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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the final results from the survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities at end-June 2009 at http://www.treas.gov/tic/fpis.html. The annual survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.   The next survey will be for end-June 2010, and preliminary data are expected to be released by February 28, 2011.    

Complementary surveys measuring U.S. holdings of foreign securities are also carried out annually.   Data from the most recent survey, reporting on securities held on year-end 2009, are currently being processed.   Preliminary results are expected to be reported by August 31, 2010.

 

Overall Results

The survey measured foreign holdings of U.S. securities as of June 30, 2009, to be $9,641 billion, with $2,252 billion held in U.S. equities, $6,240 billion in U.S. long-term debt securities ¹ (of which $1,260 billion are holdings of asset-backed securities (ABS) ² and $4,979 billion are holdings of non-ABS securities) and $1,149 billion held in U.S. short-term debt securities.   The previous survey, conducted as of June 30, 2008, measured foreign holdings to be $10,322 billion, with $2,969 billion in U.S. equities, $6,494 billion in U.S. long-term debt securities, and $858 billion in short-term U.S. debt securities (see Table 1).  

1.   Long-term debt securities have an original term-to-maturity of over one year.

2.   Asset-backed securities (ABS) 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 1.   Foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by type of security, as of recent survey dates

(Billions of dollars)

Type of Security	June 30, 2008	June 30, 2009
Long-term Securities	9,463	8,492
Equity	2,969	2,252
Long-term debt	6,494	6,240
Asset-backed	1,532	1,260
Other	4,962	4,979
Short-term debt securities	858	1,149
Total	10,322	9,641
Of which: Official	3,493	3,880

 

Table 2.   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, 2009

( Billions of dollars)

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	Country or category	Total	Equities	Long-term debt		Short-term
				ABS	Other	debt
1	China (Mainland) 1	1,464	78	360	866	160
2	Japan	1,269	182	136	883	69
3	United Kingdom	788	279	64	422	23
4	Cayman Islands	650	227	140	210	73
5	Luxembourg	578	137	49	312	80
6	Belgium	415	17	49	341	8
7	Middle East Oil Exporters 2	353	110	25	150	68
8	Ireland	348	60	64	109	115
9	Canada	337	242	9	73	12
10	Switzerland	328	130	25	134	39
11	Netherlands	233	128	31	61	13
12	Hong Kong	222	28	55	85	53
13	Bermuda	199	39	46	88	27
14	Taiwan	194	11	37	143	3
15	Germany	182	45	25	102	10
16	Brazil	156	1	*	114	40
17	Russia	150	*	*	87	63
18	Singapore	145	73	8	53	11
19	France	139	81	17	36	5
20	Norway	119	73	17	23	6
21	Korea, South	113	8	29	69	7
22	Australia	105	61	5	31	8
23	British Virgin Islands	83	36	3	25	19
24	Mexico	81	9	2	56	14
25	Sweden	66	37	1	26	2
	Country Unknown	110	2	*	96	12
	Rest of the World	815	160	63	383	208
	Total	9,641	2,252	1,260	4,979	1,149
	of which:   Official	3,880	311	510	2,445	614

 

*    Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

1.   Excludes Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, which are reported separately.

2.   Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates.

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