US Data: Major Foreign Holders of US Treasuries>

Data Through: May 2018

Source: U.S. Treasury Department

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

Country                May-18  Apr-18  Mar-18  Feb-18  Jan-18  Dec-17

China, Mainland        1183.1  1181.9  1187.7  1176.7  1168.2  1184.9

Japan                  1048.8  1031.2  1043.5  1059.5  1065.8  1061.5

Ireland                 301.0   300.4   317.9   314.0   327.5   326.5

Brazil                  299.2   294.1   286.0   272.9   265.7   256.8

United Kingdom          265.0   262.7   263.7   250.5   243.3   250.0

Switzerland             243.4   242.2   245.4   248.0   251.1   249.6

Luxembourg              209.1   213.9   221.6   218.6   220.9   217.6

Hong Kong               191.7   194.0   196.2   196.5   194.1   194.7

Cayman Islands          185.8   180.7   165.5   176.9   168.0   170.6

Taiwan                  164.8   168.1   170.1   170.7   175.4   180.9

Saudi Arabia            162.1   159.9   151.2   150.9   143.6   147.4

Belgium                 150.5   137.6   125.5   125.7   123.7   119.2

India                   148.9   152.8   157.0   152.9   148.6   144.7

Singapore               118.9   118.0   117.8   118.0   122.6   125.0

Korea                   104.7   100.1   100.4   101.3   101.7    96.2

Canada                   96.6    89.4    92.9    89.1    85.5    86.1

France                   89.6    82.5    80.9    77.0    78.4    80.9

Germany                  78.3    86.0    76.5    78.5    71.0    72.3

Bermuda                  63.6    64.7    66.4    67.4    67.5    67.0

Thailand                 62.2    60.8    57.2    68.0    67.2    60.9

United Arab Emirates     60.0    59.7    59.2    57.5    55.1    57.7

Norway                   49.7    39.3    40.2    50.4    46.9    51.1

Sweden                   45.5    45.1    46.2    46.3    46.3    43.9

Netherlands              45.1    42.5    43.9    44.8    45.1    48.6

Kuwait                   43.9    42.6    36.9    36.3    36.9    36.8

Mexico                   43.2    41.9    45.2    35.4    33.9    38.7

Poland                   40.2    41.4    40.3    40.4    40.7    40.0

Italy                    39.6    36.4    37.2    36.6    35.4    35.2

Australia                37.6    36.0    34.1    38.5    37.8    37.5

Spain                    34.5    31.3    32.0    32.4    34.7    33.5

Turkey                   32.6    38.2    40.9    45.6    49.6    52.6

Philippines              31.6    31.5    32.1    33.0    33.8    36.4

Chile                    30.2    28.4    29.8    30.2    29.0    28.9

All Other               512.5   533.5   575.2   575.9   571.4   575.9

Grand Total            6213.6  6169.0  6216.6  6216.4  6186.6  6209.7

For. Official          3990.8  3999.8  4049.5  4030.0  3997.6  4025.7

Treasury Bills          346.3   323.2   318.6   333.9   325.0   317.2

T-Bonds & Notes        3644.5  3676.6  3730.9  3696.1  3672.6  3708.5

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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