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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: January 2015

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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/r Jan.-Nov.2014/r May.2014/r Jun.2014 Jul.2014 Aug.2014 Sep.2014 Oct.2014 Nov.2014/p
1 Total Reported 416,444 40,878 181,119 28,031 -20,766 -828 25,704 48,139 539 -4,833
 
2 Foreign countries 417,425 43,642 196,101 27,510 -16,779 1,034 26,064 49,752 3,353 -4,962
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 209,856 -8,440 61,975 19,705 20,026 -6,003 3,563 3,932 -2,514 -7,536
 
4 Europe 148,566 58,189 -44,802 -6,216 -60,710 18,215 9,687 4,090 -58,598 10,156
5 Belgium -6,856 -11,848 -20,460 -2,819 -296 -777 -261 -172 -3,211 -6,387
6 France 84,162 81,609 73,128 -1,406 9,073 8,391 5,834 20,345 -8,866 938
7 Germany 7,073 -951 1,354 2,605 3,369 -3,404 -1,433 944 670 2,391
8 Ireland -14,049 6,756 -21,079 -2,335 -2,622 -3,390 673 -9,706 -5,591 19
9 Luxembourg -32,224 -60,384 -30,018 1,336 -5,487 -5,568 -5,556 3,906 -3,753 -1,501
10 Netherlands -1,730 -2,141 -6,489 -1,292 -442 -419 -121 -29 249 -473
11 Norway 12,694 1,707 -14,317 -1,376 651 -311 -1,560 -1,945 -970 -1,030
12 Sweden -4,350 -1,790 -65 -83 798 -1,667 612 -848 301 395
13 Switzerland 52,916 -13,316 1,204 371 1,567 6,319 586 -1,654 -1,989 -1,821
14 United Kingdom 98,436 63,546 -6,293 2,086 -68,216 22,633 11,244 -3,969 -29,179 21,753
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -1,896 -997 802 460 98 46 -57 -60 373 -1
16 Other Europe -45,610 -4,002 -22,568 -3,763 797 -3,638 -273 -2,723 -6,632 -4,127
17 Canada 56,574 -2,391 2,324 -1,302 9,789 659 -9,444 3,615 816 -2,446
 
18 Latin America 44,126 -8,196 29,511 8,479 4,742 456 14,699 -430 -6,716 2,085
19 Brazil 2,310 -10,470 20,623 2,206 1,085 459 5,410 -215 -4,340 2,695
20 Mexico 26,227 -10,859 21,247 7,621 2,794 3,271 9,261 1,322 11 -818
21 Venezuela -261 -170 -1,028 -496 -41 -246 -134 4 -71 7
22 All other Latin America 15,850 13,303 -11,331 -852 904 -3,028 162 -1,541 -2,316 201
 
23 Caribbean -5,271 -116,297 -2,786 4,433 -8,833 -4,850 -184 10,911 54,860 -20,147
 
24 Asia 167,023 109,428 222,026 22,449 38,038 -13,071 13,436 32,627 14,355 5,211
25 China, Mainland 73,158 81,065 191,110 18,485 23,598 -11,867 11,828 24,705 28,440 7,198
26 Hong Kong -61 -17,957 22,772 1,533 6,449 1,747 -8 1,702 -2,936 698
27 Japan 86,324 62,592 17,432 -667 5,172 -5,628 2,719 5,331 -4,873 5,152
28 Korea 1,326 -2,880 -5,176 215 -349 369 -190 -132 -122 -3,051
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 -8,422 6,407 12,959 1,476 4,256 2,733 1,311 3,164 -1,743 -1,122
30 All other Asia 14,698 -19,799 -17,071 1,407 -1,088 -425 -2,224 -2,143 -4,411 -3,664
 
31 Africa -423 -385 -6,910 -852 -42 -806 -1,529 -347 -475 -231
32 African oil exporters3 1,784 1,691 -485 -7 190 255 -638 124 43 -426
 
33 Other countries 6,830 3,294 -3,262 519 237 431 -601 -714 -889 410
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -981 -2,764 -14,982 521 -3,987 -1,862 -360 -1,613 -2,814 129
  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: January 30, 2015