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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: July 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.-May.2009/r Nov.2008 Dec.2008 Jan.2009 Feb.2009 Mar.2009 Apr.2009/r May.2009/p
1 Total Reported 197,967 316,012 106,916 -25,815 14,970 10,720 21,551 55,303 41,892 -22,550
 
2 Foreign countries 199,015 316,456 107,967 -26,374 15,674 10,755 21,643 55,763 41,912 -22,106
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 2,994 76,619 20,489 -26,205 3,851 -1,940 -1,959 29,026 17,125 -21,763
 
4 Europe 177,338 196,549 24,003 418 12,416 -9,907 -4,693 2,561 26,627 9,415
5 Belgium -3,100 -1,941 -476 -202 -145 -653 2 118 132 -76
6 France -7,827 -15,360 6,262 -1,603 -1,822 96 -1,437 9,751 3,712 -5,860
7 Germany -3,452 722 727 -183 372 -654 167 -911 479 1,646
8 Ireland 1,694 -4,251 1,616 774 8,287 4,959 -1,291 598 -2,616 -34
9 Luxembourg -694 -7,093 6,363 -510 -1,030 2,225 1,715 1,822 1,167 -566
10 Netherlands 1,471 -4,790 -53 -526 82 308 -319 -473 827 -396
11 Norway -27,339 32,812 4,448 4,176 2,691 -6 -853 3,211 1,670 426
12 Sweden 2,176 -3,136 284 -461 -399 -365 135 -106 343 277
13 Switzerland -2,617 1,157 293 1,303 373 -427 1,053 -479 380 -234
14 United Kingdom 208,578 188,559 19,180 -2,105 3,030 -9,843 -1,227 -6,414 22,424 14,240
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -979 1,368 -159 309 34 -60 -37 3 -62 -3
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 9,427 8,502 -14,483 -555 944 -5,487 -2,601 -4,560 -1,829 -6
17 Canada -1,945 -5,908 1,030 -1,185 -3,065 -366 1,259 1,572 175 -1,610
 
18 Latin America 85,860 -8,229 -9,825 -3,755 -9,150 7,808 -2,879 -3,816 -858 -10,080
19 Brazil 77,066 -10,225 -8,923 -4,176 -8,654 6,981 -2,674 -4,075 -506 -8,649
20 Mexico 1,454 -7,057 170 -844 -1,940 1,181 483 -56 -415 -1,023
21 Venezuela -197 -407 -74 -14 -2 18 -42 -14 -7 -29
22 All other Latin America 7,537 9,460 -998 1,279 1,446 -372 -646 329 70 -379
 
23 Caribbean 2,288 27,950 260 -2,202 2,789 160 334 14,734 -850 -14,118
 
24 Asia -69,273 98,899 94,070 -19,589 10,904 13,060 27,076 43,735 16,447 -6,248
25 China, Mainland -7,968 84,743 28,856 -9,155 3,407 622 -964 14,841 10,327 4,030
26 Hong Kong 2,045 6,242 5,066 -5,862 496 -242 3,348 1,196 607 157
27 Japan -48,684 6,077 49,253 -7,329 165 9,361 25,855 23,244 -1,237 -7,970
28 Korea -17,924 -11,171 4,601 -3,537 -1,257 -213 2,072 -322 1,470 1,594
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 1,795 24,923 9,036 2,990 4,302 3,168 767 6,259 203 -1,361
30 All other Asia 1,463 -11,915 -2,742 3,304 3,791 364 -4,002 -1,483 5,077 -2,698
 
31 Africa 6,127 10,309 468 857 1,171 306 1,099 -1,230 6 287
32 African oil exporters3 4,568 11,416 217 1,189 700 288 361 -564 78 54
 
33 Other countries -1,380 -3,114 -2,039 -918 609 -306 -553 -1,793 365 248
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -1,048 -444 -1,051 559 -704 -35 -92 -460 -20 -444
  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: July 31, 2009