Release Date: September 2017
Marketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes, Foreign Transactions (Table 3.25) 1
Millions of dollars; net purchases, or sales (-), during period
Area or country 2015 2016/r Jan.-Jul.2017/r Jan.2017/r Feb.2017/r Mar.2017/r Apr.2017/r May.2017/r Jun.2017/r Jul.2017/p
1 Total Reported -20,302 -325,903 46,817 -7,174 -13,475 24,385 -22,528 46,367 19,732 -490
 
2 Foreign countries -14,994 -311,948 47,534 -6,972 -13,946 23,823 -20,615 45,384 19,427 433
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -225,861 -331,649 -121,839 -44,270 -13,025 -8,217 -8,476 -36,815 8,118 -19,154
 
4 Europe 82,555 41,475 27,284 -38,446 20,626 4,234 -17,945 40,231 -4,904 23,488
5 Belgium -39,680 -11,856 -7,177 -1,370 -537 -1,137 -1,189 -671 -951 -1,322
6 France 98,010 67,383 20,685 -681 5,951 6,072 -1,567 6,743 -2,642 6,809
7 Germany 10,516 251 -1,014 -2,905 -2,285 424 -762 1,563 1,338 1,612
8 Ireland 6,449 519 -3,842 -7,160 7,069 -938 -3,321 -1,870 911 1,467
9 Luxembourg -30,257 -21,302 -38,765 -9,080 -1,478 -1,667 -6,051 -8,988 -348 -11,153
10 Netherlands -5,955 -7,812 -6,117 -566 28 -491 -1,679 -2,028 -507 -872
11 Norway 1,702 -343 -2,040 -1,518 1,251 -594 8 -616 298 -869
12 Sweden 2,581 -6,221 -2,592 -992 -7 -405 199 -654 -650 -83
13 Switzerland 25,541 3,779 9,859 -3,639 1,307 384 4,075 2,840 2,587 2,305
14 United Kingdom 49,839 75,941 79,878 -2,387 11,901 1,626 -5,894 48,405 -1,030 27,257
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 53 3,670 3,312 1,343 -18 429 428 -243 1,372 1
16 Other Europe -36,244 -62,534 -24,903 -9,492 -2,556 531 -2,192 -4,250 -5,282 -1,663
17 Canada 39,860 23,815 17,110 12,026 -1,678 5,009 982 3,335 323 -2,887
 
18 Latin America -23,190 -25,590 -16,813 -4,536 -489 -5,322 4,641 -5,614 -5,955 462
19 Brazil -12,895 -12,292 -4,563 -3,878 -1,210 2,444 2,766 -1,465 -2,194 -1,026
20 Mexico -16,397 -8,717 -8,454 -393 420 -6,043 461 -1,844 -3,449 2,394
21 Venezuela -246 -459 -2,073 87 -493 -182 16 -1,011 -3 -487
22 All other Latin America 6,348 -4,122 -1,723 -352 794 -1,541 1,398 -1,294 -309 -419
 
23 Caribbean 32,537 -75,618 8,534 39,389 -23,206 -16,044 4,125 28,851 -10,551 -14,030
 
24 Asia -153,816 -268,884 11,677 -13,439 -8,354 33,281 -12,617 -21,239 42,126 -8,081
25 China, Mainland -21,858 -155,203 5,976 1,348 1,550 -3,726 -3,740 -9,207 21,124 -1,373
26 Hong Kong -22,457 -24,836 -16,598 -1,060 -5,651 5,420 -2,782 -8,658 -2,490 -1,377
27 Japan -97,098 -69,833 34,652 -4,448 -1,915 31,236 -8,420 -3,384 22,302 -719
28 Korea 229 8,450 -485 2,294 -1,782 -476 -972 1,643 -718 -474
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 6,781 -15,209 -3,344 -2,418 -383 288 -584 1,273 -1,214 -306
30 All other Asia -19,413 -12,253 -8,524 -9,155 -173 539 3,881 -2,906 3,122 -3,832
 
31 Africa 2,037 -7,395 -2,920 -2,385 -754 1,791 711 -850 -1,636 203
32 African oil exporters3 514 186 553 37 262 164 -89 87 -140 232
 
33 Other countries 5,023 249 2,662 419 -91 874 -512 670 24 1,278
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -5,308 -13,955 -717 -202 471 562 -1,913 983 305 -923
  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: September 29, 2017