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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: June 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 Jan.-Apr.2017 Oct.2016 Nov.2016 Dec.2016 Jan.2017 Feb.2017 Mar.2017 Apr.2017/p
1 Total Reported -20,302 -325,903 -18,792 -59,768 318 -22,503 -7,174 -13,475 24,385 -22,528
 
2 Foreign countries -14,994 -311,948 -17,710 -60,659 329 -22,568 -6,972 -13,946 23,823 -20,615
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -225,861 -329,824 -71,301 -46,439 -893 18,572 -44,857 -10,739 -9,149 -6,556
 
4 Europe 82,555 41,475 -31,531 -6,994 5,452 9,373 -38,446 20,626 4,234 -17,945
5 Belgium -39,680 -11,856 -4,232 -1,201 -543 -3,114 -1,370 -537 -1,137 -1,189
6 France 98,010 67,383 9,775 998 3,560 768 -681 5,951 6,072 -1,567
7 Germany 10,516 251 -5,528 -1,739 1,949 -1,133 -2,905 -2,285 424 -762
8 Ireland 6,449 519 -4,350 1,522 -1,855 6,377 -7,160 7,069 -938 -3,321
9 Luxembourg -30,257 -21,302 -18,276 -8,415 -373 -204 -9,080 -1,478 -1,667 -6,051
10 Netherlands -5,955 -7,812 -2,709 -466 -76 -1,032 -566 28 -491 -1,679
11 Norway 1,702 -343 -853 -110 -580 1,287 -1,518 1,251 -594 8
12 Sweden 2,581 -6,221 -1,205 -850 -227 246 -992 -7 -405 199
13 Switzerland 25,541 3,779 2,127 -1,407 -2,502 1,040 -3,639 1,307 384 4,075
14 United Kingdom 49,839 75,941 5,246 12,948 11,692 3,986 -2,387 11,901 1,626 -5,894
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 53 3,670 2,182 -202 825 729 1,343 -18 429 428
16 Other Europe -36,244 -62,534 -13,708 -8,071 -6,418 423 -9,492 -2,556 531 -2,192
17 Canada 39,860 23,815 16,339 -2,284 114 674 12,026 -1,678 5,009 982
 
18 Latin America -23,190 -25,590 -5,706 -12,295 9,645 4,808 -4,536 -489 -5,322 4,641
19 Brazil -12,895 -12,292 122 -11,107 9,631 1,168 -3,878 -1,210 2,444 2,766
20 Mexico -16,397 -8,717 -5,555 -1,929 930 3,176 -393 420 -6,043 461
21 Venezuela -246 -459 -572 -139 -149 233 87 -493 -182 16
22 All other Latin America 6,348 -4,122 299 880 -767 231 -352 794 -1,541 1,398
 
23 Caribbean 32,537 -75,618 4,264 -1,966 -8,204 -27,049 39,389 -23,206 -16,044 4,125
 
24 Asia -153,816 -268,884 -1,129 -38,493 -6,987 -11,388 -13,439 -8,354 33,281 -12,617
25 China, Mainland -21,858 -155,203 -4,568 -25,750 -2,907 -1,280 1,348 1,550 -3,726 -3,740
26 Hong Kong -22,457 -24,836 -4,073 -2,433 786 -1,155 -1,060 -5,651 5,420 -2,782
27 Japan -97,098 -69,833 16,453 -16,076 -6,666 -14,843 -4,448 -1,915 31,236 -8,420
28 Korea 229 8,450 -936 358 1,252 186 2,294 -1,782 -476 -972
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 6,781 -15,209 -3,097 -918 -2,665 997 -2,418 -383 288 -584
30 All other Asia -19,413 -12,253 -4,908 6,326 3,213 4,707 -9,155 -173 539 3,881
 
31 Africa 2,037 -7,395 -637 31 58 821 -2,385 -754 1,791 711
32 African oil exporters3 514 186 374 12 9 368 37 262 164 -89
 
33 Other countries 5,023 249 690 1,342 251 193 419 -91 874 -512
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -5,308 -13,955 -1,082 891 -11 65 -202 471 562 -1,913
  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: June 30, 2017