Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: June 2019
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 2017 2018 Jan.-Apr.2019 Oct.2018 Nov.2018 Dec.2018 Jan.2019 Feb.2019 Mar.2019 Apr.2019/p
1 Total Reported 19,980 1,658 12,338 1,720 -13,204 -77,351 -11,995 19,910 -12,526 16,949
 
2 Foreign countries 25,011 5,160 13,253 2,231 -12,575 -77,218 -11,668 19,497 -12,475 17,899
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -149,362 -179,462 -80,840 -42,646 -33,287 -24,826 -24,315 -16,492 -12,566 -27,467
 
4 Europe 88,266 3,662 3,961 13,762 -1,458 -14,445 -4,414 9,779 -10,238 8,834
5 Belgium -12,279 -16,879 -9,880 -1,416 -1,584 -1,210 -2,167 -1,338 -3,311 -3,064
6 France 47,045 64,791 13,738 16,432 -5,680 858 3,875 8,991 -2,073 2,945
7 Germany -3,990 -10,051 6,392 2,205 -616 -5,332 930 1,221 2,636 1,605
8 Ireland -8,833 -31,094 -8,076 -5,147 -2,808 -462 -5,159 1,967 -301 -4,582
9 Luxembourg -51,218 -29,037 -13,785 -9,013 2,064 -453 -6,458 -395 -580 -6,351
10 Netherlands -9,914 -8,966 204 -1,152 -183 -1,023 238 147 -187 5
11 Norway -544 -5,922 -1,293 -2,818 -1,949 -135 424 359 -1,233 -843
12 Sweden -5,578 -1,497 71 -1,208 55 230 344 847 298 -1,418
13 Switzerland 13,050 2,335 -7,760 1,870 477 -739 -1,791 -6,103 -2,837 2,971
14 United Kingdom 164,669 98,742 32,115 17,181 10,381 -7,660 13,093 6,355 -4,939 17,606
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 4,093 4,968 4,883 1,214 228 1,092 578 684 911 2,710
16 Other Europe -48,236 -63,729 -12,648 -4,387 -1,843 389 -8,320 -2,956 1,378 -2,750
17 Canada 20,108 21,624 25,229 11,496 -778 -623 8,205 2,721 4,741 9,562
 
18 Latin America -27,862 7,448 13,057 -6,179 -3,540 -8,286 92 8,223 10,773 -6,031
19 Brazil -13,510 6,272 2,957 -6,441 -5,768 -11,289 1,999 6,116 -213 -4,945
20 Mexico -8,258 1,391 2,857 1,000 1,271 2,015 -2,107 190 3,609 1,165
21 Venezuela -1,652 316 -28 -3 0 302 1 -54 6 19
22 All other Latin America -4,442 -531 7,271 -735 957 686 199 1,971 7,371 -2,270
 
23 Caribbean -34,672 86,897 11,912 19,012 18,768 -33,067 -6,294 2,398 5,079 10,729
 
24 Asia -20,958 -105,881 -43,304 -34,449 -24,287 -19,743 -10,129 -4,544 -22,972 -5,659
25 China, Mainland 22,489 -34,749 -41,531 -8,107 -3,783 -16,001 -12,083 1,076 -20,453 -10,071
26 Hong Kong -24,317 2,040 6,026 -5,426 -2,859 3,228 4,075 -3,741 3,695 1,997
27 Japan -872 -12,685 -16,457 -5,505 2,437 -1,344 -8,130 1,341 -11,066 1,398
28 Korea -230 3,745 4,011 70 277 1,053 1,881 993 823 314
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -3,259 5,562 -1,839 -2,702 -2,476 -2,491 -1,046 1,151 233 -2,177
30 All other Asia -14,769 -69,794 6,486 -12,779 -17,883 -4,188 5,174 -5,364 3,796 2,880
 
31 Africa -1,663 -6,389 700 -1,607 -1,618 -641 518 -191 152 221
32 African oil exporters3 2,003 372 421 27 -157 -19 2 -48 350 117
 
33 Other countries 1,792 -2,201 1,698 196 338 -413 354 1,111 -10 243
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -5,031 -3,502 -915 -511 -629 -133 -327 413 -51 -950
  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: June 28, 2019