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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: February 2009

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Marketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes, Foreign Transactions (3.25) 1
Millions of dollars; net purchases, or sales (-), during period
Area or country 2006 2007 Jan.-Dec.2008/r Jun.2008 Jul.2008 Aug.2008 Sep.2008 Oct.2008/r Nov.2008/r Dec.2008/p
1 Total Reported 195,536 197,967 316,012 28,011 34,012 32,837 20,737 32,872 -25,815 14,970
 
2 Foreign countries 194,714 199,015 316,456 27,677 34,380 33,040 20,461 33,392 -26,374 15,674
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 69,639 2,994 76,619 1,105 10,068 4,848 4,944 -1,084 -26,205 3,851
 
4 Europe 98,982 177,338 196,549 3,716 7,291 16,842 29,080 10,125 418 12,416
5 Belgium 357 -3,100 -1,941 -120 -146 -192 -116 -65 -202 -145
6 France -1,600 -7,827 -15,360 1,038 1,377 4,326 -1,602 1,305 -1,603 -1,822
7 Germany 2,116 -3,452 722 -3,945 -120 251 -581 237 -183 372
8 Ireland -1,325 1,694 -4,251 -1,835 -1,777 297 -301 -1,685 774 8,287
9 Luxembourg -1,293 -694 -7,093 -325 354 -752 -268 168 -510 -1,030
10 Netherlands 684 1,471 -4,790 -607 -210 -1,066 -1,983 -686 -526 82
11 Norway 5,063 -27,339 32,812 -3,636 -1,476 -577 10,992 -1,689 4,176 2,691
12 Sweden 702 2,176 -3,136 -812 -54 374 -1,095 -220 -461 -399
13 Switzerland -2,898 -2,617 1,157 2,399 -714 -1,018 232 812 1,303 373
14 United Kingdom 91,782 208,578 188,559 9,790 9,208 15,558 29,576 14,747 -2,105 3,030
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -296 -979 1,368 -166 198 136 72 172 309 34
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 5,690 9,427 8,502 1,936 652 -494 -5,846 -2,970 -555 944
17 Canada 14,161 -1,945 -5,908 -2,571 69 787 -7,447 -4,161 -1,185 -3,065
 
18 Latin America 21,838 85,860 -8,229 4,521 -5,991 -5,719 -3,280 -9,847 -3,755 -9,150
19 Brazil 23,100 77,066 -10,225 1,166 -2,751 -2,772 -4,705 -8,093 -4,176 -8,654
20 Mexico -322 1,454 -7,057 2,504 -4,415 -2,098 -93 -2,028 -844 -1,940
21 Venezuela 242 -197 -407 -16 -187 15 27 -68 -14 -2
22 All other Latin America -1,182 7,537 9,460 867 1,362 -864 1,491 342 1,279 1,446
 
23 Caribbean -9,838 2,288 27,950 20,878 3,910 12,273 10,470 11,601 -2,202 2,789
 
24 Asia 68,694 -69,273 98,899 447 27,434 9,129 -5,771 26,274 -19,589 10,904
25 China, Mainland 40,633 -7,968 84,743 -302 13,665 18,262 4,171 9,981 -9,155 3,407
26 Hong Kong 16,257 2,045 6,242 -916 -485 446 968 2,294 -5,862 496
27 Japan 1,312 -48,684 6,077 4,520 11,962 -10,263 -7,889 12,781 -7,329 165
28 Korea 6,168 -17,924 -11,171 -1,901 -1,111 2,493 -1,684 -4,114 -3,537 -1,257
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 4,548 1,795 24,923 1,687 793 1,353 6,765 4,068 2,990 4,302
30 All other Asia -224 1,463 -11,915 -2,641 2,610 -3,162 -8,102 1,264 3,304 3,791
 
31 Africa 3,515 6,127 10,309 988 1,736 439 -3,097 566 857 1,171
32 African oil exporters3 2,400 4,568 11,416 1,745 865 1,271 -1,951 1,842 1,189 700
 
33 Other countries -2,638 -1,380 -3,114 -302 -69 -711 506 -1,166 -918 609
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 822 -1,048 -444 334 -368 -203 276 -520 559 -704
  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 United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).  Return to table
  3. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.  Return to table
  4. Includes the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, as well as African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations. Beginning with data for June 2006, also includes the Bank for International Settlements. equivalent to net U.S. purchases of foreign securities.  Return to table
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Last update: March 6, 2009