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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: November 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.-Sep.2013 Mar.2013 Apr.2013 May.2013 Jun.2013 Jul.2013 Aug.2013 Sep.2013/p
1 Total Reported 432,571 416,444 5,166 -11,203 -38,774 11,014 -40,825 33,864 -10,774 27,810
 
2 Foreign countries 421,022 417,425 5,845 -7,558 -35,371 7,677 -39,936 34,232 -11,255 27,317
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 144,155 209,856 -4,994 -17,097 -23,781 40,298 -681 -15,889 -10,872 -23,239
 
4 Europe 229,563 148,566 7,675 2,623 12,958 -450 -31,260 18,536 -8,716 13,003
5 Belgium -533 -6,856 -10,541 -3,654 -2,392 -2,409 -292 -683 -329 -411
6 France 84,481 84,162 69,672 6,891 16,066 8,889 -1,579 15,148 -489 12,346
7 Germany 4,304 7,073 -4,460 -852 -2,296 839 -837 -254 1,194 -3,760
8 Ireland -11,611 -14,049 9,144 1,627 1,734 4,417 1,425 -1,564 -890 58
9 Luxembourg -10,313 -32,224 -47,248 1,160 -3,110 -3,722 -1,847 -7,091 -12,279 -4,666
10 Netherlands 174 -1,730 -665 -39 1,090 -917 0 -704 -442 -238
11 Norway 5,190 12,694 -3,588 -745 -1,610 -555 -121 -704 -1,332 491
12 Sweden 3,750 -4,350 -752 -502 -245 -391 306 -101 -199 498
13 Switzerland 6,224 52,916 -10,251 -5,195 -464 939 720 -369 758 -1,199
14 United Kingdom 156,940 98,436 8,839 2,464 8,674 -4,407 -29,829 13,791 2,195 13,646
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,648 -1,896 -843 173 -295 -48 -66 -7 46 -20
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -10,692 -45,610 -1,632 1,294 -4,194 -3,086 859 1,074 3,051 -3,740
17 Canada 17,668 56,574 5,078 2,879 -3,316 -5,297 -609 7,137 1,653 4,402
 
18 Latin America 66,878 44,126 -8,327 -765 -4,704 5,911 -1,715 -4,369 -7,430 -4,925
19 Brazil 47,408 2,310 -5,336 1,143 -3,217 581 -3,538 -2,101 -288 -588
20 Mexico -4,524 26,227 -13,180 -4,838 -1,765 2,031 514 -4,722 -6,844 -2,845
21 Venezuela -56 -261 19 -7 -10 -15 19 -10 11 -33
22 All other Latin America 24,050 15,850 10,170 2,937 288 3,314 1,290 2,464 -309 -1,459
 
23 Caribbean -4,531 -5,271 -54,841 148 -9,681 -29,654 -15,656 11,933 -11,028 19,295
 
24 Asia 108,145 167,023 54,550 -12,142 -31,285 34,425 9,481 2,134 13,604 -4,282
25 China, Mainland -46,952 73,158 72,746 -1,504 -4,971 22,485 12,236 -6,476 1,415 -5,620
26 Hong Kong 9,669 -61 -23,425 -1,428 -1,315 3,318 -3,253 -4,939 -8,048 -6,803
27 Japan 148,498 86,324 35,327 278 -13,641 72 1,629 19,359 20,156 10,580
28 Korea -4,646 1,326 -823 -152 751 -1,024 -1,386 733 5 1,593
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -3,133 -8,422 5,144 -388 825 3,138 840 -22 720 -2,330
30 All other Asia 4,709 14,698 -34,419 -8,948 -12,934 6,436 -585 -6,521 -644 -1,702
 
31 Africa 1,996 -423 -4 -157 1,023 192 370 -902 1,026 -1,829
32 African oil exporters3 2,048 1,784 1,433 106 600 552 426 2 97 -527
 
33 Other countries 1,303 6,830 1,714 -144 -366 2,550 -547 -237 -364 1,653
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 11,549 -981 -679 -3,645 -3,403 3,337 -889 -368 481 493
  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: November 22, 2013