MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES
(in billions of dollars)
HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD
Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug
Country 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006
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Japan 585.6 610.4 612.7 614.8 614.4 611.2 616.2 627.0 622.7 615.8 618.1 618.1 623.5
China, Mainland 400.2 409.0 406.3 408.6 415.3 421.1 417.1 402.1 398.0 394.1 392.2 389.7 386.5
United Kingdom 2/ 244.0 210.6 193.2 170.6 136.5 148.9 122.7 105.1 93.7 76.0 61.6 61.6 54.6
Oil Exporters 3/ 123.3 123.3 121.8 120.9 111.7 112.3 110.3 111.4 110.0 106.4 107.2 113.7 116.6
Brazil 106.7 104.7 93.7 81.6 79.7 69.7 60.7 53.7 52.1 51.0 46.4 44.9 43.1
Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 76.3 43.2 50.7 54.7 83.1 87.4 73.0 75.2 79.8 94.0 72.7 69.5 79.6
Luxembourg 63.9 64.3 62.7 62.3 61.9 61.9 59.9 59.5 60.1 60.5 59.5 58.7 58.4
Hong Kong 56.2 58.9 60.3 58.5 56.2 58.3 57.2 54.5 53.8 51.0 50.6 49.7 50.7
Taiwan 52.2 57.3 57.3 57.2 59.1 58.0 57.3 59.1 59.3 59.4 60.8 61.3 61.9
Korea 48.9 50.7 50.0 52.1 54.1 57.9 56.9 62.3 66.7 64.5 65.7 65.7 63.4
Germany 44.8 44.0 48.2 51.4 49.7 47.5 47.8 49.8 45.9 45.5 46.1 46.3 44.7
Singapore 34.9 33.4 33.1 34.4 32.2 28.8 31.3 29.9 31.3 30.9 31.1 34.0 34.7
Mexico 32.9 37.6 36.6 35.5 35.5 35.3 35.0 36.6 34.9 38.6 40.5 40.4 40.3
Switzerland 31.3 31.1 32.1 31.8 32.2 32.8 32.7 33.7 34.3 35.6 36.9 37.0 38.1
Turkey 27.6 26.9 27.1 27.0 26.2 27.6 25.4 25.0 23.0 23.4 22.3 23.6 24.0
Canada 24.9 29.2 30.5 33.6 29.8 31.5 30.1 28.3 26.9 27.2 28.9 28.8 28.3
Netherlands 21.2 20.3 21.2 19.9 21.3 21.4 21.5 20.1 20.7 20.5 20.0 18.1 16.7
Thailand 20.1 19.7 17.8 18.7 16.8 17.8 16.8 16.6 16.9 16.1 15.7 15.9 16.1
France 16.8 21.3 20.9 20.9 19.8 20.8 23.1 27.9 26.4 30.4 26.7 17.6 23.6
Sweden 16.5 16.3 15.9 15.7 15.1 15.2 15.2 14.3 12.3 11.9 12.0 12.9 13.5
Russia 13.1 17.1 14.7 11.8 7.7 7.4 8.1 8.5 7.0 7.0 7.5 6.4 6.6
Poland 13.0 13.7 12.9 11.8 12.2 12.2 12.7 12.5 13.9 13.9 14.1 12.8 13.4
Ireland 12.9 11.7 11.9 12.0 8.5 11.7 12.5 12.2 11.5 14.8 15.7 14.6 15.1
Italy 12.7 13.4 13.4 13.3 13.2 13.9 13.4 13.5 13.2 16.0 13.8 13.6 14.2
Israel 11.6 11.3 12.4 13.8 13.8 14.1 13.4 12.5 12.3 11.7 11.3 9.2 6.2
Belgium 11.3 12.1 11.9 12.1 12.9 12.3 13.0 12.3 13.6 13.0 13.3 13.8 14.5
India 10.9 12.9 12.8 15.3 20.0 20.1 19.5 15.8 14.6 13.9 12.0 11.2 13.5
All Other 117.5 108.5 121.2 136.4 139.3 149.3 152.4 152.5 159.8 161.9 151.8 136.1 136.2
Grand Total 2231.2 2212.7 2203.4 2196.7 2178.5 2206.5 2155.0 2132.1 2114.7 2105.0 2054.7 2025.2 2037.8
Of which:
For. Official 1427.6 1453.4 1445.1 1450.4 1460.4 1468.0 1453.5 1450.9 1451.2 1452.9 1443.6 1426.0 1429.0
Treasury Bills 179.8 176.0 160.7 172.5 178.0 194.9 181.8 181.4 176.8 186.2 178.5 179.4 190.0
T-Bonds & Notes 1247.7 1277.4 1284.3 1277.9 1282.5 1273.1 1271.7 1269.5 1274.4 1266.7 1265.1 1246.6 1239.0
Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board
October 16, 2007
1/ Estimated foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury marketable and non-marketable bills, bonds, and notes
reported under the Treasury International Capital (TIC) reporting system are based on annual
Surveys of Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities and on monthly data.
2/ United Kingdom includes Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
3/ Oil exporters include Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar,
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria.
4/ Caribbean Banking Centers include Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Netherlands Antilles and Panama.
Beginning with new series for June 2006, also includes British Virgin Islands.
ustreas.gov
BTW, the rumor is that the US Fed is buying US$ through UK<g> |
