Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: November 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/r Jan.-Sep.2019/r Mar.2019/r Apr.2019/r May.2019/r Jun.2019/r Jul.2019/r Aug.2019/r Sep.2019/p
1 Total Reported 19,980 1,594 -82,071 -11,621 17,009 -32,830 -7,671 10,914 -30,479 -34,324
 
2 Foreign countries 25,011 5,096 -79,771 -11,570 17,959 -32,831 -7,495 11,235 -30,611 -33,303
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -149,362 -179,303 -248,214 -12,566 -27,467 -21,998 -14,605 -31,123 -48,969 -50,679
 
4 Europe 88,266 3,612 56,705 -10,121 8,885 -2,616 7,335 -1,979 33,826 16,301
5 Belgium -12,279 -16,879 -19,884 -3,311 -3,064 -1,410 -2,530 -1,791 -2,390 -1,884
6 France 47,045 64,791 33,297 -2,073 2,945 2,490 -1,012 4,780 4,673 8,629
7 Germany -3,990 -10,051 8,181 2,636 1,605 -75 62 2,052 845 -1,095
8 Ireland -8,833 -31,194 -31,725 -301 -4,582 -2,700 -4,884 -9,917 615 -6,761
9 Luxembourg -51,218 -29,037 -19,203 -580 -6,351 -2,514 585 -4,873 -4,092 5,477
10 Netherlands -9,914 -8,866 46 -122 5 19 236 -623 489 -279
11 Norway -544 -5,922 -4,393 -1,233 -843 -653 74 -855 183 -1,849
12 Sweden -5,578 -1,497 -1,544 298 -1,418 -261 -651 -353 198 -548
13 Switzerland 13,050 2,335 -11,760 -2,837 2,971 -2,223 -2,610 241 -966 1,558
14 United Kingdom 164,669 98,692 105,438 -4,887 17,657 6,120 15,031 9,591 31,213 11,488
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 4,093 4,968 12,235 911 2,710 424 2,841 328 1,856 1,903
16 Other Europe -48,236 -63,729 -13,982 1,378 -2,750 -1,833 193 -558 1,202 -338
17 Canada 20,108 21,618 44,505 4,734 9,564 1,157 4,646 11,494 2,142 -163
 
18 Latin America -27,862 7,448 -2,344 10,773 -6,031 775 1,857 -1,746 -1,488 -14,799
19 Brazil -13,510 6,272 -14,488 -213 -4,945 -4,038 1,617 -1,932 -1,537 -11,555
20 Mexico -8,258 1,391 4,684 3,609 1,165 600 -305 1,099 476 -43
21 Venezuela -1,652 316 1,484 6 19 489 7 7 1,008 1
22 All other Latin America -4,442 -531 5,976 7,371 -2,270 3,724 538 -920 -1,435 -3,202
 
23 Caribbean -34,672 86,889 -42,410 5,874 10,723 -10,531 -11,293 7,906 -30,812 -9,674
 
24 Asia -20,958 -105,881 -138,990 -22,972 -5,646 -20,789 -9,576 -6,503 -33,307 -25,533
25 China, Mainland 22,489 -34,749 -88,260 -20,453 -10,071 -6,442 -3,750 3,210 -31,957 -7,790
26 Hong Kong -24,317 2,040 7,887 3,695 1,997 497 5,301 -2,354 1,485 -3,068
27 Japan -872 -12,685 -29,953 -11,066 1,398 -6,313 -12,085 4,631 1,008 -745
28 Korea -230 3,745 1,175 823 314 -1,308 -170 -448 -300 -610
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -3,259 5,562 -32,509 233 -2,177 -5,038 -730 -8,729 -2,953 -13,220
30 All other Asia -14,769 -69,794 2,670 3,796 2,893 -2,185 1,858 -2,813 -590 -100
 
31 Africa -1,663 -6,389 422 152 221 -1,498 -321 1,759 -932 714
32 African oil exporters3 2,003 372 954 350 117 -204 -10 -107 781 73
 
33 Other countries 1,792 -2,201 2,341 -10 243 671 -143 304 -40 -149
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -5,031 -3,502 -2,300 -51 -950 1 -176 -321 132 -1,021
  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: November 29, 2019