http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Documents/mfh.txt
Ownership is 4.439 Trillion of which China and Japan own about 45%.
Do you think Japan needs to raise some capital? Expect rates to rise as they find liquidity.
MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES
(in billions of dollars)
HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD
New 5/ Old 5/
Series Series
Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan Dec
Country 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2009
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China, Mainland 1160.1 1164.1 1175.3 1151.9 1136.8 1115.1 1112.1 843.7 867.7 900.2 895.2 877.5 889.0 894.8
Japan 882.3 875.9 873.6 860.8 832.5 817.3 799.9 801.2 784.8 793.8 783.3 768.2 765.2 765.7
United Kingdom 2/ 272.1 242.5 209.2 190.5 181.0 107.2 94.5 363.7 350.9 321.1 279.0 233.5 208.3 180.3
Oil Exporters 3/ 211.9 204.3 207.8 215.4 211.7 209.3 210.2 216.3 228.6 232.9 223.4 211.9 211.9 201.1
Brazil 186.1 189.8 183.0 181.0 170.5 167.7 163.8 158.5 161.5 164.4 164.5 170.9 169.0 169.2
Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 168.6 159.3 146.7 157.7 172.6 164.1 178.9 165.9 166.3 153.2 148.2 144.4 143.6 128.2
Taiwan 155.1 154.4 154.5 153.3 153.4 153.8 151.9 128.6 126.2 126.9 124.8 121.4 119.6 116.5
Russia 151.0 167.3 176.3 173.3 173.7 175.7 168.2 123.4 126.8 113.1 120.1 120.2 124.2 141.8
Hong Kong 134.2 134.9 135.2 131.9 133.9 131.2 137.0 141.0 145.7 151.8 150.9 152.4 146.6 148.7
Switzerland 107.0 107.0 107.7 110.0 113.0 111.8 106.5 100.1 84.4 80.0 78.8 81.8 84.4 89.7
Luxembourg 86.4 81.9 78.5 86.1 79.0 98.9 97.6 96.6 75.6 76.9 83.9 77.8 79.1 88.4
Canada 76.8 76.9 66.2 56.5 44.9 43.0 35.9 93.7 84.8 81.9 77.1 67.1 54.7 52.8
Singapore 72.9 62.2 66.4 56.7 55.4 55.3 53.3 50.5 40.6 42.4 45.5 42.6 41.3 39.2
Germany 60.5 58.6 58.2 57.9 56.8 55.3 52.2 54.0 55.8 54.8 53.7 50.0 49.0 47.8
Thailand 51.9 52.1 52.6 50.4 47.3 40.8 35.7 49.3 46.3 46.9 43.5 42.1 33.3 33.3
Ireland 45.8 50.0 48.9 51.5 49.5 51.1 55.7 48.3 48.0 45.7 43.3 38.7 39.2 43.6
India 40.5 39.7 40.1 40.0 37.9 38.4 35.4 36.4 29.3 31.0 32.0 31.6 32.7 32.5
Korea 36.2 39.8 39.4 38.7 39.9 37.6 37.0 38.7 37.8 38.7 40.1 39.8 39.7 40.3
Mexico 33.5 32.6 34.8 36.8 36.1 33.5 33.1 33.2 34.2 33.1 36.1 33.9 34.4 36.8
Belgium 33.2 33.4 33.4 33.8 51.9 34.3 34.8 17.2 17.6 18.5 17.1 17.0 17.4 17.3
Turkey 28.9 29.1 27.8 27.8 29.7 26.7 25.7 25.5 27.6 27.9 28.7 27.3 27.5 28.1
Egypt 26.0 29.8 30.5 30.6 29.2 25.9 25.0 29.4 28.0 21.1 21.4 21.7 19.4 18.9
Poland 25.5 27.2 28.8 28.4 26.6 24.8 25.7 23.2 23.4 24.6 23.4 22.6 22.3 22.9
Italy 23.7 23.6 23.7 24.1 23.6 23.2 22.7 20.1 20.8 20.3 20.5 20.9 21.3 21.1
Netherlands 22.7 22.1 22.0 23.1 25.1 24.2 24.7 17.3 17.6 19.6 19.2 20.4 20.7 20.4
Israel 20.6 20.5 17.9 17.6 16.3 17.9 18.3 18.4 20.1 19.9 22.0 18.9 16.8 13.8
Colombia 20.2 20.3 16.7 16.3 16.5 16.4 16.4 17.0 15.7 15.7 16.2 16.0 16.0 17.3
Philippines 20.1 19.2 18.5 18.5 19.3 20.3 20.0 14.3 14.4 15.0 14.6 12.5 11.3 11.7
Norway 19.6 19.0 18.0 18.1 17.5 16.3 15.4 16.1 15.2 15.0 14.6 13.6 12.3 12.1
Sweden 16.8 15.2 16.1 15.4 16.8 17.7 17.6 16.5 13.4 15.3 16.3 16.0 15.7 15.2
France 15.8 20.9 24.3 23.3 26.1 19.8 24.2 36.0 37.9 40.6 39.8 32.8 36.3 30.5
Australia 14.9 14.9 15.7 18.0 15.5 19.2 18.4 14.5 14.1 17.9 14.4 14.4 15.4 16.3
Chile 13.9 13.4 13.4 13.0 13.0 13.1 12.0 12.2 12.0 12.0 11.9 12.3 12.5 12.4
Malaysia 11.5 11.7 11.6 11.5 11.7 11.7 11.1 11.1 10.5 10.9 11.0 10.9 11.0 11.7
All Other 193.0 200.5 201.5 204.2 206.7 206.8 199.1 171.1 174.6 168.1 163.4 162.0 161.1 164.3
Grand Total 4439.6 4413.8 4374.3 4324.1 4271.8 4125.3 4069.9 4002.9 3958.3 3951.1 3877.8 3745.4 3702.1 3685.1
Of which:
For. Official 3156.1 3181.1 3202.1 3167.2 3119.2 3074.4 3046.5 2690.3 2690.8 2715.1 2703.3 2670.3 2674.6 2700.1
Treasury Bills 462.3 499.2 531.3 495.4 486.9 473.5 454.4 454.4 466.9 498.5 501.3 496.5 502.0 528.1
T-Bonds & Notes 2693.8 2681.9 2670.8 2671.8 2632.4 2600.9 2592.1 2235.9 2223.8 2216.6 2202.0 2173.8 2172.6 2172.0
Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board
February 28, 2011
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.
5/ New series reflect new benchmark survey taken in this month. Estimated positions based on the
previous survey are shown for comparison.
makes sense
POMO/QE3 for shizzle.
Why would they sell their most stable security? Why not sell Japanese bonds, which they also have a shitte tonne of?
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They are gonna need it all…
Wonder why Indonesia is listed in the group of oil exporters? They’ve been a net importer since about 2004.