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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: February 2010

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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.-Dec.2009/r Jun.2009 Jul.2009 Aug.2009 Sep.2009 Oct.2009 Nov.2009/r Dec.2009/p
1 Total Reported 197,967 315,036 538,520 100,499 31,252 28,057 44,685 38,910 117,880 69,944
 
2 Foreign countries 199,015 315,479 538,444 100,102 30,575 28,689 44,086 38,788 117,822 70,037
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 2,994 76,620 159,061 22,498 15,721 13,183 18,966 15,043 31,184 21,977
 
4 Europe 177,338 195,970 206,516 48,372 7,847 16,669 1,664 24,566 68,177 15,206
5 Belgium -3,100 -1,941 -752 34 -86 -113 -51 -114 136 -83
6 France -7,827 -15,361 17,791 823 -1,807 10,495 -3,061 3,973 10,908 -9,800
7 Germany -3,452 591 -1,324 -916 1,742 -869 -1,420 -250 198 -538
8 Ireland 1,694 -4,270 -3,046 -5,831 125 -1,571 43 4,485 1,609 -3,544
9 Luxembourg -694 -7,247 7,669 675 -66 700 161 481 -324 -322
10 Netherlands 1,471 -4,790 1,419 358 695 253 101 -320 -74 437
11 Norway -27,339 32,812 10,803 373 235 1,333 499 -358 894 3,379
12 Sweden 2,176 -3,141 4,594 1,791 101 117 1,416 945 637 -697
13 Switzerland -2,617 1,143 15,811 6,432 161 -265 388 4,961 2,882 953
14 United Kingdom 208,578 188,483 171,036 45,232 6,634 9,588 5,025 7,697 50,705 26,994
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -979 1,368 -1,011 -106 25 91 -125 -482 -108 -148
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 9,427 8,323 -16,475 -493 89 -3,090 -1,312 3,548 714 -1,425
17 Canada -1,945 -6,354 41,253 8,527 1,030 5,650 8,813 3,863 9,826 2,595
 
18 Latin America 85,860 -8,162 -3,735 -16,596 -1,263 1,596 -2,686 5,323 5,774 13,896
19 Brazil 77,066 -10,206 -7,236 -16,688 -1,735 753 3,487 7,915 1,261 6,710
20 Mexico 1,454 -7,091 9,701 150 2,727 1,906 -5,408 -2,479 5,610 7,022
21 Venezuela -197 -402 -167 -8 -34 34 -39 -27 12 -37
22 All other Latin America 7,537 9,537 -6,033 -50 -2,221 -1,097 -726 -86 -1,109 201
 
23 Caribbean 2,288 27,960 6,593 -652 1,123 -11,375 -2,698 -1,203 9,064 11,670
 
24 Asia -69,273 98,893 280,437 59,854 20,991 14,987 35,667 6,353 24,360 24,152
25 China, Mainland -7,968 84,743 123,456 26,632 15,259 15,406 10,724 7,043 14,934 4,602
26 Hong Kong 2,045 6,241 -929 -3,494 -225 601 745 477 -1,712 -2,385
27 Japan -48,684 6,097 129,526 32,151 3,723 1,154 22,562 -5,107 12,967 12,827
28 Korea -17,924 -11,169 7,738 62 1,308 1,242 24 3,531 -3,219 189
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 1,795 24,913 -520 323 -3,933 -1,424 -2,673 -1,279 -1,291 723
30 All other Asia 1,463 -11,932 21,166 4,180 4,859 -1,992 4,285 1,688 2,681 8,196
 
31 Africa 6,127 10,301 4,528 562 745 792 1,054 -109 -625 1,647
32 African oil exporters3 4,568 11,416 5,225 585 973 1,080 1,016 210 -144 1,288
 
33 Other countries -1,380 -3,129 2,852 35 102 370 2,272 -5 1,246 871
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -1,048 -443 76 397 677 -632 599 122 58 -93
  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: February 26, 2010