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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: August 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 Jan.-Jun.2012 Dec.2011 Jan.2012 Feb.2012 Mar.2012 Apr.2012 May.2012 Jun.2012/p
1 Total Reported 703,682 432,571 248,951 -13,113 90,887 20,951 20,094 38,681 45,889 32,449
 
2 Foreign countries 703,494 421,022 248,199 -14,986 88,390 22,395 15,263 39,948 49,359 32,844
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 172,065 144,155 136,794 -20,277 33,073 11,082 33,883 16,738 20,767 21,251
 
4 Europe 352,217 229,563 82,864 1,263 26,460 -8,971 -10,844 30,246 34,698 11,275
5 Belgium -1,757 -533 -2,178 42 -168 -180 -173 -316 -369 -972
6 France -5,819 84,481 40,581 7,765 6,034 7,504 -2,593 14,485 10,361 4,791
7 Germany 13,165 4,304 8,044 -197 197 4,370 -1,309 845 2,922 1,019
8 Ireland -3,127 -11,611 -11,243 1,816 -2,601 -5,600 3 731 -818 -2,958
9 Luxembourg -4,704 -10,313 -29,152 -50 -3,038 -3,148 -7,040 -9,318 -2,388 -4,219
10 Netherlands -1,356 174 -553 98 -113 -649 679 -605 -407 541
11 Norway 8,244 5,190 3,452 2,863 340 1,351 2,137 -294 607 -689
12 Sweden 2,150 3,750 -3,216 237 -130 -137 -680 -561 -459 -1,249
13 Switzerland 19,517 6,224 19,050 306 3,430 1,739 2,233 85 974 10,589
14 United Kingdom 341,751 156,940 75,984 -14,912 33,809 -10,757 -5,386 32,343 25,388 587
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -368 1,648 -1,188 940 -213 -149 -1,139 410 19 -116
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -15,479 -10,692 -16,718 2,354 -11,086 -3,315 2,425 -7,559 -1,133 3,951
17 Canada 78,712 17,668 25,189 2,984 4,538 7,291 6,210 1,051 -870 6,969
 
18 Latin America 26,608 66,878 26,804 2,008 3,963 -499 11,686 11,091 -489 1,052
19 Brazil 24,934 47,408 4,251 540 2,178 -2,951 5,399 6,658 -4,050 -2,983
20 Mexico -1,973 -4,524 15,146 -10 -106 2,770 3,336 2,988 2,678 3,480
21 Venezuela 90 -56 -460 4 42 -4 2 -16 8 -492
22 All other Latin America 3,557 24,050 7,867 1,474 1,849 -314 2,949 1,461 875 1,047
 
23 Caribbean 10,556 -4,531 1,478 -6,288 4,972 -2,485 -5,174 10,246 -7,507 1,426
 
24 Asia 235,915 108,145 108,173 -15,027 47,705 27,339 12,740 -14,215 22,469 12,135
25 China, Mainland 51,159 -46,952 36,570 -32,536 7,469 11,980 14,534 1,619 1,704 -736
26 Hong Kong 8,743 9,669 5,131 1,661 7,337 3,053 -2,208 -932 1,430 -3,549
27 Japan 124,121 148,498 62,817 19,736 33,797 13,925 201 -10,513 15,567 9,840
28 Korea -3,152 -4,646 656 -895 1,501 1,424 -3,781 1,502 1,203 -1,193
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -6,234 -3,133 -4,246 -185 -1,869 706 -1,108 -4,247 1,259 1,013
30 All other Asia 61,278 4,709 7,245 -2,808 -530 -3,749 5,102 -1,644 1,306 6,760
 
31 Africa 5,135 1,996 1,512 -24 585 -4 494 30 479 -72
32 African oil exporters3 8,244 2,048 1,317 -88 155 140 490 -75 565 42
 
33 Other countries -5,649 1,303 2,179 98 167 -276 151 1,499 579 59
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 188 11,549 752 1,873 2,497 -1,444 4,831 -1,267 -3,470 -395
  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: August 31, 2012