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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: March 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 2011 2012/r Jan.-Jan.2013 Jul.2012/r Aug.2012 Sep.2012/r Oct.2012/r Nov.2012/r Dec.2012 Jan.2013/p
1 Total Reported 432,571 405,938 32,302 53,424 42,903 -17,492 12,043 28,085 29,893 32,302
 
2 Foreign countries 421,022 403,938 30,053 56,530 43,567 -21,208 11,675 28,704 28,340 30,053
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 144,155 200,893 53,128 30,154 19,151 919 7,841 -2,667 8,366 53,128
 
4 Europe 229,563 144,743 6,024 27,109 32,705 -6,583 -12,266 15,587 4,734 6,024
5 Belgium -533 -6,891 -287 -741 -796 -637 -491 -1,816 -232 -287
6 France 84,481 83,956 5,869 15,437 4,434 -4,275 15,843 6,206 6,228 5,869
7 Germany 4,304 6,663 1,883 -1,080 1,912 -1,554 -358 2,124 -2,572 1,883
8 Ireland -11,611 -15,027 1,130 -2,962 -427 -584 -4,741 -1,789 4,251 1,130
9 Luxembourg -10,313 -32,266 -7,716 -1,825 -1,291 514 -695 1,666 -1,467 -7,716
10 Netherlands 174 -1,168 636 -1,517 1,253 154 -464 -80 -287 636
11 Norway 5,190 9,778 825 3,919 1,263 1,473 1,648 454 -1,063 825
12 Sweden 3,750 -4,403 -1,281 468 -307 -645 747 73 -1,544 -1,281
13 Switzerland 6,224 53,276 -534 18,644 11,868 3,142 1,643 -1,670 605 -534
14 United Kingdom 156,940 98,678 -1,407 7,984 13,568 -4,517 -19,069 14,643 10,035 -1,407
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,648 -2,027 -220 -362 -475 -81 258 -213 34 -220
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -10,692 -45,826 7,127 -10,856 1,703 426 -6,587 -4,011 -9,254 7,127
17 Canada 17,668 56,278 -412 2,170 569 3,844 5,285 6,521 8,759 -412
 
18 Latin America 66,878 42,736 5,510 9,488 3,523 -4,847 6,482 3,317 -1,228 5,510
19 Brazil 47,408 2,738 86 8,046 443 -8,258 2,387 491 -4,583 86
20 Mexico -4,524 26,226 3,662 -269 1,529 1,750 2,767 2,318 2,985 3,662
21 Venezuela -56 -253 54 -2 -2 -5 234 1 -19 54
22 All other Latin America 24,050 14,025 1,708 1,713 1,553 1,666 1,094 507 389 1,708
 
23 Caribbean -4,531 -11,738 -30,247 2,324 1,024 -20,821 -6,196 12,713 -9,910 -30,247
 
24 Asia 108,145 166,150 49,117 16,348 4,526 7,564 17,966 -10,442 25,637 49,117
25 China, Mainland -46,952 73,310 44,480 6,235 3,430 44 9,554 -902 18,520 44,480
26 Hong Kong 9,669 23 -528 658 -615 -2,905 -429 -77 -1,660 -528
27 Japan 148,498 87,280 4,472 6,429 4,864 7,921 5,338 -1,264 3,144 4,472
28 Korea -4,646 363 -663 -151 -1,567 -127 341 981 -283 -663
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -3,133 -5,130 2,213 -1,109 -1,382 -93 883 -1,359 2,083 2,213
30 All other Asia 4,709 10,304 -857 4,286 -204 2,724 2,279 -7,821 3,833 -857
 
31 Africa 1,996 -1,092 461 -1,747 -565 36 -454 240 -494 461
32 African oil exporters3 2,048 1,662 201 717 -494 12 62 160 32 201
 
33 Other countries 1,303 6,861 -400 838 1,785 -401 858 768 842 -400
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 11,549 2,000 2,249 -3,106 -664 3,716 368 -619 1,553 2,249
  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: March 29, 2013