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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: July 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.-May.2017 Nov.2016 Dec.2016 Jan.2017 Feb.2017 Mar.2017 Apr.2017 May.2017/p
1 Total Reported -20,302 -325,903 27,575 318 -22,503 -7,174 -13,475 24,385 -22,528 46,367
 
2 Foreign countries -14,994 -311,948 27,674 329 -22,568 -6,972 -13,946 23,823 -20,615 45,384
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -225,861 -329,824 -107,047 -893 18,572 -44,857 -10,739 -9,149 -6,556 -35,746
 
4 Europe 82,555 41,475 8,700 5,452 9,373 -38,446 20,626 4,234 -17,945 40,231
5 Belgium -39,680 -11,856 -4,903 -543 -3,114 -1,370 -537 -1,137 -1,189 -671
6 France 98,010 67,383 16,518 3,560 768 -681 5,951 6,072 -1,567 6,743
7 Germany 10,516 251 -3,965 1,949 -1,133 -2,905 -2,285 424 -762 1,563
8 Ireland 6,449 519 -6,220 -1,855 6,377 -7,160 7,069 -938 -3,321 -1,870
9 Luxembourg -30,257 -21,302 -27,264 -373 -204 -9,080 -1,478 -1,667 -6,051 -8,988
10 Netherlands -5,955 -7,812 -4,737 -76 -1,032 -566 28 -491 -1,679 -2,028
11 Norway 1,702 -343 -1,469 -580 1,287 -1,518 1,251 -594 8 -616
12 Sweden 2,581 -6,221 -1,859 -227 246 -992 -7 -405 199 -654
13 Switzerland 25,541 3,779 4,967 -2,502 1,040 -3,639 1,307 384 4,075 2,840
14 United Kingdom 49,839 75,941 53,651 11,692 3,986 -2,387 11,901 1,626 -5,894 48,405
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 53 3,670 1,939 825 729 1,343 -18 429 428 -243
16 Other Europe -36,244 -62,534 -17,959 -6,418 423 -9,492 -2,556 531 -2,192 -4,250
17 Canada 39,860 23,815 19,674 114 674 12,026 -1,678 5,009 982 3,335
 
18 Latin America -23,190 -25,590 -11,320 9,645 4,808 -4,536 -489 -5,322 4,641 -5,614
19 Brazil -12,895 -12,292 -1,343 9,631 1,168 -3,878 -1,210 2,444 2,766 -1,465
20 Mexico -16,397 -8,717 -7,399 930 3,176 -393 420 -6,043 461 -1,844
21 Venezuela -246 -459 -1,583 -149 233 87 -493 -182 16 -1,011
22 All other Latin America 6,348 -4,122 -995 -767 231 -352 794 -1,541 1,398 -1,294
 
23 Caribbean 32,537 -75,618 33,115 -8,204 -27,049 39,389 -23,206 -16,044 4,125 28,851
 
24 Asia -153,816 -268,884 -22,368 -6,987 -11,388 -13,439 -8,354 33,281 -12,617 -21,239
25 China, Mainland -21,858 -155,203 -13,775 -2,907 -1,280 1,348 1,550 -3,726 -3,740 -9,207
26 Hong Kong -22,457 -24,836 -12,731 786 -1,155 -1,060 -5,651 5,420 -2,782 -8,658
27 Japan -97,098 -69,833 13,069 -6,666 -14,843 -4,448 -1,915 31,236 -8,420 -3,384
28 Korea 229 8,450 707 1,252 186 2,294 -1,782 -476 -972 1,643
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 6,781 -15,209 -1,824 -2,665 997 -2,418 -383 288 -584 1,273
30 All other Asia -19,413 -12,253 -7,814 3,213 4,707 -9,155 -173 539 3,881 -2,906
 
31 Africa 2,037 -7,395 -1,487 58 821 -2,385 -754 1,791 711 -850
32 African oil exporters3 514 186 461 9 368 37 262 164 -89 87
 
33 Other countries 5,023 249 1,360 251 193 419 -91 874 -512 670
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -5,308 -13,955 -99 -11 65 -202 471 562 -1,913 983
  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 28, 2017