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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: March 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 2007 2008 Jan.-Jan.2009 Jul.2008 Aug.2008 Sep.2008 Oct.2008 Nov.2008 Dec.2008 Jan.2009/p
1 Total Reported 197,967 316,012 10,695 34,012 32,837 20,737 32,872 -25,815 14,970 10,695
 
2 Foreign countries 199,015 316,456 10,730 34,380 33,040 20,461 33,392 -26,374 15,674 10,730
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 2,994 76,619 -1,940 10,068 4,848 4,944 -1,084 -26,205 3,851 -1,940
 
4 Europe 177,338 196,549 -9,907 7,291 16,842 29,080 10,125 418 12,416 -9,907
5 Belgium -3,100 -1,941 -653 -146 -192 -116 -65 -202 -145 -653
6 France -7,827 -15,360 96 1,377 4,326 -1,602 1,305 -1,603 -1,822 96
7 Germany -3,452 722 -654 -120 251 -581 237 -183 372 -654
8 Ireland 1,694 -4,251 4,959 -1,777 297 -301 -1,685 774 8,287 4,959
9 Luxembourg -694 -7,093 2,225 354 -752 -268 168 -510 -1,030 2,225
10 Netherlands 1,471 -4,790 308 -210 -1,066 -1,983 -686 -526 82 308
11 Norway -27,339 32,812 -6 -1,476 -577 10,992 -1,689 4,176 2,691 -6
12 Sweden 2,176 -3,136 -365 -54 374 -1,095 -220 -461 -399 -365
13 Switzerland -2,617 1,157 -427 -714 -1,018 232 812 1,303 373 -427
14 United Kingdom 208,578 188,559 -9,843 9,208 15,558 29,576 14,747 -2,105 3,030 -9,843
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -979 1,368 -60 198 136 72 172 309 34 -60
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 9,427 8,502 -5,487 652 -494 -5,846 -2,970 -555 944 -5,487
17 Canada -1,945 -5,908 -387 69 787 -7,447 -4,161 -1,185 -3,065 -387
 
18 Latin America 85,860 -8,229 7,808 -5,991 -5,719 -3,280 -9,847 -3,755 -9,150 7,808
19 Brazil 77,066 -10,225 6,981 -2,751 -2,772 -4,705 -8,093 -4,176 -8,654 6,981
20 Mexico 1,454 -7,057 1,181 -4,415 -2,098 -93 -2,028 -844 -1,940 1,181
21 Venezuela -197 -407 18 -187 15 27 -68 -14 -2 18
22 All other Latin America 7,537 9,460 -372 1,362 -864 1,491 342 1,279 1,446 -372
 
23 Caribbean 2,288 27,950 156 3,910 12,273 10,470 11,601 -2,202 2,789 156
 
24 Asia -69,273 98,899 13,060 27,434 9,129 -5,771 26,274 -19,589 10,904 13,060
25 China, Mainland -7,968 84,743 622 13,665 18,262 4,171 9,981 -9,155 3,407 622
26 Hong Kong 2,045 6,242 -242 -485 446 968 2,294 -5,862 496 -242
27 Japan -48,684 6,077 9,361 11,962 -10,263 -7,889 12,781 -7,329 165 9,361
28 Korea -17,924 -11,171 -213 -1,111 2,493 -1,684 -4,114 -3,537 -1,257 -213
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 1,795 24,923 3,168 793 1,353 6,765 4,068 2,990 4,302 3,168
30 All other Asia 1,463 -11,915 364 2,610 -3,162 -8,102 1,264 3,304 3,791 364
 
31 Africa 6,127 10,309 306 1,736 439 -3,097 566 857 1,171 306
32 African oil exporters3 4,568 11,416 288 865 1,271 -1,951 1,842 1,189 700 288
 
33 Other countries -1,380 -3,114 -306 -69 -711 506 -1,166 -918 609 -306
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -1,048 -444 -35 -368 -203 276 -520 559 -704 -35
  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 27, 2009