FRB: January 2006 Statistical Supplement--Marketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes, Foreign Transactions

Statistical Supplement | January 2006

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, January 2006

3.25 Marketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes, Foreign Transactions¹
Area or country		2003	2004	2005	2005
Millions of dollars; net purchases, or sales (-), during period
Area or country		2003	2004	Jan - Nov	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct^r	Nov^p
1	Total estimated	263,580	352,079^r	332,704	28,000^r	16,537^r	28,304^r	28,184^r	21,813^r	29,986	54,580

2	Foreign countries	263,523	351,360^r	330,024	28,048^r	15,293^r	28,356^r	28,016^r	21,917^r	29,554	54,509

3	Europe	48,653	88,431	163,963	20,650^r	15,967^r	15,584^r	14,849^r	7,145^r	13,480	38,225
4	Belgium²	1,809	118	20	97	-51	84	186	77	-53	405
5	Germany	11,005	8,804	12,867	515	-540	1,122	-30	108	1,147	938
6	Luxembourg²	881	-575	1,474	-298	-724	-256	591	587	-146	4
7	Netherlands	434	-3,153	-5,312	-1,302	-321	872	-485	-476	340	-1,853
8	Sweden	434	3,236	2,776	994	1,358	-443	310	246	-177	481
9	Switzerland	4,883	5,342	-3,691	-1,830	-1,019	-2,164	744	-226	-16	-957
10	United Kingdom	32,846	78,661	123,694	7,995^r	16,919^r	14,587^r	13,268^r	9,097^r	5,340	34,062
11	Channel Islands and Isle of Man³	1,256	1,175	873	-62	-2,473	181	383	61	212	356
12	Other Europe and former U.S.S.R.	-4,895	-5,177	31,262	14,541	2,818	1,601	-118	-2,329^r	6,833	4,789
13	Canada	10,438	16,098	21,570	-1,410	2,905	2,316^r	1,731	24	3,240	2,564

14	Latin America and Caribbean	17,116	33,544	82,566	5,389	-11,285	67	5,881	4,387	9,115	7,546
15	Venezuela	293	-15	388	-20	32	76	101	35	93	99
16	Other Latin America and Caribbean	8,860	21,963	82,353	6,487	-11,290	1,619	5,173	4,063	9,123	7,367
17	Netherlands Antilles	7,963	11,596	-175	-1,078	-27	-1,628	607	289	-101	80
18	Asia	181,097	214,788^r	60,433	3,503	9,258^r	9,515	4,997	10,563	2,082	5,716
19	Japan	146,521	166,377	-6,307	-1,740	-5,656^r	237	1,682	3,081	-6,352	422
20	Africa	-56	677	2,052	-149	-635	162	523	143	804	373
21	Other	6,275	-2,178	-560	65	-917	712	35	-345	833	85

22	Nonmonetary international and regional organizations	57	719	2,680	-48	1,244	-52	168	-104	432	71
23	International	337	2	2,290	38	1,276	-13	72	-129	433	80
24	Latin American Caribbean regional	-53	-26	-9	-8	0	-35	0	40	10	-3

	Memo
25	Foreign countries	263,523	351,360^r	330,024	28,048^r	15,293^r	28,356^r	28,016^r	21,917^r	29,554	54,509
26	Official institutions	103,838	201,140	55,633	6,815	16,666	3,616	3,223	-1,134	4,896	3,731
27	Other foreign	159,685	150,220^r	274,391	21,233^r	-1,373^r	24,740^r	24,793^r	23,051^r	24,658	50,778

	Oil-exporting countries
28	Middle East⁴	-6,645	9,041	372	-1,105	-18	496	282	-268	1,241	743
29	Africa⁵	52	249	2,004	-149	-712	99	589	180	994	438

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. Before January 2001, combined data reported for Belgium and Luxembourg. Return to table

3. Before January 2001, these data were included in the data reported for the United Kingdom. Return to table

4. Comprises Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (Trucial States). Return to table

5. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria. Return to table

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