China Holdings Of US Debt Soars
Posted: February 28, 2011 at 8:29 pm
MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES: Treasury Dept
(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
