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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: October 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.-Aug.2016 Feb.2016 Mar.2016 Apr.2016 May.2016 Jun.2016 Jul.2016 Aug.2016/p
1 Total Reported 165,517 -20,302 -180,558 9,905 23,628 -74,582 -18,295 -32,921 -13,100 -24,784
 
2 Foreign countries 178,148 -14,994 -166,864 11,841 24,205 -71,342 -15,288 -31,180 -11,656 -23,880
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 44,926 -225,861 -264,849 -48,318 -17,397 -12,276 -23,420 -33,531 -28,555 -44,162
 
4 Europe -46,080 82,555 63,979 50,703 14,211 -15,710 23,090 949 879 -17,413
5 Belgium -28,174 -39,680 -6,495 -561 -930 -703 -1,666 -634 -498 -847
6 France 88,680 98,010 54,032 20,278 -623 3,495 9,570 -4,136 5,961 13,239
7 Germany 3,462 10,516 1,990 708 94 1,136 1,791 -1,334 683 613
8 Ireland -23,479 6,449 -4,138 -4,694 4,082 1,191 -2,163 -308 2,240 -4,602
9 Luxembourg -32,190 -30,257 -14,086 -277 -1,466 -5,365 -6,334 236 -5,857 -4,017
10 Netherlands -6,555 -5,955 -5,384 -1,330 579 -658 -1,449 -861 -1,516 -558
11 Norway -14,538 1,702 -138 -687 1,140 155 -1,394 767 818 -1,115
12 Sweden -397 2,581 -3,484 -120 -140 -426 -565 -158 -281 -1,862
13 Switzerland 4,384 25,541 4,509 -2,724 143 2,217 -61 3,955 2,369 -1,265
14 United Kingdom -3,328 49,839 67,632 46,936 15,294 -13,724 26,501 5,128 -75 -8,312
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 602 53 3,195 68 -42 395 15 146 2,694 100
16 Other Europe -34,547 -36,244 -33,654 -6,894 -3,919 -3,423 -1,155 -1,852 -5,659 -8,787
17 Canada 4,174 39,860 25,266 5,110 895 2,530 -110 3,142 3,257 9,614
 
18 Latin America 29,676 -23,190 -30,114 -8,512 1,778 -8,555 -3,992 -4,847 3,158 -670
19 Brazil 19,398 -12,895 -12,451 -7,266 -2,282 -1,659 -1,572 -2,476 3,982 360
20 Mexico 21,738 -16,397 -14,063 -1,233 -934 -6,652 -2,082 965 -429 1,165
21 Venezuela -220 -246 -501 3 611 -1,144 117 950 8 3
22 All other Latin America -11,240 6,348 -3,099 -16 4,383 900 -455 -4,286 -403 -2,198
 
23 Caribbean -12,255 32,537 -38,039 -9,843 -12,711 -44,006 -28,171 27,587 -278 13,102
 
24 Asia 212,522 -153,816 -177,699 -25,352 19,044 -3,438 -4,959 -56,649 -15,602 -27,802
25 China, Mainland 185,683 -21,858 -113,816 -6,538 -3,576 -2,432 4,358 -28,035 -21,233 -19,158
26 Hong Kong 23,064 -22,457 -23,482 -8,995 2,263 -2,097 -4,063 -10,778 23 2,470
27 Japan 10,705 -97,098 -16,893 -1,982 18,308 -1,742 5,819 -13,185 3,582 -9,259
28 Korea -1,516 229 6,964 3,896 871 -1,297 2,044 3,141 1,668 1,317
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 14,032 6,781 -10,229 -2,863 -1,268 284 -3,697 -1,829 1,034 501
30 All other Asia -19,446 -19,413 -20,243 -8,870 2,446 3,846 -9,420 -5,963 -676 -3,673
 
31 Africa -7,034 2,037 -8,378 -574 612 -697 -596 -1,144 -2,731 -1,400
32 African oil exporters3 -507 514 -544 310 -84 -3 33 -41 79 -72
 
33 Other countries -2,855 5,023 -1,879 309 376 -1,466 -550 -218 -339 689
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -12,631 -5,308 -13,694 -1,936 -577 -3,240 -3,007 -1,741 -1,444 -904
  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: October 28, 2016