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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: June 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.-Apr.2015/r Oct.2014 Nov.2014 Dec.2014 Jan.2015 Feb.2015 Mar.2015/r Apr.2015/p
1 Total Reported 40,878 165,517 -46,683 539 -4,833 -15,602 -55,007 -6,154 8,037 6,441
 
2 Foreign countries 43,642 178,148 -42,729 3,353 -4,962 -17,953 -54,699 -4,303 9,785 6,488
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -8,440 44,926 -67,336 -2,514 -7,536 -17,049 -12,362 -11,189 -23,687 -20,098
 
4 Europe 58,189 -46,080 -44,525 -58,598 10,156 -1,278 -19,567 6,541 -44,570 13,071
5 Belgium -11,848 -28,174 -29,901 -3,211 -6,387 -7,714 -8,135 -11,183 -8,235 -2,349
6 France 81,609 88,680 27,626 -8,866 938 15,552 6,480 7,827 4,859 8,461
7 Germany -951 3,462 140 670 2,391 2,108 -2,050 759 1,114 317
8 Ireland 6,756 -23,479 -4,266 -5,591 19 -2,400 1,029 -5,516 -591 812
9 Luxembourg -60,384 -32,190 -11,098 -3,753 -1,501 -2,172 -1,290 -3,915 -516 -5,377
10 Netherlands -2,141 -6,555 -488 249 -473 -67 319 198 -649 -357
11 Norway 1,707 -14,538 604 -970 -1,030 -221 346 876 -2,063 1,445
12 Sweden -1,790 -397 -1,100 301 395 -332 -142 399 -603 -754
13 Switzerland -13,316 4,384 20,020 -1,989 -1,821 3,180 6,072 3,871 6,956 3,121
14 United Kingdom 63,546 -3,328 -28,805 -29,179 21,753 2,965 -21,394 21,164 -41,567 12,992
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -997 602 -405 373 -1 -200 46 -351 -11 -89
16 Other Europe -4,002 -34,547 -16,853 -6,632 -4,127 -11,979 -849 -7,587 -3,265 -5,152
17 Canada -2,391 4,174 6,983 816 -2,446 1,850 3,612 -609 2,871 1,109
 
18 Latin America -8,196 29,676 4,991 -6,716 2,085 165 -5,992 2,870 3,236 4,877
19 Brazil -10,470 19,398 -2,840 -4,340 2,695 -1,225 -5,939 1,149 -118 2,068
20 Mexico -10,859 21,738 3,858 11 -818 491 1,160 -500 61 3,137
21 Venezuela -170 -220 -986 -71 7 808 -905 -20 13 -74
22 All other Latin America 13,303 -11,240 4,959 -2,316 201 91 -308 2,241 3,280 -254
 
23 Caribbean -116,297 -12,255 17,466 54,721 -20,147 -8,307 -18,492 -14,330 40,478 9,810
 
24 Asia 109,428 212,522 -28,118 14,494 5,211 -10,666 -14,225 -484 8,605 -22,014
25 China, Mainland 81,065 185,683 8,800 28,440 7,198 -5,427 -1,398 6,724 12,834 -9,360
26 Hong Kong -17,957 23,064 -10,548 -2,936 698 292 -3,636 2,573 -5,553 -3,932
27 Japan 62,592 10,705 -15,845 -4,873 5,152 -6,727 -6,029 -8,336 6,712 -8,192
28 Korea -2,880 -1,516 -5,061 -122 -3,051 3,660 -2,561 -991 -1,281 -228
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 6,407 14,032 2,906 -1,743 -1,122 1,073 -1,143 2,876 1,710 -537
30 All other Asia -19,799 -19,446 -8,370 -4,272 -3,664 -3,537 542 -3,330 -5,817 235
 
31 Africa -385 -7,034 -1,516 -475 -231 -124 -727 197 -1,075 89
32 African oil exporters3 1,691 -507 -428 43 -426 -22 -304 21 -203 58
 
33 Other countries 3,294 -2,855 1,990 -889 410 407 692 1,512 240 -454
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -2,764 -12,631 -3,954 -2,814 129 2,351 -308 -1,851 -1,748 -47
  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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