Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: May 2019
Marketable U.S. Treasury Bonds and Notes, Foreign Transactions (Table 3.25) 1
Millions of dollars; net purchases, or sales (-), during period
Area or country 2017 2018 Jan.-Mar.2019 Sep.2018 Oct.2018 Nov.2018 Dec.2018 Jan.2019 Feb.2019 Mar.2019/p
1 Total Reported 19,980 1,658 -4,611 -11,539 1,720 -13,204 -77,351 -11,995 19,910 -12,526
 
2 Foreign countries 25,011 5,160 -4,646 -11,840 2,231 -12,575 -77,218 -11,668 19,497 -12,475
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -149,362 -179,462 -53,373 -15,677 -42,646 -33,287 -24,826 -24,315 -16,492 -12,566
 
4 Europe 88,266 3,662 -4,873 -3,425 13,762 -1,458 -14,445 -4,414 9,779 -10,238
5 Belgium -12,279 -16,879 -6,816 -1,128 -1,416 -1,584 -1,210 -2,167 -1,338 -3,311
6 France 47,045 64,791 10,793 5,174 16,432 -5,680 858 3,875 8,991 -2,073
7 Germany -3,990 -10,051 4,787 2,306 2,205 -616 -5,332 930 1,221 2,636
8 Ireland -8,833 -31,094 -3,493 234 -5,147 -2,808 -462 -5,159 1,967 -301
9 Luxembourg -51,218 -29,037 -7,434 -706 -9,013 2,064 -453 -6,458 -395 -580
10 Netherlands -9,914 -8,966 198 -1,272 -1,152 -183 -1,023 238 147 -187
11 Norway -544 -5,922 -450 -1,389 -2,818 -1,949 -135 424 359 -1,233
12 Sweden -5,578 -1,497 1,489 245 -1,208 55 230 344 847 298
13 Switzerland 13,050 2,335 -10,731 -2,071 1,870 477 -739 -1,791 -6,103 -2,837
14 United Kingdom 164,669 98,742 14,509 -5,880 17,181 10,381 -7,660 13,093 6,355 -4,939
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 4,093 4,968 2,173 74 1,214 228 1,092 578 684 911
16 Other Europe -48,236 -63,729 -9,898 989 -4,387 -1,843 389 -8,320 -2,956 1,378
17 Canada 20,108 21,624 15,667 1,788 11,496 -778 -623 8,205 2,721 4,741
 
18 Latin America -27,862 7,448 19,088 -2,797 -6,179 -3,540 -8,286 92 8,223 10,773
19 Brazil -13,510 6,272 7,902 -1,440 -6,441 -5,768 -11,289 1,999 6,116 -213
20 Mexico -8,258 1,391 1,692 -2,499 1,000 1,271 2,015 -2,107 190 3,609
21 Venezuela -1,652 316 -47 48 -3 0 302 1 -54 6
22 All other Latin America -4,442 -531 9,541 1,094 -735 957 686 199 1,971 7,371
 
23 Caribbean -34,672 86,897 1,183 -17,763 19,012 18,768 -33,067 -6,294 2,398 5,079
 
24 Asia -20,958 -105,881 -37,645 12,653 -34,449 -24,287 -19,743 -10,129 -4,544 -22,972
25 China, Mainland 22,489 -34,749 -31,460 -18,509 -8,107 -3,783 -16,001 -12,083 1,076 -20,453
26 Hong Kong -24,317 2,040 4,029 3,995 -5,426 -2,859 3,228 4,075 -3,741 3,695
27 Japan -872 -12,685 -17,855 16,074 -5,505 2,437 -1,344 -8,130 1,341 -11,066
28 Korea -230 3,745 3,697 651 70 277 1,053 1,881 993 823
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -3,259 5,562 338 5,261 -2,702 -2,476 -2,491 -1,046 1,151 233
30 All other Asia -14,769 -69,794 3,606 5,181 -12,779 -17,883 -4,188 5,174 -5,364 3,796
 
31 Africa -1,663 -6,389 479 -1,604 -1,607 -1,618 -641 518 -191 152
32 African oil exporters3 2,003 372 304 26 27 -157 -19 2 -48 350
 
33 Other countries 1,792 -2,201 1,455 -692 196 338 -413 354 1,111 -10
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -5,031 -3,502 35 301 -511 -629 -133 -327 413 -51
  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: May 31, 2019