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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: September 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.-Jul.2013/r Jan.2013/r Feb.2013/r Mar.2013/r Apr.2013/r May.2013/r Jun.2013/r Jul.2013/p
1 Total Reported 432,571 416,444 -11,870 31,758 2,296 -11,203 -38,774 11,014 -40,825 33,864
 
2 Foreign countries 421,022 417,425 -10,217 29,439 1,300 -7,558 -35,371 7,677 -39,936 34,232
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 144,155 209,856 29,117 53,050 -6,783 -17,097 -23,781 40,298 -681 -15,889
 
4 Europe 229,563 148,566 3,388 5,986 -5,005 2,623 12,958 -450 -31,260 18,536
5 Belgium -533 -6,856 -9,801 -287 -83 -3,654 -2,392 -2,409 -292 -683
6 France 84,481 84,162 57,815 5,869 6,531 6,891 16,066 8,889 -1,579 15,148
7 Germany 4,304 7,073 -1,894 1,883 -377 -852 -2,296 839 -837 -254
8 Ireland -11,611 -14,049 9,977 1,127 1,211 1,627 1,734 4,417 1,425 -1,564
9 Luxembourg -10,313 -32,224 -30,303 -7,729 -7,965 1,160 -3,110 -3,722 -1,847 -7,091
10 Netherlands 174 -1,730 15 636 -51 -39 1,090 -917 0 -704
11 Norway 5,190 12,694 -2,747 825 163 -745 -1,610 -555 -121 -704
12 Sweden 3,750 -4,350 -1,051 -1,281 1,163 -502 -245 -391 306 -101
13 Switzerland 6,224 52,916 -9,810 -597 -4,844 -5,195 -464 939 720 -369
14 United Kingdom 156,940 98,436 -7,002 -1,407 3,712 2,464 8,674 -4,407 -29,829 13,791
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,648 -1,896 -869 -219 -407 173 -295 -48 -66 -7
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -10,692 -45,610 -943 7,167 -4,058 1,294 -4,194 -3,086 859 1,074
17 Canada 17,668 56,574 -977 -650 -1,121 2,879 -3,316 -5,297 -609 7,137
 
18 Latin America 66,878 44,126 4,028 5,472 4,198 -765 -4,704 5,911 -1,715 -4,369
19 Brazil 47,408 2,310 -4,460 86 2,586 1,143 -3,217 581 -3,538 -2,101
20 Mexico -4,524 26,227 -3,491 3,624 1,665 -4,838 -1,765 2,031 514 -4,722
21 Venezuela -56 -261 41 54 10 -7 -10 -15 19 -10
22 All other Latin America 24,050 15,850 11,938 1,708 -63 2,937 288 3,314 1,290 2,464
 
23 Caribbean -4,531 -5,271 -63,108 -30,507 10,309 148 -9,681 -29,654 -15,656 11,933
 
24 Asia 108,145 167,023 45,228 49,102 -6,487 -12,142 -31,285 34,425 9,481 2,134
25 China, Mainland -46,952 73,158 76,951 44,490 10,691 -1,504 -4,971 22,485 12,236 -6,476
26 Hong Kong 9,669 -61 -8,574 -528 -429 -1,428 -1,315 3,318 -3,253 -4,939
27 Japan 148,498 86,324 4,591 4,482 -7,588 278 -13,641 72 1,629 19,359
28 Korea -4,646 1,326 -2,421 -663 -680 -152 751 -1,024 -1,386 733
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -3,133 -8,422 6,754 2,187 174 -388 825 3,138 840 -22
30 All other Asia 4,709 14,698 -32,073 -866 -8,655 -8,948 -12,934 6,436 -585 -6,521
 
31 Africa 1,996 -423 799 461 -188 -157 1,023 192 370 -902
32 African oil exporters3 2,048 1,784 1,863 201 -24 106 600 552 426 2
 
33 Other countries 1,303 6,830 425 -425 -406 -144 -366 2,550 -547 -237
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 11,549 -981 -1,653 2,319 996 -3,645 -3,403 3,337 -889 -368
  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: September 27, 2013