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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: May 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.-Mar.2010 Sep.2009 Oct.2009 Nov.2009 Dec.2009 Jan.2010 Feb.2010 Mar.2010/p
1 Total Reported 315,036 538,520 217,936 44,685 38,910 117,880 69,944 61,362 48,100 108,474
 
2 Foreign countries 315,479 538,444 216,923 44,086 38,788 117,822 70,037 61,237 48,106 107,580
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 76,620 161,406 29,921 18,966 15,043 31,184 24,322 558 1,128 28,235
 
4 Europe 195,970 206,516 103,232 1,664 24,566 68,177 15,206 36,227 17,868 49,137
5 Belgium -1,941 -752 -319 -51 -114 136 -83 87 -237 -169
6 France -15,361 17,791 6,164 -3,061 3,973 10,908 -9,800 5,321 -3,129 3,971
7 Germany 591 -1,324 6,431 -1,420 -250 198 -538 1,607 535 4,289
8 Ireland -4,270 -3,046 3,110 43 4,485 1,609 -3,544 3,225 573 -688
9 Luxembourg -7,247 7,669 -2,268 161 481 -324 -322 393 -1,785 -876
10 Netherlands -4,790 1,419 266 101 -320 -74 437 967 -244 -457
11 Norway 32,812 10,803 2,057 499 -358 894 3,379 253 1,310 494
12 Sweden -3,141 4,594 363 1,416 945 637 -697 1,034 -489 -182
13 Switzerland 1,143 15,811 -3,671 388 4,961 2,882 953 -92 -1,613 -1,966
14 United Kingdom 188,483 171,036 96,648 5,025 7,697 50,705 26,994 26,787 24,940 44,921
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,368 -1,011 -120 -125 -482 -108 -148 -208 135 -47
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 8,323 -16,475 -5,428 -1,312 3,548 714 -1,425 -3,146 -2,129 -153
17 Canada -6,354 41,253 22,621 8,813 3,863 9,826 2,595 1,347 11,420 9,854
 
18 Latin America -8,162 -3,735 -4,164 -2,686 5,323 5,774 13,896 -8,288 1,230 2,894
19 Brazil -10,206 -7,236 -1,395 3,487 7,915 1,261 6,710 -3,711 1,796 520
20 Mexico -7,091 9,701 -797 -5,408 -2,479 5,610 7,022 -2,352 -472 2,027
21 Venezuela -402 -167 49 -39 -27 12 -37 14 35 0
22 All other Latin America 9,537 -6,033 -2,021 -726 -86 -1,109 201 -2,239 -129 347
 
23 Caribbean 27,960 6,593 12,141 -2,698 -1,203 9,064 11,670 15,358 -1,277 -1,940
 
24 Asia 98,893 280,437 79,013 35,667 6,353 24,360 24,152 15,703 18,181 45,129
25 China, Mainland 84,743 123,456 29,367 10,724 7,043 14,934 4,602 6,250 4,406 18,711
26 Hong Kong 6,241 -929 6,376 745 477 -1,712 -2,385 1,647 3,118 1,611
27 Japan 6,097 129,526 27,556 22,562 -5,107 12,967 12,827 4,611 8,063 14,882
28 Korea -11,169 7,738 -377 24 3,531 -3,219 189 -771 144 250
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 24,913 -520 -1,421 -2,673 -1,279 -1,291 723 -1,161 -388 128
30 All other Asia -11,932 21,166 17,512 4,285 1,688 2,681 8,196 5,127 2,838 9,547
 
31 Africa 10,301 4,528 3,226 1,054 -109 -625 1,647 1,328 527 1,371
32 African oil exporters3 11,416 5,225 3,200 1,016 210 -144 1,288 567 543 2,090
 
33 Other countries -3,129 2,852 854 2,272 -5 1,246 871 -438 157 1,135
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -443 76 1,013 599 122 58 -93 125 -6 894
  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: May 28, 2010