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5/13/2020 Preliminary Annual Report on U.S. Holding of Foreign Securities U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Press Center Preliminary Annual Report on U.S. Holding of Foreign Securities 8/31/2009 WASHINGTON – Preliminary data from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2008 were released today and posted on the Treasury web site at http://www.treas.gov/tic/fpis.html. Final survey results, which will include additional detail as well as revisions to the data, will be reported on October 30, 2009. The survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. A complementary survey measuring foreign holdings of U.S. securities also is conducted annually. Data from the most recent such survey, which reports on securities held on June 30, 2009, are currently being processed. Preliminary results are expected to be reported on February 26, 2010. Overall Preliminary Results The survey measured U.S. holdings at year-end 2008 of approximately $4.3 trillion, with $2.7 trillion held in foreign equities, $1.3 trillion in foreign long-term debt securities (original term-to-maturity in excess of one year), and $0.3 trillion held in foreign short-term debt securities. The previous such survey, conducted as of year-end 2007, measured U.S. holdings of $7.2 trillion, with $5.2 trillion held in foreign equities, $1.6 trillion in foreign long-term debt securities and $0.4 trillion held in foreign short-term debt securities. Table 1. U.S. holdings of foreign securities, by type of security, as of survey dates [1] (Billions of dollars) Type of Security Dec. 31, 2007 Dec. 31, 2008 6,855 4,009 Equity 5,248 2,748 Long-term debt 1,607 1,261 Short-term debt securities 357 282 7,212 4,291 Long-term Securities Total U.S. Portfolio Investment by Country Table 2. U.S. holdings of foreign securities, by country of issuer and type of security, for the countries attracting the most U.S. portfolio investment, as of December 31, 2008 (Billions of dollars, except as noted) https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg270.aspx 1/3 5/13/2020 Preliminary Annual Report on U.S. Holding of Foreign Securities Country or region Total Equity Long-Term Debt 1 United Kingdom 647 377 185 85 2 Japan 403 348 54 2 3 Canada 378 180 166 32 4 Cayman Islands 315 95 202 18 5 France 285 212 58 15 6 Germany 255 160 80 15 7 Switzerland 218 214 4 * 8 Netherlands 169 77 75 18 9 Bermuda 163 143 19 1 10 Australia 146 65 71 9 11 Spain 93 63 25 5 12 Brazil 91 72 19 * 13 Mexico 65 46 19 * 14 Hong Kong 65 61 3 * 15 Ireland 63 22 23 18 16 Italy 62 47 13 1 17 Luxembourg 60 16 37 8 18 Sweden 59 30 20 9 19 Korea , South 56 45 10 * 20 China , Mainland 55 53 2 * 21 Israel 46 31 15 * 22 Taiwan 41 41 * 0 23 Finland 41 36 3 3 https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg270.aspx Short-Term Debt 2/3 5/13/2020 Preliminary Annual Report on U.S. Holding of Foreign Securities 24 Netherlands Antilles 38 37 1 * 25 Jersey 37 11 8 19 Rest of world 437 264 148 24 Total 4,291 2,748 1,261 282 * Greater than zero, but less than $500 million [1] The stock of foreign securities for December 31, 2008 reported in this survey may not, for a number of reasons, correspond to the stock of foreign securities on December 31, 2007, plus cumulative flows reported in Treasury's transactions reporting system. The final report on U.S. holdings of foreign securities as of end-year 2008 will contain an analysis of the relation between the stock and flow data. https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg270.aspx 3/3
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