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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: July 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.-May.2016/r Nov.2015 Dec.2015 Jan.2016 Feb.2016 Mar.2016 Apr.2016/r May.2016/p
1 Total Reported 165,517 -20,302 -109,753 38,372 -35,905 -50,409 9,905 23,628 -74,582 -18,295
 
2 Foreign countries 178,148 -14,994 -100,148 37,246 -34,479 -49,564 11,841 24,205 -71,342 -15,288
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 44,926 -225,861 -158,601 892 -48,108 -57,190 -48,318 -17,397 -12,276 -23,420
 
4 Europe -46,080 82,555 79,564 20,408 16,712 7,270 50,703 14,211 -15,710 23,090
5 Belgium -28,174 -39,680 -4,516 -1,373 -998 -656 -561 -930 -703 -1,666
6 France 88,680 98,010 38,967 9,748 1,405 6,247 20,278 -623 3,495 9,570
7 Germany 3,462 10,516 2,028 2,562 -1,597 -1,700 708 94 1,136 1,791
8 Ireland -23,479 6,449 -1,468 -747 3,704 116 -4,694 4,082 1,191 -2,163
9 Luxembourg -32,190 -30,257 -4,447 -3,489 -1,154 8,995 -277 -1,466 -5,365 -6,334
10 Netherlands -6,555 -5,955 -2,449 -1,334 -916 409 -1,330 579 -658 -1,449
11 Norway -14,538 1,702 -608 -435 -756 178 -687 1,140 155 -1,394
12 Sweden -397 2,581 -1,183 1,391 -82 68 -120 -140 -426 -565
13 Switzerland 4,384 25,541 -550 -2,606 1,337 -125 -2,724 143 2,217 -61
14 United Kingdom -3,328 49,839 70,891 21,783 18,957 -4,116 46,936 15,294 -13,724 26,501
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 602 53 255 74 -56 -181 68 -42 395 15
16 Other Europe -34,547 -36,244 -17,356 -5,166 -3,133 -1,965 -6,894 -3,919 -3,423 -1,155
17 Canada 4,174 39,860 9,253 5,078 -473 828 5,110 895 2,530 -110
 
18 Latin America 29,676 -23,190 -27,755 -9,399 -4,270 -8,474 -8,512 1,778 -8,555 -3,992
19 Brazil 19,398 -12,895 -14,317 -2,814 -2,889 -1,538 -7,266 -2,282 -1,659 -1,572
20 Mexico 21,738 -16,397 -15,764 -5,081 -2,763 -4,863 -1,233 -934 -6,652 -2,082
21 Venezuela -220 -246 -1,462 33 963 -1,049 3 611 -1,144 117
22 All other Latin America -11,240 6,348 3,788 -1,537 419 -1,024 -16 4,383 900 -455
 
23 Caribbean -12,255 32,537 -78,450 6,536 10,387 16,281 -9,843 -12,711 -44,006 -28,171
 
24 Asia 212,522 -153,816 -77,646 14,245 -56,857 -62,941 -25,352 19,044 -3,438 -4,959
25 China, Mainland 185,683 -21,858 -45,390 29,717 -29,219 -37,202 -6,538 -3,576 -2,432 4,358
26 Hong Kong 23,064 -22,457 -15,197 -5,890 -754 -2,305 -8,995 2,263 -2,097 -4,063
27 Japan 10,705 -97,098 1,969 -2,771 -25,573 -18,434 -1,982 18,308 -1,742 5,819
28 Korea -1,516 229 838 132 228 -4,676 3,896 871 -1,297 2,044
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 14,032 6,781 -9,935 -3,269 -338 -2,391 -2,863 -1,268 284 -3,697
30 All other Asia -19,446 -19,413 -9,931 -3,674 -1,201 2,067 -8,870 2,446 3,846 -9,420
 
31 Africa -7,034 2,037 -3,103 -387 243 -1,848 -574 612 -697 -596
32 African oil exporters3 -507 514 -510 131 204 -766 310 -84 -3 33
 
33 Other countries -2,855 5,023 -2,011 765 -221 -680 309 376 -1,466 -550
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -12,631 -5,308 -9,605 1,126 -1,426 -845 -1,936 -577 -3,240 -3,007
  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: July 29, 2016