Securities Holdings and Transactions

Release Date: May 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 2019 2020 Jan.-Mar.2021 Sep.2020 Oct.2020 Nov.2020 Dec.2020 Jan.2021 Feb.2021 Mar.2021/p
1 Total Reported -133,489 -540,042 4,271 22,531 -20,073 9,646 -20,696 -49,138 -65,464 118,873
 
2 Foreign countries -131,387 -537,350 4,535 22,686 -20,151 11,394 -20,789 -48,739 -65,516 118,790
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -331,176 -167,125 44,450 6,107 6,022 -21,162 -2,280 1,150 -4,511 47,811
 
4 Europe 105,181 -118,483 28,978 24,788 12,384 19,772 354 -2,131 10,230 20,879
5 Belgium -26,527 -25,805 -5,936 -1,400 -1,769 -3,674 -464 -2,313 -2,033 -1,590
6 France 40,893 -39,622 534 3,304 3,447 1,159 -26,707 3,310 1,541 -4,318
7 Germany 9,438 -1,416 10,072 -1,586 992 1,949 4,086 1,740 1,603 6,729
8 Ireland -40,907 -54,136 -9,764 185 -3,500 -9,145 -1,745 -753 -4,765 -4,246
9 Luxembourg -14,568 -57,463 -8,403 -3,401 -3,932 -9,541 -1,388 -2,730 -3,620 -2,052
10 Netherlands -1,134 -128 -417 -82 1,262 -77 -144 532 -303 -646
11 Norway -3,873 -5,068 1,225 -565 1,636 4,275 3,041 -873 -51 2,149
12 Sweden -2,831 -2,833 -383 318 37 -2,602 222 261 -644 0
13 Switzerland -3,878 19,269 11,803 3,693 1,977 224 1,864 2,735 5,709 3,359
14 United Kingdom 149,456 66,708 20,754 24,423 11,575 39,849 19,648 -11,170 13,368 18,556
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 16,608 14,015 5,608 1,420 1,509 2,445 1,633 616 2,077 2,915
16 Other Europe -17,497 -32,004 3,885 -1,520 -850 -5,090 308 6,514 -2,652 23
17 Canada 53,175 4,493 -12,988 1,984 4,997 -2,250 -1,093 15 -13,283 280
 
18 Latin America -31,537 -8,272 17,844 4,306 -45 -3,980 3,798 3,045 10,922 3,877
19 Brazil -36,742 -4,409 624 858 433 -380 733 1,818 529 -1,723
20 Mexico 1,064 -4,123 1,721 1,731 -25 -587 217 -738 2,650 -191
21 Venezuela 1,490 1,210 -7 -15 -16 497 8 -3 -14 10
22 All other Latin America 2,651 -950 15,506 1,732 -437 -3,510 2,840 1,968 7,757 5,781
 
23 Caribbean -88,625 -266,542 -66,664 -3,650 -36,637 -6,426 -21,416 -48,024 -60,386 41,746
 
24 Asia -173,720 -149,970 36,534 -2,307 -785 3,004 -3,025 -1,261 -13,745 51,540
25 China, Mainland -119,396 -33,988 28,794 8,771 565 -4,137 -9,193 2,174 -14,940 41,560
26 Hong Kong 17,299 -4,008 4,254 152 -757 8,615 2,188 -1,257 4,131 1,380
27 Japan -12,797 -17,793 -3,091 -13,379 -9,893 567 -3,180 -821 -5,916 3,646
28 Korea 2,133 -2,869 -1,205 787 -1,070 1,626 787 -1,981 1,152 -376
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -49,459 -34,800 -2,337 -1,193 1,294 2,523 -1,596 -1,586 -1,085 334
30 All other Asia -11,500 -56,512 10,119 2,555 9,076 -6,190 7,969 2,210 2,913 4,996
 
31 Africa 453 7,335 -272 847 299 787 289 -149 6 -129
32 African oil exporters3 1,268 3,842 -244 397 928 1,298 105 1 -349 104
 
33 Other countries 3,686 -5,911 1,103 -3,282 -364 487 304 -234 740 597
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -2,102 -2,692 -264 -155 78 -1,748 93 -399 52 83
  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 28, 2021