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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: May 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.-Mar.2012 Sep.2011 Oct.2011 Nov.2011 Dec.2011 Jan.2012 Feb.2012 Mar.2012/p
1 Total Reported 703,682 379,965 119,750 86,916 15,295 54,010 -14,901 83,935 15,350 20,465
 
2 Foreign countries 703,494 368,416 113,866 88,124 12,605 51,754 -16,774 81,438 16,794 15,634
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 172,065 144,155 75,721 38,425 -5,972 23,666 -20,277 33,073 11,082 31,566
 
4 Europe 352,217 176,957 -5,559 39,965 -21,960 12,233 -525 19,508 -14,572 -10,495
5 Belgium -1,757 -533 -521 -55 -7 -51 42 -168 -180 -173
6 France -5,819 32,295 -1,609 15,405 3,037 -495 5,977 -918 1,903 -2,593
7 Germany 13,165 3,884 3,258 -1,166 2,241 -148 -197 197 4,370 -1,309
8 Ireland -3,127 -11,611 -8,198 -3,110 2,207 -805 1,816 -2,601 -5,600 3
9 Luxembourg -4,704 -10,313 -13,227 3,763 1,627 -1,183 -50 -3,038 -3,148 -7,040
10 Netherlands -1,356 174 -83 1,428 -745 -72 98 -113 -649 679
11 Norway 8,244 5,190 3,828 819 -2,248 1,582 2,863 340 1,351 2,137
12 Sweden 2,150 3,750 -947 320 -302 -280 237 -130 -137 -680
13 Switzerland 19,517 6,224 7,402 -160 -15,431 -4,121 306 3,430 1,739 2,233
14 United Kingdom 341,751 156,940 18,015 26,300 -11,673 19,990 -14,912 33,809 -10,757 -5,037
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -368 1,648 -1,501 -740 212 -694 940 -213 -149 -1,139
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -15,479 -10,692 -11,976 -2,839 -879 -1,489 2,354 -11,086 -3,315 2,425
17 Canada 78,712 17,668 18,039 3,116 1,263 2,387 2,984 4,538 7,291 6,210
 
18 Latin America 26,608 66,878 15,150 -2,788 9,781 2,411 2,008 3,963 -499 11,686
19 Brazil 24,934 47,408 4,626 -3,783 5,645 -2,778 540 2,178 -2,951 5,399
20 Mexico -1,973 -4,524 6,000 -886 -51 822 -10 -106 2,770 3,336
21 Venezuela 90 -56 40 -8 1 -18 4 42 -4 2
22 All other Latin America 3,557 24,050 4,484 1,889 4,186 4,385 1,474 1,849 -314 2,949
 
23 Caribbean 10,556 -4,531 -2,687 -197 2,352 2,550 -6,288 4,972 -2,485 -5,174
 
24 Asia 235,915 108,145 87,806 49,435 18,804 32,677 -15,027 47,705 27,339 12,762
25 China, Mainland 51,159 -46,952 33,983 20,637 -12,391 -1,171 -32,536 7,469 11,980 14,534
26 Hong Kong 8,743 9,669 8,182 2,753 4,103 3,299 1,661 7,337 3,053 -2,208
27 Japan 124,121 148,498 47,945 24,204 23,096 30,146 19,736 33,797 13,925 223
28 Korea -3,152 -4,646 -856 -971 1,260 369 -895 1,501 1,424 -3,781
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -6,234 -3,133 -2,271 755 -389 -1,115 -185 -1,869 706 -1,108
30 All other Asia 61,278 4,709 823 2,057 3,125 1,149 -2,808 -530 -3,749 5,102
 
31 Africa 5,135 1,996 1,075 -2,166 1,363 -790 -24 585 -4 494
32 African oil exporters3 8,244 2,048 785 -1,855 517 -595 -88 155 140 490
 
33 Other countries -5,649 1,303 42 759 1,002 286 98 167 -276 151
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 188 11,549 5,884 -1,208 2,690 2,256 1,873 2,497 -1,444 4,831
  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: May 25, 2012