International Portfolio Investment Holdings of Long-term Securities in the Enhanced Financial Accounts, Accessible Data

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Figure 1: Total Cross-Border Portfolio Investment Holdings

Annual
Billions of U.S. dollars

Period Foreign Residents' Holdings of total U.S. Securities U.S. Residents' Holdings of total Foreign Securities
2003 4978.61 3152.28
2004 6019.23 3786.64
2005 6864.26 4609.11
2006 7777.57 5990.90
2007 9771.73 7219.71
2008 10321.75 4291.41
2009 9640.56 5976.71
2010 10691.40 6763.36
2011 12439.58 6840.85
2012 13261.27 7958.39
2013 14410.49 9130.41
2014 16416.78 9639.93

Source: Treasury International Capital System annual benchmark survey of cross-border portfolio holdings. Porfolio holdings include both long- and short-term securities.

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Figure 2: Country-Level Breakdowns of Total U.S. Security Holdings

Trillions of U.S. Dollars

2003 2009 2014
China 255.50 1464.03 1816.92
Japan 771.45 1269.29 1917.29
Cayman Islands 242.19 650.09 1408.82
Belg, Can, Irel, Lux, Switz, U.K. 1488.69 2793.15 5550.82
All Other 2220.78 3464.00 5722.92

Source: Treasury International Capital System annual benchmark survey of cross-border portfolio holdings. Porfolio holdings include both long- and short-term securities.

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Figure 3: World Map of Foreign Residents' Holdings of Total U.S. Long-Term Securities*

Figure 3 is a worldwide heat map that shows foreign residents' holdings of total U.S. long-term securities by country in varying shades of blue. Darker shades of blue denote greater long-term security holdings. Countries with no data are shown in white. The bins to which each country belong are listed below.

Billions of U.S. Dollars

≥ $0 and
≤ $10		 > $10 and
≤ $50		 > $50 and
≤ $100		 > $100 and
≤ $500		 > $500 and
≤ $1000		 > $1000 and
≤ $2000
Countries
  • Afghanistan
  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Aruba
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Belarus
  • Belize
  • Bolivia
  • Botswana
  • Bulgaria
  • Cambodia
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • Cyprus
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Estonia
  • Fiji
  • French Polynesia
  • Gabon
  • Georgia
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Guatemala
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Holy See (Vatican City)
  • Honduras
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Iraq
  • Isle of Man
  • Jamaica
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Liberia
  • Lithuania
  • Macau
  • Malta
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritius
  • Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • Nicaragua
  • Pakistan
  • Paraguay
  • Portugal
  • Qatar
  • Romania
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • Serbia
  • Seychelles
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Sri Lanka
  • Suriname
  • Swaziland
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Venezuela
  • Zambia
  • Anguilla
  • Austria
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Czech Republic
  • Finland
  • Guernsey
  • Indonesia
  • Jersey
  • Kazakhstan
  • Malaysia
  • New Zealand
  • Oman
  • Panama
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • South Africa
  • Thailand
  • Timor-Leste
  • Turkey
  • Vietnam
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Russia
  • Spain
  • Australia
  • Bermuda
  • Brazil
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Denmark
  • France
  • Germany
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Korea, Republic of
  • Kuwait
  • Mexico
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Singapore
  • Sweden
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • Ireland
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Cayman Islands
  • China
  • Japan
  • Luxembourg
  • United Kingdom

Source: Treasury International Capital System Securities Long Term (SLT) data.

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Figure 4: European Map of Foreign Residents' Holdings of Total U.S. Long-Term Securities

Figure 4 is a European regional heat map that shows European residents' holdings of total U.S. long-term securities by country in varying shades of blue. Darker shades of blue denote greater long-term security holdings. Countries with no data are shown in white. The bins for each country are listed below.

Billions of U.S. Dollars

≥ $0 and
≤ $10		 > $10 and
≤ $50		 > $50 and
≤ $100		 > $100 and
≤ $500		 > $500 and
≤ $1000		 > $1000 and
≤ $2000
Countries
  • Albania
  • Belarus
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Estonia
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Holy See (Vatican City)
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Isle of Man
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Malta
  • Monaco
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Ukraine
  • Austria
  • Czech Republic
  • Finland
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
  • Poland
  • Italy
  • Russia
  • Spain
  • Denmark
  • France
  • Germany
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Belgium
  • Ireland
  • Switzerland
  • Luxembourg
  • United Kingdom

Source: Treasury International Capital System Securities Long Term (SLT) data.

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Figure 5: Foreign Residents' Holdings of U.S. Long-Term Securities over Time*

Monthly
Trillions of U.S. dollars

Period LT Treasuries Agency Bonds Corporate/Other Bonds Corporate Stocks
January 2012 4449.93 1034.69 2643.02 4048.99
February 2012 4470.56 1057.92 2698.21 4232.86
March 2012 4510.89 1046.54 2678.49 4355.17
April 2012 4594.21 1016.65 2650.10 4319.19
May 2012 4635.59 1013.23 2627.13 4061.91
June 2012 4680.77 1001.46 2611.97 4259.80
July 2012 4760.46 995.53 2630.21 4215.31
August 2012 4788.10 1000.77 2678.57 4324.66
September 2012 4793.67 1014.43 2706.06 4471.21
October 2012 4854.55 1001.45 2729.70 4412.38
November 2012 4861.62 997.49 2744.53 4486.18
December 2012 4909.83 979.36 2761.56 4566.17
January 2013 4947.52 950.49 2770.57 4783.12
February 2013 5000.61 929.26 2770.26 4834.07
March 2013 5001.08 935.59 2780.05 5014.52
April 2013 5003.23 941.11 2837.50 5118.97
May 2013 4990.61 910.99 2814.13 5227.06
June 2013 4919.65 880.29 2731.09 5124.11
July 2013 4938.92 899.21 2779.15 5317.32
August 2013 4924.47 892.80 2764.21 5218.51
September 2013 5007.79 900.81 2806.55 5423.10
October 2013 5025.35 905.09 2858.45 5623.74
November 2013 5065.59 892.82 2879.85 5762.46
December 2013 5107.09 857.01 2877.06 5882.46
January 2014 5164.55 860.22 2883.14 5735.87
February 2014 5210.58 859.49 2924.90 6045.85
March 2014 5258.98 835.46 2941.60 6059.68
April 2014 5311.72 837.49 2961.04 6036.03
May 2014 5331.78 837.50 2979.06 6165.72
June 2014 5391.08 826.75 3021.83 6323.54
July 2014 5382.60 819.76 3003.40 6255.72
August 2014 5438.94 831.24 3027.98 6475.57
September 2014 5455.09 844.42 2998.59 6420.63
October 2014 5423.93 847.98 3030.24 6570.18
November 2014 5467.70 872.24 3058.06 6690.46
December 2014 5486.02 857.82 3055.79 6674.92
January 2015 5557.83 861.33 3086.26 6534.56
February 2015 5482.64 861.08 3127.42 6842.86
March 2015 5470.34 849.83 3151.06 6739.00
April 2015 5448.41 874.10 3170.63 6772.63
May 2015 5433.53 882.72 3216.70 6815.07
June 2015 5461.86 885.41 3216.45 6683.11
July 2015 5425.11 878.80 3252.41 6781.00
August 2015 5400.17 870.73 3236.59 6373.95
September 2015 5439.18 896.46 3221.97 6122.77
October 2015 5428.85 877.94 3228.87 6461.45
November 2015 5455.12 873.57 3205.74 6415.54
December 2015 5423.37 871.99 3206.72 6242.27
January 2016 5464.22 879.11 3198.10 5915.81
February 2016 5520.33 888.88 3229.96 5864.81
March 2016 5562.08 909.68 3356.79 6155.89
April 2016 5539.83 918.70 3412.56 6164.63

Source: Treasury International Capital System Securities Long Term (SLT) data.

* Accessible data missing at the time of publication were added for figures 3 and 5. Return to text.

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