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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: April 2015

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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 2013 2014 Jan.-Feb.2015/r Aug.2014 Sep.2014 Oct.2014 Nov.2014 Dec.2014 Jan.2015/r Feb.2015/p
1 Total Reported 40,878 165,517 -61,411 25,704 48,139 539 -4,833 -15,602 -55,106 -6,305
 
2 Foreign countries 43,642 178,148 -59,252 26,064 49,752 3,353 -4,962 -17,953 -54,798 -4,454
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -8,440 44,926 -23,551 3,563 3,932 -2,514 -7,536 -17,049 -12,362 -11,189
 
4 Europe 58,189 -46,080 -13,349 9,687 4,090 -58,598 10,156 -1,278 -20,539 7,190
5 Belgium -11,848 -28,174 -19,257 -261 -172 -3,211 -6,387 -7,714 -8,074 -11,183
6 France 81,609 88,680 14,307 5,834 20,345 -8,866 938 15,552 6,480 7,827
7 Germany -951 3,462 -1,291 -1,433 944 670 2,391 2,108 -2,050 759
8 Ireland 6,756 -23,479 -4,496 673 -9,706 -5,591 19 -2,400 1,029 -5,525
9 Luxembourg -60,384 -32,190 -5,205 -5,556 3,906 -3,753 -1,501 -2,172 -1,290 -3,915
10 Netherlands -2,141 -6,555 521 -121 -29 249 -473 -67 323 198
11 Norway 1,707 -14,538 1,222 -1,560 -1,945 -970 -1,030 -221 346 876
12 Sweden -1,790 -397 150 612 -848 301 395 -332 -246 396
13 Switzerland -13,316 4,384 9,937 586 -1,654 -1,989 -1,821 3,180 6,065 3,872
14 United Kingdom 63,546 -3,328 -761 11,244 -3,969 -29,179 21,753 2,965 -21,986 21,225
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -997 602 -305 -57 -60 373 -1 -200 46 -351
16 Other Europe -4,002 -34,547 -8,171 -273 -2,723 -6,632 -4,127 -11,979 -1,183 -6,988
17 Canada -2,391 4,174 3,646 -9,444 3,615 816 -2,446 1,850 4,423 -777
 
18 Latin America -8,196 29,676 -3,226 14,699 -430 -6,716 2,085 165 -5,927 2,701
19 Brazil -10,470 19,398 -4,955 5,410 -215 -4,340 2,695 -1,225 -5,979 1,024
20 Mexico -10,859 21,738 660 9,261 1,322 11 -818 491 1,160 -500
21 Venezuela -170 -220 -925 -134 4 -71 7 808 -905 -20
22 All other Latin America 13,303 -11,240 1,994 162 -1,541 -2,316 201 91 -203 2,197
 
23 Caribbean -116,297 -11,093 -32,818 -184 10,911 54,860 -20,147 -8,307 -18,495 -14,323
 
24 Asia 109,428 211,360 -15,179 13,436 32,627 14,355 5,211 -10,666 -14,225 -954
25 China, Mainland 81,065 185,683 5,088 11,828 24,705 28,440 7,198 -5,427 -1,469 6,557
26 Hong Kong -17,957 23,064 -1,121 -8 1,702 -2,936 698 292 -3,637 2,516
27 Japan 62,592 10,705 -14,458 2,719 5,331 -4,873 5,152 -6,727 -6,139 -8,319
28 Korea -2,880 -1,516 -3,503 -190 -132 -122 -3,051 3,660 -2,378 -1,125
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 6,407 14,032 1,533 1,311 3,164 -1,743 -1,122 1,073 -1,143 2,676
30 All other Asia -19,799 -20,608 -2,718 -2,224 -2,143 -4,411 -3,664 -3,537 541 -3,259
 
31 Africa -385 -7,034 -530 -1,529 -347 -475 -231 -124 -727 197
32 African oil exporters3 1,691 -507 -283 -638 124 43 -426 -22 -304 21
 
33 Other countries 3,294 -2,855 2,204 -601 -714 -889 410 407 692 1,512
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -2,764 -12,631 -2,159 -360 -1,613 -2,814 129 2,351 -308 -1,851
  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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