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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: April 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.-Feb.2017/r Aug.2016/r Sep.2016/r Oct.2016/r Nov.2016/r Dec.2016/r Jan.2017/r Feb.2017/p
1 Total Reported -20,302 -325,903 -20,649 -22,785 -74,329 -59,768 318 -22,503 -7,174 -13,475
 
2 Foreign countries -14,994 -311,948 -20,918 -21,870 -73,170 -60,659 329 -22,568 -6,972 -13,946
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -225,861 -329,824 -55,596 -42,058 -42,205 -46,439 -893 18,572 -44,857 -10,739
 
4 Europe 82,555 41,475 -17,820 -17,652 -32,971 -6,994 5,452 9,373 -38,446 20,626
5 Belgium -39,680 -11,856 -1,906 -847 -532 -1,201 -543 -3,114 -1,370 -537
6 France 98,010 67,383 5,270 13,241 7,952 998 3,560 768 -681 5,951
7 Germany 10,516 251 -5,190 573 -947 -1,739 1,949 -1,133 -2,905 -2,285
8 Ireland 6,449 519 -91 -4,608 -1,702 1,522 -1,855 6,377 -7,160 7,069
9 Luxembourg -30,257 -21,302 -10,558 -4,042 1,509 -8,415 -373 -204 -9,080 -1,478
10 Netherlands -5,955 -7,812 -539 -558 -781 -466 -76 -1,032 -566 28
11 Norway 1,702 -343 -267 -1,115 -557 -110 -580 1,287 -1,518 1,251
12 Sweden 2,581 -6,221 -999 -1,862 -1,900 -850 -227 246 -992 -7
13 Switzerland 25,541 3,779 -2,332 -1,260 1,844 -1,407 -2,502 1,040 -3,639 1,307
14 United Kingdom 49,839 75,941 9,514 -8,426 -22,172 12,948 11,692 3,986 -2,387 11,901
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 53 3,670 1,325 100 -889 -202 825 729 1,343 -18
16 Other Europe -36,244 -62,534 -12,048 -8,848 -14,796 -8,071 -6,418 423 -9,492 -2,556
17 Canada 39,860 23,815 10,348 9,642 -625 -2,284 114 674 12,026 -1,678
 
18 Latin America -23,190 -25,590 -5,025 -817 2,625 -12,295 9,645 4,808 -4,536 -489
19 Brazil -12,895 -12,292 -5,088 360 464 -11,107 9,631 1,168 -3,878 -1,210
20 Mexico -16,397 -8,717 27 1,160 3,096 -1,929 930 3,176 -393 420
21 Venezuela -246 -459 -406 3 -7 -139 -149 233 87 -493
22 All other Latin America 6,348 -4,122 442 -2,340 -928 880 -767 231 -352 794
 
23 Caribbean 32,537 -75,618 16,183 13,224 590 -1,966 -8,204 -27,049 39,389 -23,206
 
24 Asia -153,816 -268,884 -21,793 -25,532 -42,768 -38,493 -6,987 -11,388 -13,439 -8,354
25 China, Mainland -21,858 -155,203 2,898 -17,393 -13,927 -25,750 -2,907 -1,280 1,348 1,550
26 Hong Kong -22,457 -24,836 -6,711 2,920 -913 -2,433 786 -1,155 -1,060 -5,651
27 Japan -97,098 -69,833 -6,363 -9,274 -17,852 -16,076 -6,666 -14,843 -4,448 -1,915
28 Korea 229 8,450 512 1,317 -331 358 1,252 186 2,294 -1,782
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 6,781 -15,209 -2,801 501 -2,405 -918 -2,665 997 -2,418 -383
30 All other Asia -19,413 -12,253 -9,328 -3,603 -7,340 6,326 3,213 4,707 -9,155 -173
 
31 Africa 2,037 -7,395 -3,139 -1,400 60 31 58 821 -2,385 -754
32 African oil exporters3 514 186 299 -72 341 12 9 368 37 262
 
33 Other countries 5,023 249 328 665 -81 1,342 251 193 419 -91
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -5,308 -13,955 269 -915 -1,159 891 -11 65 -202 471
  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 28, 2017