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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: September 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 2013 2014 Jan.-Jul.2015/r Jan.2015 Feb.2015 Mar.2015 Apr.2015 May.2015 Jun.2015/r Jul.2015/p
1 Total Reported 40,878 165,517 47,810 -55,007 -6,154 8,037 6,441 53,358 69,849 -28,714
 
2 Foreign countries 43,642 178,148 51,097 -54,699 -4,303 9,785 6,488 53,541 67,161 -26,876
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -8,440 44,926 -103,164 -12,362 -11,189 -23,687 -20,098 -4,604 -10,881 -20,343
 
4 Europe 58,189 -46,080 -998 -19,567 6,541 -44,570 13,071 34,380 38,582 -29,435
5 Belgium -11,848 -28,174 -36,352 -8,135 -11,183 -8,235 -2,349 -5,363 -651 -437
6 France 81,609 88,680 70,048 6,480 7,827 4,859 8,461 15,696 24,203 2,524
7 Germany -951 3,462 4,216 -2,050 759 1,114 317 -62 802 3,336
8 Ireland 6,756 -23,479 -3,804 1,029 -5,516 -591 812 -369 431 399
9 Luxembourg -60,384 -32,190 -12,008 -1,290 -3,915 -516 -5,377 254 2,139 -3,303
10 Netherlands -2,141 -6,555 -2,568 319 198 -649 -357 -547 -1,106 -427
11 Norway 1,707 -14,538 -98 346 876 -2,063 1,445 -578 -272 148
12 Sweden -1,790 -397 -1,504 -142 399 -603 -754 -998 -791 1,385
13 Switzerland -13,316 4,384 24,937 6,072 3,871 6,956 3,121 3,513 1,401 3
14 United Kingdom 63,546 -3,328 -25,709 -21,394 21,164 -41,567 12,992 20,880 14,723 -32,507
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man -997 602 -245 46 -351 -11 -89 -126 307 -21
16 Other Europe -4,002 -34,547 -17,911 -849 -7,587 -3,265 -5,152 2,080 -2,603 -536
17 Canada -2,391 4,174 22,303 3,612 -609 2,871 1,109 6,364 6,102 2,854
 
18 Latin America -8,196 29,676 1,868 -5,992 2,870 3,236 4,877 -1,376 -279 -1,468
19 Brazil -10,470 19,398 -5,398 -5,939 1,149 -118 2,068 -2,056 -3,291 2,789
20 Mexico -10,859 21,738 1,764 1,160 -500 61 3,137 291 1,123 -3,508
21 Venezuela -170 -220 -1,013 -905 -20 13 -74 2 408 -437
22 All other Latin America 13,303 -11,240 6,515 -308 2,241 3,280 -254 387 1,481 -312
 
23 Caribbean -116,297 -12,255 39,875 -18,492 -14,330 40,478 9,810 2,830 9,387 10,192
 
24 Asia 109,428 212,522 -15,862 -14,225 -484 8,605 -22,014 11,686 12,796 -12,226
25 China, Mainland 81,065 185,683 21,552 -1,398 6,724 12,834 -9,360 7,111 19,508 -13,867
26 Hong Kong -17,957 23,064 -17,680 -3,636 2,573 -5,553 -3,932 -3,262 537 -4,407
27 Japan 62,592 10,705 -20,620 -6,029 -8,336 6,712 -8,192 1,493 -12,727 6,459
28 Korea -2,880 -1,516 1,499 -2,561 -991 -1,281 -228 3,980 3,381 -801
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 6,407 14,032 7,531 -1,143 2,876 1,710 -537 -756 4,186 1,195
30 All other Asia -19,799 -19,446 -8,144 542 -3,330 -5,817 235 3,120 -2,089 -805
 
31 Africa -385 -7,034 1,238 -727 197 -1,075 89 -1,077 469 3,362
32 African oil exporters3 1,691 -507 -187 -304 21 -203 58 -12 40 213
 
33 Other countries 3,294 -2,855 2,673 692 1,512 240 -454 734 104 -155
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -2,764 -12,631 -3,287 -308 -1,851 -1,748 -47 -183 2,688 -1,838
  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: September 25, 2015