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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: June 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.-Apr.2012/r Oct.2011/r Nov.2011/r Dec.2011/r Jan.2012/r Feb.2012/r Mar.2012/r Apr.2012/p
1 Total Reported 703,682 432,571 167,708 21,531 60,789 -13,113 90,887 19,470 20,094 37,257
 
2 Foreign countries 703,494 421,022 163,091 18,841 58,533 -14,986 88,390 20,914 15,263 38,524
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 172,065 144,155 93,134 -5,972 23,666 -20,277 33,073 11,082 33,883 15,096
 
4 Europe 352,217 229,563 33,037 -15,724 19,012 1,263 26,460 -10,452 -10,844 27,873
5 Belgium -1,757 -533 -837 -7 -51 42 -168 -180 -173 -316
6 France -5,819 84,481 23,948 9,273 6,284 7,765 6,034 6,023 -2,593 14,485
7 Germany 13,165 4,304 4,103 2,241 -148 -197 197 4,370 -1,309 845
8 Ireland -3,127 -11,611 -7,467 2,207 -805 1,816 -2,601 -5,600 3 731
9 Luxembourg -4,704 -10,313 -22,545 1,627 -1,183 -50 -3,038 -3,148 -7,040 -9,318
10 Netherlands -1,356 174 -687 -745 -72 98 -113 -649 679 -605
11 Norway 8,244 5,190 3,534 -2,248 1,582 2,863 340 1,351 2,137 -294
12 Sweden 2,150 3,750 -1,508 -302 -280 237 -130 -137 -680 -561
13 Switzerland 19,517 6,224 7,488 -15,431 -4,121 306 3,430 1,739 2,233 86
14 United Kingdom 341,751 156,940 47,635 -11,673 19,990 -14,912 33,809 -10,757 -5,386 29,969
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -368 1,648 -1,091 212 -694 940 -213 -149 -1,139 410
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -15,479 -10,692 -19,536 -879 -1,489 2,354 -11,086 -3,315 2,425 -7,559
17 Canada 78,712 17,668 19,010 1,263 2,387 2,984 4,538 7,291 6,210 971
 
18 Latin America 26,608 66,878 26,798 9,781 2,411 2,008 3,963 -499 11,686 11,648
19 Brazil 24,934 47,408 11,735 5,645 -2,778 540 2,178 -2,951 5,399 7,109
20 Mexico -1,973 -4,524 8,988 -51 822 -10 -106 2,770 3,336 2,988
21 Venezuela 90 -56 24 1 -18 4 42 -4 2 -16
22 All other Latin America 3,557 24,050 6,051 4,186 4,385 1,474 1,849 -314 2,949 1,567
 
23 Caribbean 10,556 -4,531 7,613 2,352 2,550 -6,288 4,972 -2,485 -5,174 10,300
 
24 Asia 235,915 108,145 74,070 18,804 32,677 -15,027 47,705 27,339 12,740 -13,714
25 China, Mainland 51,159 -46,952 35,602 -12,391 -1,171 -32,536 7,469 11,980 14,534 1,619
26 Hong Kong 8,743 9,669 7,247 4,103 3,299 1,661 7,337 3,053 -2,208 -935
27 Japan 124,121 148,498 37,865 23,096 30,146 19,736 33,797 13,925 201 -10,058
28 Korea -3,152 -4,646 676 1,260 369 -895 1,501 1,424 -3,781 1,532
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -6,234 -3,133 -6,518 -389 -1,115 -185 -1,869 706 -1,108 -4,247
30 All other Asia 61,278 4,709 -802 3,125 1,149 -2,808 -530 -3,749 5,102 -1,625
 
31 Africa 5,135 1,996 1,105 1,363 -790 -24 585 -4 494 30
32 African oil exporters3 8,244 2,048 710 517 -595 -88 155 140 490 -75
 
33 Other countries -5,649 1,303 1,458 1,002 286 98 167 -276 151 1,416
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 188 11,549 4,617 2,690 2,256 1,873 2,497 -1,444 4,831 -1,267
  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: June 22, 2012