US Data: Major Foreign Holders of US Treasuries>

Data Through:  September 2017

Source: U.S. Treasury Department

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

Country                     Sep-17  Aug-17  Jul-17  Jun-17  May-17  Apr-17 

China, Mainland             1180.8  1200.5  1166.0  1146.5  1102.2  1092.2

Japan                       1096.0  1101.7  1113.1  1090.8  1111.3  1106.9

Ireland                      310.8   307.2   310.8   302.5   295.8   299.9

Brazil                       272.8   273.6   271.9   269.7   269.7   267.7

Cayman Islands               267.6   260.0   259.2   265.2   266.1   256.8

Switzerland                  254.9   248.3   244.8   244.5   239.5   234.1

United Kingdom               237.4   225.4   229.7   237.1   234.4   231.5

Luxembourg                   214.1   213.4   213.0   211.7   207.7   212.1

Hong Kong                    194.7   197.3   199.1   202.6   196.3   196.6

Taiwan                       183.9   180.4   182.5   184.4   181.2   185.6

India                        145.1   138.9   135.7   130.3   127.3   124.1

Saudi Arabia                 136.7   137.9   142.5   142.8   134.0   126.8

Singapore                    125.2   120.3   112.3   106.4   107.9   107.0

Belgium                      104.8    96.9    99.4    98.3    98.7    96.4

Russia                       103.9   105.4   103.1   102.9   108.7   104.9

Korea                         94.3    95.0    97.9    96.8   100.1    93.8

France                        75.4    76.1    80.0    72.3    74.4    66.9

Canada                        75.1    73.7    75.7    76.6    80.2    80.6

Germany                       74.9    73.0    73.3    68.4    68.3    74.7

Thailand                      70.8    71.6    67.2    66.1    66.5    69.7

Norway                        64.1    58.0    54.8    53.8    48.3    51.4

Bermuda                       62.6    62.8    61.7    60.9    60.9    59.4

Turkey                        60.8    57.7    54.5    58.9    49.5    56.4

United Arab Emirates          54.3    55.9    59.9    58.9    60.5    60.6

Netherlands                   47.5    50.3    50.5    53.1    52.2    49.1

Sweden                        45.9    44.3    42.7    40.5    40.8    41.1

Mexico                        40.5    34.7    35.8    32.3    38.9    40.2

Spain                         38.1    38.2    38.2    36.6    38.2    38.6

Kuwait                        38.0    35.6    33.0    31.8    31.6    31.3

Poland                        37.3    36.3    35.6    34.1    35.0    33.9

Australia                     36.9    37.8    37.9    38.1    37.0    35.2

Philippines                   35.5    36.3    38.1    37.9    38.2    38.1

Italy                         35.3    35.4    36.2    36.1    35.6    35.0

Israel                        32.5    31.8    30.4    30.9    30.9    29.5

All Other                    475.2   458.6   463.9   451.6   455.7   445.5

Grand Total                 6323.5  6269.8  6250.3  6171.6  6123.6  6073.7

Of which:

For. Official               4070.4  4051.7  4034.5  3995.3  3935.2  3911.6

Treasury Bills               325.2   324.1   330.6   330.5   329.3   326.5

T-Bonds & Notes             3745.2  3727.6  3703.9  3664.9  3605.9  3585.1

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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