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

Statistical Supplement | April 2005

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, April 2005

3.25 Marketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes, Foreign Transactions¹
Area or country		2003^r	2004^r	2005	2004					2005
Millions of dollars; net purchases, or sales (-) during period
Area or country		2003^r	2004^r	Jan - Feb	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb^p
1	Total estimated	276,713	351,985	73,257	13,395^r	16,993^r	19,204^r	33,720^r	8,357	30,748	42,509

2	Foreign countries	277,496	351,266	73,106	12,709^r	17,757^r	18,735^r	33,433^r	8,531	30,281	42,825

3	Europe	57,219	88,334	22,643	-6,345^r	5,230^r	14,350^r	18,567^r	9,037	7,211	15,432
4	Belgium²	1,721	118	18	-233	294	30	192	236	2	16
5	Germany	10,776	8,804	2,599	-1,542^r	2,273	1,544	2,233	141	3,541	-942
6	Luxembourg²	884	-575	970	-202	-616	1,075	-35	-1,120	436	534
7	Netherlands	-297	-3,152	-2,022	-7,597	3,048	-1,421	-285	1,095	-1,528	-494
8	Sweden	407	3,236	-559	382	-33	995	702	1,149	-1,129	570
9	Switzerland	4,894	5,342	2,364	152^r	-365	1,720	-333	812	87	2,277
10	United Kingdom	35,603	78,662	8,907	3,432^r	376^r	3,566^r	17,089^r	11,293	-1,557	10,464
11	Channel Islands and Isle of Man³	1,670	1,176	625	81	444	183	33	33	264	361
12	Other Europe and former U.S.S.R.	1,561	-5,277	9,741	-818^r	-191	6,658	-1,029	-4,602	7,095	2,646
13	Canada	10,348	16,098	5,613	-538	1,800	1,090	5,322	1,108	2,478	3,135

14	Latin America and Caribbean	19,541	33,557	38,626	-804^r	3,991	-2,601	-19,348	-8,169	29,765	8,861
15	Venezuela	293	-15	-69	-51	3	-28	112	-47	-51	-18
16	Other Latin America and Caribbean	11,264	21,976	38,089	-1,271^r	5,261	-4,315	-17,715	-8,698	29,937	8,152
17	Netherlands Antilles	7,984	11,596	606	518	-1,273	1,742	-1,745	576	-121	727
18	Asia	183,084	214,779	6,321	21,363^r	6,730	5,552	27,187	6,244	-8,681	15,002
19	Japan	147,635	166,378	-3,216	24,370^r	434	-2,051	9,292	1,482	-5,561	2,345
20	Africa	57	677	280	39	107	-11	10	283	-217	497
21	Other	7,247	-2,179	-377	-1,006	-101	355	1,695	28	-275	-102

22	Nonmonetary international and regional organizations	-783	719	151	686	-764	469	287	-174	467	-316
23	International	-503	2	170	638	-328	66	-82	-517	452	-282
24	Latin American Caribbean regional	-53	-26	-18	0	0	0	-9	0	-14	-4

	Memo
25	Foreign countries	277,496	351,266	73,106	12,709^r	17,757^r	18,735^r	33,433^r	8,531	30,281	42,825
26	Official institutions	113,486	201,135	18,903	15,515	10,874	15,649	21,049	6,976	7,630	11,273
27	Other foreign	164,010	150,131	54,203	-2,806^r	6,883^r	3,086^r	12,384^r	1,555	22,651	31,552

	Oil-exporting countries
28	Middle East⁴	-7,134	9,041	14	-170	343	3,831	3,977	510	-699	713
29	Africa⁵	52	249	45	-1	0	0	0	250	-204	249

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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