Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: September 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.-Jul.2019 Jan.2019 Feb.2019 Mar.2019 Apr.2019 May.2019 Jun.2019 Jul.2019/p
1 Total Reported 19,980 1,658 -17,195 -11,987 19,910 -12,526 16,949 -32,785 -7,710 10,954
 
2 Foreign countries 25,011 5,160 -15,784 -11,660 19,497 -12,475 17,899 -32,786 -7,534 11,275
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -149,362 -179,462 -148,566 -24,315 -16,492 -12,566 -27,467 -21,998 -14,605 -31,123
 
4 Europe 88,266 3,662 6,742 -4,414 9,779 -10,238 8,834 -2,578 7,289 -1,930
5 Belgium -12,279 -16,879 -15,611 -2,167 -1,338 -3,311 -3,064 -1,410 -2,530 -1,791
6 France 47,045 64,791 19,995 3,875 8,991 -2,073 2,945 2,490 -1,012 4,780
7 Germany -3,990 -10,051 8,430 930 1,221 2,636 1,605 -75 62 2,052
8 Ireland -8,833 -31,094 -25,685 -5,159 1,967 -301 -4,582 -2,706 -4,986 -9,917
9 Luxembourg -51,218 -29,037 -20,587 -6,458 -395 -580 -6,351 -2,514 585 -4,873
10 Netherlands -9,914 -8,966 -163 238 147 -187 5 19 236 -623
11 Norway -544 -5,922 -2,727 424 359 -1,233 -843 -653 74 -855
12 Sweden -5,578 -1,497 -1,194 344 847 298 -1,418 -261 -651 -353
13 Switzerland 13,050 2,335 -12,352 -1,791 -6,103 -2,837 2,971 -2,223 -2,610 241
14 United Kingdom 164,669 98,742 63,006 13,093 6,355 -4,939 17,606 6,164 15,087 9,640
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 4,093 4,968 8,476 578 684 911 2,710 424 2,841 328
16 Other Europe -48,236 -63,729 -14,846 -8,320 -2,956 1,378 -2,750 -1,833 193 -558
17 Canada 20,108 21,624 42,528 8,205 2,721 4,741 9,562 1,161 4,653 11,485
 
18 Latin America -27,862 7,448 13,943 92 8,223 10,773 -6,031 775 1,857 -1,746
19 Brazil -13,510 6,272 -1,396 1,999 6,116 -213 -4,945 -4,038 1,617 -1,932
20 Mexico -8,258 1,391 4,251 -2,107 190 3,609 1,165 600 -305 1,099
21 Venezuela -1,652 316 475 1 -54 6 19 489 7 7
22 All other Latin America -4,442 -531 10,613 199 1,971 7,371 -2,270 3,724 538 -920
 
23 Caribbean -34,672 86,897 -2,003 -6,294 2,398 5,079 10,729 -10,528 -11,293 7,906
 
24 Asia -20,958 -105,881 -80,164 -10,121 -4,544 -22,972 -5,659 -20,789 -9,576 -6,503
25 China, Mainland 22,489 -34,749 -48,513 -12,083 1,076 -20,453 -10,071 -6,442 -3,750 3,210
26 Hong Kong -24,317 2,040 9,470 4,075 -3,741 3,695 1,997 497 5,301 -2,354
27 Japan -872 -12,685 -30,216 -8,122 1,341 -11,066 1,398 -6,313 -12,085 4,631
28 Korea -230 3,745 2,085 1,881 993 823 314 -1,308 -170 -448
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -3,259 5,562 -16,336 -1,046 1,151 233 -2,177 -5,038 -730 -8,729
30 All other Asia -14,769 -69,794 3,346 5,174 -5,364 3,796 2,880 -2,185 1,858 -2,813
 
31 Africa -1,663 -6,389 640 518 -191 152 221 -1,498 -321 1,759
32 African oil exporters3 2,003 372 100 2 -48 350 117 -204 -10 -107
 
33 Other countries 1,792 -2,201 2,530 354 1,111 -10 243 671 -143 304
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -5,031 -3,502 -1,411 -327 413 -51 -950 1 -176 -321
  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 27, 2019