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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: May 2015

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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 2013 2014/r Jan.-Mar.2015/r Sep.2014 Oct.2014/r Nov.2014 Dec.2014 Jan.2015/r Feb.2015/r Mar.2015/p
1 Total Reported 40,878 165,517 -51,248 48,139 539 -4,833 -15,602 -55,007 -6,154 9,913
 
2 Foreign countries 43,642 178,148 -47,341 49,752 3,353 -4,962 -17,953 -54,699 -4,303 11,661
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -8,440 44,926 -47,238 3,932 -2,514 -7,536 -17,049 -12,362 -11,189 -23,687
 
4 Europe 58,189 -46,080 -57,363 4,090 -58,598 10,156 -1,278 -19,567 6,541 -44,337
5 Belgium -11,848 -28,174 -27,553 -172 -3,211 -6,387 -7,714 -8,135 -11,183 -8,235
6 France 81,609 88,680 19,393 20,345 -8,866 938 15,552 6,480 7,827 5,087
7 Germany -951 3,462 -177 944 670 2,391 2,108 -2,050 759 1,114
8 Ireland 6,756 -23,479 -5,078 -9,706 -5,591 19 -2,400 1,029 -5,516 -591
9 Luxembourg -60,384 -32,190 -5,721 3,906 -3,753 -1,501 -2,172 -1,290 -3,915 -516
10 Netherlands -2,141 -6,555 -131 -29 249 -473 -67 319 198 -649
11 Norway 1,707 -14,538 -841 -1,945 -970 -1,030 -221 346 876 -2,063
12 Sweden -1,790 -397 -346 -848 301 395 -332 -142 399 -603
13 Switzerland -13,316 4,384 16,899 -1,654 -1,989 -1,821 3,180 6,072 3,871 6,956
14 United Kingdom 63,546 -3,328 -41,792 -3,969 -29,179 21,753 2,965 -21,394 21,164 -41,562
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -997 602 -316 -60 373 -1 -200 46 -351 -11
16 Other Europe -4,002 -34,547 -11,700 -2,723 -6,632 -4,127 -11,979 -849 -7,587 -3,265
17 Canada -2,391 4,174 7,535 3,615 816 -2,446 1,850 3,612 -609 4,532
 
18 Latin America -8,196 29,676 114 -430 -6,716 2,085 165 -5,992 2,870 3,236
19 Brazil -10,470 19,398 -4,908 -215 -4,340 2,695 -1,225 -5,939 1,149 -118
20 Mexico -10,859 21,738 721 1,322 11 -818 491 1,160 -500 61
21 Venezuela -170 -220 -912 4 -71 7 808 -905 -20 13
22 All other Latin America 13,303 -11,240 5,213 -1,541 -2,316 201 91 -308 2,241 3,280
 
23 Caribbean -116,297 -12,255 7,656 10,911 54,721 -20,147 -8,307 -18,492 -14,330 40,478
 
24 Asia 109,428 212,522 -6,122 32,627 14,494 5,211 -10,666 -14,225 -484 8,587
25 China, Mainland 81,065 185,683 18,160 24,705 28,440 7,198 -5,427 -1,398 6,724 12,834
26 Hong Kong -17,957 23,064 -6,616 1,702 -2,936 698 292 -3,636 2,573 -5,553
27 Japan 62,592 10,705 -7,671 5,331 -4,873 5,152 -6,727 -6,029 -8,336 6,694
28 Korea -2,880 -1,516 -4,833 -132 -122 -3,051 3,660 -2,561 -991 -1,281
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 6,407 14,032 3,443 3,164 -1,743 -1,122 1,073 -1,143 2,876 1,710
30 All other Asia -19,799 -19,446 -8,605 -2,143 -4,272 -3,664 -3,537 542 -3,330 -5,817
 
31 Africa -385 -7,034 -1,605 -347 -475 -231 -124 -727 197 -1,075
32 African oil exporters3 1,691 -507 -486 124 43 -426 -22 -304 21 -203
 
33 Other countries 3,294 -2,855 2,444 -714 -889 410 407 692 1,512 240
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -2,764 -12,631 -3,907 -1,613 -2,814 129 2,351 -308 -1,851 -1,748
  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 the United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  3. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.   Return to table
  4. Principally the Bank for International Settlements, 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. Equivalent to net U.S. purchases of foreign securities.   Return to table
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Last update: May 29, 2015