed by Caterpillar Financial
      Services Corporation from time to time, but any such changes will not
      affect the interest rate on any PowerNotes® offered prior to the effective
      date of the change.(4)
              Expressed
      as a percentage of aggregate principal amount. Actual Price to Public may
      be less, and will be determined by prevailing market prices at the time of
      purchase as set forth in the confirmation sheet.(5)
              Yields
      are quoted on a semi-annual bond equivalent yield
  basis.