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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: August 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.-Jun.2013/r Dec.2012 Jan.2013/r Feb.2013/r Mar.2013/r Apr.2013 May.2013 Jun.2013/p
1 Total Reported 432,571 405,938 -44,539 29,893 31,976 2,424 -11,171 -38,314 11,315 -40,769
 
2 Foreign countries 421,022 403,938 -43,254 28,340 29,657 1,428 -7,526 -34,911 7,978 -39,880
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 144,155 201,863 45,006 8,366 53,050 -6,783 -17,097 -23,781 40,298 -681
 
4 Europe 229,563 144,743 -14,763 4,734 6,035 -4,947 2,651 13,055 -347 -31,210
5 Belgium -533 -6,891 -9,118 -232 -287 -83 -3,654 -2,392 -2,409 -292
6 France 84,481 83,956 42,667 6,228 5,869 6,531 6,891 16,066 8,889 -1,579
7 Germany 4,304 6,663 -1,640 -2,572 1,883 -377 -852 -2,296 839 -837
8 Ireland -11,611 -15,027 11,543 4,251 1,127 1,211 1,627 1,734 4,419 1,425
9 Luxembourg -10,313 -32,266 -23,213 -1,467 -7,729 -7,966 1,160 -3,110 -3,722 -1,847
10 Netherlands 174 -1,168 719 -287 636 -51 -39 1,090 -917 0
11 Norway 5,190 9,778 -2,043 -1,063 825 163 -745 -1,610 -555 -121
12 Sweden 3,750 -4,403 -950 -1,544 -1,281 1,163 -502 -245 -391 306
13 Switzerland 6,224 53,276 -9,084 605 -548 -4,785 -5,167 -374 1,030 760
14 United Kingdom 156,940 98,678 -20,791 10,035 -1,407 3,712 2,464 8,676 -4,407 -29,829
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,648 -2,027 -862 34 -219 -407 173 -295 -48 -66
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -10,692 -45,826 -1,992 -9,254 7,167 -4,058 1,294 -4,189 -3,076 869
17 Canada 17,668 56,278 -7,398 8,759 -544 -1,052 2,880 -2,966 -5,107 -609
 
18 Latin America 66,878 42,736 8,395 -1,228 5,472 4,198 -765 -4,704 5,908 -1,714
19 Brazil 47,408 2,738 -2,356 -4,583 86 2,586 1,143 -3,217 581 -3,535
20 Mexico -4,524 26,226 1,231 2,985 3,624 1,665 -4,838 -1,765 2,031 514
21 Venezuela -56 -253 51 -19 54 10 -7 -10 -15 19
22 All other Latin America 24,050 14,025 9,469 389 1,708 -63 2,937 288 3,311 1,288
 
23 Caribbean -4,531 -11,738 -74,945 -9,910 -30,444 10,310 151 -9,668 -29,643 -15,651
 
24 Asia 108,145 166,150 43,094 25,637 49,102 -6,487 -12,142 -31,285 34,425 9,481
25 China, Mainland -46,952 73,310 83,427 18,520 44,490 10,691 -1,504 -4,971 22,485 12,236
26 Hong Kong 9,669 23 -3,635 -1,660 -528 -429 -1,428 -1,315 3,318 -3,253
27 Japan 148,498 87,280 -14,768 3,144 4,482 -7,588 278 -13,641 72 1,629
28 Korea -4,646 363 -3,154 -283 -663 -680 -152 751 -1,024 -1,386
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -3,133 -5,130 6,776 2,083 2,187 174 -388 825 3,138 840
30 All other Asia 4,709 10,304 -25,552 3,833 -866 -8,655 -8,948 -12,934 6,436 -585
 
31 Africa 1,996 -1,092 1,701 -494 461 -188 -157 1,023 192 370
32 African oil exporters3 2,048 1,662 1,861 32 201 -24 106 600 552 426
 
33 Other countries 1,303 6,861 662 842 -425 -406 -144 -366 2,550 -547
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 11,549 2,000 -1,285 1,553 2,319 996 -3,645 -3,403 3,337 -889
  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: August 30, 2013