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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: October 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.-Aug.2014/r Feb.2014 Mar.2014 Apr.2014 May.2014 Jun.2014 Jul.2014/r Aug.2014/p
1 Total Reported 416,444 42,877 133,278 92,455 25,855 -13,589 25,031 -20,766 -828 25,704
 
2 Foreign countries 417,425 45,641 143,962 92,657 26,123 -10,136 24,510 -16,779 1,034 26,064
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 209,856 -8,440 68,093 16,596 12,050 18,817 19,705 20,026 -6,003 3,563
 
4 Europe 148,566 55,189 -17,450 40,871 10,964 -33,187 -11,216 -60,710 18,215 9,687
5 Belgium -6,856 -11,848 -10,691 -2,882 -2,633 -669 -2,819 -296 -777 -261
6 France 84,162 82,609 57,710 10,660 9,177 7,851 -2,406 9,073 8,391 5,834
7 Germany 7,073 -1,951 -4,650 -2,318 -913 -2,755 1,605 3,369 -3,404 -1,433
8 Ireland -14,049 6,756 -5,801 -2,357 1,104 2,538 -2,335 -2,622 -3,390 673
9 Luxembourg -32,224 -60,384 -28,670 -1,069 -2,431 -1,138 1,336 -5,487 -5,568 -5,556
10 Netherlands -1,730 -2,141 -6,236 507 -791 -2,191 -1,292 -442 -419 -121
11 Norway 12,694 1,707 -10,372 -1,168 -2,620 -3,418 -1,376 651 -311 -1,560
12 Sweden -4,350 -1,790 87 -249 5 476 -83 798 -1,667 612
13 Switzerland 52,916 -13,316 6,668 124 987 -160 371 1,567 6,319 586
14 United Kingdom 98,436 61,546 -7,898 41,050 10,373 -32,775 -914 -68,216 22,633 11,244
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,896 -997 490 70 -158 19 460 98 46 -57
16 Other Europe -45,610 -5,002 -8,086 -1,497 -1,137 -965 -3,763 797 -3,638 -273
17 Canada 56,574 4,609 13,339 4,119 5,594 5,442 -302 9,789 659 -9,444
 
18 Latin America 44,126 -8,196 34,572 -4,666 7,058 8,457 8,479 4,742 456 14,699
19 Brazil 2,310 -10,470 22,483 1,067 8,948 7,883 2,206 1,085 459 5,410
20 Mexico 26,227 -10,859 20,732 -2,689 -1,808 2,133 7,621 2,794 3,271 9,261
21 Venezuela -261 -170 -968 -48 24 -35 -496 -41 -246 -134
22 All other Latin America 15,850 13,303 -7,675 -2,996 -106 -1,524 -852 904 -3,028 162
 
23 Caribbean -5,271 -116,298 -47,409 19,243 -30,478 -19,287 5,433 -8,833 -4,850 -184
 
24 Asia 167,023 109,428 168,833 34,869 34,438 29,594 22,449 38,038 -13,071 13,436
25 China, Mainland 73,158 81,065 130,767 21,750 18,045 32,898 18,485 23,598 -11,867 11,828
26 Hong Kong -61 -17,957 23,308 11,220 2,615 1,847 1,533 6,449 1,747 -8
27 Japan 86,324 61,592 11,822 3,980 9,935 -3,879 -667 5,172 -5,628 2,719
28 Korea 1,326 -2,880 -1,871 46 -885 580 215 -349 369 -190
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -8,422 6,407 12,660 -115 859 1,313 1,476 4,256 2,733 1,311
30 All other Asia 14,698 -18,799 -7,853 -2,012 3,869 -3,165 1,407 -1,088 -425 -2,224
 
31 Africa -423 -2,385 -5,857 -584 -520 -899 -852 -42 -806 -1,529
32 African oil exporters3 1,784 1,691 -226 -78 60 122 -7 190 255 -638
 
33 Other countries 6,830 3,294 -2,066 -1,195 -933 -256 519 237 431 -601
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -981 -2,764 -10,684 -202 -268 -3,453 521 -3,987 -1,862 -360
  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: October 31, 2014