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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: December 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.-Oct.2012/r Apr.2012/r May.2012/r Jun.2012 Jul.2012 Aug.2012 Sep.2012 Oct.2012/p
1 Total Reported 703,682 432,571 329,270 36,152 45,932 31,280 49,523 42,903 -17,342 15,811
 
2 Foreign countries 703,494 421,022 328,204 37,419 49,402 31,675 52,629 43,567 -21,058 15,443
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 172,065 144,155 194,114 16,740 21,120 21,267 28,677 19,151 919 8,238
 
4 Europe 352,217 229,563 113,900 28,536 34,049 10,619 23,208 32,705 -6,433 -12,081
5 Belgium -1,757 -533 -4,693 -316 -369 -972 -741 -796 -487 -491
6 France -5,819 84,481 70,577 13,909 10,104 4,566 15,437 4,434 -4,275 15,909
7 Germany 13,165 4,304 7,109 990 2,926 1,017 -1,080 1,912 -1,554 -358
8 Ireland -3,127 -11,611 -19,956 731 -818 -2,958 -2,962 -427 -584 -4,741
9 Luxembourg -4,704 -10,313 -32,462 -9,318 -2,391 -4,219 -1,825 -1,291 514 -695
10 Netherlands -1,356 174 -714 -400 -305 543 -1,517 1,253 154 -464
11 Norway 8,244 5,190 10,387 -806 303 -694 3,919 1,263 1,473 1,648
12 Sweden 2,150 3,750 -2,932 -561 -459 -1,249 468 -307 -645 747
13 Switzerland 19,517 6,224 54,353 86 975 10,588 18,644 11,868 3,142 1,655
14 United Kingdom 341,751 156,940 66,539 31,331 25,114 767 4,083 13,568 -4,517 -19,071
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -368 1,648 -1,848 410 19 -116 -362 -475 -81 258
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -15,479 -10,692 -32,460 -7,520 -1,051 3,346 -10,856 1,703 426 -6,478
17 Canada 78,712 17,668 37,705 1,229 -449 7,086 2,170 569 3,844 5,291
 
18 Latin America 26,608 66,878 40,669 11,071 -894 973 9,488 3,523 -4,847 6,465
19 Brazil 24,934 47,408 6,868 6,658 -4,050 -2,983 8,046 443 -8,258 2,386
20 Mexico -1,973 -4,524 20,922 2,988 2,678 3,480 -269 1,529 1,750 2,766
21 Venezuela 90 -56 -236 -16 8 -492 -2 -2 -5 233
22 All other Latin America 3,557 24,050 13,115 1,441 470 968 1,713 1,553 1,666 1,080
 
23 Caribbean 10,556 -4,531 -19,620 9,628 -7,847 1,454 2,324 1,024 -20,821 -2,636
 
24 Asia 235,915 108,145 151,131 -14,749 23,129 11,528 16,348 4,526 7,564 18,001
25 China, Mainland 51,159 -46,952 55,742 1,452 2,457 -489 6,235 3,430 44 9,554
26 Hong Kong 8,743 9,669 1,771 -928 1,364 -3,547 658 -615 -2,905 -429
27 Japan 124,121 148,498 85,486 -10,511 15,721 9,333 6,429 4,864 7,921 5,342
28 Korea -3,152 -4,646 -336 1,600 1,302 -1,247 -151 -1,567 -127 341
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -6,234 -3,133 -5,854 -4,226 1,408 1,018 -1,109 -1,382 -93 883
30 All other Asia 61,278 4,709 14,322 -2,136 877 6,460 4,286 -204 2,724 2,310
 
31 Africa 5,135 1,996 -839 205 835 -44 -1,747 -565 36 -455
32 African oil exporters3 8,244 2,048 1,469 -19 465 42 717 -494 12 61
 
33 Other countries -5,649 1,303 5,258 1,499 579 59 838 1,785 -401 858
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 188 11,549 1,066 -1,267 -3,470 -395 -3,106 -664 3,716 368
  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: December 28, 2012