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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: January 2009

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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 2006 2007/r Jan.-Nov.2008/r May.2008/r Jun.2008/r Jul.2008/r Aug.2008 Sep.2008 Oct.2008/r Nov.2008/p
1 Total Reported 195,536 197,967 303,982 1,790 28,011 34,012 32,837 20,737 32,873 -22,876
 
2 Foreign countries 194,714 199,015 303,722 1,843 27,677 34,380 33,040 20,461 33,393 -23,435
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 69,639 2,994 72,768 -3,724 1,105 10,068 4,848 4,944 -1,084 -26,205
 
4 Europe 98,982 177,338 187,766 14,382 3,716 7,291 16,842 29,080 10,125 4,051
5 Belgium 357 -3,100 -1,796 -289 -120 -146 -192 -116 -65 -202
6 France -1,600 -7,827 -13,538 -6,330 1,038 1,377 4,326 -1,602 1,305 -1,603
7 Germany 2,116 -3,452 540 1,660 -3,945 -120 251 -581 237 7
8 Ireland -1,325 1,694 -12,538 -5,219 -1,835 -1,777 297 -301 -1,685 774
9 Luxembourg -1,293 -694 -6,063 -2,427 -325 354 -752 -268 168 -510
10 Netherlands 684 1,471 -4,872 411 -607 -210 -1,066 -1,983 -686 -526
11 Norway 5,063 -27,339 30,121 1,754 -3,636 -1,476 -577 10,992 -1,689 4,176
12 Sweden 702 2,176 -2,785 72 -812 -54 374 -1,095 -220 -509
13 Switzerland -2,898 -2,617 786 -746 2,399 -714 -1,018 232 812 1,305
14 United Kingdom 91,782 208,578 189,071 23,659 9,790 9,208 15,558 29,576 14,747 1,437
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -296 -979 1,334 -34 -166 198 136 72 172 309
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 5,690 9,427 7,505 1,870 1,936 652 -494 -5,846 -2,970 -608
17 Canada 14,161 -1,945 -3,045 4,727 -2,571 69 787 -7,447 -4,161 -1,387
 
18 Latin America 21,838 85,860 968 3,602 4,521 -5,991 -5,719 -3,280 -9,847 -3,708
19 Brazil 23,100 77,066 -1,571 819 1,166 -2,751 -2,772 -4,705 -8,093 -4,176
20 Mexico -322 1,454 -5,118 1,330 2,504 -4,415 -2,098 -93 -2,028 -845
21 Venezuela 242 -197 -405 119 -16 -187 15 27 -68 -14
22 All other Latin America -1,182 7,537 8,062 1,334 867 1,362 -864 1,491 342 1,327
 
23 Caribbean -9,838 2,288 25,150 -13,404 20,878 3,910 12,273 10,470 11,601 -2,213
 
24 Asia 68,694 -69,273 87,473 -11,552 447 27,434 9,129 -5,771 26,275 -20,112
25 China, Mainland 40,633 -7,968 81,336 11,692 -302 13,665 18,262 4,171 9,981 -9,155
26 Hong Kong 16,257 2,045 5,746 -103 -916 -485 446 968 2,294 -5,862
27 Japan 1,312 -48,684 5,499 -13,432 4,520 11,962 -10,263 -7,889 12,781 -7,742
28 Korea 6,168 -17,924 -9,914 -1,735 -1,901 -1,111 2,493 -1,684 -4,114 -3,537
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 4,548 1,795 20,621 816 1,687 793 1,353 6,765 4,068 2,990
30 All other Asia -224 1,463 -15,815 -8,790 -2,641 2,610 -3,162 -8,102 1,265 3,194
 
31 Africa 3,515 6,127 9,138 4,662 988 1,736 439 -3,097 566 857
32 African oil exporters3 2,400 4,568 10,716 5,297 1,745 865 1,271 -1,951 1,842 1,189
 
33 Other countries -2,638 -1,380 -3,728 -574 -302 -69 -711 506 -1,166 -923
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 822 -1,048 260 -53 334 -368 -203 276 -520 559
  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 United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).  Return to table
  3. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.  Return to table
  4. Includes the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, as well as African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations. Beginning with data for June 2006, also includes the Bank for International Settlements. equivalent to net U.S. purchases of foreign securities.  Return to table
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Last update: February 6, 2009