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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: May 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 Jan.-Mar.2013/r Sep.2012 Oct.2012 Nov.2012 Dec.2012 Jan.2013 Feb.2013/r Mar.2013/p
1 Total Reported 432,571 405,938 40,205 -17,492 12,043 28,085 29,893 32,302 2,614 5,289
 
2 Foreign countries 421,022 403,938 40,605 -21,208 11,675 28,704 28,340 30,053 1,618 8,934
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 144,155 201,863 29,615 919 7,841 -1,697 8,366 53,128 -6,697 -16,816
 
4 Europe 229,563 144,743 19,933 -6,583 -12,266 15,587 4,734 6,024 -4,919 18,828
5 Belgium -533 -6,891 -4,025 -637 -491 -1,816 -232 -287 -83 -3,654
6 France 84,481 83,956 35,477 -4,275 15,843 6,206 6,228 5,869 6,531 23,077
7 Germany 4,304 6,663 654 -1,554 -358 2,124 -2,572 1,883 -377 -852
8 Ireland -11,611 -15,027 3,970 -584 -4,741 -1,789 4,251 1,130 1,211 1,629
9 Luxembourg -10,313 -32,266 -14,534 514 -695 1,666 -1,467 -7,716 -7,979 1,160
10 Netherlands 174 -1,168 546 154 -464 -80 -287 636 -51 -39
11 Norway 5,190 9,778 243 1,473 1,648 454 -1,063 825 163 -745
12 Sweden 3,750 -4,403 -620 -645 747 73 -1,544 -1,281 1,163 -502
13 Switzerland 6,224 53,276 -10,458 3,142 1,643 -1,670 605 -534 -4,757 -5,167
14 United Kingdom 156,940 98,678 4,769 -4,517 -19,069 14,643 10,035 -1,407 3,723 2,453
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,648 -2,027 -454 -81 258 -213 34 -220 -407 173
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -10,692 -45,826 4,366 426 -6,587 -4,011 -9,254 7,127 -4,056 1,294
17 Canada 17,668 56,278 1,312 3,844 5,285 6,521 8,759 -412 -1,142 2,866
 
18 Latin America 66,878 42,736 9,086 -4,847 6,482 3,317 -1,228 5,510 4,213 -637
19 Brazil 47,408 2,738 3,815 -8,258 2,387 491 -4,583 86 2,586 1,143
20 Mexico -4,524 26,226 632 1,750 2,767 2,318 2,985 3,662 1,680 -4,710
21 Venezuela -56 -253 57 -5 234 1 -19 54 10 -7
22 All other Latin America 24,050 14,025 4,582 1,666 1,094 507 389 1,708 -63 2,937
 
23 Caribbean -4,531 -11,738 -19,592 -20,821 -6,196 12,713 -9,910 -30,247 10,488 167
 
24 Asia 108,145 166,150 30,712 7,564 17,966 -10,442 25,637 49,117 -6,416 -11,989
25 China, Mainland -46,952 73,310 53,667 44 9,554 -902 18,520 44,480 10,691 -1,504
26 Hong Kong 9,669 23 -2,385 -2,905 -429 -77 -1,660 -528 -429 -1,428
27 Japan 148,498 87,280 -2,838 7,921 5,338 -1,264 3,144 4,472 -7,588 278
28 Korea -4,646 363 -1,495 -127 341 981 -283 -663 -680 -152
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -3,133 -5,130 2,160 -93 883 -1,359 2,083 2,213 176 -229
30 All other Asia 4,709 10,304 -18,397 2,724 2,279 -7,821 3,833 -857 -8,586 -8,954
 
31 Africa 1,996 -1,092 116 36 -454 240 -494 461 -188 -157
32 African oil exporters3 2,048 1,662 283 12 62 160 32 201 -24 106
 
33 Other countries 1,303 6,861 -962 -401 858 768 842 -400 -418 -144
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 11,549 2,000 -400 3,716 368 -619 1,553 2,249 996 -3,645
  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: May 31, 2013