Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: February 2021
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 2018 2019 Jan.-Dec.2020 Jun.2020 Jul.2020 Aug.2020 Sep.2020 Oct.2020 Nov.2020 Dec.2020/p
1 Total Reported 5,236 -133,489 -540,042 28,888 -22,787 -33,055 22,531 -20,073 9,646 -20,696
 
2 Foreign countries 8,776 -131,387 -537,350 29,733 -22,754 -33,006 22,686 -20,151 11,394 -20,789
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -178,924 -331,176 -167,125 -20,633 -20,717 4,179 6,107 6,022 -21,162 -2,280
 
4 Europe 5,063 105,181 -118,483 -10,569 -16,863 -16,733 24,788 12,384 19,772 354
5 Belgium -16,879 -26,527 -25,805 -2,537 -1,627 -3,272 -1,400 -1,769 -3,674 -464
6 France 64,741 40,893 -39,622 -1,960 2,706 -8,220 3,304 3,447 1,159 -26,707
7 Germany -9,446 9,438 -1,416 106 -828 3,336 -1,586 992 1,949 4,086
8 Ireland -31,167 -40,907 -54,136 -8,351 -3,885 -1,684 185 -3,500 -9,145 -1,745
9 Luxembourg -29,123 -14,568 -57,463 -3,480 -12,484 -6,093 -3,401 -3,932 -9,541 -1,388
10 Netherlands -8,866 -1,134 -128 2,850 -228 40 -82 1,262 -77 -144
11 Norway -5,967 -3,873 -5,068 -281 -273 -103 -565 1,636 4,275 3,041
12 Sweden -1,497 -2,831 -2,833 -442 18 199 318 37 -2,602 222
13 Switzerland 2,517 -3,878 19,269 2,320 54 5,457 3,693 1,977 224 1,864
14 United Kingdom 100,215 149,456 66,708 7,313 489 1,740 24,423 11,575 39,849 19,648
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 5,007 16,608 14,015 -718 602 1,300 1,420 1,509 2,445 1,633
16 Other Europe -64,473 -17,497 -32,004 -5,388 -1,408 -9,433 -1,520 -850 -5,090 308
17 Canada 21,786 53,175 4,493 9,697 944 -1,213 1,984 4,997 -2,250 -1,093
 
18 Latin America 7,343 -31,537 -8,272 3,559 -310 1,797 4,306 -45 -3,980 3,798
19 Brazil 6,175 -36,742 -4,409 186 39 -1,600 858 433 -380 733
20 Mexico 1,391 1,064 -4,123 1,861 -1,322 858 1,731 -25 -587 217
21 Venezuela 316 1,490 1,210 -16 -31 21 -15 -16 497 8
22 All other Latin America -539 2,651 -950 1,528 1,004 2,518 1,732 -437 -3,510 2,840
 
23 Caribbean 90,375 -88,625 -266,542 26,767 9,880 -13,443 -3,650 -36,637 -6,426 -21,416
 
24 Asia -107,144 -173,720 -149,970 -131 -17,089 -2,575 -2,307 -785 3,004 -3,025
25 China, Mainland -34,715 -119,396 -33,988 -1,320 -4,664 15,915 8,771 565 -4,137 -9,193
26 Hong Kong 1,851 17,299 -4,008 3,093 715 -3,370 152 -757 8,615 2,188
27 Japan -13,627 -12,797 -17,793 8,428 -4,452 -11,402 -13,379 -9,893 567 -3,180
28 Korea 3,735 2,133 -2,869 1,253 -196 165 787 -1,070 1,626 787
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 5,474 -49,459 -34,800 -2,192 -201 926 -1,193 1,294 2,523 -1,596
30 All other Asia -69,862 -11,500 -56,512 -9,393 -8,291 -4,809 2,555 9,076 -6,190 7,969
 
31 Africa -6,390 453 7,335 666 1,254 -480 847 299 787 289
32 African oil exporters3 372 1,268 3,842 19 415 -91 397 928 1,298 105
 
33 Other countries -2,257 3,686 -5,911 -256 -570 -359 -3,282 -364 487 304
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -3,540 -2,102 -2,692 -845 -33 -49 -155 78 -1,748 93
  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: February 26, 2021