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

Data Through: January 2019

Source: U.S. Treasury Department

Percentage calculated by MNI

Country                      Jan-19 Dec-18 Nov-18 Oct-18 Sep-18

China, Mainland                17.9   17.9   18.1   18.4   18.5

Japan                          17.0   16.6   16.7   16.4   16.5

Brazil                          4.8    4.8    5.0    5.1    5.1

United Kingdom                  4.3    4.4    4.2    4.3    4.4

Ireland                         4.3    4.5    4.5    4.6    4.7

Switzerland                     3.6    3.8    3.7    3.6    3.6

Luxembourg                      3.4    3.7    3.6    3.6    3.6

Cayman Islands                  3.3    3.4    3.3    3.4    3.2

Hong Kong                       3.2    3.1    3.1    3.0    3.1

Belgium                         3.0    3.0    2.8    2.7    2.6

Taiwan                          2.6    2.5    2.5    2.6    2.7

Saudi Arabia                    2.6    2.7    2.7    2.8    2.8

India                           2.3    2.3    2.2    2.2    2.3

Singapore                       2.0    1.9    2.1    2.1    2.2

Korea                           1.8    1.8    1.8    1.8    1.8

Canada                          1.8    1.8    1.7    1.6    1.5

France                          1.8    1.8    2.1    1.8    1.6

Norway                          1.4    1.4    0.8    1.0    1.0

Thailand                        1.3    1.1    1.0    1.1    1.1

Germany                         1.2    1.1    1.3    1.2    1.1

Bermuda                         1.0    1.0    1.0    1.0    1.0

United Arab Emirates            0.9    0.9    0.9    0.9    1.0

Sweden                          0.7    0.7    0.7    0.7    0.7

Netherlands                     0.7    0.7    0.7    0.7    0.7

Australia                       0.7    0.6    0.7    0.6    0.6

Itay                            0.6    0.6    0.7    0.6    0.6

Kuwait                          0.6    0.7    0.7    0.7    0.7

Mexico                          0.6    0.7    0.7    0.7    0.6

Span                            0.6    0.6    0.6    0.6    0.6

Iraq                            0.5    0.6    0.5    0.5    0.5

Poland                          0.5    0.6    0.6    0.6    0.6

All other                       8.8    8.7    8.9    9.0    8.9

Grand Total                   100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0

For. Official                  63.0   63.0   62.9   63.7   64.4

Treasury Bills                  4.8    5.0    5.0    4.9    5.1

T-Bonds & Notes                58.2   58.1   57.9   58.7   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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