Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: January 2021
Marketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes, Foreign Transactions (Table 3.25) 1
Millions of dollars; net purchases, or sales (-), during period
Area or country 2018 2019 Jan.-Nov.2020 May.2020 Jun.2020 Jul.2020 Aug.2020 Sep.2020 Oct.2020 Nov.2020/p
1 Total Reported 5,236 -133,489 -519,346 -36,685 28,888 -22,787 -33,055 22,531 -20,073 9,646
 
2 Foreign countries 8,776 -131,387 -516,561 -36,824 29,733 -22,754 -33,006 22,686 -20,151 11,394
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -178,924 -331,176 -164,845 10,000 -20,633 -20,717 4,179 6,107 6,022 -21,162
 
4 Europe 5,063 105,181 -118,837 -25,083 -10,569 -16,863 -16,733 24,788 12,384 19,772
5 Belgium -16,879 -26,527 -25,341 -2,619 -2,537 -1,627 -3,272 -1,400 -1,769 -3,674
6 France 64,741 40,893 -12,914 -6,639 -1,960 2,706 -8,220 3,304 3,447 1,159
7 Germany -9,446 9,438 -5,501 856 106 -828 3,336 -1,586 992 1,949
8 Ireland -31,167 -40,907 -52,391 -2,327 -8,351 -3,885 -1,684 185 -3,500 -9,145
9 Luxembourg -29,123 -14,568 -56,075 -4,231 -3,480 -12,484 -6,093 -3,401 -3,932 -9,541
10 Netherlands -8,866 -1,134 15 -72 2,850 -228 40 -82 1,262 -77
11 Norway -5,967 -3,873 -8,109 -4,259 -281 -273 -103 -565 1,636 4,275
12 Sweden -1,497 -2,831 -3,055 51 -442 18 199 318 37 -2,602
13 Switzerland 2,517 -3,878 17,405 2,667 2,320 54 5,457 3,693 1,977 224
14 United Kingdom 100,215 149,456 47,060 -8,466 7,313 489 1,740 24,423 11,575 39,849
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 5,007 16,608 12,382 -306 -718 602 1,300 1,420 1,509 2,445
16 Other Europe -64,473 -17,497 -32,312 262 -5,388 -1,408 -9,433 -1,520 -850 -5,090
17 Canada 21,786 53,175 5,586 960 9,697 944 -1,213 1,984 4,997 -2,250
 
18 Latin America 7,343 -31,537 -12,070 4,121 3,559 -310 1,797 4,306 -45 -3,980
19 Brazil 6,175 -36,742 -5,142 4,191 186 39 -1,600 858 433 -380
20 Mexico 1,391 1,064 -4,340 -42 1,861 -1,322 858 1,731 -25 -587
21 Venezuela 316 1,490 1,202 150 -16 -31 21 -15 -16 497
22 All other Latin America -539 2,651 -3,790 -178 1,528 1,004 2,518 1,732 -437 -3,510
 
23 Caribbean 90,375 -88,625 -245,126 -15,056 26,767 9,880 -13,443 -3,650 -36,637 -6,426
 
24 Asia -107,144 -173,720 -146,945 -3,285 -131 -17,089 -2,575 -2,307 -785 3,004
25 China, Mainland -34,715 -119,396 -24,795 1,088 -1,320 -4,664 15,915 8,771 565 -4,137
26 Hong Kong 1,851 17,299 -6,196 -398 3,093 715 -3,370 152 -757 8,615
27 Japan -13,627 -12,797 -14,613 2,362 8,428 -4,452 -11,402 -13,379 -9,893 567
28 Korea 3,735 2,133 -3,656 60 1,253 -196 165 787 -1,070 1,626
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 5,474 -49,459 -33,204 -2,318 -2,192 -201 926 -1,193 1,294 2,523
30 All other Asia -69,862 -11,500 -64,481 -4,079 -9,393 -8,291 -4,809 2,555 9,076 -6,190
 
31 Africa -6,390 453 7,046 1,564 666 1,254 -480 847 299 787
32 African oil exporters3 372 1,268 3,737 168 19 415 -91 397 928 1,298
 
33 Other countries -2,257 3,686 -6,215 -45 -256 -570 -359 -3,282 -364 487
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -3,540 -2,102 -2,785 139 -845 -33 -49 -155 78 -1,748
  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: January 29, 2021