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

Statistical Supplement | December 2006

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, December 2006

3.25 Marketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes, Foreign Transactions¹
Area or country		2004	2005	2006	2006
Millions of dollars; net purchases, or sales (-), during period
Area or country		2004	2005	Jan - Oct	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct^p
1	Total reported	352,079	338,543	142,972	3,356	8,185	27,013	8,048^r	44,779^r	-233^r	26,295

2	Foreign countries	351,360	335,591	142,386	2,950	7,425	27,501	7,677^r	44,900^r	-222^r	26,463
3	Of which: by foreign official institutions	201,140	68,475	55,703	10,961	-13,635	-4,702	8,240	16,886	7,706	18,463

4	Europe	88,431	173,638	70,964	-13,818	944	22,782	-2,531^r	14,190	7,096^r	20,927
5	Belgium	118	500	555	434	19	-345	147^r	113	-370	-91
6	France	-10,219	9,559	-3,734	-1,875	1,249	-1,200	-2,356	-1,803	-2,430	5,379
7	Germany	8,804	14,497	2,110	1,413	260	1,198	1,200	818	1,375^r	-38
8	Ireland	933	1,246	2,017	-1,078	1,224	701	0^r	1,475	-521	655
9	Luxembourg	-575	2,046	-714	140	5	-551	85^r	-550	595	-265
10	Netherlands	-3,153	-6,095	-896	-138	-94	526	-1,089^r	-830	729	410
11	Norway	10,046	6,414	3,079	-2,387	-11,545	-6,493	7,497	4,003	1,922	13,370
12	Sweden	3,236	1,832	682	181	108	10	191	32	-547	-908
13	Switzerland	5,342	-4,904	-158	121	-16	59	-289	238	-438	25
14	United Kingdom	78,661	134,118	61,348	-11,064	8,343	26,306	-11,383	10,626	6,896^r	-24
15	Channel Islands and Isle of Man	1,175	419	206	-473	242	1	76	-128	-235	234
16	Other Europe and former U.S.S.R.	-5,937	14,006	6,468	908	1,149	2,570	3,390^r	196	120^r	2,180
17	Canada	16,098	21,419	19,968	1,218	4,512	594	809	5,801	2,001^r	-1,388

18	Latin America	11,018	23,368	21,039	-142	4,952	-3,291	-1,447^r	10,214	3,265	491
19	Brazil	1,543	12,269	17,630	-895	2,468	424	-1,643	11,244	1,990	1,434
20	Mexico	8,352	9,756	4,529	1,027	2,690	-4,115	678^r	-1,670	592	-874
21	Venezuela	-15	518	-28	-29	17	1	-48	-18	-22	43
22	All other Latin America	1,138	825	-1,092	-245	-223	399	-434^r	658	705	-112

23	Caribbean	22,526	46,401	-21,561	-904	-3,089	2,482	8,464	-3,291	-11,731	3,898

24	Asia	214,788	67,377	50,320	17,169	-409	4,602	2,281^r	16,828^r	-541^r	2,073
25	China, Mainland	18,895	37,369	31,220	3,885	1,143	3,098	1,741^r	4,953	1,501	3,140
26	Hong Kong	1,079	12,313	13,885	2,751	-868	431	-182	1,961	-898	260
27	Japan	166,377	-5,955	-3,993	3,905	1,685	1,268	398^r	11,365^r	-3,432^r	781
28	Korea	5,856	1,459	8,426	382	623	1,019	1,220	-922	2,420	-702
29	Middle East Oil Exporters²	9,041	2,063	4,081	611	728	1,606	133	-540	-81	-2,538
30	All other Asia	13,540	20,128	-3,299	5,635	-3,720	-2,820	-1,029^r	11	-51	1,132

31	Africa	677	2,222	3,967	286	122	406	460	414	163	641
32	African oil exporters³	249	2,027	3,148	366	258	769	417	101	-1	-6

33	Other countries	-2,178	1,166	-2,311	-859	393	-74	-359	744	-475	-179

34	International and regional organizations	719	2,952	586	406	760	-488	371	-121	-11	-168

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. Return to table

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