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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: September 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.-Jul.2011/r Jan.2011/r Feb.2011/r Mar.2011/r Apr.2011/r May.2011/r Jun.2011/r Jul.2011/p
1 Total Reported 538,388 703,682 174,559 47,138 29,902 26,027 23,606 36,317 -4,588 16,157
 
2 Foreign countries 538,312 703,494 168,294 47,752 29,314 24,489 19,518 36,450 -5,229 16,000
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 161,406 172,065 118,268 18,112 15,432 7,426 28,119 21,530 13,771 13,878
 
4 Europe 206,507 352,217 87,792 26,782 12,881 27,456 15,246 1,860 -2,848 6,415
5 Belgium -752 -1,757 -380 -499 -166 300 -168 74 100 -21
6 France 17,791 -5,819 5,370 14,933 -88 -13,119 2,968 2,531 -4,398 2,544
7 Germany -1,324 13,165 4,430 1,742 -1,309 1,408 1,538 17 820 212
8 Ireland -3,046 -3,127 -11,877 -1,352 -3,176 -571 -1,266 -577 -2,629 -2,306
9 Luxembourg 7,669 -4,704 -14,326 803 -952 -897 -222 -7,841 -4,703 -514
10 Netherlands 1,419 -1,356 -549 903 465 99 -1,309 44 53 -804
11 Norway 10,803 8,244 -1,742 -487 1,235 860 -509 67 -272 -2,636
12 Sweden 4,594 2,150 3,670 128 56 2,886 607 -530 557 -34
13 Switzerland 15,811 19,517 6,146 860 1,885 905 320 1,235 535 406
14 United Kingdom 171,027 341,751 99,563 10,880 16,440 36,378 13,172 11,896 6,353 4,444
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,011 -368 374 -15 -257 -97 121 567 200 -145
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -16,475 -15,479 -2,886 -1,114 -1,254 -696 -6 -5,622 536 5,270
17 Canada 41,237 78,712 4,640 9,152 5,661 440 -6,818 1,354 -5,928 779
 
18 Latin America -3,834 26,608 50,831 18,751 4,173 -852 16,421 7,204 2,166 2,968
19 Brazil -7,335 24,934 48,484 18,033 3,082 3,907 16,169 5,454 -1,417 3,256
20 Mexico 9,701 -1,973 -3,741 1,008 328 -6,510 -1,001 1,072 1,684 -322
21 Venezuela -167 90 -23 2 5 -6 -1 -4 -10 -9
22 All other Latin America -6,033 3,557 6,111 -292 758 1,757 1,254 682 1,909 43
 
23 Caribbean 6,587 10,556 -27,637 -1,674 -1,664 -14,719 -9,961 13,598 -7,500 -5,717
 
24 Asia 280,435 235,915 50,868 -5,481 6,858 12,813 7,310 12,335 5,527 11,506
25 China, Mainland 123,454 51,159 18,650 -7,475 2,601 -589 9,413 8,196 4,113 2,391
26 Hong Kong -929 8,743 -1,898 -3,011 -1,617 -652 -762 675 3,337 132
27 Japan 129,526 124,121 31,846 6,507 4,549 16,390 -2,398 4,463 1,201 1,134
28 Korea 7,738 -3,152 -6,520 -4,033 -597 1,157 -1,727 1,749 -2,562 -507
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -520 -6,234 -4,320 -1,433 593 343 -1,047 -942 -2,305 471
30 All other Asia 21,166 61,278 13,110 3,964 1,329 -3,836 3,831 -1,806 1,743 7,885
 
31 Africa 4,528 5,135 2,880 694 2,068 -658 -1,274 -524 1,442 1,132
32 African oil exporters3 5,225 8,244 4,190 404 2,170 662 -414 8 200 1,160
 
33 Other countries 2,852 -5,649 -1,080 -472 -663 9 -1,406 623 1,912 -1,083
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 76 188 6,265 -614 588 1,538 4,088 -133 641 157
  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: September 30, 2011