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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: September 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.-Jul.2014 Jan.2014 Feb.2014 Mar.2014 Apr.2014 May.2014 Jun.2014 Jul.2014/p
1 Total Reported 416,444 42,877 107,574 -584 92,455 25,855 -13,589 25,031 -20,766 -828
 
2 Foreign countries 417,425 45,641 117,898 489 92,657 26,123 -10,136 24,510 -16,779 1,034
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 209,856 -8,440 64,530 -16,661 16,596 12,050 18,817 19,705 20,026 -6,003
 
4 Europe 148,566 55,189 -27,269 7,926 40,871 10,964 -33,187 -11,216 -60,710 18,083
5 Belgium -6,856 -11,848 -10,430 -353 -2,882 -2,633 -669 -2,819 -296 -777
6 France 84,162 82,609 51,747 9,130 10,660 9,177 7,851 -2,406 9,073 8,261
7 Germany 7,073 -1,951 -3,217 1,200 -2,318 -913 -2,755 1,605 3,369 -3,404
8 Ireland -14,049 6,756 -6,475 588 -2,357 1,104 2,538 -2,335 -2,622 -3,390
9 Luxembourg -32,224 -60,384 -23,114 -8,758 -1,069 -2,431 -1,138 1,336 -5,487 -5,568
10 Netherlands -1,730 -2,141 -6,115 -1,488 507 -791 -2,191 -1,292 -442 -419
11 Norway 12,694 1,707 -8,812 -570 -1,168 -2,620 -3,418 -1,376 651 -311
12 Sweden -4,350 -1,790 -525 195 -249 5 476 -83 798 -1,667
13 Switzerland 52,916 -13,316 4,663 -3,126 124 987 -160 371 1,567 4,900
14 United Kingdom 98,436 61,546 -17,725 8,707 41,050 10,373 -32,775 -914 -68,216 24,050
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,896 -997 547 12 70 -158 19 460 98 46
16 Other Europe -45,610 -5,002 -7,813 2,389 -1,497 -1,137 -965 -3,763 797 -3,638
17 Canada 56,574 4,609 22,783 -2,518 4,119 5,594 5,442 -302 9,789 659
 
18 Latin America 44,126 -8,196 19,873 -4,653 -4,666 7,058 8,457 8,479 4,742 456
19 Brazil 2,310 -10,470 17,073 -4,575 1,067 8,948 7,883 2,206 1,085 459
20 Mexico 26,227 -10,859 11,471 149 -2,689 -1,808 2,133 7,621 2,794 3,271
21 Venezuela -261 -170 -834 8 -48 24 -35 -496 -41 -246
22 All other Latin America 15,850 13,303 -7,837 -235 -2,996 -106 -1,524 -852 904 -3,028
 
23 Caribbean -5,271 -116,298 -47,225 -8,453 19,243 -30,478 -19,287 5,433 -8,833 -4,850
 
24 Asia 167,023 109,428 155,529 9,080 34,869 34,438 29,594 22,449 38,038 -12,939
25 China, Mainland 73,158 81,065 118,939 16,030 21,750 18,045 32,898 18,485 23,598 -11,867
26 Hong Kong -61 -17,957 23,316 -2,095 11,220 2,615 1,847 1,533 6,449 1,747
27 Japan 86,324 61,592 9,103 190 3,980 9,935 -3,879 -667 5,172 -5,628
28 Korea 1,326 -2,880 -1,681 -1,657 46 -885 580 215 -349 369
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -8,422 6,407 11,481 827 -115 859 1,313 1,476 4,256 2,865
30 All other Asia 14,698 -18,799 -5,629 -4,215 -2,012 3,869 -3,165 1,407 -1,088 -425
 
31 Africa -423 -2,385 -4,328 -625 -584 -520 -899 -852 -42 -806
32 African oil exporters3 1,784 1,691 412 -130 -78 60 122 -7 190 255
 
33 Other countries 6,830 3,294 -1,465 -268 -1,195 -933 -256 519 237 431
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -981 -2,764 -10,324 -1,073 -202 -268 -3,453 521 -3,987 -1,862
  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: September 26, 2014