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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: October 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/r Jan.-Aug.2009 Feb.2009 Mar.2009 Apr.2009 May.2009 Jun.2009 Jul.2009 Aug.2009/p
1 Total Reported 197,967 315,391 262,459 21,551 55,303 41,892 -22,550 100,529 31,129 23,885
 
2 Foreign countries 199,015 315,835 263,068 21,643 55,763 41,912 -22,106 100,132 30,452 24,517
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 2,994 76,619 71,979 -1,959 29,026 17,125 -21,763 22,498 15,808 13,184
 
4 Europe 177,338 196,012 96,321 -4,693 2,561 26,627 9,415 48,656 7,838 15,824
5 Belgium -3,100 -1,941 -640 2 118 132 -76 34 -86 -113
6 France -7,827 -15,360 15,772 -1,437 9,751 3,712 -5,860 823 -1,807 10,495
7 Germany -3,452 591 875 167 -911 479 1,646 -916 1,742 -678
8 Ireland 1,694 -4,275 -5,664 -1,291 598 -2,616 -34 -5,831 121 -1,571
9 Luxembourg -694 -7,248 7,472 1,715 1,822 1,167 -566 475 -66 700
10 Netherlands 1,471 -4,790 1,251 -319 -473 827 -396 358 695 251
11 Norway -27,339 32,812 6,389 -853 3,211 1,670 426 373 235 1,333
12 Sweden 2,176 -3,136 2,293 135 -106 343 277 1,791 101 117
13 Switzerland -2,617 1,156 6,612 1,053 -479 380 -234 6,430 157 -268
14 United Kingdom 208,578 188,502 80,066 -1,227 -6,414 22,424 14,240 45,719 6,634 8,533
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -979 1,368 -154 -37 3 -62 -3 -108 25 88
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 9,427 8,333 -17,950 -2,601 -4,560 -1,829 -6 -492 88 -3,063
17 Canada -1,945 -5,908 12,368 1,259 1,572 175 -1,610 8,527 1,025 1,786
 
18 Latin America 85,860 -8,264 -25,598 -2,879 -3,816 -858 -10,080 -16,604 -1,272 2,103
19 Brazil 77,066 -10,225 -26,704 -2,674 -4,075 -506 -8,649 -16,686 -1,738 643
20 Mexico 1,454 -7,092 5,460 483 -56 -415 -1,023 147 2,727 2,416
21 Venezuela -197 -407 -84 -42 -14 -7 -29 -9 -34 33
22 All other Latin America 7,537 9,460 -4,270 -646 329 70 -379 -56 -2,227 -989
 
23 Caribbean 2,288 27,943 -11,424 334 14,734 -850 -14,118 -1,505 1,033 -11,212
 
24 Asia -69,273 98,873 190,355 27,076 43,735 16,447 -6,248 60,452 20,982 14,851
25 China, Mainland -7,968 84,743 86,153 -964 14,841 10,327 4,030 26,632 15,259 15,406
26 Hong Kong 2,045 6,242 1,946 3,348 1,196 607 157 -3,495 -226 601
27 Japan -48,684 6,077 86,695 25,855 23,244 -1,237 -7,970 32,750 3,723 969
28 Korea -17,924 -11,171 7,213 2,072 -322 1,470 1,594 62 1,308 1,242
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 1,795 24,913 4,002 767 6,259 203 -1,361 323 -3,933 -1,424
30 All other Asia 1,463 -11,931 4,346 -4,002 -1,483 5,077 -2,698 4,180 4,851 -1,943
 
31 Africa 6,127 10,309 2,579 1,099 -1,230 6 287 571 744 796
32 African oil exporters3 4,568 11,416 2,855 361 -564 78 54 585 973 1,080
 
33 Other countries -1,380 -3,130 -1,533 -553 -1,793 365 248 35 102 369
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -1,048 -444 -609 -92 -460 -20 -444 397 677 -632
  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: October 30, 2009