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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: October 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.-Aug.2012/r Feb.2012 Mar.2012 Apr.2012 May.2012/r Jun.2012/r Jul.2012/r Aug.2012/p
1 Total Reported 703,682 432,571 339,098 19,711 19,611 38,681 45,931 31,280 49,523 42,904
 
2 Foreign countries 703,494 421,022 342,116 21,155 14,780 39,948 49,401 31,675 52,629 43,568
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 172,065 144,155 183,862 10,891 33,127 16,738 21,120 21,267 28,677 19,151
 
4 Europe 352,217 229,563 137,482 -9,087 -11,194 30,246 34,049 10,619 23,208 32,701
5 Belgium -1,757 -533 -3,717 -182 -173 -316 -369 -972 -741 -796
6 France -5,819 84,481 60,478 7,454 -2,593 14,485 10,104 4,566 15,437 4,434
7 Germany 13,165 4,304 8,769 4,370 -1,418 845 2,926 1,017 -1,080 1,912
8 Ireland -3,127 -11,611 -14,629 -5,599 3 731 -818 -2,958 -2,962 -427
9 Luxembourg -4,704 -10,313 -32,189 -3,154 -6,941 -9,318 -2,391 -4,219 -1,825 -1,291
10 Netherlands -1,356 174 -714 -650 679 -605 -305 543 -1,517 1,253
11 Norway 8,244 5,190 8,161 1,351 1,998 -294 303 -694 3,919 1,263
12 Sweden 2,150 3,750 -3,057 -137 -680 -561 -459 -1,249 468 -307
13 Switzerland 19,517 6,224 49,544 1,741 2,217 85 975 10,588 18,644 11,868
14 United Kingdom 341,751 156,940 93,607 -10,817 -5,279 32,343 25,114 767 4,083 13,564
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -368 1,648 -2,042 -149 -1,156 410 19 -116 -362 -475
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -15,479 -10,692 -26,729 -3,315 2,150 -7,559 -1,051 3,346 -10,856 1,703
17 Canada 78,712 17,668 29,116 6,993 6,344 1,051 -449 7,086 2,170 569
 
18 Latin America 26,608 66,878 39,337 -476 11,655 11,091 -894 973 9,488 3,523
19 Brazil 24,934 47,408 12,740 -2,951 5,399 6,658 -4,050 -2,983 8,046 443
20 Mexico -1,973 -4,524 16,406 2,770 3,336 2,988 2,678 3,480 -269 1,529
21 Venezuela 90 -56 -464 -4 2 -16 8 -492 -2 -2
22 All other Latin America 3,557 24,050 10,655 -291 2,918 1,461 470 968 1,713 1,553
 
23 Caribbean 10,556 -4,531 4,195 -2,513 -5,260 10,246 -7,848 1,454 2,324 1,029
 
24 Asia 235,915 108,145 127,879 26,539 12,745 -14,215 23,129 11,528 16,348 4,526
25 China, Mainland 51,159 -46,952 47,219 11,980 14,534 1,619 2,457 -489 6,235 3,430
26 Hong Kong 8,743 9,669 5,051 3,117 -2,319 -932 1,364 -3,547 658 -615
27 Japan 124,121 148,498 73,342 13,416 495 -10,513 15,721 9,333 6,429 4,864
28 Korea -3,152 -4,646 -1,425 1,267 -3,882 1,502 1,302 -1,247 -151 -1,567
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -6,234 -3,133 -6,741 604 -1,114 -4,247 1,408 1,018 -1,109 -1,382
30 All other Asia 61,278 4,709 10,433 -3,845 5,031 -1,644 877 6,460 4,286 -204
 
31 Africa 5,135 1,996 -530 -4 380 30 835 -44 -1,747 -565
32 African oil exporters3 8,244 2,048 1,326 140 376 -75 465 42 717 -494
 
33 Other countries -5,649 1,303 4,637 -297 110 1,499 579 59 838 1,785
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 188 11,549 -3,018 -1,444 4,831 -1,267 -3,470 -395 -3,106 -664
  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: October 26, 2012