Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: August 2020
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 2018 2019/r Jan.-Jun.2020/r Dec.2019/r Jan.2020/r Feb.2020/r Mar.2020/r Apr.2020/r May.2020/r Jun.2020/p
1 Total Reported 5,236 -133,489 -475,608 42,213 27,401 3,140 -310,791 -187,561 -36,685 28,888
 
2 Foreign countries 8,776 -131,387 -474,730 42,072 27,190 3,170 -310,834 -187,165 -36,824 29,733
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -178,924 -331,176 -139,274 -6,529 -18,678 -2,374 -61,203 -46,386 10,000 -20,633
 
4 Europe 5,063 105,181 -142,185 23,625 20,189 17,689 -79,517 -64,894 -25,083 -10,569
5 Belgium -16,879 -26,527 -13,598 -1,508 -1,788 -3,379 -1,884 -1,392 -2,619 -2,537
6 France 64,741 40,893 -15,310 -538 4,598 3,707 -8,204 -6,811 -6,639 -1,960
7 Germany -9,446 9,438 -9,365 242 -4,195 1,031 -6,359 -804 856 106
8 Ireland -31,167 -40,907 -34,363 -6,281 -2,119 87 -15,761 -5,893 -2,327 -8,351
9 Luxembourg -29,123 -14,568 -20,624 3,884 -4,750 -1,208 -1,176 -5,778 -4,231 -3,480
10 Netherlands -8,866 -1,134 -899 404 175 -1,577 -625 -1,650 -72 2,850
11 Norway -5,967 -3,873 -13,079 -148 -968 -574 -2,776 -4,221 -4,259 -281
12 Sweden -1,497 -2,831 -1,025 -927 -414 284 -88 -416 51 -442
13 Switzerland 2,517 -3,878 6,000 3,813 -92 -774 -701 2,580 2,667 2,320
14 United Kingdom 100,215 149,456 -31,016 26,376 27,698 21,603 -41,450 -37,714 -8,466 7,313
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 5,007 16,608 5,106 899 1,510 1,005 2,909 706 -306 -718
16 Other Europe -64,473 -17,497 -14,011 -2,590 534 -2,516 -3,401 -3,501 262 -5,388
17 Canada 21,786 53,175 1,124 1,026 5,538 2,815 -10,435 -7,451 960 9,697
 
18 Latin America 7,343 -31,537 -13,838 -4,368 1,218 -77 -19,654 -3,005 4,121 3,559
19 Brazil 6,175 -36,742 -4,492 -6,087 -47 -105 -9,952 1,235 4,191 186
20 Mexico 1,391 1,064 -4,995 -530 726 -551 -7,699 710 -42 1,861
21 Venezuela 316 1,490 746 17 22 724 -164 30 150 -16
22 All other Latin America -539 2,651 -5,097 2,232 517 -145 -1,839 -4,980 -178 1,528
 
23 Caribbean 90,375 -88,625 -194,850 11,410 9,928 -34,386 -116,501 -65,602 -15,056 26,767
 
24 Asia -107,144 -173,720 -127,193 9,747 -10,448 15,287 -84,004 -44,612 -3,285 -131
25 China, Mainland -34,715 -119,396 -41,245 882 -16,230 -11,675 -8,026 -5,082 1,088 -1,320
26 Hong Kong 1,851 17,299 -11,551 4,596 1,887 13,110 -23,581 -5,662 -398 3,093
27 Japan -13,627 -12,797 23,946 7,129 11,932 13,399 -11,175 -1,000 2,362 8,428
28 Korea 3,735 2,133 -4,968 1,586 -1,477 -576 -7,374 3,146 60 1,253
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 5,474 -49,459 -36,553 -3,250 -2,483 40 -12,207 -17,393 -2,318 -2,192
30 All other Asia -69,862 -11,500 -56,822 -1,196 -4,077 989 -21,641 -18,621 -4,079 -9,393
 
31 Africa -6,390 453 4,339 25 720 957 -8 440 1,564 666
32 African oil exporters3 372 1,268 790 304 395 26 352 -170 168 19
 
33 Other countries -2,257 3,686 -2,127 607 45 885 -715 -2,041 -45 -256
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -3,540 -2,102 -878 141 211 -30 43 -396 139 -845
  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: August 28, 2020