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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: March 2017

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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 2015 2016/r Jan.-Jan.2017 Jul.2016/r Aug.2016 Sep.2016 Oct.2016 Nov.2016 Dec.2016 Jan.2017/p
1 Total Reported -20,302 -342,758 -6,974 -13,100 -24,784 -76,586 -63,537 -205 -21,872 -6,974
 
2 Foreign countries -14,994 -328,899 -6,772 -11,656 -23,880 -75,476 -64,428 -194 -21,937 -6,772
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -225,861 -338,028 -44,857 -28,555 -44,162 -45,555 -45,257 -936 18,569 -44,857
 
4 Europe 82,555 37,838 -38,446 879 -17,413 -33,760 -7,822 5,846 9,595 -38,446
5 Belgium -39,680 -11,882 -1,370 -498 -847 -528 -1,201 -543 -3,114 -1,370
6 France 98,010 67,215 -681 5,961 13,239 7,930 928 3,560 765 -681
7 Germany 10,516 153 -2,905 683 613 -842 -1,818 1,955 -1,133 -2,905
8 Ireland 6,449 1,279 -7,160 2,240 -4,602 -1,083 1,761 -1,857 6,597 -7,160
9 Luxembourg -30,257 -21,920 -9,080 -5,857 -4,017 1,505 -8,815 -333 -191 -9,080
10 Netherlands -5,955 -7,740 -566 -1,516 -558 -787 -467 -69 -1,034 -566
11 Norway 1,702 -393 -1,518 818 -1,115 -698 -264 -580 1,287 -1,518
12 Sweden 2,581 -6,305 -992 -281 -1,862 -1,988 -852 -227 246 -992
13 Switzerland 25,541 3,485 -3,639 2,369 -1,265 1,844 -1,403 -2,505 1,040 -3,639
14 United Kingdom 49,839 73,090 -2,387 -75 -8,312 -23,138 12,581 12,035 3,980 -2,387
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 53 3,662 1,343 2,694 100 -885 -202 825 729 1,343
16 Other Europe -36,244 -62,807 -9,492 -5,659 -8,787 -15,091 -8,069 -6,415 423 -9,492
17 Canada 39,860 22,999 12,026 3,257 9,614 -1,052 -2,064 204 645 12,026
 
18 Latin America -23,190 -25,622 -4,336 3,158 -670 2,192 -12,165 9,642 4,823 -4,336
19 Brazil -12,895 -12,279 -3,878 3,982 360 480 -11,107 9,631 1,168 -3,878
20 Mexico -16,397 -9,048 -393 -429 1,165 2,824 -1,915 930 3,176 -393
21 Venezuela -246 -563 87 8 3 -7 -139 -149 233 87
22 All other Latin America 6,348 -3,732 -152 -403 -2,198 -1,105 996 -770 246 -152
 
23 Caribbean 32,537 -78,115 39,389 -278 13,102 2,552 -6,245 -9,253 -27,130 39,389
 
24 Asia -153,816 -278,460 -13,439 -15,602 -27,802 -45,435 -37,496 -6,931 -10,899 -13,439
25 China, Mainland -21,858 -158,660 1,348 -21,233 -19,158 -14,916 -25,740 -2,908 -1,280 1,348
26 Hong Kong -22,457 -26,652 -1,060 23 2,470 -1,358 -1,432 786 -1,166 -1,060
27 Japan -97,098 -72,710 -4,448 3,582 -9,259 -18,697 -16,106 -6,652 -14,362 -4,448
28 Korea 229 8,141 2,294 1,373 1,317 -358 364 1,261 205 2,294
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 6,781 -15,199 -2,418 1,034 501 -2,399 -917 -2,651 997 -2,418
30 All other Asia -19,413 -13,380 -9,155 -381 -3,673 -7,707 6,335 3,233 4,707 -9,155
 
31 Africa 2,037 -7,391 -2,385 -2,731 -1,400 62 42 47 836 -2,385
32 African oil exporters3 514 173 37 79 -72 341 12 -4 368 37
 
33 Other countries 5,023 -148 419 -339 689 -35 1,322 251 193 419
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -5,308 -13,859 -202 -1,444 -904 -1,110 891 -11 65 -202
  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 31, 2017