Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Foreign holders of US Treasuries - Feb 2009

Here is a list derived from the US Treasury's data at the above link(in billions):


Feb
Country 2009

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China, Mainland 744.2
Japan 661.9
Carib Bnkng Ctrs 189.1
Oil Exporters 181.7
Brazil 130.8
Russia 130.1
United Kingdom 129.1
Luxembourg 92.3
Hong Kong 76.3
Taiwan 72.6
Switzerland 68.2
Germany 56.6
Ireland 54.5
Thailand 39.7
Singapore 39.4
Mexico 37.9
India 34.6
Korea 33.3
Turkey 32.4
Norway 21.1
Egypt 19.1
Israel 17.4
France 16.8
Italy 16.5
Netherlands 16.1
Chile 15.2
Belgium 14.5
Sweden 12.7
Philippines 12.6
Colombia 11.4
Canada 10.9
All Other 173.4
Grand Total 3162

It's fairly remarkable how heavily the holdings are concentrated in a few countries, while other countries such as Germany, France, and Canada with large economies have relatively trivial holdings of US Treasuries.

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