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

Statistical Supplement | October 2005

Statistical Supplement to the Federal Reserve Bulletin, October 2005

3.25 Marketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes, Foreign Transactions¹
Area or country		2003	2004	2005	2005
Millions of dollars; net purchases, or sales (-), during period
Area or country		2003	2004	Jan - Aug	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug^p
1	Total estimated	263,580^r	352,065^r	225,611	42,510^r	27,791^r	24,702^r	27,586^r	15,795^r	28,519	28,079

2	Foreign countries	263,523^r	351,346^r	223,330	42,826^r	27,730^r	23,945^r	27,634^r	14,551^r	28,571	27,911

3	Europe	48,653^r	88,431^r	104,474	15,482^r	-4,838	20,751	20,236^r	15,213	15,768	14,847
4	Belgium²	1,809	118	-409	16	-907	164	97	-51	84	186
5	Germany	11,005^r	8,804	10,673	-942	2,745	4,263	515	-540	1,122	-31
6	Luxembourg²	881	-575	1,029	534	-547	1,293	-298	-724	-256	591
7	Netherlands	434	-3,153	-3,323	-444	998	-1,039	-1,302	-321	872	-485
8	Sweden	434	3,236	2,226	570	662	-96	994	1,358	-443	310
9	Switzerland	4,883^r	5,342	-2,492	2,281^r	158	-749	-1,830^r	-1,019	-2,164	744
10	United Kingdom	32,846^r	78,661	74,557	10,464	10,482	3,384	7,581	16,165	14,771	13,267
11	Channel Islands and Isle of Man³	1,256	1,175	244	361	1,749	-159	-62	-2,473	181	383
12	Other Europe and former U.S.S.R.	-4,895^r	-5,177^r	21,969	2,642	-20,178	13,690	14,541^r	2,818	1,601	-118
13	Canada	10,438	16,098	15,791	3,135	593	4,012	-1,410	2,905	2,347	1,731

14	Latin America and Caribbean	17,116	33,544	61,415	8,811	26,733	-3,910	5,389	-11,285^r	67	5,778
15	Venezuela	293	-15	132	-18	76	-35	-20	32	76	72
16	Other Latin America and Caribbean	8,860	21,963	61,726	8,152	25,968	-4,246	6,487	-11,290^r	1,619	5,099
17	Netherlands Antilles	7,963	11,596	-443	677	689	371	-1,078	-27	-1,628	607
18	Asia	181,097	214,774	42,051	15,003^r	4,557^r	3,877^r	3,503^r	9,270	9,515	4,997
19	Japan	146,521	166,377	-3,479	2,345	-1,815	7,017	-1,740	-5,644	237	1,682
20	Africa	-56	677	732	497	741	-190	-149	-635	162	523
21	Other	6,275	-2,178	-1,133	-102	-56	-595	65	-917	712	35

22	Nonmonetary international and regional organizations	57	719	2,281	-316	61	757	-48	1,244	-52	168
23	International	337	2	1,906	-282	80	283	38	1,276	-13	72
24	Latin American Caribbean regional	-53	-26	-56	-4	-4	9	-8	0	-35	0

	Memo
25	Foreign countries	263,523^r	351,346^r	223,330	42,826^r	27,730^r	23,945^r	27,634^r	14,551^r	28,571	27,911
26	Official institutions	103,838	201,140	48,150	11,271^r	-14,979^r	13,908	6,815	16,666	3,616	3,223
27	Other foreign	159,685^r	150,206^r	175,180	31,555^r	42,709^r	10,037^r	20,819^r	-2,115^r	24,955	24,688

	Oil-exporting countries
28	Middle East⁴	-6,645	9,041	-1,344	713	387	-1,400	-1,105	-18	496	282
29	Africa⁵	52	249	392	249	710	-190	-149	-712	99	589

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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