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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: June 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/r 2009 Jan.-Apr.2010/r Oct.2009 Nov.2009 Dec.2009 Jan.2010 Feb.2010 Mar.2010/r Apr.2010/p
1 Total Reported 314,880 538,520 294,329 38,910 117,880 69,944 61,362 48,100 108,474 76,393
 
2 Foreign countries 315,323 538,444 293,335 38,788 117,822 70,037 61,237 48,106 107,580 76,412
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 76,218 161,406 44,473 15,043 31,184 24,322 558 1,128 28,245 14,542
 
4 Europe 195,583 206,516 148,568 24,566 68,177 15,206 36,227 17,868 49,137 45,336
5 Belgium -1,941 -752 -187 -114 136 -83 87 -237 -169 132
6 France -15,361 17,791 6,497 3,973 10,908 -9,800 5,321 -3,129 3,971 334
7 Germany 591 -1,324 6,982 -250 198 -538 1,607 535 4,289 551
8 Ireland -4,270 -3,046 5,945 4,485 1,609 -3,544 3,225 573 -688 2,835
9 Luxembourg -7,237 7,669 -6,429 481 -324 -322 393 -1,785 -876 -4,161
10 Netherlands -4,790 1,419 833 -320 -74 437 967 -244 -457 567
11 Norway 32,812 10,803 2,447 -358 894 3,379 253 1,310 494 390
12 Sweden -3,141 4,594 1,289 945 637 -697 1,034 -489 -182 926
13 Switzerland 1,145 15,811 -3,224 4,961 2,882 953 -92 -1,613 -1,966 447
14 United Kingdom 188,619 171,036 138,900 7,697 50,705 26,994 26,787 24,940 44,921 42,252
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,368 -1,011 -510 -482 -108 -148 -208 135 -47 -390
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 7,788 -16,475 -3,976 3,548 714 -1,425 -3,146 -2,129 -153 1,452
17 Canada -6,382 41,253 28,101 3,863 9,826 2,595 1,347 11,420 9,854 5,480
 
18 Latin America -8,076 -3,735 -2,334 5,323 5,774 13,896 -8,288 1,230 2,894 1,830
19 Brazil -10,205 -7,236 2,165 7,915 1,261 6,710 -3,711 1,796 520 3,560
20 Mexico -7,091 9,701 -1,918 -2,479 5,610 7,022 -2,352 -472 2,027 -1,121
21 Venezuela -425 -167 63 -27 12 -37 14 35 0 14
22 All other Latin America 9,645 -6,033 -2,644 -86 -1,109 201 -2,239 -129 347 -623
 
23 Caribbean 28,002 6,593 19,698 -1,203 9,064 11,670 15,358 -1,277 -1,940 7,557
 
24 Asia 99,027 280,437 93,459 6,353 24,360 24,152 15,703 18,181 45,129 14,446
25 China, Mainland 84,743 123,456 32,900 7,043 14,934 4,602 6,250 4,406 18,711 3,533
26 Hong Kong 6,235 -929 5,755 477 -1,712 -2,385 1,647 3,118 1,611 -621
27 Japan 6,099 129,526 40,883 -5,107 12,967 12,827 4,611 8,063 14,882 13,327
28 Korea -11,169 7,738 -1,733 3,531 -3,219 189 -771 144 250 -1,356
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 24,913 -520 -1,199 -1,279 -1,291 723 -1,161 -388 128 222
30 All other Asia -11,794 21,166 16,853 1,688 2,681 8,196 5,127 2,838 9,547 -659
 
31 Africa 10,300 4,528 4,874 -109 -625 1,647 1,328 527 1,371 1,648
32 African oil exporters3 11,416 5,225 4,986 210 -144 1,288 567 543 2,090 1,786
 
33 Other countries -3,131 2,852 969 -5 1,246 871 -438 157 1,135 115
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -443 76 994 122 58 -93 125 -6 894 -19
  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: June 25, 2010