FRB: March 2005 Statistical Supplement--Marketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes, Foreign Transactions

Statistical Supplement | March 2005

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, March 2005

3.25 Marketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes, Foreign Transactions¹
Area or country		2003	2004	2005	2004						2005
Millions of dollars; net purchases, or sales (-) during period
Area or country		2003	2004	Jan - Jan	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan^p
1	Total estimated	273,940	356,817^r	30,748	13,350	13,960	16,663	20,894^r	32,824	8,357^r	30,748

2	Foreign countries	274,655	356,098^r	30,281	13,734	13,274	17,427	20,425^r	32,537	8,531^r	30,281

3	Europe	54,083	93,070^r	7,211	13,025	-5,806	4,900	16,040^r	17,671	9,037^r	7,211
4	Belgium²	1,741	118	2	-31	-233	294	30	192	236	2
5	Germany	7,890	8,510	3,541	2,137	-1,326	2,273	1,544	2,233	141	3,541
6	Luxembourg²	905	-575	436	-95	-202	-616	1,075	-35	-1,120	436
7	Netherlands	-240	-3,152	-1,528	97	-7,597	3,048	-1,421	-285	1,095	-1,528
8	Sweden	407	3,236	-1,129	-284	382	-33	995	702	1,149	-1,129
9	Switzerland	4,893	5,469^r	87	-81	186	-365	1,720^r	-333^r	812	87
10	United Kingdom	36,084	80,530^r	-1,557	5,028	3,716	46	5,256	16,193^r	11,293^r	-1,557
11	Channel Islands and Isle of Man³	1,670	1,176	264	-10	81	444	183	33	33	264
12	Other Europe and former U.S.S.R.	733	-2,242^r	7,095	6,264	-813	-191	6,658^r	-1,029	-4,602	7,095
13	Canada	10,318	16,106	2,478	2,096	-538	1,800	1,090	5,322	1,108	2,478

14	Latin America and Caribbean	19,466	33,638^r	29,765	-4,850	-783	3,991	-2,601^r	-19,348	-8,169	29,765
15	Venezuela	312	-15	-51	14	-51	3	-28	112	-47	-51
16	Other Latin America and Caribbean	11,172	22,057^r	29,937	-7,819	-1,250	5,261	-4,315^r	-17,715	-8,698	29,937
17	Netherlands Antilles	7,982	11,596	-121	2,955	518	-1,273	1,742	-1,745	576	-121
18	Asia	183,484	214,786	-8,681	3,015	21,368	6,730	5,552	27,187	6,244	-8,681
19	Japan	148,348	166,383	-5,561	5,422	24,375	434	-2,051	9,292	1,482	-5,561
20	Africa	57	677	-217	-22	39	107	-11	10	283	-217
21	Other	7,247	-2,179	-275	470	-1,006	-101	355	1,695	28	-275

22	Nonmonetary international and regional organizations	-715	719	467	-384	686	-764	469	287	-174	467
23	International	-435	2	452	104	638	-328	66	-82	-517	452
24	Latin American Caribbean regional	-53	-26	-14	2	0	0	0	-9	0	-14

	Memo
25	Foreign countries	274,655	356,098^r	30,281	13,734	13,274	17,427	20,425^r	32,537	8,531^r	30,281
26	Official institutions	113,486	203,143	7,630	5,634	15,515	10,874	15,649	21,049	6,976	7,630
27	Other foreign	161,169	152,955^r	22,651	8,100	-2,241	6,553	4,776^r	11,488	1,555^r	22,651

	Oil-exporting countries
28	Middle East⁴	-7,134	9,041	-699	-812	-170	343	3,831	3,977	510	-699
29	Africa⁵	52	249	-204	0	-1	0	0	0	250	-204

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. Before January 2001, combined data reported for Belgium and Luxembourg. Return to table

3. Before January 2001, these data were included in the data reported for the United Kingdom. Return to table

4. Comprises Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (Trucial States). Return to table

5. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria. Return to table

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