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5/5/2020 Preliminary Annual Report on U.S. Holdings of Foreign Securities U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Press Center Preliminary Annual Report on U.S. Holdings of Foreign Securities 8/31/2012 WASHINGTON – Preliminary data from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2011 were released today and posted on the Treasury web site at (http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/fpis.aspx#usclaims). Final survey results, which will include additional detail as well as revisions to the data, will be reported on October 31, 2012. 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, 2012, are currently being processed. Preliminary results are expected to be reported on February 28, 2013. Overall Preliminary Results The survey measured the value of U.S. holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2011 of approximately $6.8 trillion, with $4.5 trillion held in foreign equities, $2.0 trillion held in foreign long-term debt securities (original term-to-maturity in excess of one year), and $0.4 trillion held in foreign short-term debt securities. The previous such survey, conducted as of year-end 2010, measured the value of U.S. holdings of $6.8 trillion, with $4.6 trillion held in foreign equities, $1.7 trillion held 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, 2010 Dec. 31, 2011 Long-term Securities Equity Long-term debt 6,362 4,647 1,715 6,481 4,502 1,979 Short-term debt securities 402 360 6,763 6,841 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, 2011 (Billions of dollars, except as noted) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Country or region United Kingdom Canada Cayman Islands Japan Australia France Switzerland Germany Netherlands Brazil Bermuda Ireland Korea, South Hong Kong Sweden Mexico Luxembourg China, Mainland Spain Taiwan Total 989 736 709 509 334 306 292 266 242 196 161 149 146 116 115 108 93 77 76 72 Equity 642 359 488 391 129 209 278 174 119 155 135 114 117 112 54 59 31 75 53 72 https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1696.aspx Long-Term Debt 285 329 218 57 142 88 5 82 110 41 25 35 28 3 34 45 61 2 22 * Short-Term Debt 62 48 3 60 63 8 9 10 13 * * * 2 * 28 4 1 * * 0 1/2 5/5/2020 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Preliminary Annual Report on U.S. Holdings of Foreign Securities South Africa Netherlands Antilles Norway Italy Singapore India Israel Rest of world Total 71 70 63 62 60 59 58 706 6,841 59 66 21 40 48 55 37 409 4,502 12 4 29 21 10 3 19 267 1,979 * 0 12 1 2 1 2 31 360 * Greater than zero, but less than $500 million [1] The stock of foreign securities for December 31, 2011, reported in this survey may not, for a number of reasons, correspond to the stock of foreign securities on December 31, 2010, plus cumulative flows reported in Treasury's transactions reporting system. The final report on U.S. holdings of foreign securities as of end-year 2011 will contain an analysis of the relationship between the stock and flow data. 2012 Preliminary Annual Report on U.S. Holdings of Foreign Securities https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1696.aspx 2/2
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