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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: October 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.-Aug.2015 Feb.2015 Mar.2015 Apr.2015 May.2015 Jun.2015 Jul.2015 Aug.2015/p
1 Total Reported 40,878 165,517 12,847 -6,154 8,037 6,441 53,358 69,849 -28,714 -34,963
 
2 Foreign countries 43,642 178,148 18,972 -4,303 9,785 6,488 53,541 67,161 -26,876 -32,125
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -8,440 44,926 -144,284 -11,189 -23,687 -20,098 -4,604 -10,881 -20,343 -41,120
 
4 Europe 58,189 -46,080 -4,051 6,541 -44,570 13,071 34,380 38,582 -29,435 -3,053
5 Belgium -11,848 -28,174 -36,647 -11,183 -8,235 -2,349 -5,363 -651 -437 -295
6 France 81,609 88,680 71,143 7,827 4,859 8,461 15,696 24,203 2,524 1,095
7 Germany -951 3,462 3,577 759 1,114 317 -62 802 3,336 -639
8 Ireland 6,756 -23,479 416 -5,516 -591 812 -369 431 399 4,220
9 Luxembourg -60,384 -32,190 -21,494 -3,915 -516 -5,377 254 2,139 -3,303 -9,487
10 Netherlands -2,141 -6,555 -2,876 198 -649 -357 -547 -1,106 -427 -308
11 Norway 1,707 -14,538 1,228 876 -2,063 1,445 -578 -272 148 1,326
12 Sweden -1,790 -397 -705 399 -603 -754 -998 -791 1,385 799
13 Switzerland -13,316 4,384 24,499 3,871 6,956 3,121 3,513 1,401 3 -438
14 United Kingdom 63,546 -3,328 -22,347 21,164 -41,567 12,992 20,880 14,723 -32,507 3,362
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -997 602 -106 -351 -11 -89 -126 307 -21 139
16 Other Europe -4,002 -34,547 -20,739 -7,587 -3,265 -5,152 2,080 -2,603 -536 -2,828
17 Canada -2,391 4,174 29,460 -609 2,871 1,109 6,364 6,102 2,854 7,157
 
18 Latin America -8,196 29,676 -6,586 2,870 3,236 4,877 -1,376 -279 -1,468 -8,454
19 Brazil -10,470 19,398 -8,083 1,149 -118 2,068 -2,056 -3,291 2,789 -2,685
20 Mexico -10,859 21,738 -4,580 -500 61 3,137 291 1,123 -3,508 -6,344
21 Venezuela -170 -220 -1,035 -20 13 -74 2 408 -437 -22
22 All other Latin America 13,303 -11,240 7,112 2,241 3,280 -254 387 1,481 -312 597
 
23 Caribbean -116,297 -12,255 56,716 -14,330 40,478 9,810 2,830 9,387 10,192 16,841
 
24 Asia 109,428 212,522 -60,926 -484 8,605 -22,014 11,686 12,796 -12,226 -45,064
25 China, Mainland 81,065 185,683 -1,067 6,724 12,834 -9,360 7,111 19,508 -13,867 -22,619
26 Hong Kong -17,957 23,064 -18,130 2,573 -5,553 -3,932 -3,262 537 -4,407 -450
27 Japan 62,592 10,705 -38,270 -8,336 6,712 -8,192 1,493 -12,727 6,459 -17,650
28 Korea -2,880 -1,516 413 -991 -1,281 -228 3,980 3,381 -801 -1,086
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 6,407 14,032 8,252 2,876 1,710 -537 -756 4,186 1,195 721
30 All other Asia -19,799 -19,446 -12,124 -3,330 -5,817 235 3,120 -2,089 -805 -3,980
 
31 Africa -385 -7,034 1,628 197 -1,075 89 -1,077 469 3,362 390
32 African oil exporters3 1,691 -507 -286 21 -203 58 -12 40 213 -99
 
33 Other countries 3,294 -2,855 2,731 1,512 240 -454 734 104 -155 58
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -2,764 -12,631 -6,125 -1,851 -1,748 -47 -183 2,688 -1,838 -2,838
  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: October 30, 2015