8-Jan-09 13:03:34 TABLE snetUS. Foreign Net Purchases of U.S. Long-Term Securities, Millions of Dollars as of: November 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 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 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Europe Austria 170 210 -48 -15 23 -19 -38 -40 -39 98 -521 -356 -6 -146 -13 Belgium -640 -202 -130 -457 149 -1,895 -65 -70 -1,714 -46 -1,176 -116 -76 -495 -489 Bulgaria -1 -1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 2 -3 0 0 Cyprus 7 0 -2 1 8 39 5 1 -1 34 29 4 0 -17 42 Czech Republic -3 0 0 0 -3 -26 -37 0 1 10 -42 -25 -10 0 -7 Denmark -151 -39 -28 3 -87 -1,162 -36 -50 -361 -715 -250 -107 -50 37 -130 Finland 29 3 3 -20 43 67 32 -22 0 57 161 168 6 1 -14 France 5,494 -1,603 1,042 -55 6,110 -3,228 1,305 -1,420 -346 -2,767 -10,679 -1,602 -2,102 -188 -6,787 Germany -1,116 7 -222 -643 -259 -1,985 237 396 -506 -2,113 -3,275 -581 -1,159 -832 -703 Greece -130 -14 -4 0 -112 33 76 8 -7 -44 -51 -2 1 0 -50 Hungary 46 60 -10 0 -4 -31 0 0 0 -31 21 38 10 -70 43 Ireland -2,998 774 -983 -2,989 200 -5,384 -1,685 -775 -2,680 -244 -3,989 -301 -859 -2,268 -561 Italy 19 78 -9 129 -179 1,490 1,873 -168 -29 -186 -48 150 -40 25 -183 Kazakhstan -43 39 0 -83 1 -171 -184 -2 0 15 -28 -10 2 0 -20 Luxembourg -2,498 -510 -512 -852 -624 -2,070 168 -361 -901 -975 -4,534 -268 -1,280 -1,621 -1,365 Monaco 166 22 109 2 33 234 71 0 57 106 -143 -84 -1 -6 -52 Netherlands 279 -526 136 869 -200 -2,201 -686 39 32 -1,586 -2,985 -1,983 239 -385 -856 Norway 3,076 4,176 -800 -876 576 -1,994 -1,689 -342 -317 354 11,498 10,992 711 -158 -47 Poland 405 751 -338 -5 -3 -433 -701 269 -4 3 -730 -1,200 471 -1 0 Portugal -126 -87 -3 -14 -22 151 29 1 66 55 -14 20 -1 6 -39 Romania -19 -18 0 0 -1 -255 -255 0 0 0 -101 -99 0 0 -2 Russia -4,199 -519 -3,682 0 2 -2,144 -693 -1,450 2 -3 -4,164 -3,966 -192 0 -6 Serbia & Montenegro -43 -43 0 0 0 -167 -167 0 0 0 -98 -100 0 0 2 Spain -732 -971 -7 27 220 -875 -690 19 41 -245 -372 -325 53 12 -112 Sweden -1,577 -509 -540 -92 -436 -1,974 -220 -1,163 -87 -504 -2,857 -1,095 -315 -5 -1,442 Switzerland 2,082 1,305 -274 -23 1,074 606 812 -364 -18 176 -720 232 176 -455 -673 Turkey -46 -47 0 0 1 -225 -248 0 14 9 49 48 1 2 -2 Ukraine -188 -160 -30 0 2 -2,038 -2,037 0 0 -1 -183 -53 -118 -10 -2 United Kingdom -7,408 1,437 806 -16,236 6,585 2,308 14,747 -5,755 -14 -6,670 46,889 29,576 4,695 2,903 9,715 Channel Islands 157 309 7 -111 -48 -1,329 172 -134 -639 -728 156 72 -7 -654 745 All other Europe 28 129 -160 11 48 -78 28 -152 -21 67 134 51 81 -57 59 Total Europe -9,961 4,051 -5,680 -21,429 13,097 -24,756 10,125 -11,536 -7,471 -15,874 21,976 29,080 227 -4,382 -2,949 Memo: Euro Area -2,234 -2,841 -740 -4,007 5,354 -15,910 538 -2,393 -6,102 -7,953 -27,445 -5,172 -5,235 -5,960 -11,078 Memo: European Union -11,164 -1,182 -1,034 -20,357 11,409 -17,643 14,000 -9,234 -6,569 -15,840 15,453 21,919 -478 -3,103 -2,885 Canada 183 -1,387 -360 1,492 438 -3,612 -4,161 -129 750 -72 -7,248 -7,447 -575 77 697 Latin America Argentina -142 -108 8 18 -60 -23 32 5 14 -74 -39 11 -43 41 -48 Brazil -3,824 -4,176 71 63 218 -7,813 -8,093 78 129 73 -1,799 -4,705 2,727 70 109 Chile 45 457 -598 159 27 -102 -286 496 -41 -271 1,068 616 -422 -66 940 Colombia 1,271 1,200 70 -54 55 744 533 166 64 -19 459 458 115 0 -114 Costa Rica -17 -18 1 0 0 246 12 253 -13 -6 114 95 26 -3 -4 Ecuador -126 3 -7 -126 4 -6 -4 -1 0 -1 -72 -37 1 -49 13 Guatemala -141 -141 0 1 -1 -27 -25 -1 1 -2 -36 -18 -2 -14 -2 Mexico -1,178 -845 19 -74 -278 -3,089 -2,028 -20 -344 -697 826 -93 984 7 -72 Panama -16 8 -21 6 -9 -77 -15 14 11 -87 -67 11 24 -19 -83 Peru 473 112 235 93 33 91 81 3 62 -55 138 251 -110 58 -61 Uruguay -86 -122 22 31 -17 -35 -15 34 2 -56 83 86 10 17 -30 Venezuela -57 -14 -45 -12 14 -151 -68 -68 -21 6 21 27 -9 4 -1 All other L America -7 -64 43 16 -2 -337 29 -345 -29 8 -49 18 -57 -19 9 Total Latin America -3,805 -3,708 -202 121 -16 -10,579 -9,847 614 -165 -1,181 647 -3,280 3,244 27 656 Caribbean Anguilla -1,403 -355 -150 10 -908 -1,486 -563 -28 4 -899 1,486 -81 50 36 1,481 Bahamas -2,555 -2,375 -66 -20 -94 612 2,535 -457 -19 -1,447 -3,506 -5,489 158 640 1,185 Barbados 413 -47 433 -8 35 483 -49 636 32 -136 434 58 381 -1 -4 Bermuda -650 312 -855 -199 92 1,504 4,610 777 -1,480 -2,403 -1,670 -4,023 -420 -119 2,892 British Virgin Islands -1,199 351 41 -1,149 -442 -2,018 1,852 -971 -2,012 -887 613 -1,203 137 -537 2,216 Cayman Islands -15,949 -444 -8,247 7,108 -14,366 -12,416 2,132 -22,704 -1,256 9,412 44,445 23,621 15,290 -359 5,893 Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jamaica 5 3 0 0 2 48 16 17 12 3 0 5 -8 2 1 Netherlands Antilles -105 415 -10 -73 -437 2,302 985 197 14 1,106 -2,434 -2,438 66 -58 -4 Trinidad & Tobago -30 -29 -10 4 5 61 31 14 7 9 27 25 28 -27 1 All other Caribbean 35 -44 88 -2 -7 41 52 54 -70 5 -38 -5 -18 -10 -5 Total Caribbean -21,438 -2,213 -8,776 5,671 -16,120 -10,869 11,601 -22,465 -4,768 4,763 39,357 10,470 15,664 -433 13,656 Asia China, Mainland -12,005 -9,155 -3,087 166 71 6,622 9,981 -4,863 1,491 13 -6,109 4,171 -7,730 -2,599 49 Hong Kong -5,478 -5,862 269 -10 125 4,209 2,294 -155 -185 2,255 2,229 968 -195 -347 1,803 India 1,458 1,463 0 1 -6 -2,502 -2,143 -350 0 -9 -84 -62 1 1 -24 Indonesia -770 -855 96 0 -11 -947 -671 -265 -1 -10 -588 -779 194 5 -8 Israel 417 218 90 25 84 1,686 1,626 -165 42 183 -688 -822 208 5 -79 Japan -6,154 -7,742 -2,067 -683 4,338 14,870 12,781 -2,136 -390 4,615 -8,979 -7,889 -1,281 -529 720 Korea, South -5,196 -3,537 -1,361 -345 47 -12,705 -4,114 -7,228 -1,352 -11 -1,410 -1,684 293 2 -21 Lebanon -4 0 0 1 -5 -1 0 0 1 -2 10 -2 0 2 10 Malaysia -181 68 -244 -93 88 -1,102 -841 -318 6 51 -1,591 -614 -963 -14 0 Pakistan -3 0 0 -2 -1 -33 -14 -16 -3 0 -152 18 -121 -50 1 Philippines -689 -637 -23 -11 -18 -139 -163 44 -10 -10 -380 -317 -48 -13 -2 Singapore 620 -412 -758 -646 2,436 -593 -985 296 -498 594 -5,851 -2,489 -486 -248 -2,628 Syria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taiwan 5,637 4,245 1,218 252 -78 1,511 2,912 -639 -464 -298 -3,471 -3,140 -415 129 -45 Thailand -300 -482 208 -24 -2 1,296 1,366 -41 -12 -17 5 -101 104 10 -8 Asian oil exporters 2,558 2,990 14 -435 -11 3,344 4,068 -552 -104 -68 5,212 6,765 -1,490 92 -155 All other Asia -499 -414 -81 -8 4 130 178 -66 -1 19 8 206 -189 1 -10 Total Asia -20,589 -20,112 -5,726 -1,812 7,061 15,646 26,275 -16,454 -1,480 7,305 -21,839 -5,771 -12,118 -3,553 -397 Africa Egypt 326 323 3 -1 1 -1,333 -1,270 -61 -3 1 -270 -261 -5 -3 -1 Liberia -32 -1 2 6 -39 -83 9 -4 -51 -37 -13 -8 10 -75 60 Morocco -226 0 -227 0 1 -101 2 -102 0 -1 -107 -148 42 0 -1 South Africa -645 -644 -1 0 0 -40 -58 7 0 11 -664 -704 35 -6 11 African oil exporters 1,183 1,189 -1 0 -5 2,280 1,842 266 153 19 -2,093 -1,951 -2 -3 -137 All other Africa 22 -10 -2 0 34 121 41 -6 -1 87 -65 -25 -20 -3 -17 Total Africa 628 857 -226 5 -8 844 566 100 98 80 -3,212 -3,097 60 -90 -85 Other Countries Australia -1,443 -945 -60 -156 -282 -2,682 -1,215 -321 -12 -1,134 383 462 1 -6 -74 New Zealand -43 22 -23 6 -48 5 39 40 -8 -66 45 30 15 -7 7 All Other 0 0 0 0 0 -35 10 -19 1 -27 10 14 -14 0 10 Total Other -1,486 -923 -83 -150 -330 -2,712 -1,166 -300 -19 -1,227 438 506 2 -13 -57 All Countries -56,468 -23,435 -21,053 -16,102 4,122 -36,038 33,393 -50,170 -13,055 -6,206 30,119 20,461 6,504 -8,367 11,521 International Orgs. International 652 574 50 28 0 -260 -291 39 -9 1 194 219 -16 -4 -5 Total Regional Orgs -196 -15 -172 -8 -1 -314 -229 -86 1 0 -324 57 -317 -67 3 Total IROs 456 559 -122 20 -1 -574 -520 -47 -8 1 -130 276 -333 -71 -2 Grand Total -56,012 -22,876 -21,175 -16,082 4,121 -36,612 32,873 -50,217 -13,063 -6,205 29,989 20,737 6,171 -8,438 11,519 Adjustments for nonmarketable Treasuries, ABS repayments, and stock swaps -11,967 8 -6,304 -5,671 0 -13,971 8 -5,881 -8,098 0 -13,494 8 -5,846 -7,656 0 Adjusted Total -67,979 -22,868 -27,479 -21,753 4,121 -50,583 32,881 -56,098 -21,161 -6,205 16,495 20,745 325 -16,094 11,519 Memo: Foreign Official Institutions -39,806 -26,197 -14,313 -929 1,633 -19,712 -1,076 -19,240 739 -135 -7,305 4,952 -11,155 -1,150 48 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.