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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: February 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.-Dec.2013/r Jun.2013 Jul.2013 Aug.2013 Sep.2013 Oct.2013 Nov.2013/r Dec.2013/p
1 Total Reported 432,571 416,444 42,877 -40,825 29,698 -15,329 23,580 32,933 -127 17,856
 
2 Foreign countries 421,022 417,425 45,641 -39,936 30,066 -15,810 23,087 33,466 2,204 17,077
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 144,155 209,856 -8,543 -681 -15,889 -10,872 -23,239 -1,893 10,208 -11,864
 
4 Europe 229,563 148,566 55,189 -31,260 21,492 -7,007 14,340 17,729 7,270 16,513
5 Belgium -533 -6,856 -11,848 -292 -683 -329 -411 -356 -827 -123
6 France 84,481 84,162 82,609 -1,579 15,313 -303 12,346 3,639 -2,845 11,792
7 Germany 4,304 7,073 -1,951 -837 -359 1,125 -3,505 -247 1,084 1,590
8 Ireland -11,611 -14,049 6,756 1,425 -1,564 -890 58 -2,868 -2,779 3,258
9 Luxembourg -10,313 -32,224 -60,384 -1,847 -7,091 -12,279 -4,666 -6,266 -2,675 -4,195
10 Netherlands 174 -1,730 -2,141 0 -663 -417 -197 -739 494 -1,338
11 Norway 5,190 12,694 1,707 -121 -704 -1,332 491 1,982 924 2,389
12 Sweden 3,750 -4,350 -1,790 306 -101 -199 498 -1,331 14 279
13 Switzerland 6,224 52,916 -13,316 720 -369 758 -1,199 -1,239 866 -2,692
14 United Kingdom 156,940 98,436 61,546 -29,829 16,653 4,106 14,727 26,050 11,458 9,345
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,648 -1,896 -997 -66 -7 46 -20 -153 13 -14
16 Other Europe -10,692 -45,610 -5,002 859 1,067 2,707 -3,780 -742 1,543 -3,779
17 Canada 17,668 56,574 4,609 -609 3,376 -706 2,627 -201 5,494 2,133
 
18 Latin America 66,878 44,126 -8,196 -1,715 -4,369 -7,338 -4,239 -2,114 435 1,032
19 Brazil 47,408 2,310 -10,470 -3,538 -2,101 -196 -588 -1,867 -2,675 -684
20 Mexico -4,524 26,227 -10,859 514 -4,722 -6,844 -2,845 93 -827 3,055
21 Venezuela -56 -261 -170 19 -10 11 -33 8 -18 -179
22 All other Latin America 24,050 15,850 13,303 1,290 2,464 -309 -773 -348 3,955 -1,160
 
23 Caribbean -4,531 -5,271 -116,298 -15,656 8,001 -14,838 14,991 -1,206 -35,843 -12,362
 
24 Asia 108,145 167,023 109,428 9,481 2,705 13,417 -4,456 20,528 24,745 9,395
25 China, Mainland -46,952 73,158 81,065 12,236 -6,476 1,415 -5,620 2,306 10,668 -4,655
26 Hong Kong 9,669 -61 -17,957 -3,253 -4,939 -8,048 -6,803 2,262 2,078 1,128
27 Japan 148,498 86,324 61,592 1,629 19,357 20,157 10,581 11,779 6,719 7,767
28 Korea -4,646 1,326 -2,880 -1,386 733 5 1,593 -2,936 -671 1,550
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -3,133 -8,422 6,407 840 -22 720 -2,330 1,107 -119 275
30 All other Asia 4,709 14,698 -18,799 -585 -5,948 -832 -1,877 6,010 6,070 3,330
 
31 Africa 1,996 -423 -2,385 370 -902 1,026 -1,829 -1,683 684 -1,382
32 African oil exporters3 2,048 1,784 1,691 426 2 97 -527 18 154 86
 
33 Other countries 1,303 6,830 3,294 -547 -237 -364 1,653 413 -581 1,748
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 11,549 -981 -2,764 -889 -368 481 493 -533 -2,331 779
  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 the United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  3. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.   Return to table
  4. Principally the Bank for International Settlements, 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. Equivalent to net U.S. purchases of foreign securities.   Return to table
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Last update: February 28, 2014