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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: January 2011

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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.-Nov.2010/r May.2010/r Jun.2010/r Jul.2010/r Aug.2010/r Sep.2010/r Oct.2010/r Nov.2010/p
1 Total Reported 314,880 538,388 653,243 15,117 31,728 30,158 118,012 77,151 24,739 61,719
 
2 Foreign countries 315,323 538,312 653,013 14,926 31,214 30,307 117,888 77,505 24,915 62,633
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 76,218 161,406 153,575 7,236 12,080 8,713 31,479 39,459 -1,001 11,093
 
4 Europe 195,583 206,507 338,126 28,541 19,845 6,974 76,534 13,268 24,612 18,251
5 Belgium -1,941 -752 -1,859 -596 89 -299 -467 -375 -122 98
6 France -15,361 17,791 362 -4,350 -1,746 -5,361 8,854 -1,206 -470 -3,622
7 Germany 591 -1,324 12,525 412 -1,092 1,704 2,553 970 -184 680
8 Ireland -4,270 -3,046 2,927 -1,791 -3,115 586 -1,110 1,976 165 269
9 Luxembourg -7,237 7,669 -5,566 897 1,581 -565 -1,518 -2,446 1,052 2,556
10 Netherlands -4,790 1,419 -1,739 -1,250 296 -803 922 -911 -1,393 567
11 Norway 32,812 10,803 7,797 423 904 912 1,411 434 -86 1,352
12 Sweden -3,141 4,594 651 -1,347 84 61 832 86 656 -1,010
13 Switzerland 1,145 15,811 18,770 3,223 15,895 2,532 2,946 -465 -1,946 -201
14 United Kingdom 188,619 171,027 316,790 27,702 12,560 9,963 61,259 16,893 24,783 24,779
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,368 -1,011 -362 -170 208 102 28 -84 -31 95
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 7,788 -16,475 -12,169 5,388 -5,818 -1,857 823 -1,605 2,189 -7,313
17 Canada -6,382 41,237 79,979 1,180 9,677 6,859 2,472 12,073 7,893 11,571
 
18 Latin America -8,076 -3,834 16,202 -1,397 -2,156 -444 3,959 14,194 -2,603 6,766
19 Brazil -10,205 -7,335 16,956 -1,776 -1,114 -809 1,784 11,502 -2,842 7,847
20 Mexico -7,091 9,701 -3,922 1,213 -1,467 -602 1,893 832 -1,709 -2,167
21 Venezuela -425 -167 91 -35 -9 12 20 51 14 -25
22 All other Latin America 9,645 -6,033 3,077 -799 434 955 262 1,809 1,934 1,111
 
23 Caribbean 28,002 6,587 4,125 4,206 -3,669 -11,564 4,785 -4,531 -16,449 11,566
 
24 Asia 99,027 280,435 217,031 -14,877 8,586 30,571 29,346 41,598 14,421 15,623
25 China, Mainland 84,743 123,454 45,769 2,902 -21,223 873 12,124 10,312 -2,033 9,914
26 Hong Kong 6,235 -929 7,587 375 2,002 1,172 -423 -1,927 1,744 -1,111
27 Japan 6,099 129,526 118,274 -11,372 16,735 19,296 15,131 24,766 11,260 3,269
28 Korea -11,169 7,738 280 -1,340 -216 831 2,106 -1,015 829 818
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 24,913 -520 -6,334 -2,020 -2,724 1,215 607 -427 -2,326 540
30 All other Asia -11,794 21,166 51,455 -3,422 14,012 7,184 -199 9,889 4,947 2,193
 
31 Africa 10,300 4,528 3,577 -1,854 184 -353 14 1,808 -58 -1,038
32 African oil exporters3 11,416 5,225 6,316 -1,807 -273 171 737 1,894 255 353
 
33 Other countries -3,131 2,852 -6,027 -873 -1,253 -1,736 778 -905 -2,901 -106
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -443 76 230 191 514 -149 124 -354 -176 -914
  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: January 28, 2011