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US Data: Major Foreign Holders of US Treasuries>

Data Through: June 2017
Source: U.S. Treasury Department
In billions of U.S. dollars, holdings at end of period#
Country                  Jun-17  May-17  Apr-17  Mar-17  Feb-17  Jan-17  
China, Mainland          1146.5  1102.2  1092.2  1088.1  1059.7  1051.1 
Japan                    1090.8  1111.3  1106.9  1120.5  1115.2  1102.5 
Ireland                   302.5   295.8   299.9   313.9   309.1   293.7 
Brazil                    269.7   269.7   267.7   259.5   257.7   257.7 
Cayman Islands            254.0   266.1   256.8   250.4   259.1   256.9 
Switzerland               244.5   239.5   234.1   227.8   236.3   224.0 
United Kingdom            237.3   234.4   231.5   228.3   217.1   214.1 
Luxembourg                211.7   207.7   212.1   218.3   217.4   218.9 
Hong Kong                 202.6   196.3   196.6   195.1   200.3   189.4 
Taiwan                    184.4   181.2   185.6   183.8   183.6   183.6 
Saudi Arabia              142.8   134.0   126.8   124.5   116.7   112.3 
India                     130.3   127.3   124.1   117.1   112.3   113.7 
Singapore                 106.4   107.9   107.0   103.1   107.4   103.3 
Russia                    102.9   108.7   104.9    99.8    86.3    86.2 
Belgium                    98.3    98.7    96.4   109.9   105.7   112.2 
Korea                      96.8   100.1    93.8    97.1    96.9    95.6 
Canada                     76.5    80.2    80.6    77.6    82.0    79.9 
France                     72.3    74.4    66.9    69.9    64.4    60.8 
Germany                    68.4    68.3    74.7    77.0    73.1    71.6 
Thailand                   66.1    66.5    69.7    69.3    71.4    72.9 
Bermuda                    61.2    60.9    59.4    59.7    61.4    61.6 
United Arab Emirates       58.9    60.5    60.6    63.0    61.7    61.2 
Turkey                     58.9    49.5    56.4    59.0    58.3    58.4 
Norway                     53.8    48.3    51.4    48.9    45.8    43.1 
Netherlands                53.1    52.2    49.1    51.2    52.8    54.2 
Sweden                     40.5    40.8    41.1    40.6    39.1    38.2 
Australia                  38.1    37.0    35.2    37.6    34.6    36.9 
Philippines                37.9    38.2    38.1    36.6    36.9    36.5 
Spain                      36.6    38.2    38.6    38.0    37.7    37.7 
Italy                      36.1    35.6    35.0    35.2    37.5    38.2 
Poland                     34.1    35.0    33.9    34.9    34.2    34.3 
Mexico                     32.3    38.9    40.2    38.8    49.5    48.1 
Kuwait                     31.8    31.6    31.3    32.4    29.8    29.4 
Israel                     30.9    30.9    29.5    29.6    30.2    30.9 
All Other                 462.3   455.7   445.5   442.2   439.3   444.2 
Grand Total              6171.3  6123.6  6073.7  6079.0  6020.5  5953.0 
Of which:
For. Official            3995.2  3935.2  3911.6  3879.7  3816.1  3785.5 
Treasury Bills            330.5   329.3   326.5   317.8   302.4   301.1 
T-Bonds & Notes          3664.7  3605.9  3585.1  3562.0  3513.7  3484.4 
Note: Grand total does not reflect sum of available country data.
#Estimated foreign holding of U.S. Treasury marketable and nonmarket-
able bills, bonds and notes are based on Treasury Foreign Portfolio
Investment Survey (FPIS) benchmark and on monthly data reported
under the Treasury International Capital (TIC) reporting system.
*Includes the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Netherland Antilles, Panama.
**Includes Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait,
Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria,
Gabon, Libya and Nigeria.
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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