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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: April 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.-Feb.2013 Aug.2012 Sep.2012 Oct.2012 Nov.2012/r Dec.2012 Jan.2013 Feb.2013/p
1 Total Reported 432,571 405,938 32,180 42,903 -17,492 12,043 28,085 29,893 32,302 -122
 
2 Foreign countries 421,022 403,938 28,935 43,567 -21,208 11,675 28,704 28,340 30,053 -1,118
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 144,155 201,863 46,049 19,151 919 7,841 -1,697 8,366 53,128 -7,079
 
4 Europe 229,563 144,743 -967 32,705 -6,583 -12,266 15,587 4,734 6,024 -6,991
5 Belgium -533 -6,891 -370 -796 -637 -491 -1,816 -232 -287 -83
6 France 84,481 83,956 12,097 4,434 -4,275 15,843 6,206 6,228 5,869 6,229
7 Germany 4,304 6,663 1,635 1,912 -1,554 -358 2,124 -2,572 1,883 -248
8 Ireland -11,611 -15,027 2,341 -427 -584 -4,741 -1,789 4,251 1,130 1,211
9 Luxembourg -10,313 -32,266 -15,694 -1,291 514 -695 1,666 -1,467 -7,716 -7,979
10 Netherlands 174 -1,168 594 1,253 154 -464 -80 -287 636 -41
11 Norway 5,190 9,778 988 1,263 1,473 1,648 454 -1,063 825 163
12 Sweden 3,750 -4,403 -118 -307 -645 747 73 -1,544 -1,281 1,163
13 Switzerland 6,224 53,276 -5,536 11,868 3,142 1,643 -1,670 605 -534 -5,002
14 United Kingdom 156,940 98,678 -27 13,568 -4,517 -19,069 14,643 10,035 -1,407 1,380
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,648 -2,027 -627 -475 -81 258 -213 34 -220 -407
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -10,692 -45,826 3,750 1,703 426 -6,587 -4,011 -9,254 7,127 -3,377
17 Canada 17,668 56,278 -1,550 569 3,844 5,285 6,521 8,759 -412 -1,138
 
18 Latin America 66,878 42,736 9,723 3,523 -4,847 6,482 3,317 -1,228 5,510 4,213
19 Brazil 47,408 2,738 2,672 443 -8,258 2,387 491 -4,583 86 2,586
20 Mexico -4,524 26,226 5,342 1,529 1,750 2,767 2,318 2,985 3,662 1,680
21 Venezuela -56 -253 64 -2 -5 234 1 -19 54 10
22 All other Latin America 24,050 14,025 1,645 1,553 1,666 1,094 507 389 1,708 -63
 
23 Caribbean -4,531 -11,738 -19,763 1,024 -20,821 -6,196 12,713 -9,910 -30,247 10,484
 
24 Asia 108,145 166,150 41,813 4,526 7,564 17,966 -10,442 25,637 49,117 -7,304
25 China, Mainland -46,952 73,310 53,861 3,430 44 9,554 -902 18,520 44,480 9,381
26 Hong Kong 9,669 23 -934 -615 -2,905 -429 -77 -1,660 -528 -406
27 Japan 148,498 87,280 -2,860 4,864 7,921 5,338 -1,264 3,144 4,472 -7,332
28 Korea -4,646 363 -1,243 -1,567 -127 341 981 -283 -663 -580
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -3,133 -5,130 2,392 -1,382 -93 883 -1,359 2,083 2,213 179
30 All other Asia 4,709 10,304 -9,403 -204 2,724 2,279 -7,821 3,833 -857 -8,546
 
31 Africa 1,996 -1,092 497 -565 36 -454 240 -494 461 36
32 African oil exporters3 2,048 1,662 177 -494 12 62 160 32 201 -24
 
33 Other countries 1,303 6,861 -818 1,785 -401 858 768 842 -400 -418
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 11,549 2,000 3,245 -664 3,716 368 -619 1,553 2,249 996
  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: April 26, 2013