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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: March 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 2013 2014/r Jan.-Jan.2015 Jul.2014 Aug.2014 Sep.2014 Oct.2014 Nov.2014 Dec.2014/r Jan.2015/p
1 Total Reported 40,878 165,517 -55,083 -828 25,704 48,139 539 -4,833 -15,602 -55,083
 
2 Foreign countries 43,642 178,148 -54,775 1,034 26,064 49,752 3,353 -4,962 -17,953 -54,775
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -8,440 44,926 -12,362 -6,003 3,563 3,932 -2,514 -7,536 -17,049 -12,362
 
4 Europe 58,189 -46,080 -20,539 18,215 9,687 4,090 -58,598 10,156 -1,278 -20,539
5 Belgium -11,848 -28,174 -8,074 -777 -261 -172 -3,211 -6,387 -7,714 -8,074
6 France 81,609 88,680 6,480 8,391 5,834 20,345 -8,866 938 15,552 6,480
7 Germany -951 3,462 -2,050 -3,404 -1,433 944 670 2,391 2,108 -2,050
8 Ireland 6,756 -23,479 1,029 -3,390 673 -9,706 -5,591 19 -2,400 1,029
9 Luxembourg -60,384 -32,190 -1,290 -5,568 -5,556 3,906 -3,753 -1,501 -2,172 -1,290
10 Netherlands -2,141 -6,555 323 -419 -121 -29 249 -473 -67 323
11 Norway 1,707 -14,538 346 -311 -1,560 -1,945 -970 -1,030 -221 346
12 Sweden -1,790 -397 -246 -1,667 612 -848 301 395 -332 -246
13 Switzerland -13,316 4,384 6,065 6,319 586 -1,654 -1,989 -1,821 3,180 6,065
14 United Kingdom 63,546 -3,328 -21,986 22,633 11,244 -3,969 -29,179 21,753 2,965 -21,986
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -997 602 46 46 -57 -60 373 -1 -200 46
16 Other Europe -4,002 -34,547 -1,183 -3,638 -273 -2,723 -6,632 -4,127 -11,979 -1,183
17 Canada -2,391 4,174 4,423 659 -9,444 3,615 816 -2,446 1,850 4,423
 
18 Latin America -8,196 29,676 -5,904 456 14,699 -430 -6,716 2,085 165 -5,904
19 Brazil -10,470 19,398 -5,979 459 5,410 -215 -4,340 2,695 -1,225 -5,979
20 Mexico -10,859 21,738 1,160 3,271 9,261 1,322 11 -818 491 1,160
21 Venezuela -170 -220 -905 -246 -134 4 -71 7 808 -905
22 All other Latin America 13,303 -11,240 -180 -3,028 162 -1,541 -2,316 201 91 -180
 
23 Caribbean -116,297 -11,093 -18,495 -4,850 -184 10,911 54,860 -20,147 -8,307 -18,495
 
24 Asia 109,428 211,360 -14,225 -13,071 13,436 32,627 14,355 5,211 -10,666 -14,225
25 China, Mainland 81,065 185,683 -1,469 -11,867 11,828 24,705 28,440 7,198 -5,427 -1,469
26 Hong Kong -17,957 23,064 -3,637 1,747 -8 1,702 -2,936 698 292 -3,637
27 Japan 62,592 10,705 -6,139 -5,628 2,719 5,331 -4,873 5,152 -6,727 -6,139
28 Korea -2,880 -1,516 -2,378 369 -190 -132 -122 -3,051 3,660 -2,378
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 6,407 14,032 -1,143 2,733 1,311 3,164 -1,743 -1,122 1,073 -1,143
30 All other Asia -19,799 -20,608 541 -425 -2,224 -2,143 -4,411 -3,664 -3,537 541
 
31 Africa -385 -7,034 -727 -806 -1,529 -347 -475 -231 -124 -727
32 African oil exporters3 1,691 -507 -304 255 -638 124 43 -426 -22 -304
 
33 Other countries 3,294 -2,855 692 431 -601 -714 -889 410 407 692
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -2,764 -12,631 -308 -1,862 -360 -1,613 -2,814 129 2,351 -308
  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: March 27, 2015