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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: January 2013

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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.-Nov.2012/r May.2012 Jun.2012 Jul.2012 Aug.2012 Sep.2012 Oct.2012/r Nov.2012/p
1 Total Reported 703,682 432,571 351,909 45,932 31,280 49,523 42,903 -17,342 12,043 26,407
 
2 Foreign countries 703,494 421,022 351,462 49,402 31,675 52,629 43,567 -21,058 11,675 27,026
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 172,065 144,155 191,447 21,120 21,267 28,677 19,151 919 8,238 -2,667
 
4 Europe 352,217 229,563 126,776 34,049 10,619 23,208 32,705 -6,433 -12,266 13,061
5 Belgium -1,757 -533 -6,509 -369 -972 -741 -796 -487 -491 -1,816
6 France -5,819 84,481 77,081 10,104 4,566 15,437 4,434 -4,275 15,843 6,570
7 Germany 13,165 4,304 9,312 2,926 1,017 -1,080 1,912 -1,554 -358 2,202
8 Ireland -3,127 -11,611 -21,779 -818 -2,958 -2,962 -427 -584 -4,741 -1,823
9 Luxembourg -4,704 -10,313 -30,797 -2,391 -4,219 -1,825 -1,291 514 -695 1,666
10 Netherlands -1,356 174 -794 -305 543 -1,517 1,253 154 -464 -80
11 Norway 8,244 5,190 10,841 303 -694 3,919 1,263 1,473 1,648 454
12 Sweden 2,150 3,750 -2,779 -459 -1,249 468 -307 -645 747 153
13 Switzerland 19,517 6,224 52,933 975 10,588 18,644 11,868 3,142 1,643 -1,408
14 United Kingdom 341,751 156,940 78,058 25,114 767 4,083 13,568 -4,517 -19,069 11,517
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -368 1,648 -2,061 19 -116 -362 -475 -81 258 -213
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -15,479 -10,692 -36,730 -1,051 3,346 -10,856 1,703 426 -6,587 -4,161
17 Canada 78,712 17,668 44,350 -449 7,086 2,170 569 3,844 5,285 6,651
 
18 Latin America 26,608 66,878 43,003 -894 973 9,488 3,523 -4,847 6,482 2,317
19 Brazil 24,934 47,408 8,904 -4,050 -2,983 8,046 443 -8,258 2,387 2,035
20 Mexico -1,973 -4,524 22,233 2,678 3,480 -269 1,529 1,750 2,767 1,310
21 Venezuela 90 -56 -234 8 -492 -2 -2 -5 234 1
22 All other Latin America 3,557 24,050 12,100 470 968 1,713 1,553 1,666 1,094 -1,029
 
23 Caribbean 10,556 -4,531 -10,647 -7,847 1,454 2,324 1,024 -20,821 -6,196 12,533
 
24 Asia 235,915 108,145 142,552 23,129 11,528 16,348 4,526 7,564 17,966 -8,544
25 China, Mainland 51,159 -46,952 54,840 2,457 -489 6,235 3,430 44 9,554 -902
26 Hong Kong 8,743 9,669 1,694 1,364 -3,547 658 -615 -2,905 -429 -77
27 Japan 124,121 148,498 86,172 15,721 9,333 6,429 4,864 7,921 5,338 690
28 Korea -3,152 -4,646 645 1,302 -1,247 -151 -1,567 -127 341 981
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -6,234 -3,133 -7,213 1,408 1,018 -1,109 -1,382 -93 883 -1,359
30 All other Asia 61,278 4,709 6,414 877 6,460 4,286 -204 2,724 2,279 -7,877
 
31 Africa 5,135 1,996 -598 835 -44 -1,747 -565 36 -454 240
32 African oil exporters3 8,244 2,048 1,630 465 42 717 -494 12 62 160
 
33 Other countries -5,649 1,303 6,026 579 59 838 1,785 -401 858 768
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 188 11,549 447 -3,470 -395 -3,106 -664 3,716 368 -619
  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: January 25, 2013