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5/5/2020 Preliminary Report on Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities at End-June 2016 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Press Center Preliminary Report on Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities at End-June 2016 2/28/2017 WASHINGTON - Preliminary data from the June 2016 benchmark 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 28, 2017. 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 2017; preliminary data are expected to be released by February 28, 2018. 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 2016, are currently being processed. Preliminary results are expected to be reported by August 31, 2017. Overall Preliminary Results The survey measured the value of foreign holdings of U.S. securities as of June 30, 2016, to be $17,141 billion, with $6,186 billion held in U.S. equities, $10,061 billion in U.S. long-term debt securities [1] (of which $1,184 billion are holdings of asset-backed securities (ABS) [2] and $8,877 billion are holdings of non-ABS securities), and $894 billion held in U.S. shortterm debt securities. The previous survey, conducted as of June 30, 2015, measured the value of total foreign holdings of U.S. securities at $17,134 billion, with holdings of $6,655 billion in U.S. equities, $9,547 billion in U.S. long-term debt securities, and $932 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) Type of security Long-term securities Equities Long-term debt Asset-backed Other Short-term debt securities Total Of which: Official June 30, 2015 16,202 June 30, 2016 16,247 6,655 9,547 1,154 8,393 6,186 10,061 1,184 8,877 932 17,134 5,794 894 17,141 5,502 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, 2016 (Billions of dollars) Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Japan China, mainland [i] Cayman Islands United Kingdom Luxembourg Canada Ireland Switzerland Belgium Taiwan Germany Netherlands Singapore Bermuda Norway Hong Kong Brazil Australia Korea, South France https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/sm0018.aspx 1,960 1,630 1,525 1,428 1,353 952 931 743 595 519 374 350 322 307 306 305 259 237 236 217 Equities 428 178 796 741 516 695 238 351 31 43 155 210 137 86 201 75 5 171 75 120 Long-term debt Short ABS Other -term 196 1,274 62 191 1,259 2 114 515 100 25 622 39 70 676 91 31 205 21 75 505 112 20 339 32 21 481 61 208 265 3 16 180 22 16 115 9 10 162 14 46 148 27 1 104 1 9 174 48 * 240 13 5 53 8 36 115 10 7 77 13 1/2 5/5/2020 Preliminary Report on Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities at End-June 2016 21 22 23 24 25 Kuwait Sweden United Arab Emirates British Virgin Islands Saudi Arabia Rest of world Total of which: Foreign official institutions 189 165 161 161 152 131 117 87 105 35 5 1 * 3 10 41 46 63 38 103 11 2 11 14 5 1,767 17,141 5,502 458 6,186 819 69 1,184 396 1,076 8,877 3,987 164 894 301 * Less than $500 million but more than zero. [i]. Excludes Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, which are reported separately. https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/sm0018.aspx 2/2
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