Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: October 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.-Aug.2019 Feb.2019 Mar.2019 Apr.2019 May.2019 Jun.2019 Jul.2019 Aug.2019/p
1 Total Reported 19,980 1,658 -47,703 19,910 -12,526 16,949 -32,785 -7,710 10,954 -30,508
 
2 Foreign countries 25,011 5,160 -46,424 19,497 -12,475 17,899 -32,786 -7,534 11,275 -30,640
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -149,362 -179,462 -197,535 -16,492 -12,566 -27,467 -21,998 -14,605 -31,123 -48,969
 
4 Europe 88,266 3,662 40,540 9,779 -10,238 8,834 -2,578 7,289 -1,930 33,798
5 Belgium -12,279 -16,879 -18,001 -1,338 -3,311 -3,064 -1,410 -2,530 -1,791 -2,390
6 France 47,045 64,791 24,668 8,991 -2,073 2,945 2,490 -1,012 4,780 4,673
7 Germany -3,990 -10,051 9,275 1,221 2,636 1,605 -75 62 2,052 845
8 Ireland -8,833 -31,094 -25,171 1,967 -301 -4,582 -2,706 -4,986 -9,917 514
9 Luxembourg -51,218 -29,037 -24,679 -395 -580 -6,351 -2,514 585 -4,873 -4,092
10 Netherlands -9,914 -8,966 325 147 -187 5 19 236 -623 489
11 Norway -544 -5,922 -2,544 359 -1,233 -843 -653 74 -855 183
12 Sweden -5,578 -1,497 -996 847 298 -1,418 -261 -651 -353 198
13 Switzerland 13,050 2,335 -13,318 -6,103 -2,837 2,971 -2,223 -2,610 241 -966
14 United Kingdom 164,669 98,742 94,292 6,355 -4,939 17,606 6,164 15,087 9,640 31,286
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 4,093 4,968 10,332 684 911 2,710 424 2,841 328 1,856
16 Other Europe -48,236 -63,729 -13,643 -2,956 1,378 -2,750 -1,833 193 -558 1,202
17 Canada 20,108 21,624 44,670 2,721 4,741 9,562 1,161 4,653 11,485 2,142
 
18 Latin America -27,862 7,448 12,455 8,223 10,773 -6,031 775 1,857 -1,746 -1,488
19 Brazil -13,510 6,272 -2,933 6,116 -213 -4,945 -4,038 1,617 -1,932 -1,537
20 Mexico -8,258 1,391 4,727 190 3,609 1,165 600 -305 1,099 476
21 Venezuela -1,652 316 1,483 -54 6 19 489 7 7 1,008
22 All other Latin America -4,442 -531 9,178 1,971 7,371 -2,270 3,724 538 -920 -1,435
 
23 Caribbean -34,672 86,897 -32,816 2,398 5,079 10,729 -10,528 -11,293 7,906 -30,813
 
24 Asia -20,958 -105,881 -113,471 -4,544 -22,972 -5,659 -20,789 -9,576 -6,503 -33,307
25 China, Mainland 22,489 -34,749 -80,470 1,076 -20,453 -10,071 -6,442 -3,750 3,210 -31,957
26 Hong Kong -24,317 2,040 10,955 -3,741 3,695 1,997 497 5,301 -2,354 1,485
27 Japan -872 -12,685 -29,208 1,341 -11,066 1,398 -6,313 -12,085 4,631 1,008
28 Korea -230 3,745 1,785 993 823 314 -1,308 -170 -448 -300
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -3,259 5,562 -19,289 1,151 233 -2,177 -5,038 -730 -8,729 -2,953
30 All other Asia -14,769 -69,794 2,756 -5,364 3,796 2,880 -2,185 1,858 -2,813 -590
 
31 Africa -1,663 -6,389 -292 -191 152 221 -1,498 -321 1,759 -932
32 African oil exporters3 2,003 372 881 -48 350 117 -204 -10 -107 781
 
33 Other countries 1,792 -2,201 2,490 1,111 -10 243 671 -143 304 -40
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -5,031 -3,502 -1,279 413 -51 -950 1 -176 -321 132
  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
Back to Top
Last Update: October 25, 2019