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US Data: Major Foreign Holders of US Treasuries

Data through: March 2019
Source: U.S. Treasury Department
Billions of U.S. dollars, holdings at the end of the period
Country                 Mar-19  Feb-19  Jan-19  Dec-18  Nov-18  Oct-18
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China, Mainland         1120.5  1130.9  1126.7  1123.5  1121.4  1138.9
Japan                   1078.1  1072.4  1070.2  1042.3  1036.6  1018.5
United Kingdom           317.1   283.8   273.5   271.7   258.9   263.9
Brazil                   311.7   307.7   305.1   303.1   311.4   313.9
Ireland                  277.6   274.1   270.2   280.0   279.6   287.3
Luxembourg               230.2   226.8   224.9   229.2   225.7   225.4
Switzerland              226.4   225.9   230.9   234.9   227.5   225.2
Cayman Islands           219.5   210.1   208.7   211.2   207.6   208.3
Hong Kong                207.6   202.4   200.8   196.2   189.2   185.0
Belgium                  186.6   182.0   192.1   185.7   173.0   169.7
Saudi Arabia             170.0   167.0   162.6   171.6   169.9   171.3
Taiwan                   168.8   164.9   168.3   157.3   155.4   162.4
India                    152.0   144.3   144.9   141.3   138.5   138.2
Singapore                138.8   130.6   128.0   121.1   128.8   133.0
Korea                    119.9   115.5   117.3   114.9   110.2   111.1
France                   109.6   115.9   112.6   110.9   131.6   109.4
Canada                    99.7   112.2   113.7   109.9   106.3   101.9
Norway                    99.5    97.1    90.8    84.9    47.3    61.3
Thailand                  84.4    90.9    83.7    72.0    64.9    65.3
Germany                   78.1    81.1    78.0    69.8    77.7    77.5
Bermuda                   68.1    66.6    66.0    65.4    64.3    62.6
United Arab Emirates      55.6    54.5    56.0    56.8    56.3    57.7
Sweden                    47.9    48.3    43.4    43.8    44.5    43.4
Mexico                    44.7    40.5    41.1    46.8    45.7    41.5
Netherlands               44.5    42.9    43.0    43.6    42.8    43.0
Itay                      44.0    42.1    41.2    40.3    40.4    39.6
Spain                     40.9    37.7    36.6    34.7    34.9    35.3
Kuwait                    40.2    42.3    40.8    41.3    43.9    44.1
Australia                 39.3    41.8    42.6    39.7    41.3    38.9
Iraq                      36.2    34.7    34.0    34.6    32.1    31.1
Israel                    34.8    35.4    30.0    29.1    29.0    30.8
Poland                    33.9    32.8    33.8    39.6    40.2    40.0
Columbia                  31.5    28.2    27.8    27.6    27.5    26.9
All other                515.6   501.6   495.4   487.4   495.7   497.9
Grand Total             6473.3  6385.1  6334.4  6262.3  6199.9  6200.3
For. Official           4069.3  4024.6  3980.0  3949.7  3901.2  3947.1
Treasury Bills           313.4   315.3   305.1   310.4   311.8   306.6
T-Bonds & Notes         3756.0  3709.2  3674.9  3639.3  3589.4  3640.5
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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