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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: February 2015

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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 2012 2013 Jan.-Dec.2014 Jun.2014 Jul.2014 Aug.2014 Sep.2014 Oct.2014 Nov.2014 Dec.2014/p
1 Total Reported 416,444 40,878 158,932 -20,766 -828 25,704 48,139 539 -4,833 -22,187
 
2 Foreign countries 417,425 43,642 171,563 -16,779 1,034 26,064 49,752 3,353 -4,962 -24,538
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 209,856 -8,440 45,395 20,026 -6,003 3,563 3,932 -2,514 -7,536 -16,580
 
4 Europe 148,566 58,189 -51,485 -60,710 18,215 9,687 4,090 -58,598 10,156 -6,683
5 Belgium -6,856 -11,848 -28,174 -296 -777 -261 -172 -3,211 -6,387 -7,714
6 France 84,162 81,609 87,698 9,073 8,391 5,834 20,345 -8,866 938 14,570
7 Germany 7,073 -951 3,483 3,369 -3,404 -1,433 944 670 2,391 2,129
8 Ireland -14,049 6,756 -23,484 -2,622 -3,390 673 -9,706 -5,591 19 -2,405
9 Luxembourg -32,224 -60,384 -32,187 -5,487 -5,568 -5,556 3,906 -3,753 -1,501 -2,169
10 Netherlands -1,730 -2,141 -6,555 -442 -419 -121 -29 249 -473 -67
11 Norway 12,694 1,707 -14,675 651 -311 -1,560 -1,945 -970 -1,030 -358
12 Sweden -4,350 -1,790 -397 798 -1,667 612 -848 301 395 -332
13 Switzerland 52,916 -13,316 4,825 1,567 6,319 586 -1,654 -1,989 -1,821 3,621
14 United Kingdom 98,436 63,546 -7,983 -68,216 22,633 11,244 -3,969 -29,179 21,753 -1,690
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,896 -997 602 98 46 -57 -60 373 -1 -200
16 Other Europe -45,610 -4,002 -34,638 797 -3,638 -273 -2,723 -6,632 -4,127 -12,070
17 Canada 56,574 -2,391 2,792 9,789 659 -9,444 3,615 816 -2,446 468
 
18 Latin America 44,126 -8,196 30,429 4,742 456 14,699 -430 -6,716 2,085 918
19 Brazil 2,310 -10,470 19,864 1,085 459 5,410 -215 -4,340 2,695 -759
20 Mexico 26,227 -10,859 21,738 2,794 3,271 9,261 1,322 11 -818 491
21 Venezuela -261 -170 -220 -41 -246 -134 4 -71 7 808
22 All other Latin America 15,850 13,303 -10,953 904 -3,028 162 -1,541 -2,316 201 378
 
23 Caribbean -5,271 -116,297 -11,383 -8,833 -4,850 -184 10,911 54,860 -20,147 -8,597
 
24 Asia 167,023 109,428 211,105 38,038 -13,071 13,436 32,627 14,355 5,211 -10,921
25 China, Mainland 73,158 81,065 185,683 23,598 -11,867 11,828 24,705 28,440 7,198 -5,427
26 Hong Kong -61 -17,957 23,081 6,449 1,747 -8 1,702 -2,936 698 309
27 Japan 86,324 62,592 10,693 5,172 -5,628 2,719 5,331 -4,873 5,152 -6,739
28 Korea 1,326 -2,880 -2,087 -349 369 -190 -132 -122 -3,051 3,089
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -8,422 6,407 14,028 4,256 2,733 1,311 3,164 -1,743 -1,122 1,069
30 All other Asia 14,698 -19,799 -20,293 -1,088 -425 -2,224 -2,143 -4,411 -3,664 -3,222
 
31 Africa -423 -385 -7,034 -42 -806 -1,529 -347 -475 -231 -124
32 African oil exporters3 1,784 1,691 -507 190 255 -638 124 43 -426 -22
 
33 Other countries 6,830 3,294 -2,861 237 431 -601 -714 -889 410 401
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -981 -2,764 -12,631 -3,987 -1,862 -360 -1,613 -2,814 129 2,351
  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: February 27, 2015