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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: July 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 Jan.-May.2015 Nov.2014 Dec.2014 Jan.2015 Feb.2015 Mar.2015 Apr.2015 May.2015/p
1 Total Reported 40,878 165,517 6,675 -4,833 -15,602 -55,007 -6,154 8,037 6,441 53,358
 
2 Foreign countries 43,642 178,148 10,812 -4,962 -17,953 -54,699 -4,303 9,785 6,488 53,541
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -8,440 44,926 -71,940 -7,536 -17,049 -12,362 -11,189 -23,687 -20,098 -4,604
 
4 Europe 58,189 -46,080 -10,145 10,156 -1,278 -19,567 6,541 -44,570 13,071 34,380
5 Belgium -11,848 -28,174 -35,264 -6,387 -7,714 -8,135 -11,183 -8,235 -2,349 -5,363
6 France 81,609 88,680 43,322 938 15,552 6,480 7,827 4,859 8,461 15,696
7 Germany -951 3,462 78 2,391 2,108 -2,050 759 1,114 317 -62
8 Ireland 6,756 -23,479 -4,635 19 -2,400 1,029 -5,516 -591 812 -369
9 Luxembourg -60,384 -32,190 -10,844 -1,501 -2,172 -1,290 -3,915 -516 -5,377 254
10 Netherlands -2,141 -6,555 -1,036 -473 -67 319 198 -649 -357 -547
11 Norway 1,707 -14,538 26 -1,030 -221 346 876 -2,063 1,445 -578
12 Sweden -1,790 -397 -2,098 395 -332 -142 399 -603 -754 -998
13 Switzerland -13,316 4,384 23,533 -1,821 3,180 6,072 3,871 6,956 3,121 3,513
14 United Kingdom 63,546 -3,328 -7,925 21,753 2,965 -21,394 21,164 -41,567 12,992 20,880
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -997 602 -531 -1 -200 46 -351 -11 -89 -126
16 Other Europe -4,002 -34,547 -14,772 -4,127 -11,979 -849 -7,587 -3,265 -5,152 2,080
17 Canada -2,391 4,174 13,347 -2,446 1,850 3,612 -609 2,871 1,109 6,364
 
18 Latin America -8,196 29,676 3,615 2,085 165 -5,992 2,870 3,236 4,877 -1,376
19 Brazil -10,470 19,398 -4,896 2,695 -1,225 -5,939 1,149 -118 2,068 -2,056
20 Mexico -10,859 21,738 4,149 -818 491 1,160 -500 61 3,137 291
21 Venezuela -170 -220 -984 7 808 -905 -20 13 -74 2
22 All other Latin America 13,303 -11,240 5,346 201 91 -308 2,241 3,280 -254 387
 
23 Caribbean -116,297 -12,255 20,296 -20,147 -8,307 -18,492 -14,330 40,478 9,810 2,830
 
24 Asia 109,428 212,522 -16,432 5,211 -10,666 -14,225 -484 8,605 -22,014 11,686
25 China, Mainland 81,065 185,683 15,911 7,198 -5,427 -1,398 6,724 12,834 -9,360 7,111
26 Hong Kong -17,957 23,064 -13,810 698 292 -3,636 2,573 -5,553 -3,932 -3,262
27 Japan 62,592 10,705 -14,352 5,152 -6,727 -6,029 -8,336 6,712 -8,192 1,493
28 Korea -2,880 -1,516 -1,081 -3,051 3,660 -2,561 -991 -1,281 -228 3,980
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 6,407 14,032 2,150 -1,122 1,073 -1,143 2,876 1,710 -537 -756
30 All other Asia -19,799 -19,446 -5,250 -3,664 -3,537 542 -3,330 -5,817 235 3,120
 
31 Africa -385 -7,034 -2,593 -231 -124 -727 197 -1,075 89 -1,077
32 African oil exporters3 1,691 -507 -440 -426 -22 -304 21 -203 58 -12
 
33 Other countries 3,294 -2,855 2,724 410 407 692 1,512 240 -454 734
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -2,764 -12,631 -4,137 129 2,351 -308 -1,851 -1,748 -47 -183
  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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