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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: March 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 2009 2010/r Jan.-Jan.2011 Jul.2010 Aug.2010 Sep.2010 Oct.2010/r Nov.2010 Dec.2010 Jan.2011/p
1 Total Reported 538,388 706,594 46,471 30,158 118,012 77,151 23,449 61,719 54,641 46,471
 
2 Foreign countries 538,312 706,634 47,049 30,307 117,888 77,505 23,625 62,633 54,911 47,049
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 161,406 165,464 16,938 8,713 31,479 39,459 -1,001 11,093 11,889 16,938
 
4 Europe 206,507 354,263 25,384 6,974 76,534 13,268 23,821 18,251 16,928 25,384
5 Belgium -752 -1,757 -499 -299 -467 -375 -122 98 102 -499
6 France 17,791 -5,819 14,933 -5,361 8,854 -1,206 -1,261 -3,622 -5,390 14,933
7 Germany -1,324 13,165 1,742 1,704 2,553 970 -184 680 640 1,742
8 Ireland -3,046 -3,127 -1,352 586 -1,110 1,976 165 269 -6,054 -1,352
9 Luxembourg 7,669 -4,704 803 -565 -1,518 -2,446 1,052 2,556 863 803
10 Netherlands 1,419 -1,356 903 -803 922 -911 -1,393 567 383 903
11 Norway 10,803 8,244 -487 912 1,411 434 -86 1,352 447 -487
12 Sweden 4,594 2,150 128 61 832 86 656 -1,010 1,499 128
13 Switzerland 15,811 19,750 863 2,532 2,946 -465 -1,946 -201 980 863
14 United Kingdom 171,027 343,564 9,479 9,963 61,259 16,893 24,783 24,779 26,774 9,479
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,011 -368 -15 102 28 -84 -31 95 -6 -15
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -16,475 -15,479 -1,114 -1,857 823 -1,605 2,189 -7,313 -3,310 -1,114
17 Canada 41,237 80,242 9,891 6,859 2,472 12,073 7,893 11,571 263 9,891
 
18 Latin America -3,834 26,608 18,741 -444 3,959 14,194 -2,603 6,766 10,406 18,741
19 Brazil -7,335 24,934 18,033 -809 1,784 11,502 -2,842 7,847 7,978 18,033
20 Mexico 9,701 -1,973 1,008 -602 1,893 832 -1,709 -2,167 1,949 1,008
21 Venezuela -167 90 2 12 20 51 14 -25 -1 2
22 All other Latin America -6,033 3,557 -302 955 262 1,809 1,934 1,111 480 -302
 
23 Caribbean 6,587 10,238 -1,679 -11,564 4,785 -4,531 -16,948 11,566 6,612 -1,679
 
24 Asia 280,435 235,797 -5,520 30,571 29,346 41,598 14,421 15,623 18,766 -5,520
25 China, Mainland 123,454 51,159 -7,475 873 12,124 10,312 -2,033 9,914 5,390 -7,475
26 Hong Kong -929 8,743 -3,011 1,172 -423 -1,927 1,744 -1,111 1,156 -3,011
27 Japan 129,526 124,121 6,507 19,296 15,131 24,766 11,260 3,269 5,847 6,507
28 Korea 7,738 -3,152 -4,033 831 2,106 -1,015 829 818 -3,432 -4,033
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -520 -6,234 -1,433 1,215 607 -427 -2,326 540 100 -1,433
30 All other Asia 21,166 61,160 3,925 7,184 -199 9,889 4,947 2,193 9,705 3,925
 
31 Africa 4,528 5,135 704 -353 14 1,808 -58 -1,038 1,558 704
32 African oil exporters3 5,225 8,244 404 171 737 1,894 255 353 1,928 404
 
33 Other countries 2,852 -5,649 -472 -1,736 778 -905 -2,901 -106 378 -472
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 76 -40 -578 -149 124 -354 -176 -914 -270 -578
  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: March 25, 2011