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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: November 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.-Sep.2015 Mar.2015 Apr.2015 May.2015 Jun.2015 Jul.2015 Aug.2015 Sep.2015/p
1 Total Reported 40,878 165,517 30,203 8,037 6,441 53,358 69,849 -28,714 -34,963 17,356
 
2 Foreign countries 43,642 178,148 33,866 9,785 6,488 53,541 67,161 -26,876 -32,125 14,894
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -8,440 44,926 -161,520 -23,687 -20,098 -4,604 -10,881 -20,343 -41,120 -17,236
 
4 Europe 58,189 -46,080 32,516 -44,570 13,071 34,380 38,582 -29,435 -3,053 36,567
5 Belgium -11,848 -28,174 -36,889 -8,235 -2,349 -5,363 -651 -437 -295 -243
6 France 81,609 88,680 78,754 4,859 8,461 15,696 24,203 2,524 1,095 7,611
7 Germany -951 3,462 4,474 1,114 317 -62 802 3,336 -639 896
8 Ireland 6,756 -23,479 2,974 -591 812 -369 431 399 4,220 2,557
9 Luxembourg -60,384 -32,190 -21,684 -516 -5,377 254 2,139 -3,303 -9,487 -190
10 Netherlands -2,141 -6,555 -3,202 -649 -357 -547 -1,106 -427 -308 -326
11 Norway 1,707 -14,538 605 -2,063 1,445 -578 -272 148 1,326 -623
12 Sweden -1,790 -397 -551 -603 -754 -998 -791 1,385 799 154
13 Switzerland -13,316 4,384 24,877 6,956 3,121 3,513 1,401 3 -438 378
14 United Kingdom 63,546 -3,328 6,445 -41,567 12,992 20,880 14,723 -32,507 3,362 28,792
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -997 602 -40 -11 -89 -126 307 -21 139 66
16 Other Europe -4,002 -34,547 -23,246 -3,265 -5,152 2,080 -2,603 -536 -2,828 -2,506
17 Canada -2,391 4,174 33,223 2,871 1,109 6,364 6,102 2,854 7,157 3,763
 
18 Latin America -8,196 29,676 -9,492 3,236 4,877 -1,376 -279 -1,468 -8,454 -2,906
19 Brazil -10,470 19,398 -12,542 -118 2,068 -2,056 -3,291 2,789 -2,685 -4,459
20 Mexico -10,859 21,738 -4,854 61 3,137 291 1,123 -3,508 -6,344 -274
21 Venezuela -170 -220 -743 13 -74 2 408 -437 -22 292
22 All other Latin America 13,303 -11,240 8,647 3,280 -254 387 1,481 -312 597 1,535
 
23 Caribbean -116,297 -12,255 54,904 40,478 9,810 2,830 9,387 10,192 16,841 -1,812
 
24 Asia 109,428 212,522 -82,519 8,605 -22,014 11,686 12,796 -12,226 -45,064 -21,593
25 China, Mainland 81,065 185,683 -7,696 12,834 -9,360 7,111 19,508 -13,867 -22,619 -6,629
26 Hong Kong -17,957 23,064 -13,770 -5,553 -3,932 -3,262 537 -4,407 -450 4,360
27 Japan 62,592 10,705 -54,341 6,712 -8,192 1,493 -12,727 6,459 -17,650 -16,071
28 Korea -2,880 -1,516 237 -1,281 -228 3,980 3,381 -801 -1,086 -176
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 6,407 14,032 8,825 1,710 -537 -756 4,186 1,195 721 573
30 All other Asia -19,799 -19,446 -15,774 -5,817 235 3,120 -2,089 -805 -3,980 -3,650
 
31 Africa -385 -7,034 2,231 -1,075 89 -1,077 469 3,362 390 603
32 African oil exporters3 1,691 -507 200 -203 58 -12 40 213 -99 486
 
33 Other countries 3,294 -2,855 3,003 240 -454 734 104 -155 58 272
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -2,764 -12,631 -3,663 -1,748 -47 -183 2,688 -1,838 -2,838 2,462
  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: November 27, 2015