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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: July 2013

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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 2011 2012/r Jan.-May.2013/r Nov.2012/r Dec.2012/r Jan.2013 Feb.2013 Mar.2013/r Apr.2013/r May.2013/p
1 Total Reported 432,571 405,938 -2,925 28,085 29,893 32,289 2,682 -10,897 -38,314 11,315
 
2 Foreign countries 421,022 403,938 -2,529 28,704 28,340 29,970 1,686 -7,252 -34,911 7,978
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 144,155 201,863 46,132 -1,697 8,366 53,128 -6,697 -16,816 -23,781 40,298
 
4 Europe 229,563 144,743 16,459 15,587 4,734 6,050 -4,941 2,642 13,055 -347
5 Belgium -533 -6,891 -8,826 -1,816 -232 -287 -83 -3,654 -2,392 -2,409
6 France 84,481 83,956 44,246 6,206 6,228 5,869 6,531 6,891 16,066 8,889
7 Germany 4,304 6,663 -803 2,124 -2,572 1,883 -377 -852 -2,296 839
8 Ireland -11,611 -15,027 10,123 -1,789 4,251 1,130 1,211 1,629 1,734 4,419
9 Luxembourg -10,313 -32,266 -21,366 1,666 -1,467 -7,716 -7,979 1,160 -3,110 -3,722
10 Netherlands 174 -1,168 719 -80 -287 636 -51 -39 1,090 -917
11 Norway 5,190 9,778 -1,922 454 -1,063 825 163 -745 -1,610 -555
12 Sweden 3,750 -4,403 -1,256 73 -1,544 -1,281 1,163 -502 -245 -391
13 Switzerland 6,224 53,276 -9,844 -1,670 605 -548 -4,785 -5,167 -374 1,030
14 United Kingdom 156,940 98,678 9,046 14,643 10,035 -1,407 3,731 2,453 8,676 -4,407
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,648 -2,027 -797 -213 34 -220 -407 173 -295 -48
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -10,692 -45,826 -2,862 -4,011 -9,254 7,167 -4,058 1,294 -4,189 -3,076
17 Canada 17,668 56,278 -6,803 6,521 8,759 -544 -1,052 2,866 -2,966 -5,107
 
18 Latin America 66,878 42,736 10,290 3,317 -1,228 5,510 4,213 -637 -4,704 5,908
19 Brazil 47,408 2,738 1,179 491 -4,583 86 2,586 1,143 -3,217 581
20 Mexico -4,524 26,226 898 2,318 2,985 3,662 1,680 -4,710 -1,765 2,031
21 Venezuela -56 -253 32 1 -19 54 10 -7 -10 -15
22 All other Latin America 24,050 14,025 8,181 507 389 1,708 -63 2,937 288 3,311
 
23 Caribbean -4,531 -11,738 -58,904 12,713 -9,910 -30,248 10,488 167 -9,668 -29,643
 
24 Asia 108,145 166,150 33,876 -10,442 25,637 49,141 -6,416 -11,989 -31,285 34,425
25 China, Mainland -46,952 73,310 71,191 -902 18,520 44,490 10,691 -1,504 -4,971 22,485
26 Hong Kong 9,669 23 -382 -77 -1,660 -528 -429 -1,428 -1,315 3,318
27 Japan 148,498 87,280 -16,397 -1,264 3,144 4,482 -7,588 278 -13,641 72
28 Korea -4,646 363 -1,768 981 -283 -663 -680 -152 751 -1,024
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -3,133 -5,130 6,123 -1,359 2,083 2,213 176 -229 825 3,138
30 All other Asia 4,709 10,304 -24,891 -7,821 3,833 -853 -8,586 -8,954 -12,934 6,436
 
31 Africa 1,996 -1,092 1,331 240 -494 461 -188 -157 1,023 192
32 African oil exporters3 2,048 1,662 1,435 160 32 201 -24 106 600 552
 
33 Other countries 1,303 6,861 1,222 768 842 -400 -418 -144 -366 2,550
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 11,549 2,000 -396 -619 1,553 2,319 996 -3,645 -3,403 3,337
  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 26, 2013