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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: October 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 Jan.-Aug.2010/r Feb.2010/r Mar.2010/r Apr.2010/r May.2010/r Jun.2010 Jul.2010 Aug.2010/p
1 Total Reported 314,880 538,520 490,816 48,156 108,906 77,121 14,899 33,256 29,975 117,141
 
2 Foreign countries 315,323 538,444 489,142 48,162 108,012 77,140 14,708 32,742 30,124 117,017
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 76,218 161,406 104,024 1,128 28,288 14,542 7,236 12,080 8,713 31,479
 
4 Europe 195,583 206,516 280,086 17,924 49,210 46,097 28,165 20,585 6,557 75,321
5 Belgium -1,941 -752 -1,460 -237 -169 132 -596 89 -299 -467
6 France -15,361 17,791 3,380 -3,129 3,971 334 -4,054 -1,031 -5,591 7,559
7 Germany 591 -1,324 11,109 591 4,362 1,312 389 -1,193 1,504 2,536
8 Ireland -4,270 -3,046 500 573 -688 2,835 -1,791 -3,115 586 -1,125
9 Luxembourg -7,237 7,669 -5,618 -1,785 -876 -4,161 973 1,808 -552 -1,418
10 Netherlands -4,790 1,419 -1 -244 -457 567 -1,250 297 -803 922
11 Norway 32,812 10,803 6,097 1,310 494 390 423 904 912 1,411
12 Sweden -3,141 4,594 919 -489 -182 926 -1,347 84 61 832
13 Switzerland 1,145 15,811 21,372 -1,613 -1,966 447 3,223 15,895 2,532 2,946
14 United Kingdom 188,619 171,036 249,571 24,940 44,921 42,252 26,977 12,458 9,963 61,273
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 1,368 -1,011 -342 135 -47 -390 -170 208 102 28
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. 7,788 -16,475 -5,440 -2,129 -153 1,452 5,388 -5,818 -1,857 823
17 Canada -6,382 41,253 49,164 11,420 10,213 5,447 1,127 10,055 6,859 2,696
 
18 Latin America -8,076 -3,735 -2,388 1,230 2,894 1,830 -1,402 -2,162 -448 3,958
19 Brazil -10,205 -7,236 250 1,796 520 3,560 -1,776 -1,114 -809 1,784
20 Mexico -7,091 9,701 -894 -472 2,027 -1,121 1,211 -1,472 -606 1,891
21 Venezuela -425 -167 51 35 0 14 -35 -9 12 20
22 All other Latin America 9,645 -6,033 -1,795 -129 347 -623 -802 433 955 263
 
23 Caribbean 28,002 6,593 13,417 -1,277 -1,940 7,557 4,179 -3,664 -11,430 4,634
 
24 Asia 99,027 280,437 148,113 18,181 45,129 14,446 -14,634 8,997 30,675 29,616
25 China, Mainland 84,743 123,456 27,576 4,406 18,711 3,533 2,902 -21,223 873 12,124
26 Hong Kong 6,235 -929 8,881 3,118 1,611 -621 375 2,002 1,172 -423
27 Japan 6,099 129,526 81,701 8,063 14,882 13,327 -11,129 17,146 19,400 15,401
28 Korea -11,169 7,738 -352 144 250 -1,356 -1,340 -216 831 2,106
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 24,913 -520 -4,121 -388 128 222 -2,020 -2,724 1,215 607
30 All other Asia -11,794 21,166 34,428 2,838 9,547 -659 -3,422 14,012 7,184 -199
 
31 Africa 10,300 4,528 2,865 527 1,371 1,648 -1,854 184 -353 14
32 African oil exporters3 11,416 5,225 3,814 543 2,090 1,786 -1,807 -273 171 737
 
33 Other countries -3,131 2,852 -2,115 157 1,135 115 -873 -1,253 -1,736 778
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -443 76 1,674 -6 894 -19 191 514 -149 124
  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. Principally the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Asian Development Bank. Also includes African, Asian, Caribbean, European, Latin American, and Middle Eastern regional organizations. Beginning with data for June 2006, also includes the Bank for International. Equivalent to net U.S. purchases of foreign securities.  Return to table
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Last update: October 29, 2010