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Securities Holdings and Transactions

Current Release About Release Dates

Release Date: May 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 2015 2016 Jan.-Mar.2017 Sep.2016 Oct.2016 Nov.2016 Dec.2016 Jan.2017 Feb.2017 Mar.2017/p
1 Total Reported -20,302 -325,903 3,736 -74,329 -59,768 318 -22,503 -7,174 -13,475 24,385
 
2 Foreign countries -14,994 -311,948 2,905 -73,170 -60,659 329 -22,568 -6,972 -13,946 23,823
3 Of which: by foreign official institutions -225,861 -329,824 -64,745 -42,205 -46,439 -893 18,572 -44,857 -10,739 -9,149
 
4 Europe 82,555 41,475 -13,586 -32,971 -6,994 5,452 9,373 -38,446 20,626 4,234
5 Belgium -39,680 -11,856 -3,043 -532 -1,201 -543 -3,114 -1,370 -537 -1,137
6 France 98,010 67,383 11,342 7,952 998 3,560 768 -681 5,951 6,072
7 Germany 10,516 251 -4,766 -947 -1,739 1,949 -1,133 -2,905 -2,285 424
8 Ireland 6,449 519 -1,029 -1,702 1,522 -1,855 6,377 -7,160 7,069 -938
9 Luxembourg -30,257 -21,302 -12,225 1,509 -8,415 -373 -204 -9,080 -1,478 -1,667
10 Netherlands -5,955 -7,812 -1,030 -781 -466 -76 -1,032 -566 28 -491
11 Norway 1,702 -343 -861 -557 -110 -580 1,287 -1,518 1,251 -594
12 Sweden 2,581 -6,221 -1,404 -1,900 -850 -227 246 -992 -7 -405
13 Switzerland 25,541 3,779 -1,948 1,844 -1,407 -2,502 1,040 -3,639 1,307 384
14 United Kingdom 49,839 75,941 11,140 -22,172 12,948 11,692 3,986 -2,387 11,901 1,626
15 Channel Islands and Isle of Man 53 3,670 1,754 -889 -202 825 729 1,343 -18 429
16 Other Europe -36,244 -62,534 -11,516 -14,796 -8,071 -6,418 423 -9,492 -2,556 531
17 Canada 39,860 23,815 15,357 -625 -2,284 114 674 12,026 -1,678 5,009
 
18 Latin America -23,190 -25,590 -10,347 2,625 -12,295 9,645 4,808 -4,536 -489 -5,322
19 Brazil -12,895 -12,292 -2,644 464 -11,107 9,631 1,168 -3,878 -1,210 2,444
20 Mexico -16,397 -8,717 -6,016 3,096 -1,929 930 3,176 -393 420 -6,043
21 Venezuela -246 -459 -588 -7 -139 -149 233 87 -493 -182
22 All other Latin America 6,348 -4,122 -1,099 -928 880 -767 231 -352 794 -1,541
 
23 Caribbean 32,537 -75,618 139 590 -1,966 -8,204 -27,049 39,389 -23,206 -16,044
 
24 Asia -153,816 -268,884 11,488 -42,768 -38,493 -6,987 -11,388 -13,439 -8,354 33,281
25 China, Mainland -21,858 -155,203 -828 -13,927 -25,750 -2,907 -1,280 1,348 1,550 -3,726
26 Hong Kong -22,457 -24,836 -1,291 -913 -2,433 786 -1,155 -1,060 -5,651 5,420
27 Japan -97,098 -69,833 24,873 -17,852 -16,076 -6,666 -14,843 -4,448 -1,915 31,236
28 Korea 229 8,450 36 -331 358 1,252 186 2,294 -1,782 -476
29 Middle East Oil Exporters2 6,781 -15,209 -2,513 -2,405 -918 -2,665 997 -2,418 -383 288
30 All other Asia -19,413 -12,253 -8,789 -7,340 6,326 3,213 4,707 -9,155 -173 539
 
31 Africa 2,037 -7,395 -1,348 60 31 58 821 -2,385 -754 1,791
32 African oil exporters3 514 186 463 341 12 9 368 37 262 164
 
33 Other countries 5,023 249 1,202 -81 1,342 251 193 419 -91 874
 
 
34 International and regional organizations4 -5,308 -13,955 831 -1,159 891 -11 65 -202 471 562
  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: May 26, 2017