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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: November 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.-Sep.2009/r Mar.2009 Apr.2009 May.2009 Jun.2009 Jul.2009 Aug.2009/r Sep.2009/p
1 Total Reported 197,967 315,391 311,261 55,303 41,892 -22,550 100,529 31,129 28,000 44,687
 
2 Foreign countries 199,015 315,835 311,271 55,763 41,912 -22,106 100,132 30,452 28,632 44,088
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 2,994 76,619 90,945 29,026 17,125 -21,763 22,498 15,808 13,184 18,966
 
4 Europe 177,338 196,012 98,826 2,561 26,627 9,415 48,656 7,838 16,663 1,666
5 Belgium -3,100 -1,941 -691 118 132 -76 34 -86 -113 -51
6 France -7,827 -15,360 12,710 9,751 3,712 -5,860 823 -1,807 10,495 -3,061
7 Germany -3,452 591 -735 -911 479 1,646 -916 1,742 -869 -1,420
8 Ireland 1,694 -4,275 -5,620 598 -2,616 -34 -5,831 121 -1,571 45
9 Luxembourg -694 -7,248 7,633 1,822 1,167 -566 475 -66 700 161
10 Netherlands 1,471 -4,790 1,352 -473 827 -396 358 695 251 101
11 Norway -27,339 32,812 6,888 3,211 1,670 426 373 235 1,333 499
12 Sweden 2,176 -3,136 3,709 -106 343 277 1,791 101 117 1,416
13 Switzerland -2,617 1,156 7,000 -479 380 -234 6,430 157 -268 388
14 United Kingdom 208,578 188,502 86,148 -6,414 22,424 14,240 45,719 6,634 9,590 5,025
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -979 1,368 -279 3 -62 -3 -108 25 88 -125
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 9,427 8,333 -19,289 -4,560 -1,829 -6 -492 88 -3,090 -1,312
17 Canada -1,945 -5,908 25,045 1,572 175 -1,610 8,527 1,025 5,650 8,813
 
18 Latin America 85,860 -8,264 -28,788 -3,816 -858 -10,080 -16,604 -1,272 1,599 -2,686
19 Brazil 77,066 -10,225 -23,106 -4,075 -506 -8,649 -16,686 -1,738 754 3,487
20 Mexico 1,454 -7,092 -460 -56 -415 -1,023 147 2,727 1,904 -5,408
21 Venezuela -197 -407 -122 -14 -7 -29 -9 -34 34 -39
22 All other Latin America 7,537 9,460 -5,100 329 70 -379 -56 -2,227 -1,093 -726
 
23 Caribbean 2,288 27,943 -14,339 14,734 -850 -14,118 -1,505 1,033 -11,429 -2,698
 
24 Asia -69,273 98,873 226,156 43,735 16,447 -6,248 60,452 20,982 14,985 35,667
25 China, Mainland -7,968 84,743 96,877 14,841 10,327 4,030 26,632 15,259 15,406 10,724
26 Hong Kong 2,045 6,242 2,691 1,196 607 157 -3,495 -226 601 745
27 Japan -48,684 6,077 109,442 23,244 -1,237 -7,970 32,750 3,723 1,154 22,562
28 Korea -17,924 -11,171 7,237 -322 1,470 1,594 62 1,308 1,242 24
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 1,795 24,913 1,329 6,259 203 -1,361 323 -3,933 -1,424 -2,673
30 All other Asia 1,463 -11,931 8,580 -1,483 5,077 -2,698 4,180 4,851 -1,994 4,285
 
31 Africa 6,127 10,309 3,633 -1,230 6 287 571 744 796 1,054
32 African oil exporters3 4,568 11,416 3,871 -564 78 54 585 973 1,080 1,016
 
33 Other countries -1,380 -3,130 738 -1,793 365 248 35 102 368 2,272
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -1,048 -444 -10 -460 -20 -444 397 677 -632 599
  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: November 27, 2009