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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: April 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/r Jan.-Feb.2014/r Aug.2013 Sep.2013 Oct.2013 Nov.2013 Dec.2013/r Jan.2014/r Feb.2014/p
1 Total Reported 416,444 42,877 91,863 -15,329 23,580 32,933 -127 17,856 -584 92,447
 
2 Foreign countries 417,425 45,641 93,138 -15,810 23,087 33,466 2,204 17,077 489 92,649
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 209,856 -8,440 -65 -10,872 -23,239 -1,893 10,208 -11,761 -16,661 16,596
 
4 Europe 148,566 55,189 49,122 -7,007 14,340 17,729 7,270 16,513 7,926 41,196
5 Belgium -6,856 -11,848 -3,235 -329 -411 -356 -827 -123 -353 -2,882
6 France 84,162 82,609 20,477 -303 12,346 3,639 -2,845 11,792 9,130 11,346
7 Germany 7,073 -1,951 -1,087 1,125 -3,505 -247 1,084 1,590 1,200 -2,287
8 Ireland -14,049 6,756 -1,770 -890 58 -2,868 -2,779 3,258 588 -2,357
9 Luxembourg -32,224 -60,384 -9,827 -12,279 -4,666 -6,266 -2,675 -4,195 -8,758 -1,069
10 Netherlands -1,730 -2,141 -980 -417 -197 -739 494 -1,338 -1,488 507
11 Norway 12,694 1,707 -1,738 -1,332 491 1,982 924 2,389 -570 -1,168
12 Sweden -4,350 -1,790 -54 -199 498 -1,331 14 279 195 -249
13 Switzerland 52,916 -13,316 -3,002 758 -1,199 -1,239 866 -2,692 -3,126 124
14 United Kingdom 98,436 61,546 49,365 4,106 14,727 26,050 11,458 9,345 8,707 40,658
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,896 -997 82 46 -20 -153 13 -14 12 70
16 Other Europe -45,610 -5,002 892 2,707 -3,780 -742 1,543 -3,779 2,389 -1,497
17 Canada 56,574 4,609 1,268 -706 2,627 -201 5,494 2,133 -2,518 3,786
 
18 Latin America 44,126 -8,196 -9,319 -7,338 -4,239 -2,114 435 1,032 -4,653 -4,666
19 Brazil 2,310 -10,470 -3,508 -196 -588 -1,867 -2,675 -684 -4,575 1,067
20 Mexico 26,227 -10,859 -2,540 -6,844 -2,845 93 -827 3,055 149 -2,689
21 Venezuela -261 -170 -40 11 -33 8 -18 -179 8 -48
22 All other Latin America 15,850 13,303 -3,231 -309 -773 -348 3,955 -1,160 -235 -2,996
 
23 Caribbean -5,271 -116,298 10,790 -14,838 14,991 -1,206 -35,843 -12,362 -8,453 19,243
 
24 Asia 167,023 109,428 43,949 13,417 -4,456 20,528 24,745 9,395 9,080 34,869
25 China, Mainland 73,158 81,065 37,780 1,415 -5,620 2,306 10,668 -4,655 16,030 21,750
26 Hong Kong -61 -17,957 9,125 -8,048 -6,803 2,262 2,078 1,128 -2,095 11,220
27 Japan 86,324 61,592 4,170 20,157 10,581 11,779 6,719 7,767 190 3,980
28 Korea 1,326 -2,880 -1,611 5 1,593 -2,936 -671 1,550 -1,657 46
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -8,422 6,407 712 720 -2,330 1,107 -119 275 827 -115
30 All other Asia 14,698 -18,799 -6,227 -832 -1,877 6,010 6,070 3,330 -4,215 -2,012
 
31 Africa -423 -2,385 -1,209 1,026 -1,829 -1,683 684 -1,382 -625 -584
32 African oil exporters3 1,784 1,691 -208 97 -527 18 154 86 -130 -78
 
33 Other countries 6,830 3,294 -1,463 -364 1,653 413 -581 1,748 -268 -1,195
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -981 -2,764 -1,275 481 493 -533 -2,331 779 -1,073 -202
  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: April 25, 2014