Table 1e: Memo: Foreign Residents' Holdings of U.S. Short-term Treasury Securities by Country 1 PDF

Billions of U.S. dollars
Date Dec 2016 Dec 2017 Dec 2018 Sep 2019 Oct 2019 Nov 2019 Dec 2019 Jan 2020 Feb 2020 Mar 2020 Apr 2020 May 2020 Jun 2020 Jul 2020 Aug 2020
Worldwide 668.9 703.1 746.7 763.2 744.0 727.9 716.1 705.7 737.5 729.5 881.5 961.9 1040.9 1039.6 1047.6
Europe 268.4 258.6 253.6 287.3 281.3 280.0 279.1 248.3 263.3 272.7 359.1 395.7 446.8 438.7 453.5
Europe; Eurozone 142.0 141.7 154.4 167.4 167.5 162.1 162.2 139.8 146.9 154.5 239.5 273.2 305.2 301.3 308.1
Europe; Eurozone; Austria 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3
Europe; Eurozone; Belgium 20.9 18.2 20.8 29.5 21.9 21.4 21.2 21.9 23.7 25.7 35.0 36.0 43.2 42.1 43.1
Europe; Eurozone; Finland 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.2
Europe; Eurozone; France 12.0 14.2 17.2 15.0 16.5 14.6 15.4 16.0 18.0 17.4 19.3 22.3 24.0 21.8 22.2
Europe; Eurozone; Germany 9.5 4.6 7.3 9.4 8.4 7.8 9.3 9.6 10.3 7.5 9.7 10.6 12.1 10.3 8.5
Europe; Eurozone; Ireland 41.5 52.8 51.4 42.8 49.0 51.6 53.8 39.8 41.9 55.1 96.8 115.7 129.0 132.5 137.0
Europe; Eurozone; Italy 1.0 0.7 6.1 6.6 6.7 5.9 5.1 3.8 3.0 2.1 2.2 2.8 3.0 2.6 2.3
Europe; Eurozone; Luxembourg 41.6 44.7 46.9 57.8 59.0 54.7 50.7 43.0 44.5 41.5 69.3 77.1 85.1 82.3 87.6
Europe; Eurozone; Netherlands 11.8 4.5 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.4 2.0 2.1 2.0 3.2 1.5
Europe; Eurozone; Spain 1.9 0.9 1.5 2.0 2.1 1.8 2.3 2.0 2.1 1.7 2.2 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.3
Europe; Eurozone; Other Eurozone 1.2 0.6 1.2 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.8 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.0
Europe; Non-Eurozone 126.4 116.9 99.2 119.9 113.7 117.8 116.9 108.5 116.4 118.2 119.6 122.5 141.5 137.4 145.5
Europe; Non-Eurozone; Denmark 1.3 1.4 1.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.1 1.4 1.5 3.6 4.0 3.7
Europe; Non-Eurozone; Norway 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Europe; Non-Eurozone; Russia 2.7 3.4 8.1 7.0 8.1 8.5 5.7 6.7 8.3 0.5 2.8 1.6 3.0 2.7 3.2
Europe; Non-Eurozone; Sweden 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.6
Europe; Non-Eurozone; Switzerland 32.3 30.5 31.1 35.7 34.0 32.9 32.5 33.3 35.0 34.3 33.1 33.0 33.1 31.8 31.8
Europe; Non-Eurozone; United Kingdom 35.2 39.2 42.2 58.2 53.5 55.1 57.6 49.0 51.6 66.2 63.8 66.7 76.5 70.3 73.2
Europe; Non-Eurozone; Other Non-Eurozone 54.2 41.6 15.1 18.0 17.2 20.4 20.0 18.5 20.4 15.5 18.0 19.3 24.8 27.7 32.9
Asia/Oceania 220.1 247.8 260.5 242.7 236.0 223.1 226.3 244.6 251.7 233.5 273.3 303.3 312.7 322.9 312.2
Asia/Oceania; Australia 8.0 8.7 7.8 5.6 5.7 6.3 5.9 5.6 5.3 5.6 7.9 9.7 10.1 9.1 8.7
Asia/Oceania; China 4.4 4.2 7.2 7.4 12.8 3.8 2.4 5.5 3.4 32.7 44.5 38.8 34.0 27.5 17.5
Asia/Oceania; Japan 56.5 63.4 60.4 59.4 59.4 60.0 62.1 64.3 66.2 60.9 64.1 67.0 66.7 67.1 68.1
Asia/Oceania; Hong Kong 53.6 55.6 36.1 24.3 20.0 21.4 16.0 15.1 19.7 14.6 14.6 24.7 26.4 23.8 21.4
Asia/Oceania; India 6.8 11.7 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.3 3.6 11.8 18.3 5.2 8.3 17.8 31.3 38.5 39.2
Asia/Oceania; Israel 1.3 1.8 1.5 2.9 2.2 2.5 4.0 4.1 5.7 4.6 6.7 7.3 6.3 7.4 7.6
Asia/Oceania; Saudi Arabia 13.9 41.8 50.8 47.0 43.4 41.9 44.5 44.4 43.1 37.4 33.2 33.5 35.1 33.7 37.1
Asia/Oceania; Singapore 5.6 8.3 6.8 6.5 5.6 7.6 8.7 8.0 9.1 8.2 12.0 10.5 11.2 21.4 22.9
Asia/Oceania; South Korea 11.9 2.6 8.1 2.9 2.9 3.4 4.0 4.6 4.7 3.1 4.0 3.9 4.5 4.2 4.8
Asia/Oceania; Taiwan 2.7 3.6 2.3 1.7 1.7 1.5 2.1 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.7 4.3 4.6
Asia/Oceania; Other Asia/Oceania 55.4 46.0 78.0 83.7 81.2 73.5 73.0 77.6 72.5 57.3 74.3 85.9 82.4 85.8 80.2
North America 144.2 140.5 173.5 178.8 172.3 169.4 160.2 157.0 163.9 167.9 187.3 194.2 202.8 193.6 199.5
North America; Bermuda 16.5 18.4 22.4 22.9 21.9 23.8 21.9 21.4 22.0 24.8 28.0 28.4 31.7 31.7 35.9
North America; British Virgin Islands 8.8 5.4 12.8 12.3 10.9 10.2 6.8 8.0 7.8 7.7 6.6 8.1 7.2 7.1 6.9
North America; Canada 10.6 12.6 16.0 20.3 19.3 19.2 18.0 19.3 21.3 19.8 23.5 25.0 25.8 24.8 25.3
North America; Cayman Islands 95.6 85.8 105.8 102.2 99.9 96.3 96.3 92.6 96.0 96.1 105.8 109.9 115.2 107.3 108.6
North America; Mexico 7.4 9.0 6.9 9.6 9.3 9.3 6.7 5.8 7.1 11.0 14.9 13.7 12.7 12.6 13.2
North America; Other North America 5.3 9.2 9.7 11.5 10.9 10.6 10.5 10.0 9.8 8.4 8.6 9.2 10.2 10.1 9.7
South America 22.3 28.1 22.3 18.0 17.8 20.9 19.4 21.2 21.5 17.4 22.7 27.3 33.1 31.7 31.4
South America; Brazil 11.5 14.3 5.5 5.6 5.6 7.1 4.2 4.1 5.0 1.7 4.4 9.2 15.7 14.4 14.5
South America; Chile 6.5 8.1 8.3 2.5 2.9 3.8 4.5 7.3 6.9 5.0 6.3 6.2 5.7 5.7 5.1
South America; Colombia 0.3 0.4 2.0 1.1 0.7 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.0 0.8 1.4 0.8 0.8
South America; Other South America 4.0 5.2 6.5 8.8 8.5 9.1 9.7 9.4 9.1 10.2 11.0 11.0 10.3 10.7 11.0
Africa 3.4 19.9 28.3 26.5 26.8 24.8 22.8 26.1 27.2 27.1 20.7 20.1 21.1 22.4 22.8
Africa; Egypt 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Africa; Mauritius 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Africa; South Africa 0.1 8.5 2.3 3.5 3.5 2.5 1.4 2.2 2.5 3.2 1.9 2.4 3.6 4.1 4.4
Africa; Other Africa 3.3 11.5 26.0 23.0 23.3 22.3 21.3 23.9 24.7 23.9 18.9 17.7 17.5 18.3 18.4
Country Unknown 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
International/Regional Organizations 10.4 8.3 8.4 10.0 9.9 9.7 8.3 8.5 9.9 10.8 18.3 21.3 24.4 30.3 28.2
  FOOTNOTES

(1) Source: Treasury International Capital (TIC) Securities Long Term (SLT) statistical release published online at www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/ticsec2.aspx Return to text.

(2) Eurozone membership as of April 2016 Return to text.