US Data: Major Foreign Holders of US Treasuries>

Data Through: December 2017

Source: U.S. Treasury Department

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

Country                 Dec-17  Nov-17  Oct-17  Sep-17  Aug-17  Jul-17  

China, Mainland         1184.9  1176.6  1189.2  1180.8  1200.5  1166.0  

Japan                   1061.5  1084.1  1094.0  1096.0  1101.7  1113.1  

Ireland                  326.5   324.3   312.4   310.6   309.0   312.8  

Cayman Islands           269.9   267.4   269.9   267.6   260.0   259.2  

Brazil                   256.8   265.3   270.0   272.8   273.6   271.9  

United Kingdom           250.0   237.5   225.9   237.4   225.4   229.7  

Switzerland              249.6   250.9   254.0   254.9   248.3   244.8  

Luxembourg               217.6   218.3   217.9   213.9   213.3   213.0  

Hong Kong                194.7   194.9   192.3   194.7   197.3   199.1  

Taiwan                   180.9   179.9   181.7   183.9   180.4   182.5  

Saudi Arabia             147.4   147.6   145.2   136.7   137.9   142.5  

India                    144.7   140.8   141.4   145.1   138.9   135.7  

Singapore                125.0   124.2   130.4   125.2   119.3   112.3  

Belgium                  119.2   115.3   116.0   104.8    96.9    99.4  

Russia                   102.2   105.7   105.0   103.9   105.4   103.1  

Korea                     96.2    98.5   100.1    94.3    95.0    97.9  

Canada                    86.2    82.6    78.2    75.1    73.6    75.7  

France                    80.7    73.8    75.9    75.4    76.1    80.0  

Germany                   72.3    71.6    72.9    74.9    73.0    73.3  

Bermuda                   67.1    63.6    63.5    62.6    62.7    61.7  

Thailand                  60.9    68.0    68.4    70.8    71.6    67.2  

United Arab Emirates      57.7    58.2    57.7    54.3    55.9    59.9  

Turkey                    52.6    61.2    61.4    60.8    57.7    54.5  

Norway                    51.1    55.3    60.6    64.1    58.0    54.8  

Netherlands               48.6    47.6    45.1    47.5    50.3    50.5  

Sweden                    43.9    44.7    45.3    45.9    44.3    42.7  

Poland                    40.0    38.4    38.8    37.3    36.3    35.6  

Mexico                    38.7    40.6    41.6    40.5    34.7    35.8  

Australia                 37.5    40.6    38.7    36.9    37.8    37.9  

Kuwait                    36.8    36.8    39.4    38.0    35.6    33.0  

Philippines               36.4    35.8    36.4    35.5    36.3    38.1  

Italy                     35.2    35.6    34.5    35.3    35.4    36.2  

Spain                     33.5    36.2    36.9    38.1    38.2    38.2  

All Other                503.9   511.2   508.9   507.6   490.4   494.2  

Grand Total             6310.3  6333.1  6349.5  6323.0  6270.4  6252.3  

Of which:

For. Official           4025.7  4054.7  4079.1  4070.4  4051.7  4034.5  

Treasury Bills           317.2   339.6   332.2   325.2   324.1   330.6  

T-Bonds & Notes         3708.5  3715.1  3746.9  3745.2  3727.6  3703.9  

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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