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5/12/2020 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 8/31/2011 WASHINGTON – Preliminary data from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2010 were released today and posted on the Treasury web site at link. Final survey results, which will include additional detail as well as revisions to the data, will be reported on October 31, 2011. 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, 2011, are currently being processed. Preliminary results are expected to be reported on February 29, 2012. Overall Preliminary Results The survey measured the value of U.S. holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2010 of approximately $6.8 trillion, with $4.6 trillion held in foreign equities, $1.7 trillion in foreign longterm 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 2009, measured the value of U.S. holdings of $6.0 trillion, with $4.0 trillion held in foreign equities, $1.6 trillion in foreign long-term debt securities, and $0.4 trillion held in foreign shortterm 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, 2009 Dec. 31, 2010 Long-term Securities Equity Long-term debt 5,589 3,995 1,594 6,362 4,647 1,715 Short-term debt securities 387 402 Total 5,977 6,763 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, 2010 (Billions of dollars, except as noted) 1 2 Country or region United Kingdom Canada Total 1,002 695 626 409 Equity Long-Term Debt 253 253 Short-Term Debt 123 34 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Japan France Cayman Islands Switzerland Australia Germany Brazil 519 366 366 327 323 299 235 450 244 166 319 150 207 194 47 82 196 6 123 74 41 22 40 3 2 51 18 1 10 11 12 13 Netherlands Bermuda Korea, South Hong Kong 233 160 148 135 120 134 122 133 103 25 25 2 9 * 1 * 14 15 16 17 18 Ireland Sweden Mexico China, Mainland Luxembourg 132 122 109 102 100 101 63 77 101 33 27 30 32 2 65 3 29 * * 3 19 20 21 22 23 Taiwan India Spain Netherlands Antilles South Africa 95 91 87 83 78 94 86 66 82 70 * 4 21 1 8 0 1 * 0 0 24 25 26 Italy Singapore Israel 66 64 64 51 56 45 14 7 17 * * 2 https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1285.aspx 1/2 5/12/2020 Preliminary Annual Report on U.S. Holdings of Foreign Securities Rest of world Total 762 6,763 446 4,647 257 1,715 59 402 * Greater than zero, but less than $500 million [1] The stock of foreign securities for December 31, 2010, reported in this survey may not, for a number of reasons, correspond to the stock of foreign securities on December 31, 2009, plus cumulative flows reported in Treasury's transactions reporting system. The final report on U.S. holdings of foreign securities as of end-year 2010 will contain an analysis of the relation between the stock and flow data. https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1285.aspx 2/2
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