US Data: Major Foreign Holders of US Treasuries

Data through: August 2018

Source: U.S. Treasury Department

Billions of U.S. dollars, holdings at the end of the period

Country                 Aug-18  Jul-18  Jun-18  May-18  Apr-18  Mar-18

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China, Mainland         1165.1  1171.0  1178.7  1183.1  1181.9  1187.7

Japan                   1029.9  1035.5  1030.4  1048.8  1031.2  1043.5

Brazil                   317.8   299.7   300.1   299.2   294.1   286.0

Ireland                  315.8   300.2   299.6   301.0   300.4   317.9

United Kingdom           272.6   271.7   274.0   265.0   262.7   263.7

Switzerland              231.9   233.1   236.6   243.4   242.2   245.4

Luxembourg               224.1   221.5   219.7   209.1   213.9   221.6

Cayman Islands           197.9   196.3   197.2   185.8   180.7   165.5

Hong Kong                193.2   194.4   196.1   191.9   194.0   196.2

Saudi Arabia             169.5   166.8   164.9   162.1   159.9   151.2

Taiwan                   163.2   164.2   162.5   164.8   168.1   170.1

Belgium                  154.3   154.5   154.7   150.5   137.6   125.5

India                    140.6   142.6   147.3   148.9   152.8   157.0

Singapore                130.0   127.6   122.1   118.9   118.0   117.8

France                   118.4   111.0    93.4    89.6    82.5    80.9

Korea                    110.2   109.1   105.9   104.7   104.5   100.4

Canada                    96.2    96.0   100.2    96.6    89.4    92.9

Germany                   73.3    71.0    71.2    78.3    86.0    76.5

Norway                    66.7    61.1    50.0    49.7    39.3    40.2

Bermuda                   65.1    64.0    60.2    63.6    64.7    66.4

Thailand                  63.3    63.0    58.6    62.2    60.8    57.2

United Arab Emirates      59.0    59.7    59.6    60.0    59.7    59.2

Sweden                    44.6    44.7    46.3    45.5    45.1    46.2

Kuwait                    43.6    42.9    42.9    43.9    42.6    36.9

Netherlands               43.4    45.1    44.8    45.1    42.5    43.9

Mexico                    40.5    39.6    40.8    43.2    41.9    45.2

Poland                    39.9    40.6    40.6    40.2    41.4    40.3

Australia                 38.4    39.2    39.6    37.6    36.0    34.1

Spain                     37.5    36.1    31.8    34.5    31.3    32.0

Italy                     37.3    38.4    40.7    39.6    36.4    37.2

Philippines               31.2    30.4    31.6    31.6    31.5    32.1

Israel                    30.4    29.6    28.2    28.2    29.9    29.3

All other                542.4   550.9   541.6   546.9   570.3   616.6

Grand Total             6287.0  6251.6  6211.7  6213.7  6173.3  6216.6

For. Official           4021.2  4007.8  3988.4  3990.8  4003.3  4049.1

Treasury Bills           329.3   339.6   336.3   346.3   323.2   318.6

T-Bonds & Notes         3691.9  3668.1  3652.1  3644.5  3680.1  3730.5

--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com

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