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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: September 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.-Jul.2010 Jan.2010 Feb.2010 Mar.2010 Apr.2010 May.2010 Jun.2010 Jul.2010/p
1 Total Reported 314,880 538,520 372,835 61,362 48,100 108,833 76,360 14,949 33,256 29,975
 
2 Foreign countries 315,323 538,444 371,285 61,237 48,106 107,939 76,379 14,758 32,742 30,124
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 76,218 161,406 72,545 558 1,128 28,288 14,542 7,236 12,080 8,713
 
4 Europe 195,583 206,516 203,925 36,227 17,868 49,137 45,336 28,215 20,585 6,557
5 Belgium -1,941 -752 -993 87 -237 -169 132 -596 89 -299
6 France -15,361 17,791 -4,179 5,321 -3,129 3,971 334 -4,054 -1,031 -5,591
7 Germany 591 -1,324 7,732 1,607 535 4,289 551 439 -1,193 1,504
8 Ireland -4,270 -3,046 1,625 3,225 573 -688 2,835 -1,791 -3,115 586
9 Luxembourg -7,237 7,669 -4,200 393 -1,785 -876 -4,161 973 1,808 -552
10 Netherlands -4,790 1,419 -923 967 -244 -457 567 -1,250 297 -803
11 Norway 32,812 10,803 4,686 253 1,310 494 390 423 904 912
12 Sweden -3,141 4,594 87 1,034 -489 -182 926 -1,347 84 61
13 Switzerland 1,145 15,811 18,426 -92 -1,613 -1,966 447 3,223 15,895 2,532
14 United Kingdom 188,619 171,036 188,298 26,787 24,940 44,921 42,252 26,977 12,458 9,963
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,368 -1,011 -370 -208 135 -47 -390 -170 208 102
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 7,788 -16,475 -6,264 -3,146 -2,129 -153 1,452 5,388 -5,818 -1,857
17 Canada -6,382 41,253 46,468 1,347 11,420 10,213 5,447 1,127 10,055 6,859
 
18 Latin America -8,076 -3,735 -6,346 -8,288 1,230 2,894 1,830 -1,402 -2,162 -448
19 Brazil -10,205 -7,236 -1,534 -3,711 1,796 520 3,560 -1,776 -1,114 -809
20 Mexico -7,091 9,701 -2,785 -2,352 -472 2,027 -1,121 1,211 -1,472 -606
21 Venezuela -425 -167 31 14 35 0 14 -35 -9 12
22 All other Latin America 9,645 -6,033 -2,058 -2,239 -129 347 -623 -802 433 955
 
23 Caribbean 28,002 6,593 8,783 15,358 -1,277 -1,940 7,557 4,179 -3,664 -11,430
 
24 Asia 99,027 280,437 118,497 15,703 18,181 45,129 14,446 -14,634 8,997 30,675
25 China, Mainland 84,743 123,456 15,452 6,250 4,406 18,711 3,533 2,902 -21,223 873
26 Hong Kong 6,235 -929 9,304 1,647 3,118 1,611 -621 375 2,002 1,172
27 Japan 6,099 129,526 66,300 4,611 8,063 14,882 13,327 -11,129 17,146 19,400
28 Korea -11,169 7,738 -2,458 -771 144 250 -1,356 -1,340 -216 831
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 24,913 -520 -4,728 -1,161 -388 128 222 -2,020 -2,724 1,215
30 All other Asia -11,794 21,166 34,627 5,127 2,838 9,547 -659 -3,422 14,012 7,184
 
31 Africa 10,300 4,528 2,851 1,328 527 1,371 1,648 -1,854 184 -353
32 African oil exporters3 11,416 5,225 3,077 567 543 2,090 1,786 -1,807 -273 171
 
33 Other countries -3,131 2,852 -2,893 -438 157 1,135 115 -873 -1,253 -1,736
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -443 76 1,550 125 -6 894 -19 191 514 -149
  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: September 24, 2010