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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: October 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.-Aug.2013 Feb.2013 Mar.2013 Apr.2013 May.2013 Jun.2013 Jul.2013 Aug.2013/p
1 Total Reported 432,571 416,444 -22,644 2,296 -11,203 -38,774 11,014 -40,825 33,864 -10,774
 
2 Foreign countries 421,022 417,425 -21,472 1,300 -7,558 -35,371 7,677 -39,936 34,232 -11,255
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 144,155 209,856 18,245 -6,783 -17,097 -23,781 40,298 -681 -15,889 -10,872
 
4 Europe 229,563 148,566 -5,328 -5,005 2,623 12,958 -450 -31,260 18,536 -8,716
5 Belgium -533 -6,856 -10,130 -83 -3,654 -2,392 -2,409 -292 -683 -329
6 France 84,481 84,162 57,327 6,531 6,891 16,066 8,889 -1,579 15,148 -489
7 Germany 4,304 7,073 -700 -377 -852 -2,296 839 -837 -254 1,194
8 Ireland -11,611 -14,049 9,087 1,211 1,627 1,734 4,417 1,425 -1,564 -890
9 Luxembourg -10,313 -32,224 -42,582 -7,965 1,160 -3,110 -3,722 -1,847 -7,091 -12,279
10 Netherlands 174 -1,730 -427 -51 -39 1,090 -917 0 -704 -442
11 Norway 5,190 12,694 -4,079 163 -745 -1,610 -555 -121 -704 -1,332
12 Sweden 3,750 -4,350 -1,250 1,163 -502 -245 -391 306 -101 -199
13 Switzerland 6,224 52,916 -9,052 -4,844 -5,195 -464 939 720 -369 758
14 United Kingdom 156,940 98,436 -4,807 3,712 2,464 8,674 -4,407 -29,829 13,791 2,195
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,648 -1,896 -823 -407 173 -295 -48 -66 -7 46
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -10,692 -45,610 2,108 -4,058 1,294 -4,194 -3,086 859 1,074 3,051
17 Canada 17,668 56,574 676 -1,121 2,879 -3,316 -5,297 -609 7,137 1,653
 
18 Latin America 66,878 44,126 -3,402 4,198 -765 -4,704 5,911 -1,715 -4,369 -7,430
19 Brazil 47,408 2,310 -4,748 2,586 1,143 -3,217 581 -3,538 -2,101 -288
20 Mexico -4,524 26,227 -10,335 1,665 -4,838 -1,765 2,031 514 -4,722 -6,844
21 Venezuela -56 -261 52 10 -7 -10 -15 19 -10 11
22 All other Latin America 24,050 15,850 11,629 -63 2,937 288 3,314 1,290 2,464 -309
 
23 Caribbean -4,531 -5,271 -74,136 10,309 148 -9,681 -29,654 -15,656 11,933 -11,028
 
24 Asia 108,145 167,023 58,832 -6,487 -12,142 -31,285 34,425 9,481 2,134 13,604
25 China, Mainland -46,952 73,158 78,366 10,691 -1,504 -4,971 22,485 12,236 -6,476 1,415
26 Hong Kong 9,669 -61 -16,622 -429 -1,428 -1,315 3,318 -3,253 -4,939 -8,048
27 Japan 148,498 86,324 24,747 -7,588 278 -13,641 72 1,629 19,359 20,156
28 Korea -4,646 1,326 -2,416 -680 -152 751 -1,024 -1,386 733 5
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -3,133 -8,422 7,474 174 -388 825 3,138 840 -22 720
30 All other Asia 4,709 14,698 -32,717 -8,655 -8,948 -12,934 6,436 -585 -6,521 -644
 
31 Africa 1,996 -423 1,825 -188 -157 1,023 192 370 -902 1,026
32 African oil exporters3 2,048 1,784 1,960 -24 106 600 552 426 2 97
 
33 Other countries 1,303 6,830 61 -406 -144 -366 2,550 -547 -237 -364
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 11,549 -981 -1,172 996 -3,645 -3,403 3,337 -889 -368 481
  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: October 25, 2013