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TABLE snetUS. Foreign Net Purchases of U.S. Long-Term Securities, Millions of Dollars as of: July 2008


July 2008 June 2008 May 2008

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
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Europe
Austria -132 35 -26 -67 -74 -100 7 -14 -8 -85 61 -107 2 22 144
Belgium -286 -146 52 -130 -62 -2,009 -120 -58 -1,430 -401 -1,037 -289 -130 -926 308
Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 -2 -2 0 0 0 -2
Cyprus -37 -2 -0 0 -35 36 20 1 -6 21 40 37 0 4 -1
Czech Republic -41 -39 -29 0 27 114 65 -10 0 59 -156 -169 -1 0 14
Denmark -327 -197 -73 -44 -13 -1,044 297 -1,047 -390 96 573 69 -10 61 453
Finland -73 -150 64 2 11 275 266 -8 6 11 -29 43 -4 -23 -45
France 3,013 1,377 -1,817 -353 3,806 1,314 1,038 1,995 -8 -1,711 -4,345 -6,315 -677 210 2,437
Germany 404 -74 726 -120 -128 -851 -3,945 -1,273 6,549 -2,182 -6,144 1,675 343 289 -8,451
Greece -15 -0 2 0 -16 75 77 -10 0 8 -101 -46 25 15 -95
Hungary 0 -41 4 -6 43 22 10 6 -7 13 96 60 6 0 30
Ireland -4,862 -1,677 -835 -2,532 182 -3,134 -1,784 53 -1,041 -362 -4,633 -5,216 -605 444 744
Italy -406 -283 -65 -38 -21 -323 -23 -370 83 -13 -710 -494 -397 125 56
Kazakhstan 40 -63 100 1 2 160 56 0 106 -2 703 488 200 -3 18
Luxembourg -4,629 374 -3,427 -649 -927 -5,855 -139 -3,945 -1,702 -69 -6,266 -225 -4,615 -1,366 -60
Monaco 57 -1 -1 15 44 -164 35 1 0 -200 125 -2 0 26 101
Netherlands -1,300 -210 -125 -106 -859 -1,052 -607 88 -9 -523 799 411 110 681 -403
Norway -1,121 -1,476 77 42 236 -3,078 -3,636 -431 121 868 1,876 1,754 -806 99 829
Poland 509 588 -68 -4 -7 1,480 1,139 349 0 -8 33 -164 185 2 10
Portugal 23 20 31 2 -29 20 64 -5 -8 -31 271 107 78 13 73
Romania 64 68 -3 0 -1 -195 83 -286 9 -1 755 831 -77 0 1
Russia 2,682 3,119 -448 15 -4 2,719 1,272 1,351 102 -6 2,022 1,809 211 0 2
Serbia & Montenegro 78 87 -9 0 0 58 57 0 0 1 -1 0 0 0 -1
Spain -2,834 -2,547 -230 -24 -33 -787 -721 -22 -57 13 -382 -583 -1 -212 414
Sweden -326 -54 -898 -401 1,027 264 -812 357 32 687 2,396 72 87 -399 2,636
Switzerland -1,247 -714 -158 -62 -313 3,694 2,403 407 -264 1,148 599 -725 -158 678 804
Turkey 57 -101 165 -8 1 -344 -757 418 -1 -4 -410 -408 -1 6 -7
Ukraine 39 155 -116 -1 1 -75 -131 0 57 -1 529 704 -173 0 -2
United Kingdom 10,352 9,230 -1,517 49 2,590 16,444 9,790 6,713 -3,132 3,073 67,572 24,047 18,424 21,155 3,946
Channel Islands -138 198 -67 -84 -185 -1,710 -166 -20 -1,748 224 -4,814 -33 -70 -4,757 46
All other Europe 2 12 -10 -65 65 19 128 -49 1 -61 -174 -172 -53 5 46
Total Europe -454 7,487 -8,701 -4,568 5,328 5,971 3,966 4,190 -2,745 560 49,247 17,160 11,893 16,149 4,045
Memo: Euro Area -11,082 -3,284 -5,610 -4,045 1,857 -12,388 -5,868 -3,569 2,371 -5,322 -22,426 -11,001 -5,867 -713 -4,845
Memo: European Union -943 6,246 -8,264 -4,454 5,529 4,798 4,851 2,479 -1,122 -1,410 48,774 13,745 12,684 20,105 2,240

Canada -2,151 69 -539 17 -1,698 -145 -2,571 208 1,130 1,088 10,394 4,727 2,585 1,511 1,571
Latin America
Argentina 152 64 -6 31 63 175 3 6 26 140 281 54 0 43 184
Brazil -3,454 -2,751 -916 11 202 825 1,166 -595 -54 308 956 819 52 24 61
Chile 1,110 1,136 -327 -71 372 933 661 155 29 88 958 875 69 -16 30
Colombia -101 -237 106 38 -8 -50 -257 58 72 77 681 208 321 89 63
Costa Rica 126 118 0 3 5 18 7 -3 8 6 -104 -86 -37 5 14
Ecuador 37 33 2 -3 5 -80 -1 -92 3 10 -19 8 -31 -1 5
Guatemala 2 0 2 2 -2 94 82 3 6 3 5 1 0 3 1
Mexico -5,947 -4,350 -1,783 -22 208 1,746 2,541 116 -660 -251 2,003 1,401 933 19 -350
Panama -17 44 -42 -36 17 115 -85 77 44 79 271 61 44 2 164
Peru 125 97 -24 -9 61 253 279 -23 17 -20 354 256 43 10 45
Uruguay -6 95 -148 20 27 565 446 45 31 43 147 -37 11 68 105
Venezuela -151 -187 7 6 23 -71 -16 10 -11 -54 191 119 9 2 61
All other L America 352 17 329 9 -3 -279 -260 -46 19 8 83 4 54 14 11
Total Latin America -7,772 -5,921 -2,800 -21 970 4,244 4,566 -289 -470 437 5,807 3,683 1,468 262 394
Caribbean
Anguilla -1,376 -57 0 -26 -1,293 477 -26 -2 -29 534 1,445 483 400 1 561
Bahamas -2,471 -3,076 103 -111 613 10,042 11,201 -32 -659 -468 -3,815 -2,778 111 242 -1,390
Barbados -48 35 -157 7 67 -159 -29 -127 -31 28 446 -6 339 102 11
Bermuda -8,031 746 -8,533 -1,267 1,023 -10,208 951 -7,144 -298 -3,717 -3,004 2,928 -6,035 1,567 -1,464
British Virgin Islands -3,617 -386 98 483 -3,812 560 548 226 -344 130 1,032 -146 -78 323 933
Cayman Islands -4,765 9,696 -12,625 -2,325 489 19,164 4,838 18,952 -1,353 -3,273 9,822 -11,558 -4,404 20,694 5,090
Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jamaica -7 -10 3 4 -4 -15 -35 11 5 4 -9 4 -16 0 3
Netherlands Antilles -4,917 -3,080 91 -20 -1,908 265 3,298 6 -27 -3,012 -3,116 -2,196 26 178 -1,124
Trinidad & Tobago 28 13 4 10 1 41 14 15 15 -3 43 1 26 16 0
All other Caribbean -26 29 -51 15 -19 155 118 -21 45 13 -24 -28 5 18 -19
Total Caribbean -25,230 3,910 -21,067 -3,230 -4,843 20,322 20,878 11,884 -2,676 -9,764 2,820 -13,296 -9,626 23,141 2,601
Asia
China, Mainland 11,129 13,665 -3,367 1,567 -736 12,943 -302 9,641 3,817 -213 35,919 11,692 14,859 9,238 130
Hong Kong 1,231 -485 1,187 656 -127 7,013 -915 4,567 640 2,721 13,573 -92 4,353 1,642 7,670
India 103 123 -1 2 -21 365 367 30 4 -36 -361 -307 -4 -5 -45
Indonesia -833 -761 -72 0 0 -244 -248 -1 2 3 140 124 6 1 9
Israel 341 628 -116 7 -178 -2,186 -2,272 133 -25 -22 -644 -1,009 51 179 135
Japan 10,937 11,962 -5,518 3,573 920 9,755 4,520 770 3,648 817 -4,351 -13,432 4,474 4,640 -33
Korea, South -5,791 -1,111 -3,554 -1,389 263 -1,637 -1,901 410 -161 15 171 -1,735 995 886 25
Lebanon 16 -4 0 -3 23 4 0 0 -8 12 -5 -12 0 0 7
Malaysia -177 78 -216 -47 8 226 -233 344 96 19 -736 -123 -607 -19 13
Pakistan -235 0 -231 -3 -1 -147 0 -148 -1 2 -225 -15 -209 -1 0
Philippines -110 -110 -3 10 -7 -23 8 -20 -22 11 -1,120 -907 -204 -7 -2
Singapore -4,616 1,074 -203 -312 -5,175 858 35 221 -61 663 -3,722 -2,550 313 375 -1,860
Syria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taiwan 1,346 1,319 -314 306 35 899 946 -236 205 -16 -3,009 -2,701 -628 210 110
Thailand 104 98 0 6 0 -966 -1,156 103 89 -2 -300 -418 113 2 3
Asian oil exporters -1,595 803 -3,371 786 187 2,435 1,697 -480 1,258 -40 616 817 -1,344 654 489
All other Asia 170 167 -2 4 1 116 -79 185 5 5 -45 6 7 -63 5
Total Asia 12,020 27,446 -15,781 5,163 -4,808 29,411 467 15,519 9,486 3,939 35,901 -10,662 22,175 17,732 6,656
Africa
Egypt 721 1,133 -418 1 5 -738 -563 -169 -4 -2 122 164 -40 0 -2
Liberia -474 1 2 -29 -448 5 0 1 10 -6 -61 0 2 -24 -39
Morocco 6 -8 16 -1 -1 -3 -2 0 -1 0 11 0 10 0 1
South Africa -227 -273 0 -6 52 -148 -283 -6 -3 144 -790 -803 0 2 11
African oil exporters 422 865 0 0 -443 3,080 1,745 3 1 1,331 5,299 5,297 0 0 2
All other Africa 14 18 -12 -13 21 86 91 -10 1 4 -15 4 -16 2 -5
Total Africa 462 1,736 -412 -48 -814 2,282 988 -181 4 1,471 4,566 4,662 -44 -20 -32
Other Countries
Australia -2,113 -109 -611 -1,463 70 237 -279 76 25 415 1,049 -464 -145 976 682
New Zealand 50 39 7 -6 10 12 -7 16 -16 19 -44 -86 -23 11 54
All Other 20 1 16 0 3 -11 -16 -8 -1 14 2 2 -8 3 5
Total Other -2,043 -69 -588 -1,469 83 238 -302 84 8 448 1,007 -548 -176 990 741
All Countries -25,168 34,658 -49,888 -4,156 -5,782 62,323 27,992 31,415 4,737 -1,821 109,742 5,726 28,275 59,765 15,976
International Orgs.
International -39 -86 42 1 4 344 184 92 63 5 -47 -108 -28 87 2
Total Regional Orgs -392 -282 -100 -11 1 -10 150 -43 -115 -2 -45 55 -92 -10 2
Total IROs -431 -368 -58 -10 5 334 334 49 -52 3 -92 -53 -120 77 4

Grand Total -25,599 34,290 -49,946 -4,166 -5,777 62,657 28,326 31,464 4,685 -1,818 109,650 5,673 28,155 59,842 15,980

Adjustments for
nonmarketable Treasuries,
ABS repayments,
and stock swaps -14,324 8 -7,721 -6,817 206 -16,848 7 -10,079 -6,776 0 -22,619 8 -9,742 -12,885 0
Adjusted Total -39,923 34,298 -57,667 -10,983 -5,571 45,809 28,333 21,385 -2,091 -1,818 87,031 5,681 18,413 46,957 15,980

Memo:
Foreign Official Institutions -8,116 10,076 -19,433 172 1,069 10,611 1,112 4,870 4,102 527 12,315 -3,716 6,907 9,088 36

Definitions:
Euro area: Includes Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain.
For data as of January 2008, also includes Cyprus, Malta, and Slovenia.

European Union: As of May 2004, the European Union includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Data available as of June 2006. As of January 2007, the European Union also includes Bulgaria and Romania.

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.

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