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5/12/2020 Preliminary Report On Foreign Holdings Of U.S. Securities At End-June 2009 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Press Center Preliminary Report On Foreign Holdings Of U.S. Securities At End-June 2009 2/26/2010 TG - 568 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released preliminary data from a survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities at end-June 2009 at ( http://www.treas.gov/tic/fpis.html). A revised table on Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities, where estimates through end-December 2009 are based in part on survey data, is also available at ( http://www.treas.gov/tic/ticsec2.html, on line 1 of Part A). Final survey results, which will include additional detail as well as possible revisions to the preliminary data, will be reported on April 30, 2010. The survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The next survey will be for end-June 2010 and preliminary data are expected to be released by February 28, 2011. Complementary surveys measuring U.S. holdings of foreign securities are also carried out annually. Data from the most recent survey, reporting on securities held on year-end 2009, are currently being processed. Preliminary results are expected to be reported by August 31, 2010. Overall Preliminary Results The survey measured foreign holdings of U.S. securities as of June 30, 2009, to be $9,693 billion, with $2,246 billion held in U.S. equities, $6,297 billion in U.S. long-term debt securities 1 (of which $1,250 billion are holdings of asset-backed securities (ABS) 2 and $5,047 billion are holdings of non-ABS securities), and $1,150 billion held in U.S. short-term debt securities. The previous survey, conducted as of June 30, 2008, measured total foreign holdings of U.S. securities at $10,322 billion, with holdings of $2,969 billion in U.S. equities, $6,494 billion in U.S. long-term debt securities, and $858 billion in U.S. short-term debt securities (see Table 1). 1. Long-term debt securities have an original term-to-maturity of over one year. 2. Asset-backed securities are backed by pools of assets, such as pools of residential home mortgages or credit card receivables, which give the security owners claims against the cash flows generated by the underlying assets. Unlike most other debt securities, these securities generally repay both principal and interest on a regular basis, reducing the principal outstanding with each payment cycle. Table 1. Foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by type of security, as of recent survey dates (Billions of dollars) Type of Security Long-term Securities June 30, 2008 June 30, 2009 9,463 8,543 Equity 2,969 2,246 Long-term debt 6,494 6,297 Asset-backed 1,532 1,250 Other 4,962 5,047 https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg568.aspx 1/3 5/12/2020 Preliminary Report On Foreign Holdings Of U.S. Securities At End-June 2009 Short-term debt securities Total 858 1,150 10,322 9,693 Of which: Official 3,493 3,877 Table 2. Foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by country and type of security, for the major investing countries into the U.S., as of June 30, 2008 ( Billions of dollars) <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> Country or category Total Equities Long-term debt Short-term ABS Other debt 1 China (Mainland) 1 1,463 76 360 866 160 2 Japan 1,270 182 136 884 69 3 United Kingdom 813 278 61 450 23 4 Cayman Islands 650 227 139 211 73 5 Luxembourg 586 137 48 321 81 6 Belgium 429 17 49 355 8 7 Middle East Oil Exporters 2 353 109 25 150 68 8 Ireland 348 60 63 110 115 9 Canada 339 242 9 76 12 10 Switzerland 328 130 23 136 39 11 Netherlands 233 128 31 61 13 12 Hong Kong 221 27 55 85 53 13 Bermuda 199 39 46 88 27 https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg568.aspx 2/3 5/12/2020 Preliminary Report On Foreign Holdings Of U.S. Securities At End-June 2009 14 Taiwan 194 11 37 143 3 15 Germany 182 45 23 104 10 16 Brazil 156 1 * 114 40 17 Russia 150 * * 87 63 18 Singapore 145 73 8 53 11 19 France 139 80 17 36 5 20 Norway 119 73 17 23 6 21 Korea, South 113 8 29 69 7 22 Australia 106 60 5 33 8 23 British Virgin Islands 82 36 3 25 19 24 Mexico 81 9 2 56 14 25 Sweden 67 37 1 26 2 Country Unknown 114 2 * 100 12 Rest of the World 814 160 63 383 208 9,693 2,246 1,250 5,047 1,150 3,877 310 506 2,447 615 Total of which: Foreign Official 1. Excludes Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, which are reported separately. 2. Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. Reports Preliminary Report on Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities at End-June 2009 https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg568.aspx 3/3
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