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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: May 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.-Mar.2009 Sep.2008 Oct.2008 Nov.2008 Dec.2008 Jan.2009 Feb.2009 Mar.2009/p
1 Total Reported 197,967 316,012 87,574 20,737 32,872 -25,815 14,970 10,720 21,551 55,303
 
2 Foreign countries 199,015 316,456 88,161 20,461 33,392 -26,374 15,674 10,755 21,643 55,763
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 2,994 76,619 25,127 4,944 -1,084 -26,205 3,851 -1,940 -1,959 29,026
 
4 Europe 177,338 196,549 -12,039 29,080 10,125 418 12,416 -9,907 -4,693 2,561
5 Belgium -3,100 -1,941 -532 -116 -65 -202 -145 -653 2 118
6 France -7,827 -15,360 8,410 -1,602 1,305 -1,603 -1,822 96 -1,437 9,751
7 Germany -3,452 722 -1,398 -581 237 -183 372 -654 167 -911
8 Ireland 1,694 -4,251 4,266 -301 -1,685 774 8,287 4,959 -1,291 598
9 Luxembourg -694 -7,093 5,763 -268 168 -510 -1,030 2,225 1,715 1,822
10 Netherlands 1,471 -4,790 -484 -1,983 -686 -526 82 308 -319 -473
11 Norway -27,339 32,812 2,352 10,992 -1,689 4,176 2,691 -6 -853 3,211
12 Sweden 2,176 -3,136 -336 -1,095 -220 -461 -399 -365 135 -106
13 Switzerland -2,617 1,157 147 232 812 1,303 373 -427 1,053 -479
14 United Kingdom 208,578 188,559 -17,484 29,576 14,747 -2,105 3,030 -9,843 -1,227 -6,414
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -979 1,368 -94 72 172 309 34 -60 -37 3
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 9,427 8,502 -12,648 -5,846 -2,970 -555 944 -5,487 -2,601 -4,560
17 Canada -1,945 -5,908 2,465 -7,447 -4,161 -1,185 -3,065 -366 1,259 1,572
 
18 Latin America 85,860 -8,229 1,113 -3,280 -9,847 -3,755 -9,150 7,808 -2,879 -3,816
19 Brazil 77,066 -10,225 232 -4,705 -8,093 -4,176 -8,654 6,981 -2,674 -4,075
20 Mexico 1,454 -7,057 1,608 -93 -2,028 -844 -1,940 1,181 483 -56
21 Venezuela -197 -407 -38 27 -68 -14 -2 18 -42 -14
22 All other Latin America 7,537 9,460 -689 1,491 342 1,279 1,446 -372 -646 329
 
23 Caribbean 2,288 27,950 15,228 10,470 11,601 -2,202 2,789 160 334 14,734
 
24 Asia -69,273 98,899 83,871 -5,771 26,274 -19,589 10,904 13,060 27,076 43,735
25 China, Mainland -7,968 84,743 14,499 4,171 9,981 -9,155 3,407 622 -964 14,841
26 Hong Kong 2,045 6,242 4,302 968 2,294 -5,862 496 -242 3,348 1,196
27 Japan -48,684 6,077 58,460 -7,889 12,781 -7,329 165 9,361 25,855 23,244
28 Korea -17,924 -11,171 1,537 -1,684 -4,114 -3,537 -1,257 -213 2,072 -322
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 1,795 24,923 10,194 6,765 4,068 2,990 4,302 3,168 767 6,259
30 All other Asia 1,463 -11,915 -5,121 -8,102 1,264 3,304 3,791 364 -4,002 -1,483
 
31 Africa 6,127 10,309 175 -3,097 566 857 1,171 306 1,099 -1,230
32 African oil exporters3 4,568 11,416 85 -1,951 1,842 1,189 700 288 361 -564
 
33 Other countries -1,380 -3,114 -2,652 506 -1,166 -918 609 -306 -553 -1,793
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -1,048 -444 -587 276 -520 559 -704 -35 -92 -460
  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: May 29, 2009