TABLE snetUS. Foreign Net Purchases of U.S. Long-Term Securities, Millions of Dollars as of: March 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 Total Treasury Agency Corp. Corp. Total Treasury Agency Corp. Corp. Total Treasury Agency Corp. Corp. US LT Bonds, Bonds, Bonds, Stocks, US LT Bonds, Bonds, Bonds, Stocks, US LT Bonds, Bonds, Bonds, Stocks, Sec,net net net net net Sec,net net net net net Sec,net net net net net ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Europe Austria -84 13 -20 -10 -67 67 -41 -6 -15 129 51 36 9 -14 20 Belgium -4,126 -3,654 1 -725 252 -1,095 -83 6 -997 -22 -1,748 -287 32 -1,539 46 Bulgaria 105 22 0 0 83 -6 -6 0 0 0 -11 -8 0 0 -3 Cyprus -39 -10 -0 -39 10 35 47 1 -9 -4 49 28 0 5 16 Czech Republic -72 -53 0 0 -19 183 89 0 50 44 58 0 0 0 58 Denmark -369 -452 44 101 -62 134 141 -7 -100 100 542 90 19 -20 453 Finland -98 -1 -12 -133 48 208 48 -10 -46 216 241 22 15 -31 235 France 27,792 23,077 -439 384 4,769 3,952 6,531 259 401 -3,238 9,260 5,869 -862 522 3,731 Germany 910 -852 146 -190 1,806 64 -377 10 454 -23 4,793 1,883 443 149 2,318 Greece 38 59 -3 -2 -16 -170 -164 0 -3 -3 35 65 0 -12 -18 Hungary 202 190 10 4 -2 -18 -17 0 3 -4 5 0 10 0 -5 Ireland 1,089 1,629 -219 -721 400 2,279 1,211 -24 -85 1,177 421 1,130 -1,490 234 547 Italy -368 -3 -19 -226 -120 -702 -128 -10 -286 -278 -372 -408 -82 -33 151 Kazakhstan -320 -318 0 -3 1 211 208 0 0 3 -8 -10 0 2 0 Luxembourg 1,349 1,160 392 -488 285 -258 -7,979 7,925 -626 422 -4,812 -7,716 2,451 485 -32 Monaco 187 -3 -1 5 186 -170 60 -6 15 -239 262 -155 0 47 370 Netherlands -656 -39 58 -62 -613 -458 -51 -77 -232 -98 1,035 636 -13 -400 812 Norway 1,062 -745 -12 1,076 743 23 163 2 9 -151 694 825 -4 23 -150 Poland 940 962 0 0 -22 -163 -85 0 -15 -63 2,303 2,193 100 0 10 Portugal -18 -49 -8 6 32 -9 -21 0 -3 15 141 36 0 -23 128 Romania -82 -80 0 0 -2 -7 0 -6 0 -1 63 64 0 0 -1 Russia 1,414 1,417 0 1 -4 -2,838 -2,828 0 0 -10 1,864 1,862 0 1 1 Serbia & Montenegro 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 45 45 0 0 0 Spain -649 -602 -12 -42 6 -941 -798 0 3 -146 -731 -927 4 14 178 Sweden 89 -502 0 -121 712 2,051 1,163 0 -57 945 -1,049 -1,281 -6 -36 274 Switzerland -5,489 -5,167 -70 611 -863 -3,454 -4,757 -250 90 1,463 1,278 -534 -53 509 1,356 Turkey 283 286 0 1 -4 -188 -194 0 1 5 4,460 4,472 0 1 -13 Ukraine -19 -18 0 -1 0 -52 -51 0 0 -1 -15 -17 0 0 2 United Kingdom -631 2,453 1,637 -5,521 800 16,521 3,723 1,714 5,305 5,779 4,902 -1,407 2,633 1,688 1,988 Channel Islands -564 173 -76 -70 -591 -217 -407 220 -31 1 -39 -220 3 29 149 All other Europe 16 -67 101 33 -51 149 -317 309 153 4 -69 -260 131 28 32 Total Europe 21,894 18,828 1,500 -6,132 7,698 15,133 -4,919 10,050 3,979 6,023 23,646 6,024 3,340 1,629 12,653 Memo: Euro Area 25,028 20,647 -130 -2,253 6,764 2,923 -1,856 8,067 -1,458 -1,830 8,233 263 499 -655 8,126 Memo: European Union 25,249 23,188 1,576 -7,777 8,262 21,630 3,152 9,778 3,725 4,975 15,064 -84 3,256 976 10,916 Canada 2,577 2,866 -860 1,358 -787 376 -1,142 167 1,342 9 1,054 -412 -481 1,381 566 Latin America Argentina 29 16 2 46 -35 -6 -33 0 32 -5 -10 12 2 -11 -13 Brazil 1,549 1,143 287 22 97 2,787 2,586 279 -41 -37 -561 86 -605 4 -46 Chile 181 114 -3 -31 101 -255 434 -126 -8 -555 1,074 268 -117 26 897 Colombia 155 346 -186 -583 578 -1,190 -913 -282 -145 150 -84 -41 189 -300 68 Costa Rica 68 80 0 0 -12 5 8 0 -3 0 -3 2 0 -4 -1 Ecuador -22 100 -113 -1 -8 88 -2 90 6 -6 224 3 318 56 -153 Guatemala 274 276 0 1 -3 -35 -37 0 -1 3 25 13 1 4 7 Mexico -6,242 -4,710 -1,801 -22 291 753 1,680 -1,372 314 131 5,118 3,662 1,425 -56 87 Panama 1,598 1,660 -42 72 -92 465 368 94 18 -15 1,132 880 53 82 117 Peru 177 256 -25 38 -92 462 132 276 -10 64 1,208 866 606 -41 -223 Uruguay 9 22 1 21 -35 -84 -75 3 26 -38 -200 -204 0 -4 8 Venezuela 43 -7 3 39 8 85 10 -6 43 38 166 54 -9 71 50 All other Latin America 39 67 -20 -4 -4 41 55 -14 5 -5 -84 -91 -24 41 -10 Total Latin America -2,142 -637 -1,897 -402 794 3,116 4,213 -1,058 236 -275 8,005 5,510 1,839 -132 788 Caribbean Anguilla -1,628 -247 -60 -47 -1,274 592 -608 85 9 1,106 -906 -838 10 20 -98 Bahamas 1,171 700 -30 64 437 -745 -524 23 48 -292 -2,116 -1,991 33 -9 -149 Barbados 132 -32 37 126 1 6 3 -19 18 4 87 12 80 7 -12 Bermuda -1,335 -746 -317 -365 93 -205 -597 802 215 -625 -1,493 -797 -317 -413 34 British Virgin Islands -3,950 0 -78 -81 -3,791 -2,928 406 0 -173 -3,161 -3,159 -2,132 50 231 -1,308 Cayman Islands 10,063 1,040 3,762 210 5,051 8,011 11,866 -1,935 1,866 -3,786 -28,582 -22,174 -2,494 -452 -3,462 Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jamaica 4 0 2 -2 4 3 0 -2 3 2 -7 0 -8 1 0 Netherlands Antilles -679 -586 47 2 -142 -353 -52 41 -40 -302 -2,571 -2,383 23 -36 -175 Trinidad & Tobago -33 11 -18 -28 2 -7 9 2 -40 22 39 26 7 4 2 All other Caribbean -62 27 -2 -36 -51 -27 -15 2 23 -37 86 30 17 25 14 Total Caribbean 3,683 167 3,343 -157 330 4,347 10,488 -1,001 1,929 -7,069 -38,622 -30,247 -2,599 -622 -5,154 Asia China, Mainland 6,086 -1,504 5,719 977 894 10,470 10,691 -1,830 868 741 49,731 44,480 3,968 1,402 -119 Hong Kong 258 -1,428 198 517 971 947 -429 -665 232 1,809 -702 -528 -180 119 -113 India -494 -402 -1 0 -91 -1,917 -1,838 -20 9 -68 -914 -833 -20 1 -62 Indonesia 323 130 105 15 73 -1,027 -728 -331 36 -4 -387 -330 -63 0 6 Israel -6 -28 -83 35 70 -302 -422 7 19 94 -827 -1,182 123 13 219 Japan -12,573 278 -3,835 -2,157 -6,859 -19,795 -7,588 -8,509 -351 -3,347 -4,844 4,472 -4,290 191 -5,217 Korea, South 242 -152 732 -397 59 1,191 -680 1,181 298 392 -319 -663 43 228 73 Lebanon -15 -5 0 1 -11 10 -4 0 0 14 24 50 0 0 -26 Malaysia 430 -9 515 0 -76 -197 -490 375 7 -89 -292 15 -234 37 -110 Pakistan -6 0 0 0 -6 -6 -2 0 2 -6 0 0 0 0 0 Philippines 587 608 -4 -16 -1 153 187 -1 -20 -13 1,441 1,458 0 19 -36 Singapore -1,563 -5,968 106 622 3,677 -203 622 35 256 -1,116 -1,332 -1,459 -24 254 -103 Syria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taiwan 2,086 -951 2,777 379 -119 -1,500 -4,627 2,892 387 -152 4,475 1,075 2,783 945 -328 Thailand -2,692 -2,623 -47 11 -33 -1,443 -1,258 -130 0 -55 59 93 -5 -21 -8 Asian oil exporters 985 -229 1,324 -128 18 2,021 176 296 79 1,470 4,594 2,213 227 39 2,115 All other Asia 331 294 17 -9 29 301 -26 371 72 -116 330 256 124 0 -50 Total Asia -6,021 -11,989 7,523 -150 -1,405 -11,297 -6,416 -6,329 1,894 -446 51,037 49,117 2,452 3,227 -3,759 Africa Egypt -2 5 -3 1 -5 0 3 -3 0 0 -12 -11 0 0 -1 Liberia -11 -11 0 -5 5 -2 1 0 4 -7 -28 -2 0 -7 -19 Morocco 4 4 0 1 -1 -75 -88 12 1 0 1 -3 4 1 -1 South Africa -262 -301 -6 -15 60 -24 -109 46 -1 40 289 326 -31 -38 32 African oil exporters 95 106 0 -14 3 -26 -24 0 -1 -1 202 201 1 -1 1 All other Africa 40 40 -13 -11 24 11 29 -3 -14 -1 -84 -50 0 -4 -30 Total Africa -136 -157 -22 -43 86 -116 -188 52 -11 31 368 461 -26 -49 -18 Other Countries Australia -663 -103 12 -768 196 -574 -316 2 84 -344 375 -397 -59 318 513 New Zealand -50 -41 15 2 -26 -63 -98 -2 1 36 84 9 -5 -10 90 All Other 1 0 4 6 -9 -7 -4 6 1 -10 20 -12 -1 0 33 Total Other -712 -144 31 -760 161 -644 -418 6 86 -318 479 -400 -65 308 636 All Countries 19,143 8,934 9,618 -6,286 6,877 10,915 1,618 1,887 9,455 -2,045 45,967 30,053 4,460 5,742 5,712 International Orgs. International -3,743 -3,628 -79 50 -86 1,127 935 16 145 31 2,415 2,408 48 -10 -31 Total Regional Orgs. -88 -17 -81 10 0 122 61 72 -10 -1 -113 -159 79 -33 0 Total IROs -3,831 -3,645 -160 60 -86 1,249 996 88 135 30 2,302 2,249 127 -43 -31 Grand Total 15,312 5,289 9,458 -6,226 6,791 12,164 2,614 1,975 9,590 -2,015 48,269 32,302 4,587 5,699 5,681 of which: net purchases of asset-backed securities 12,599 n.a. 11,947 652 n.a. 1,188 n.a. -40 1,228 n.a. 3,872 n.a. 4,558 -686 n.a. Adjustments for nonmarketable Treasuries, ABS repayments, and stock swaps -18,380 12 -16,289 -2,103 0 -19,469 10 -17,710 -1,769 0 -21,675 11 -19,110 -2,576 0 Adjusted Total -3,068 5,301 -6,831 -8,329 6,791 -7,305 2,624 -15,735 7,821 -2,015 26,594 32,313 -14,523 3,123 5,681 Memo: Foreign Official Institutions -1,973 -16,804 9,671 1,965 3,195 -9,561 -6,687 -4,569 1,020 675 54,023 53,139 -3,519 3,063 1,340 Definitions: Euro area: As of January 2011, includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. European Union: As of January 2007, includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Asian oil exporters: Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (Trucial States). African oil exporters: Includes Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.