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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: September 2009

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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 2007 2008 Jan.-Jul.2009 Jan.2009 Feb.2009 Mar.2009 Apr.2009 May.2009 Jun.2009 Jul.2009/p
1 Total Reported 197,967 316,012 238,574 10,720 21,551 55,303 41,892 -22,550 100,529 31,129
 
2 Foreign countries 199,015 316,456 238,551 10,755 21,643 55,763 41,912 -22,106 100,132 30,452
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 2,994 76,619 58,795 -1,940 -1,959 29,026 17,125 -21,763 22,498 15,808
 
4 Europe 177,338 196,549 80,497 -9,907 -4,693 2,561 26,627 9,415 48,656 7,838
5 Belgium -3,100 -1,941 -527 -653 2 118 132 -76 34 -86
6 France -7,827 -15,360 5,277 96 -1,437 9,751 3,712 -5,860 823 -1,807
7 Germany -3,452 722 1,553 -654 167 -911 479 1,646 -916 1,742
8 Ireland 1,694 -4,251 -4,094 4,959 -1,291 598 -2,616 -34 -5,831 121
9 Luxembourg -694 -7,093 6,772 2,225 1,715 1,822 1,167 -566 475 -66
10 Netherlands 1,471 -4,790 1,000 308 -319 -473 827 -396 358 695
11 Norway -27,339 32,812 5,056 -6 -853 3,211 1,670 426 373 235
12 Sweden 2,176 -3,136 2,176 -365 135 -106 343 277 1,791 101
13 Switzerland -2,617 1,157 6,880 -427 1,053 -479 380 -234 6,430 157
14 United Kingdom 208,578 188,559 71,533 -9,843 -1,227 -6,414 22,424 14,240 45,719 6,634
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -979 1,368 -242 -60 -37 3 -62 -3 -108 25
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 9,427 8,502 -14,887 -5,487 -2,601 -4,560 -1,829 -6 -492 88
17 Canada -1,945 -5,908 10,582 -366 1,259 1,572 175 -1,610 8,527 1,025
 
18 Latin America 85,860 -8,229 -27,701 7,808 -2,879 -3,816 -858 -10,080 -16,604 -1,272
19 Brazil 77,066 -10,225 -27,347 6,981 -2,674 -4,075 -506 -8,649 -16,686 -1,738
20 Mexico 1,454 -7,057 3,044 1,181 483 -56 -415 -1,023 147 2,727
21 Venezuela -197 -407 -117 18 -42 -14 -7 -29 -9 -34
22 All other Latin America 7,537 9,460 -3,281 -372 -646 329 70 -379 -56 -2,227
 
23 Caribbean 2,288 27,950 -212 160 334 14,734 -850 -14,118 -1,505 1,033
 
24 Asia -69,273 98,899 175,504 13,060 27,076 43,735 16,447 -6,248 60,452 20,982
25 China, Mainland -7,968 84,743 70,747 622 -964 14,841 10,327 4,030 26,632 15,259
26 Hong Kong 2,045 6,242 1,345 -242 3,348 1,196 607 157 -3,495 -226
27 Japan -48,684 6,077 85,726 9,361 25,855 23,244 -1,237 -7,970 32,750 3,723
28 Korea -17,924 -11,171 5,971 -213 2,072 -322 1,470 1,594 62 1,308
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 1,795 24,923 5,426 3,168 767 6,259 203 -1,361 323 -3,933
30 All other Asia 1,463 -11,915 6,289 364 -4,002 -1,483 5,077 -2,698 4,180 4,851
 
31 Africa 6,127 10,309 1,783 306 1,099 -1,230 6 287 571 744
32 African oil exporters3 4,568 11,416 1,775 288 361 -564 78 54 585 973
 
33 Other countries -1,380 -3,114 -1,902 -306 -553 -1,793 365 248 35 102
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -1,048 -444 23 -35 -92 -460 -20 -444 397 677
  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 United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  3. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.   Return to table
  4. Includes the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, as well as African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations. Beginning with data for June 2006, also includes the Bank for International Settlements. equivalent to net U.S. purchases of foreign securities.   Return to table
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Last update: September 25, 2009