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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: August 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.-Jun.2016 Dec.2015 Jan.2016 Feb.2016 Mar.2016 Apr.2016 May.2016 Jun.2016/p
1 Total Reported 165,517 -20,302 -142,674 -35,905 -50,409 9,905 23,628 -74,582 -18,295 -32,921
 
2 Foreign countries 178,148 -14,994 -131,328 -34,479 -49,564 11,841 24,205 -71,342 -15,288 -31,180
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 44,926 -225,861 -192,132 -48,108 -57,190 -48,318 -17,397 -12,276 -23,420 -33,531
 
4 Europe -46,080 82,555 80,513 16,712 7,270 50,703 14,211 -15,710 23,090 949
5 Belgium -28,174 -39,680 -5,150 -998 -656 -561 -930 -703 -1,666 -634
6 France 88,680 98,010 34,831 1,405 6,247 20,278 -623 3,495 9,570 -4,136
7 Germany 3,462 10,516 694 -1,597 -1,700 708 94 1,136 1,791 -1,334
8 Ireland -23,479 6,449 -1,776 3,704 116 -4,694 4,082 1,191 -2,163 -308
9 Luxembourg -32,190 -30,257 -4,211 -1,154 8,995 -277 -1,466 -5,365 -6,334 236
10 Netherlands -6,555 -5,955 -3,310 -916 409 -1,330 579 -658 -1,449 -861
11 Norway -14,538 1,702 159 -756 178 -687 1,140 155 -1,394 767
12 Sweden -397 2,581 -1,341 -82 68 -120 -140 -426 -565 -158
13 Switzerland 4,384 25,541 3,405 1,337 -125 -2,724 143 2,217 -61 3,955
14 United Kingdom -3,328 49,839 76,019 18,957 -4,116 46,936 15,294 -13,724 26,501 5,128
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 602 53 401 -56 -181 68 -42 395 15 146
16 Other Europe -34,547 -36,244 -19,208 -3,133 -1,965 -6,894 -3,919 -3,423 -1,155 -1,852
17 Canada 4,174 39,860 12,395 -473 828 5,110 895 2,530 -110 3,142
 
18 Latin America 29,676 -23,190 -32,602 -4,270 -8,474 -8,512 1,778 -8,555 -3,992 -4,847
19 Brazil 19,398 -12,895 -16,793 -2,889 -1,538 -7,266 -2,282 -1,659 -1,572 -2,476
20 Mexico 21,738 -16,397 -14,799 -2,763 -4,863 -1,233 -934 -6,652 -2,082 965
21 Venezuela -220 -246 -512 963 -1,049 3 611 -1,144 117 950
22 All other Latin America -11,240 6,348 -498 419 -1,024 -16 4,383 900 -455 -4,286
 
23 Caribbean -12,255 32,537 -50,863 10,387 16,281 -9,843 -12,711 -44,006 -28,171 27,587
 
24 Asia 212,522 -153,816 -134,295 -56,857 -62,941 -25,352 19,044 -3,438 -4,959 -56,649
25 China, Mainland 185,683 -21,858 -73,425 -29,219 -37,202 -6,538 -3,576 -2,432 4,358 -28,035
26 Hong Kong 23,064 -22,457 -25,975 -754 -2,305 -8,995 2,263 -2,097 -4,063 -10,778
27 Japan 10,705 -97,098 -11,216 -25,573 -18,434 -1,982 18,308 -1,742 5,819 -13,185
28 Korea -1,516 229 3,979 228 -4,676 3,896 871 -1,297 2,044 3,141
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 14,032 6,781 -11,764 -338 -2,391 -2,863 -1,268 284 -3,697 -1,829
30 All other Asia -19,446 -19,413 -15,894 -1,201 2,067 -8,870 2,446 3,846 -9,420 -5,963
 
31 Africa -7,034 2,037 -4,247 243 -1,848 -574 612 -697 -596 -1,144
32 African oil exporters3 -507 514 -551 204 -766 310 -84 -3 33 -41
 
33 Other countries -2,855 5,023 -2,229 -221 -680 309 376 -1,466 -550 -218
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -12,631 -5,308 -11,346 -1,426 -845 -1,936 -577 -3,240 -3,007 -1,741
  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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