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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: May 2014

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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 2012 2013 Jan.-Mar.2014/r Sep.2013 Oct.2013 Nov.2013 Dec.2013 Jan.2014 Feb.2014/r Mar.2014/p
1 Total Reported 416,444 42,877 117,726 23,580 32,933 -127 17,856 -584 92,455 25,855
 
2 Foreign countries 417,425 45,641 119,269 23,087 33,466 2,204 17,077 489 92,657 26,123
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 209,856 -8,440 11,985 -23,239 -1,893 10,208 -11,761 -16,661 16,596 12,050
 
4 Europe 148,566 55,189 59,761 14,340 17,729 7,270 16,513 7,926 40,871 10,964
5 Belgium -6,856 -11,848 -5,868 -411 -356 -827 -123 -353 -2,882 -2,633
6 France 84,162 82,609 28,967 12,346 3,639 -2,845 11,792 9,130 10,660 9,177
7 Germany 7,073 -1,951 -2,031 -3,505 -247 1,084 1,590 1,200 -2,318 -913
8 Ireland -14,049 6,756 -665 58 -2,868 -2,779 3,258 588 -2,357 1,104
9 Luxembourg -32,224 -60,384 -12,258 -4,666 -6,266 -2,675 -4,195 -8,758 -1,069 -2,431
10 Netherlands -1,730 -2,141 -1,771 -197 -739 494 -1,338 -1,488 507 -791
11 Norway 12,694 1,707 -4,358 491 1,982 924 2,389 -570 -1,168 -2,620
12 Sweden -4,350 -1,790 -49 498 -1,331 14 279 195 -249 5
13 Switzerland 52,916 -13,316 -2,015 -1,199 -1,239 866 -2,692 -3,126 124 987
14 United Kingdom 98,436 61,546 60,130 14,727 26,050 11,458 9,345 8,707 41,050 10,373
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,896 -997 -76 -20 -153 13 -14 12 70 -158
16 Other Europe -45,610 -5,002 -245 -3,780 -742 1,543 -3,779 2,389 -1,497 -1,137
17 Canada 56,574 4,609 7,195 2,627 -201 5,494 2,133 -2,518 4,119 5,594
 
18 Latin America 44,126 -8,196 -2,261 -4,239 -2,114 435 1,032 -4,653 -4,666 7,058
19 Brazil 2,310 -10,470 5,440 -588 -1,867 -2,675 -684 -4,575 1,067 8,948
20 Mexico 26,227 -10,859 -4,348 -2,845 93 -827 3,055 149 -2,689 -1,808
21 Venezuela -261 -170 -16 -33 8 -18 -179 8 -48 24
22 All other Latin America 15,850 13,303 -3,337 -773 -348 3,955 -1,160 -235 -2,996 -106
 
23 Caribbean -5,271 -116,298 -19,688 14,991 -1,206 -35,843 -12,362 -8,453 19,243 -30,478
 
24 Asia 167,023 109,428 78,387 -4,456 20,528 24,745 9,395 9,080 34,869 34,438
25 China, Mainland 73,158 81,065 55,825 -5,620 2,306 10,668 -4,655 16,030 21,750 18,045
26 Hong Kong -61 -17,957 11,740 -6,803 2,262 2,078 1,128 -2,095 11,220 2,615
27 Japan 86,324 61,592 14,105 10,581 11,779 6,719 7,767 190 3,980 9,935
28 Korea 1,326 -2,880 -2,496 1,593 -2,936 -671 1,550 -1,657 46 -885
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -8,422 6,407 1,571 -2,330 1,107 -119 275 827 -115 859
30 All other Asia 14,698 -18,799 -2,358 -1,877 6,010 6,070 3,330 -4,215 -2,012 3,869
 
31 Africa -423 -2,385 -1,729 -1,829 -1,683 684 -1,382 -625 -584 -520
32 African oil exporters3 1,784 1,691 -148 -527 18 154 86 -130 -78 60
 
33 Other countries 6,830 3,294 -2,396 1,653 413 -581 1,748 -268 -1,195 -933
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -981 -2,764 -1,543 493 -533 -2,331 779 -1,073 -202 -268
  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 the United Arab Emirates (Trucial States).   Return to table
  3. Comprises Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.   Return to table
  4. Principally the Bank for International Settlements, 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. Equivalent to net U.S. purchases of foreign securities.   Return to table
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