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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: January 2012

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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.-Nov.2011/r May.2011/r Jun.2011/r Jul.2011 Aug.2011/r Sep.2011/r Oct.2011/r Nov.2011/p
1 Total Reported 538,388 703,682 395,471 39,330 -1,921 15,541 61,136 85,423 15,295 54,010
 
2 Foreign countries 538,312 703,494 385,795 39,463 -2,562 15,384 61,463 86,631 12,605 51,754
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 161,406 172,065 165,140 21,530 13,771 13,878 -9,616 38,794 -5,972 23,666
 
4 Europe 206,507 352,217 184,423 1,861 -1,934 5,794 67,315 38,745 -21,960 12,233
5 Belgium -752 -1,757 -575 74 100 -21 -81 -55 -7 -51
6 France 17,791 -5,819 29,784 2,531 -4,398 2,544 6,466 15,405 3,037 -495
7 Germany -1,324 13,165 4,081 17 780 56 -1,080 -1,166 2,241 -148
8 Ireland -3,046 -3,127 -13,427 -577 -2,629 -2,306 158 -3,110 2,207 -805
9 Luxembourg 7,669 -4,704 -10,263 -7,841 -4,703 -514 -144 3,763 1,627 -1,183
10 Netherlands 1,419 -1,356 76 44 53 -804 14 1,428 -745 -72
11 Norway 10,803 8,244 2,327 67 -272 -2,636 3,916 819 -2,248 1,582
12 Sweden 4,594 2,150 3,513 -530 557 -34 105 320 -302 -280
13 Switzerland 15,811 19,517 5,918 1,235 535 406 19,484 -160 -15,431 -4,121
14 United Kingdom 171,027 341,751 175,327 11,897 6,356 4,448 42,355 25,080 -11,673 19,990
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,011 -368 708 567 200 -145 1,556 -740 212 -694
16 Other Europe and former U.S.S.R. -16,475 -15,479 -13,046 -5,622 1,487 4,801 -5,435 -2,839 -879 -1,489
17 Canada 41,237 78,712 8,348 1,352 -5,928 779 -2,764 2,843 1,263 2,387
 
18 Latin America -3,834 26,608 64,870 10,209 3,917 2,968 -121 -2,788 9,781 2,411
19 Brazil -7,335 24,934 46,868 5,454 -1,417 3,256 -700 -3,783 5,645 -2,778
20 Mexico 9,701 -1,973 -4,514 1,072 1,684 -322 -658 -886 -51 822
21 Venezuela -167 90 -60 -4 -10 -9 -12 -8 1 -18
22 All other Latin America -6,033 3,557 22,576 3,687 3,660 43 1,249 1,889 4,186 4,385
 
23 Caribbean 6,587 10,556 1,757 13,607 -7,498 -5,712 24,674 -197 2,352 2,550
 
24 Asia 280,435 235,915 123,172 12,335 5,527 11,506 -28,612 49,435 18,804 32,677
25 China, Mainland 123,454 51,159 -14,416 8,196 4,113 2,391 -40,141 20,637 -12,391 -1,171
26 Hong Kong -929 8,743 8,008 675 3,337 132 -249 2,753 4,103 3,299
27 Japan 129,526 124,121 128,762 4,463 1,201 1,134 19,470 24,204 23,096 30,146
28 Korea 7,738 -3,152 -3,751 1,749 -2,562 -507 2,111 -971 1,260 369
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -520 -6,234 -2,948 -942 -2,305 471 2,121 755 -389 -1,115
30 All other Asia 21,166 61,278 7,517 -1,806 1,743 7,885 -11,924 2,057 3,125 1,149
 
31 Africa 4,528 5,135 2,020 -524 1,442 1,132 733 -2,166 1,363 -790
32 African oil exporters3 5,225 8,244 2,136 8 200 1,160 -121 -1,855 517 -595
 
33 Other countries 2,852 -5,649 1,205 623 1,912 -1,083 238 759 1,002 286
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 76 188 9,676 -133 641 157 -327 -1,208 2,690 2,256
  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: January 27, 2012