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

Data Through: May 2018

Source: U.S. Treasury Department

Percentage calculated by MNI

Country                            May-18  Apr-18  Mar-18  Feb-18  Jan-18

China, Mainland                      19.0    19.2    19.1    18.9    18.9

Japan                                16.9    16.7    16.8    17.0    17.2

Ireland                               4.8     4.9     5.1     5.1     5.3

Brazil                                4.8     4.8     4.6     4.4     4.3

United Kingdom                        4.3     4.3     4.2     4.0     3.9

Switzerland                           3.9     3.9     3.9     4.0     4.1

Luxembourg                            3.4     3.5     3.6     3.5     3.6

Hong Kong                             3.1     3.1     3.2     3.2     3.1

Cayman Islands                        3.0     2.9     2.7     2.8     2.7

Taiwan                                2.7     2.7     2.7     2.7     2.8

Saudi Arabia                          2.6     2.6     2.4     2.4     2.3

Belgium                               2.4     2.2     2.0     2.0     2.0

India                                 2.4     2.5     2.5     2.5     2.4

Singapore                             1.9     1.9     1.9     1.9     2.0

Korea                                 1.7     1.6     1.6     1.6     1.6

Canada                                1.6     1.4     1.5     1.4     1.4

France                                1.4     1.3     1.3     1.2     1.3

Germany                               1.3     1.4     1.2     1.3     1.1

Bermuda                               1.0     1.0     1.1     1.1     1.1

Thailand                              1.0     1.0     0.9     1.1     1.1

United Arab Emirates                  1.0     1.0     1.0     0.9     0.9

Norway                                0.8     0.6     0.6     0.8     0.8

Sweden                                0.7     0.7     0.7     0.7     0.7

Netherlands                           0.7     0.7     0.7     0.7     0.7

Kuwait                                0.7     0.7     0.6     0.6     0.6

Mexico                                0.7     0.7     0.7     0.6     0.5

Poland                                0.6     0.7     0.6     0.6     0.7

Italy                                 0.6     0.6     0.6     0.6     0.6

Australia                             0.6     0.6     0.6     0.6     0.6

Spain                                 0.5     0.6     0.7     0.7     0.8

Turkey                                0.5     0.5     0.5     0.5     0.5

Philippines                           0.6     0.5     0.5     0.5     0.6

Chile                                 0.5     0.6     0.7     0.7     0.8

All Other                             8.2     8.6     9.3     9.3     9.2

Grand Total                         100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0

For. Official                        64.2    64.8    65.1    64.8    64.6

Treasury Bills                        5.6     5.2     5.1     5.4     5.3

T-Bonds & Notes                      58.7    59.6    60.0    59.5    59.4

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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