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US Data: Major Foreign Holders of US Treasuries>

Data Through: January 2019
Source: U.S. Treasury Department
In bi  llions of U.S. dollars, holdings at end of period#
Country                  Jan-19 Dec-18 Nov-18 Oct-18 Sep-18 Aug-18
China, Mainland          1126.6 1123.5 1121.4 1138.9 1151.4 1165.1
Japan                    1069.8 1042.3 1036.6 1018.5 1028.0 1029.9
Brazil                    305.1  303.1  311.4  313.9  317.0  317.8
United Kingdom            271.6  272.9  258.9  263.9  276.3  272.6
Ireland                   270.1  280.0  279.6  287.3  290.4  311.6
Switzerland               228.6  235.0  227.5  225.2  226.9  232.0
Luxembourg                217.5  231.0  225.7  225.4  227.2  224.0
Cayman Islands            208.4  211.0  207.5  208.2  200.2  197.5
Hong Kong                 200.5  196.2  189.2  185.0  192.3  193.2
Belgium                   192.1  185.7  173.0  169.7  164.7  154.3
Taiwan                    166.6  157.3  155.4  162.4  166.5  163.2
Saudi Arabia              162.6  171.6  169.9  171.3  176.1  169.5
India                     144.9  141.3  138.5  138.2  144.0  140.6
Singapore                 127.9  121.1  128.8  133.0  134.5  129.9
Korea                     115.8  114.9  110.2  111.1  110.8  110.2
Canada                    113.1  109.9  106.3  101.9   94.1   96.2
France                    112.6  110.9  131.6  109.4   97.7  113.6
Norway                     86.4   84.9   47.3   61.3   63.6   66.7
Thailand                   83.7   72.0   64.9   65.3   66.1   63.3
Germany                    77.7   69.8   77.7   77.5   68.3   73.3
Bermuda                    64.9   65.4   64.3   62.6   64.5   65.5
United Arab Emirates       56.0   56.8   56.3   57.7   60.0   59.0
Sweden                     43.4   43.8   44.5   43.4   44.6   44.6
Netherlands                42.9   43.6   42.8   43.0   43.0   43.4
Australia                  42.5   39.7   41.3   38.9   36.8   38.4
Itay                       40.8   40.3   40.4   39.6   39.6   37.3
Kuwait                     40.7   41.3   43.9   44.1   43.8   43.5
Mexico                     38.0   46.8   45.7   41.5   39.3   40.7
Span                       36.5   34.7   34.9   35.3   37.3   37.5
Iraq                       34.0   34.6   32.1   31.1   29.4   29.8
Poland                     33.8   39.6   40.2   40.0   40.1   39.9
All other                 552.2  544.1  552.1  555.5  551.3  574.3
Grand Total              6307.2 6265.2 6199.7 6200.1 6225.6 6278.3
For. Official            3974.4 3949.7 3901.2 3947.1 4010.1 4021.1
Treasury Bills            305.1  310.4  311.8  306.6  316.7  329.3
T-Bonds & Notes          3669.2 3639.3 3589.4 3640.5 3693.4 3691.8
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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