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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: April 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.-Feb.2009/r Aug.2008 Sep.2008 Oct.2008 Nov.2008 Dec.2008 Jan.2009/r Feb.2009/p
1 Total Reported 197,967 316,012 32,271 32,837 20,737 32,872 -25,815 14,970 10,720 21,551
 
2 Foreign countries 199,015 316,456 32,398 33,040 20,461 33,392 -26,374 15,674 10,755 21,643
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 2,994 76,619 -3,899 4,848 4,944 -1,084 -26,205 3,851 -1,940 -1,959
 
4 Europe 177,338 196,549 -14,600 16,842 29,080 10,125 418 12,416 -9,907 -4,693
5 Belgium -3,100 -1,941 -651 -192 -116 -65 -202 -145 -653 2
6 France -7,827 -15,360 -1,341 4,326 -1,602 1,305 -1,603 -1,822 96 -1,437
7 Germany -3,452 722 -487 251 -581 237 -183 372 -654 167
8 Ireland 1,694 -4,251 3,668 297 -301 -1,685 774 8,287 4,959 -1,291
9 Luxembourg -694 -7,093 3,941 -752 -268 168 -510 -1,030 2,225 1,715
10 Netherlands 1,471 -4,790 -11 -1,066 -1,983 -686 -526 82 308 -319
11 Norway -27,339 32,812 -859 -577 10,992 -1,689 4,176 2,691 -6 -853
12 Sweden 2,176 -3,136 -230 374 -1,095 -220 -461 -399 -365 135
13 Switzerland -2,617 1,157 626 -1,018 232 812 1,303 373 -427 1,053
14 United Kingdom 208,578 188,559 -11,070 15,558 29,576 14,747 -2,105 3,030 -9,843 -1,227
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -979 1,368 -97 136 72 172 309 34 -60 -37
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 9,427 8,502 -8,088 -494 -5,846 -2,970 -555 944 -5,487 -2,601
17 Canada -1,945 -5,908 893 787 -7,447 -4,161 -1,185 -3,065 -366 1,259
 
18 Latin America 85,860 -8,229 4,929 -5,719 -3,280 -9,847 -3,755 -9,150 7,808 -2,879
19 Brazil 77,066 -10,225 4,307 -2,772 -4,705 -8,093 -4,176 -8,654 6,981 -2,674
20 Mexico 1,454 -7,057 1,664 -2,098 -93 -2,028 -844 -1,940 1,181 483
21 Venezuela -197 -407 -24 15 27 -68 -14 -2 18 -42
22 All other Latin America 7,537 9,460 -1,018 -864 1,491 342 1,279 1,446 -372 -646
 
23 Caribbean 2,288 27,950 494 12,273 10,470 11,601 -2,202 2,789 160 334
 
24 Asia -69,273 98,899 40,136 9,129 -5,771 26,274 -19,589 10,904 13,060 27,076
25 China, Mainland -7,968 84,743 -342 18,262 4,171 9,981 -9,155 3,407 622 -964
26 Hong Kong 2,045 6,242 3,106 446 968 2,294 -5,862 496 -242 3,348
27 Japan -48,684 6,077 35,216 -10,263 -7,889 12,781 -7,329 165 9,361 25,855
28 Korea -17,924 -11,171 1,859 2,493 -1,684 -4,114 -3,537 -1,257 -213 2,072
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 1,795 24,923 3,935 1,353 6,765 4,068 2,990 4,302 3,168 767
30 All other Asia 1,463 -11,915 -3,638 -3,162 -8,102 1,264 3,304 3,791 364 -4,002
 
31 Africa 6,127 10,309 1,405 439 -3,097 566 857 1,171 306 1,099
32 African oil exporters3 4,568 11,416 649 1,271 -1,951 1,842 1,189 700 288 361
 
33 Other countries -1,380 -3,114 -859 -711 506 -1,166 -918 609 -306 -553
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -1,048 -444 -127 -203 276 -520 559 -704 -35 -92
  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: April 24, 2009