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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: December 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.-Oct.2011/r Apr.2011 May.2011 Jun.2011 Jul.2011 Aug.2011 Sep.2011/r Oct.2011/p
1 Total Reported 538,388 703,682 326,945 23,610 36,325 -3,672 15,541 60,130 84,393 7,571
 
2 Foreign countries 538,312 703,494 319,525 19,522 36,458 -4,313 15,384 60,457 85,601 4,881
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 161,406 172,065 138,083 28,119 21,530 13,771 13,878 -9,616 38,794 -9,363
 
4 Europe 206,507 352,217 169,330 15,248 1,861 -1,934 5,794 67,315 38,745 -24,820
5 Belgium -752 -1,757 -524 -168 74 100 -21 -81 -55 -7
6 France 17,791 -5,819 30,277 2,968 2,531 -4,398 2,544 6,466 15,405 3,035
7 Germany -1,324 13,165 4,228 1,538 17 780 56 -1,080 -1,166 2,241
8 Ireland -3,046 -3,127 -12,622 -1,266 -577 -2,629 -2,306 158 -3,110 2,207
9 Luxembourg 7,669 -4,704 -9,080 -222 -7,841 -4,703 -514 -144 3,763 1,627
10 Netherlands 1,419 -1,356 149 -1,309 44 53 -804 14 1,428 -745
11 Norway 10,803 8,244 745 -509 67 -272 -2,636 3,916 819 -2,248
12 Sweden 4,594 2,150 3,793 607 -530 557 -34 105 320 -302
13 Switzerland 15,811 19,517 10,039 320 1,235 535 406 19,484 -160 -15,431
14 United Kingdom 171,027 341,751 152,479 13,174 11,897 6,356 4,448 42,355 25,080 -14,531
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,011 -368 1,402 121 567 200 -145 1,556 -740 212
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -16,475 -15,479 -11,557 -6 -5,622 1,487 4,801 -5,435 -2,839 -879
17 Canada 41,237 78,712 1,665 -6,822 1,352 -5,928 779 -2,764 2,843 -3,033
 
18 Latin America -3,834 26,608 55,109 16,421 7,204 2,166 2,968 -1,127 -3,818 9,223
19 Brazil -7,335 24,934 49,646 16,169 5,454 -1,417 3,256 -700 -3,783 5,645
20 Mexico 9,701 -1,973 -5,336 -1,001 1,072 1,684 -322 -658 -886 -51
21 Venezuela -167 90 -42 -1 -4 -10 -9 -12 -8 1
22 All other Latin America -6,033 3,557 10,841 1,254 682 1,909 43 243 859 3,628
 
23 Caribbean 6,587 10,556 -793 -9,955 13,607 -7,498 -5,712 24,674 -197 2,352
 
24 Asia 280,435 235,915 90,495 7,310 12,335 5,527 11,506 -28,612 49,435 18,804
25 China, Mainland 123,454 51,159 -13,245 9,413 8,196 4,113 2,391 -40,141 20,637 -12,391
26 Hong Kong -929 8,743 4,709 -762 675 3,337 132 -249 2,753 4,103
27 Japan 129,526 124,121 98,616 -2,398 4,463 1,201 1,134 19,470 24,204 23,096
28 Korea 7,738 -3,152 -4,120 -1,727 1,749 -2,562 -507 2,111 -971 1,260
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -520 -6,234 -1,833 -1,047 -942 -2,305 471 2,121 755 -389
30 All other Asia 21,166 61,278 6,368 3,831 -1,806 1,743 7,885 -11,924 2,057 3,125
 
31 Africa 4,528 5,135 2,800 -1,274 -524 1,442 1,132 733 -2,166 1,353
32 African oil exporters3 5,225 8,244 2,731 -414 8 200 1,160 -121 -1,855 517
 
33 Other countries 2,852 -5,649 919 -1,406 623 1,912 -1,083 238 759 1,002
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 76 188 7,420 4,088 -133 641 157 -327 -1,208 2,690
  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: December 23, 2011