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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: July 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.-May.2010/r Nov.2009 Dec.2009 Jan.2010 Feb.2010 Mar.2010/r Apr.2010/r May.2010/p
1 Total Reported 314,880 538,520 309,604 117,880 69,944 61,362 48,100 108,833 76,360 14,949
 
2 Foreign countries 315,323 538,444 308,419 117,822 70,037 61,237 48,106 107,939 76,379 14,758
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 76,218 161,406 51,752 31,184 24,322 558 1,128 28,288 14,542 7,236
 
4 Europe 195,583 206,516 176,783 68,177 15,206 36,227 17,868 49,137 45,336 28,215
5 Belgium -1,941 -752 -783 136 -83 87 -237 -169 132 -596
6 France -15,361 17,791 2,443 10,908 -9,800 5,321 -3,129 3,971 334 -4,054
7 Germany 591 -1,324 7,422 198 -538 1,607 535 4,289 551 439
8 Ireland -4,270 -3,046 4,154 1,609 -3,544 3,225 573 -688 2,835 -1,791
9 Luxembourg -7,237 7,669 -5,456 -324 -322 393 -1,785 -876 -4,161 973
10 Netherlands -4,790 1,419 -417 -74 437 967 -244 -457 567 -1,250
11 Norway 32,812 10,803 2,870 894 3,379 253 1,310 494 390 423
12 Sweden -3,141 4,594 -58 637 -697 1,034 -489 -182 926 -1,347
13 Switzerland 1,145 15,811 -1 2,882 953 -92 -1,613 -1,966 447 3,223
14 United Kingdom 188,619 171,036 165,877 50,705 26,994 26,787 24,940 44,921 42,252 26,977
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,368 -1,011 -680 -108 -148 -208 135 -47 -390 -170
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 7,788 -16,475 1,412 714 -1,425 -3,146 -2,129 -153 1,452 5,388
17 Canada -6,382 41,253 29,554 9,826 2,595 1,347 11,420 10,213 5,447 1,127
 
18 Latin America -8,076 -3,735 -3,736 5,774 13,896 -8,288 1,230 2,894 1,830 -1,402
19 Brazil -10,205 -7,236 389 1,261 6,710 -3,711 1,796 520 3,560 -1,776
20 Mexico -7,091 9,701 -707 5,610 7,022 -2,352 -472 2,027 -1,121 1,211
21 Venezuela -425 -167 28 12 -37 14 35 0 14 -35
22 All other Latin America 9,645 -6,033 -3,446 -1,109 201 -2,239 -129 347 -623 -802
 
23 Caribbean 28,002 6,593 23,877 9,064 11,670 15,358 -1,277 -1,940 7,557 4,179
 
24 Asia 99,027 280,437 78,825 24,360 24,152 15,703 18,181 45,129 14,446 -14,634
25 China, Mainland 84,743 123,456 35,802 14,934 4,602 6,250 4,406 18,711 3,533 2,902
26 Hong Kong 6,235 -929 6,130 -1,712 -2,385 1,647 3,118 1,611 -621 375
27 Japan 6,099 129,526 29,754 12,967 12,827 4,611 8,063 14,882 13,327 -11,129
28 Korea -11,169 7,738 -3,073 -3,219 189 -771 144 250 -1,356 -1,340
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 24,913 -520 -3,219 -1,291 723 -1,161 -388 128 222 -2,020
30 All other Asia -11,794 21,166 13,431 2,681 8,196 5,127 2,838 9,547 -659 -3,422
 
31 Africa 10,300 4,528 3,020 -625 1,647 1,328 527 1,371 1,648 -1,854
32 African oil exporters3 11,416 5,225 3,179 -144 1,288 567 543 2,090 1,786 -1,807
 
33 Other countries -3,131 2,852 96 1,246 871 -438 157 1,135 115 -873
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -443 76 1,185 58 -93 125 -6 894 -19 191
  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 30, 2010