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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: May 2016

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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 2014 2015 Jan.-Mar.2016 Sep.2015 Oct.2015 Nov.2015 Dec.2015 Jan.2016 Feb.2016 Mar.2016/p
1 Total Reported 165,517 -20,302 -16,876 17,357 -55,153 38,372 -35,905 -50,409 9,905 23,628
 
2 Foreign countries 178,148 -14,994 -13,518 14,895 -53,808 37,246 -34,479 -49,564 11,841 24,205
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 44,926 -225,861 -122,905 -17,236 -17,125 892 -48,108 -57,190 -48,318 -17,397
 
4 Europe -46,080 82,555 72,184 36,568 10,754 20,408 16,712 7,270 50,703 14,211
5 Belgium -28,174 -39,680 -2,147 -243 -420 -1,373 -998 -656 -561 -930
6 France 88,680 98,010 25,902 7,611 5,944 9,748 1,405 6,247 20,278 -623
7 Germany 3,462 10,516 -899 896 5,078 2,562 -1,597 -1,700 708 94
8 Ireland -23,479 6,449 -496 2,557 518 -747 3,704 116 -4,694 4,082
9 Luxembourg -32,190 -30,257 7,252 -190 -3,930 -3,489 -1,154 8,995 -277 -1,466
10 Netherlands -6,555 -5,955 -342 -326 -503 -1,334 -916 409 -1,330 579
11 Norway -14,538 1,702 631 -623 2,288 -435 -756 178 -687 1,140
12 Sweden -397 2,581 -192 154 1,823 1,391 -82 68 -120 -140
13 Switzerland 4,384 25,541 -2,706 378 1,933 -2,606 1,337 -125 -2,724 143
14 United Kingdom -3,328 49,839 58,114 28,793 2,648 21,783 18,957 -4,116 46,936 15,294
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 602 53 -155 66 75 74 -56 -181 68 -42
16 Other Europe -34,547 -36,244 -12,778 -2,506 -4,699 -5,166 -3,133 -1,965 -6,894 -3,919
17 Canada 4,174 39,860 6,833 3,763 2,032 5,078 -473 828 5,110 895
 
18 Latin America 29,676 -23,190 -15,208 -2,906 -29 -9,399 -4,270 -8,474 -8,512 1,778
19 Brazil 19,398 -12,895 -11,086 -4,459 5,350 -2,814 -2,889 -1,538 -7,266 -2,282
20 Mexico 21,738 -16,397 -7,030 -274 -3,699 -5,081 -2,763 -4,863 -1,233 -934
21 Venezuela -220 -246 -435 292 -499 33 963 -1,049 3 611
22 All other Latin America -11,240 6,348 3,343 1,535 -1,181 -1,537 419 -1,024 -16 4,383
 
23 Caribbean -12,255 32,537 -6,273 -1,812 -39,306 6,536 10,387 16,281 -9,843 -12,711
 
24 Asia 212,522 -153,816 -69,249 -21,593 -28,685 14,245 -56,857 -62,941 -25,352 19,044
25 China, Mainland 185,683 -21,858 -47,316 -6,629 -14,660 29,717 -29,219 -37,202 -6,538 -3,576
26 Hong Kong 23,064 -22,457 -9,037 4,360 -2,043 -5,890 -754 -2,305 -8,995 2,263
27 Japan 10,705 -97,098 -2,108 -16,071 -14,413 -2,771 -25,573 -18,434 -1,982 18,308
28 Korea -1,516 229 91 -176 -368 132 228 -4,676 3,896 871
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 14,032 6,781 -6,522 573 1,563 -3,269 -338 -2,391 -2,863 -1,268
30 All other Asia -19,446 -19,413 -4,357 -3,650 1,236 -3,674 -1,201 2,067 -8,870 2,446
 
31 Africa -7,034 2,037 -1,810 603 -50 -387 243 -1,848 -574 612
32 African oil exporters3 -507 514 -540 486 -21 131 204 -766 310 -84
 
33 Other countries -2,855 5,023 5 272 1,476 765 -221 -680 309 376
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -12,631 -5,308 -3,358 2,462 -1,345 1,126 -1,426 -845 -1,936 -577
  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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