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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: February 2012

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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.-Dec.2011/r Jun.2011/r Jul.2011/r Aug.2011/r Sep.2011/r Oct.2011 Nov.2011 Dec.2011/p
1 Total Reported 538,388 703,682 378,289 -2,264 12,777 58,239 86,916 15,295 54,010 -16,577
 
2 Foreign countries 538,312 703,494 366,740 -2,905 12,620 58,566 88,124 12,605 51,754 -18,450
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 161,406 172,065 144,155 11,283 14,166 -9,679 38,425 -5,972 23,666 -20,277
 
4 Europe 206,507 352,217 176,957 -2,324 2,798 63,779 39,965 -21,960 12,233 -525
5 Belgium -752 -1,757 -533 100 -21 -81 -55 -7 -51 42
6 France 17,791 -5,819 32,295 -4,506 58 6,476 15,405 3,037 -495 5,977
7 Germany -1,324 13,165 3,884 780 56 -1,080 -1,166 2,241 -148 -197
8 Ireland -3,046 -3,127 -11,611 -2,629 -2,306 158 -3,110 2,207 -805 1,816
9 Luxembourg 7,669 -4,704 -10,313 -4,703 -514 -144 3,763 1,627 -1,183 -50
10 Netherlands 1,419 -1,356 174 53 -804 14 1,428 -745 -72 98
11 Norway 10,803 8,244 5,190 -272 -2,636 3,916 819 -2,248 1,582 2,863
12 Sweden 4,594 2,150 3,750 557 -34 105 320 -302 -280 237
13 Switzerland 15,811 19,517 6,224 535 406 19,484 -160 -15,431 -4,121 306
14 United Kingdom 171,027 341,751 156,940 6,074 3,938 38,809 26,300 -11,673 19,990 -14,912
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,011 -368 1,648 200 -145 1,556 -740 212 -694 940
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -16,475 -15,479 -10,692 1,487 4,801 -5,435 -2,839 -879 -1,489 2,354
17 Canada 41,237 78,712 17,668 -5,881 1,011 -2,125 3,116 1,263 2,387 2,984
 
18 Latin America -3,834 26,608 66,878 3,917 2,968 -121 -2,788 9,781 2,411 2,008
19 Brazil -7,335 24,934 47,408 -1,417 3,256 -700 -3,783 5,645 -2,778 540
20 Mexico 9,701 -1,973 -4,524 1,684 -322 -658 -886 -51 822 -10
21 Venezuela -167 90 -56 -10 -9 -12 -8 1 -18 4
22 All other Latin America -6,033 3,557 24,050 3,660 43 1,249 1,889 4,186 4,385 1,474
 
23 Caribbean 6,587 10,556 -6,207 -7,498 -5,712 24,674 -197 2,352 2,550 -7,964
 
24 Asia 280,435 235,915 108,145 5,527 11,506 -28,612 49,435 18,804 32,677 -15,027
25 China, Mainland 123,454 51,159 -46,952 4,113 2,391 -40,141 20,637 -12,391 -1,171 -32,536
26 Hong Kong -929 8,743 9,669 3,337 132 -249 2,753 4,103 3,299 1,661
27 Japan 129,526 124,121 148,498 1,201 1,134 19,470 24,204 23,096 30,146 19,736
28 Korea 7,738 -3,152 -4,646 -2,562 -507 2,111 -971 1,260 369 -895
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -520 -6,234 -3,133 -2,305 471 2,121 755 -389 -1,115 -185
30 All other Asia 21,166 61,278 4,709 1,743 7,885 -11,924 2,057 3,125 1,149 -2,808
 
31 Africa 4,528 5,135 1,996 1,442 1,132 733 -2,166 1,363 -790 -24
32 African oil exporters3 5,225 8,244 2,048 200 1,160 -121 -1,855 517 -595 -88
 
33 Other countries 2,852 -5,649 1,303 1,912 -1,083 238 759 1,002 286 98
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 76 188 11,549 641 157 -327 -1,208 2,690 2,256 1,873
  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 24, 2012