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3/2/2023 Preliminary Report on Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities at End-June 2022 | U.S. Department of the Treasury U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Preliminary Report on Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities at End-June 2022 February 28, 2023 Washington – Preliminary data from the June 2022 benchmark survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities were released today on the Treasury website at https://home.treasury.gov/data/treasury-international-capital-tic-system/us-liabilities-toforeigners-from-holdings-of-us-securities. Final survey results, which will include additional detail as well as possible revisions to the preliminary data, will be reported on April 28, 2023. 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 2023; preliminary data are expected to be released by February 29, 2024. 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 2022, are currently being processed. Preliminary results are expected to be reported by August 31, 2023. Overall Preliminary Results The survey measured the value of foreign holdings of U.S. securities as of June 30, 2022, to be $25,282 billion, with $12,238 billion held in U.S. equities, $11,914 billion held in U.S. long-term debt securities [1] (of which $1,649 billion are holdings of asset-backed securities (ABS) [2] and $10,265 billion are holdings of non-ABS securities), and $1,130 billion held in U.S. shortterm debt securities. The previous survey, conducted as of June 30, 2021, measured the value of total foreign holdings of U.S. securities at $27,190 billion, with holdings of $13,705 billion in U.S. equities, $12,409 billion in U.S. long-term debt securities, and $1,077 billion in U.S. shortterm 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 https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1311 1/4 3/2/2023 Preliminary Report on Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities at End-June 2022 | U.S. Department of the Treasury 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 June 30, 2021 Long-term securities June 30, 2022 26,114 24,152 Equities 13,705 12,238 Long-term debt 12,409 11,914 Asset-backed 1,562 1,649 Other 10,847 10,265 Short-term debt securities 1,077 1,130 Total 27,190 25,282 Of which: O icial 6,471 5,946 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, 2022 (Billions of dollars) Total 1 United Kingdom https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1311 2,469 Equities 1319 Long-term debt Short ABS Other -term 132 927 92 2/4 3/2/2023 Preliminary Report on Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities at End-June 2022 | U.S. Department of the Treasury Total Equities Long-term debt Short 2 Japan 2,366 728 249 1316 73 3 Cayman Islands 2,313 1,365 107 697 144 4 Luxembourg 2,096 1026 66 874 130 5 Canada 1,850 1348 111 371 21 6 China, mainland [i] 1,473 273 242 956 2 7 Ireland 1,399 752 62 403 182 8 Switzerland 1016 629 21 334 32 9 Belgium 874 76 16 740 41 10 Taiwan 697 100 225 366 7 11 France 636 308 29 282 18 12 Australia 573 471 13 81 9 13 Singapore 560 324 18 208 11 14 Norway 546 387 * 158 1 15 Korea, South 536 331 41 144 20 16 Germany 524 313 13 190 8 17 Bermuda 479 127 160 153 39 18 Netherlands 457 305 16 134 2 19 Hong Kong 391 142 11 215 23 20 Kuwait 344 241 6 56 41 https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1311 3/4 3/2/2023 Preliminary Report on Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities at End-June 2022 | U.S. Department of the Treasury Total Equities Long-term debt Short 21 Sweden 337 280 * 56 1 22 Saudi Arabia 311 181 2 108 20 23 Brazil 245 18 * 226 1 24 India 218 8 * 206 3 25 British Virgin Islands 214 129 3 73 8 Rest of world 2,358 1058 107 991 202 Total 25,282 12,238 1,649 10,265 1,130 of which: Foreign o icial 5,946 1,290 652 3,757 247 * Less than $500 million but more than zero. [i]. Excludes Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, which are reported separately. https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1311 4/4