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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: March 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 2014 2015/r Jan.-Jan.2016 Jul.2015/r Aug.2015/r Sep.2015/r Oct.2015/r Nov.2015/r Dec.2015 Jan.2016/p
1 Total Reported 165,517 -20,302 -50,409 -28,717 -34,966 17,357 -55,153 38,372 -35,905 -50,409
 
2 Foreign countries 178,148 -14,994 -49,564 -26,879 -32,128 14,895 -53,808 37,246 -34,479 -49,564
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 44,926 -225,861 -57,190 -20,343 -41,120 -17,236 -17,125 892 -48,108 -57,190
 
4 Europe -46,080 82,555 7,270 -29,439 -3,056 36,568 10,754 20,408 16,712 7,270
5 Belgium -28,174 -39,680 -656 -437 -295 -243 -420 -1,373 -998 -656
6 France 88,680 98,010 6,247 2,524 1,095 7,611 5,944 9,748 1,405 6,247
7 Germany 3,462 10,516 -1,700 3,336 -639 896 5,078 2,562 -1,597 -1,700
8 Ireland -23,479 6,449 116 399 4,220 2,557 518 -747 3,704 116
9 Luxembourg -32,190 -30,257 8,995 -3,303 -9,487 -190 -3,930 -3,489 -1,154 8,995
10 Netherlands -6,555 -5,955 409 -427 -308 -326 -503 -1,334 -916 409
11 Norway -14,538 1,702 178 148 1,326 -623 2,288 -435 -756 178
12 Sweden -397 2,581 68 1,385 799 154 1,823 1,391 -82 68
13 Switzerland 4,384 25,541 -125 3 -438 378 1,933 -2,606 1,337 -125
14 United Kingdom -3,328 49,839 -4,116 -32,511 3,359 28,793 2,648 21,783 18,957 -4,116
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 602 53 -181 -21 139 66 75 74 -56 -181
16 Other Europe -34,547 -36,244 -1,965 -536 -2,828 -2,506 -4,699 -5,166 -3,133 -1,965
17 Canada 4,174 39,860 828 2,854 7,157 3,763 2,032 5,078 -473 828
 
18 Latin America 29,676 -23,190 -8,474 -1,468 -8,454 -2,906 -29 -9,399 -4,270 -8,474
19 Brazil 19,398 -12,895 -1,538 2,789 -2,685 -4,459 5,350 -2,814 -2,889 -1,538
20 Mexico 21,738 -16,397 -4,863 -3,508 -6,344 -274 -3,699 -5,081 -2,763 -4,863
21 Venezuela -220 -246 -1,049 -437 -22 292 -499 33 963 -1,049
22 All other Latin America -11,240 6,348 -1,024 -312 597 1,535 -1,181 -1,537 419 -1,024
 
23 Caribbean -12,255 32,537 16,281 10,193 16,841 -1,812 -39,306 6,536 10,387 16,281
 
24 Asia 212,522 -153,816 -62,941 -12,226 -45,064 -21,593 -28,685 14,245 -56,857 -62,941
25 China, Mainland 185,683 -21,858 -37,202 -13,867 -22,619 -6,629 -14,660 29,717 -29,219 -37,202
26 Hong Kong 23,064 -22,457 -2,305 -4,407 -450 4,360 -2,043 -5,890 -754 -2,305
27 Japan 10,705 -97,098 -18,434 6,459 -17,650 -16,071 -14,413 -2,771 -25,573 -18,434
28 Korea -1,516 229 -4,676 -801 -1,086 -176 -368 132 228 -4,676
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 14,032 6,781 -2,391 1,195 721 573 1,563 -3,269 -338 -2,391
30 All other Asia -19,446 -19,413 2,067 -805 -3,980 -3,650 1,236 -3,674 -1,201 2,067
 
31 Africa -7,034 2,037 -1,848 3,362 390 603 -50 -387 243 -1,848
32 African oil exporters3 -507 514 -766 213 -99 486 -21 131 204 -766
 
33 Other countries -2,855 5,023 -680 -155 58 272 1,476 765 -221 -680
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -12,631 -5,308 -845 -1,838 -2,838 2,462 -1,345 1,126 -1,426 -845
  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: March 25, 2016