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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: April 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 2008 2009/r Jan.-Feb.2010/r Aug.2009 Sep.2009 Oct.2009 Nov.2009 Dec.2009/r Jan.2010/r Feb.2010/p
1 Total Reported 315,036 538,520 109,462 28,057 44,685 38,910 117,880 69,944 61,362 48,100
 
2 Foreign countries 315,479 538,444 109,343 28,689 44,086 38,788 117,822 70,037 61,237 48,106
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 76,620 161,406 1,686 13,183 18,966 15,043 31,184 24,322 558 1,128
 
4 Europe 195,970 206,516 54,095 16,669 1,664 24,566 68,177 15,206 36,227 17,868
5 Belgium -1,941 -752 -150 -113 -51 -114 136 -83 87 -237
6 France -15,361 17,791 2,192 10,495 -3,061 3,973 10,908 -9,800 5,321 -3,129
7 Germany 591 -1,324 2,142 -869 -1,420 -250 198 -538 1,607 535
8 Ireland -4,270 -3,046 3,797 -1,571 43 4,485 1,609 -3,544 3,225 573
9 Luxembourg -7,247 7,669 -1,392 700 161 481 -324 -322 393 -1,785
10 Netherlands -4,790 1,419 723 253 101 -320 -74 437 967 -244
11 Norway 32,812 10,803 1,563 1,333 499 -358 894 3,379 253 1,310
12 Sweden -3,141 4,594 545 117 1,416 945 637 -697 1,034 -489
13 Switzerland 1,143 15,811 -1,705 -265 388 4,961 2,882 953 -92 -1,613
14 United Kingdom 188,483 171,036 51,727 9,588 5,025 7,697 50,705 26,994 26,787 24,940
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,368 -1,011 -73 91 -125 -482 -108 -148 -208 135
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 8,323 -16,475 -5,275 -3,090 -1,312 3,548 714 -1,425 -3,146 -2,129
17 Canada -6,354 41,253 12,767 5,650 8,813 3,863 9,826 2,595 1,347 11,420
 
18 Latin America -8,162 -3,735 -7,058 1,596 -2,686 5,323 5,774 13,896 -8,288 1,230
19 Brazil -10,206 -7,236 -1,915 753 3,487 7,915 1,261 6,710 -3,711 1,796
20 Mexico -7,091 9,701 -2,824 1,906 -5,408 -2,479 5,610 7,022 -2,352 -472
21 Venezuela -402 -167 49 34 -39 -27 12 -37 14 35
22 All other Latin America 9,537 -6,033 -2,368 -1,097 -726 -86 -1,109 201 -2,239 -129
 
23 Caribbean 27,960 6,593 14,081 -11,375 -2,698 -1,203 9,064 11,670 15,358 -1,277
 
24 Asia 98,893 280,437 33,884 14,987 35,667 6,353 24,360 24,152 15,703 18,181
25 China, Mainland 84,743 123,456 10,656 15,406 10,724 7,043 14,934 4,602 6,250 4,406
26 Hong Kong 6,241 -929 4,765 601 745 477 -1,712 -2,385 1,647 3,118
27 Japan 6,097 129,526 12,674 1,154 22,562 -5,107 12,967 12,827 4,611 8,063
28 Korea -11,169 7,738 -627 1,242 24 3,531 -3,219 189 -771 144
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 24,913 -520 -1,549 -1,424 -2,673 -1,279 -1,291 723 -1,161 -388
30 All other Asia -11,932 21,166 7,965 -1,992 4,285 1,688 2,681 8,196 5,127 2,838
 
31 Africa 10,301 4,528 1,855 792 1,054 -109 -625 1,647 1,328 527
32 African oil exporters3 11,416 5,225 1,110 1,080 1,016 210 -144 1,288 567 543
 
33 Other countries -3,129 2,852 -281 370 2,272 -5 1,246 871 -438 157
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -443 76 119 -632 599 122 58 -93 125 -6
  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: April 30, 2010