US Data: Major Foreign Holders of US Treasuries

Data through: November 2018

Source: U.S. Treasury Department

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

Country                 Nov-18  Oct-18  Sep-18  Aug-18  Jul-18  Jun-18

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China, Mainland         1121.4  1138.9  1151.4  1165.1  1171.0  1179.0

Japan                   1036.6  1018.5  1028.0  1029.9  1035.5  1032.2

Brazil                   311.4   313.9   317.0   317.8   299.7   300.1

Ireland                  279.6   287.3   290.4   311.6   300.2   301.3

United Kingdom           258.6   263.9   276.3   272.6   271.7   274.4

Switzerland              227.5   225.2   226.9   232.0   233.1   236.3

Luxembourg               225.7   225.4   227.2   224.0   221.5   220.5

Cayman Islands           207.5   208.2   200.2   197.5   197.9   191.1

Hong Kong                189.2   185.0   192.3   193.2   194.4   196.5

Belgium                  173.0   169.7   164.7   154.3   154.5   154.7

Saudi Arabia             169.9   171.3   176.1   169.5   166.8   164.3

Taiwan                   155.4   162.4   166.5   163.2   164.2   162.6

India                    138.5   138.2   144.0   140.6   142.6   147.3

France                   131.6   109.4    97.7   113.6   111.0    93.4

Singapore                128.8   133.0   134.5   129.9   127.6   122.1

Korea                    110.2   111.1   110.8   110.2   109.1   106.1

Canada                   106.3   101.9    94.1    96.2    96.1   102.3

Germany                   77.7    77.5    68.3    73.3    71.0    70.8

Bermuda                   69.1    62.6    64.5    65.5    64.4    60.7

Thailand                  64.9    65.3    66.1    63.3    63.0    58.6

United Arab Emirates      56.3    57.7    60.0    59.0    59.7    59.6

Norway                    47.3    61.3    63.6    66.7    61.1    50.0

Mexico                    45.7    41.5    39.3    40.7    39.8    41.0

Sweden                    44.5    43.4    44.6    44.6    44.7    46.3

Kuwait                    43.9    44.1    43.8    43.5    42.9    43.0

Netherlands               42.8    43.0    43.0    43.4    45.1    44.8

Australia                 41.3    38.9    36.8    38.4    39.2    39.8

Italy                     40.4    39.6    39.6    37.3    38.4    40.7

Poland                    40.2    40.0    40.1    39.9    40.6    40.6

Spain                     34.9    35.3    37.3    37.5    36.2    31.9

Iraq                      32.1    31.1    29.4    29.8    28.3    26.5

All other                552.0   555.5   551.3   574.3   583.1   575.7

Grand Total             6204.1  6200.1  6225.6  6278.3  6254.2  6214.0

For. Official           3901.2  3947.1  4010.1  4021.1  4007.8  3988.8

Treasury Bills           311.8   306.6   316.7   329.3   339.6   336.3

T-Bonds & Notes         3589.4  3640.5  3693.4  3691.8  3668.1  3652.5

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

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