US Data: Major Foreign Holders of US Treasuries>

Data Through:          October 2017

Source: U.S. Treasury Department

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

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

China, Mainland             1189.2  1180.8  1200.5  1166.0  1146.5  1102.2 

Japan                       1093.9  1096.0  1101.7  1113.1  1090.8  1111.3 

Ireland                      312.4   310.6   307.0   310.8   302.5   295.8 

Brazil                       270.0   272.8   273.6   271.9   269.7   269.7 

Cayman Islands               269.9   267.6   260.0   259.2   265.2   266.1 

Switzerland                  254.0   254.9   248.3   244.8   244.5   239.5 

United Kingdom               225.9   237.4   225.4   229.7   237.1   234.4 

Luxembourg                   217.9   213.9   213.3   213.0   211.7   207.7 

Hong Kong                    192.3   194.7   197.3   199.1   202.6   196.3 

Taiwan                       181.7   183.9   180.4   182.5   184.4   181.2 

Saudi Arabia                 145.2   136.7   137.9   142.5   142.8   134.0 

India                        141.4   145.1   138.9   135.7   130.3   127.3 

Singapore                    130.4   125.2   119.3   112.3   106.4   107.9 

Belgium                      116.0   104.8    96.9    99.4    98.3    98.7 

Russia                       105.0   103.9   105.4   103.1   102.9   108.7 

Korea                        100.1    94.3    95.0    97.9    96.8   100.1 

Canada                        78.2    75.1    73.6    75.7    76.6    80.2 

France                        75.9    75.4    76.1    80.0    72.3    74.4 

Germany                       72.9    74.9    73.0    73.3    68.4    68.3 

Thailand                      68.4    70.8    71.6    67.2    66.1    66.5 

Bermuda                       63.5    62.6    62.7    61.7    60.9    60.9 

Turkey                        61.4    60.8    57.7    54.5    58.9    49.5 

Norway                        60.6    64.1    58.0    54.8    53.8    48.3 

United Arab Emirates          57.7    54.3    55.9    59.9    58.9    60.5 

Sweden                        45.3    45.9    44.3    42.7    40.5    40.8 

Netherlands                   45.1    47.5    50.3    50.5    53.1    52.2 

Mexico                        41.6    40.5    34.7    35.8    32.3    38.9 

Kuwait                        39.4    38.0    35.6    33.0    31.8    31.6 

Poland                        38.8    37.3    36.3    35.6    34.1    35.0 

Australia                     38.7    36.9    37.8    37.9    38.1    37.0 

Spain                         36.9    38.1    38.2    38.2    36.6    38.2 

Philippines                   36.4    35.5    36.3    38.1    37.9    38.2 

Italy                         34.5    35.3    35.4    36.2    36.1    35.6 

Israel                        32.7    32.5    31.8    30.4    30.9    30.9 

All Other                    476.2   475.2   458.6   463.9   451.6   455.7 

Grand Total                 6349.4  6323.0  6268.4  6250.3  6171.6  6123.6 

Of which:

For. Official               4079.1  4070.4  4051.7  4034.5  3995.3  3935.2 

Treasury Bills               332.2   325.2   324.1   330.6   330.5   329.3 

T-Bonds & Notes             3746.9  3745.2  3727.6  3703.9  3664.9  3605.9 

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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