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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: April 2012

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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 2010 2011 Jan.-Feb.2012 Aug.2011 Sep.2011 Oct.2011 Nov.2011 Dec.2011 Jan.2012 Feb.2012/p
1 Total Reported 703,682 379,965 99,285 58,239 86,916 15,295 54,010 -14,901 83,935 15,350
 
2 Foreign countries 703,494 368,416 98,232 58,566 88,124 12,605 51,754 -16,774 81,438 16,794
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 172,065 144,155 44,155 -9,679 38,425 -5,972 23,666 -20,277 33,073 11,082
 
4 Europe 352,217 176,957 4,936 63,779 39,965 -21,960 12,233 -525 19,508 -14,572
5 Belgium -1,757 -533 -348 -81 -55 -7 -51 42 -168 -180
6 France -5,819 32,295 984 6,476 15,405 3,037 -495 5,977 -918 1,903
7 Germany 13,165 3,884 4,567 -1,080 -1,166 2,241 -148 -197 197 4,370
8 Ireland -3,127 -11,611 -8,201 158 -3,110 2,207 -805 1,816 -2,601 -5,600
9 Luxembourg -4,704 -10,313 -6,187 -144 3,763 1,627 -1,183 -50 -3,038 -3,148
10 Netherlands -1,356 174 -762 14 1,428 -745 -72 98 -113 -649
11 Norway 8,244 5,190 1,691 3,916 819 -2,248 1,582 2,863 340 1,351
12 Sweden 2,150 3,750 -267 105 320 -302 -280 237 -130 -137
13 Switzerland 19,517 6,224 5,169 19,484 -160 -15,431 -4,121 306 3,430 1,739
14 United Kingdom 341,751 156,940 23,052 38,809 26,300 -11,673 19,990 -14,912 33,809 -10,757
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -368 1,648 -362 1,556 -740 212 -694 940 -213 -149
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -15,479 -10,692 -14,401 -5,435 -2,839 -879 -1,489 2,354 -11,086 -3,315
17 Canada 78,712 17,668 11,829 -2,125 3,116 1,263 2,387 2,984 4,538 7,291
 
18 Latin America 26,608 66,878 3,464 -121 -2,788 9,781 2,411 2,008 3,963 -499
19 Brazil 24,934 47,408 -773 -700 -3,783 5,645 -2,778 540 2,178 -2,951
20 Mexico -1,973 -4,524 2,664 -658 -886 -51 822 -10 -106 2,770
21 Venezuela 90 -56 38 -12 -8 1 -18 4 42 -4
22 All other Latin America 3,557 24,050 1,535 1,249 1,889 4,186 4,385 1,474 1,849 -314
 
23 Caribbean 10,556 -4,531 2,487 24,674 -197 2,352 2,550 -6,288 4,972 -2,485
 
24 Asia 235,915 108,145 75,044 -28,612 49,435 18,804 32,677 -15,027 47,705 27,339
25 China, Mainland 51,159 -46,952 19,449 -40,141 20,637 -12,391 -1,171 -32,536 7,469 11,980
26 Hong Kong 8,743 9,669 10,390 -249 2,753 4,103 3,299 1,661 7,337 3,053
27 Japan 124,121 148,498 47,722 19,470 24,204 23,096 30,146 19,736 33,797 13,925
28 Korea -3,152 -4,646 2,925 2,111 -971 1,260 369 -895 1,501 1,424
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -6,234 -3,133 -1,163 2,121 755 -389 -1,115 -185 -1,869 706
30 All other Asia 61,278 4,709 -4,279 -11,924 2,057 3,125 1,149 -2,808 -530 -3,749
 
31 Africa 5,135 1,996 581 733 -2,166 1,363 -790 -24 585 -4
32 African oil exporters3 8,244 2,048 295 -121 -1,855 517 -595 -88 155 140
 
33 Other countries -5,649 1,303 -109 238 759 1,002 286 98 167 -276
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 188 11,549 1,053 -327 -1,208 2,690 2,256 1,873 2,497 -1,444
  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. Principally the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. Also includes African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations. Beginning with data for June 2006, also includes the Bank for International. Equivalent to net U.S. purchases of foreign securities.  Return to table
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Last update: April 27, 2012