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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: June 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.-Apr.2016 Oct.2015 Nov.2015 Dec.2015 Jan.2016 Feb.2016 Mar.2016 Apr.2016/p
1 Total Reported 165,517 -20,302 -91,476 -55,153 38,372 -35,905 -50,409 9,905 23,628 -74,600
 
2 Foreign countries 178,148 -14,994 -84,878 -53,808 37,246 -34,479 -49,564 11,841 24,205 -71,360
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 44,926 -225,861 -135,180 -17,125 892 -48,108 -57,190 -48,318 -17,397 -12,275
 
4 Europe -46,080 82,555 56,474 10,754 20,408 16,712 7,270 50,703 14,211 -15,710
5 Belgium -28,174 -39,680 -2,851 -420 -1,373 -998 -656 -561 -930 -703
6 France 88,680 98,010 29,397 5,944 9,748 1,405 6,247 20,278 -623 3,495
7 Germany 3,462 10,516 237 5,078 2,562 -1,597 -1,700 708 94 1,136
8 Ireland -23,479 6,449 618 518 -747 3,704 116 -4,694 4,082 1,113
9 Luxembourg -32,190 -30,257 1,887 -3,930 -3,489 -1,154 8,995 -277 -1,466 -5,365
10 Netherlands -6,555 -5,955 -1,000 -503 -1,334 -916 409 -1,330 579 -658
11 Norway -14,538 1,702 786 2,288 -435 -756 178 -687 1,140 155
12 Sweden -397 2,581 -618 1,823 1,391 -82 68 -120 -140 -426
13 Switzerland 4,384 25,541 -489 1,933 -2,606 1,337 -125 -2,724 143 2,217
14 United Kingdom -3,328 49,839 44,390 2,648 21,783 18,957 -4,116 46,936 15,294 -13,724
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 602 53 240 75 74 -56 -181 68 -42 395
16 Other Europe -34,547 -36,244 -16,123 -4,699 -5,166 -3,133 -1,965 -6,894 -3,919 -3,345
17 Canada 4,174 39,860 9,363 2,032 5,078 -473 828 5,110 895 2,530
 
18 Latin America 29,676 -23,190 -23,764 -29 -9,399 -4,270 -8,474 -8,512 1,778 -8,556
19 Brazil 19,398 -12,895 -12,745 5,350 -2,814 -2,889 -1,538 -7,266 -2,282 -1,659
20 Mexico 21,738 -16,397 -13,682 -3,699 -5,081 -2,763 -4,863 -1,233 -934 -6,652
21 Venezuela -220 -246 -1,579 -499 33 963 -1,049 3 611 -1,144
22 All other Latin America -11,240 6,348 4,242 -1,181 -1,537 419 -1,024 -16 4,383 899
 
23 Caribbean -12,255 32,537 -50,279 -39,306 6,536 10,387 16,281 -9,843 -12,711 -44,006
 
24 Asia 212,522 -153,816 -72,704 -28,685 14,245 -56,857 -62,941 -25,352 19,044 -3,455
25 China, Mainland 185,683 -21,858 -49,748 -14,660 29,717 -29,219 -37,202 -6,538 -3,576 -2,432
26 Hong Kong 23,064 -22,457 -11,134 -2,043 -5,890 -754 -2,305 -8,995 2,263 -2,097
27 Japan 10,705 -97,098 -3,864 -14,413 -2,771 -25,573 -18,434 -1,982 18,308 -1,756
28 Korea -1,516 229 -1,206 -368 132 228 -4,676 3,896 871 -1,297
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 14,032 6,781 -6,239 1,563 -3,269 -338 -2,391 -2,863 -1,268 283
30 All other Asia -19,446 -19,413 -513 1,236 -3,674 -1,201 2,067 -8,870 2,446 3,844
 
31 Africa -7,034 2,037 -2,507 -50 -387 243 -1,848 -574 612 -697
32 African oil exporters3 -507 514 -543 -21 131 204 -766 310 -84 -3
 
33 Other countries -2,855 5,023 -1,461 1,476 765 -221 -680 309 376 -1,466
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -12,631 -5,308 -6,598 -1,345 1,126 -1,426 -845 -1,936 -577 -3,240
  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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