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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: November 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/r Jan.-Sep.2010/r Mar.2010/r Apr.2010/r May.2010/r Jun.2010 Jul.2010 Aug.2010 Sep.2010/p
1 Total Reported 314,880 538,388 569,301 108,872 77,130 14,879 33,256 29,975 117,141 78,299
 
2 Foreign countries 315,323 538,312 567,981 107,978 77,149 14,688 32,742 30,124 117,017 78,653
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 76,218 161,406 143,483 28,288 14,542 7,236 12,080 8,713 31,479 39,459
 
4 Europe 195,583 206,507 292,517 49,192 46,107 28,142 20,585 6,557 75,321 12,454
5 Belgium -1,941 -752 -1,835 -169 132 -596 89 -299 -467 -375
6 France -15,361 17,791 1,069 3,971 334 -4,054 -1,031 -5,591 7,559 -2,311
7 Germany 591 -1,324 11,987 4,362 1,312 389 -1,193 1,504 2,536 878
8 Ireland -4,270 -3,046 2,476 -688 2,835 -1,791 -3,115 586 -1,125 1,976
9 Luxembourg -7,237 7,669 -7,742 -876 -4,161 973 1,808 -552 -1,418 -2,124
10 Netherlands -4,790 1,419 -912 -457 567 -1,250 297 -803 922 -911
11 Norway 32,812 10,803 6,531 494 390 423 904 912 1,411 434
12 Sweden -3,141 4,594 1,005 -182 926 -1,347 84 61 832 86
13 Switzerland 1,145 15,811 20,907 -1,966 447 3,223 15,895 2,532 2,946 -465
14 United Kingdom 188,619 171,027 266,502 44,903 42,262 26,954 12,458 9,963 61,273 16,954
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,368 -1,011 -426 -47 -390 -170 208 102 28 -84
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 7,788 -16,475 -7,046 -153 1,452 5,388 -5,818 -1,857 823 -1,605
17 Canada -6,382 41,237 63,054 10,204 5,437 1,125 10,055 6,859 2,696 13,903
 
18 Latin America -8,076 -3,834 12,009 2,893 1,834 -1,402 -2,162 -448 3,958 14,195
19 Brazil -10,205 -7,335 11,951 520 3,560 -1,776 -1,114 -809 1,784 11,502
20 Mexico -7,091 9,701 -62 2,027 -1,121 1,211 -1,472 -606 1,891 832
21 Venezuela -425 -167 103 0 14 -35 -9 12 20 52
22 All other Latin America 9,645 -6,033 17 346 -619 -802 433 955 263 1,809
 
23 Caribbean 28,002 6,587 8,868 -1,945 7,562 4,184 -3,664 -11,430 4,634 -4,569
 
24 Asia 99,027 280,435 189,880 45,128 14,446 -14,634 8,997 30,675 29,616 41,767
25 China, Mainland 84,743 123,454 37,888 18,710 3,533 2,902 -21,223 873 12,124 10,312
26 Hong Kong 6,235 -929 6,954 1,611 -621 375 2,002 1,172 -423 -1,927
27 Japan 6,099 129,526 106,636 14,882 13,327 -11,129 17,146 19,400 15,401 24,935
28 Korea -11,169 7,738 -1,367 250 -1,356 -1,340 -216 831 2,106 -1,015
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 24,913 -520 -4,548 128 222 -2,020 -2,724 1,215 607 -427
30 All other Asia -11,794 21,166 44,317 9,547 -659 -3,422 14,012 7,184 -199 9,889
 
31 Africa 10,300 4,528 4,673 1,371 1,648 -1,854 184 -353 14 1,808
32 African oil exporters3 11,416 5,225 5,708 2,090 1,786 -1,807 -273 171 737 1,894
 
33 Other countries -3,131 2,852 -3,020 1,135 115 -873 -1,253 -1,736 778 -905
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -443 76 1,320 894 -19 191 514 -149 124 -354
  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. Principally the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. Also includes African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations. Beginning with data for June 2006, also includes the Bank for International. Equivalent to net U.S. purchases of foreign securities.  Return to table
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Last update: November 26, 2010