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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: January 2010

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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.-Nov.2009/r May.2009/r Jun.2009/r Jul.2009/r Aug.2009 Sep.2009/r Oct.2009/r Nov.2009/p
1 Total Reported 197,967 315,036 468,965 -22,576 100,499 31,252 28,057 44,685 38,910 118,269
 
2 Foreign countries 199,015 315,479 468,796 -22,131 100,102 30,575 28,689 44,086 38,788 118,211
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 2,994 76,620 137,084 -21,763 22,498 15,721 13,183 18,966 15,043 31,184
 
4 Europe 177,338 195,970 191,256 9,414 48,372 7,847 16,669 1,664 24,566 68,123
5 Belgium -3,100 -1,941 -668 -76 34 -86 -113 -51 -114 136
6 France -7,827 -15,361 27,666 -5,860 823 -1,807 10,495 -3,061 3,973 10,982
7 Germany -3,452 591 -786 1,646 -916 1,742 -869 -1,420 -250 198
8 Ireland 1,694 -4,270 498 -34 -5,831 125 -1,571 43 4,485 1,609
9 Luxembourg -694 -7,247 7,991 -566 675 -66 700 161 481 -324
10 Netherlands 1,471 -4,790 982 -396 358 695 253 101 -320 -74
11 Norway -27,339 32,812 7,424 426 373 235 1,333 499 -358 894
12 Sweden 2,176 -3,141 5,291 277 1,791 101 117 1,416 945 637
13 Switzerland -2,617 1,143 14,858 -231 6,432 161 -265 388 4,961 2,882
14 United Kingdom 208,578 188,483 143,914 14,235 45,232 6,634 9,588 5,025 7,697 50,577
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -979 1,368 -863 -3 -106 25 91 -125 -482 -108
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 9,427 8,323 -15,050 -5 -493 89 -3,090 -1,312 3,548 714
17 Canada -1,945 -6,354 39,101 -1,610 8,527 1,030 5,650 8,813 3,863 10,269
 
18 Latin America 85,860 -8,162 -17,631 -10,089 -16,596 -1,263 1,596 -2,686 5,323 5,774
19 Brazil 77,066 -10,206 -13,946 -8,648 -16,688 -1,735 753 3,487 7,915 1,261
20 Mexico 1,454 -7,091 2,679 -1,022 150 2,727 1,906 -5,408 -2,479 5,610
21 Venezuela -197 -402 -130 -28 -8 -34 34 -39 -27 12
22 All other Latin America 7,537 9,537 -6,234 -391 -50 -2,221 -1,097 -726 -86 -1,109
 
23 Caribbean 2,288 27,960 -5,077 -14,124 -652 1,123 -11,375 -2,698 -1,203 9,064
 
24 Asia -69,273 98,893 256,285 -6,250 59,854 20,991 14,987 35,667 6,353 24,360
25 China, Mainland -7,968 84,743 118,854 4,030 26,632 15,259 15,406 10,724 7,043 14,934
26 Hong Kong 2,045 6,241 1,456 157 -3,494 -225 601 745 477 -1,712
27 Japan -48,684 6,097 116,699 -7,980 32,151 3,723 1,154 22,562 -5,107 12,967
28 Korea -17,924 -11,169 7,549 1,594 62 1,308 1,242 24 3,531 -3,219
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 1,795 24,913 -1,243 -1,361 323 -3,933 -1,424 -2,673 -1,279 -1,291
30 All other Asia 1,463 -11,932 12,970 -2,690 4,180 4,859 -1,992 4,285 1,688 2,681
 
31 Africa 6,127 10,301 2,881 278 562 745 792 1,054 -109 -625
32 African oil exporters3 4,568 11,416 3,937 54 585 973 1,080 1,016 210 -144
 
33 Other countries -1,380 -3,129 1,981 250 35 102 370 2,272 -5 1,246
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -1,048 -443 169 -445 397 677 -632 599 122 58
  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: January 29, 2010