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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: February 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.-Dec.2015 Jun.2015 Jul.2015 Aug.2015 Sep.2015 Oct.2015 Nov.2015 Dec.2015/p
1 Total Reported 40,878 165,517 -20,332 72,008 -28,714 -34,963 17,356 -55,152 38,363 -35,905
 
2 Foreign countries 43,642 178,148 -15,024 69,320 -26,876 -32,125 14,894 -53,807 37,237 -34,479
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -8,440 44,926 -225,861 -10,881 -20,343 -41,120 -17,236 -17,125 892 -48,108
 
4 Europe 58,189 -46,080 82,541 40,741 -29,435 -3,053 36,567 10,755 20,399 16,712
5 Belgium -11,848 -28,174 -39,680 -651 -437 -295 -243 -420 -1,373 -998
6 France 81,609 88,680 98,010 26,362 2,524 1,095 7,611 5,944 9,748 1,405
7 Germany -951 3,462 10,516 802 3,336 -639 896 5,078 2,562 -1,597
8 Ireland 6,756 -23,479 6,449 431 399 4,220 2,557 518 -747 3,704
9 Luxembourg -60,384 -32,190 -30,257 2,139 -3,303 -9,487 -190 -3,930 -3,489 -1,154
10 Netherlands -2,141 -6,555 -5,955 -1,106 -427 -308 -326 -503 -1,334 -916
11 Norway 1,707 -14,538 1,702 -272 148 1,326 -623 2,288 -435 -756
12 Sweden -1,790 -397 2,581 -791 1,385 799 154 1,823 1,391 -82
13 Switzerland -13,316 4,384 25,541 1,401 3 -438 378 1,933 -2,606 1,337
14 United Kingdom 63,546 -3,328 49,825 14,723 -32,507 3,362 28,792 2,649 21,774 18,957
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -997 602 53 307 -21 139 66 75 74 -56
16 Other Europe -4,002 -34,547 -36,244 -2,603 -536 -2,828 -2,506 -4,699 -5,166 -3,133
17 Canada -2,391 4,174 39,860 6,102 2,854 7,157 3,763 2,032 5,078 -473
 
18 Latin America -8,196 29,676 -23,190 -279 -1,468 -8,454 -2,906 -29 -9,399 -4,270
19 Brazil -10,470 19,398 -12,895 -3,291 2,789 -2,685 -4,459 5,350 -2,814 -2,889
20 Mexico -10,859 21,738 -16,397 1,123 -3,508 -6,344 -274 -3,699 -5,081 -2,763
21 Venezuela -170 -220 -246 408 -437 -22 292 -499 33 963
22 All other Latin America 13,303 -11,240 6,348 1,481 -312 597 1,535 -1,181 -1,537 419
 
23 Caribbean -116,297 -12,255 32,521 9,387 10,192 16,841 -1,812 -39,306 6,536 10,387
 
24 Asia 109,428 212,522 -153,816 12,796 -12,226 -45,064 -21,593 -28,685 14,245 -56,857
25 China, Mainland 81,065 185,683 -21,858 19,508 -13,867 -22,619 -6,629 -14,660 29,717 -29,219
26 Hong Kong -17,957 23,064 -22,457 537 -4,407 -450 4,360 -2,043 -5,890 -754
27 Japan 62,592 10,705 -97,098 -12,727 6,459 -17,650 -16,071 -14,413 -2,771 -25,573
28 Korea -2,880 -1,516 229 3,381 -801 -1,086 -176 -368 132 228
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 6,407 14,032 6,781 4,186 1,195 721 573 1,563 -3,269 -338
30 All other Asia -19,799 -19,446 -19,413 -2,089 -805 -3,980 -3,650 1,236 -3,674 -1,201
 
31 Africa -385 -7,034 2,037 469 3,362 390 603 -50 -387 243
32 African oil exporters3 1,691 -507 514 40 213 -99 486 -21 131 204
 
33 Other countries 3,294 -2,855 5,023 104 -155 58 272 1,476 765 -221
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -2,764 -12,631 -5,308 2,688 -1,838 -2,838 2,462 -1,345 1,126 -1,426
  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: February 26, 2016