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Report on Foreign Portfolio Holdings of U.S. Securities at End-June 2021

Washington – The final results from the annual survey of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities at the end of June 2021 were released today on the Treasury website at https://home.treasury.gov/data/treasury-international-capital-tic-system/us-liabilities-to-foreigners-from-holdings-of-us-securities. 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 survey will cover holdings at the end of June 2022; preliminary data are expected to be released by February 28, 2023.

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 2021, are currently being processed. Preliminary results are expected to be reported by August 31, 2022.

The survey measured the value of foreign portfolio holdings of U.S. securities as of June 30, 2021, to be $27,190 billion, with $13,705 billion held in U.S. equities, $12,409 billion in U.S. long-term debt securities [/1] (of which $1,562 billion are holdings of asset-backed securities (ABS) [/2] and $10,847 billion are holdings of non-ABS securities), and $1,077 billion held in U.S. short-term debt securities. The previous survey, conducted as of June 30, 2020, measured the value of total foreign holdings of U.S. securities at $21,954 billion, with holdings of $9,168 billion in U.S. equities, $11,559 billion in U.S. long-term debt securities, and $1,228 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 selected survey dates

(Billions of dollars)

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2021

Long-term securities

20,726

26,114

Equities

9,168

13,705

Long-term debt

11,559

12,409

Asset-backed

1,489

1,562

Other

10,070

10,847

Short-term debt securities

1,228

1,077

Total

21,954

27,190

Of which: Official

6,310

6,471

 

Table B. Foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by country and type of security,

for the major investing countries into the United States, as of June 30, 2021

(Billions of dollars)

Country or category

Total

Equities

Long-term debt

Short-term debt

Treasury

Agency

Corporate

1

Japan

2,765

866

1,213

311

308

67

2

United Kingdom

2,617

1,540

464

39

499

74

3

Cayman Islands

2,465

1,538

141

37

623

126

4

Luxembourg

2,301

1,195

200

37

724

146

5

Canada

1,977

1,495

150

81

231

20

6

China, mainland [i]

1,575

273

1,058

218

23

3

7

Ireland

1,499

821

192

21

293

173

8

Switzerland

1,184

759

270

23

98

33

9

Belgium

925

104

195

8

583

34

10

Taiwan

757

110

234

243

165

6

11

France

682

359

206

14

83

20

12

Norway

614

446

114

*

53

1

13

Korea, South

570

329

117

43

66

14

14

Singapore

565

327

178

4

45

11

15

Germany

562

332

76

5

141

8

16

Netherlands

530

354

71

17

85

2

17

Hong Kong

471

170

198

9

73

21

18

Australia

467

374

37

5

42

9

19

Bermuda

383

138

35

24

153

34

20

Kuwait

371

285

35

5

23

24

21

Sweden

356

307

42

*

6

1

22

Saudi Arabia

323

182

103

1

12

24

23

Brazil

266

16

248

1

1

1

24

Denmark

254

215

17

*

21

1

25

India

230

9

210

*

1

11

Other

2,481

1,159

770

99

238

215

Total

27,190

13,705

6,574

1,246

4,589

1,077

of which: Official

6,471

1,438

3,940

648

171

274

* Less than $500 million but more than zero.

[i] Excludes Hong Kong and Macau, which are reported separately.

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