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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: July 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.-May.2014 Nov.2013 Dec.2013 Jan.2014 Feb.2014 Mar.2014 Apr.2014 May.2014/p
1 Total Reported 416,444 42,877 129,168 -127 17,856 -584 92,455 25,855 -13,589 25,031
 
2 Foreign countries 417,425 45,641 133,643 2,204 17,077 489 92,657 26,123 -10,136 24,510
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 209,856 -8,440 50,507 10,208 -11,761 -16,661 16,596 12,050 18,817 19,705
 
4 Europe 148,566 55,189 15,358 7,270 16,513 7,926 40,871 10,964 -33,187 -11,216
5 Belgium -6,856 -11,848 -9,357 -827 -123 -353 -2,882 -2,633 -669 -2,819
6 France 84,162 82,609 34,413 -2,845 11,792 9,130 10,660 9,177 7,851 -2,406
7 Germany 7,073 -1,951 -3,182 1,084 1,590 1,200 -2,318 -913 -2,755 1,605
8 Ireland -14,049 6,756 -462 -2,779 3,258 588 -2,357 1,104 2,538 -2,335
9 Luxembourg -32,224 -60,384 -12,059 -2,675 -4,195 -8,758 -1,069 -2,431 -1,138 1,336
10 Netherlands -1,730 -2,141 -5,254 494 -1,338 -1,488 507 -791 -2,191 -1,292
11 Norway 12,694 1,707 -9,152 924 2,389 -570 -1,168 -2,620 -3,418 -1,376
12 Sweden -4,350 -1,790 344 14 279 195 -249 5 476 -83
13 Switzerland 52,916 -13,316 -1,804 866 -2,692 -3,126 124 987 -160 371
14 United Kingdom 98,436 61,546 26,441 11,458 9,345 8,707 41,050 10,373 -32,775 -914
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,896 -997 403 13 -14 12 70 -158 19 460
16 Other Europe -45,610 -5,002 -4,972 1,543 -3,779 2,389 -1,497 -1,137 -965 -3,763
17 Canada 56,574 4,609 12,335 5,494 2,133 -2,518 4,119 5,594 5,442 -302
 
18 Latin America 44,126 -8,196 14,675 435 1,032 -4,653 -4,666 7,058 8,457 8,479
19 Brazil 2,310 -10,470 15,529 -2,675 -684 -4,575 1,067 8,948 7,883 2,206
20 Mexico 26,227 -10,859 5,406 -827 3,055 149 -2,689 -1,808 2,133 7,621
21 Venezuela -261 -170 -547 -18 -179 8 -48 24 -35 -496
22 All other Latin America 15,850 13,303 -5,713 3,955 -1,160 -235 -2,996 -106 -1,524 -852
 
23 Caribbean -5,271 -116,298 -33,542 -35,843 -12,362 -8,453 19,243 -30,478 -19,287 5,433
 
24 Asia 167,023 109,428 130,430 24,745 9,395 9,080 34,869 34,438 29,594 22,449
25 China, Mainland 73,158 81,065 107,208 10,668 -4,655 16,030 21,750 18,045 32,898 18,485
26 Hong Kong -61 -17,957 15,120 2,078 1,128 -2,095 11,220 2,615 1,847 1,533
27 Japan 86,324 61,592 9,559 6,719 7,767 190 3,980 9,935 -3,879 -667
28 Korea 1,326 -2,880 -1,701 -671 1,550 -1,657 46 -885 580 215
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -8,422 6,407 4,360 -119 275 827 -115 859 1,313 1,476
30 All other Asia 14,698 -18,799 -4,116 6,070 3,330 -4,215 -2,012 3,869 -3,165 1,407
 
31 Africa -423 -2,385 -3,480 684 -1,382 -625 -584 -520 -899 -852
32 African oil exporters3 1,784 1,691 -33 154 86 -130 -78 60 122 -7
 
33 Other countries 6,830 3,294 -2,133 -581 1,748 -268 -1,195 -933 -256 519
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -981 -2,764 -4,475 -2,331 779 -1,073 -202 -268 -3,453 521
  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: July 25, 2014