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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: August 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 Jan.-Jun.2011/r Dec.2010 Jan.2011 Feb.2011 Mar.2011/r Apr.2011 May.2011 Jun.2011/p
1 Total Reported 538,388 706,026 160,651 54,216 46,483 30,581 26,782 23,338 37,954 -4,487
 
2 Foreign countries 538,312 706,066 154,543 54,486 47,097 29,993 25,244 19,250 38,087 -5,128
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 161,406 172,833 104,390 13,631 18,112 15,432 7,426 28,119 21,530 13,771
 
4 Europe 206,507 353,699 81,849 16,507 25,383 12,816 28,185 15,278 2,970 -2,783
5 Belgium -752 -1,757 -359 102 -499 -166 300 -168 74 100
6 France 17,791 -5,819 2,826 -5,390 14,933 -88 -13,119 2,968 2,531 -4,398
7 Germany -1,324 13,165 4,218 640 1,742 -1,309 1,408 1,538 17 820
8 Ireland -3,046 -3,127 -9,571 -6,054 -1,352 -3,176 -571 -1,266 -577 -2,629
9 Luxembourg 7,669 -4,704 -13,812 863 803 -952 -897 -222 -7,841 -4,703
10 Netherlands 1,419 -1,356 255 383 903 465 99 -1,309 44 53
11 Norway 10,803 8,244 894 447 -487 1,235 860 -509 67 -272
12 Sweden 4,594 2,150 3,704 1,499 128 56 2,886 607 -530 557
13 Switzerland 15,811 19,750 5,740 980 860 1,885 905 320 1,235 535
14 United Kingdom 171,027 343,000 95,591 26,353 9,481 16,375 37,107 13,204 13,006 6,418
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,011 -368 519 -6 -15 -257 -97 121 567 200
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -16,475 -15,479 -8,156 -3,310 -1,114 -1,254 -696 -6 -5,622 536
17 Canada 41,237 80,120 5,529 259 9,894 6,405 503 -7,113 1,779 -5,939
 
18 Latin America -3,834 26,608 47,865 10,406 18,751 4,173 -852 16,421 7,204 2,168
19 Brazil -7,335 24,934 45,228 7,978 18,033 3,082 3,907 16,169 5,454 -1,417
20 Mexico 9,701 -1,973 -3,419 1,949 1,008 328 -6,510 -1,001 1,072 1,684
21 Venezuela -167 90 -14 -1 2 5 -6 -1 -4 -10
22 All other Latin America -6,033 3,557 6,070 480 -292 758 1,757 1,254 682 1,911
 
23 Caribbean 6,587 10,238 -21,813 6,612 -1,672 -1,664 -14,756 -9,966 13,700 -7,455
 
24 Asia 280,435 235,915 39,362 18,766 -5,481 6,858 12,813 7,310 12,335 5,527
25 China, Mainland 123,454 51,159 16,259 5,390 -7,475 2,601 -589 9,413 8,196 4,113
26 Hong Kong -929 8,743 -2,030 1,156 -3,011 -1,617 -652 -762 675 3,337
27 Japan 129,526 124,121 30,712 5,847 6,507 4,549 16,390 -2,398 4,463 1,201
28 Korea 7,738 -3,152 -6,012 -3,432 -4,033 -597 1,158 -1,727 1,749 -2,562
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -520 -6,234 -4,791 100 -1,433 593 343 -1,047 -942 -2,305
30 All other Asia 21,166 61,278 5,224 9,705 3,964 1,329 -3,837 3,831 -1,806 1,743
 
31 Africa 4,528 5,135 1,748 1,558 694 2,068 -658 -1,274 -524 1,442
32 African oil exporters3 5,225 8,244 3,030 1,928 404 2,170 662 -414 8 200
 
33 Other countries 2,852 -5,649 3 378 -472 -663 9 -1,406 623 1,912
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 76 -40 6,108 -270 -614 588 1,538 4,088 -133 641
  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: August 26, 2011