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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: June 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.-Apr.2011 Oct.2010 Nov.2010 Dec.2010 Jan.2011 Feb.2011 Mar.2011 Apr.2011/p
1 Total Reported 538,388 706,026 127,184 23,312 61,841 54,216 46,483 30,581 26,782 23,338
 
2 Foreign countries 538,312 706,066 127,697 23,488 62,755 54,486 47,100 30,589 26,373 23,635
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 161,406 172,833 59,023 -842 16,561 13,631 11,928 15,873 6,836 24,386
 
4 Europe 206,507 353,699 87,775 23,684 18,373 16,507 25,386 13,412 29,314 19,663
5 Belgium -752 -1,757 -533 -122 98 102 -499 -166 300 -168
6 France 17,791 -5,819 4,693 -1,261 -3,622 -5,390 14,933 -88 -13,119 2,968
7 Germany -1,324 13,165 3,380 -184 680 640 1,742 -1,309 1,408 1,538
8 Ireland -3,046 -3,127 -6,365 165 269 -6,054 -1,352 -3,176 -571 -1,266
9 Luxembourg 7,669 -4,704 -1,267 1,052 2,556 863 803 -952 -897 -222
10 Netherlands 1,419 -1,356 158 -1,393 567 383 903 465 99 -1,309
11 Norway 10,803 8,244 1,099 -86 1,352 447 -487 1,235 860 -509
12 Sweden 4,594 2,150 3,677 656 -1,010 1,499 128 56 2,886 607
13 Switzerland 15,811 19,750 10,083 -1,946 -201 980 863 2,481 2,034 4,705
14 United Kingdom 171,027 343,000 76,167 24,646 24,901 26,353 9,481 16,375 37,107 13,204
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,011 -368 -248 -31 95 -6 -15 -257 -97 121
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -16,475 -15,479 -3,069 2,189 -7,313 -3,310 -1,114 -1,254 -696 -6
17 Canada 41,237 80,120 9,689 7,786 11,560 259 9,894 6,405 503 -7,113
 
18 Latin America -3,834 26,608 38,474 -2,603 6,766 10,406 18,741 4,174 -862 16,421
19 Brazil -7,335 24,934 41,191 -2,842 7,847 7,978 18,033 3,082 3,907 16,169
20 Mexico 9,701 -1,973 -6,175 -1,709 -2,167 1,949 1,008 328 -6,510 -1,001
21 Venezuela -167 90 0 14 -25 -1 2 5 -6 -1
22 All other Latin America -6,033 3,557 3,458 1,934 1,111 480 -302 759 1,747 1,254
 
23 Caribbean 6,587 10,238 -28,058 -16,948 11,566 6,612 -1,672 -1,664 -14,756 -9,966
 
24 Asia 280,435 235,915 21,249 14,528 15,634 18,766 -5,481 6,858 12,813 7,059
25 China, Mainland 123,454 51,159 3,950 -2,033 9,914 5,390 -7,475 2,601 -589 9,413
26 Hong Kong -929 8,743 -6,042 1,744 -1,111 1,156 -3,011 -1,617 -652 -762
27 Japan 129,526 124,121 25,048 11,260 3,269 5,847 6,507 4,549 16,390 -2,398
28 Korea 7,738 -3,152 -5,199 829 818 -3,432 -4,033 -597 1,158 -1,727
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -520 -6,234 -1,544 -2,326 540 100 -1,433 593 343 -1,047
30 All other Asia 21,166 61,278 5,036 5,054 2,204 9,705 3,964 1,329 -3,837 3,580
 
31 Africa 4,528 5,135 1,100 -58 -1,038 1,558 704 2,067 -648 -1,023
32 African oil exporters3 5,225 8,244 2,822 255 353 1,928 404 2,170 662 -414
 
33 Other countries 2,852 -5,649 -2,532 -2,901 -106 378 -472 -663 9 -1,406
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 76 -40 -513 -176 -914 -270 -617 -8 409 -297
  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: June 24, 2011