US Data: Major Foreign Holders of US Treasuries>

Data Through: August 2017

Source: U.S. Treasury Department

In billions of U.S. dollars, holdings at end of period#

Country                    Aug-17  Jul-17  Jun-17  May-17  Apr-17  Mar-17  Feb-17  Jan-17  Dec-16  Nov-16  Oct-16  Sep-16  Aug-16

China, Mainland             1200.5  1166.0  1146.5  1102.2  1092.2  1088.1  1059.7  1051.1  1058.4  1049.3  1115.7  1157.0  1185.1

Japan                       1101.7  1113.1  1090.8  1111.3  1106.9  1120.5  1115.2  1102.5  1090.8  1108.6  1131.9  1136.4  1144.0

Ireland                      307.2   310.8   302.5   295.8   299.9   313.9   309.1   293.7   288.2   275.2   273.9   270.9   266.4

Brazil                       273.6   271.9   269.7   269.7   267.7   259.5   257.7   257.7   259.2   258.3   254.7   258.1   256.1

Cayman Islands               260.0   259.2   265.2   266.1   256.8   250.4   259.1   256.9   263.7   260.8   262.2   262.6   264.4

Switzerland                  248.3   244.8   244.5   239.5   234.1   227.8   236.3   224.0   230.0   230.3   235.6   241.0   238.3

United Kingdom               225.4   229.7   237.1   234.4   231.5   228.3   217.1   214.1   217.2   215.8   207.3   217.6   204.9

Luxembourg                   213.4   213.0   211.7   207.7   212.1   218.3   217.4   218.9   224.3   222.4   217.8   228.3   220.7

Hong Kong                    197.3   199.1   202.6   196.3   196.6   195.1   200.3   189.4   191.4   185.5   186.3   189.8   191.5

Taiwan                       180.4   182.5   184.4   181.2   185.6   183.8   183.6   183.6   189.3   183.1   188.6   189.3   190.0

India                        138.9   135.7   130.3   127.3   124.1   117.1   112.3   113.7   118.2   118.7   123.0   122.7   122.9

Saudi Arabia                 137.9   142.5   142.8   134.0   126.8   124.5   116.7   112.3   102.8   100.1    96.7    89.4    93.0

Singapore                    120.3   112.3   106.4   107.9   107.0   103.1   107.4   103.3   102.2    96.9    99.2   101.4   105.9

Russia                       105.4   103.1   102.9   108.7   104.9    99.8    86.3    86.2    86.1    86.6    74.6    76.5    87.5

Belgium                       96.9    99.4    98.3    98.7    96.4   109.9   105.7   112.2   120.4   113.5   116.9   142.7   157.0

Korea                         95.0    97.9    96.8   100.1    93.8    97.1    96.9    95.6    93.2    85.0    86.7    88.5    90.2

France                        76.1    80.0    72.3    74.4    66.9    69.9    64.4    60.8    61.4    70.6    63.6    71.8    70.5

Canada                        73.7    75.7    76.6    80.2    80.6    77.6    82.0    79.9    83.0    81.2    81.4    85.0    81.9

Germany                       73.0    73.3    68.4    68.3    74.7    77.0    73.1    71.6    82.3    87.0    93.8   103.1   103.9

Thailand                      71.6    67.2    66.1    66.5    69.7    69.3    71.4    72.9    66.0    71.1    59.2    49.9    50.7

Bermuda                       62.7    61.7    60.9    60.9    59.4    59.7    61.4    61.6    64.1    66.8    65.9    64.3    66.8

Norway                        58.0    54.8    53.8    48.3    51.4    48.9    45.8    43.1    52.5    47.7    51.6    56.8    53.7

Turkey                        57.7    54.5    58.9    49.5    56.4    59.0    58.3    58.4    59.1    55.8    58.3    61.5    56.5

United Arab Emirates          55.9    59.9    58.9    60.5    60.6    63.0    61.7    61.2    60.6    63.0    64.4    63.8    64.1

Netherlands                   50.3    50.5    53.1    52.2    49.1    51.2    52.8    54.2    57.4    54.2    53.2    52.2    50.7

Sweden                        44.3    42.7    40.5    40.8    41.1    40.6    39.1    38.2    38.7    39.2    38.7    38.3    40.0

Spain                         38.2    38.2    36.6    38.2    38.6    38.0    37.7    37.7    38.3    38.4    38.4    39.5    39.0

Australia                     37.8    37.9    38.1    37.0    35.2    37.6    34.6    36.9    34.6    36.4    34.5    34.6    32.1

Poland                        36.3    35.6    34.1    35.0    33.9    34.9    34.2    34.3    34.0    33.9    33.0    33.5    33.8

Philippines                   36.3    38.1    37.9    38.2    38.1    36.6    36.9    36.5    38.5    37.8    38.6    39.0    40.1

Kuwait                        35.6    33.0    31.8    31.6    31.3    32.4    29.8    29.4    28.7    29.4    29.9    30.6    31.3

Italy                         35.4    36.2    36.1    35.6    35.0    35.2    37.5    38.2    39.9    37.8    40.8    42.0    40.6

Mexico                        34.7    35.8    32.3    38.9    40.2    38.8    49.5    48.1    47.1    47.1    45.9    47.7    46.1

Israel                        31.8    30.4    30.9    30.9    29.5    29.6    30.2    30.9    31.6    29.5    29.4    28.7    27.4

All Other                    458.5   463.9   451.6   455.7   445.5   442.2   438.8   444.2   453.3   438.0   454.1   443.8   452.2

Grand Total                 6269.7  6250.3  6171.6  6123.6  6073.7  6079.0  6020.0  5953.0  6006.3  5955.3  6045.8  6158.1  6199.4

Of which:

For. Official               4051.7  4034.5  3995.3  3935.2  3911.6  3879.9  3816.1  3785.5  3814.1  3770.5  3841.4  3901.6  3948.7

Treasury Bills               324.1   330.6   330.5   329.3   326.5   317.8   302.4   301.1   298.4   295.6   295.1   292.1   272.8

T-Bonds & Notes             3727.6  3703.9  3664.9  3605.9  3585.1  3562.2  3513.7  3484.4  3515.8  3474.9  3546.3  3609.5  3675.9

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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