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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: August 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.-Jun.2014 Dec.2013 Jan.2014 Feb.2014 Mar.2014 Apr.2014 May.2014 Jun.2014/p
1 Total Reported 416,444 42,877 108,402 17,856 -584 92,455 25,855 -13,589 25,031 -20,766
 
2 Foreign countries 417,425 45,641 116,864 17,077 489 92,657 26,123 -10,136 24,510 -16,779
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 209,856 -8,440 70,533 -11,761 -16,661 16,596 12,050 18,817 19,705 20,026
 
4 Europe 148,566 55,189 -45,352 16,513 7,926 40,871 10,964 -33,187 -11,216 -60,710
5 Belgium -6,856 -11,848 -9,653 -123 -353 -2,882 -2,633 -669 -2,819 -296
6 France 84,162 82,609 43,486 11,792 9,130 10,660 9,177 7,851 -2,406 9,073
7 Germany 7,073 -1,951 187 1,590 1,200 -2,318 -913 -2,755 1,605 3,369
8 Ireland -14,049 6,756 -3,084 3,258 588 -2,357 1,104 2,538 -2,335 -2,622
9 Luxembourg -32,224 -60,384 -17,546 -4,195 -8,758 -1,069 -2,431 -1,138 1,336 -5,487
10 Netherlands -1,730 -2,141 -5,696 -1,338 -1,488 507 -791 -2,191 -1,292 -442
11 Norway 12,694 1,707 -8,501 2,389 -570 -1,168 -2,620 -3,418 -1,376 651
12 Sweden -4,350 -1,790 1,142 279 195 -249 5 476 -83 798
13 Switzerland 52,916 -13,316 -237 -2,692 -3,126 124 987 -160 371 1,567
14 United Kingdom 98,436 61,546 -41,775 9,345 8,707 41,050 10,373 -32,775 -914 -68,216
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,896 -997 501 -14 12 70 -158 19 460 98
16 Other Europe -45,610 -5,002 -4,175 -3,779 2,389 -1,497 -1,137 -965 -3,763 797
17 Canada 56,574 4,609 22,124 2,133 -2,518 4,119 5,594 5,442 -302 9,789
 
18 Latin America 44,126 -8,196 19,417 1,032 -4,653 -4,666 7,058 8,457 8,479 4,742
19 Brazil 2,310 -10,470 16,614 -684 -4,575 1,067 8,948 7,883 2,206 1,085
20 Mexico 26,227 -10,859 8,200 3,055 149 -2,689 -1,808 2,133 7,621 2,794
21 Venezuela -261 -170 -588 -179 8 -48 24 -35 -496 -41
22 All other Latin America 15,850 13,303 -4,809 -1,160 -235 -2,996 -106 -1,524 -852 904
 
23 Caribbean -5,271 -116,298 -42,375 -12,362 -8,453 19,243 -30,478 -19,287 5,433 -8,833
 
24 Asia 167,023 109,428 168,468 9,395 9,080 34,869 34,438 29,594 22,449 38,038
25 China, Mainland 73,158 81,065 130,806 -4,655 16,030 21,750 18,045 32,898 18,485 23,598
26 Hong Kong -61 -17,957 21,569 1,128 -2,095 11,220 2,615 1,847 1,533 6,449
27 Japan 86,324 61,592 14,731 7,767 190 3,980 9,935 -3,879 -667 5,172
28 Korea 1,326 -2,880 -2,050 1,550 -1,657 46 -885 580 215 -349
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -8,422 6,407 8,616 275 827 -115 859 1,313 1,476 4,256
30 All other Asia 14,698 -18,799 -5,204 3,330 -4,215 -2,012 3,869 -3,165 1,407 -1,088
 
31 Africa -423 -2,385 -3,522 -1,382 -625 -584 -520 -899 -852 -42
32 African oil exporters3 1,784 1,691 157 86 -130 -78 60 122 -7 190
 
33 Other countries 6,830 3,294 -1,896 1,748 -268 -1,195 -933 -256 519 237
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -981 -2,764 -8,462 779 -1,073 -202 -268 -3,453 521 -3,987
  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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Last update: August 29, 2014