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5/5/2020 Preliminary Report on Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities at End-June 2015 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Press Center Preliminary Report on Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities at End-June 2015 2/29/2016 WASHINGTON - Preliminary data from the June 2015 annual survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities were released today on the Treasury website at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/fpis.aspx. Final survey results, which will include additional detail as well as possible revisions to the preliminary data, will be reported on April 29, 2016. The survey was undertaken jointly by Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The next annual survey will cover holdings at the end of June 2016; preliminary data are expected to be released by February 28, 2017. Complementary surveys measuring U.S. holdings of foreign securities are also carried out annually. Data from the most recent survey, reporting on securities held at year-end 2015, are currently being processed. Preliminary results are expected to be reported by August 31, 2016. Overall Preliminary Results The survey measured the value of foreign holdings of U.S. securities as of June 30, 2015, to be $17,125 billion, with $6,660 billion held in U.S. equities, $9,526 billion in U.S. long-term debt securities [1] (of which $1,155 billion are holdings of asset-backed securities (ABS) [2] and $8,371 billion are holdings of non-ABS securities), and $939 billion held in U.S. short-term debt securities. The previous survey, conducted as of June 30, 2014, measured the value of total foreign holdings of U.S. securities at $16,417 billion, with holdings of $6,356 billion in U.S. equities, $9,183 billion in U.S. long-term debt securities, and $878 billion in U.S. short-term debt securities (see Table A). [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 A. Foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by type of security, as of recent survey dates (Billions of dollars) June 30, 2014 June 30, 2015 Type of security Long-term securities 15,539 16,186 Equities 6,356 6,660 Long-term debt 9,183 9,526 Asset-backed 1,064 1,155 Other 8,119 8,371 Short-term debt securities Total 878 939 16,417 17,125 5,682 5,891 Of which: Official https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl0370.aspx 1/3 5/5/2020 Preliminary Report on Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities at End-June 2015 Table B. 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, 2015 (Billions of dollars) Total EquitiesLong-term debt Short Other -term ABS 1 Japan 1,903 391 146 1,292 75 2 China, mainland [i] 1,843 331 215 1,295 3 3 Cayman Islands 1,506 883 114 411 97 4 United Kingdom 1,453 835 29 547 43 5 Luxembourg 1,299 518 69 612 100 6 Canada 996 761 34 174 7 Ireland 833 235 65 411 122 8 Switzerland 709 343 32 306 27 9 Middle East Oil Exporters [ii] 612 285 16 249 62 10Belgium 606 34 27 531 13 11Taiwan 454 36 190 226 2 12Germany 346 159 25 157 5 13Singapore 331 145 8 166 12 14Netherlands 320 202 16 93 9 15Norway 310 199 1 108 1 16Hong Kong 298 77 7 155 59 17Bermuda 287 89 45 131 22 18France 275 168 14 85 8 19Brazil 268 8 * 239 21 20Australia 242 176 5 52 10 21Korea, South 209 63 32 101 13 https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl0370.aspx 27 2/3 5/5/2020 Preliminary Report on Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities at End-June 2015 22British Virgin Islands 173 119 5 33 16 23Sweden 169 119 1 43 6 24Mexico 157 41 6 95 15 25India 119 2 * 101 16 1,408 440 56 Rest of the World Total of which: Foreign Official 17,125 5,891 759 154 6,660 1,155 8,371 939 966 416 4,097 412 [i]. Excludes Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, which are reported separately. [ii]. Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. ### https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl0370.aspx 3/3
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