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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: January 2014

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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.-Nov.2013/r May.2013 Jun.2013 Jul.2013/r Aug.2013/r Sep.2013/r Oct.2013/r Nov.2013/p
1 Total Reported 432,571 416,444 21,782 11,014 -40,825 29,698 -15,329 23,580 32,933 -3,366
 
2 Foreign countries 421,022 417,425 25,325 7,677 -39,936 30,066 -15,810 23,087 33,466 -1,035
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 144,155 209,856 3,321 40,298 -681 -15,889 -10,872 -23,239 -1,893 10,208
 
4 Europe 229,563 148,566 39,685 -450 -31,260 21,492 -7,007 14,340 17,729 8,279
5 Belgium -533 -6,856 -11,725 -2,409 -292 -683 -329 -411 -356 -827
6 France 84,481 84,162 70,817 8,889 -1,579 15,313 -303 12,346 3,639 -2,845
7 Germany 4,304 7,073 -3,541 839 -837 -359 1,125 -3,505 -247 1,084
8 Ireland -11,611 -14,049 3,497 4,417 1,425 -1,564 -890 58 -2,868 -2,779
9 Luxembourg -10,313 -32,224 -56,189 -3,722 -1,847 -7,091 -12,279 -4,666 -6,266 -2,675
10 Netherlands 174 -1,730 -803 -917 0 -663 -417 -197 -739 494
11 Norway 5,190 12,694 -682 -555 -121 -704 -1,332 491 1,982 924
12 Sweden 3,750 -4,350 -2,069 -391 306 -101 -199 498 -1,331 14
13 Switzerland 6,224 52,916 -10,624 939 720 -369 758 -1,199 -1,239 866
14 United Kingdom 156,940 98,436 53,164 -4,407 -29,829 16,653 4,106 14,727 26,050 12,421
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,648 -1,896 -983 -48 -66 -7 46 -20 -153 13
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -10,692 -45,610 -1,176 -3,086 859 1,067 2,707 -3,780 -742 1,589
17 Canada 17,668 56,574 1,807 -5,297 -609 3,376 -706 2,627 -201 4,825
 
18 Latin America 66,878 44,126 -9,228 5,911 -1,715 -4,369 -7,338 -4,239 -2,114 435
19 Brazil 47,408 2,310 -9,786 581 -3,538 -2,101 -196 -588 -1,867 -2,675
20 Mexico -4,524 26,227 -13,914 2,031 514 -4,722 -6,844 -2,845 93 -827
21 Venezuela -56 -261 9 -15 19 -10 11 -33 8 -18
22 All other Latin America 24,050 15,850 14,463 3,314 1,290 2,464 -309 -773 -348 3,955
 
23 Caribbean -4,531 -5,271 -107,515 -29,654 -15,656 8,001 -14,838 14,991 -1,206 -39,422
 
24 Asia 108,145 167,023 100,033 34,425 9,481 2,705 13,417 -4,456 20,528 24,745
25 China, Mainland -46,952 73,158 85,720 22,485 12,236 -6,476 1,415 -5,620 2,306 10,668
26 Hong Kong 9,669 -61 -19,085 3,318 -3,253 -4,939 -8,048 -6,803 2,262 2,078
27 Japan 148,498 86,324 53,825 72 1,629 19,357 20,157 10,581 11,779 6,719
28 Korea -4,646 1,326 -4,430 -1,024 -1,386 733 5 1,593 -2,936 -671
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -3,133 -8,422 6,132 3,138 840 -22 720 -2,330 1,107 -119
30 All other Asia 4,709 14,698 -22,129 6,436 -585 -5,948 -832 -1,877 6,010 6,070
 
31 Africa 1,996 -423 -1,003 192 370 -902 1,026 -1,829 -1,683 684
32 African oil exporters3 2,048 1,784 1,605 552 426 2 97 -527 18 154
 
33 Other countries 1,303 6,830 1,546 2,550 -547 -237 -364 1,653 413 -581
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 11,549 -981 -3,543 3,337 -889 -368 481 493 -533 -2,331
  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: January 31, 2014