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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: December 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.-Oct.2014/r Apr.2014 May.2014 Jun.2014 Jul.2014 Aug.2014 Sep.2014/r Oct.2014/p
1 Total Reported 416,444 42,877 181,956 -13,589 25,031 -20,766 -828 25,704 48,139 539
 
2 Foreign countries 417,425 45,641 197,067 -10,136 24,510 -16,779 1,034 26,064 49,752 3,353
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 209,856 -8,440 69,511 18,817 19,705 20,026 -6,003 3,563 3,932 -2,514
 
4 Europe 148,566 55,189 -71,958 -33,187 -11,216 -60,710 18,215 9,687 4,090 -58,598
5 Belgium -6,856 -11,848 -14,074 -669 -2,819 -296 -777 -261 -172 -3,211
6 France 84,162 82,609 69,189 7,851 -2,406 9,073 8,391 5,834 20,345 -8,866
7 Germany 7,073 -1,951 -3,037 -2,755 1,605 3,369 -3,404 -1,433 944 670
8 Ireland -14,049 6,756 -21,098 2,538 -2,335 -2,622 -3,390 673 -9,706 -5,591
9 Luxembourg -32,224 -60,384 -28,517 -1,138 1,336 -5,487 -5,568 -5,556 3,906 -3,753
10 Netherlands -1,730 -2,141 -6,016 -2,191 -1,292 -442 -419 -121 -29 249
11 Norway 12,694 1,707 -13,287 -3,418 -1,376 651 -311 -1,560 -1,945 -970
12 Sweden -4,350 -1,790 -460 476 -83 798 -1,667 612 -848 301
13 Switzerland 52,916 -13,316 3,025 -160 371 1,567 6,319 586 -1,654 -1,989
14 United Kingdom 98,436 61,546 -41,046 -32,775 -914 -68,216 22,633 11,244 -3,969 -29,179
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,896 -997 803 19 460 98 46 -57 -60 373
16 Other Europe -45,610 -5,002 -17,441 -965 -3,763 797 -3,638 -273 -2,723 -6,632
17 Canada 56,574 4,609 17,770 5,442 -302 9,789 659 -9,444 3,615 816
 
18 Latin America 44,126 -8,196 27,426 8,457 8,479 4,742 456 14,699 -430 -6,716
19 Brazil 2,310 -10,470 17,928 7,883 2,206 1,085 459 5,410 -215 -4,340
20 Mexico 26,227 -10,859 22,065 2,133 7,621 2,794 3,271 9,261 1,322 11
21 Venezuela -261 -170 -1,035 -35 -496 -41 -246 -134 4 -71
22 All other Latin America 15,850 13,303 -11,532 -1,524 -852 904 -3,028 162 -1,541 -2,316
 
23 Caribbean -5,271 -116,298 18,362 -19,287 5,433 -8,833 -4,850 -184 10,911 54,860
 
24 Asia 167,023 109,428 215,815 29,594 22,449 38,038 -13,071 13,436 32,627 14,355
25 China, Mainland 73,158 81,065 183,912 32,898 18,485 23,598 -11,867 11,828 24,705 28,440
26 Hong Kong -61 -17,957 22,074 1,847 1,533 6,449 1,747 -8 1,702 -2,936
27 Japan 86,324 61,592 12,280 -3,879 -667 5,172 -5,628 2,719 5,331 -4,873
28 Korea 1,326 -2,880 -2,125 580 215 -349 369 -190 -132 -122
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -8,422 6,407 14,081 1,313 1,476 4,256 2,733 1,311 3,164 -1,743
30 All other Asia 14,698 -18,799 -14,407 -3,165 1,407 -1,088 -425 -2,224 -2,143 -4,411
 
31 Africa -423 -2,385 -6,679 -899 -852 -42 -806 -1,529 -347 -475
32 African oil exporters3 1,784 1,691 -59 122 -7 190 255 -638 124 43
 
33 Other countries 6,830 3,294 -3,669 -256 519 237 431 -601 -714 -889
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -981 -2,764 -15,111 -3,453 521 -3,987 -1,862 -360 -1,613 -2,814
  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: December 29, 2014