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US Data: Major Foreign Holders of US Treasuries

Data through: October 2018
Source: U.S. Treasury Department
Billions of U.S. dollars, holdings at the end of the period
Country                 Oct-18  Sep-18  Aug-18  Jul-18  Jun-18  May-18
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China, Mainland         1138.9  1151.4  1165.1  1171.0  1179.0  1183.1
Japan                   1018.5  1028.0  1029.9  1035.5  1032.2  1048.8
Brazil                   313.9   317.0   317.8   299.7   300.1   299.2
Ireland                  287.3   290.4   311.6   300.2   301.3   301.0
United Kingdom           263.9   276.3   272.6   271.7   274.4   265.0
Luxembourg               225.4   227.2   224.0   221.5   220.5   209.1
Switzerland              225.2   226.9   232.0   233.1   236.3   243.4
Cayman Islands           208.2   200.0   197.5   197.9   191.1   186.2
Hong Kong                185.0   192.3   193.2   194.4   196.5   191.9
Saudi Arabia             171.3   176.1   169.5   166.8   164.3   162.1
Belgium                  169.7   164.7   154.3   154.5   154.7   150.5
Taiwan                   162.3   166.4   163.2   164.2   162.6   164.8
India                    138.2   144.0   140.6   142.6   147.3   148.9
Singapore                133.0   134.5   129.9   127.6   122.1   118.9
Korea                    111.1   110.8   110.2   109.1   106.1   104.7
France                   109.4    97.7   113.6   111.0    93.4    89.6
Canada                   101.9    94.1    96.2    96.1   102.3    96.7
Germany                   77.5    68.3    73.3    71.0    70.8    78.3
Thailand                  65.3    66.1    63.3    63.0    58.6    62.2
Bermuda                   62.2    64.1    65.1    64.0    60.3    63.6
Norway                    61.3    63.6    66.7    61.1    50.0    49.7
United Arab Emirates      57.7    60.0    59.0    59.7    59.6    60.0
Kuwait                    44.1    43.8    43.5    42.9    43.0    43.9
Sweden                    43.4    44.6    44.6    44.7    46.3    45.5
Netherlands               43.0    43.0    43.4    45.1    44.8    45.1
Mexico                    41.5    39.3    40.7    39.8    41.0    43.6
Poland                    40.0    40.1    39.9    40.6    40.6    40.2
Italy                     39.6    39.6    37.3    38.4    40.7    39.6
Australia                 38.9    36.8    38.4    39.2    39.8    37.6
Spain                     35.3    37.3    37.5    36.2    31.9    34.6
Iraq                      31.1    29.4    29.8    28.3    26.5    24.5
Israel                    30.8    31.1    30.4    29.6    28.2    28.2
All other                524.7   520.3   543.8   553.4   547.5   554.2
Grand Total             6199.6  6225.2  6277.9  6253.8  6213.7  6214.7
For. Official           3947.2  4010.1  4021.1  4007.8  3988.8  3990.8
Treasury Bills           306.6   316.7   329.3   339.6   336.3   346.3
T-Bonds & Notes         3640.6  3693.4  3691.8  3668.1  3652.5  3644.5
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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