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5/5/2020 Report on U.S. Portfolio Holdings of Foreign Securities at End-Year 2011 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Press Center Report on U.S. Portfolio Holdings of Foreign Securities at End-Year 2011 10/31/2012 WASHINGTON – The findings from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2011 were released today and posted on the Treasury web site at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/fpis.aspx. 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 is also conducted annually. Data from the most recent such survey, which reports on securities held on June 30, 2012, are currently being processed. Preliminary results are expected to be reported on February 28, 2013. Overall Results This survey measured the value of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2011 as approximately $6.8 trillion, with $4.5 trillion held in foreign equity, $2.0 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 2010, also measured U.S. holdings of approximately $6.8 trillion, with $4.6 trillion held in foreign equity, $1.7 trillion held in foreign long-term debt securities, and $0.4 trillion held in foreign short-term debt securities. The relative stability in U.S. portfolio holdings between the two surveys primarily reflects two offsetting factors: valuation losses on holdings of foreign equity reduced the value of U.S. holdings, but reporting coverage expanded significantly in the 2011 survey. U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities by country at the end of 2011 were the largest for the United Kingdom ($989 billion), followed by Canada ($736 billion), the Cayman Islands ($709 billion), and Japan ($509 billion) (see Table 2). These four countries attracted 43 percent of 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) Dec. 31, 2010 Dec. 31, 2011 6,362 6,480 4,647 4,501 1,715 1,979 402 360 Type of Security Long-term Securities Equity Long-term debt https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1757.aspx 1/3 5/5/2020 Report on U.S. Portfolio Holdings of Foreign Securities at End-Year 2011 Short-term debt securities 6,763 6,841 Total U.S. Portfolio Investment by Country Table 2. Market value of U.S. holdings of foreign securities, by country and type of security, for the countries attracting the most U.S. investment, as of December 30, 2011 [2] Billions of dollars Debt Country or category Total Equity Total Longterm Shortterm United Kingdom 989 642 347 285 62 Canada 736 359 378 329 48 Cayman Islands 709 488 221 218 3 Japan 509 391 117 57 60 Australia 334 129 205 142 63 France 306 209 97 88 8 Switzerland 292 278 14 5 9 Germany 266 174 92 82 10 Netherlands 242 119 122 110 13 Brazil 196 155 42 41 * Bermuda 161 135 26 25 * Ireland 149 114 35 35 * Korea, South 146 117 30 28 2 https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1757.aspx 2/3 5/5/2020 Report on U.S. Portfolio Holdings of Foreign Securities at End-Year 2011 Hong Kong 116 112 3 3 * Sweden 115 54 62 34 28 Rest of world 1,574 1,026 549 496 53 Total 6,841 4,501 2,339 1,979 360 [1] The stock of foreign securities for December 30, 2011, reported in this survey may not, for a number of reasons, * Greater than zero but less than $500 million. correspond to the stock of foreign securities on December 31, 2010, 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 2011. [2] China excludes Hong Kong and Macau, which are reported separately. ### https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1757.aspx 3/3
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