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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: July 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.-May.2011/r Nov.2010 Dec.2010 Jan.2011/r Feb.2011/r Mar.2011/r Apr.2011/r May.2011/p
1 Total Reported 538,388 706,026 165,138 61,841 54,216 46,483 30,581 26,782 23,338 37,954
 
2 Foreign countries 538,312 706,066 159,671 62,755 54,486 47,097 29,993 25,244 19,250 38,087
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 161,406 172,833 90,634 16,561 13,631 18,112 15,432 7,441 28,119 21,530
 
4 Europe 206,507 353,699 84,632 18,373 16,507 25,383 12,816 28,185 15,278 2,970
5 Belgium -752 -1,757 -459 98 102 -499 -166 300 -168 74
6 France 17,791 -5,819 7,224 -3,622 -5,390 14,933 -88 -13,119 2,968 2,531
7 Germany -1,324 13,165 3,398 680 640 1,742 -1,309 1,408 1,538 17
8 Ireland -3,046 -3,127 -6,942 269 -6,054 -1,352 -3,176 -571 -1,266 -577
9 Luxembourg 7,669 -4,704 -9,109 2,556 863 803 -952 -897 -222 -7,841
10 Netherlands 1,419 -1,356 202 567 383 903 465 99 -1,309 44
11 Norway 10,803 8,244 1,166 1,352 447 -487 1,235 860 -509 67
12 Sweden 4,594 2,150 3,147 -1,010 1,499 128 56 2,886 607 -530
13 Switzerland 15,811 19,750 5,205 -201 980 860 1,885 905 320 1,235
14 United Kingdom 171,027 343,000 89,173 24,901 26,353 9,481 16,375 37,107 13,204 13,006
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,011 -368 319 95 -6 -15 -257 -97 121 567
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -16,475 -15,479 -8,692 -7,313 -3,310 -1,114 -1,254 -696 -6 -5,622
17 Canada 41,237 80,120 11,468 11,560 259 9,894 6,405 503 -7,113 1,779
 
18 Latin America -3,834 26,608 45,697 6,766 10,406 18,751 4,173 -852 16,421 7,204
19 Brazil -7,335 24,934 46,645 7,847 7,978 18,033 3,082 3,907 16,169 5,454
20 Mexico 9,701 -1,973 -5,103 -2,167 1,949 1,008 328 -6,510 -1,001 1,072
21 Venezuela -167 90 -4 -25 -1 2 5 -6 -1 -4
22 All other Latin America -6,033 3,557 4,159 1,111 480 -292 758 1,757 1,254 682
 
23 Caribbean 6,587 10,238 -14,358 11,566 6,612 -1,672 -1,664 -14,756 -9,966 13,700
 
24 Asia 280,435 235,915 33,835 15,634 18,766 -5,481 6,858 12,813 7,310 12,335
25 China, Mainland 123,454 51,159 12,146 9,914 5,390 -7,475 2,601 -589 9,413 8,196
26 Hong Kong -929 8,743 -5,367 -1,111 1,156 -3,011 -1,617 -652 -762 675
27 Japan 129,526 124,121 29,511 3,269 5,847 6,507 4,549 16,390 -2,398 4,463
28 Korea 7,738 -3,152 -3,450 818 -3,432 -4,033 -597 1,158 -1,727 1,749
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -520 -6,234 -2,486 540 100 -1,433 593 343 -1,047 -942
30 All other Asia 21,166 61,278 3,481 2,204 9,705 3,964 1,329 -3,837 3,831 -1,806
 
31 Africa 4,528 5,135 306 -1,038 1,558 694 2,068 -658 -1,274 -524
32 African oil exporters3 5,225 8,244 2,830 353 1,928 404 2,170 662 -414 8
 
33 Other countries 2,852 -5,649 -1,909 -106 378 -472 -663 9 -1,406 623
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 76 -40 5,467 -914 -270 -614 588 1,538 4,088 -133
  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: July 29, 2011