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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: April 2011

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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 2009 2010/r Jan.-Feb.2011/r Aug.2010 Sep.2010 Oct.2010/r Nov.2010/r Dec.2010/r Jan.2011/r Feb.2011/p
1 Total Reported 538,388 706,026 77,064 118,012 77,151 23,312 61,841 54,216 46,483 30,581
 
2 Foreign countries 538,312 706,066 77,689 117,888 77,505 23,488 62,755 54,486 47,100 30,589
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 161,406 172,833 27,801 31,479 39,459 -842 16,561 13,631 11,928 15,873
 
4 Europe 206,507 353,699 38,798 76,534 13,268 23,684 18,373 16,507 25,386 13,412
5 Belgium -752 -1,757 -665 -467 -375 -122 98 102 -499 -166
6 France 17,791 -5,819 14,844 8,854 -1,206 -1,261 -3,622 -5,390 14,933 -88
7 Germany -1,324 13,165 434 2,553 970 -184 680 640 1,742 -1,309
8 Ireland -3,046 -3,127 -4,528 -1,110 1,976 165 269 -6,054 -1,352 -3,176
9 Luxembourg 7,669 -4,704 -148 -1,518 -2,446 1,052 2,556 863 803 -952
10 Netherlands 1,419 -1,356 1,368 922 -911 -1,393 567 383 903 465
11 Norway 10,803 8,244 748 1,411 434 -86 1,352 447 -487 1,235
12 Sweden 4,594 2,150 184 832 86 656 -1,010 1,499 128 56
13 Switzerland 15,811 19,750 3,344 2,946 -465 -1,946 -201 980 863 2,481
14 United Kingdom 171,027 343,000 25,856 61,259 16,893 24,646 24,901 26,353 9,481 16,375
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,011 -368 -272 28 -84 -31 95 -6 -15 -257
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -16,475 -15,479 -2,368 823 -1,605 2,189 -7,313 -3,310 -1,114 -1,254
17 Canada 41,237 80,120 16,299 2,472 12,073 7,786 11,560 259 9,894 6,405
 
18 Latin America -3,834 26,608 22,915 3,959 14,194 -2,603 6,766 10,406 18,741 4,174
19 Brazil -7,335 24,934 21,115 1,784 11,502 -2,842 7,847 7,978 18,033 3,082
20 Mexico 9,701 -1,973 1,336 1,893 832 -1,709 -2,167 1,949 1,008 328
21 Venezuela -167 90 7 20 51 14 -25 -1 2 5
22 All other Latin America -6,033 3,557 457 262 1,809 1,934 1,111 480 -302 759
 
23 Caribbean 6,587 10,238 -3,336 4,785 -4,531 -16,948 11,566 6,612 -1,672 -1,664
 
24 Asia 280,435 235,915 1,377 29,346 41,598 14,528 15,634 18,766 -5,481 6,858
25 China, Mainland 123,454 51,159 -4,874 12,124 10,312 -2,033 9,914 5,390 -7,475 2,601
26 Hong Kong -929 8,743 -4,628 -423 -1,927 1,744 -1,111 1,156 -3,011 -1,617
27 Japan 129,526 124,121 11,056 15,131 24,766 11,260 3,269 5,847 6,507 4,549
28 Korea 7,738 -3,152 -4,630 2,106 -1,015 829 818 -3,432 -4,033 -597
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -520 -6,234 -840 607 -427 -2,326 540 100 -1,433 593
30 All other Asia 21,166 61,278 5,293 -199 9,889 5,054 2,204 9,705 3,964 1,329
 
31 Africa 4,528 5,135 2,771 14 1,808 -58 -1,038 1,558 704 2,067
32 African oil exporters3 5,225 8,244 2,574 737 1,894 255 353 1,928 404 2,170
 
33 Other countries 2,852 -5,649 -1,135 778 -905 -2,901 -106 378 -472 -663
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 76 -40 -625 124 -354 -176 -914 -270 -617 -8
  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: April 29, 2011