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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: July 2012

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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 2010 2011 Jan.-May.2012/r Nov.2011 Dec.2011 Jan.2012 Feb.2012/r Mar.2012 Apr.2012/r May.2012/p
1 Total Reported 703,682 432,571 216,502 60,789 -13,113 90,887 20,951 20,094 38,681 45,889
 
2 Foreign countries 703,494 421,022 215,355 58,533 -14,986 88,390 22,395 15,263 39,948 49,359
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 172,065 144,155 115,543 23,666 -20,277 33,073 11,082 33,883 16,738 20,767
 
4 Europe 352,217 229,563 71,589 19,012 1,263 26,460 -8,971 -10,844 30,246 34,698
5 Belgium -1,757 -533 -1,206 -51 42 -168 -180 -173 -316 -369
6 France -5,819 84,481 35,790 6,284 7,765 6,034 7,504 -2,593 14,485 10,361
7 Germany 13,165 4,304 7,025 -148 -197 197 4,370 -1,309 845 2,922
8 Ireland -3,127 -11,611 -8,285 -805 1,816 -2,601 -5,600 3 731 -818
9 Luxembourg -4,704 -10,313 -24,933 -1,183 -50 -3,038 -3,148 -7,040 -9,318 -2,388
10 Netherlands -1,356 174 -1,094 -72 98 -113 -649 679 -605 -407
11 Norway 8,244 5,190 4,141 1,582 2,863 340 1,351 2,137 -294 607
12 Sweden 2,150 3,750 -1,967 -280 237 -130 -137 -680 -561 -459
13 Switzerland 19,517 6,224 8,461 -4,121 306 3,430 1,739 2,233 85 974
14 United Kingdom 341,751 156,940 75,397 19,990 -14,912 33,809 -10,757 -5,386 32,343 25,388
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -368 1,648 -1,072 -694 940 -213 -149 -1,139 410 19
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -15,479 -10,692 -20,669 -1,489 2,354 -11,086 -3,315 2,425 -7,559 -1,133
17 Canada 78,712 17,668 18,220 2,387 2,984 4,538 7,291 6,210 1,051 -870
 
18 Latin America 26,608 66,878 25,752 2,411 2,008 3,963 -499 11,686 11,091 -489
19 Brazil 24,934 47,408 7,234 -2,778 540 2,178 -2,951 5,399 6,658 -4,050
20 Mexico -1,973 -4,524 11,666 822 -10 -106 2,770 3,336 2,988 2,678
21 Venezuela 90 -56 32 -18 4 42 -4 2 -16 8
22 All other Latin America 3,557 24,050 6,820 4,385 1,474 1,849 -314 2,949 1,461 875
 
23 Caribbean 10,556 -4,531 52 2,550 -6,288 4,972 -2,485 -5,174 10,246 -7,507
 
24 Asia 235,915 108,145 96,038 32,677 -15,027 47,705 27,339 12,740 -14,215 22,469
25 China, Mainland 51,159 -46,952 37,306 -1,171 -32,536 7,469 11,980 14,534 1,619 1,704
26 Hong Kong 8,743 9,669 8,680 3,299 1,661 7,337 3,053 -2,208 -932 1,430
27 Japan 124,121 148,498 52,977 30,146 19,736 33,797 13,925 201 -10,513 15,567
28 Korea -3,152 -4,646 1,849 369 -895 1,501 1,424 -3,781 1,502 1,203
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -6,234 -3,133 -5,259 -1,115 -185 -1,869 706 -1,108 -4,247 1,259
30 All other Asia 61,278 4,709 485 1,149 -2,808 -530 -3,749 5,102 -1,644 1,306
 
31 Africa 5,135 1,996 1,584 -790 -24 585 -4 494 30 479
32 African oil exporters3 8,244 2,048 1,275 -595 -88 155 140 490 -75 565
 
33 Other countries -5,649 1,303 2,120 286 98 167 -276 151 1,499 579
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 188 11,549 1,147 2,256 1,873 2,497 -1,444 4,831 -1,267 -3,470
  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. Principally 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. Beginning with data for June 2006, also includes the Bank for International. Equivalent to net U.S. purchases of foreign securities.  Return to table
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Last update: July 27, 2012