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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: January 2016

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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.-Nov.2015 May.2015 Jun.2015 Jul.2015 Aug.2015 Sep.2015 Oct.2015 Nov.2015/p
1 Total Reported 40,878 165,517 15,573 53,358 72,008 -28,714 -34,963 17,356 -55,152 38,363
 
2 Foreign countries 43,642 178,148 19,455 53,541 69,320 -26,876 -32,125 14,894 -53,807 37,237
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -8,440 44,926 -177,753 -4,604 -10,881 -20,343 -41,120 -17,236 -17,125 892
 
4 Europe 58,189 -46,080 65,829 34,380 40,741 -29,435 -3,053 36,567 10,755 20,399
5 Belgium -11,848 -28,174 -38,683 -5,363 -651 -437 -295 -243 -420 -1,373
6 France 81,609 88,680 96,604 15,696 26,362 2,524 1,095 7,611 5,944 9,748
7 Germany -951 3,462 12,113 -62 802 3,336 -639 896 5,078 2,562
8 Ireland 6,756 -23,479 2,745 -369 431 399 4,220 2,557 518 -747
9 Luxembourg -60,384 -32,190 -29,103 254 2,139 -3,303 -9,487 -190 -3,930 -3,489
10 Netherlands -2,141 -6,555 -5,039 -547 -1,106 -427 -308 -326 -503 -1,334
11 Norway 1,707 -14,538 2,458 -578 -272 148 1,326 -623 2,288 -435
12 Sweden -1,790 -397 2,663 -998 -791 1,385 799 154 1,823 1,391
13 Switzerland -13,316 4,384 24,204 3,513 1,401 3 -438 378 1,933 -2,606
14 United Kingdom 63,546 -3,328 30,868 20,880 14,723 -32,507 3,362 28,792 2,649 21,774
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -997 602 109 -126 307 -21 139 66 75 74
16 Other Europe -4,002 -34,547 -33,111 2,080 -2,603 -536 -2,828 -2,506 -4,699 -5,166
17 Canada -2,391 4,174 40,333 6,364 6,102 2,854 7,157 3,763 2,032 5,078
 
18 Latin America -8,196 29,676 -18,920 -1,376 -279 -1,468 -8,454 -2,906 -29 -9,399
19 Brazil -10,470 19,398 -10,006 -2,056 -3,291 2,789 -2,685 -4,459 5,350 -2,814
20 Mexico -10,859 21,738 -13,634 291 1,123 -3,508 -6,344 -274 -3,699 -5,081
21 Venezuela -170 -220 -1,209 2 408 -437 -22 292 -499 33
22 All other Latin America 13,303 -11,240 5,929 387 1,481 -312 597 1,535 -1,181 -1,537
 
23 Caribbean -116,297 -12,255 22,134 2,830 9,387 10,192 16,841 -1,812 -39,306 6,536
 
24 Asia 109,428 212,522 -96,959 11,686 12,796 -12,226 -45,064 -21,593 -28,685 14,245
25 China, Mainland 81,065 185,683 7,361 7,111 19,508 -13,867 -22,619 -6,629 -14,660 29,717
26 Hong Kong -17,957 23,064 -21,703 -3,262 537 -4,407 -450 4,360 -2,043 -5,890
27 Japan 62,592 10,705 -71,525 1,493 -12,727 6,459 -17,650 -16,071 -14,413 -2,771
28 Korea -2,880 -1,516 1 3,980 3,381 -801 -1,086 -176 -368 132
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 6,407 14,032 7,119 -756 4,186 1,195 721 573 1,563 -3,269
30 All other Asia -19,799 -19,446 -18,212 3,120 -2,089 -805 -3,980 -3,650 1,236 -3,674
 
31 Africa -385 -7,034 1,794 -1,077 469 3,362 390 603 -50 -387
32 African oil exporters3 1,691 -507 310 -12 40 213 -99 486 -21 131
 
33 Other countries 3,294 -2,855 5,244 734 104 -155 58 272 1,476 765
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -2,764 -12,631 -3,882 -183 2,688 -1,838 -2,838 2,462 -1,345 1,126
  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: January 29, 2016