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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: November 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.-Sep.2016 Mar.2016 Apr.2016 May.2016 Jun.2016 Jul.2016 Aug.2016 Sep.2016/p
1 Total Reported 165,517 -20,302 -257,144 23,628 -74,582 -18,295 -32,921 -13,100 -24,784 -76,586
 
2 Foreign countries 178,148 -14,994 -242,340 24,205 -71,342 -15,288 -31,180 -11,656 -23,880 -75,476
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 44,926 -225,861 -310,404 -17,397 -12,276 -23,420 -33,531 -28,555 -44,162 -45,555
 
4 Europe -46,080 82,555 30,219 14,211 -15,710 23,090 949 879 -17,413 -33,760
5 Belgium -28,174 -39,680 -7,023 -930 -703 -1,666 -634 -498 -847 -528
6 France 88,680 98,010 61,962 -623 3,495 9,570 -4,136 5,961 13,239 7,930
7 Germany 3,462 10,516 1,149 94 1,136 1,791 -1,334 683 613 -842
8 Ireland -23,479 6,449 -5,221 4,082 1,191 -2,163 -308 2,240 -4,602 -1,083
9 Luxembourg -32,190 -30,257 -12,581 -1,466 -5,365 -6,334 236 -5,857 -4,017 1,505
10 Netherlands -6,555 -5,955 -6,171 579 -658 -1,449 -861 -1,516 -558 -787
11 Norway -14,538 1,702 -836 1,140 155 -1,394 767 818 -1,115 -698
12 Sweden -397 2,581 -5,472 -140 -426 -565 -158 -281 -1,862 -1,988
13 Switzerland 4,384 25,541 6,353 143 2,217 -61 3,955 2,369 -1,265 1,844
14 United Kingdom -3,328 49,839 44,494 15,294 -13,724 26,501 5,128 -75 -8,312 -23,138
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 602 53 2,310 -42 395 15 146 2,694 100 -885
16 Other Europe -34,547 -36,244 -48,745 -3,919 -3,423 -1,155 -1,852 -5,659 -8,787 -15,091
17 Canada 4,174 39,860 24,214 895 2,530 -110 3,142 3,257 9,614 -1,052
 
18 Latin America 29,676 -23,190 -27,922 1,778 -8,555 -3,992 -4,847 3,158 -670 2,192
19 Brazil 19,398 -12,895 -11,971 -2,282 -1,659 -1,572 -2,476 3,982 360 480
20 Mexico 21,738 -16,397 -11,239 -934 -6,652 -2,082 965 -429 1,165 2,824
21 Venezuela -220 -246 -508 611 -1,144 117 950 8 3 -7
22 All other Latin America -11,240 6,348 -4,204 4,383 900 -455 -4,286 -403 -2,198 -1,105
 
23 Caribbean -12,255 32,537 -35,487 -12,711 -44,006 -28,171 27,587 -278 13,102 2,552
 
24 Asia 212,522 -153,816 -223,134 19,044 -3,438 -4,959 -56,649 -15,602 -27,802 -45,435
25 China, Mainland 185,683 -21,858 -128,732 -3,576 -2,432 4,358 -28,035 -21,233 -19,158 -14,916
26 Hong Kong 23,064 -22,457 -24,840 2,263 -2,097 -4,063 -10,778 23 2,470 -1,358
27 Japan 10,705 -97,098 -35,590 18,308 -1,742 5,819 -13,185 3,582 -9,259 -18,697
28 Korea -1,516 229 6,606 871 -1,297 2,044 3,141 1,668 1,317 -358
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 14,032 6,781 -12,628 -1,268 284 -3,697 -1,829 1,034 501 -2,399
30 All other Asia -19,446 -19,413 -27,950 2,446 3,846 -9,420 -5,963 -676 -3,673 -7,707
 
31 Africa -7,034 2,037 -8,316 612 -697 -596 -1,144 -2,731 -1,400 62
32 African oil exporters3 -507 514 -203 -84 -3 33 -41 79 -72 341
 
33 Other countries -2,855 5,023 -1,914 376 -1,466 -550 -218 -339 689 -35
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -12,631 -5,308 -14,804 -577 -3,240 -3,007 -1,741 -1,444 -904 -1,110
  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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