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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: August 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.-Jun.2010 Dec.2009 Jan.2010 Feb.2010 Mar.2010 Apr.2010 May.2010 Jun.2010/p
1 Total Reported 314,880 538,520 342,860 69,944 61,362 48,100 108,833 76,360 14,949 33,256
 
2 Foreign countries 315,323 538,444 341,161 70,037 61,237 48,106 107,939 76,379 14,758 32,742
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 76,218 161,406 63,832 24,322 558 1,128 28,288 14,542 7,236 12,080
 
4 Europe 195,583 206,516 197,368 15,206 36,227 17,868 49,137 45,336 28,215 20,585
5 Belgium -1,941 -752 -694 -83 87 -237 -169 132 -596 89
6 France -15,361 17,791 1,412 -9,800 5,321 -3,129 3,971 334 -4,054 -1,031
7 Germany 591 -1,324 6,229 -538 1,607 535 4,289 551 439 -1,193
8 Ireland -4,270 -3,046 1,038 -3,544 3,225 573 -688 2,835 -1,791 -3,115
9 Luxembourg -7,237 7,669 -3,647 -322 393 -1,785 -876 -4,161 973 1,808
10 Netherlands -4,790 1,419 -120 437 967 -244 -457 567 -1,250 297
11 Norway 32,812 10,803 3,774 3,379 253 1,310 494 390 423 904
12 Sweden -3,141 4,594 26 -697 1,034 -489 -182 926 -1,347 84
13 Switzerland 1,145 15,811 15,894 953 -92 -1,613 -1,966 447 3,223 15,895
14 United Kingdom 188,619 171,036 178,335 26,994 26,787 24,940 44,921 42,252 26,977 12,458
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,368 -1,011 -472 -148 -208 135 -47 -390 -170 208
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 7,788 -16,475 -4,406 -1,425 -3,146 -2,129 -153 1,452 5,388 -5,818
17 Canada -6,382 41,253 39,609 2,595 1,347 11,420 10,213 5,447 1,127 10,055
 
18 Latin America -8,076 -3,735 -5,898 13,896 -8,288 1,230 2,894 1,830 -1,402 -2,162
19 Brazil -10,205 -7,236 -725 6,710 -3,711 1,796 520 3,560 -1,776 -1,114
20 Mexico -7,091 9,701 -2,179 7,022 -2,352 -472 2,027 -1,121 1,211 -1,472
21 Venezuela -425 -167 19 -37 14 35 0 14 -35 -9
22 All other Latin America 9,645 -6,033 -3,013 201 -2,239 -129 347 -623 -802 433
 
23 Caribbean 28,002 6,593 20,213 11,670 15,358 -1,277 -1,940 7,557 4,179 -3,664
 
24 Asia 99,027 280,437 87,822 24,152 15,703 18,181 45,129 14,446 -14,634 8,997
25 China, Mainland 84,743 123,456 14,579 4,602 6,250 4,406 18,711 3,533 2,902 -21,223
26 Hong Kong 6,235 -929 8,132 -2,385 1,647 3,118 1,611 -621 375 2,002
27 Japan 6,099 129,526 46,900 12,827 4,611 8,063 14,882 13,327 -11,129 17,146
28 Korea -11,169 7,738 -3,289 189 -771 144 250 -1,356 -1,340 -216
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 24,913 -520 -5,943 723 -1,161 -388 128 222 -2,020 -2,724
30 All other Asia -11,794 21,166 27,443 8,196 5,127 2,838 9,547 -659 -3,422 14,012
 
31 Africa 10,300 4,528 3,204 1,647 1,328 527 1,371 1,648 -1,854 184
32 African oil exporters3 11,416 5,225 2,906 1,288 567 543 2,090 1,786 -1,807 -273
 
33 Other countries -3,131 2,852 -1,157 871 -438 157 1,135 115 -873 -1,253
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -443 76 1,699 -93 125 -6 894 -19 191 514
  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: August 27, 2010