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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: February 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.-Dec.2010 Jun.2010 Jul.2010 Aug.2010 Sep.2010 Oct.2010 Nov.2010 Dec.2010/p
1 Total Reported 314,880 538,388 707,884 31,728 30,158 118,012 77,151 24,739 61,719 54,641
 
2 Foreign countries 315,323 538,312 707,924 31,214 30,307 117,888 77,505 24,915 62,633 54,911
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 76,218 161,406 165,464 12,080 8,713 31,479 39,459 -1,001 11,093 11,889
 
4 Europe 195,583 206,507 355,054 19,845 6,974 76,534 13,268 24,612 18,251 16,928
5 Belgium -1,941 -752 -1,757 89 -299 -467 -375 -122 98 102
6 France -15,361 17,791 -5,028 -1,746 -5,361 8,854 -1,206 -470 -3,622 -5,390
7 Germany 591 -1,324 13,165 -1,092 1,704 2,553 970 -184 680 640
8 Ireland -4,270 -3,046 -3,127 -3,115 586 -1,110 1,976 165 269 -6,054
9 Luxembourg -7,237 7,669 -4,704 1,581 -565 -1,518 -2,446 1,052 2,556 863
10 Netherlands -4,790 1,419 -1,356 296 -803 922 -911 -1,393 567 383
11 Norway 32,812 10,803 8,244 904 912 1,411 434 -86 1,352 447
12 Sweden -3,141 4,594 2,150 84 61 832 86 656 -1,010 1,499
13 Switzerland 1,145 15,811 19,750 15,895 2,532 2,946 -465 -1,946 -201 980
14 United Kingdom 188,619 171,027 343,564 12,560 9,963 61,259 16,893 24,783 24,779 26,774
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,368 -1,011 -368 208 102 28 -84 -31 95 -6
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 7,788 -16,475 -15,479 -5,818 -1,857 823 -1,605 2,189 -7,313 -3,310
17 Canada -6,382 41,237 80,242 9,677 6,859 2,472 12,073 7,893 11,571 263
 
18 Latin America -8,076 -3,834 26,608 -2,156 -444 3,959 14,194 -2,603 6,766 10,406
19 Brazil -10,205 -7,335 24,934 -1,114 -809 1,784 11,502 -2,842 7,847 7,978
20 Mexico -7,091 9,701 -1,973 -1,467 -602 1,893 832 -1,709 -2,167 1,949
21 Venezuela -425 -167 90 -9 12 20 51 14 -25 -1
22 All other Latin America 9,645 -6,033 3,557 434 955 262 1,809 1,934 1,111 480
 
23 Caribbean 28,002 6,587 10,737 -3,669 -11,564 4,785 -4,531 -16,449 11,566 6,612
 
24 Asia 99,027 280,435 235,797 8,586 30,571 29,346 41,598 14,421 15,623 18,766
25 China, Mainland 84,743 123,454 51,159 -21,223 873 12,124 10,312 -2,033 9,914 5,390
26 Hong Kong 6,235 -929 8,743 2,002 1,172 -423 -1,927 1,744 -1,111 1,156
27 Japan 6,099 129,526 124,121 16,735 19,296 15,131 24,766 11,260 3,269 5,847
28 Korea -11,169 7,738 -3,152 -216 831 2,106 -1,015 829 818 -3,432
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 24,913 -520 -6,234 -2,724 1,215 607 -427 -2,326 540 100
30 All other Asia -11,794 21,166 61,160 14,012 7,184 -199 9,889 4,947 2,193 9,705
 
31 Africa 10,300 4,528 5,135 184 -353 14 1,808 -58 -1,038 1,558
32 African oil exporters3 11,416 5,225 8,244 -273 171 737 1,894 255 353 1,928
 
33 Other countries -3,131 2,852 -5,649 -1,253 -1,736 778 -905 -2,901 -106 378
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -443 76 -40 514 -149 124 -354 -176 -914 -270
  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: February 25, 2011