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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: August 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.-Jun.2015 Dec.2014 Jan.2015 Feb.2015 Mar.2015 Apr.2015 May.2015 Jun.2015/p
1 Total Reported 40,878 165,517 76,524 -15,602 -55,007 -6,154 8,037 6,441 53,358 69,849
 
2 Foreign countries 43,642 178,148 77,973 -17,953 -54,699 -4,303 9,785 6,488 53,541 67,161
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -8,440 44,926 -91,099 -17,049 -12,362 -11,189 -23,687 -20,098 -4,604 -19,159
 
4 Europe 58,189 -46,080 28,437 -1,278 -19,567 6,541 -44,570 13,071 34,380 38,582
5 Belgium -11,848 -28,174 -35,915 -7,714 -8,135 -11,183 -8,235 -2,349 -5,363 -651
6 France 81,609 88,680 67,524 15,552 6,480 7,827 4,859 8,461 15,696 24,203
7 Germany -951 3,462 880 2,108 -2,050 759 1,114 317 -62 802
8 Ireland 6,756 -23,479 -4,203 -2,400 1,029 -5,516 -591 812 -369 431
9 Luxembourg -60,384 -32,190 -8,705 -2,172 -1,290 -3,915 -516 -5,377 254 2,139
10 Netherlands -2,141 -6,555 -2,142 -67 319 198 -649 -357 -547 -1,106
11 Norway 1,707 -14,538 -246 -221 346 876 -2,063 1,445 -578 -272
12 Sweden -1,790 -397 -2,889 -332 -142 399 -603 -754 -998 -791
13 Switzerland -13,316 4,384 24,934 3,180 6,072 3,871 6,956 3,121 3,513 1,401
14 United Kingdom 63,546 -3,328 6,798 2,965 -21,394 21,164 -41,567 12,992 20,880 14,723
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -997 602 -224 -200 46 -351 -11 -89 -126 307
16 Other Europe -4,002 -34,547 -17,375 -11,979 -849 -7,587 -3,265 -5,152 2,080 -2,603
17 Canada -2,391 4,174 19,449 1,850 3,612 -609 2,871 1,109 6,364 6,102
 
18 Latin America -8,196 29,676 3,336 165 -5,992 2,870 3,236 4,877 -1,376 -279
19 Brazil -10,470 19,398 -8,187 -1,225 -5,939 1,149 -118 2,068 -2,056 -3,291
20 Mexico -10,859 21,738 5,272 491 1,160 -500 61 3,137 291 1,123
21 Venezuela -170 -220 -576 808 -905 -20 13 -74 2 408
22 All other Latin America 13,303 -11,240 6,827 91 -308 2,241 3,280 -254 387 1,481
 
23 Caribbean -116,297 -12,255 29,683 -8,307 -18,492 -14,330 40,478 9,810 2,830 9,387
 
24 Asia 109,428 212,522 -3,636 -10,666 -14,225 -484 8,605 -22,014 11,686 12,796
25 China, Mainland 81,065 185,683 35,419 -5,427 -1,398 6,724 12,834 -9,360 7,111 19,508
26 Hong Kong -17,957 23,064 -13,273 292 -3,636 2,573 -5,553 -3,932 -3,262 537
27 Japan 62,592 10,705 -27,079 -6,727 -6,029 -8,336 6,712 -8,192 1,493 -12,727
28 Korea -2,880 -1,516 2,300 3,660 -2,561 -991 -1,281 -228 3,980 3,381
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 6,407 14,032 6,336 1,073 -1,143 2,876 1,710 -537 -756 4,186
30 All other Asia -19,799 -19,446 -7,339 -3,537 542 -3,330 -5,817 235 3,120 -2,089
 
31 Africa -385 -7,034 -2,124 -124 -727 197 -1,075 89 -1,077 469
32 African oil exporters3 1,691 -507 -400 -22 -304 21 -203 58 -12 40
 
33 Other countries 3,294 -2,855 2,828 407 692 1,512 240 -454 734 104
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -2,764 -12,631 -1,449 2,351 -308 -1,851 -1,748 -47 -183 2,688
  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: August 28, 2015