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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: January 2017

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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.-Nov.2016 May.2016 Jun.2016 Jul.2016 Aug.2016 Sep.2016 Oct.2016 Nov.2016/p
1 Total Reported 165,517 -20,302 -320,886 -18,295 -32,921 -13,100 -24,784 -76,586 -63,537 -205
 
2 Foreign countries 178,148 -14,994 -306,962 -15,288 -31,180 -11,656 -23,880 -75,476 -64,428 -194
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 44,926 -225,861 -356,597 -23,420 -33,531 -28,555 -44,162 -45,555 -45,257 -936
 
4 Europe -46,080 82,555 28,243 23,090 949 879 -17,413 -33,760 -7,822 5,846
5 Belgium -28,174 -39,680 -8,767 -1,666 -634 -498 -847 -528 -1,201 -543
6 France 88,680 98,010 66,450 9,570 -4,136 5,961 13,239 7,930 928 3,560
7 Germany 3,462 10,516 1,286 1,791 -1,334 683 613 -842 -1,818 1,955
8 Ireland -23,479 6,449 -5,318 -2,163 -308 2,240 -4,602 -1,083 1,761 -1,857
9 Luxembourg -32,190 -30,257 -21,729 -6,334 236 -5,857 -4,017 1,505 -8,815 -333
10 Netherlands -6,555 -5,955 -6,707 -1,449 -861 -1,516 -558 -787 -467 -69
11 Norway -14,538 1,702 -1,680 -1,394 767 818 -1,115 -698 -264 -580
12 Sweden -397 2,581 -6,551 -565 -158 -281 -1,862 -1,988 -852 -227
13 Switzerland 4,384 25,541 2,445 -61 3,955 2,369 -1,265 1,844 -1,403 -2,505
14 United Kingdom -3,328 49,839 69,110 26,501 5,128 -75 -8,312 -23,138 12,581 12,035
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 602 53 2,933 15 146 2,694 100 -885 -202 825
16 Other Europe -34,547 -36,244 -63,229 -1,155 -1,852 -5,659 -8,787 -15,091 -8,069 -6,415
17 Canada 4,174 39,860 22,354 -110 3,142 3,257 9,614 -1,052 -2,064 204
 
18 Latin America 29,676 -23,190 -30,445 -3,992 -4,847 3,158 -670 2,192 -12,165 9,642
19 Brazil 19,398 -12,895 -13,447 -1,572 -2,476 3,982 360 480 -11,107 9,631
20 Mexico 21,738 -16,397 -12,224 -2,082 965 -429 1,165 2,824 -1,915 930
21 Venezuela -220 -246 -796 117 950 8 3 -7 -139 -149
22 All other Latin America -11,240 6,348 -3,978 -455 -4,286 -403 -2,198 -1,105 996 -770
 
23 Caribbean -12,255 32,537 -50,985 -28,171 27,587 -278 13,102 2,552 -6,245 -9,253
 
24 Asia 212,522 -153,816 -267,561 -4,959 -56,649 -15,602 -27,802 -45,435 -37,496 -6,931
25 China, Mainland 185,683 -21,858 -157,380 4,358 -28,035 -21,233 -19,158 -14,916 -25,740 -2,908
26 Hong Kong 23,064 -22,457 -25,486 -4,063 -10,778 23 2,470 -1,358 -1,432 786
27 Japan 10,705 -97,098 -58,348 5,819 -13,185 3,582 -9,259 -18,697 -16,106 -6,652
28 Korea -1,516 229 8,231 2,044 3,141 1,668 1,317 -358 364 1,261
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 14,032 6,781 -16,196 -3,697 -1,829 1,034 501 -2,399 -917 -2,651
30 All other Asia -19,446 -19,413 -18,382 -9,420 -5,963 -676 -3,673 -7,707 6,335 3,233
 
31 Africa -7,034 2,037 -8,227 -596 -1,144 -2,731 -1,400 62 42 47
32 African oil exporters3 -507 514 -195 33 -41 79 -72 341 12 -4
 
33 Other countries -2,855 5,023 -341 -550 -218 -339 689 -35 1,322 251
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -12,631 -5,308 -13,924 -3,007 -1,741 -1,444 -904 -1,110 891 -11
  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 27, 2017