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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: November 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.-Sep.2012/r Mar.2012 Apr.2012 May.2012 Jun.2012 Jul.2012 Aug.2012/r Sep.2012/p
1 Total Reported 703,682 432,571 321,755 19,611 38,681 45,931 31,280 49,523 42,903 -17,342
 
2 Foreign countries 703,494 421,022 321,057 14,780 39,948 49,401 31,675 52,629 43,567 -21,058
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 172,065 144,155 184,781 33,127 16,738 21,120 21,267 28,677 19,151 919
 
4 Europe 352,217 229,563 131,053 -11,194 30,246 34,049 10,619 23,208 32,705 -6,433
5 Belgium -1,757 -533 -4,204 -173 -316 -369 -972 -741 -796 -487
6 France -5,819 84,481 56,203 -2,593 14,485 10,104 4,566 15,437 4,434 -4,275
7 Germany 13,165 4,304 7,215 -1,418 845 2,926 1,017 -1,080 1,912 -1,554
8 Ireland -3,127 -11,611 -15,213 3 731 -818 -2,958 -2,962 -427 -584
9 Luxembourg -4,704 -10,313 -31,675 -6,941 -9,318 -2,391 -4,219 -1,825 -1,291 514
10 Netherlands -1,356 174 -560 679 -605 -305 543 -1,517 1,253 154
11 Norway 8,244 5,190 9,634 1,998 -294 303 -694 3,919 1,263 1,473
12 Sweden 2,150 3,750 -3,702 -680 -561 -459 -1,249 468 -307 -645
13 Switzerland 19,517 6,224 52,686 2,217 85 975 10,588 18,644 11,868 3,142
14 United Kingdom 341,751 156,940 89,094 -5,279 32,343 25,114 767 4,083 13,568 -4,517
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -368 1,648 -2,123 -1,156 410 19 -116 -362 -475 -81
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -15,479 -10,692 -26,303 2,150 -7,559 -1,051 3,346 -10,856 1,703 426
17 Canada 78,712 17,668 32,960 6,344 1,051 -449 7,086 2,170 569 3,844
 
18 Latin America 26,608 66,878 34,490 11,655 11,091 -894 973 9,488 3,523 -4,847
19 Brazil 24,934 47,408 4,482 5,399 6,658 -4,050 -2,983 8,046 443 -8,258
20 Mexico -1,973 -4,524 18,156 3,336 2,988 2,678 3,480 -269 1,529 1,750
21 Venezuela 90 -56 -469 2 -16 8 -492 -2 -2 -5
22 All other Latin America 3,557 24,050 12,321 2,918 1,461 470 968 1,713 1,553 1,666
 
23 Caribbean 10,556 -4,531 -16,631 -5,260 10,246 -7,848 1,454 2,324 1,024 -20,821
 
24 Asia 235,915 108,145 135,443 12,745 -14,215 23,129 11,528 16,348 4,526 7,564
25 China, Mainland 51,159 -46,952 47,263 14,534 1,619 2,457 -489 6,235 3,430 44
26 Hong Kong 8,743 9,669 2,146 -2,319 -932 1,364 -3,547 658 -615 -2,905
27 Japan 124,121 148,498 81,263 495 -10,513 15,721 9,333 6,429 4,864 7,921
28 Korea -3,152 -4,646 -1,552 -3,882 1,502 1,302 -1,247 -151 -1,567 -127
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -6,234 -3,133 -6,834 -1,114 -4,247 1,408 1,018 -1,109 -1,382 -93
30 All other Asia 61,278 4,709 13,157 5,031 -1,644 877 6,460 4,286 -204 2,724
 
31 Africa 5,135 1,996 -494 380 30 835 -44 -1,747 -565 36
32 African oil exporters3 8,244 2,048 1,338 376 -75 465 42 717 -494 12
 
33 Other countries -5,649 1,303 4,236 110 1,499 579 59 838 1,785 -401
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 188 11,549 698 4,831 -1,267 -3,470 -395 -3,106 -664 3,716
  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: November 30, 2012