US Data: Major Foreign Holders of US Tsys, Pct of Total>

Data Through: November 2017

Source: U.S. Treasury Department

Percentage calculated by MNI

Country                    Nov-17  Oct-17  Sep-17  Aug-17  Jul-17

China, Mainland              18.5    18.7    18.7    19.2    18.7

Japan                        17.1    17.2    17.3    17.6    17.8

Ireland                       5.2     4.9     4.9     4.9     5.0

Cayman Islands                4.2     4.3     4.2     4.1     4.1

Brazil                        4.2     4.3     4.3     4.4     4.4

Switzerland                   4.0     4.0     4.0     4.0     3.9

United Kingdom                3.8     3.6     3.8     3.6     3.7

Luxembourg                    3.4     3.4     3.4     3.4     3.4

Hong Kong                     3.1     3.0     3.1     3.1     3.2

Taiwan                        2.8     2.9     2.9     2.9     2.9

Saudi Arabia                  2.3     2.3     2.2     2.2     2.3

India                         2.2     2.2     2.3     2.2     2.2

Singapore                     2.0     2.1     2.0     1.9     1.8

Belgium                       1.8     1.8     1.7     1.5     1.6

Russia                        1.7     1.7     1.6     1.7     1.6

Korea                         1.6     1.6     1.5     1.5     1.6

Canada                        1.3     1.2     1.2     1.2     1.2

France                        1.2     1.2     1.2     1.2     1.3

Germany                       1.1     1.1     1.2     1.2     1.2

Thailand                      1.1     1.1     1.1     1.1     1.1

Bermuda                       1.0     1.0     1.0     1.0     1.0

Turkey                        1.0     1.0     1.0     0.9     0.9

United Arab Emirates          0.9     0.9     0.9     0.9     1.0

Norway                        0.9     1.0     1.0     0.9     0.9

Netherlands                   0.8     0.7     0.8     0.8     0.8

Sweden                        0.7     0.7     0.7     0.7     0.7

Australia                     0.6     0.6     0.6     0.6     0.6

Mexico                        0.6     0.7     0.6     0.6     0.6

Poland                        0.6     0.7     0.6     0.6     0.6

Kuwait                        0.6     0.6     0.6     0.6     0.6

Spain                         0.6     0.6     0.6     0.6     0.6

Philippines                   0.6     0.6     0.6     0.6     0.5

Italy                         0.6     0.6     0.6     0.6     0.6

All Other                     7.6     7.5     7.5     7.3     7.4

Grand Total                 100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0

Of which:

For. Official                63.9    64.2    64.4    64.6    64.5

Treasury Bills                5.4     5.2     5.1     5.2     5.3

T-Bonds & Notes              58.6    59.0    59.2    59.5    59.3

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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