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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: April 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 Jan.-Feb.2016 Aug.2015 Sep.2015 Oct.2015 Nov.2015 Dec.2015 Jan.2016 Feb.2016/p
1 Total Reported 165,517 -20,302 -40,504 -34,966 17,357 -55,153 38,372 -35,905 -50,409 9,905
 
2 Foreign countries 178,148 -14,994 -37,723 -32,128 14,895 -53,808 37,246 -34,479 -49,564 11,841
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 44,926 -225,861 -105,508 -41,120 -17,236 -17,125 892 -48,108 -57,190 -48,318
 
4 Europe -46,080 82,555 57,973 -3,056 36,568 10,754 20,408 16,712 7,270 50,703
5 Belgium -28,174 -39,680 -1,217 -295 -243 -420 -1,373 -998 -656 -561
6 France 88,680 98,010 26,525 1,095 7,611 5,944 9,748 1,405 6,247 20,278
7 Germany 3,462 10,516 -992 -639 896 5,078 2,562 -1,597 -1,700 708
8 Ireland -23,479 6,449 -4,578 4,220 2,557 518 -747 3,704 116 -4,694
9 Luxembourg -32,190 -30,257 8,718 -9,487 -190 -3,930 -3,489 -1,154 8,995 -277
10 Netherlands -6,555 -5,955 -921 -308 -326 -503 -1,334 -916 409 -1,330
11 Norway -14,538 1,702 -509 1,326 -623 2,288 -435 -756 178 -687
12 Sweden -397 2,581 -52 799 154 1,823 1,391 -82 68 -120
13 Switzerland 4,384 25,541 -2,849 -438 378 1,933 -2,606 1,337 -125 -2,724
14 United Kingdom -3,328 49,839 42,820 3,359 28,793 2,648 21,783 18,957 -4,116 46,936
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 602 53 -113 139 66 75 74 -56 -181 68
16 Other Europe -34,547 -36,244 -8,860 -2,828 -2,506 -4,699 -5,166 -3,133 -1,965 -6,894
17 Canada 4,174 39,860 5,938 7,157 3,763 2,032 5,078 -473 828 5,110
 
18 Latin America 29,676 -23,190 -16,986 -8,454 -2,906 -29 -9,399 -4,270 -8,474 -8,512
19 Brazil 19,398 -12,895 -8,804 -2,685 -4,459 5,350 -2,814 -2,889 -1,538 -7,266
20 Mexico 21,738 -16,397 -6,096 -6,344 -274 -3,699 -5,081 -2,763 -4,863 -1,233
21 Venezuela -220 -246 -1,046 -22 292 -499 33 963 -1,049 3
22 All other Latin America -11,240 6,348 -1,040 597 1,535 -1,181 -1,537 419 -1,024 -16
 
23 Caribbean -12,255 32,537 6,438 16,841 -1,812 -39,306 6,536 10,387 16,281 -9,843
 
24 Asia 212,522 -153,816 -88,293 -45,064 -21,593 -28,685 14,245 -56,857 -62,941 -25,352
25 China, Mainland 185,683 -21,858 -43,740 -22,619 -6,629 -14,660 29,717 -29,219 -37,202 -6,538
26 Hong Kong 23,064 -22,457 -11,300 -450 4,360 -2,043 -5,890 -754 -2,305 -8,995
27 Japan 10,705 -97,098 -20,416 -17,650 -16,071 -14,413 -2,771 -25,573 -18,434 -1,982
28 Korea -1,516 229 -780 -1,086 -176 -368 132 228 -4,676 3,896
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 14,032 6,781 -5,254 721 573 1,563 -3,269 -338 -2,391 -2,863
30 All other Asia -19,446 -19,413 -6,803 -3,980 -3,650 1,236 -3,674 -1,201 2,067 -8,870
 
31 Africa -7,034 2,037 -2,422 390 603 -50 -387 243 -1,848 -574
32 African oil exporters3 -507 514 -456 -99 486 -21 131 204 -766 310
 
33 Other countries -2,855 5,023 -371 58 272 1,476 765 -221 -680 309
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -12,631 -5,308 -2,781 -2,838 2,462 -1,345 1,126 -1,426 -845 -1,936
  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: April 29, 2016