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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: June 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.-Apr.2009 Oct.2008 Nov.2008 Dec.2008 Jan.2009 Feb.2009 Mar.2009 Apr.2009/p
1 Total Reported 197,967 316,012 129,467 32,872 -25,815 14,970 10,720 21,551 55,303 41,893
 
2 Foreign countries 199,015 316,456 130,073 33,392 -26,374 15,674 10,755 21,643 55,763 41,912
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 2,994 76,619 42,250 -1,084 -26,205 3,851 -1,940 -1,959 29,026 17,123
 
4 Europe 177,338 196,549 14,588 10,125 418 12,416 -9,907 -4,693 2,561 26,627
5 Belgium -3,100 -1,941 -400 -65 -202 -145 -653 2 118 132
6 France -7,827 -15,360 12,122 1,305 -1,603 -1,822 96 -1,437 9,751 3,712
7 Germany -3,452 722 -919 237 -183 372 -654 167 -911 479
8 Ireland 1,694 -4,251 1,650 -1,685 774 8,287 4,959 -1,291 598 -2,616
9 Luxembourg -694 -7,093 6,929 168 -510 -1,030 2,225 1,715 1,822 1,167
10 Netherlands 1,471 -4,790 343 -686 -526 82 308 -319 -473 827
11 Norway -27,339 32,812 4,022 -1,689 4,176 2,691 -6 -853 3,211 1,670
12 Sweden 2,176 -3,136 7 -220 -461 -399 -365 135 -106 343
13 Switzerland -2,617 1,157 527 812 1,303 373 -427 1,053 -479 380
14 United Kingdom 208,578 188,559 4,940 14,747 -2,105 3,030 -9,843 -1,227 -6,414 22,424
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -979 1,368 -156 172 309 34 -60 -37 3 -62
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 9,427 8,502 -14,477 -2,970 -555 944 -5,487 -2,601 -4,560 -1,829
17 Canada -1,945 -5,908 2,640 -4,161 -1,185 -3,065 -366 1,259 1,572 175
 
18 Latin America 85,860 -8,229 255 -9,847 -3,755 -9,150 7,808 -2,879 -3,816 -858
19 Brazil 77,066 -10,225 -274 -8,093 -4,176 -8,654 6,981 -2,674 -4,075 -506
20 Mexico 1,454 -7,057 1,193 -2,028 -844 -1,940 1,181 483 -56 -415
21 Venezuela -197 -407 -45 -68 -14 -2 18 -42 -14 -7
22 All other Latin America 7,537 9,460 -619 342 1,279 1,446 -372 -646 329 70
 
23 Caribbean 2,288 27,950 14,378 11,601 -2,202 2,789 160 334 14,734 -850
 
24 Asia -69,273 98,899 100,318 26,274 -19,589 10,904 13,060 27,076 43,735 16,447
25 China, Mainland -7,968 84,743 24,826 9,981 -9,155 3,407 622 -964 14,841 10,327
26 Hong Kong 2,045 6,242 4,909 2,294 -5,862 496 -242 3,348 1,196 607
27 Japan -48,684 6,077 57,223 12,781 -7,329 165 9,361 25,855 23,244 -1,237
28 Korea -17,924 -11,171 3,007 -4,114 -3,537 -1,257 -213 2,072 -322 1,470
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 1,795 24,923 10,397 4,068 2,990 4,302 3,168 767 6,259 203
30 All other Asia 1,463 -11,915 -44 1,264 3,304 3,791 364 -4,002 -1,483 5,077
 
31 Africa 6,127 10,309 181 566 857 1,171 306 1,099 -1,230 6
32 African oil exporters3 4,568 11,416 163 1,842 1,189 700 288 361 -564 78
 
33 Other countries -1,380 -3,114 -2,287 -1,166 -918 609 -306 -553 -1,793 365
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -1,048 -444 -606 -520 559 -704 -35 -92 -460 -19
  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: June 26, 2009