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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: August 2009

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Marketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes, Foreign Transactions (3.25) 1
Millions of dollars; net purchases, or sales (-), during period
Area or country 2007 2008 Jan.-Jun.2009 Dec.2008 Jan.2009 Feb.2009 Mar.2009 Apr.2009 May.2009 Jun.2009/p
1 Total Reported 197,967 316,012 207,445 14,970 10,720 21,551 55,303 41,892 -22,550 100,529
 
2 Foreign countries 199,015 316,456 208,099 15,674 10,755 21,643 55,763 41,912 -22,106 100,132
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 2,994 76,619 42,987 3,851 -1,940 -1,959 29,026 17,125 -21,763 22,498
 
4 Europe 177,338 196,549 72,659 12,416 -9,907 -4,693 2,561 26,627 9,415 48,656
5 Belgium -3,100 -1,941 -441 -145 -653 2 118 132 -76 34
6 France -7,827 -15,360 7,085 -1,822 96 -1,437 9,751 3,712 -5,860 823
7 Germany -3,452 722 -189 372 -654 167 -911 479 1,646 -916
8 Ireland 1,694 -4,251 -4,214 8,287 4,959 -1,291 598 -2,616 -34 -5,831
9 Luxembourg -694 -7,093 6,838 -1,030 2,225 1,715 1,822 1,167 -566 475
10 Netherlands 1,471 -4,790 305 82 308 -319 -473 827 -396 358
11 Norway -27,339 32,812 4,821 2,691 -6 -853 3,211 1,670 426 373
12 Sweden 2,176 -3,136 2,075 -399 -365 135 -106 343 277 1,791
13 Switzerland -2,617 1,157 6,723 373 -427 1,053 -479 380 -234 6,430
14 United Kingdom 208,578 188,559 64,899 3,030 -9,843 -1,227 -6,414 22,424 14,240 45,719
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -979 1,368 -267 34 -60 -37 3 -62 -3 -108
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 9,427 8,502 -14,975 944 -5,487 -2,601 -4,560 -1,829 -6 -492
17 Canada -1,945 -5,908 9,557 -3,065 -366 1,259 1,572 175 -1,610 8,527
 
18 Latin America 85,860 -8,229 -26,429 -9,150 7,808 -2,879 -3,816 -858 -10,080 -16,604
19 Brazil 77,066 -10,225 -25,609 -8,654 6,981 -2,674 -4,075 -506 -8,649 -16,686
20 Mexico 1,454 -7,057 317 -1,940 1,181 483 -56 -415 -1,023 147
21 Venezuela -197 -407 -83 -2 18 -42 -14 -7 -29 -9
22 All other Latin America 7,537 9,460 -1,054 1,446 -372 -646 329 70 -379 -56
 
23 Caribbean 2,288 27,950 -1,245 2,789 160 334 14,734 -850 -14,118 -1,505
 
24 Asia -69,273 98,899 154,522 10,904 13,060 27,076 43,735 16,447 -6,248 60,452
25 China, Mainland -7,968 84,743 55,488 3,407 622 -964 14,841 10,327 4,030 26,632
26 Hong Kong 2,045 6,242 1,571 496 -242 3,348 1,196 607 157 -3,495
27 Japan -48,684 6,077 82,003 165 9,361 25,855 23,244 -1,237 -7,970 32,750
28 Korea -17,924 -11,171 4,663 -1,257 -213 2,072 -322 1,470 1,594 62
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 1,795 24,923 9,359 4,302 3,168 767 6,259 203 -1,361 323
30 All other Asia 1,463 -11,915 1,438 3,791 364 -4,002 -1,483 5,077 -2,698 4,180
 
31 Africa 6,127 10,309 1,039 1,171 306 1,099 -1,230 6 287 571
32 African oil exporters3 4,568 11,416 802 700 288 361 -564 78 54 585
 
33 Other countries -1,380 -3,114 -2,004 609 -306 -553 -1,793 365 248 35
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -1,048 -444 -654 -704 -35 -92 -460 -20 -444 397
  1. Official and private transactions in marketable U.S. Treasury securities having an original maturity of more than one year. Data are based on monthly transactions reports. Excludes nonmarketable U.S. Treasury bonds and notes held by official institutions of foreign countries.   Return to table
  2. Comprises Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  3. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.   Return to table
  4. Includes the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, as well as African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations. Beginning with data for June 2006, also includes the Bank for International Settlements. equivalent to net U.S. purchases of foreign securities.   Return to table
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Last update: August 28, 2009