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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: December 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.-Oct.2013/r Apr.2013 May.2013 Jun.2013 Jul.2013 Aug.2013 Sep.2013/r Oct.2013/p
1 Total Reported 432,571 416,444 45,560 -38,774 11,014 -40,825 33,864 -10,774 28,496 39,708
 
2 Foreign countries 421,022 417,425 46,772 -35,371 7,677 -39,936 34,232 -11,255 28,003 40,241
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 144,155 209,856 -6,887 -23,781 40,298 -681 -15,889 -10,872 -23,239 -1,893
 
4 Europe 229,563 148,566 26,636 12,958 -450 -31,260 18,536 -8,716 13,003 18,961
5 Belgium -533 -6,856 -10,898 -2,392 -2,409 -292 -683 -329 -411 -356
6 France 84,481 84,162 74,869 16,066 8,889 -1,579 15,148 -489 12,346 5,197
7 Germany 4,304 7,073 -4,788 -2,296 839 -837 -254 1,194 -3,760 -328
8 Ireland -11,611 -14,049 6,276 1,734 4,417 1,425 -1,564 -890 58 -2,868
9 Luxembourg -10,313 -32,224 -53,514 -3,110 -3,722 -1,847 -7,091 -12,279 -4,666 -6,266
10 Netherlands 174 -1,730 -1,452 1,090 -917 0 -704 -442 -238 -787
11 Norway 5,190 12,694 -1,606 -1,610 -555 -121 -704 -1,332 491 1,982
12 Sweden 3,750 -4,350 -2,083 -245 -391 306 -101 -199 498 -1,331
13 Switzerland 6,224 52,916 -11,490 -464 939 720 -369 758 -1,199 -1,239
14 United Kingdom 156,940 98,436 34,443 8,674 -4,407 -29,829 13,791 2,195 13,646 25,604
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,648 -1,896 -996 -295 -48 -66 -7 46 -20 -153
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -10,692 -45,610 -2,126 -4,194 -3,086 859 1,074 3,051 -3,740 -493
17 Canada 17,668 56,574 5,698 -3,316 -5,297 -609 7,137 1,653 4,402 620
 
18 Latin America 66,878 44,126 -9,715 -4,704 5,911 -1,715 -4,369 -7,430 -4,239 -2,074
19 Brazil 47,408 2,310 -7,163 -3,217 581 -3,538 -2,101 -288 -588 -1,827
20 Mexico -4,524 26,227 -13,087 -1,765 2,031 514 -4,722 -6,844 -2,845 93
21 Venezuela -56 -261 27 -10 -15 19 -10 11 -33 8
22 All other Latin America 24,050 15,850 10,508 288 3,314 1,290 2,464 -309 -773 -348
 
23 Caribbean -4,531 -5,271 -51,362 -9,681 -29,654 -15,656 11,933 -11,028 19,295 3,479
 
24 Asia 108,145 167,023 75,075 -31,285 34,425 9,481 2,134 13,604 -4,282 20,525
25 China, Mainland -46,952 73,158 75,052 -4,971 22,485 12,236 -6,476 1,415 -5,620 2,306
26 Hong Kong 9,669 -61 -21,163 -1,315 3,318 -3,253 -4,939 -8,048 -6,803 2,262
27 Japan 148,498 86,324 47,106 -13,641 72 1,629 19,359 20,156 10,580 11,779
28 Korea -4,646 1,326 -3,759 751 -1,024 -1,386 733 5 1,593 -2,936
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -3,133 -8,422 6,251 825 3,138 840 -22 720 -2,330 1,107
30 All other Asia 4,709 14,698 -28,412 -12,934 6,436 -585 -6,521 -644 -1,702 6,007
 
31 Africa 1,996 -423 -1,687 1,023 192 370 -902 1,026 -1,829 -1,683
32 African oil exporters3 2,048 1,784 1,451 600 552 426 2 97 -527 18
 
33 Other countries 1,303 6,830 2,127 -366 2,550 -547 -237 -364 1,653 413
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 11,549 -981 -1,212 -3,403 3,337 -889 -368 481 493 -533
  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: December 20, 2013