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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: December 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.-Oct.2015/r Apr.2015 May.2015 Jun.2015/r Jul.2015 Aug.2015 Sep.2015 Oct.2015/p
1 Total Reported 40,878 165,517 -22,790 6,441 53,358 72,008 -28,714 -34,963 17,356 -55,152
 
2 Foreign countries 43,642 178,148 -17,782 6,488 53,541 69,320 -26,876 -32,125 14,894 -53,807
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -8,440 44,926 -178,645 -20,098 -4,604 -10,881 -20,343 -41,120 -17,236 -17,125
 
4 Europe 58,189 -46,080 45,430 13,071 34,380 40,741 -29,435 -3,053 36,567 10,755
5 Belgium -11,848 -28,174 -37,309 -2,349 -5,363 -651 -437 -295 -243 -420
6 France 81,609 88,680 86,857 8,461 15,696 26,362 2,524 1,095 7,611 5,944
7 Germany -951 3,462 9,551 317 -62 802 3,336 -639 896 5,078
8 Ireland 6,756 -23,479 3,492 812 -369 431 399 4,220 2,557 518
9 Luxembourg -60,384 -32,190 -25,614 -5,377 254 2,139 -3,303 -9,487 -190 -3,930
10 Netherlands -2,141 -6,555 -3,705 -357 -547 -1,106 -427 -308 -326 -503
11 Norway 1,707 -14,538 2,893 1,445 -578 -272 148 1,326 -623 2,288
12 Sweden -1,790 -397 1,272 -754 -998 -791 1,385 799 154 1,823
13 Switzerland -13,316 4,384 26,810 3,121 3,513 1,401 3 -438 378 1,933
14 United Kingdom 63,546 -3,328 9,094 12,992 20,880 14,723 -32,507 3,362 28,792 2,649
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -997 602 35 -89 -126 307 -21 139 66 75
16 Other Europe -4,002 -34,547 -27,945 -5,152 2,080 -2,603 -536 -2,828 -2,506 -4,699
17 Canada -2,391 4,174 35,255 1,109 6,364 6,102 2,854 7,157 3,763 2,032
 
18 Latin America -8,196 29,676 -9,521 4,877 -1,376 -279 -1,468 -8,454 -2,906 -29
19 Brazil -10,470 19,398 -7,192 2,068 -2,056 -3,291 2,789 -2,685 -4,459 5,350
20 Mexico -10,859 21,738 -8,553 3,137 291 1,123 -3,508 -6,344 -274 -3,699
21 Venezuela -170 -220 -1,242 -74 2 408 -437 -22 292 -499
22 All other Latin America 13,303 -11,240 7,466 -254 387 1,481 -312 597 1,535 -1,181
 
23 Caribbean -116,297 -12,255 15,598 9,810 2,830 9,387 10,192 16,841 -1,812 -39,306
 
24 Asia 109,428 212,522 -111,204 -22,014 11,686 12,796 -12,226 -45,064 -21,593 -28,685
25 China, Mainland 81,065 185,683 -22,356 -9,360 7,111 19,508 -13,867 -22,619 -6,629 -14,660
26 Hong Kong -17,957 23,064 -15,813 -3,932 -3,262 537 -4,407 -450 4,360 -2,043
27 Japan 62,592 10,705 -68,754 -8,192 1,493 -12,727 6,459 -17,650 -16,071 -14,413
28 Korea -2,880 -1,516 -131 -228 3,980 3,381 -801 -1,086 -176 -368
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 6,407 14,032 10,388 -537 -756 4,186 1,195 721 573 1,563
30 All other Asia -19,799 -19,446 -14,538 235 3,120 -2,089 -805 -3,980 -3,650 1,236
 
31 Africa -385 -7,034 2,181 89 -1,077 469 3,362 390 603 -50
32 African oil exporters3 1,691 -507 179 58 -12 40 213 -99 486 -21
 
33 Other countries 3,294 -2,855 4,479 -454 734 104 -155 58 272 1,476
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -2,764 -12,631 -5,008 -47 -183 2,688 -1,838 -2,838 2,462 -1,345
  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 28, 2015