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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: December 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.-Oct.2010/r Apr.2010 May.2010 Jun.2010 Jul.2010 Aug.2010/r Sep.2010/r Oct.2010/p
1 Total Reported 314,880 538,388 594,429 77,130 14,879 33,256 29,975 118,179 78,908 23,481
 
2 Foreign countries 315,323 538,312 593,285 77,149 14,688 32,742 30,124 118,055 79,262 23,657
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 76,218 161,406 142,482 14,542 7,236 12,080 8,713 31,479 39,459 -1,001
 
4 Europe 195,583 206,507 319,153 46,107 28,142 20,585 6,557 76,533 13,266 24,612
5 Belgium -1,941 -752 -1,957 132 -596 89 -299 -467 -375 -122
6 France -15,361 17,791 2,999 334 -4,054 -1,031 -5,591 8,854 -1,206 -470
7 Germany 591 -1,324 11,911 1,312 389 -1,193 1,504 2,553 970 -184
8 Ireland -4,270 -3,046 2,656 2,835 -1,791 -3,115 586 -1,110 1,976 165
9 Luxembourg -7,237 7,669 -7,112 -4,161 973 1,808 -552 -1,518 -2,446 1,052
10 Netherlands -4,790 1,419 -2,305 567 -1,250 297 -803 922 -911 -1,393
11 Norway 32,812 10,803 6,445 390 423 904 912 1,411 434 -86
12 Sweden -3,141 4,594 1,661 926 -1,347 84 61 832 86 656
13 Switzerland 1,145 15,811 18,961 447 3,223 15,895 2,532 2,946 -465 -1,946
14 United Kingdom 188,619 171,027 291,207 42,262 26,954 12,458 9,963 61,258 16,891 24,783
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,368 -1,011 -457 -390 -170 208 102 28 -84 -31
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 7,788 -16,475 -4,856 1,452 5,388 -5,818 -1,857 823 -1,605 2,189
17 Canada -6,382 41,237 69,657 5,437 1,125 10,055 6,859 2,660 13,855 6,687
 
18 Latin America -8,076 -3,834 9,400 1,834 -1,402 -2,162 -448 3,958 14,195 -2,609
19 Brazil -10,205 -7,335 9,109 3,560 -1,776 -1,114 -809 1,784 11,502 -2,842
20 Mexico -7,091 9,701 -1,775 -1,121 1,211 -1,472 -606 1,891 832 -1,713
21 Venezuela -425 -167 117 14 -35 -9 12 20 52 14
22 All other Latin America 9,645 -6,033 1,949 -619 -802 433 955 263 1,809 1,932
 
23 Caribbean 28,002 6,587 -7,481 7,562 4,184 -3,664 -11,430 4,766 -4,555 -16,495
 
24 Asia 99,027 280,435 203,862 14,446 -14,634 8,997 30,675 29,346 41,598 14,421
25 China, Mainland 84,743 123,454 35,855 3,533 2,902 -21,223 873 12,124 10,312 -2,033
26 Hong Kong 6,235 -929 8,698 -621 375 2,002 1,172 -423 -1,927 1,744
27 Japan 6,099 129,526 117,457 13,327 -11,129 17,146 19,400 15,131 24,766 11,260
28 Korea -11,169 7,738 -538 -1,356 -1,340 -216 831 2,106 -1,015 829
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 24,913 -520 -6,874 222 -2,020 -2,724 1,215 607 -427 -2,326
30 All other Asia -11,794 21,166 49,264 -659 -3,422 14,012 7,184 -199 9,889 4,947
 
31 Africa 10,300 4,528 4,615 1,648 -1,854 184 -353 14 1,808 -58
32 African oil exporters3 11,416 5,225 5,963 1,786 -1,807 -273 171 737 1,894 255
 
33 Other countries -3,131 2,852 -5,921 115 -873 -1,253 -1,736 778 -905 -2,901
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -443 76 1,144 -19 191 514 -149 124 -354 -176
  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: December 30, 2010