US Data: Major Foreign Holders of US Treasuries>

Data Through:          February 2018

Source: U.S. Treasury Department

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

Country                    Feb-18  Jan-18  Dec-17  Nov-17  Oct-17  Sep-17  

China, Mainland             1176.7  1168.2  1184.9  1176.6  1189.2  1182.3 

Japan                       1059.5  1065.8  1061.5  1084.1  1094.0  1096.0 

Ireland                      314.0   327.5   326.5   324.3   312.4   310.6 

Brazil                       272.9   265.7   256.8   265.3   270.0   272.8 

Cayman Islands               252.2   241.9   245.8   240.4   247.2   246.9 

United Kingdom               250.5   243.3   250.0   237.5   225.9   237.4 

Switzerland                  248.0   251.1   249.6   250.9   254.0   253.3 

Luxembourg                   218.6   220.9   217.6   218.3   217.9   213.9 

Hong Kong                    196.5   194.1   194.7   194.9   192.3   194.4 

Taiwan                       170.7   175.4   180.9   179.9   181.7   183.9 

India                        152.9   148.6   144.7   140.8   141.4   145.1 

Saudi Arabia                 150.9   143.6   147.4   147.6   145.2   136.7 

Belgium                      125.7   123.7   119.2   115.3   116.0   104.8 

Singapore                    118.0   122.6   125.0   124.2   130.4   125.2 

Korea                        101.3   101.7    96.2    98.5   100.1    94.3 

Russia                        93.8    96.9   102.2   105.7   105.0   103.9 

Canada                        89.1    85.5    86.1    82.4    78.0    75.0 

Germany                       78.5    71.0    72.3    71.6    72.9    74.9 

France                        77.0    78.4    80.9    76.6    77.9    78.2 

Thailand                      68.0    67.2    60.9    68.0    68.4    70.8 

Bermuda                       67.4    67.5    67.0    63.5    62.9    62.4 

United Arab Emirates          57.5    55.1    57.7    58.2    57.7    54.3 

Norway                        50.4    46.9    51.1    55.3    60.6    64.1 

Sweden                        46.3    46.3    43.9    44.7    45.3    45.9 

Turkey                        45.6    49.6    52.6    61.2    61.5    60.8 

Netherlands                   44.8    45.1    48.6    47.6    45.1    47.5 

Poland                        40.4    40.7    40.0    38.4    38.8    37.3 

Australia                     38.5    37.8    37.5    40.6    38.7    36.9 

Italy                         36.6    35.4    35.2    35.6    34.5    35.3 

Kuwait                        36.3    36.9    36.8    36.8    39.4    38.0 

Mexico                        35.4    33.9    38.7    40.6    41.6    40.5 

Philippines                   33.0    33.8    36.4    35.8    36.4    35.5 

Spain                         32.4    34.7    33.5    36.2    36.9    38.1 

Chile                         30.2    29.0    28.9    29.2    28.8    25.6 

All Other                    482.1   474.5   473.7   479.6   476.3   479.4 

Grand Total                 6291.6  6260.5  6284.9  6306.2  6324.1  6301.9 

For. Official               4030.0  3997.6  4025.7  4054.7  4079.1  4070.4 

Treasury Bills               333.9   325.0   317.2   339.6   332.2   325.2 

T-Bonds & Notes             3696.1  3672.6  3708.5  3715.1  3746.9  3745.2 

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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