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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: September 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.-Jul.2012/r Jan.2012/r Feb.2012/r Mar.2012/r Apr.2012 May.2012 Jun.2012 Jul.2012/p
1 Total Reported 703,682 432,571 297,754 91,457 19,711 19,611 38,681 45,889 32,449 49,956
 
2 Foreign countries 703,494 421,022 300,108 88,960 21,155 14,780 39,948 49,359 32,844 53,062
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 172,065 144,155 165,539 32,891 10,891 33,127 16,738 20,767 21,251 29,874
 
4 Europe 352,217 229,563 104,548 26,940 -9,087 -11,194 30,246 34,698 11,275 21,670
5 Belgium -1,757 -533 -2,921 -168 -182 -173 -316 -369 -972 -741
6 France -5,819 84,481 57,319 6,592 7,454 -2,593 14,485 10,361 4,791 16,230
7 Germany 13,165 4,304 6,855 197 4,370 -1,418 845 2,922 1,019 -1,080
8 Ireland -3,127 -11,611 -14,202 -2,600 -5,599 3 731 -818 -2,958 -2,962
9 Luxembourg -4,704 -10,313 -30,895 -3,049 -3,154 -6,941 -9,318 -2,388 -4,219 -1,825
10 Netherlands -1,356 174 -2,069 -113 -650 679 -605 -407 541 -1,515
11 Norway 8,244 5,190 4,469 315 1,351 1,998 -294 607 -689 1,181
12 Sweden 2,150 3,750 -2,749 -132 -137 -680 -561 -459 -1,249 469
13 Switzerland 19,517 6,224 37,673 3,426 1,741 2,217 85 974 10,589 18,641
14 United Kingdom 341,751 156,940 80,639 33,832 -10,817 -5,279 32,343 25,388 587 4,585
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -368 1,648 -1,567 -213 -149 -1,156 410 19 -116 -362
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -15,479 -10,692 -28,003 -11,146 -3,315 2,150 -7,559 -1,133 3,951 -10,951
17 Canada 78,712 17,668 27,946 5,352 6,993 6,344 1,051 -870 6,969 2,107
 
18 Latin America 26,608 66,878 36,301 3,977 -476 11,655 11,091 -489 1,052 9,491
19 Brazil 24,934 47,408 12,297 2,178 -2,951 5,399 6,658 -4,050 -2,983 8,046
20 Mexico -1,973 -4,524 14,877 -106 2,770 3,336 2,988 2,678 3,480 -269
21 Venezuela 90 -56 -462 42 -4 2 -16 8 -492 -2
22 All other Latin America 3,557 24,050 9,589 1,863 -291 2,918 1,461 875 1,047 1,716
 
23 Caribbean 10,556 -4,531 3,960 4,763 -2,513 -5,260 10,246 -7,507 1,426 2,805
 
24 Asia 235,915 108,145 124,548 47,279 26,539 12,745 -14,215 22,469 12,135 17,596
25 China, Mainland 51,159 -46,952 43,144 7,453 11,980 14,534 1,619 1,704 -736 6,590
26 Hong Kong 8,743 9,669 5,729 7,325 3,117 -2,319 -932 1,430 -3,549 657
27 Japan 124,121 148,498 69,721 33,597 13,416 495 -10,513 15,567 9,840 7,319
28 Korea -3,152 -4,646 97 1,351 1,267 -3,882 1,502 1,203 -1,193 -151
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -6,234 -3,133 -5,485 -1,919 604 -1,114 -4,247 1,259 1,013 -1,081
30 All other Asia 61,278 4,709 11,342 -528 -3,845 5,031 -1,644 1,306 6,760 4,262
 
31 Africa 5,135 1,996 -47 585 -4 380 30 479 -72 -1,445
32 African oil exporters3 8,244 2,048 2,060 155 140 376 -75 565 42 857
 
33 Other countries -5,649 1,303 2,852 64 -297 110 1,499 579 59 838
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 188 11,549 -2,354 2,497 -1,444 4,831 -1,267 -3,470 -395 -3,106
  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: September 28, 2012