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Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:22:24 PM
US debt going ballistic:
MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES
MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES
(in billions of dollars)
HOLDINGS 1/ AT END OF PERIOD
New 5/ Old 5/
Series Series
Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun Jun May Apr Mar Feb
Country 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
Japan 586.6 586.9 581.2 590.9 601.7 591.9 595.8 620.6 622.9 612.9 615.0 614.6 611.4 616.4
China, Mainland 486.9 492.6 477.6 458.9 459.1 467.7 471.2 480.0 477.3 405.2 407.5 414.2 420.0 416.0
United Kingdom 2/ 180.7 157.2 156.7 172.3 151.4 125.1 101.5 67.3 50.0 192.2 169.5 135.4 147.9 121.6
Brazil 146.6 141.7 129.9 121.7 113.9 110.5 107.7 105.8 94.8 93.7 81.6 79.7 69.7 60.7
Oil Exporters 3/ 146.1 140.9 137.9 138.7 141.6 137.1 134.7 134.7 133.2 122.1 121.1 112.0 112.5 110.5
Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ 103.0 108.1 116.4 107.4 105.6 99.1 103.8 70.7 78.2 42.8 47.2 75.6 79.9 65.6
Luxembourg 83.1 68.4 69.7 68.3 63.3 58.4 57.1 57.6 55.9 62.6 62.2 61.8 61.8 59.8
Hong Kong 57.6 54.5 51.0 51.6 51.1 52.5 53.1 55.9 57.3 60.5 58.6 56.3 58.5 57.3
Germany 42.5 43.1 41.7 39.1 41.8 41.8 42.3 41.7 45.9 48.3 51.4 49.8 47.6 47.9
Korea 41.4 42.1 39.2 37.8 37.0 39.4 42.6 44.4 43.7 50.0 52.1 54.1 57.9 56.9
Switzerland 39.4 39.3 38.9 38.1 37.8 37.0 37.4 37.2 38.3 32.2 31.9 32.3 32.9 32.7
Taiwan 38.8 38.9 38.2 37.1 40.7 39.9 39.5 44.6 44.7 57.5 57.4 59.2 58.1 57.5
Russia 38.4 35.2 32.7 33.5 33.6 31.8 31.9 35.9 33.5 14.7 11.8 7.7 7.4 8.1
Mexico 36.5 35.5 34.4 32.0 30.5 30.0 30.2 34.9 33.9 36.6 35.5 35.5 35.3 35.0
Norway 34.0 33.6 26.2 27.6 25.5 22.9 6.4 -- 3.1 -- -- 2.1 7.3 12.5
Singapore 33.3 38.3 39.7 40.1 38.8 36.6 37.8 36.3 36.0 33.0 34.4 32.1 28.8 31.2
Thailand 30.5 28.9 27.4 27.5 22.8 24.7 22.9 22.5 20.6 17.8 18.7 16.8 17.8 16.8
Turkey 28.5 28.2 25.6 25.6 28.1 28.3 29.2 28.5 28.7 27.1 27.0 26.2 27.6 25.4
Canada 21.4 23.0 17.5 22.8 15.5 17.6 19.2 23.3 24.6 30.5 33.6 29.8 31.5 30.1
Ireland 15.6 15.6 18.7 17.5 17.0 16.3 16.8 15.6 15.8 12.0 12.0 8.5 11.7 12.5
India 14.4 14.6 14.9 14.8 14.9 10.8 12.1 14.1 14.0 12.8 15.3 20.0 20.1 19.5
Netherlands 14.1 15.9 15.2 14.2 14.8 15.1 16.6 15.7 16.5 21.2 20.0 21.3 21.4 21.5
Sweden 13.6 13.4 13.7 14.1 14.5 14.8 15.7 15.5 15.1 15.7 15.4 14.8 14.9 14.9
Belgium 13.2 13.1 13.2 14.2 14.6 14.6 14.6 15.4 15.2 11.9 12.1 12.9 12.3 12.9
Egypt 12.0 11.6 10.4 10.6 9.9 9.9 10.1 10.2 10.0 6.4 6.3 6.0 6.1 5.4
Italy 11.3 12.7 14.6 15.5 14.1 13.4 13.2 13.9 14.0 13.5 13.4 13.3 13.9 13.4
Philippines 10.4 10.3 10.1 9.6 9.5 9.0 8.4 8.6 9.0 8.1 7.8 7.5 7.3 7.2
All Other 156.4 157.3 160.5 155.0 146.7 146.3 149.1 150.3 159.8 150.5 166.1 167.0 173.1 174.0
Grand Total 2436.2 2401.0 2353.5 2336.4 2296.0 2242.2 2221.0 2201.0 2192.0 2191.7 2185.0 2166.7 2194.8 2143.3
Of which:
For. Official 1681.6 1688.0 1641.1 1619.1 1613.8 1607.7 1595.1 1621.0 1612.6 1443.1 1448.4 1458.4 1466.0 1451.5
Treasury Bills 204.3 207.1 196.3 185.3 180.4 178.3 180.0 176.2 160.9 160.9 172.7 178.1 195.1 182.0
T-Bonds & Notes 1477.3 1480.9 1444.8 1433.8 1433.4 1429.4 1415.1 1444.7 1451.7 1282.1 1275.7 1280.3 1270.9 1269.5
Department of the Treasury/Federal Reserve Board
April 15, 2008
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.
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