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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: October 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.-Aug.2011/r Feb.2011/r Mar.2011 Apr.2011/r May.2011/r Jun.2011/r Jul.2011/r Aug.2011/p
1 Total Reported 538,388 703,682 234,981 29,894 26,027 23,610 36,325 -3,672 15,541 60,130
 
2 Foreign countries 538,312 703,494 229,043 29,306 24,489 19,522 36,458 -4,313 15,384 60,457
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 161,406 172,065 108,652 15,432 7,426 28,119 21,530 13,771 13,878 -9,616
 
4 Europe 206,507 352,217 155,405 12,885 27,456 15,248 1,861 -1,934 5,794 67,315
5 Belgium -752 -1,757 -461 -166 300 -168 74 100 -21 -81
6 France 17,791 -5,819 11,836 -88 -13,119 2,968 2,531 -4,398 2,544 6,466
7 Germany -1,324 13,165 3,153 -1,309 1,408 1,538 17 780 56 -1,080
8 Ireland -3,046 -3,127 -11,719 -3,176 -571 -1,266 -577 -2,629 -2,306 158
9 Luxembourg 7,669 -4,704 -14,470 -952 -897 -222 -7,841 -4,703 -514 -144
10 Netherlands 1,419 -1,356 -535 465 99 -1,309 44 53 -804 14
11 Norway 10,803 8,244 2,174 1,235 860 -509 67 -272 -2,636 3,916
12 Sweden 4,594 2,150 3,775 56 2,886 607 -530 557 -34 105
13 Switzerland 15,811 19,517 25,630 1,885 905 320 1,235 535 406 19,484
14 United Kingdom 171,027 341,751 141,930 16,444 36,378 13,174 11,897 6,356 4,448 42,355
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,011 -368 1,930 -257 -97 121 567 200 -145 1,556
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -16,475 -15,479 -7,839 -1,254 -696 -6 -5,622 1,487 4,801 -5,435
17 Canada 41,237 78,712 1,855 5,649 440 -6,822 1,352 -5,928 779 -2,764
 
18 Latin America -3,834 26,608 49,704 4,173 -852 16,421 7,204 2,166 2,968 -1,127
19 Brazil -7,335 24,934 47,784 3,082 3,907 16,169 5,454 -1,417 3,256 -700
20 Mexico 9,701 -1,973 -4,399 328 -6,510 -1,001 1,072 1,684 -322 -658
21 Venezuela -167 90 -35 5 -6 -1 -4 -10 -9 -12
22 All other Latin America -6,033 3,557 6,354 758 1,757 1,254 682 1,909 43 243
 
23 Caribbean 6,587 10,556 -2,948 -1,664 -14,719 -9,955 13,607 -7,498 -5,712 24,674
 
24 Asia 280,435 235,915 22,256 6,858 12,813 7,310 12,335 5,527 11,506 -28,612
25 China, Mainland 123,454 51,159 -21,491 2,601 -589 9,413 8,196 4,113 2,391 -40,141
26 Hong Kong -929 8,743 -2,147 -1,617 -652 -762 675 3,337 132 -249
27 Japan 129,526 124,121 51,316 4,549 16,390 -2,398 4,463 1,201 1,134 19,470
28 Korea 7,738 -3,152 -4,409 -597 1,157 -1,727 1,749 -2,562 -507 2,111
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -520 -6,234 -2,199 593 343 -1,047 -942 -2,305 471 2,121
30 All other Asia 21,166 61,278 1,186 1,329 -3,836 3,831 -1,806 1,743 7,885 -11,924
 
31 Africa 4,528 5,135 3,613 2,068 -658 -1,274 -524 1,442 1,132 733
32 African oil exporters3 5,225 8,244 4,069 2,170 662 -414 8 200 1,160 -121
 
33 Other countries 2,852 -5,649 -842 -663 9 -1,406 623 1,912 -1,083 238
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 76 188 5,938 588 1,538 4,088 -133 641 157 -327
  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: October 28, 2011