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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: February 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.-Dec.2012 Jun.2012 Jul.2012 Aug.2012 Sep.2012 Oct.2012 Nov.2012 Dec.2012/p
1 Total Reported 703,682 432,571 381,802 31,280 49,523 42,903 -17,342 12,043 26,407 29,893
 
2 Foreign countries 703,494 421,022 379,802 31,675 52,629 43,567 -21,058 11,675 27,026 28,340
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 172,065 144,155 199,813 21,267 28,677 19,151 919 8,238 -2,667 8,366
 
4 Europe 352,217 229,563 131,510 10,619 23,208 32,705 -6,433 -12,266 13,061 4,734
5 Belgium -1,757 -533 -6,741 -972 -741 -796 -487 -491 -1,816 -232
6 France -5,819 84,481 83,309 4,566 15,437 4,434 -4,275 15,843 6,570 6,228
7 Germany 13,165 4,304 6,739 1,017 -1,080 1,912 -1,554 -358 2,202 -2,572
8 Ireland -3,127 -11,611 -17,528 -2,958 -2,962 -427 -584 -4,741 -1,823 4,251
9 Luxembourg -4,704 -10,313 -32,264 -4,219 -1,825 -1,291 514 -695 1,666 -1,467
10 Netherlands -1,356 174 -1,081 543 -1,517 1,253 154 -464 -80 -287
11 Norway 8,244 5,190 9,778 -694 3,919 1,263 1,473 1,648 454 -1,063
12 Sweden 2,150 3,750 -4,323 -1,249 468 -307 -645 747 153 -1,544
13 Switzerland 19,517 6,224 53,538 10,588 18,644 11,868 3,142 1,643 -1,408 605
14 United Kingdom 341,751 156,940 88,093 767 4,083 13,568 -4,517 -19,069 11,517 10,035
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -368 1,648 -2,027 -116 -362 -475 -81 258 -213 34
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -15,479 -10,692 -45,983 3,346 -10,856 1,703 426 -6,587 -4,161 -9,254
17 Canada 78,712 17,668 53,109 7,086 2,170 569 3,844 5,285 6,651 8,759
 
18 Latin America 26,608 66,878 41,775 973 9,488 3,523 -4,847 6,482 2,317 -1,228
19 Brazil 24,934 47,408 4,321 -2,983 8,046 443 -8,258 2,387 2,035 -4,583
20 Mexico -1,973 -4,524 25,218 3,480 -269 1,529 1,750 2,767 1,310 2,985
21 Venezuela 90 -56 -253 -492 -2 -2 -5 234 1 -19
22 All other Latin America 3,557 24,050 12,489 968 1,713 1,553 1,666 1,094 -1,029 389
 
23 Caribbean 10,556 -4,531 -20,557 1,454 2,324 1,024 -20,821 -6,196 12,533 -9,910
 
24 Asia 235,915 108,145 168,189 11,528 16,348 4,526 7,564 17,966 -8,544 25,637
25 China, Mainland 51,159 -46,952 73,360 -489 6,235 3,430 44 9,554 -902 18,520
26 Hong Kong 8,743 9,669 34 -3,547 658 -615 -2,905 -429 -77 -1,660
27 Japan 124,121 148,498 89,316 9,333 6,429 4,864 7,921 5,338 690 3,144
28 Korea -3,152 -4,646 362 -1,247 -151 -1,567 -127 341 981 -283
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -6,234 -3,133 -5,130 1,018 -1,109 -1,382 -93 883 -1,359 2,083
30 All other Asia 61,278 4,709 10,247 6,460 4,286 -204 2,724 2,279 -7,877 3,833
 
31 Africa 5,135 1,996 -1,092 -44 -1,747 -565 36 -454 240 -494
32 African oil exporters3 8,244 2,048 1,662 42 717 -494 12 62 160 32
 
33 Other countries -5,649 1,303 6,868 59 838 1,785 -401 858 768 842
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 188 11,549 2,000 -395 -3,106 -664 3,716 368 -619 1,553
  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: February 22, 2013