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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: March 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 2010 2011/r Jan.-Jan.2012 Jul.2011 Aug.2011 Sep.2011 Oct.2011 Nov.2011 Dec.2011/r Jan.2012/p
1 Total Reported 703,682 379,965 82,961 12,777 58,239 86,916 15,295 54,010 -14,901 82,961
 
2 Foreign countries 703,494 368,416 80,464 12,620 58,566 88,124 12,605 51,754 -16,774 80,464
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 172,065 144,155 33,073 14,166 -9,679 38,425 -5,972 23,666 -20,277 33,073
 
4 Europe 352,217 176,957 18,556 2,798 63,779 39,965 -21,960 12,233 -525 18,556
5 Belgium -1,757 -533 -168 -21 -81 -55 -7 -51 42 -168
6 France -5,819 32,295 -918 58 6,476 15,405 3,037 -495 5,977 -918
7 Germany 13,165 3,884 197 56 -1,080 -1,166 2,241 -148 -197 197
8 Ireland -3,127 -11,611 -2,601 -2,306 158 -3,110 2,207 -805 1,816 -2,601
9 Luxembourg -4,704 -10,313 -3,038 -514 -144 3,763 1,627 -1,183 -50 -3,038
10 Netherlands -1,356 174 -113 -804 14 1,428 -745 -72 98 -113
11 Norway 8,244 5,190 340 -2,636 3,916 819 -2,248 1,582 2,863 340
12 Sweden 2,150 3,750 -130 -34 105 320 -302 -280 237 -130
13 Switzerland 19,517 6,224 3,430 406 19,484 -160 -15,431 -4,121 306 3,430
14 United Kingdom 341,751 156,940 32,857 3,938 38,809 26,300 -11,673 19,990 -14,912 32,857
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -368 1,648 -213 -145 1,556 -740 212 -694 940 -213
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -15,479 -10,692 -11,086 4,801 -5,435 -2,839 -879 -1,489 2,354 -11,086
17 Canada 78,712 17,668 4,538 1,011 -2,125 3,116 1,263 2,387 2,984 4,538
 
18 Latin America 26,608 66,878 3,963 2,968 -121 -2,788 9,781 2,411 2,008 3,963
19 Brazil 24,934 47,408 2,178 3,256 -700 -3,783 5,645 -2,778 540 2,178
20 Mexico -1,973 -4,524 -106 -322 -658 -886 -51 822 -10 -106
21 Venezuela 90 -56 42 -9 -12 -8 1 -18 4 42
22 All other Latin America 3,557 24,050 1,849 43 1,249 1,889 4,186 4,385 1,474 1,849
 
23 Caribbean 10,556 -4,531 4,972 -5,712 24,674 -197 2,352 2,550 -6,288 4,972
 
24 Asia 235,915 108,145 47,683 11,506 -28,612 49,435 18,804 32,677 -15,027 47,683
25 China, Mainland 51,159 -46,952 7,469 2,391 -40,141 20,637 -12,391 -1,171 -32,536 7,469
26 Hong Kong 8,743 9,669 7,337 132 -249 2,753 4,103 3,299 1,661 7,337
27 Japan 124,121 148,498 33,775 1,134 19,470 24,204 23,096 30,146 19,736 33,775
28 Korea -3,152 -4,646 1,501 -507 2,111 -971 1,260 369 -895 1,501
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -6,234 -3,133 -1,869 471 2,121 755 -389 -1,115 -185 -1,869
30 All other Asia 61,278 4,709 -530 7,885 -11,924 2,057 3,125 1,149 -2,808 -530
 
31 Africa 5,135 1,996 585 1,132 733 -2,166 1,363 -790 -24 585
32 African oil exporters3 8,244 2,048 155 1,160 -121 -1,855 517 -595 -88 155
 
33 Other countries -5,649 1,303 167 -1,083 238 759 1,002 286 98 167
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 188 11,549 2,497 157 -327 -1,208 2,690 2,256 1,873 2,497
  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 30, 2012