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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: December 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.-Oct.2009/r Apr.2009 May.2009 Jun.2009 Jul.2009/r Aug.2009/r Sep.2009 Oct.2009/p
1 Total Reported 197,967 315,391 350,348 41,892 -22,550 100,529 31,248 28,057 44,687 38,911
 
2 Foreign countries 199,015 315,835 350,236 41,912 -22,106 100,132 30,571 28,689 44,088 38,789
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 2,994 76,619 105,900 17,125 -21,763 22,498 15,721 13,183 18,966 15,043
 
4 Europe 177,338 196,012 123,404 26,627 9,415 48,656 7,843 16,669 1,666 24,567
5 Belgium -3,100 -1,941 -805 132 -76 34 -86 -113 -51 -114
6 France -7,827 -15,360 16,684 3,712 -5,860 823 -1,807 10,495 -3,061 3,973
7 Germany -3,452 591 -985 479 1,646 -916 1,742 -869 -1,420 -250
8 Ireland 1,694 -4,275 -1,135 -2,616 -34 -5,831 121 -1,571 45 4,485
9 Luxembourg -694 -7,248 8,114 1,167 -566 475 -66 700 161 481
10 Netherlands 1,471 -4,790 1,034 827 -396 358 695 253 101 -320
11 Norway -27,339 32,812 6,530 1,670 426 373 235 1,333 499 -358
12 Sweden 2,176 -3,136 4,654 343 277 1,791 101 117 1,416 945
13 Switzerland -2,617 1,156 11,968 380 -234 6,430 161 -265 388 4,961
14 United Kingdom 208,578 188,502 93,844 22,424 14,240 45,719 6,634 9,588 5,025 7,698
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -979 1,368 -758 -62 -3 -108 25 91 -125 -482
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 9,427 8,333 -15,740 -1,829 -6 -492 89 -3,090 -1,312 3,548
17 Canada -1,945 -5,908 28,913 175 -1,610 8,527 1,030 5,650 8,813 3,863
 
18 Latin America 85,860 -8,264 -23,459 -858 -10,080 -16,604 -1,263 1,596 -2,686 5,323
19 Brazil 77,066 -10,225 -15,189 -506 -8,649 -16,686 -1,735 753 3,487 7,915
20 Mexico 1,454 -7,092 -2,937 -415 -1,023 147 2,727 1,906 -5,408 -2,479
21 Venezuela -197 -407 -149 -7 -29 -9 -34 34 -39 -27
22 All other Latin America 7,537 9,460 -5,184 70 -379 -56 -2,221 -1,097 -726 -86
 
23 Caribbean 2,288 27,943 -15,398 -850 -14,118 -1,505 1,123 -11,375 -2,698 -1,203
 
24 Asia -69,273 98,873 232,520 16,447 -6,248 60,452 20,991 14,987 35,667 6,353
25 China, Mainland -7,968 84,743 103,920 10,327 4,030 26,632 15,259 15,406 10,724 7,043
26 Hong Kong 2,045 6,242 3,169 607 157 -3,495 -225 601 745 477
27 Japan -48,684 6,077 104,335 -1,237 -7,970 32,750 3,723 1,154 22,562 -5,107
28 Korea -17,924 -11,171 10,768 1,470 1,594 62 1,308 1,242 24 3,531
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 1,795 24,913 50 203 -1,361 323 -3,933 -1,424 -2,673 -1,279
30 All other Asia 1,463 -11,931 10,278 5,077 -2,698 4,180 4,859 -1,992 4,285 1,688
 
31 Africa 6,127 10,309 3,521 6 287 571 745 792 1,054 -109
32 African oil exporters3 4,568 11,416 4,081 78 54 585 973 1,080 1,016 210
 
33 Other countries -1,380 -3,130 735 365 248 35 102 370 2,272 -5
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -1,048 -444 112 -20 -444 397 677 -632 599 122
  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: December 24, 2009