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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: May 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 Jan.-Mar.2011 Sep.2010 Oct.2010 Nov.2010 Dec.2010 Jan.2011 Feb.2011 Mar.2011/p
1 Total Reported 538,388 706,026 103,846 77,151 23,312 61,841 54,216 46,483 30,581 26,782
 
2 Foreign countries 538,312 706,066 104,062 77,505 23,488 62,755 54,486 47,100 30,589 26,373
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 161,406 172,833 34,637 39,459 -842 16,561 13,631 11,928 15,873 6,836
 
4 Europe 206,507 353,699 68,112 13,268 23,684 18,373 16,507 25,386 13,412 29,314
5 Belgium -752 -1,757 -365 -375 -122 98 102 -499 -166 300
6 France 17,791 -5,819 1,725 -1,206 -1,261 -3,622 -5,390 14,933 -88 -13,119
7 Germany -1,324 13,165 1,842 970 -184 680 640 1,742 -1,309 1,408
8 Ireland -3,046 -3,127 -5,099 1,976 165 269 -6,054 -1,352 -3,176 -571
9 Luxembourg 7,669 -4,704 -1,045 -2,446 1,052 2,556 863 803 -952 -897
10 Netherlands 1,419 -1,356 1,467 -911 -1,393 567 383 903 465 99
11 Norway 10,803 8,244 1,608 434 -86 1,352 447 -487 1,235 860
12 Sweden 4,594 2,150 3,070 86 656 -1,010 1,499 128 56 2,886
13 Switzerland 15,811 19,750 5,378 -465 -1,946 -201 980 863 2,481 2,034
14 United Kingdom 171,027 343,000 62,963 16,893 24,646 24,901 26,353 9,481 16,375 37,107
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,011 -368 -369 -84 -31 95 -6 -15 -257 -97
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -16,475 -15,479 -3,064 -1,605 2,189 -7,313 -3,310 -1,114 -1,254 -696
17 Canada 41,237 80,120 16,802 12,073 7,786 11,560 259 9,894 6,405 503
 
18 Latin America -3,834 26,608 22,053 14,194 -2,603 6,766 10,406 18,741 4,174 -862
19 Brazil -7,335 24,934 25,022 11,502 -2,842 7,847 7,978 18,033 3,082 3,907
20 Mexico 9,701 -1,973 -5,174 832 -1,709 -2,167 1,949 1,008 328 -6,510
21 Venezuela -167 90 1 51 14 -25 -1 2 5 -6
22 All other Latin America -6,033 3,557 2,204 1,809 1,934 1,111 480 -302 759 1,747
 
23 Caribbean 6,587 10,238 -18,092 -4,531 -16,948 11,566 6,612 -1,672 -1,664 -14,756
 
24 Asia 280,435 235,915 14,190 41,598 14,528 15,634 18,766 -5,481 6,858 12,813
25 China, Mainland 123,454 51,159 -5,463 10,312 -2,033 9,914 5,390 -7,475 2,601 -589
26 Hong Kong -929 8,743 -5,280 -1,927 1,744 -1,111 1,156 -3,011 -1,617 -652
27 Japan 129,526 124,121 27,446 24,766 11,260 3,269 5,847 6,507 4,549 16,390
28 Korea 7,738 -3,152 -3,472 -1,015 829 818 -3,432 -4,033 -597 1,158
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -520 -6,234 -497 -427 -2,326 540 100 -1,433 593 343
30 All other Asia 21,166 61,278 1,456 9,889 5,054 2,204 9,705 3,964 1,329 -3,837
 
31 Africa 4,528 5,135 2,123 1,808 -58 -1,038 1,558 704 2,067 -648
32 African oil exporters3 5,225 8,244 3,236 1,894 255 353 1,928 404 2,170 662
 
33 Other countries 2,852 -5,649 -1,126 -905 -2,901 -106 378 -472 -663 9
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 76 -40 -216 -354 -176 -914 -270 -617 -8 409
  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: May 27, 2011