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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: March 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 2008 2009 Jan.-Jan.2010 Jul.2009 Aug.2009 Sep.2009 Oct.2009 Nov.2009 Dec.2009 Jan.2010/p
1 Total Reported 315,036 538,520 61,392 31,252 28,057 44,685 38,910 117,880 69,944 61,392
 
2 Foreign countries 315,479 538,444 61,267 30,575 28,689 44,086 38,788 117,822 70,037 61,267
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 76,620 159,061 558 15,721 13,183 18,966 15,043 31,184 21,977 558
 
4 Europe 195,970 206,516 36,227 7,847 16,669 1,664 24,566 68,177 15,206 36,227
5 Belgium -1,941 -752 87 -86 -113 -51 -114 136 -83 87
6 France -15,361 17,791 5,321 -1,807 10,495 -3,061 3,973 10,908 -9,800 5,321
7 Germany 591 -1,324 1,607 1,742 -869 -1,420 -250 198 -538 1,607
8 Ireland -4,270 -3,046 3,225 125 -1,571 43 4,485 1,609 -3,544 3,225
9 Luxembourg -7,247 7,669 393 -66 700 161 481 -324 -322 393
10 Netherlands -4,790 1,419 967 695 253 101 -320 -74 437 967
11 Norway 32,812 10,803 253 235 1,333 499 -358 894 3,379 253
12 Sweden -3,141 4,594 1,034 101 117 1,416 945 637 -697 1,034
13 Switzerland 1,143 15,811 -92 161 -265 388 4,961 2,882 953 -92
14 United Kingdom 188,483 171,036 26,787 6,634 9,588 5,025 7,697 50,705 26,994 26,787
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,368 -1,011 -208 25 91 -125 -482 -108 -148 -208
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 8,323 -16,475 -3,146 89 -3,090 -1,312 3,548 714 -1,425 -3,146
17 Canada -6,354 41,253 1,347 1,030 5,650 8,813 3,863 9,826 2,595 1,347
 
18 Latin America -8,162 -3,735 -8,288 -1,263 1,596 -2,686 5,323 5,774 13,896 -8,288
19 Brazil -10,206 -7,236 -3,711 -1,735 753 3,487 7,915 1,261 6,710 -3,711
20 Mexico -7,091 9,701 -2,354 2,727 1,906 -5,408 -2,479 5,610 7,022 -2,354
21 Venezuela -402 -167 14 -34 34 -39 -27 12 -37 14
22 All other Latin America 9,537 -6,033 -2,237 -2,221 -1,097 -726 -86 -1,109 201 -2,237
 
23 Caribbean 27,960 6,593 15,388 1,123 -11,375 -2,698 -1,203 9,064 11,670 15,388
 
24 Asia 98,893 280,437 15,703 20,991 14,987 35,667 6,353 24,360 24,152 15,703
25 China, Mainland 84,743 123,456 6,250 15,259 15,406 10,724 7,043 14,934 4,602 6,250
26 Hong Kong 6,241 -929 1,647 -225 601 745 477 -1,712 -2,385 1,647
27 Japan 6,097 129,526 4,611 3,723 1,154 22,562 -5,107 12,967 12,827 4,611
28 Korea -11,169 7,738 -771 1,308 1,242 24 3,531 -3,219 189 -771
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 24,913 -520 -1,161 -3,933 -1,424 -2,673 -1,279 -1,291 723 -1,161
30 All other Asia -11,932 21,166 5,127 4,859 -1,992 4,285 1,688 2,681 8,196 5,127
 
31 Africa 10,301 4,528 1,328 745 792 1,054 -109 -625 1,647 1,328
32 African oil exporters3 11,416 5,225 567 973 1,080 1,016 210 -144 1,288 567
 
33 Other countries -3,129 2,852 -438 102 370 2,272 -5 1,246 871 -438
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -443 76 125 677 -632 599 122 58 -93 125
  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: March 26, 2010