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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: June 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.-Apr.2014 Oct.2013 Nov.2013 Dec.2013 Jan.2014 Feb.2014 Mar.2014 Apr.2014/p
1 Total Reported 416,444 42,877 104,137 32,933 -127 17,856 -584 92,455 25,855 -13,589
 
2 Foreign countries 417,425 45,641 109,133 33,466 2,204 17,077 489 92,657 26,123 -10,136
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 209,856 -8,440 30,802 -1,893 10,208 -11,761 -16,661 16,596 12,050 18,817
 
4 Europe 148,566 55,189 26,574 17,729 7,270 16,513 7,926 40,871 10,964 -33,187
5 Belgium -6,856 -11,848 -6,538 -356 -827 -123 -353 -2,882 -2,633 -669
6 France 84,162 82,609 36,819 3,639 -2,845 11,792 9,130 10,660 9,177 7,851
7 Germany 7,073 -1,951 -4,786 -247 1,084 1,590 1,200 -2,318 -913 -2,755
8 Ireland -14,049 6,756 1,872 -2,868 -2,779 3,258 588 -2,357 1,104 2,538
9 Luxembourg -32,224 -60,384 -13,396 -6,266 -2,675 -4,195 -8,758 -1,069 -2,431 -1,138
10 Netherlands -1,730 -2,141 -3,962 -739 494 -1,338 -1,488 507 -791 -2,191
11 Norway 12,694 1,707 -7,776 1,982 924 2,389 -570 -1,168 -2,620 -3,418
12 Sweden -4,350 -1,790 427 -1,331 14 279 195 -249 5 476
13 Switzerland 52,916 -13,316 -2,175 -1,239 866 -2,692 -3,126 124 987 -160
14 United Kingdom 98,436 61,546 27,355 26,050 11,458 9,345 8,707 41,050 10,373 -32,775
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,896 -997 -57 -153 13 -14 12 70 -158 19
16 Other Europe -45,610 -5,002 -1,209 -742 1,543 -3,779 2,389 -1,497 -1,137 -965
17 Canada 56,574 4,609 12,637 -201 5,494 2,133 -2,518 4,119 5,594 5,442
 
18 Latin America 44,126 -8,196 6,196 -2,114 435 1,032 -4,653 -4,666 7,058 8,457
19 Brazil 2,310 -10,470 13,323 -1,867 -2,675 -684 -4,575 1,067 8,948 7,883
20 Mexico 26,227 -10,859 -2,215 93 -827 3,055 149 -2,689 -1,808 2,133
21 Venezuela -261 -170 -51 8 -18 -179 8 -48 24 -35
22 All other Latin America 15,850 13,303 -4,861 -348 3,955 -1,160 -235 -2,996 -106 -1,524
 
23 Caribbean -5,271 -116,298 -38,975 -1,206 -35,843 -12,362 -8,453 19,243 -30,478 -19,287
 
24 Asia 167,023 109,428 107,981 20,528 24,745 9,395 9,080 34,869 34,438 29,594
25 China, Mainland 73,158 81,065 88,723 2,306 10,668 -4,655 16,030 21,750 18,045 32,898
26 Hong Kong -61 -17,957 13,587 2,262 2,078 1,128 -2,095 11,220 2,615 1,847
27 Japan 86,324 61,592 10,226 11,779 6,719 7,767 190 3,980 9,935 -3,879
28 Korea 1,326 -2,880 -1,916 -2,936 -671 1,550 -1,657 46 -885 580
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -8,422 6,407 2,884 1,107 -119 275 827 -115 859 1,313
30 All other Asia 14,698 -18,799 -5,523 6,010 6,070 3,330 -4,215 -2,012 3,869 -3,165
 
31 Africa -423 -2,385 -2,628 -1,683 684 -1,382 -625 -584 -520 -899
32 African oil exporters3 1,784 1,691 -26 18 154 86 -130 -78 60 122
 
33 Other countries 6,830 3,294 -2,652 413 -581 1,748 -268 -1,195 -933 -256
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -981 -2,764 -4,996 -533 -2,331 779 -1,073 -202 -268 -3,453
  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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