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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: March 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 2012 2013 Jan.-Jan.2014 Jul.2013 Aug.2013 Sep.2013 Oct.2013 Nov.2013 Dec.2013 Jan.2014/p
1 Total Reported 416,444 42,877 -571 29,698 -15,329 23,580 32,933 -127 17,856 -571
 
2 Foreign countries 417,425 45,641 502 30,066 -15,810 23,087 33,466 2,204 17,077 502
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 209,856 -8,543 -16,661 -15,889 -10,872 -23,239 -1,893 10,208 -11,864 -16,661
 
4 Europe 148,566 55,189 7,939 21,492 -7,007 14,340 17,729 7,270 16,513 7,939
5 Belgium -6,856 -11,848 -353 -683 -329 -411 -356 -827 -123 -353
6 France 84,162 82,609 9,130 15,313 -303 12,346 3,639 -2,845 11,792 9,130
7 Germany 7,073 -1,951 1,200 -359 1,125 -3,505 -247 1,084 1,590 1,200
8 Ireland -14,049 6,756 588 -1,564 -890 58 -2,868 -2,779 3,258 588
9 Luxembourg -32,224 -60,384 -8,758 -7,091 -12,279 -4,666 -6,266 -2,675 -4,195 -8,758
10 Netherlands -1,730 -2,141 -1,488 -663 -417 -197 -739 494 -1,338 -1,488
11 Norway 12,694 1,707 -557 -704 -1,332 491 1,982 924 2,389 -557
12 Sweden -4,350 -1,790 195 -101 -199 498 -1,331 14 279 195
13 Switzerland 52,916 -13,316 -3,126 -369 758 -1,199 -1,239 866 -2,692 -3,126
14 United Kingdom 98,436 61,546 8,707 16,653 4,106 14,727 26,050 11,458 9,345 8,707
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,896 -997 12 -7 46 -20 -153 13 -14 12
16 Other Europe -45,610 -5,002 2,389 1,067 2,707 -3,780 -742 1,543 -3,779 2,389
17 Canada 56,574 4,609 -2,518 3,376 -706 2,627 -201 5,494 2,133 -2,518
 
18 Latin America 44,126 -8,196 -4,653 -4,369 -7,338 -4,239 -2,114 435 1,032 -4,653
19 Brazil 2,310 -10,470 -4,575 -2,101 -196 -588 -1,867 -2,675 -684 -4,575
20 Mexico 26,227 -10,859 149 -4,722 -6,844 -2,845 93 -827 3,055 149
21 Venezuela -261 -170 8 -10 11 -33 8 -18 -179 8
22 All other Latin America 15,850 13,303 -235 2,464 -309 -773 -348 3,955 -1,160 -235
 
23 Caribbean -5,271 -116,298 -8,453 8,001 -14,838 14,991 -1,206 -35,843 -12,362 -8,453
 
24 Asia 167,023 109,428 9,080 2,705 13,417 -4,456 20,528 24,745 9,395 9,080
25 China, Mainland 73,158 81,065 16,030 -6,476 1,415 -5,620 2,306 10,668 -4,655 16,030
26 Hong Kong -61 -17,957 -2,095 -4,939 -8,048 -6,803 2,262 2,078 1,128 -2,095
27 Japan 86,324 61,592 190 19,357 20,157 10,581 11,779 6,719 7,767 190
28 Korea 1,326 -2,880 -1,657 733 5 1,593 -2,936 -671 1,550 -1,657
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -8,422 6,407 827 -22 720 -2,330 1,107 -119 275 827
30 All other Asia 14,698 -18,799 -4,215 -5,948 -832 -1,877 6,010 6,070 3,330 -4,215
 
31 Africa -423 -2,385 -625 -902 1,026 -1,829 -1,683 684 -1,382 -625
32 African oil exporters3 1,784 1,691 -130 2 97 -527 18 154 86 -130
 
33 Other countries 6,830 3,294 -268 -237 -364 1,653 413 -581 1,748 -268
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -981 -2,764 -1,073 -368 481 493 -533 -2,331 779 -1,073
  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: March 28, 2014