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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: November 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.-Sep.2014 Mar.2014 Apr.2014 May.2014 Jun.2014 Jul.2014 Aug.2014 Sep.2014/p
1 Total Reported 416,444 42,877 181,417 25,855 -13,589 25,031 -20,766 -828 25,704 48,139
 
2 Foreign countries 417,425 45,641 193,714 26,123 -10,136 24,510 -16,779 1,034 26,064 49,752
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 209,856 -8,440 71,181 12,050 18,817 19,705 20,026 -6,003 3,563 3,088
 
4 Europe 148,566 55,189 -13,360 10,964 -33,187 -11,216 -60,710 18,215 9,687 4,090
5 Belgium -6,856 -11,848 -10,863 -2,633 -669 -2,819 -296 -777 -261 -172
6 France 84,162 82,609 78,055 9,177 7,851 -2,406 9,073 8,391 5,834 20,345
7 Germany 7,073 -1,951 -3,707 -913 -2,755 1,605 3,369 -3,404 -1,433 944
8 Ireland -14,049 6,756 -15,507 1,104 2,538 -2,335 -2,622 -3,390 673 -9,706
9 Luxembourg -32,224 -60,384 -24,764 -2,431 -1,138 1,336 -5,487 -5,568 -5,556 3,906
10 Netherlands -1,730 -2,141 -6,265 -791 -2,191 -1,292 -442 -419 -121 -29
11 Norway 12,694 1,707 -12,317 -2,620 -3,418 -1,376 651 -311 -1,560 -1,945
12 Sweden -4,350 -1,790 -761 5 476 -83 798 -1,667 612 -848
13 Switzerland 52,916 -13,316 5,014 987 -160 371 1,567 6,319 586 -1,654
14 United Kingdom 98,436 61,546 -11,867 10,373 -32,775 -914 -68,216 22,633 11,244 -3,969
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,896 -997 430 -158 19 460 98 46 -57 -60
16 Other Europe -45,610 -5,002 -10,809 -1,137 -965 -3,763 797 -3,638 -273 -2,723
17 Canada 56,574 4,609 16,954 5,594 5,442 -302 9,789 659 -9,444 3,615
 
18 Latin America 44,126 -8,196 34,142 7,058 8,457 8,479 4,742 456 14,699 -430
19 Brazil 2,310 -10,470 22,268 8,948 7,883 2,206 1,085 459 5,410 -215
20 Mexico 26,227 -10,859 22,054 -1,808 2,133 7,621 2,794 3,271 9,261 1,322
21 Venezuela -261 -170 -964 24 -35 -496 -41 -246 -134 4
22 All other Latin America 15,850 13,303 -9,216 -106 -1,524 -852 904 -3,028 162 -1,541
 
23 Caribbean -5,271 -116,298 -36,498 -30,478 -19,287 5,433 -8,833 -4,850 -184 10,911
 
24 Asia 167,023 109,428 201,460 34,438 29,594 22,449 38,038 -13,071 13,436 32,627
25 China, Mainland 73,158 81,065 155,472 18,045 32,898 18,485 23,598 -11,867 11,828 24,705
26 Hong Kong -61 -17,957 25,010 2,615 1,847 1,533 6,449 1,747 -8 1,702
27 Japan 86,324 61,592 17,153 9,935 -3,879 -667 5,172 -5,628 2,719 5,331
28 Korea 1,326 -2,880 -2,003 -885 580 215 -349 369 -190 -132
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -8,422 6,407 15,824 859 1,313 1,476 4,256 2,733 1,311 3,164
30 All other Asia 14,698 -18,799 -9,996 3,869 -3,165 1,407 -1,088 -425 -2,224 -2,143
 
31 Africa -423 -2,385 -6,204 -520 -899 -852 -42 -806 -1,529 -347
32 African oil exporters3 1,784 1,691 -102 60 122 -7 190 255 -638 124
 
33 Other countries 6,830 3,294 -2,780 -933 -256 519 237 431 -601 -714
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -981 -2,764 -12,297 -268 -3,453 521 -3,987 -1,862 -360 -1,613
  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: November 28, 2014