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5/12/2020 Report on U.S. Portfolio Holdings of Foreign Securities at End-Year 2010 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Press Center Report on U.S. Portfolio Holdings of Foreign Securities at End-Year 2010 10/31/2011 WASHINGTON – The findings 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. 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 Results This survey measured the value of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2010 of approximately $6.8 trillion, with $4.6 trillion held in foreign equity, $1.7 trillion held in foreign long-term 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 U.S. holdings of approximately $6.0 trillion, with $4.0 trillion held in foreign equity, $1.6 trillion held in foreign long-term debt securities and $0.4 trillion held in foreign short-term debt securities. The increase in the value of U.S. portfolio holdings between the two surveys primarily reflects valuation changes in foreign equity during 2010. U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities by country at the end of 2010 were the largest for the United Kingdom ($1,001 billion), followed by Canada ($695 billion), and Japan ($519 billion) (see Table 2). These three countries attracted about one-third of the total U.S. portfolio investment. The surveys are part of an internationally-coordinated effort under the auspices of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to improve the measurement of portfolio asset holdings. 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 3 4 Country or region United Kingdom Canada Japan France Total 1,001 695 519 366 626 409 450 244 Equity Long-Term Debt 253 253 47 82 Short-Term Debt 123 34 22 40 5 6 7 8 9 Cayman Islands Switzerland Australia Germany Brazil 366 327 323 299 235 166 319 150 207 194 196 6 123 74 41 3 2 51 18 1 10 11 12 13 14 Netherlands Bermuda Korea, South Hong Kong Ireland 233 160 148 135 132 120 134 122 133 101 103 25 25 2 27 9 * 1 * 3 15 16 17 18 19 Sweden Mexico China, Mainland Luxembourg Taiwan 122 109 102 100 95 63 77 101 33 94 30 32 2 65 * 29 * * 3 0 20 21 22 23 India Spain Netherlands Antilles South Africa 91 87 83 78 86 66 82 70 4 21 1 8 1 * 0 0 https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1344.aspx 1/2 5/12/2020 24 25 26 Report on U.S. Portfolio Holdings of Foreign Securities at End-Year 2010 Italy Singapore Israel Rest of world Total 66 64 64 762 6,763 51 56 45 446 4,647 14 7 17 257 1,715 * * 2 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. An analysis of the relationship between the stock and flow data is available in Table 4 and the associated text of the Report on U.S. Portfolio Holdings of Foreign Securities at end-year 2010. https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1344.aspx 2/2
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