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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: February 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.-Dec.2016 Jun.2016 Jul.2016 Aug.2016 Sep.2016 Oct.2016 Nov.2016 Dec.2016/p
1 Total Reported 165,517 -20,302 -342,758 -32,921 -13,100 -24,784 -76,586 -63,537 -205 -21,872
 
2 Foreign countries 178,148 -14,994 -328,899 -31,180 -11,656 -23,880 -75,476 -64,428 -194 -21,937
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions 44,926 -225,861 -338,028 -33,531 -28,555 -44,162 -45,555 -45,257 -936 18,569
 
4 Europe -46,080 82,555 37,838 949 879 -17,413 -33,760 -7,822 5,846 9,595
5 Belgium -28,174 -39,680 -11,882 -634 -498 -847 -528 -1,201 -543 -3,114
6 France 88,680 98,010 67,215 -4,136 5,961 13,239 7,930 928 3,560 765
7 Germany 3,462 10,516 153 -1,334 683 613 -842 -1,818 1,955 -1,133
8 Ireland -23,479 6,449 1,279 -308 2,240 -4,602 -1,083 1,761 -1,857 6,597
9 Luxembourg -32,190 -30,257 -21,920 236 -5,857 -4,017 1,505 -8,815 -333 -191
10 Netherlands -6,555 -5,955 -7,740 -861 -1,516 -558 -787 -467 -69 -1,034
11 Norway -14,538 1,702 -393 767 818 -1,115 -698 -264 -580 1,287
12 Sweden -397 2,581 -6,305 -158 -281 -1,862 -1,988 -852 -227 246
13 Switzerland 4,384 25,541 3,485 3,955 2,369 -1,265 1,844 -1,403 -2,505 1,040
14 United Kingdom -3,328 49,839 73,090 5,128 -75 -8,312 -23,138 12,581 12,035 3,980
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 602 53 3,662 146 2,694 100 -885 -202 825 729
16 Other Europe -34,547 -36,244 -62,807 -1,852 -5,659 -8,787 -15,091 -8,069 -6,415 423
17 Canada 4,174 39,860 22,999 3,142 3,257 9,614 -1,052 -2,064 204 645
 
18 Latin America 29,676 -23,190 -25,622 -4,847 3,158 -670 2,192 -12,165 9,642 4,823
19 Brazil 19,398 -12,895 -12,279 -2,476 3,982 360 480 -11,107 9,631 1,168
20 Mexico 21,738 -16,397 -9,048 965 -429 1,165 2,824 -1,915 930 3,176
21 Venezuela -220 -246 -563 950 8 3 -7 -139 -149 233
22 All other Latin America -11,240 6,348 -3,732 -4,286 -403 -2,198 -1,105 996 -770 246
 
23 Caribbean -12,255 32,537 -78,115 27,587 -278 13,102 2,552 -6,245 -9,253 -27,130
 
24 Asia 212,522 -153,816 -278,460 -56,649 -15,602 -27,802 -45,435 -37,496 -6,931 -10,899
25 China, Mainland 185,683 -21,858 -158,660 -28,035 -21,233 -19,158 -14,916 -25,740 -2,908 -1,280
26 Hong Kong 23,064 -22,457 -26,652 -10,778 23 2,470 -1,358 -1,432 786 -1,166
27 Japan 10,705 -97,098 -72,710 -13,185 3,582 -9,259 -18,697 -16,106 -6,652 -14,362
28 Korea -1,516 229 8,436 3,141 1,668 1,317 -358 364 1,261 205
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 14,032 6,781 -15,199 -1,829 1,034 501 -2,399 -917 -2,651 997
30 All other Asia -19,446 -19,413 -13,675 -5,963 -676 -3,673 -7,707 6,335 3,233 4,707
 
31 Africa -7,034 2,037 -7,391 -1,144 -2,731 -1,400 62 42 47 836
32 African oil exporters3 -507 514 173 -41 79 -72 341 12 -4 368
 
33 Other countries -2,855 5,023 -148 -218 -339 689 -35 1,322 251 193
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -12,631 -5,308 -13,859 -1,741 -1,444 -904 -1,110 891 -11 65
  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: February 24, 2017