Foreign Portfolio Holdings of

U.S. Securities

as of June 30, 2015

Department of the Treasury

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

May 2016
Contents

Introduction 1

Chapter 1. Results of the June 30, 2015 Survey 3

Primary Findings from the Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Table 1: Foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by type of security, as of endJune, selected survey dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Shares of U.S. Long-Term Securities That Are Foreign-Owned . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Table 2: Value of foreign-owned U.S. long-term securities and share of the

total outstanding, by asset class, as of end-June, selected survey

dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Accounting for Year-to-Year Changes in Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities . . . . 6

Table 3: Accounting for changes in foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities, by type of security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities as Measured by TIC SLT and Annual Survey

Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Table 4: Foreign holdings of long-term U.S. securities as measured by the

survey of portfolio holdings and the TIC SLT, by type of security, as

of June 30, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Comparison with U.S. Holdings of Foreign Long-Term Securities . . . . . . . . . . 9

Table 5: Market value of U.S. holdings of foreign long-term securities and

foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities, as of selected survey

dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities by Country of Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Table 6: Value of foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by major investing

country and type of security, as of June 30, 2015 . . . . . . . . 10

Table 7: Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term corporate and agency debt, as

of selected survey dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Holdings by Country in the Two Most Recent Surveys ............... 12

Table 8: Value of foreign holdings of U.S. long- and short-term securities,

by major investing country, as of June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2015. 13

Comparison with the TIC SLT by Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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Table 9: Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities as measured by the

survey of portfolio holdings and the TIC SLT, by country and security type, as of June 30, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Holdings of U.S. Securities by Foreign Official Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Table 10: Value of long-term securities held by foreign official institutions,

and the percentage of total foreign holdings these represent, by type

of security, as of end-June, selected survey dates. . . . . . . . . 15

Table 11: Value of short-term securities held by foreign official institutions,

and the percentage of total foreign holdings these represent, by type

of security, as of end-June, selected survey dates. . . . . . . . . 17

Details on Foreign Holdings of Different Types of U.S. Securities as of June 2015 . 17

Foreign Holdings of U.S. Treasury Securities, by Type of Security . . . . . . 17

Table 12: Value of foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities, by major

investing country, as of June 30, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Foreign Holdings of Equities by Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Table 13: Value of foreign holdings of U.S. equities, by major investing

country, as of June 30, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Foreign Holdings of Corporate Mortgage-Backed Securities . . . . . . . . . 19

Table 14: Value of foreign holdings of U.S. long-term corporate asset-backed

securities, by major investing country and type, as of June 30, 2015 20

Portfolio Investment by Region of Investor Country and Survey Year . . . . . 20

Table 15a: Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities, by region, as of

end-June, selected survey dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Table 15b: Foreign holdings of U.S. equities, by region, as of end-June,

selected survey dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Table 15c: Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term debt securities, by region, as

of end-June, selected survey dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Table 15d: Foreign holdings of U.S. short-term securities, by region, as of

end-June, selected survey dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Maturity Structure of Foreign Holdings of U.S. Long-Term Debt Securities . . 24

Table 16a. Maturity structure of foreign holdings of U.S. long-term debt

securities, as of June 30, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Table 16b. Maturity structure of foreign official holdings of U.S. long-term

debt securities, as of June 30, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Table 16c. Maturity structure of foreign private holdings of U.S. long-term

debt securities, as of June 30, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Currency Composition of Foreign Holdings of U.S. Debt Securities . . . . . . 25

Table 17a. Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term debt securities, by currency,

as of June 30, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Table 17b. Foreign holdings of U.S. short-term debt securities, by currency,

as of June 30, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Table 18. Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term debt securities, by currency,

as of end-June, selected survey dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities by Industry of Issuer . . . . . . . . . . 27

Table 19: Market value of foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by industry,

as of June 30, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Comparison of Different Types of Foreign Portfolio Investment in the United

States as of Selected Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Table 20: Forms of foreign portfolio investment in the United States, as of

selected survey dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chapter 2. Survey Methodology 30

Data Collection Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Data Analysis and Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Adjustments and Calculation of Total Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities . . . . . 31

Table 21: Adjustments to data to account for over-reporting and for reporters omitted from annual panel, as of June 30, 2015 . . . . . 32

Treatment of Repurchase and Securities Lending Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Appendix A: Statistical Appendix A-1

Table A1. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by country and type

of security, as of June 30, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Table A2. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities, by country

and type of security, as of June 30, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8

Table A3. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury debt securities, by

country and type of Treasury security, as of June 30, 2015 . . . . A-14

Table A4. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. equity, by country and type of

equity, as of June 30, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-19

Table A5. Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term asset-backed securities, by

country and type of security, as of June 30, 2015 . . . . . . . . A-25

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Table A6. Foreign holdings of U.S. short-term securities, by country and

type of security, as of June 30, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-29

Table A7. Foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by country, as of selected

survey dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-33

Table A8. Foreign holdings of U.S. equity, by country, as of selected survey

dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-39

Table A9. Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term debt securities, by country, as

of selected survey dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-45

Table A10. Foreign holdings of U.S. short-term debt securities, by country,

as of selected survey dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-51

Table A11. Foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by industry, as of June 30,

2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-56

Appendix B: Forms and Instructions B-1

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Introduction

This report presents data and analysis of foreign portfolio investment in U.S. securities based

primarily on the Treasury International Capital (TIC) survey of foreign holdings of U.S. securities as of June 30, 2015.1 TIC data collections are a joint undertaking of the U.S. Treasury

Department, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System. The report includes data from surveys dating back to June 2008.2

From 1974 to 2000, benchmark surveys of foreign portfolio investment in U.S. securities were

conducted at approximately five-year intervals.3 Those surveys, collected from a comprehensive panel of reporters, measured foreign holdings only of long-term U.S. securities.4 Since

2002, the surveys have improved in two ways. First, in addition to the benchmark surveys,

which have continued at five-year intervals, annual surveys have been conducted as of the

end of June. Second, surveys now measure foreign holdings of U.S. short-term securities as

well as those of long-term securities. In the four years following each benchmark survey, the

annual surveys collect data primarily from the largest reporters, who collectively reported

at least 95 percent of the market value of foreign holdings as measured by the preceding

benchmark survey. Since 2013, the annual survey panel has been adjusted each year based

on reporting from TIC form SLT, “Aggregate Holdings of Long-Term Securities by U.S. and

Foreign Residents.” The June 2014 survey was a benchmark survey; the next full benchmark

survey is planned for June 2019.

The surveys collect data at the individual security level, allowing for analysis along a variety

of dimensions, including country of foreign holder, currency, security type, remaining maturity, type of foreign holder, and industry of issuer. In addition, the security-level detail allows

for extensive data review and for correction of errors that might otherwise go undetected.

Chapter 2 discusses details of the survey collection methodology and the procedures used

for data review and analysis.

The surveys are conducted under the authority of the International Investment and Trade

in Services Survey Act (22 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). Reporting is mandatory for all institutions

meeting the survey’s reporting criteria, and significant penalties can be imposed for failure

to report. All holdings are measured at market value as of the survey dates. With the

exception of zero-coupon debt securities, all market values reflect “clean” prices, that is,

1 Foreign portfolio investment in U.S. securities, for the purposes of this report, includes all U.S. securities

owned by foreign residents except where the owner has a direct investment relationship with the U.S.

issuer of the securities. “Direct investment” means the ownership or control, directly or indirectly, by one

person or by a group of affiliated persons, of 10 percent or more of the voting stock of an incorporated

business enterprise, or an equivalent interest in an unincorporated enterprise.

2 See http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/fpis.aspx for earlier survey reports. See http://www.treasury.gov/ticdata/Publish/shlhistdat.html for a file containing data from surveys conducted since 1974.

3 Prior to 1974, surveys were conducted in 1853, 1869, and 1941 by the Department of the Treasury and in

1934 and 1937 by the Department of Commerce.

4 Long-term securities are defined as those without a stated maturity date (such as equities) or with an

original term-to-maturity greater than one year.

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values computed exclusive of accrued interest.5

The surveys are part of the U.S. system to measure portfolio investment into and out of the

United States, known as the Treasury International Capital (TIC) reporting system. This

data system is based on location, so the transactions and positions are reported between

U.S. residents and residents of foreign countries and areas. In addition to surveys of foreign

ownership of U.S. securities conducted annually as of the end of June, the TIC system also

conducts annual surveys of U.S. holdings of foreign securities as of the end of December.

The TIC system also collects aggregate monthly data on cross-border securities transactions

and holdings; these data allow for more frequent and timely analysis. The TIC S form,

“Purchases and Sales of Long-Term Securities by Foreign Residents,” collects monthly data

on cross-border transactions in long-term securities. The TIC form SLT has, since late 2011,

collected monthly aggregate data on foreign holdings of U.S securities and U.S. holdings of

foreign securities.6

Acknowledgments

The Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve System wish to express their appreciation to all survey

respondents whose efforts and information have made this report possible.

5 While the IMF’s Balance of Payments Manual 6 (BPM6) indicates that dirty prices (which include accrued interest) are preferred, the TIC system uses clean prices because they are more readily available to

respondents and data compilers.

6 The TIC data are published monthly on the Department of the Treasury’s website at

http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/index.aspx. Detailed information

on the methodologies employed by the monthly transactions system and the annual surveys, as well as a

discussion of the introduction of the TIC form SLT can be found in articles posted on the same website at

http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/articles.aspx. See also C. Bertaut,

W. Griever, and R. Tryon, “Understanding U.S. Cross-Border Securities Data,” Federal Reserve Bulletin,

May 2006, 59-75; E. Brandner, F. Cai, and R. Judson, “Improving the Measurement of Cross-Border

Securities Holdings: The Treasury International Capital SLT,” Federal Reserve Bulletin, May 2012, 1-28.

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Chapter 1. Results of the June 30, 2015 Survey

Primary Findings from the Survey

The survey measured foreign holdings of U.S. securities as of June 30, 2015 at $17,134 billion,

an increase of $717 billion from the previous survey as of June 30, 2014. Of these foreign

holdings of U.S. securities, $16,202 billion were U.S. long-term securities (equities or debt

securities with original term-to-maturity greater than one year), and $932 billion were U.S.

short-term debt securities (Table 1).7

Table 1: Foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by type of security, as of end-June, selected

survey dates

Billions of dollars

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Long-term securities 9,463 8,492 9,736 11,561 12,451 13,532 15,539 16,202

Equities1 2,969 2,252 2,814 3,830 4,237 5,070 6,356 6,655

Debt 6,494 6,240 6,921 7,731 8,213 8,462 9,183 9,547

U.S. Treasury 2,211 2,604 3,343 4,049 4,673 4,916 5,382 5,450

U.S. agency2 1,464 1,196 1,086 1,031 991 874 827 880

Corporate3 2,820 2,440 2,493 2,651 2,549 2,672 2,974 3,217

Short-term debt 858 1,149 956 878 811 878 878 932

U.S. Treasury 379 862 743 658 637 679 633 697

U.S. agency2 174 90 61 43 29 25 42 49

Corporate3 306 197 152 177 145 173 203 186

Total 10,322 9,641 10,691 12,440 13,261 14,410 16,417 17,134

1. Equities include common and preferred stock; all types of investment company shares, such as open-end

funds, closed-end funds, money market mutual funds, and hedge funds; interests in limited partnerships

and other equity interests that may not involve stocks or shares.

2. Agencies include U.S. government agencies and corporations as well as federally sponsored enterprises,

such as the Federal National Mortgage Association.

3. Corporate debt includes all other non-Treasury and non-agency debt, such as certificates of deposit

with a maturity of over one year, and U.S. municipal debt securities.

Note: In this and subsequent tables, components may not sum to totals due to rounding.

Foreign holdings of equities continued to grow for the sixth consecutive year, increasing by

$299 billion to a level of $6,655 billion, with valuation gains primarily responsible for the

increase. Foreign holdings of long-term debt securities rose by $364 billion between the

two surveys to reach $9,547 billion in June 2015. This increase is primarily due to larger

holdings of long-term U.S. corporate debt, which increased by $243 billion. Foreign holdings

7 Data in this table and subsequent tables for prior years differ in several ways from previous reports. First,

data for prior years have been revised slightly as a result of technical corrections. Second, the country-level

data for long-term Treasury holdings by Bermuda and Ireland in 2014 have been revised substantially to

correct for reporting errors discovered after the publication of the 2014 SHL report. Holdings of Treasuries

by Ireland for 2014 were revised up by $54.2 billion and holdings of Treasuries by Bermuda were reduced

by the same amount. Finally, tables in this report show the holdings of oil exporting countries individually

rather than combined into the “Middle East oil exporters” and “Asian oil exporters” groupings.

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of U.S. Treasury securities and U.S. agency securities increased slightly by $68 billion and

$53 billion, respectively. The increase in foreign holdings of U.S. agency securities reversed

a pattern of steady decline that began in June 2008, which had resulted in foreign holdings

decreasing from $1,464 billion in June 2008 to $827 billion in June 2014.

Foreign holdings of U.S. short-term securities increased between the June 2014 and June 2015

surveys by $54 billion to $932 billion. Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury bills and certificates

rose by $64 billion to $697 billion, their highest level since 2010 and about three times higher

than the 2007 pre-crisis level of $22 billion (not shown). The increase in short-term Treasury

holdings was partially offset by a decrease in holdings of short-term corporate debt, which

decreased $17 billion to a level of $186 billion. There was also a slight rise in foreign holdings

of short-term U.S. agency securities, which increased by $7 billion.

Shares of U.S. Long-Term Securities That Are Foreign-Owned

Table 2 reports foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities as an estimated share of the total

stock outstanding of each security type as of the survey dates. These figures should be viewed

as rough indicators, as it is not possible to obtain data on the total value outstanding by

security type on exactly the same basis as the survey data. For example, while the table shows

the face value outstanding of each type of U.S. long-term debt security, foreign ownership

of these U.S. long-term debt securities are presented at market value. It also should be

noted that the “equities” category includes foreign holdings of common and preferred stock;

all types of investment company shares, such as open-end funds, closed-end funds, money

market mutual funds, and hedge funds; as well as interests in limited partnerships and

other equity interests that may not involve stocks or shares. Thus, although the following

comparisons will be somewhat imprecise, they do indicate long-term trends.

At $16,202 billion, foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities reached a record high, but

as the total outstanding grew at roughly the same rate, the proportion of U.S. long-term

securities outstanding held by foreigners was about unchanged between June 2014 and June

2015 at 21 percent. Corporate and other debt securities showed the largest increase in foreign

ownership share, increasing by 1.1 percentage points to 26.0 percent.8 U.S. agency securities

also showed an increase in the foreign ownership share between June 2014 and June 2015.

The share of agency securities owned by foreigners had been decreasing from a pre-crisis

level of nearly 21 percent to 11.4 percent as of June 2014, but rebounded slightly to 11.9

percent by June 2015 as foreign net acquisitions slightly outpaced net issuance. The share

of foreign holdings for equities was unchanged at 14.5 percent.

8 Of the $3,217 billion held by foreigners in the “Corporate and other debt” category, nearly all of the

securities are corporate debt. About $14 billion consists of negotiable certificates of deposit with a maturity

of over one year, and about $62 billion represents foreign holdings of municipal debt securities. Foreign

investors also held small amounts of debt issued by nonprofit organizations. In this report, this category

frequently will be referred to simply as “corporate debt.”

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Table 2: Value of foreign-owned U.S. long-term securities and share of the total

outstanding, by asset class, as of end-June, selected survey dates

Billions of dollars

Security Type 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Equities

Total outstanding1 28,317 22,242 24,295 30,495 30,665 36,352 43,760 45,983

Foreign-owned 2,969 2,252 2,814 3,830 4,237 5,070 6,356 6,655

Percent foreign-owned 10.5 10.1 11.6 12.6 13.8 13.9 14.5 14.5

Marketable U.S. Treasury debt

Total outstanding2 3,621 4,591 6,302 7,785 8,908 9,808 10,675 11,296

Foreign-owned 2,211 2,604 3,343 4,049 4,673 4,916 5,382 5,450

Percent foreign-owned 61.1 56.7 53.0 52.0 52.5 50.1 50.4 48.2

U.S. government agency debt

Total outstanding3 7,029 7,292 7,042 7,054 7,129 7,208 7,255 7,387

Foreign-owned 1,464 1,196 1,086 1,031 991 874 827 880

Percent foreign-owned 20.8 16.4 15.4 14.6 13.9 12.1 11.4 11.9

Corporate and other debt

Total outstanding4 12,167 12,163 11,601 11,566 11,547 11,669 11,921 12,373

Foreign-owned 2,820 2,440 2,493 2,651 2,549 2,672 2,974 3,217

Percent foreign-owned 23.2 20.1 21.5 22.9 22.1 22.9 24.9 26.0

Total U.S. long-term securities

Total outstanding 51,133 46,288 49,241 56,900 58,248 65,037 73,610 77,039

Foreign-owned 9,463 8,492 9,736 11,561 12,451 13,533 15,539 16,202

Percent foreign-owned 18.5 18.3 19.8 20.3 21.4 20.8 21.1 21.0

1. Source: Federal Reserve Statistical Release Z.1, Financial Accounts of the United States, Table

L223, row 1, minus Table L132, row 37, plus Table L224, row 1, plus Table L206, row 1.

2. Source: Bureau of the Public Debt, Table 1, Summary of Public Debt Summary of Treasury

Securities Outstanding, Total marketable held by the public including the Federal Reserve System,

less Bills.

3. Source: Federal Reserve Statistical Release Z.1, Financial Accounts of the United States, and

consolidated balance sheets of Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and the combined Federal Home Loan

Banks. The long-term outstanding amounts are the total long-term and short-term U.S. Government agency liabilities from Flow of Funds Table L211, row 1, minus short-term debt securities

outstanding issued by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and the combined Federal Home Loan Banks.

These short-term debt securities outstanding were approximately $573 billion as of June 2015,

$524 billion as of June 2014, $457 billion as of June 2013, $420 billion as of June 2012, $531 billion

as of June 2011, $654 billion as of June 2010, $849 billion as of June 2009, $857 billion as of June

2008. U.S. government agency securities include all securities issued by federally sponsored agencies and corporations, as well as all securities guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage

Association (GNMA). Amounts outstanding include those held by the Federal Reserve System.

4. Source: Federal Reserve Statistical Release Z.1, Financial Accounts of the United States, Table

L213, row 1, less Table L132, row 27, plus table L107, row 21. Effective 2014Q2, Table L212,

row 2, the net issuance of corporate bonds by the nonfinancial corporate business sector, has been

revised from 1995Q2 onwards due to new methodology and data sources, affecting the grand total

in Table L212, row 1.

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In contrast, the share of marketable U.S. Treasuries held by foreigners fell by 2.2 percentage

points to 48.2 percent, the lowest foreign share since June 2003. Foreign holdings of U.S.

Treasury securities rose strongly during the global financial crisis, with the foreign ownership

share reaching 61.1 percent in 2008. Following the crisis, issuance of these securities was also

unusually large, and as a result, the share held by foreign investors declined to 52.0 percent

by 2011. The proportion of U.S. Treasury securities owned by foreigners remains higher

than the foreign share for other long-term securities largely because of the large holdings of

foreign official institutions, discussed in greater detail below and shown in Table 10.

Accounting for Year-to-Year Changes in Foreign Holdings of U.S.

Securities

Table 3 decomposes the change in the value of foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities

between June 2014 and June 2015 into four components: net purchases of U.S. long-term

securities during the period based on reported transactions on the TIC form S (column

4); estimated stock swaps and principal repayments for agency and corporate asset-backed

securities (ABS) (column 5); estimated valuation adjustments (column 6); and finally a

residual change in holdings not explained by any of the other four factors (column 7).9

Table 3: Accounting for changes in foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities by type

of security

Billions of dollars

Of which:

Type of

security

Measured,

June 2014

Measured,

June 2015

Change,

June 2014

to June 2015

Net

purch.

Stock swaps

and ABS

repayments

Val.

adj. Other1

(1) (2) (3 = 2 − 1) (4) (5) (6) (7)

Treasury debt 5,382 5,450 68 130 n.a. 2 -64

Agency debt 827 880 53 183 -139 -3 12

Corporate debt 2,974 3,217 243 114 -22 -224 375

Equities 6,356 6,655 299 -55 11 347 -4

Total 15,539 16,202 663 373 -150 122 319

n.a. Not applicable.

1. Includes the value of costs associated with securities transactions and included in net purchases.

As measured by the two most recent surveys, foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities rose

by $663 billion, from $15,539 billion (column 1) to $16,202 billion (column 2). Reported net

purchases for the year came to $373 billion, or just over half of the total change. Offsetting

these purchases were an estimated $150 billion in ABS repayments and stock swaps combined.

9 When a foreign company acquires a U.S. company and the deal is financed in part through an exchange

of equity, or a stock swap, U.S. residents who held stock in the target company become holders of foreign

equity. Likewise, if a U.S. company acquires a foreign company, a stock swap can increase foreign holdings

of U.S. equity.

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Estimated valuation gains were $122 billion, accounting for about 20 percent of the increase

in recorded holdings. Holdings of agency and corporate debt saw valuation decreases, while

equities and Treasury debt saw valuation gains. Estimated valuation gains were largest

for equities ($347 billion), while estimated valuation losses were largest for corporate debt

($224 billion).

Column 7 shows that there was an additional $319 billion increase in total holdings that is

not explained by the factors considered in columns 4 through 6. For Treasury securities, the

residual “other” changes in foreign holdings were -$64 billion, and for corporate debt they

were $375 billion. These additional “other” changes in holdings can come from a variety of

sources: net purchases may be under- or over-reported, estimates of valuation adjustments

may be imprecise, or ABS repayment flows may be under- or over-estimated. In addition,

the survey values themselves may be somewhat imprecise. In this non-benchmark year, the

reported amounts were adjusted upwards slightly to account for unmeasured holdings that

would have been reported in a full benchmark year (see discussion in Chapter 2). Finally,

reported transactions may include transaction costs as well as the cost of the securities

purchased or sold.

The difference in column 7 for Treasuries may in part be attributable to cross-border short

sales of Treasuries between U.S. and foreign investors.10 Short sales in which U.S. investors

borrow Treasuries from foreign residents and then sell those securities to other foreign residents may result in larger reported net purchases on the TIC S form because any initial

borrowing of Treasury securities by U.S. investors is not reported on the TIC S form. Securities borrowing or lending activity is not a change in actual ownership and thus is not

reportable as a securities transaction. However, all sales of securities (whether initially borrowed or not) are reportable simply as sales.11

The large gap between reported holdings on the SHL and reported transactions on the

TIC S for corporate debt, $375 billion, is likely the result of two factors, both mentioned

above. First, valuation change is difficult to estimate and as such is a potential source of

mismeasurement. Second, sales of corporate bonds to foreigners, especially at issuance, may

well be underreported on the TIC S. When issuance of corporate bonds by U.S. firms is

strong, as it was in the July 2014-June 2015 period covered by the 2015 SHL, this problem

is especially severe.12

10 A short sale is the sale of a security that is not owned by the seller. Typically the securities used in short

sales are borrowed, and are then sold on the expectation that their prices will decline, enabling the seller

to repurchase them at a lower price to make a profit.

11 Chapter 2 also discusses some of the difficulties in correctly distinguishing actual purchases or sales of

securities from changes in holdings resulting from securities lending activities, which might result in an

over-estimate of Treasury securities held by foreign investors.

12 See Chapter 2 for additional details.

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Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities as Measured by TIC SLT and

Annual Survey Reports

Table 4 compares foreign holdings of long-term U.S. securities in June 2015 as measured by

the annual survey and by the monthly TIC SLT data collection.13 As shown in the table,

the SLT reported total foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities at $16,247 billion as

of June 2015, slightly higher than the $16,202 billion reported in the survey. In principle,

the SLT and survey data for the same dates should be very similar because the panels of

reporters are comparable. However, reporting differences between the two forms result in

some differences and these differences vary by security type. In addition, survey data are

extensively reviewed at the security level, which is not possible with the aggregated data

reported by the SLT. The data review and editing process is discussed in greater detail in

Chapter 2. Adjustments made during the review process also contribute to the differences

in Table 4.

Table 4: Foreign holdings of long-term U.S. securities as

measured by the survey of portfolio holdings and the TIC

SLT, by type of security, as of June 30, 2015

Billions of dollars

Type of security Survey SLT

Equities 6,655 6,683

Long-term debt 9,547 9,564

Treasury 5,450 5,462

Agency 880 885

Corporate 3,217 3,216

Total 16,202 16,247

Of which: Holdings of foreign official institutions 5,391 5,398

Total foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities reported by the survey were $45 billion

lower than those reported in the SLT. This difference was largely driven by equities, which

were $28 billion lower. The SLT data for corporate debt are typically higher than the

SHL data because the individual security-level data on the survey are adjusted for overreporting—as discussed in Chapter 2, an adjustment that cannot be made in the aggregate

SLT data.14 However, this effect is offset this year by adjustments made to account for U.S.

securities issued abroad and not reported in the SHL, as discussed further in Chapter 2.

13 The SLT began collecting aggregate position data on U.S. cross-border long-term securities holdings—

both U.S. holdings of foreign securities and foreign holdings of U.S. securities—in September 2011, and

since December 2011 the SLT data have been collected monthly. Unlike the annual surveys, the SLT

collects data at the aggregate level and not at the individual security level, a significantly lower level of

detail. However, the SLT has the advantage of providing information on cross-border securities holdings

on a timelier basis, without resorting to monthly estimates constructed from reported transactions and

valuation estimates based on price indexes. June 2015 SLT data for Treasuries were first released on

August 17, 2015; SLT data for other security types were first released on September 16, 2015.

14 Over-reporting occurs when securities issued directly into the foreign market are reported as foreign-owned

by the securities issuer, but some of the same securities are also reported as foreign-owned by custodians.

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Comparison with U.S. Holdings of Foreign Long-Term Securities

Table 5 compares foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities with estimates of U.S. holdings

of foreign long-term securities as of selected survey dates.

Table 5: Market value of U.S. holdings of foreign long-term securities and

foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities, as of selected survey dates

Billions of dollars

U.S. holdings of

foreign long-term

securities1

(assets)

Foreign holdings of

U.S. long-term

securities

(liabilities)

U.S. holdings as

a share of foreign

holdings

(assets/liabilities)

Net asset positions in

long-term securities

of U.S. residents2

Dec. 1994 870 1,244 0.70 -374

Mar. 2000 2,678 3,558 0.75 -880

Jun. 2002 2,129 3,926 0.54 -1,797

Jun. 2003 2,367 4,503 0.53 -2,136

Jun. 2004 3,027 5,431 0.56 -2,404

Jun. 2005 3,728 6,262 0.60 -2,534

Jun. 2006 4,799 7,162 0.67 -2,363

Jun. 2007 6,429 9,136 0.70 -2,707

Jun. 2008 6,324 9,463 0.67 -3,139

Jun. 2009 4,615 8,492 0.54 -3,877

Jun. 2010 5,282 9,736 0.54 -4,454

Jun. 2011 6,830 11,561 0.59 -4,731

Jun. 2012 6,834 12,451 0.55 -5,616

Jun. 2013 7,842 13,532 0.58 -5,691

Jun. 2014 9,603 15,539 0.62 -5,936

Jun. 2015 9,737 16,202 0.60 -6,465

1. Staff estimates from March 1994 to December 2010. Because surveys of foreign holdings of U.S.

long-term securities were collected on different dates from the surveys of U.S. holdings of foreign

securities, estimated positions are shown for the between-survey values of foreign holdings. These

estimates are subject to revision. For Dec. 2011 onward, source is TIC SLT.

2. Net foreign holdings are defined as U.S. holdings of foreign securities minus foreign holdings of

U.S. securities.

At $16,202 billion, foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities remained considerably larger

than the $9,740 billion in foreign securities held by U.S. residents at end-June 2015. Foreign

holdings of U.S. long-term securities increased by $663 billion compared to the June 2014

survey while U.S. holdings of long-term foreign securities were estimated to have increased by

a much smaller amount ($137 billion) over the same period. Consequently, the ratio of U.S.

to foreign holdings decreased to 60 percent from 62 percent, strong relative to the immediate

post-crisis years of 2009 and 2010 but still well below the 2007 high of 70 percent. The net

U.S. position in long-term securities continued to decline during the year ending June 2015,

reaching -$6,463 billion.

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Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities by Country of Holder

Table 6 reports foreign holdings of U.S. securities by country and security type for the

countries with the highest levels of reported investment.

Table 6: Value of foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by major investing country and type of

security, as of June 30, 2015

Billions of dollars

Country Total Equities Treas.

LT debt

Agency LT debt Corp. LT debt ST

debt ABS1 Other ABS1 Other

Japan 1,903 391 1,123 132 21 13 148 75

China2 1,844 330 1,268 208 14 6 14 3

Cayman Islands 1,506 884 135 18 6 96 269 97

United Kingdom 1,448 832 172 6 3 23 370 42

Luxembourg 1,297 518 135 22 7 47 470 98

Canada 992 761 48 2 2 32 123 24

Ireland 831 235 174 28 8 37 229 120

Switzerland 708 344 191 11 6 21 108 27

Belgium 602 34 196 2 3 24 329 13

Taiwan 454 36 174 188 * 1 52 2

Country Unknown 99 1 * * * * 98 0

Rest of world 5,451 2,290 1,835 123 68 111 595 429

Total 17,134 6,655 5,450 742 138 412 2,805 932

Of which: Holdings of

foreign official institutions 5,794 961 3,806 379 77 21 146 403

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

1. Asset-backed securities. Agency ABS are backed primarily by home mortgages; corporate ABS are backed

by a wide variety of assets, such as car loans, credit card receivables, home and commercial mortgages, and

student loans.

2. Excludes Hong Kong and Macau, which are reported separately.

It should be noted that the country attribution presented in this table is imperfect, because

obtaining accurate information on the actual foreign owners of U.S. securities is often not

possible. This problem arises because chains of foreign financial intermediaries are often involved in the custody or management of these securities, and because ownership information

is not available for bearer securities.

For example, a resident of Germany may buy a U.S. security and place it in the custody

of a Swiss bank. Normally the Swiss bank will then employ a U.S.-resident custodian bank

to act as its subcustodian to actually hold the security in order to facilitate settlement and

custody operations in the United States. When portfolio surveys are conducted, information

is collected only from U.S.-resident entities. Thus, the U.S.-resident bank, acting as the

subcustodian of the Swiss bank, will report this security on the survey. Because the U.S.

bank will typically know only that it is holding the security on behalf of a Swiss bank, it will

report the security as Swiss-held. This “custodial bias” tends to overstate the amounts for

countries with major custodial activities.

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Another problem in country attribution is that many U.S. securities are issued directly

abroad. Such securities can be issued in either registered or bearer form. Registered securities

issued abroad typically trade in book-entry form with settlement and custody occurring at

international central securities depositories (ICSDs), such as Euroclear or Clearstream. U.S.

survey reporters can typically only report the country in which the ICSD is located; as a

result, large foreign holdings are attributed to these countries. Among the ten countries

with the largest holdings of U.S. securities on the most recent survey, six – Belgium, the

Cayman Islands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom – are financial

centers in which substantial amounts of securities owned by residents of other countries are

managed or held in custody.15 If securities are issued in bearer, or unregistered, form, the

owners of such securities do not need to make themselves known, and typically little or no

information is available about them. Long-term bearer securities cannot be issued in the

United States, but U.S. firms can and do issue such securities abroad. Almost all of the

$99 billion in securities attributed to “Country Unknown” in Table 6 are bearer securities.

Bearing these caveats in mind, the data show that at $1,903 billion, total holdings attributed

to Japan exceeded those attributed to any other country. Investors from China held nearly

as much, at $1,844 billion, and China held the largest amount of U.S. Treasury securities,

as has been the case since 2009. Entities resident in the Cayman Islands had the thirdlargest total securities holdings, with $1,506 billion, and the United Kingdom was fourth at

$1,448 billion. Investors resident in the Cayman Islands held the most U.S. equities in 2015,

and Japanese and Chinese investors were nearly tied as the largest holders of all types of

debt.

Table 6 splits foreign holdings of agency and corporate long-term debt securities into assetbacked securities (ABS) and other debt securities. ABS are securities backed by pools of

assets, such as residential home mortgages or car loans, and include collateralized debt

obligations (CDOs). ABS give investors claims against the cash flows generated by the

underlying assets. Unlike most other debt securities, ABS often repay both principal and

interest on a regular basis, thus reducing the principal outstanding with each payment cycle.

However, some classes of ABS replace repaid principal with additional assets for a set period,

thus holding constant the total principal outstanding. Tables A1 through A6 in the Statistical

Appendix show holdings of different types of U.S. securities for all countries as of June 2015.

Table 7 reports foreign holdings of long-term corporate and agency debt by type of debt

from 2006 to 2015. In June 2015, foreign investors held $742 billion in U.S. agency ABS, an

increase of $74 billion from June 2014 and the second year in a row that foreign holdings

of agency ABS increased, although they remain below their 2008 peak of $773 billion. The

share of ABS in total foreign-held agency debt has increased consistently since 2006, and in

the year ending June 2015 the share again rose to 84 percent. The increasing share of agency

15 Although liabilities surveys, such as this one, cannot always determine the countries of foreign owners

of U.S. securities, the complementary asset surveys can obtain accurate country attribution, since those

surveys need only determine the country of foreign security issuers, a relatively straightforward task. Thus,

it may be possible to better understand the country attribution of liabilities by examining information in

other countries’ asset surveys. This subject is explored in the article cited in footnote 5, “Understanding

U.S. Cross-Border Securities Data.”

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debt held in the form of ABS is largely due to increased issuance by the Government National

Mortgage Association (GNMA, or Ginnie Mae), all of whose debt is ABS. In contrast, foreign

holdings of U.S. corporate ABS have settled at a much lower share. At $412 billion, corporate

ABS accounted for 13 percent of total corporate debt held, compared with $396 billion, also

about 13 percent, in June 2014 and well below the peak of $902 billion, or 33 percent, in

June 2007.

Table 7: Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term corporate and agency debt,

as of selected survey dates

Billions of dollars

Agency debt Corporate debt

Total ABS Non-ABS ABS share Total ABS Non-ABS ABS share

Jun. 2006 984 386 599 0.39 2,021 594 1,427 0.29

Jun. 2007 1,304 570 735 0.44 2,738 902 1,835 0.33

Jun. 2008 1,464 773 691 0.53 2,820 760 2,060 0.27

Jun. 2009 1,196 752 444 0.63 2,440 508 1,931 0.21

Jun. 2010 1,086 713 372 0.66 2,493 445 2,047 0.18

Jun. 2011 1,031 714 317 0.69 2,651 426 2,225 0.16

Jun. 2012 991 717 274 0.72 2,549 404 2,145 0.16

Jun. 2013 874 657 217 0.75 2,672 403 2,268 0.15

Jun. 2014 827 668 159 0.81 2,974 396 2,578 0.13

Jun. 2015 880 742 138 0.84 3,217 412 2,805 0.13

Holdings by Country in the Two Most Recent Surveys

Table 8 shows the countries with the highest market value of holdings of U.S. securities in

the most recent survey, as well as the amounts attributed to these countries in the preceding

survey. The holdings attributed to most of these countries increased, for an overall increase

of about 4 1/2 percent. Changes ranged from an increase of $159 billion (United Kingdom) to

-$111 billion (Belgium). Equity holdings rose among all major holders except Canada. Total

foreign debt holdings increased by about 4 percent, with only Japan and Belgium showing

net declines. Luxembourg had the largest rise in holdings of U.S. debt securities, increasing

by $83 billion to reach $779 billion in June 2015. Interpreting these movements, however, is

complicated by the difficulties in identifying the ultimate foreign owner of securities held in

foreign custodial centers (custodial bias). For example, if a foreign investor shifts holdings

of its securities from a U.S. custodian in one year to a foreign custodian in the next, the

securities may appear as an increase in holdings of the country of the custodian and a

decrease in holdings of the country of the ultimate owner.

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Table 8: Value of foreign holdings of U.S. long- and short-term securities, by

major investing country, as of June 30, 2015 and June 30, 2014

Billions of dollars

June 30, 2014 June 30, 2015

Country Total Equities Debt Total Equities Debt

Japan 1,917 361 1,556 1,903 391 1,513

China2 1,817 320 1,497 1,844 330 1,514

Cayman Islands 1,409 838 571 1,506 884 622

United Kingdom 1,289 741 548 1,448 832 616

Luxembourg 1,198 502 696 1,297 518 779

Canada 988 769 219 992 761 231

Ireland 729 204 525 831 235 596

Switzerland 634 331 303 708 344 365

Belgium 713 34 679 602 34 568

Taiwan 397 31 366 454 36 418

Country Unknown 85 3 82 99 1 98

Rest of world 5,241 2,221 3,020 5,451 2,290 3,161

Total 16,417 6,356 10,061 17,134 6,655 10,479

Of which: Holdings of

foreign official institutions 5,682 956 4,726 5,794 961 4,832

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

Tables A7, A8, A9 and A10 in the Statistical Appendix show, respectively, holdings of total

securities, equities, long-term debt securities, and short-term securities, for all countries as

of the dates of recent surveys.

Comparison with the TIC SLT by Country

The distribution of U.S. long-term securities holdings across countries reported by the annual survey very closely matched the country distribution reported by the monthly SLT.16

Table 9 shows that in the survey as in the SLT, China was the largest holder of U.S. longterm securities, with holdings of $1,841 billion. Japan was the second-largest holder, with

$1,828 billion total holdings of U.S. long-term securities in the survey and $1,834 billion in

the SLT. Similarities between the survey and SLT hold for other countries as well.17

Country-level differences in debt holdings reported by the survey and the SLT can typically

be attributed to the over-reporting of corporate debt securities mentioned in the discussion

of Table 4 above and in Chapter 2. Countries through which U.S. firms commonly issue

16 Prior to 2012, published monthly estimates of official holdings of U.S. securities, such as those in the

Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities tables (http://www.treasury.gov/ticdata/Publish/mfh.txt),

were revised when data from a new survey became available. However, since the introduction of the SLT

and its incorporation into the Major Foreign Holders table, such large revisions each June have not been

necessary.

17 SLT data for all countries are accessible through the Treasury’s TIC website for Holdings of Long-Term

Securities: http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/ticsec3.aspx.

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debt internationally, such as Belgium, Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom, typically

show larger discrepancies between survey and SLT values. In SHL 2015 these differences are

offset by additional adjustments made to account for overseas corporate bond issuance not

reported on the SLT and SHL. Nonetheless, the discrepancies that do exist are concentrated

in these countries. For example, total holdings of U.S. long-term debt are about $15 billion

to $25 billion higher in the SLT than in the survey for Belgium, the United Kingdom, and

Luxembourg.

Table 9: Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities as measured by the survey of portfolio

holdings and the TIC SLT, by country and security type, as of June 30, 2015

Billions of dollars

Survey SLT

Country Total

long-term

Long-term

equities

Long-term

debt

Total

long-term

Long-term

equities

Long-term

debt

China1 1,841 330 1,510 1,841 330 1,510

Japan 1,828 391 1,437 1,834 392 1,442

Cayman Islands 1,409 884 525 1,436 916 520

United Kingdom 1,406 832 574 1,429 832 597

Luxembourg 1,198 518 681 1,215 519 696

Canada 968 761 207 971 759 212

Ireland 710 235 476 707 236 472

Switzerland 681 344 338 678 346 333

Belgium 589 34 555 616 34 581

Taiwan 452 36 416 454 36 418

Country Unknown 99 1 98 47 * 47

Rest of world 5,022 2,290 2,732 5,018 2,284 2,735

Total 16,202 6,655 9,547 16,247 6,683 9,564

Of which: Holdings of

foreign official institutions 5,391 961 4,430 5,398 966 4,432

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

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

Holdings of U.S. Securities by Foreign Official Institutions

As in previous years, the survey collected information on holdings of U.S. securities by foreign

official institutions (FOI) separately from holdings by private investors. This distinction is

made because the motivations of foreign official institutions for holding U.S. securities may

differ from those of private investors, and their investment patterns may also differ. Foreign

official institutions in this report consist primarily of foreign national government institutions

involved in the formulation of monetary policy, such as central banks, but also include

national government-owned investment funds and other national government institutions. 18

Although the survey measured foreign official holdings of all types of U.S. long-term securities

at $5,391 billion in June 2015, it is possible that this figure somewhat underestimates foreign

18 See http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/foihome.aspx for a partial list

of foreign official institutions.

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official holdings. Distinguishing official from private holders in the surveys is difficult for the

same reasons that obtaining accurate information on the country of foreign owners of U.S.

securities is difficult: in both cases chains of financial intermediaries can obscure the true

foreign holders. Thus, some holdings attributed to private intermediaries, especially in major

custodial centers, may actually reflect holdings of foreign official institutions.

Table 10: Value of long-term securities held by foreign official institutions, and the

percentage of total foreign holdings these represent, by type of security, as of end-June,

selected survey dates

Billions of dollars

Security Type 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Equities1

Total foreign holdings 2,969 2,252 2,814 3,830 4,237 5,070 6,356 6,655

Of which: Foreign official 363 311 426 567 630 799 956 961

Percent foreign official 12.2 13.8 15.1 14.8 14.9 15.8 15.0 14.4

Treasury debt

Total foreign holdings 2,211 2,604 3,343 4,049 4,673 4,916 5,382 5,450

Of which: Foreign official 1,684 2,054 2,617 3,103 3,489 3,648 3,765 3,806

Percent foreign official 76.2 78.9 78.3 76.6 74.7 74.2 70.0 69.8

Agency debt

Total foreign holdings 1,464 1,196 1,086 1,031 991 874 827 880

Of which: Foreign official 966 794 721 635 543 452 434 456

Percent foreign official 66.0 66.4 66.4 61.6 54.8 51.7 52.5 51.9

Corporate debt

Total foreign holdings 2,820 2,440 2,493 2,651 2,549 2,672 2,974 3,217

Of which: Foreign official 106 107 97 104 110 127 156 167

Percent foreign official 3.7 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.3 4.7 5.2 5.2

All long-term securities

Total foreign holdings 9,463 8,492 9,736 11,561 12,451 13,532 15,539 16,202

Of which: Foreign official 3,119 3,266 3,862 4,409 4,772 5,025 5,311 5,391

Percent foreign official 33.0 38.5 39.7 38.1 38.3 37.1 34.2 33.3

Note: Percentages are calculated from unrounded dollar value figures and may differ slightly from

percentages calculated from rounded dollar values shown in this table.

1. Equities include common and preferred stock; all types of investment company shares, such as openend funds, closed-end funds, money market mutual funds, and hedge funds; as well as interests in

limited partnerships and other equity interests that may not involve stocks or shares.

The percentage of U.S. long-term securities held by foreign official institutions as a share of

the total amount held by foreign investors continued to trend down, falling to 33 percent in

June 2015 (Table 10). The share of foreign holdings owned by official investors had increased

steadily from 28 percent in 2007 (not shown) to nearly 40 percent in 2010 and remained near

this elevated level before declining slowly each year since 2013.19 This pattern of official

19 At nearly 40 percent, official investors’ share of foreign holdings in 2010 was high relative to the 1990s but

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holdings growing more rapidly than private ownership through 2010 and then slowing more

recently is most pronounced for Treasury securities. The share of official holdings in U.S.

corporate bonds was flat between June 2014 and June 2015 and remains a relatively small

fraction of the total.

From June 2007 (not shown) to June 2010, foreign official investors were responsible for 85

percent of the $1,378 billion increase in total foreign holdings of long-term U.S. Treasury

securities. By contrast, since 2010, foreign official holdings have accounted for only a little

over half – 56 percent – of the increase in foreign ownership of long-term Treasuries.

Foreign official institutions invested primarily in long-term U.S. Treasury securities over the

June 2008 to June 2014 period, but they also purchased substantial amounts of U.S. agency

securities in the years prior to the 2008 financial crisis. Between the 2005 and 2008 surveys

(not shown), foreign official holdings of long-term U.S. agency debt securities grew from

less than 50 percent of all foreign holdings of long-term agency securities to two-thirds of

all foreign holdings of agencies. Although foreign official holdings of agency securities have

trended down since 2008, they continue to account for slightly more than half of foreign

holdings of long-term agency debt.

Table 11 shows foreign official holdings of short-term debt by type of security. Foreign

official investors held about 43 percent ($403 billion) of the U.S. short-term securities owned

by foreigners in June 2015 ($932 billion). Of the $403 billion of short-term securities held

by foreign official institutions, $367 billion, or 91 percent, were U.S. Treasury bills and

certificates. Official holdings of short-term corporate debt grew quickly between 2012 and

2014, but increased only slightly in 2015. Despite the recent strong growth, short-term

corporate debt holdings remain a small proportion of foreign official holdings of short-term

debt—only 6 percent.

During the 2008 financial crisis, the proportion of Treasury debt issued in the form of bills

and certificates rose substantially. Reflecting this shift in the pattern of issuance, foreign

official investors more than doubled their holdings of U.S. Treasury bills and certificates from

$226 billion to $572 billion between the June 2008 and June 2009 surveys. This increase

accounted for over 70 percent of the rise in total foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury bills

and certificates. Since 2009, issuance of short-term Treasury debt has declined, and total

foreign holdings of Treasury bills and certificates have decreased by $165 billion, more than

accounted for by a $205 billion decline in holdings by foreign official investors. However,

the June 2015 survey is the first survey since 2009 to show an increase in both total foreign

holdings and foreign official holdings of short-term Treasury debt at the same time. While

official holdings of short-term Treasury debt remain above pre-crisis levels, official holdings

of short-term agency debt have fallen dramatically. As of June 2015, official holdings of

short-term agency debt were only $12 billion, a decrease of around 91 percent from the 2008

peak level of $130 billion. Nevertheless, foreign official holdings of short term agency debt

have edged up in each of the last two surveys. Additional data on foreign official holdings

are presented in the Appendix Tables.

not unprecedented. From 1974 to 1984, foreign official investors accounted for about 40 percent of foreign

holdings of U.S. long-term securities.

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Table 11: Value of short-term securities held by foreign official institutions, and

the percentage of total foreign holdings these represent, by type of security, as

of end-June, selected survey dates

Billions of dollars

Security Type 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Treasury debt

Total foreign holdings 379 862 743 658 637 679 633 697

Of which: Foreign official 226 572 454 414 366 363 341 367

Percent foreign official 59.6 66.3 61.2 62.9 57.5 53.4 53.8 52.6

Agency debt

Total foreign holdings 174 90 61 43 29 25 42 49

Of which: Foreign official 130 34 24 16 5 3 8 12

Percent foreign official 74.8 37.3 38.7 37.7 17.2 11.9 18.3 24.9

Corporate debt

Total foreign holdings 306 197 152 177 145 173 203 186

Of which: Foreign official 18 9 6 8 6 15 23 24

Percent foreign official 5.9 4.7 3.9 4.4 3.8 8.7 11.3 12.9

All short-term securities

Total foreign holdings 858 1,149 956 878 811 878 878 932

Of which: Foreign official 373 614 484 438 377 381 372 403

Percent foreign official 43.5 53.5 50.6 49.9 46.5 43.4 42.3 43.2

Note: Percentages are calculated from unrounded dollar value figures and may differ slightly

from percentages calculated from rounded dollar values shown in this table.

Details on Foreign Holdings of Different Types of U.S. Securities

as of June 2015

Foreign Holdings of U.S. Treasury Securities, by Type of Security

Table 12 reports total holdings of U.S. Treasury securities by type of security for the countries

with the largest holdings. China remained the largest holder of U.S. Treasury securities in

June 2015, with total holdings of $1,271 billion, about the same as its holdings in June 2014

(not shown). Japan, with holdings of $1,196 billion, remained the second-largest holder.

Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS), which, as of June 2015, were $1.1 trillion of

the $12.7 trillion in marketable Treasury securities outstanding, are increasingly popular for

some foreign investors. As of June 2015, foreign investors held $508 billion in TIPS, with more

than two-thirds of this amount held by foreign official investors. Foreigners now hold about

46 percent of TIPS outstanding, up from 31 percent in 2011 (not shown). TIPS accounted for

a significant share of total foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities for several countries.

For China, the Cayman Islands, and the United Kingdom, TIPS accounted for 10 percent

or more of total foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities.

In January 2014, the U.S. Treasury began issuing Floating Rate Notes (FRNs), which have

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a maturity of two years and pay an interest rate that varies over time with the rates on

newly issued 13-week Treasury bills. As of June 2015, foreign holdings of FRNs amounted

to $132 billion, or over half of the $246 billion outstanding and a bit higher than the overall

share of Treasuries outstanding held by foreigners. Because FRNs have a maturity of two

years, foreign holdings of FRNs are included in nominal long-term debt in Table 12.

Table A3 in the Statistical Appendix shows holdings of different forms of U.S. Treasury

securities for all countries as of June 2015.

Table 12: Value of foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities, by major investing

country, as of June 30, 2015

Billions of dollars

Treasury long-term debt1 Treasury

Country Total Total of which:

Nominal

of which:

TIPS2

of which:

FRN

short-term

debt1

China3 1,271 1,268 1,097 170 * 3

Japan 1,196 1,123 1,089 34 * 73

Brazil 256 238 205 13 20 18

Cayman Islands 219 135 83 47 6 84

Ireland 217 174 157 13 4 43

Switzerland 217 191 173 17 2 25

Belgium 206 196 190 4 1 11

United Kingdom 204 172 146 25 1 32

Luxembourg 184 135 124 10 1 49

Hong Kong 181 123 89 4 30 58

Rest of world 1,996 1,695 1,458 171 67 300

Total 6,147 5,450 4,810 508 132 697

Of which: Holdings of

foreign official institutions 4,173 3,806 3,346 348 113 367

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

1. Long-term denotes original maturity of over one year; short-term denotes original maturity of one

year or less.

2. TIPS are Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities.

3. Excludes Hong Kong and Macau, which are reported separately.

Foreign Holdings of Equities by Type

Table 13 provides additional detail on foreign holdings of equities in 2014 and 2015 for

the countries with the largest equity holdings. Over three-fourths of total foreign holdings

of U.S. equities are in the form of common stock, accounting for $5,223 billion of the total

$6,655 billion held. Fund shares ($923 billion) account for almost two-thirds of the remaining

equities held by foreign investors. As noted above, “funds” include many different types of

investment company shares issued by U.S.-resident entities, such as open-end funds, closedend funds, money market mutual funds, and hedge funds. Such funds may invest in a variety

of assets, including bonds, real estate, commodities, and foreign-issued equities as well as

U.S. equities; however, the data reported are for foreign holdings of the fund shares and not

the underlying securities held by the funds. The residual “other” column includes preferred

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stock as well as interests in limited partnerships and other equity interests that may or

may not involve stocks or shares. An increase of $374 billion in common stock held by

foreigners more than accounted for the increase in equity holdings ($299 billion). Holdings

of fund shares fell by $116 billion while holdings of “other” equities increased by $42 billion.

Table A4 in the Statistical Appendix shows holdings of these different types of equity for all

countries as of June 2015.

Table 13: Value of foreign holdings of U.S.

equities, by major investing country,

as of June 30, 2015

Billions of dollars

June 30, 2014 June 30, 2015

Country or region Total Common

stock

Fund

shares Other1 Total Common

stock

Fund

shares Other1

Cayman Islands 838 493 164 181 884 563 143 178

United Kingdom 741 639 71 32 832 715 59 58

Canada 769 633 109 28 761 636 96 29

Luxembourg 502 456 31 15 518 480 24 14

Japan 361 286 68 6 391 332 48 11

Switzerland 331 260 62 9 344 276 58 10

China2 320 253 18 49 330 263 14 53

Ireland 204 183 17 4 235 217 11 7

Netherlands 195 123 53 19 202 135 49 19

Norway 176 167 9 * 199 188 9 1

Rest of world 1,919 1,356 438 125 1,960 1,416 413 132

Total 6,356 4,849 1,039 467 6,655 5,223 923 509

Of which: Holdings of

foreign official institutions 956 837 86 33 961 887 42 32

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

1. Includes preferred stock, interests in limited partnerships, and other types of equity.

2. Excludes Hong Kong and Macau, which are reported separately.

Foreign Holdings of Corporate Mortgage-Backed Securities

Table 14 splits foreign holdings of U.S. long-term corporate ABS for 2014 and 2015 as

shown in Table 6 into those backed by pools of residential home mortgages and commercial

mortgages (mortgage-backed securities, or MBS) and those backed by other types of assets,

such as pools of credit card receivables, automobile loans, or student loans. A similar table is

not provided for agency ABS because nearly all agency ABS are backed by pools of residential

home mortgages.

Overall, foreign holdings of long-term corporate ABS increased slightly—by $16 billion—

from June 2014 to June 2015, with the increase dominated by MBS. Holdings of corporate

ABS and especially MBS have fallen sharply since the financial crisis: In June 2007, foreign

holdings of corporate ABS amounted to $902 billion, with nearly two-thirds—$594 billion—in

the form of corporate MBS (not shown).

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In June 2015, as in June 2014, just over half of all corporate ABS held by foreign investors

were in the form of MBS.20 The increase within non-MBS ABS holdings of corporate debt

by foreign investors was accounted for by ABS backed by credit card receivables. Foreign

holdings of corporate ABS backed by student loans, which account for nearly half of nonMBS corporate ABS held by foreigners, edged down, as did ABS backed by automobile loans.

At the country level, the Cayman Islands remained by far the largest holder of corporate

ABS, though its holdings declined. Luxembourg, the second-largest holder, accounted for

about half of the overall increase.

Table 14: Value of foreign holdings of U.S.

long-term corporate asset-backed securities,

by major investing country and type,

as of June 30, 2015

Billions of dollars

June 30, 2014 June 30, 2015

Country or region Total Mortgagebacked Other Total Mortgagebacked Other

Cayman Islands 102 85 17 96 81 15

Luxembourg 39 16 23 47 21 26

Ireland 43 21 23 37 17 20

Canada 27 23 3 32 26 5

Belgium 24 4 20 24 5 19

United Kingdom 26 15 11 23 12 11

Bermuda 19 11 8 23 13 10

Switzerland 12 6 6 21 15 6

Germany 30 10 21 19 3 16

Japan 12 5 7 13 4 9

Rest of world 63 32 30 77 41 36

Total 396 228 169 412 240 172

Of which: Holdings of

foreign official institutions 22 10 12 21 9 12

Table A5 in the Statistical Appendix presents the same information on holdings of U.S. longterm corporate asset-backed securities for all countries as of June 2015. Foreign investors

also held a small amount of short-term ABS in the form of asset backed commercial paper

(ABCP); Table A6 in the Statistical Appendix presents information on holdings of all shortterm securities, including short-term Treasury securities, agency securities, and corporate

securities, as well as CP and ABCP, for all countries as of June 2015.

Portfolio Investment by Region of Investor Country and Survey Year

Tables 15a through 15d show holdings of U.S. securities by region of investor country as of

the last eight survey dates. Total foreign holdings of long-term securities grew by $663 billion

20 The data shown in Table 14 for MBS in June 2014 have been revised from the 2014 SHL report based on

fuller information about ABS collateral types.

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from June 2014 to June 2015, with about half coming from holdings of investors in Europe

and nearly all of the rest split about evenly between the holdings of investors in the Americas

and Asia. European holdings were larger than Asian holdings prior to 2008 but fell by

approximately 20 percent during the financial crisis, while Asian holdings continued to grow.

European holdings of long-term securities have subsequently grown at a faster rate than

Asian holdings. This trend continued in the year ending in June 2015 as European holdings

increased by $339 billion (5.5 percent), to reach $6,500 billion, while Asian holdings increased

by only $180 billion (3.2 percent) to reach $5,746 billion.

Table 15a: Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities, by region,

as of end-June, selected survey dates

Billions of dollars

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Total Europe 3,796 3,209 3,564 4,376 4,592 5,119 6,161 6,500

Of which: Euro area 2,150 1,742 1,907 2,305 2,364 2,721 3,455 3,592

Total Asia 3,363 3,522 4,067 4,562 4,928 5,117 5,566 5,746

Americas 1,901 1,466 1,738 2,193 2,537 2,900 3,331 3,466

Of which: Carib. fin. ctrs. 1,095 852 989 1,186 1,386 1,543 1,810 1,884

Australia/Oceania 140 106 124 167 169 213 245 253

Total Africa 39 29 34 36 41 41 49 50

Intl. and regional orgs. 41 62 72 89 96 90 102 89

Country Unknown 183 98 136 138 89 51 85 99

Total 9,463 8,492 9,736 11,561 12,451 13,532 15,539 16,202

1. Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal,

and Spain. Includes Slovenia as of 2007, Cyprus and Malta as of 2008, Slovakia as of 2009, Estonia as of

2011, Latvia as of 2014, and Lithuania as of 2015.

2. Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, the former Netherlands Antilles, and Panama.

Holdings of long-term securities by foreign residents in the Americas increased by $135 billion

to $3,466 billion. Of these countries, the Bahamas, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the

Cayman Islands, the former Netherlands Antilles, and Panama—referred to collectively in

the tables as the Caribbean financial centers—serve as major financial centers through which

investments of residents from other countries are channeled.21 As a group, these financial

center countries accounted for over half of all investment attributed to the Americas region.

Table 15b and Table 15c show holdings of U.S. equities and long-term debt, respectively,

with the same regional breakdown presented in Table 15a. While total Asian and European

holdings are of similar size, their composition is noticeably different: European investors

hold a bit more than half of their U.S. long-term securities in the form of debt, while Asian

investors hold about three-quarters in debt.

21 The former Netherlands Antilles, which no longer exists as a legal entity, included Curacao; Bonaire, Sint

Eustatius, and Saba; and Sint Maarten. The TIC system began collecting data for these three countries

separately in December 2013.

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Table 15b: Foreign holdings of U.S. equities, by region,

as of end-June, selected survey dates

Billions of dollars

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Total Europe 1,449 1,055 1,308 1,789 1,856 2,194 2,785 3,011

Of which: Euro area 728 499 630 860 821 998 1,307 1,390

Total Asia 599 504 648 866 996 1,146 1,367 1,393

Americas 821 614 765 1,048 1,253 1,559 1,997 2,035

Of which: Carib. fin. ctrs. 449 325 399 539 696 832 1,094 1,126

Australia/Oceania 87 66 81 114 120 158 183 190

Total Africa 9 5 6 8 8 9 16 21

Intl. and regional orgs. 3 6 5 3 4 4 5 5

Country Unknown 1 2 1 2 * * 3 1

Total 2,969 2,252 2,814 3,830 4,237 5,070 6,356 6,655

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

1. Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands,

Portugal, and Spain. Includes Slovenia as of 2007, Cyprus and Malta as of 2008, Slovakia as of

2009, Estonia as of 2011, Latvia as of 2014, and Lithuania as of 2015.

2. Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, the former Netherlands Antilles, and

Panama.

Table 15c: Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term debt securities, by region,

as of end-June, selected survey dates

Billions of dollars

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Total Europe 2,346 2,154 2,256 2,587 2,736 2,926 3,376 3,489

Of which: Euro area 1,422 1,243 1,277 1,446 1,543 1,723 2,148 2,202

Total Asia 2,764 3,018 3,419 3,696 3,932 3,971 4,198 4,353

Americas 1,081 852 973 1,146 1,284 1,341 1,334 1,431

Of which: Carib. fin. ctrs. 646 527 590 646 690 710 714 757

Australia/Oceania 53 40 42 53 49 55 62 63

Total Africa 29 24 29 28 32 32 33 30

Intl. and regional orgs. 38 56 68 86 92 86 97 84

Country Unknown 183 96 135 136 88 51 81 98

Total 6,494 6,240 6,921 7,731 8,213 8,462 9,183 9,547

1. Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. Includes Slovenia as of 2007, Cyprus and Malta as of 2008, Slovakia as of 2009, Estonia

as of 2011, Latvia as of 2014, and Lithuania as of 2015.

2. Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, the former Netherlands Antilles, and

Panama.

Total foreign equity holdings in the year ending June 30, 2015 were up 4.7 percent over

June 2014. Valuation gains from the increase in U.S. equity prices were fairly uniform across

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holders in different regions, leaving the geographic allocation of equity holdings little changed.

By June 2015, European investors held $3,011 billion in U.S. equities, continuing to account

for a little less than half (45 percent) of all U.S. equities held by foreigners. Investors from

the Americas held $2,035 billion, representing about 31 percent of all foreign holdings of

equities. About 55 percent of this amount was owned by entities resident in the Caribbean

financial centers.

Asian countries collectively held $4,353 billion in U.S. long-term debt securities, more than

any other region (Table 15c), as has been the case since the 1978 survey. European investors

collectively owned $3,489 billion, the second-largest regional holdings of U.S. long-term debt

securities. From June 2014 to June 2015, European holdings increased by $113 billion while

Asian holdings increased by $155 billion. Shares in long-term debt and equity holdings across

regions have been broadly stable over time. Since the 1984 survey, Europe has held the

second-highest level of U.S. long-term debt securities, followed by the Americas. Likewise,

since the 1984 survey, the second-highest level of foreign holdings of U.S. equitieshas been

by the Americas region, followed by Asia.

In the year ending June 2015, foreign holdings of U.S. short-term securities (Table 15d)

increased by $54 billion, to $932 billion. Asian holdings increased by $22 billion while

holdings of investors in the Americas decreased by $10 billion. Europe remains the largest

holder of U.S. short-term securities, as has been the case in most years, increasing its holdings

by $43 billion. Asia remains the second-largest holder at $270 billion, with the Americas in

third place with $217 billion.

Table 15d: Foreign holdings of U.S. short-term securities, by region, as of

end-June, selected survey dates

Billions of dollars

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Total Europe 419 423 359 331 327 377 378 421

Of which: Euro area 248 241 216 221 217 237 252 259

Total Asia 244 454 332 333 285 264 248 270

Americas 174 230 220 186 178 209 227 217

Of which: Carib. fin. ctrs. 101 125 130 130 119 134 130 139

Australia/Oceania 9 11 9 8 9 17 14 11

Total Africa 6 10 28 12 3 2 3 3

Intl. and regional orgs. 6 8 6 7 9 9 8 9

Country Unknown 1 12 2 1 * * * 0

Total 858 1,149 956 878 811 878 878 932

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

1. Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,

Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. Includes Slovenia as of 2007, Cyprus and Malta as of

2008, Slovakia as of 2009, Estonia as of 2011, Latvia as of 2014, and Lithuania as of 2015.

2. Bahamas, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, the former Netherlands

Antilles, and Panama.

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Maturity Structure of Foreign Holdings of U.S. Long-Term Debt Securities

The maturity distribution of foreign holdings of U.S. long-term debt securities is shown in

Tables 16a to 16c. Table 16a presents the maturity distribution of all foreign holdings,

Table 16b shows the maturity distribution of foreign official holdings, and Table 16c shows

the maturity distribution of foreign private holdings. In the “Remaining years to maturity”

column of these tables, “1 to 2 years” should be read as holdings of U.S. long-term debt

securities that will mature from one year and one day to two years after the June 30, 2015

survey date.

Table 16a. Maturity structure of foreign holdings of U.S. long-term

debt securities, as of June 30, 2015

Percentages

Remaining years

to maturity Total debt U.S. Treasury U.S. agency Corporate

Up to 1 year 12.1 16.7 3.0 6.8

1 to 2 years 15.6 21.8 4.5 7.9

2 to 3 years 11.0 12.7 3.7 9.9

3 to 4 years 7.2 7.8 1.0 7.9

4 to 5 years 8.6 9.2 1.4 9.5

5 to 6 years 6.3 6.7 0.8 7.2

6 to 7 years 6.3 6.7 0.7 7.1

7 to 8 years 4.0 3.2 0.6 6.2

8 to 9 years 3.7 4.2 0.5 3.6

9 to 10 years 3.9 4.1 1.2 4.4

10 to 15 years 2.8 1.6 3.2 4.9

15 to 20 years 1.9 0.2 3.0 4.7

20 to 25 years 4.6 0.9 13.2 8.4

25 to 30 years 10.4 4.1 62.0 6.9

More than 30 years 1.6 0.0 1.0 4.5

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Similar to the June 2014 survey, 54.5 percent of U.S. long-term debt securities held by

foreigners will mature in five years or less from June 30, 2015. Foreign holdings of long-term

Treasury debt securities are much more concentrated at shorter maturities than are holdings

of corporate or agency debt, with 68.2 percent of such holdings maturing in five years or

less.

Foreign official holdings of U.S. long-term debt securities (Table 16b) have a shorter average

maturity than foreign private holdings (Table 16c). Half of foreign official holdings mature

within three years; for private holdings (Table 16c) the comparable figure is between five and

six years. In part, the shorter maturity structure of foreign official holdings overall reflects

the higher concentration of Treasury holdings by official investors. But even within the

categories of Treasury and agency securities, foreign official holdings are more concentrated

at shorter maturities than are foreign private holdings.

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Table 16b. Maturity structure of foreign official holdings of U.S.

long-term debt securities, as of June 30, 2015

Percentages

Remaining years

to maturity Total debt U.S. Treasury U.S. agency Corporate

Up to 1 year 15.3 17.1 3.6 7.1

1 to 2 years 22.1 24.7 5.8 8.0

2 to 3 years 12.6 13.7 4.6 11.6

3 to 4 years 7.0 7.7 1.1 9.3

4 to 5 years 8.2 9.0 1.2 10.3

5 to 6 years 5.8 6.4 0.4 5.6

6 to 7 years 5.8 6.5 0.4 6.5

7 to 8 years 3.0 3.2 0.4 6.1

8 to 9 years 3.7 4.0 0.4 5.2

9 to 10 years 3.3 3.4 0.6 6.4

10 to 15 years 1.2 1.0 1.5 3.2

15 to 20 years 0.4 0.0 1.7 3.6

20 to 25 years 2.0 0.4 14.0 5.2

25 to 30 years 9.4 2.9 63.8 8.0

More than 30 years 0.2 0.0 0.6 3.9

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Table 16c. Maturity structure of foreign private holdings of U.S.

long-term debt securities, as of June 30, 2015

Percentages

Remaining years

to maturity Total debt U.S. Treasury U.S. agency Corporate

Up to 1 year 9.3 15.9 2.4 6.8

1 to 2 years 9.7 14.9 3.2 7.9

2 to 3 years 9.4 10.5 2.7 9.8

3 to 4 years 7.4 8.2 0.9 7.9

4 to 5 years 8.8 9.6 1.6 9.4

5 to 6 years 6.9 7.5 1.3 7.3

6 to 7 years 6.7 7.4 1.0 7.1

7 to 8 years 4.8 3.2 0.9 6.3

8 to 9 years 3.6 4.6 0.7 3.5

9 to 10 years 4.5 5.7 1.9 4.3

10 to 15 years 4.3 2.8 5.2 5.0

15 to 20 years 3.4 0.5 4.5 4.7

20 to 25 years 6.8 2.1 12.3 8.6

25 to 30 years 11.3 7.0 60.0 6.9

More than 30 years 2.8 0.0 1.4 4.5

Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Currency Composition of Foreign Holdings of U.S. Debt Securities

Of the $9,547 billion in long-term debt securities held by foreigners as of June 30, 2015,

$8,962 billion, or 94 percent, are denominated in U.S. dollars (Table 17a). However, the

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currency composition of these foreign holdings varies substantially depending on the type

of security issuer: all U.S. Treasury securities and almost all U.S. agency securities owned

by foreigners are denominated in U.S. dollars, whereas 18 percent of U.S. corporate debt

securities owned by foreigners are denominated in foreign currencies. Debt securities issued in

euros account for 63 percent of the foreign currency-denominated securities held by foreigners.

The holdings of foreign official institutions (not shown separately) are nearly exclusively (99.8

percent) denominated in dollars.

Table 17a. Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term debt securities, by

currency, as of June 30, 2015

Billions of dollars

Currency Total debt U.S. Treasury U.S. agency Corporate

U.S. dollar 8,962 5,450 878 2,634

Euro 367 0 0 367

U.K. pound 95 0 2 93

Japanese yen 39 0 0 39

Australian dollar 21 0 0 21

Canadian dollar 19 0 0 19

Swiss franc 18 0 0 18

Other 25 0 0 25

Total 9,547 5,450 880 3,217

Foreign holdings of U.S. short-term debt securities (Table 17b) are even more concentrated

in U.S.-dollar-denominated securities: $913 billion of the $932 billion held (98 percent)

are dollar-denominated. As with their holding of U.S. long-term debt securities, foreign

official holdings of U.S. short-term securities (not shown) are almost entirely U.S. dollardenominated.

Table 17b. Foreign holdings of U.S. short-term debt securities, by

currency, as of June 30, 2015

Billions of dollars

Currency Total debt U.S. Treasury U.S. agency Corporate

U.S. dollar 913 697 49 167

Euro 10 0 0 10

U.K. pound 6 0 0 6

Japanese yen 2 0 0 2

Australian dollar * 0 0 *

Canadian dollar * 0 0 *

Swiss franc * 0 0 *

Other * 0 0 *

Total 932 697 49 186

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

Table 18 shows the currency composition of total foreign-owned U.S. long-term debt securities

(the “Total debt” column in Table 17a) for the most recent eight surveys. During the June

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2008-June 2015 period covered by the table, the share of foreign-owned U.S. long-term debt

securities denominated in U.S. dollars generally trended up, from about 87 percent in 2008 to

94 percent in 2015, and holdings of foreign-currency-denominated debt have trended down.

One exception is euro-denominated securities, which have increased in each of the past two

years.

Table 18. Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term debt securities, by currency, as

of end-June, selected survey dates

Billions of dollars

Currency 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

U.S. dollar 5,656 5,446 6,112 6,889 7,555 7,853 8,598 8,962

Euro 489 473 476 500 370 341 346 367

U.K. pound 118 111 123 123 118 117 101 95

Japanese yen 93 93 97 94 75 51 48 39

Australian dollar 32 25 24 26 14 22 23 21

Canadian dollar 24 18 20 18 18 18 18 19

Swiss franc 31 37 34 38 25 21 18 18

Other 51 38 36 42 38 40 31 25

Total 6,494 6,240 6,921 7,731 8,213 8,462 9,183 9,547

Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities by Industry of Issuer

Table 19 presents foreign holdings of U.S. securities divided into broad economic sectors

of the industry of issuer. The data in this table are presented using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) system developed by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Additional detail is in Appendix Table A11, which provides data on holdings with a more disaggregated breakout of industries. Previous reports classified securities using GICS (Global

Industry Classification Standard) codes, developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International

and Standard & Poor’s. This report and future reports will use NAICS codes.

The government sector has the highest level of foreign investment, with foreign holdings of

short-term and long-term government debt securities reaching $6,184 billion. The government sector accounted for about 30 percent of all foreign holdings of U.S. securities in June

2008, but that share jumped to 39 percent in 2009 and has remained elevated since, standing

at 36 percent in June 2015. The second-largest sector for foreign investment remains the

“Other financial” sector, with total foreign holdings of $2,194 billion, which includes primarily U.S. agency-backed real estate finance and investment banking. The “funds, trusts,

and other financial vehicles” sector attracted by far the most foreign investment in equities

($1,152 billion), while the largest holdings of long-term debt were concentrated in the “government” and “other financial” sectors, with foreign holdings of $5,486 billion and $1,679 billion, respectively. Other sectors attracting considerable foreign investment were depository

credit intermediation (banking)($893 billion); services ($809 billion); chemical manufacturing ($712 billion), of which $508 billion is pharmaceuticals; computer and electronic product

manufacturing ($682 billion); and publishing and broadcasting ($587 billion). With the exception of the government, depository credit intermediation, and “other financial” sectors,

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where most foreign investment was in the form of long-term debt, foreign investment in each

of these sectors primarily consisted of equity investment.

Table 19: Market value of foreign holdings of U.S. securities,

by industry, as of June 30, 2015

Billions of dollars

NAICS code1 Industry Total Equity Debt

Long-Term Short-term

21 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 312 196 116 *

22-23 Utilities and construction 276 153 120 2

31 Consumer goods manufacturing 408 271 133 4

325 Chemical manufacturing 712 554 150 7

326-333 Other primary and machinery manufacturing 346 203 141 2

334-335 Computer and electronic product manufacturing 682 558 123 1

336-339 All other manufacturing 392 239 149 4

42 Wholesale trade 130 101 29 *

44-45 Retail trade 476 385 91 *

48-49 Transportation and cargo 197 128 67 1

511-515 Publishing and broadcasting 587 448 138 1

517-519 Telecommunications and information services 478 307 170 *

5221 Depository credit intermediation (banking) 893 349 453 92

5222-5239 Other financial 2,194 438 1,679 77

524 Insurance 351 267 81 3

525 Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles 1,214 1,152 52 10

53-81 Services 809 574 233 2

92 Government2 6,184 * 5,486 697

Industry classification unknown 279 162 95 22

All other industries 216 170 41 5

Total 17,134 6,655 9,547 932

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

1. Stands for North American Industry Classification System.

2. The government sector includes primarily U.S. Treasuries and also some bonds issued by state and local governments. When state and local bonds are clearly associated with a particular industry, such as utilities or

education, they are classified by that industry.

Comparison of Different Types of Foreign Portfolio Investment in the United

States as of Selected Dates

Table 20 presents a more comprehensive time series of foreign portfolio investment in the

United States than earlier tables do and compares foreign holdings of U.S. securities with

foreign holdings of deposits, loans, and other investments reported by U.S.-resident banks

and nonbank institutions. The table shows the growing importance of securities in foreign

portfolio investment. In December 1984, foreign holdings of U.S. securities and other portfolio investments were about equal, but foreign holdings of U.S. securities have increased far

more rapidly over time, reaching $17,134 billion at end-June 2015, more than four times as

large as the total for deposits, loans, and other investments ($4,195 billion).

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Table 20: Forms of foreign portfolio investment in the United States, as of selected

survey dates

Billions of dollars

Securities Deposits, Loans, and Other1

Date Total

Investment

Total Longterm

Shortterm

Total Reported by2

Banks Nonbanks

December 1984 712 363 268 95 349 320 29

December 1989 1,690 958 847 111 732 693 39

December 1994 2,402 1,449 1,244 205 953 899 54

March 2000 5,063 3,881 3,558 323 1,182 1,129 53

June 2002 5,948 4,338 3,926 412 1,610 1,540 70

June 2003 6,859 4,978 4,503 475 1,881 1,829 52

June 2004 8,241 6,019 5,431 588 2,222 2,143 79

June 2005 9,405 6,864 6,262 602 2,541 2,479 62

June 2006 10,969 7,778 7,162 615 3,191 3,125 67

June 2007 13,602 9,772 9,136 635 3,830 3,730 100

June 2008 14,370 10,322 9,463 858 4,048 3,947 101

June 2009 13,111 9,641 8,492 1,149 3,471 3,394 77

June 2010 14,327 10,691 9,736 956 3,636 3,551 85

June 2011 16,468 12,440 11,561 878 4,028 3,950 78

June 2012 17,050 13,261 12,451 811 3,789 3,705 83

June 2013 18,411 14,410 13,532 878 4,000 3,906 95

June 2014 20,868 16,417 15,539 878 4,451 4,361 90

June 2015 21,330 17,134 16,202 932 4,195 4,110 85

1. Includes deposits, brokerage balances, loans, repurchase agreements, and trade payables and

advance receipts.

2. As of December 2013, reporters on the banking forms were grouped into Banks and other

financial firms and Nonfinancial firms.

Sources: Data on long-term securities are from the TIC surveys. Data on deposits, loans,

and other are from the TIC reporting on forms BL1, BL2, BQ2, CQ1, and CQ2; numbers for

prior years may be revised from those published in earlier survey reports.

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Chapter 2. Survey Methodology

Data Collection Methodology

The U.S. system for measuring foreign-resident holdings of U.S. securities consists of annual

surveys, with “benchmark” surveys every five years. The benchmark surveys collect crossborder portfolio investment data from a large number of institutions (custodians and endinvestors) in an attempt to capture total U.S.-resident ownership of foreign securities. In

the four years succeeding a benchmark survey, data are collected from a smaller set of

respondents that collectively account for the vast majority of the holdings reported in the

previous benchmark survey. Prior to 2011, the panel for each of the four years was kept

largely unchanged, with the panel respondents selected based on the size of positions as

reported in the benchmark. Since 2011, the panel has been selected based on SLT reporting.

Reporters are still generally chosen based on the overall size of their positions, but the panel

is also selected to ensure relatively complete coverage across countries and asset classes. The

reporting panel for the 2015 survey covered 99 percent of all assets reported on the SLT for

June 2015.

The 2015 survey was collected during a non-benchmark year. For the 2015 survey, data

were submitted by U.S.-resident issuers and custodians (including securities depositories)

who were required to report, in detail, U.S. securities issued directly to a foreign resident or

entrusted to their safekeeping on behalf of a foreign-resident client. These holdings are very

concentrated: about 120 institutions reported, of which the 16 largest custodians, each of

which reported holdings in excess of $100 billion, comprised about 90 percent of the total

market value of individual security data submitted.

This survey was conducted under the authority of the International Investment and Trade

in Services Survey Act (22 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.). Reporting was mandatory, and subject to

penalties for noncompliance. Data were collected for holdings as of June 30, 2015, and were

to be reported to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, acting as agent for the Department

of the Treasury, no later than September 2, 2015. A copy of the forms and instructions is

included in Appendix B.

Data Analysis and Editing

The data reported by respondents were subjected to extensive analysis and editing. The

first step in the process was to analyze data at the reporter level to identify systemic errors

within each respondent’s submission. Respondent data that were filed during the prior year

were analyzed individually and compared against the data submitted in the current year.

Aggregate holdings reported in the survey were also measured against holdings reported

in the monthly Aggregate Holdings of Long-Term Securities by U.S. and Foreign Residents

(TIC Form SLT) to identify and reconcile any major discrepancies between the respondents’

reports as of June 30, 2015.

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Once the analysis of the data for each respondent was complete, the data were analyzed on

a security-by-security basis, across all reporters. Securities subject to particular attention

included those reported with a large market value or quantity, those with particularly high

or low prices, and those comprising a large percentage of the total amount outstanding.

Reported securities were also analyzed in the aggregate to identify common types of reporting

errors.

The third phase was to analyze the data according to various cumulative or “macro” groupings. At this level, the data were aggregated by categories such as country of foreign owner,

type of issuer, and type of industry. This review was especially useful in eliminating cases

in which the miscoding of a security with a small market value could have a large relative

impact on a small category. This analysis was performed to explain significant year-over-year

trends or anomalies based on business practices or economic developments, and to identify

the primary contributors driving the shifts in the macro data. Additionally, the data were

compared with various TIC and regulatory reports to identify potential systemic issues.

Adjustments and Calculation of Total Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities

Three important types of adjustments were made to the survey data; the dollar value of

the adjustments is summarized in Table 21. First, the data were adjusted downward to

remove identified cases of over-reporting using the same methodology as that used for the

2014 benchmark survey. Over-reporting can occur if an issuer reported debt securities issued

directly into foreign markets as 100 percent foreign-held, but U.S. custodians also reported

foreign holdings of those securities. For the 2015 survey, a total of $73 billion was deducted

to account for over-reporting.

Second, in order to make annual survey figures comparable to figures in the benchmark

survey as well as in the TIC form SLT, synthetic securities were created to adjust the 2015

survey data upward using SLT data from reporters on the SLT panel but not on the annual

survey panel (“non-survey SLT reporters”). The SHL 2015 survey panel covered 98.7 percent

of the market value reported in the most recent benchmark survey, which was conducted in

2014. The SLT data provide the aggregate market value by country of foreign holder and

by type of foreign holder (official or private). To determine the distribution of securities

holdings across other relevant characteristics not available from the SLT (i.e. maturity,

currency, industry, and security type), data were used from reporters on the annual survey

panel that were considered to be similar to those non-survey SLT reporters. Securities with

a market value below a minimum threshold of $1 million were omitted to reduce the number

of adjustment securities created. These adjustments amounted to $158 billion in 2015, or

about 1 percent of total foreign holdings, of which the bulk—$137 billion—was in equity.

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Table 21: Adjustments to data to account for

over-reporting and for reporters omitted from annual

panel, as of June 30, 2015

Millions of dollars

Type of security

and foreign holder

Over-reporting

adjustment

Synthetic

securities

Unreported U.S.

issuance abroad

Total value

of adjustments

Equity

Total 0 136,594 0 136,594

Foreign Official Holders 0 0 0 0

Other Holders 0 136,594 0 136,594

Treasury

Total 0 3,608 0 3,608

Foreign Official Holders 0 0 0 0

Other Holders 0 3,608 0 3,608

Agency

Total 0 505 0 505

Foreign Official Holders 0 0 0 0

Other Holders 0 505 0 505

Corporate

Total -73,375 17,470 53,800 -2,106

Foreign Official Holders 0 0 0 0

Other Holders -73,375 17,470 53,800 -2,106

Finally, data on U.S. securities issued into foreign markets and not reported in the SHL were

collected by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors based on news reports and commercial

data sources. Such issuance has been quite strong in the past two years, and in principle

should be reported in the SHL by the issuers. However, in non-benchmark survey years, the

survey reporting panel is limited to respondents selected and notified by the Federal Reserve

Bank of New York. Many of the issuers are not already on the panels, and the process of

bringing new reporters to the panel is fairly lengthy. Thus, for SHL 2014 and SHL 2015,

adjustments to account for the most significant issues were constructed by the Board of

Governors. In SHL 2015, these adjustments accounted for $54 billion.

Treatment of Repurchase and Securities Lending Agreements

Repurchase and securities lending agreements pose a challenge for accurately measuring

cross-border holdings of securities. Following international standards, repurchase and securities lending agreements are treated as collateralized loans, as the return of the same

or similar securities at a set price is agreed upon in advance, and thus the economic risk

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of changes in the value of the securities continues to reside with the securities lender (the

economic owner) even though the lender is no longer the legal owner (the securities borrower

is the legal owner). Lenders (or their custodians) are instructed to report securities involved

in such agreements as continuously held by the lender, and borrowers (or their custodians)

are instructed not to report them as holdings of the borrower.

However, reporting entities may not always have sufficient information to report as intended.

That is, custodians may not always be able to distinguish (a) securities transferred in or

transferred out through repurchase and lending activity from (b) those originating from

outright purchases and sales. Thus, correct reporting by custodians, given the information

they have, can result in reporting “errors” from the viewpoint of data collectors and those

compiling Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics. This type

of reporting error could result in measured foreign holdings being either over- or underreported. For instance, under-reporting might occur if a foreign entity (or its agent) lends a

U.S. security to a U.S. resident without either counterparty informing their custodian that

the transaction is a loan rather than a sale. After the change in legal ownership, the U.S.

custodian of the foreign resident delivers out the security and thus would not report the

security as foreign-held. The custodian for the U.S. resident would also not report, because

it holds a U.S. security on behalf of a U.S. resident and not a foreign resident. On the other

hand, over-reporting might occur if a U.S. resident lends a U.S. security to a foreign entity

and again neither custodian is informed that the transaction is a loan rather than a sale. In

this case the U.S. custodian for the foreign resident would report foreign ownership of the

U.S. security when in fact it is still U.S.-owned (in the sense of economic ownership).

Another challenge is that a security borrower (the legal owner) has the right to resell a

borrowed security. If a U.S. resident borrows a U.S. security from a foreign entity and

subsequently sells the security to another foreign resident, this can result in two different

foreign residents reporting as holding the same U.S. security. In this case, reporting is correct

according to the instructions, but it can lead to the overstatement of certain statistics, such

as the percentage of U.S. Treasury securities that is foreign-owned.

Finally, securities lending and short sales can introduce a wedge between reported securities transactions and changes in reported positions. For example, if a foreigner borrows a

Treasury security from a U.S. resident and then sells the security to a U.S. resident, the

transaction reporting system will (correctly) register this transaction as a foreign sale to a

U.S. resident. However, the position reporting system will show no net change in foreign

holdings of U.S. Treasuries. Thus, there will be a wedge between reported net transactions

and the change in reported positions, even after adjusting for valuation changes.

Acknowledgements

The Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors wish to express their appreciation to the Securities Data

Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for preparation of the U.S. portfolio investment data. Under the direction of Alicia Leonard-Stacker, Edward Sapozhnikov, and

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Jason Stein, staff members responsible for the data analysis were: Tatyana Dreger; Hilda

Hyman; Joseph Lovell; Erica Munisteri; Zachary Prout; Ani Qosja; Caroline Reginelli; and

Paula Webster. Under the direction of Frank Innocenti, automation staff responsible for

obtaining properly formatted data files and for facilitating data loads and updates were:

David Carley; Navin Persaud; Sophia Shi; and Cecelia Valentin-Doval. Under the direction

of Helen Yu, Application Development staff responsible for the maintenance of the application were: Sowmya Damera, Michael Eydelman, Kumaraselvaraju Gunasekaran, Nowshad

Mohamed, Peter Nikolatos, Shyam Parandhaman, and Ashish Sharma. Under the direction

of Frank Innocenti, staff responsible for timely data entry are: Mary Ann Campano, Natasha

Fair, and Rita Cek-Dagostin. Federal Reserve Board staff responsible for additional data

analysis and review and the final production and drafting of this report were Ruth Judson,

Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr, Nyssa Kim, Emily Liu, Andrew Loucky, Elizabeth Doppelt, Natalie

Duncombe, Michelle Lam, and Caleb Wroblewski.

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Appendix A: Statistical Appendix

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Table A1. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by country and type of security, as

of June 30, 2015

 Millions of dollars

Debt (LT = long-term; ST = short-term)

Total LT LT LT LT 

 Countries and Regions (LT and ST) Equities Total Treasury Agency Corp ST 

 Afghanistan 1,118 14 1,103 1,103 * 1 0

 Albania 473 6 458 446 * 11 10

 Algeria 703 23 1 0 0 1 680

 Andorra 1,781 1,013 767 268 1 499 1

 Angola 1,239 385 750 102 0 648 103

 Anguilla 19,513 18,918 441 279 16 146 154

 Antigua and Barbuda 198 122 48 2 3 43 28

 Argentina 6,722 4,888 1,717 545 42 1,129 118

 Armenia 379 4 375 375 0 0 0

 Aruba 895 375 517 121 98 298 3

 Australia 242,034 175,571 56,021 24,519 1,623 29,879 10,442

 Austria 18,065 8,449 8,874 5,180 203 3,492 742

 Azerbaijan 8,212 804 6,733 632 0 6,101 675

 Bahamas 36,691 21,195 12,291 4,237 1,218 6,836 3,205

 Bahrain 2,597 994 1,448 748 429 270 156

 Bangladesh 1,079 8 1 * 0 1 1,070

 Barbados 15,849 1,650 13,433 942 2,152 10,339 766

 Belarus 257 3 254 248 0 6 0

 Belgium 602,121 34,484 554,694 195,574 5,813 353,307 12,944

 Belize 933 598 329 155 30 144 6

 Benin * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Bermuda 286,613 88,805 175,368 37,586 27,322 110,460 22,440

 Bhutan 50 50 0 0 0 0 0

 Bolivia 2,566 193 866 655 5 206 1,508

 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius & Saba132 28 3 1 * 2 1

 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 * 0 0 * 0

 Botswana 2,260 604 1,627 1,613 1 13 29

 Brazil 267,919 7,749 239,303 237,775 629 900 20,867

 British Indian Ocean Territory 7 6 1 0 0 1 0

 British Virgin Islands 172,657 118,905 37,772 17,132 759 19,881 15,979

 Brunei 2,618 1,530 1,076 196 24 856 12

 Bulgaria 99 90 9 * * 9 0

 Burkina Faso * * * 0 0 * 0

 Burma 1 1 * 0 * 0 0

 Burundi * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Cambodia 1,744 14 1,729 1,727 2 0 0

 Cameroon 65 65 0 0 0 0 0

 Canada 991,994 761,017 206,816 47,727 4,117 154,972 24,161

 Cape Verde 52 * 0 0 0 0 52

 Cayman Islands 1,505,836 883,703 524,895 135,313 24,033 365,549 97,238

 Central African Republic 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

 Chad * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Chile 63,847 29,439 24,601 22,464 7 2,129 9,807

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A1. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by country and type of security, as

of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Debt (LT = long-term; ST = short-term)

Total LT LT LT LT 

 Countries and Regions (LT and ST) Equities Total Treasury Agency Corp ST 

 China, mainland21,844,020 330,489 1,510,238 1,267,500 222,351 20,387 3,293

 Colombia 58,937 18,164 39,455 36,849 1,075 1,531 1,318

 Comoros 844 844 0 0 0 0 0

 Congo (Brazzaville) 3 3 * 0 0 * 0

 Congo (Kinshasa) 1 1 * 0 0 * 0

 Cook Islands 199 141 58 * * 58 0

 Costa Rica 3,869 1,739 1,707 1,307 120 279 424

 Cote d‘Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0

 Croatia 2,084 187 1,467 1,467 0 * 430

 Cuba * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Curacao13,935 1,933 1,832 986 285 561 170

 Cyprus 512 347 140 126 3 11 25

 Czech Republic 7,987 2,396 5,568 5,378 * 190 23

 Denmark 105,127 61,257 42,721 16,025 141 26,556 1,149

 Djibouti * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Dominica 43 33 9 * * 9 1

 Dominican Republic 1,704 342 1,347 1,161 14 172 15

 East Timor 12,067 3,625 8,438 8,438 0 0 4

 Ecuador 1,101 529 394 92 66 235 178

 Egypt 5,398 350 4,118 3,807 245 66 930

 El Salvador 995 204 756 574 65 117 34

 Equatorial Guinea 1 * * 0 0 * 0

 Eritrea * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Estonia 503 237 240 215 4 22 26

 Ethiopia 7 7 * 0 0 * 0

 Falkland Islands 22 19 3 1 0 1 0

 Faroe Islands * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Federated States of Micronesia 115 73 42 20 11 11 *

 Fiji 14 6 * 0 0 * 8

 Finland 32,262 18,409 13,397 8,142 23 5,232 457

 France 274,231 168,266 98,232 49,205 4,427 44,599 7,732

 French Guiana 15 13 2 0 0 2 0

 French Polynesia 18 14 2 * * 2 2

 Gabon 146 23 123 * 0 123 0

 Gambia 6 6 0 0 0 0 0

 Georgia 649 3 641 641 0 * 5

 Germany 343,737 158,781 179,596 69,848 6,561 103,187 5,361

 Ghana 891 13 666 636 3 27 213

 Gibraltar 590 369 221 68 3 150 0

 Greece 8,556 4,431 1,519 997 39 483 2,606

 Greenland * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Grenada 12 11 1 * * 1 *

 Guadeloupe314 14 * 0 0 * 0

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A1. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by country and type of security, as

of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Debt (LT = long-term; ST = short-term)

Total LT LT LT LT 

 Countries and Regions (LT and ST) Equities Total Treasury Agency Corp ST 

 Guatemala 2,553 254 2,242 2,014 38 190 58

 Guernsey 39,903 26,109 11,200 4,863 486 5,851 2,595

 Guinea 1 * * 0 0 * 0

 Guyana 96 52 44 18 9 18 0

 Haiti 1,345 182 1,163 52 454 657 1

 Holy See (Vatican) 101 91 10 0 10 * 0

 Honduras 1,071 65 997 822 47 128 9

 Hong Kong 298,040 77,382 161,547 123,040 14,262 24,245 59,110

 Hungary 2,328 703 1,387 1,069 270 48 238

 Iceland 2,217 1,150 1,033 867 146 20 33

 India 118,967 2,066 101,077 101,044 1 32 15,824

 Indonesia 24,834 304 22,751 19,411 2,530 810 1,779

 Iran 3 3 0 0 0 0 0

 Iraq 30,112 * 12,362 12,362 0 0 17,750

 Ireland 830,690 234,870 475,621 173,617 36,257 265,747 120,199

 Isle of Man 1,753 810 855 617 6 233 88

 Israel 68,676 41,184 23,180 15,708 2,530 4,942 4,312

 Italy 67,418 25,695 40,757 32,462 348 7,947 966

 Jamaica 700 150 550 140 133 277 0

 Japan 1,903,073 390,560 1,437,400 1,123,146 152,812 161,442 75,113

 Jersey 26,874 17,590 7,694 1,399 219 6,076 1,591

 Jordan 794 88 281 280 * 1 425

 Kazakhstan 38,601 6,580 11,807 9,102 1,376 1,329 20,214

 Kenya 816 38 777 747 29 2 0

 Kiribati 413 388 24 23 0 1 0

 Korea, South 208,715 62,313 133,425 66,059 45,450 21,917 12,977

 Kuwait 191,396 135,695 43,002 27,924 4,643 10,436 12,698

 Kosovo4* * 0 0 0 0 0

 Kyrgyzstan * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Laos * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Latvia 1,868 193 1,327 817 219 291 348

 Lebanon 398 381 17 1 * 16 0

 Lesotho 94 * 94 94 0 0 0

 Liberia 980 672 286 136 30 119 23

 Libya 128 128 0 0 0 0 0

 Liechtenstein 3,486 3,345 139 2 34 104 2

 Lithuania 286 28 250 243 8 * 7

 Luxembourg 1,296,563 517,560 680,714 134,794 29,181 516,739 98,290

 Macau 3,021 831 2,021 1,138 182 701 169

 Macedonia 199 3 196 196 0 0 0

 Madagascar 258 11 246 246 0 0 0

 Malawi 6 4 2 * * 2 0

 Malaysia 33,010 11,202 21,632 6,979 11,439 3,214 176

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A1. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by country and type of security, as

of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Debt (LT = long-term; ST = short-term)

Total LT LT LT LT 

 Countries and Regions (LT and ST) Equities Total Treasury Agency Corp ST 

 Maldives * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Mali 3 3 0 0 0 0 0

 Malta 1,609 530 1,030 314 10 706 49

 Marshall Islands 1,076 1,017 50 4 2 44 9

 Martinique 2 1 1 0 * 1 0

 Mauritania 107 * 106 106 0 0 0

 Mauritius 7,582 5,997 1,381 927 38 415 204

 Mayotte 1 1 * 0 0 * 0

 Mexico 156,648 41,483 100,117 77,633 16,516 5,967 15,048

 Moldova 388 3 385 385 0 * 0

 Monaco 2,054 1,577 336 251 32 53 141

 Mongolia 146 1 146 146 0 0 0

 Montenegro41 1 0 0 0 0 0

 Montserrat 17 17 0 0 0 0 0

 Morocco 1,747 116 1,630 1,616 3 11 0

 Mozambique 455 4 450 189 0 261 2

 Namibia 548 486 62 62 0 * 0

 Nauru 4 4 0 0 0 0 0

 Nepal 762 13 599 598 0 1 150

 Netherlands 317,644 202,403 106,548 33,782 10,466 62,300 8,692

 New Caledonia 2 1 1 0 0 1 *

 New Zealand 20,077 12,750 6,575 4,237 584 1,754 753

 Nicaragua 565 166 329 207 61 62 69

 Niger 1 1 * 0 0 * 0

 Nigeria 3,494 231 3,254 2,986 113 155 8

 Niue * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Norway 309,317 198,568 109,356 66,003 111 43,243 1,393

 Oman 29,445 6,517 15,225 14,851 96 278 7,702

 Pakistan 1,691 87 1,317 1,151 * 165 287

 Palau 181 130 50 20 13 17 0

 Panama 17,411 10,743 6,256 478 1,245 4,533 412

 Papua New Guinea 21 1 20 20 0 0 0

 Paraguay 185 126 58 9 5 44 2

 Peru 29,043 11,049 16,601 11,594 2,914 2,093 1,393

 Philippines 42,373 1,919 39,846 39,254 20 573 607

 Pitcairn Island * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Poland 31,845 2,713 28,932 28,219 281 432 200

 Portugal 5,642 2,628 2,957 2,312 217 428 57

 Qatar 7,054 805 1,200 1,200 * 1 5,049

 Reunion * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Romania 2,125 47 2,078 1,970 * 108 0

 Russia 72,902 412 72,482 71,991 1 489 8

 Rwanda 134 * 133 133 0 * 0

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A1. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by country and type of security, as

of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Debt (LT = long-term; ST = short-term)

Total LT LT LT LT 

 Countries and Regions (LT and ST) Equities Total Treasury Agency Corp ST 

 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,227 1,202 975 532 59 384 51

 Saint Lucia 252 147 98 5 1 92 6

 Saint Martin & Saint Barthelemy35 5 * 0 0 * 0

 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32 30 3 * * 3 0

 Samoa 82 72 10 0 1 9 *

 San Marino * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Saudi Arabia 183,826 52,443 126,063 106,702 6,482 12,880 5,320

 Senegal 4 4 0 0 0 0 0

 Serbia and Montenegro41,969 12 1,379 1,379 0 * 578

 Seychelles 167 162 5 2 * 3 0

 Sierra Leone * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Singapore 331,109 145,415 174,081 110,814 5,460 57,807 11,613

 Sint Maarten1240 192 49 8 3 37 0

 Slovakia 339 32 293 278 14 * 14

 Slovenia 1,815 1,057 721 377 133 212 36

 Solomon Islands * * * 0 0 * 0

 Somalia * * 0 0 0 0 0

 South Africa 21,488 9,698 11,290 8,980 1,578 733 500

 South Sudan * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Spain 47,653 11,593 35,209 30,795 1,496 2,918 852

 Sri Lanka 433 24 409 369 40 * 0

 Sudan * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Suriname 166 112 54 5 21 27 *

 Swaziland 199 5 195 72 5 118 0

 Sweden 168,533 118,822 43,759 34,318 158 9,283 5,952

 Switzerland 708,473 343,763 337,707 191,298 17,662 128,747 27,003

 Syria 4 4 * 0 0 * 0

 Taiwan 453,790 36,218 415,547 173,831 188,838 52,878 2,025

 Tajikistan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

 Tanzania 1,569 12 1,557 1,534 20 2 0

 Thailand 37,374 2,493 16,000 12,557 592 2,851 18,881

 Togo * * * 0 * * 0

 Tokelau * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Tonga 2 1 * 0 0 * 0

 Trinidad and Tobago 9,937 2,360 6,838 3,156 847 2,835 739

 Tunisia 968 744 224 218 5 1 0

 Turkey 76,218 320 18,739 18,687 1 51 57,160

 Turkmenistan * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Turks and Caicos Islands 656 445 208 24 18 166 3

 Tuvalu * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Uganda 770 18 485 412 19 55 266

 Ukraine 4,150 28 4,122 4,074 * 49 0

 United Arab Emirates 167,480 88,667 65,372 59,299 505 5,568 13,441

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A1. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by country and type of security, as

of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Debt (LT = long-term; ST = short-term)

Total LT LT LT LT 

 Countries and Regions (LT and ST) Equities Total Treasury Agency Corp ST 

 United Kingdom 1,448,296 832,099 573,698 172,382 8,522 392,794 42,499

 Uruguay 11,501 2,190 8,229 6,796 376 1,057 1,082

 Uzbekistan 22 17 6 1 0 5 0

 Vanuatu 13 6 0 0 0 0 7

 Venezuela 5,664 3,540 2,015 222 125 1,667 109

 Vietnam 13,629 33 13,596 13,594 0 2 *

 Wallis and Futuna * * 0 0 0 0 0

 West Bank and Gaza * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Western Sahara 3 2 1 0 0 1 0

 Yemen 655 3 652 642 10 * 0

 Zambia 244 7 237 232 5 * *

 Zimbabwe 6 3 3 0 1 2 0

 International and regional organizations 98,015 4,602 84,314 61,083 7,273 15,957 9,100

 Country Unknown 98,526 510 98,016 * 8 98,008 0

 Total 17,134,440 6,655,332 9,547,039 5,449,911 880,119 3,217,010 932,068

 of which: Holdings of foreign official

 institutions 5,793,942 961,484 4,429,692 3,806,035 456,380 167,278 402,767

 Totals by Region:

 Total Africa 53,393 20,678 29,705 24,852 2,095 2,758 3,010

 Total Asia 6,016,104 1,393,377 4,352,784 3,311,813 658,698 382,272 269,944

 Total Caribbean 2,059,406 1,140,764 777,842 201,677 57,416 518,749 140,801

 Total Europe 6,920,914 3,010,887 3,488,636 1,373,698 124,879 1,990,058 421,391

 Total Latin America 631,831 133,316 446,073 400,217 23,397 22,459 52,441

 Canada 991,994 761,017 206,816 47,727 4,117 154,972 24,161

 Australia/Oceania 264,258 190,183 62,854 28,845 2,234 31,775 11,221

 Country Unknown 98,526 510 98,016 * 8 98,008 0

 International and regional organizations 98,015 4,602 84,314 61,083 7,273 15,957 9,100

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

1. Separate reporting for certain country groups began with the 2014 survey.

 Entries for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba; Curacao; and Sint Maarten were previously reported together as Netherlands Antilles.

 Entries for Guadeloupe and for Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy were previously reported together as Guadeloupe.

 Entries for Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia were previously reported together as Serbia.

2. Excludes Hong Kong and Macau, which are reported separately.

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Table A2. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities, by country and type of

security, as of June 30, 2015

 Millions of dollars

Total Agency Corporate

 Countries and Regions LT Equities Treasury NonABS ABS NonABS ABS 

 Afghanistan 1,118 14 1,103 * 0 1 0

 Albania 463 6 446 * 0 11 0

 Algeria 23 23 0 0 0 1 0

 Andorra 1,780 1,013 268 1 0 499 *

 Angola 1,135 385 102 0 0 648 0

 Anguilla 19,359 18,918 279 1 15 67 79

 Antigua and Barbuda 170 122 2 3 * 43 *

 Argentina 6,605 4,888 545 19 23 1,122 7

 Armenia 379 4 375 0 0 0 0

 Aruba 891 375 121 50 47 135 163

 Australia 231,592 175,571 24,519 351 1,271 26,513 3,366

 Austria 17,323 8,449 5,180 58 145 3,475 17

 Azerbaijan 7,538 804 632 0 0 6,101 0

 Bahamas 33,486 21,195 4,237 483 735 5,920 916

 Bahrain 2,442 994 748 3 427 219 52

 Bangladesh 9 8 * 0 0 1 0

 Barbados 15,083 1,650 942 105 2,047 2,499 7,840

 Belarus 257 3 248 0 0 6 0

 Belgium 589,177 34,484 195,574 3,441 2,372 329,398 23,909

 Belize 927 598 155 15 15 144 *

 Benin * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Bermuda 264,173 88,805 37,586 5,434 21,888 87,596 22,864

 Bhutan 50 50 0 0 0 0 0

 Bolivia 1,058 193 655 1 5 206 *

 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius & Saba131 28 1 * * 2 *

 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1 0 0 0 * 0

 Botswana 2,231 604 1,613 1 * 13 0

 Brazil 247,052 7,749 237,775 624 4 899 1

 British Indian Ocean Territory 7 6 0 0 0 1 0

 British Virgin Islands 156,677 118,905 17,132 419 340 15,521 4,361

 Brunei 2,606 1,530 196 * 24 568 287

 Bulgaria 99 90 * 0 * 9 0

 Burkina Faso * * 0 0 0 * 0

 Burma 1 1 0 0 * 0 0

 Burundi * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Cambodia 1,744 14 1,727 2 0 0 0

 Cameroon 65 65 0 0 0 0 0

 Canada 967,833 761,017 47,727 1,767 2,351 123,255 31,717

 Cape Verde * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Cayman Islands 1,408,598 883,703 135,313 6,214 17,819 269,412 96,137

 Central African Republic 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

 Chad * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Chile 54,040 29,439 22,464 3 4 2,123 6

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A2. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities, by country and type of

security, as of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Total Agency Corporate

 Countries and Regions LT Equities Treasury NonABS ABS NonABS ABS 

 China, mainland21,840,727 330,489 1,267,500 14,005 208,345 14,152 6,236

 Colombia 57,619 18,164 36,849 486 589 1,529 2

 Comoros 844 844 0 0 0 0 0

 Congo (Brazzaville) 3 3 0 0 0 * 0

 Congo (Kinshasa) 1 1 0 0 0 * 0

 Cook Islands 199 141 * * * 58 0

 Costa Rica 3,446 1,739 1,307 107 13 277 2

 Cote d‘Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0

 Croatia 1,654 187 1,467 0 0 * 0

 Cuba * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Curacao13,765 1,933 986 230 55 558 4

 Cyprus 487 347 126 3 0 11 0

 Czech Republic 7,965 2,396 5,378 * * 190 0

 Denmark 103,978 61,257 16,025 40 100 25,533 1,023

 Djibouti * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Dominica 42 33 * * 0 9 *

 Dominican Republic 1,689 342 1,161 8 6 170 2

 East Timor 12,064 3,625 8,438 0 0 0 0

 Ecuador 922 529 92 65 1 222 13

 Egypt 4,468 350 3,807 18 228 66 *

 El Salvador 960 204 574 63 2 117 *

 Equatorial Guinea 1 * 0 0 0 * 0

 Eritrea * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Estonia 477 237 215 4 0 22 0

 Ethiopia 7 7 0 0 0 * 0

 Falkland Islands 22 19 1 0 0 1 0

 Faroe Islands * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Federated States of Micronesia 115 73 20 7 3 11 *

 Fiji 6 6 0 0 0 * 0

 Finland 31,805 18,409 8,142 23 0 4,504 728

 France 266,498 168,266 49,205 728 3,699 34,468 10,131

 French Guiana 15 13 0 0 0 2 0

 French Polynesia 16 14 * * * 2 0

 Gabon 146 23 * 0 0 123 0

 Gambia 6 6 0 0 0 0 0

 Georgia 644 3 641 0 0 * 0

 Germany 338,377 158,781 69,848 851 5,710 84,332 18,855

 Ghana 679 13 636 3 0 19 7

 Gibraltar 590 369 68 2 1 150 0

 Greece 5,950 4,431 997 39 * 435 48

 Greenland * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Grenada 12 11 * * 0 1 0

 Guadeloupe314 14 0 0 0 * 0

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A2. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities, by country and type of

security, as of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Total Agency Corporate

 Countries and Regions LT Equities Treasury NonABS ABS NonABS ABS 

 Guatemala 2,496 254 2,014 34 3 184 6

 Guernsey 37,308 26,109 4,863 343 143 5,081 769

 Guinea 1 * 0 0 0 * 0

 Guyana 96 52 18 9 * 18 *

 Haiti 1,344 182 52 454 * 656 1

 Holy See (Vatican) 101 91 0 10 0 * 0

 Honduras 1,063 65 822 46 1 127 1

 Hong Kong 238,930 77,382 123,040 8,686 5,576 23,071 1,174

 Hungary 2,090 703 1,069 20 250 48 0

 Iceland 2,183 1,150 867 146 0 20 0

 India 103,143 2,066 101,044 1 * 32 *

 Indonesia 23,055 304 19,411 222 2,308 762 48

 Iran 3 3 0 0 0 0 0

 Iraq 12,362 * 12,362 0 0 0 0

 Ireland 710,490 234,870 173,617 7,788 28,469 228,771 36,976

 Isle of Man 1,665 810 617 5 1 229 4

 Israel 64,363 41,184 15,708 629 1,901 4,782 159

 Italy 66,452 25,695 32,462 340 8 7,920 27

 Jamaica 700 150 140 133 0 277 0

 Japan 1,827,960 390,560 1,123,146 20,525 132,287 148,063 13,379

 Jersey 25,284 17,590 1,399 13 205 5,337 738

 Jordan 369 88 280 0 * 1 0

 Kazakhstan 18,387 6,580 9,102 1,376 0 1,326 3

 Kenya 816 38 747 29 0 2 0

 Kiribati 413 388 23 0 0 1 0

 Korea, South 195,739 62,313 66,059 15,087 30,363 20,201 1,716

 Kuwait 178,697 135,695 27,924 797 3,845 9,416 1,020

 Kosovo4* * 0 0 0 0 0

 Kyrgyzstan * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Laos * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Latvia 1,520 193 817 5 214 33 258

 Lebanon 398 381 1 * 0 16 0

 Lesotho 94 * 94 0 0 0 0

 Liberia 957 672 136 6 24 108 11

 Libya 128 128 0 0 0 0 0

 Liechtenstein 3,485 3,345 2 1 32 100 3

 Lithuania 279 28 243 8 0 * 0

 Luxembourg 1,198,274 517,560 134,794 7,071 22,110 469,826 46,913

 Macau 2,852 831 1,138 18 164 505 195

 Macedonia 199 3 196 0 0 0 0

 Madagascar 258 11 246 0 0 0 0

 Malawi 6 4 * * * 2 *

 Malaysia 32,834 11,202 6,979 1,642 9,797 2,059 1,154

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A2. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities, by country and type of

security, as of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Total Agency Corporate

 Countries and Regions LT Equities Treasury NonABS ABS NonABS ABS 

 Maldives * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Mali 3 3 0 0 0 0 0

 Malta 1,560 530 314 10 0 706 *

 Marshall Islands 1,068 1,017 4 1 1 42 1

 Martinique 2 1 0 * 0 1 0

 Mauritania 107 * 106 0 0 0 0

 Mauritius 7,378 5,997 927 34 5 363 52

 Mayotte 1 1 0 0 0 * 0

 Mexico 141,600 41,483 77,633 12,968 3,548 3,912 2,055

 Moldova 388 3 385 0 0 * 0

 Monaco 1,913 1,577 251 * 32 32 21

 Mongolia 146 1 146 0 0 0 0

 Montenegro41 1 0 0 0 0 0

 Montserrat 17 17 0 0 0 0 0

 Morocco 1,747 116 1,616 3 * 11 *

 Mozambique 454 4 189 0 0 234 27

 Namibia 548 486 62 0 0 * 0

 Nauru 4 4 0 0 0 0 0

 Nepal 612 13 598 0 0 1 0

 Netherlands 308,951 202,403 33,782 1,046 9,420 55,868 6,433

 New Caledonia 1 1 0 0 0 1 0

 New Zealand 19,324 12,750 4,237 76 507 1,578 176

 Nicaragua 495 166 207 61 * 62 *

 Niger 1 1 0 0 0 * 0

 Nigeria 3,485 231 2,986 108 5 155 0

 Niue * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Norway 307,924 198,568 66,003 107 4 41,793 1,450

 Oman 21,742 6,517 14,851 39 57 242 36

 Pakistan 1,404 87 1,151 0 * 165 *

 Palau 181 130 20 8 6 16 *

 Panama 16,999 10,743 478 224 1,021 4,374 159

 Papua New Guinea 21 1 20 0 0 0 0

 Paraguay 183 126 9 4 1 44 0

 Peru 27,650 11,049 11,594 2,911 3 2,072 21

 Philippines 41,766 1,919 39,254 1 19 572 1

 Pitcairn Island * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Poland 31,645 2,713 28,219 281 0 432 *

 Portugal 5,585 2,628 2,312 112 106 427 *

 Qatar 2,006 805 1,200 0 0 1 0

 Reunion * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Romania 2,125 47 1,970 * * 108 0

 Russia 72,894 412 71,991 * 1 488 2

 Rwanda 134 * 133 0 0 * 0

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A2. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities, by country and type of

security, as of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Total Agency Corporate

 Countries and Regions LT Equities Treasury NonABS ABS NonABS ABS 

 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,177 1,202 532 52 7 382 2

 Saint Lucia 246 147 5 1 * 92 *

 Saint Martin & Saint Barthelemy35 5 0 0 0 * 0

 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32 30 * * 0 3 0

 Samoa 81 72 0 1 0 8 *

 San Marino * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Saudi Arabia 178,507 52,443 106,702 899 5,583 8,400 4,480

 Senegal 4 4 0 0 0 0 0

 Serbia and Montenegro41,391 12 1,379 0 0 * 0

 Seychelles 167 162 2 * * 3 0

 Sierra Leone * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Singapore 319,496 145,415 110,814 2,851 2,610 52,580 5,227

 Sint Maarten1240 192 8 2 1 37 *

 Slovakia 325 32 278 14 0 * 0

 Slovenia 1,778 1,057 377 133 0 212 *

 Solomon Islands * * 0 0 0 * 0

 Somalia * * 0 0 0 0 0

 South Africa 20,989 9,698 8,980 49 1,529 581 152

 South Sudan * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Spain 46,802 11,593 30,795 1,181 315 2,884 34

 Sri Lanka 433 24 369 40 0 * 0

 Sudan * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Suriname 166 112 5 21 * 27 *

 Swaziland 199 5 72 2 3 39 79

 Sweden 162,581 118,822 34,318 86 72 8,551 732

 Switzerland 681,470 343,763 191,298 6,213 11,450 107,853 20,894

 Syria 4 4 0 0 0 * 0

 Taiwan 451,765 36,218 173,831 383 188,455 51,590 1,288

 Tajikistan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

 Tanzania 1,569 12 1,534 20 * 2 *

 Thailand 18,493 2,493 12,557 5 587 2,827 23

 Togo * * 0 0 * * 0

 Tokelau * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Tonga 2 1 0 0 0 * 0

 Trinidad and Tobago 9,198 2,360 3,156 263 584 2,072 763

 Tunisia 968 744 218 5 0 1 0

 Turkey 19,059 320 18,687 1 * 51 0

 Turkmenistan * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Turks and Caicos Islands 653 445 24 4 13 156 11

 Tuvalu * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Uganda 504 18 412 8 10 46 8

 Ukraine 4,150 28 4,074 * * 49 0

 United Arab Emirates 154,039 88,667 59,299 328 177 5,381 187

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A2. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. long-term securities, by country and type of

security, as of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Total Agency Corporate

 Countries and Regions LT Equities Treasury NonABS ABS NonABS ABS 

 United Kingdom 1,405,796 832,099 172,382 2,958 5,564 369,532 23,262

 Uruguay 10,420 2,190 6,796 101 275 980 76

 Uzbekistan 22 17 1 0 0 5 0

 Vanuatu 6 6 0 0 0 0 0

 Venezuela 5,555 3,540 222 85 41 1,654 13

 Vietnam 13,629 33 13,594 0 0 2 0

 Wallis and Futuna * * 0 0 0 0 0

 West Bank and Gaza * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Western Sahara 3 2 0 0 0 1 0

 Yemen 655 3 642 10 0 * 0

 Zambia 244 7 232 5 0 * 0

 Zimbabwe 6 3 0 0 1 2 0

 International and regional organizations 88,915 4,602 61,083 3,220 4,054 4,782 11,175

 Country Unknown 98,526 510 * 5 3 97,962 46

 Total 16,202,372 6,655,332 5,449,911 138,057 742,062 2,804,794 412,216

 of which: Holdings of foreign official

 institutions 5,391,176 961,484 3,806,035 76,905 379,474 146,453 20,824

 Totals by Region:

 Total Africa 50,383 20,678 24,852 289 1,806 2,421 337

 Total Asia 5,746,160 1,393,377 3,311,813 66,173 592,525 345,612 36,660

 Total Caribbean 1,918,606 1,140,764 201,677 13,857 43,559 385,607 133,142

 Total Europe 6,499,522 3,010,887 1,373,698 34,454 90,425 1,796,827 193,231

 Total Latin America 579,390 133,316 400,217 17,847 5,550 20,096 2,363

 Canada 967,833 761,017 47,727 1,767 2,351 123,255 31,717

 Australia/Oceania 253,037 190,183 28,845 445 1,789 28,232 3,544

 Country Unknown 98,526 510 * 5 3 97,962 46

 International and regional organizations 88,915 4,602 61,083 3,220 4,054 4,782 11,175

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

1. Separate reporting for certain country groups began with the 2014 survey.

 Entries for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba; Curacao; and Sint Maarten were previously reported together as Netherlands Antilles.

 Entries for Guadeloupe and for Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy were previously reported together as Guadeloupe.

 Entries for Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia were previously reported together as Serbia.

2. Excludes Hong Kong and Macau, which are reported separately.

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Table A3. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury debt securities, by country and

type of Treasury security, as of June 30, 2015

 Millions of dollars

Treasury LT debt** 

of which: of which: of which: Treasury 

 Countries and Regions Total Total Nominal TIPS FRN ST debt** 

 Afghanistan 1,103 1,103 1,103 0 0 0

 Albania 446 446 443 0 3 0

 Algeria 680 0 0 0 0 680

 Andorra 269 268 268 * 0 1

 Angola 176 102 102 0 0 73

 Anguilla 339 279 279 * 0 60

 Antigua and Barbuda 30 2 2 * 0 28

 Argentina 644 545 471 74 * 99

 Armenia 375 375 375 0 0 0

 Aruba 123 121 121 * * 3

 Australia 34,021 24,519 18,425 5,861 234 9,501

 Austria 5,885 5,180 5,004 166 10 705

 Azerbaijan 732 632 620 0 12 100

 Bahamas 5,712 4,237 4,192 16 29 1,475

 Bahrain 904 748 620 128 * 156

 Bangladesh 1,071 * * 0 0 1,070

 Barbados 1,406 942 877 65 0 464

 Belarus 248 248 248 0 0 0

 Belgium 206,229 195,574 190,334 3,924 1,316 10,655

 Belize 160 155 154 * 0 6

 Bermuda 54,177 37,586 35,414 1,603 569 16,591

 Bolivia 895 655 655 0 0 240

 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius & Saba11 1 1 0 0 0

 Botswana 1,642 1,613 1,592 21 0 29

 Brazil 256,173 237,775 205,261 12,747 19,766 18,398

 British Virgin Islands 30,583 17,132 11,938 5,034 160 13,452

 Brunei 208 196 121 75 0 12

 Bulgaria * * * 0 0 0

 Cambodia 1,727 1,727 1,726 1 0 0

 Canada 67,827 47,727 38,775 8,421 531 20,101

 Cape Verde 52 0 0 0 0 52

 Cayman Islands 219,239 135,313 82,675 47,017 5,620 83,926

 Chile 28,899 22,464 21,160 917 386 6,435

 China, mainland21,270,539 1,267,500 1,097,393 169,967 140 3,038

 Colombia 37,824 36,849 35,773 793 283 975

 Cook Islands * * 0 * 0 0

 Costa Rica 1,635 1,307 1,307 * * 328

 Croatia 1,897 1,467 1,412 0 55 430

 Curacao11,135 986 984 * 2 150

 Cyprus 151 126 126 0 * 24

 Czech Republic 5,400 5,378 5,368 10 0 22

 Denmark 17,026 16,025 15,238 787 0 1,002

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A3. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury debt securities, by country and

type of Treasury security, as of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Treasury LT debt** 

of which: of which: of which: Treasury 

 Countries and Regions Total Total Nominal TIPS FRN ST debt** 

 Dominica * * * 0 0 0

 Dominican Republic 1,163 1,161 742 * 419 2

 East Timor 8,442 8,438 8,438 0 0 4

 Ecuador 247 92 92 * * 154

 Egypt 4,737 3,807 3,793 14 0 930

 El Salvador 580 574 267 * 307 6

 Estonia 237 215 215 * 0 23

 Falkland Islands 1 1 1 0 0 0

 Federated States of Micronesia 20 20 20 0 0 *

 Finland 8,233 8,142 7,693 449 0 92

 France 55,996 49,205 40,552 8,034 620 6,791

 French Polynesia * * * 0 0 0

 Gabon * * * 0 0 0

 Georgia 646 641 641 0 0 5

 Germany 74,865 69,848 62,041 7,585 222 5,018

 Ghana 849 636 636 0 0 213

 Gibraltar 68 68 68 0 0 0

 Greece 3,598 997 993 4 0 2,601

 Grenada * * * 0 0 0

 Guatemala 2,016 2,014 1,932 * 82 2

 Guernsey 7,028 4,863 4,257 565 41 2,165

 Guyana 18 18 18 * 0 0

 Haiti 52 52 50 2 0 *

 Honduras 823 822 799 * 23 *

 Hong Kong 181,276 123,040 88,869 3,729 30,443 58,236

 Hungary 1,260 1,069 1,062 7 0 191

 Iceland 901 867 866 1 0 33

 India 116,825 101,044 101,044 * 0 15,781

 Indonesia 20,791 19,411 19,411 * 0 1,380

 Iraq 30,111 12,362 12,362 0 0 17,750

 Ireland 216,620 173,617 156,671 13,216 3,729 43,004

 Isle of Man 705 617 613 4 0 88

 Israel 19,959 15,708 15,552 152 4 4,251

 Italy 32,971 32,462 31,498 823 141 509

 Jamaica 140 140 136 0 4 0

 Japan 1,196,247 1,123,146 1,088,587 34,345 214 73,101

 Jersey 2,640 1,399 1,048 347 4 1,240

 Jordan 705 280 280 0 0 425

 Kazakhstan 28,377 9,102 9,061 42 0 19,274

 Kenya 747 747 734 0 12 0

 Kiribati 23 23 23 0 0 0

 Korea, South 76,787 66,059 33,708 9,590 22,761 10,727

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A3. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury debt securities, by country and

type of Treasury security, as of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Treasury LT debt** 

of which: of which: of which: Treasury 

 Countries and Regions Total Total Nominal TIPS FRN ST debt** 

 Kuwait 31,022 27,924 19,397 8,121 406 3,098

 Latvia 1,139 817 817 0 0 323

 Lebanon 1 1 1 * 0 0

 Lesotho 94 94 90 0 4 0

 Liberia 159 136 115 0 22 23

 Liechtenstein 4 2 2 0 0 2

 Lithuania 249 243 243 0 0 7

 Luxembourg 184,055 134,794 123,583 10,476 735 49,261

 Macau 1,170 1,138 1,072 66 0 32

 Macedonia 196 196 196 0 0 0

 Madagascar 246 246 246 0 0 0

 Malawi * * * 0 0 0

 Malaysia 7,096 6,979 4,431 2,516 32 117

 Malta 315 314 314 0 0 1

 Marshall Islands 13 4 4 * 0 9

 Mauritania 106 106 106 0 0 0

 Mauritius 1,127 927 924 1 2 200

 Mexico 86,114 77,633 49,000 3,672 24,960 8,481

 Moldova 385 385 385 0 0 0

 Monaco 342 251 250 1 * 91

 Mongolia 146 146 133 0 13 0

 Morocco 1,616 1,616 1,616 0 0 0

 Mozambique 189 189 186 0 3 0

 Namibia 62 62 60 0 2 0

 Nepal 748 598 598 0 0 150

 Netherlands 36,626 33,782 29,475 4,204 103 2,844

 New Zealand 4,959 4,237 4,033 174 30 723

 Nicaragua 207 207 207 0 0 0

 Nigeria 2,986 2,986 2,931 55 0 0

 Norway 67,082 66,003 61,054 4,949 0 1,080

 Oman 22,540 14,851 14,811 40 0 7,689

 Pakistan 1,437 1,151 1,147 4 0 286

 Palau 20 20 20 0 0 0

 Panama 519 478 450 27 1 41

 Papua New Guinea 20 20 20 0 0 0

 Paraguay 10 9 6 2 1 2

 Peru 11,626 11,594 11,161 433 0 31

 Philippines 39,858 39,254 39,043 112 100 604

 Poland 28,219 28,219 28,219 1 0 0

 Portugal 2,366 2,312 2,281 31 0 53

 Qatar 6,193 1,200 1,200 0 0 4,994

 Romania 1,970 1,970 1,970 0 0 0

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A3. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury debt securities, by country and

type of Treasury security, as of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Treasury LT debt** 

of which: of which: of which: Treasury 

 Countries and Regions Total Total Nominal TIPS FRN ST debt** 

 Russia 71,991 71,991 66,731 * 5,260 0

 Rwanda 133 133 133 0 0 0

 Saint Kitts and Nevis 580 532 519 13 0 47

 Saint Lucia 11 5 5 * 0 6

 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * * * 0 0 0

 Saudi Arabia 109,092 106,702 92,137 14,183 381 2,390

 Serbia and Montenegro41,957 1,379 1,379 0 0 578

 Seychelles 2 2 2 * 0 0

 Singapore 112,670 110,814 64,153 44,537 2,124 1,856

 Sint Maarten18 8 4 * 3 0

 Slovakia 291 278 278 * 0 12

 Slovenia 412 377 377 0 0 36

 South Africa 9,429 8,980 8,975 5 0 450

 Spain 31,536 30,795 30,708 87 * 741

 Sri Lanka 369 369 309 0 60 0

 Suriname 5 5 5 0 * 0

 Swaziland 72 72 68 0 5 0

 Sweden 39,740 34,318 32,733 1,585 0 5,421

 Switzerland 216,550 191,298 172,998 16,740 1,561 25,252

 Taiwan 175,455 173,831 161,676 11,958 197 1,624

 Tanzania 1,534 1,534 1,534 0 0 0

 Thailand 31,420 12,557 10,763 1,794 0 18,864

 Trinidad and Tobago 3,840 3,156 3,076 63 18 683

 Tunisia 218 218 218 0 0 0

 Turkey 75,836 18,687 18,687 * 0 57,149

 Turks and Caicos Islands 26 24 24 * 0 3

 Uganda 668 412 397 5 10 256

 Ukraine 4,074 4,074 4,074 0 0 0

 United Arab Emirates 70,237 59,299 39,441 15,096 4,762 10,937

 United Kingdom 204,220 172,382 146,003 24,971 1,408 31,838

 Uruguay 7,039 6,796 5,996 799 1 243

 Uzbekistan 1 1 1 0 0 0

 Vanuatu 7 0 0 0 0 7

 Venezuela 260 222 214 8 * 38

 Vietnam 13,594 13,594 13,594 0 0 0

 Yemen 642 642 622 0 20 0

 Zambia 232 232 211 0 21 0

 International and regional organizations 65,347 61,083 54,996 4,894 1,194 4,264

 Country Unknown * * * 0 0 0

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A3. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury debt securities, by country and

type of Treasury security, as of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Treasury LT debt** 

of which: of which: of which: Treasury 

 Countries and Regions Total Total Nominal TIPS FRN ST debt** 

 Total 6,147,018 5,449,911 4,810,170 508,158 131,583 697,107

 of which: Holdings of foreign official

 institutions 4,172,662 3,806,035 3,345,530 347,709 112,795 366,627

 Totals by Region:

 Total Africa 27,757 24,852 24,670 102 80 2,905

 Total Asia 3,550,382 3,311,813 2,933,741 316,414 61,658 238,569

 Total Caribbean 318,565 201,677 141,039 53,813 6,825 116,888

 Total Europe 1,642,361 1,373,698 1,259,470 99,007 15,221 268,663

 Total Latin America 435,695 400,217 334,932 19,474 45,811 35,478

 Canada 67,827 47,727 38,775 8,421 531 20,101

 Australia/Oceania 39,084 28,845 22,547 6,035 263 10,239

 Country Unknown * * * 0 0 0

 International and regional organizations 65,347 61,083 54,996 4,894 1,194 4,264

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

** Long-term (LT) denotes original maturity of over one year; short-term (ST) denotes original maturity of one year or less.

1. Separate reporting for certain country groups began with the 2014 survey.

 Entries for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba; Curacao; and Sint Maarten were previously reported together as Netherlands Antilles.

 Entries for Guadeloupe and for Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy were previously reported together as Guadeloupe.

 Entries for Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia were previously reported together as Serbia.

2. Excludes Hong Kong and Macau, which are reported separately.

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Table A4. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. equities, by country and type of equities,

as of June 30, 2015

 Millions of dollars

Total Common Preferred 

 Countries and Regions Equities Stock Funds and Other 

 Afghanistan 14 7 7 *

 Albania 6 2 3 *

 Algeria 23 18 4 1

 Andorra 1,013 727 190 95

 Angola 385 85 56 245

 Anguilla 18,918 18,546 325 47

 Antigua and Barbuda 122 94 23 6

 Argentina 4,888 1,751 2,358 779

 Armenia 4 3 1 *

 Aruba 375 65 305 5

 Australia 175,571 144,310 15,478 15,782

 Austria 8,449 6,944 1,252 253

 Azerbaijan 804 772 29 4

 Bahamas 21,195 8,866 11,044 1,284

 Bahrain 994 719 240 35

 Bangladesh 8 3 5 *

 Barbados 1,650 782 838 29

 Belarus 3 2 1 0

 Belgium 34,484 29,016 3,980 1,487

 Belize 598 196 237 166

 Benin * * * *

 Bermuda 88,805 43,762 36,879 8,163

 Bhutan 50 * 49 *

 Bolivia 193 65 118 9

 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius & Saba128 19 8 1

 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 * * 0

 Botswana 604 563 32 10

 Brazil 7,749 3,687 2,450 1,612

 British Indian Ocean Territory 6 2 3 *

 British Virgin Islands 118,905 64,782 43,860 10,263

 Brunei 1,530 1,154 283 93

 Bulgaria 90 68 21 1

 Burkina Faso * * * *

 Burma 1 * * *

 Burundi * * 0 *

 Cambodia 14 12 2 *

 Cameroon 65 62 3 *

 Canada 761,017 636,444 95,839 28,734

 Cape Verde * * * *

 Cayman Islands 883,703 563,224 142,903 177,577

 Central African Republic 1 0 0 1

 Chad * * * *

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A4. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. equities, by country and type of equities,

as of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Total Common Preferred 

 Countries and Regions Equities Stock Funds and Other 

 Chile 29,439 2,334 26,631 475

 China, mainland2330,489 263,365 14,189 52,935

 Colombia 18,164 520 17,210 434

 Comoros 844 586 258 -0

 Congo (Brazzaville) 3 1 2 0

 Congo (Kinshasa) 1 * * -0

 Cook Islands 141 20 119 1

 Costa Rica 1,739 238 625 876

 Cote d‘Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 2 2 * -0

 Croatia 187 119 68 *

 Cuba * * * *

 Curacao11,933 1,003 580 351

 Cyprus 347 242 84 20

 Czech Republic 2,396 1,937 444 15

 Denmark 61,257 50,128 8,743 2,385

 Djibouti * * * 0

 Dominica 33 7 25 1

 Dominican Republic 342 116 198 27

 East Timor 3,625 3,624 * 2

 Ecuador 529 112 382 35

 Egypt 350 236 109 5

 El Salvador 204 65 125 14

 Equatorial Guinea * * * 0

 Eritrea * * * 0

 Estonia 237 53 181 3

 Ethiopia 7 4 3 *

 Falkland Islands 19 19 * 0

 Faroe Islands * * * *

 Federated States of Micronesia 73 56 15 3

 Fiji 6 2 4 0

 Finland 18,409 9,407 7,279 1,723

 France 168,266 136,145 25,851 6,270

 French Guiana 13 5 7 1

 French Polynesia 14 8 5 1

 Gabon 23 12 11 0

 Gambia 6 4 1 *

 Georgia 3 1 2 *

 Germany 158,781 140,696 11,988 6,096

 Ghana 13 7 6 *

 Gibraltar 369 284 72 13

 Greece 4,431 3,652 724 56

 Greenland * * * 0

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A4. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. equities, by country and type of equities,

as of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Total Common Preferred 

 Countries and Regions Equities Stock Funds and Other 

 Grenada 11 4 6 1

 Guadeloupe314 13 1 1

 Guatemala 254 104 123 27

 Guernsey 26,109 11,703 6,856 7,550

 Guinea * * * *

 Guyana 52 10 36 6

 Haiti 182 53 104 24

 Holy See (Vatican) 91 1 91 *

 Honduras 65 19 38 7

 Hong Kong 77,382 57,734 12,557 7,092

 Hungary 703 144 557 2

 Iceland 1,150 450 558 142

 India 2,066 1,457 550 59

 Indonesia 304 162 108 33

 Iran 3 2 1 *

 Iraq * * * *

 Ireland 234,870 217,142 10,948 6,781

 Isle of Man 810 408 316 86

 Israel 41,184 18,305 20,541 2,338

 Italy 25,695 22,727 2,702 266

 Jamaica 150 57 84 9

 Japan 390,560 331,931 47,978 10,652

 Jersey 17,590 13,483 2,289 1,818

 Jordan 88 55 29 4

 Kazakhstan 6,580 6,483 74 23

 Kenya 38 22 17 *

 Kiribati 388 71 318 *

 Korea, South 62,313 49,632 6,826 5,856

 Kuwait 135,695 115,708 13,735 6,251

 Kosovo4* * 0 0

 Kyrgyzstan * * 0 0

 Laos * * * *

 Latvia 193 115 78 *

 Lebanon 381 271 80 29

 Lesotho * * * *

 Liberia 672 349 230 93

 Libya 128 1 * 127

 Liechtenstein 3,345 3,037 221 87

 Lithuania 28 22 6 *

 Luxembourg 517,560 480,246 23,733 13,581

 Macau 831 400 429 2

 Macedonia 3 1 2 -0

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A4. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. equities, by country and type of equities,

as of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Total Common Preferred 

 Countries and Regions Equities Stock Funds and Other 

 Madagascar 11 * 9 2

 Malawi 4 2 2 *

 Malaysia 11,202 10,628 418 156

 Maldives * * * *

 Mali 3 * 3 0

 Malta 530 370 150 10

 Marshall Islands 1,017 455 552 10

 Martinique 1 1 * *

 Mauritania * * 0 0

 Mauritius 5,997 3,374 754 1,868

 Mayotte 1 0 1 0

 Mexico 41,483 9,305 31,268 911

 Moldova 3 3 1 *

 Monaco 1,577 1,132 334 110

 Mongolia 1 * * -0

 Montenegro41 1 0 0

 Montserrat 17 12 5 *

 Morocco 116 40 75 1

 Mozambique 4 3 1 *

 Namibia 486 440 46 *

 Nauru 4 3 2 -0

 Nepal 13 4 9 1

 Netherlands 202,403 135,283 48,568 18,553

 New Caledonia 1 * * -0

 New Zealand 12,750 9,060 3,124 565

 Nicaragua 166 23 133 10

 Niger 1 1 * 0

 Nigeria 231 74 118 39

 Niue * * 0 0

 Norway 198,568 188,467 9,139 962

 Oman 6,517 3,079 2,953 486

 Pakistan 87 54 31 1

 Palau 130 83 35 12

 Panama 10,743 4,751 4,702 1,290

 Papua New Guinea 1 1 1 *

 Paraguay 126 61 53 11

 Peru 11,049 434 10,515 100

 Philippines 1,919 411 1,493 15

 Pitcairn Island * * * 0

 Poland 2,713 614 2,097 2

 Portugal 2,628 1,268 1,306 54

 Qatar 805 379 95 331

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A4. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. equities, by country and type of equities,

as of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Total Common Preferred 

 Countries and Regions Equities Stock Funds and Other 

 Reunion * * 0 0

 Romania 47 39 7 *

 Russia 412 228 177 7

 Rwanda * * * 0

 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,202 456 654 92

 Saint Lucia 147 39 101 8

 Saint Martin & Saint Barthelemy35 1 4 *

 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 30 17 12 *

 Samoa 72 31 33 7

 San Marino * * * 0

 Saudi Arabia 52,443 45,721 3,151 3,571

 Senegal 4 3 1 *

 Serbia and Montenegro412 8 4 *

 Seychelles 162 54 103 5

 Sierra Leone * * * -0

 Singapore 145,415 119,917 11,550 13,948

 Sint Maarten1192 55 130 7

 Slovakia 32 22 8 3

 Slovenia 1,057 688 366 3

 Solomon Islands * * 0 -0

 Somalia * * * 0

 South Africa 9,698 6,435 2,782 481

 South Sudan * * 0 0

 Spain 11,593 6,831 3,906 856

 Sri Lanka 24 17 7 *

 Sudan * 0 * 0

 Suriname 112 19 26 67

 Swaziland 5 3 2 *

 Sweden 118,822 104,394 8,057 6,371

 Switzerland 343,763 275,765 58,252 9,746

 Syria 4 1 3 *

 Taiwan 36,218 17,341 16,943 1,934

 Tajikistan 1 1 * 0

 Tanzania 12 7 5 *

 Thailand 2,493 952 1,436 106

 Togo * * * -0

 Tokelau * * 0 *

 Tonga 1 1 * *

 Trinidad and Tobago 2,360 1,834 489 37

 Tunisia 744 15 727 1

 Turkey 320 221 85 14

 Turkmenistan * * 0 0

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A4. Value of foreign holdings of U.S. equities, by country and type of equities,

as of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Total Common Preferred 

 Countries and Regions Equities Stock Funds and Other 

 Turks and Caicos Islands 445 183 236 26

 Tuvalu * * 0 0

 Uganda 18 13 5 *

 Ukraine 28 10 12 5

 United Arab Emirates 88,667 78,656 4,298 5,713

 United Kingdom 832,099 715,081 59,325 57,692

 Uruguay 2,190 773 1,007 411

 Uzbekistan 17 6 10 *

 Vanuatu 6 1 3 2

 Venezuela 3,540 1,539 1,475 526

 Vietnam 33 23 10 *

 Wallis and Futuna * * * -0

 West Bank and Gaza * * * *

 Western Sahara 2 1 1 -0

 Yemen 3 1 2 *

 Zambia 7 4 3 *

 Zimbabwe 3 1 2 *

 International and regional organizations 4,602 1,488 2,819 295

 Country Unknown 510 64 268 177

 Total 6,655,332 5,222,866 923,479 508,988

 of which: Holdings of foreign official

 institutions 961,484 886,683 42,412 32,388

 Totals by Region:

 Total Africa 20,678 12,424 5,374 2,880

 Total Asia 1,393,377 1,121,727 160,007 111,643

 Total Caribbean 1,140,764 703,992 238,813 197,959

 Total Europe 3,010,887 2,566,593 301,146 143,148

 Total Latin America 133,316 26,031 99,518 7,767

 Canada 761,017 636,444 95,839 28,734

 Australia/Oceania 190,183 154,103 19,694 16,386

 Country Unknown 510 64 268 177

 International and regional organizations 4,602 1,488 2,819 295

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

1. Separate reporting for certain country groups began with the 2014 survey.

 Entries for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba; Curacao; and Sint Maarten were previously reported together as Netherlands Antilles.

 Entries for Guadeloupe and for Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy were previously reported together as Guadeloupe.

 Entries for Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia were previously reported together as Serbia.

2. Excludes Hong Kong and Macau, which are reported separately.

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Table A5. Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term asset-backed securities, by country and

type of security, as of June 30, 2015

 Millions of dollars

Total Agency Corporate ABS

 Countries and Regions LT ABS ABS Total MBS NonMBS 

 Andorra * 0 * * 0

 Anguilla 94 15 79 79 0

 Antigua and Barbuda * * * * *

 Argentina 30 23 7 2 6

 Aruba 211 47 163 1 163

 Australia 4,637 1,271 3,366 2,544 822

 Austria 162 145 17 8 9

 Bahamas 1,651 735 916 348 569

 Bahrain 478 427 52 22 29

 Barbados 9,887 2,047 7,840 7,371 469

 Belgium 26,282 2,372 23,909 5,124 18,785

 Belize 16 15 * * *

 Bermuda 44,752 21,888 22,864 13,360 9,504

 Bolivia 5 5 * * *

 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius & Saba1* * * 0 *

 Botswana * * 0 0 0

 Brazil 5 4 1 1 *

 British Virgin Islands 4,701 340 4,361 2,906 1,455

 Brunei 312 24 287 160 127

 Bulgaria * * 0 0 0

 Burma * * 0 0 0

 Canada 34,067 2,351 31,717 26,366 5,350

 Cayman Islands 113,956 17,819 96,137 81,063 15,074

 Chile 10 4 6 * 6

 China, mainland2214,581 208,345 6,236 5,013 1,223

 Colombia 591 589 2 1 1

 Cook Islands * * 0 0 0

 Costa Rica 15 13 2 * 2

 Curacao159 55 4 3 1

 Czech Republic * * 0 0 0

 Denmark 1,124 100 1,023 785 238

 Dominica * 0 * * 0

 Dominican Republic 8 6 2 1 *

 Ecuador 14 1 13 * 13

 Egypt 228 228 * * 0

 El Salvador 2 2 * * 0

 Federated States of Micronesia 4 3 * * 0

 Finland 728 0 728 1 727

 France 13,831 3,699 10,131 7,931 2,200

 French Polynesia * * 0 0 0

 Germany 24,565 5,710 18,855 3,065 15,790

 Ghana 7 0 7 0 7

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A5. Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term asset-backed securities, by country and

type of security, as of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Total Agency Corporate ABS

 Countries and Regions LT ABS ABS Total MBS NonMBS 

 Gibraltar 1 1 0 0 0

 Greece 48 * 48 28 20

 Guatemala 9 3 6 2 4

 Guernsey 913 143 769 336 433

 Guyana * * * 0 *

 Haiti 1 * 1 * 1

 Honduras 2 1 1 1 *

 Hong Kong 6,750 5,576 1,174 359 814

 Hungary 250 250 0 0 0

 India * * * * *

 Indonesia 2,355 2,308 48 2 46

 Ireland 65,446 28,469 36,976 16,585 20,391

 Isle of Man 5 1 4 4 *

 Israel 2,060 1,901 159 57 102

 Italy 35 8 27 11 16

 Japan 145,666 132,287 13,379 4,455 8,924

 Jersey 944 205 738 429 310

 Jordan * * 0 0 0

 Kazakhstan 3 0 3 0 3

 Korea, South 32,079 30,363 1,716 1,282 434

 Kuwait 4,865 3,845 1,020 810 210

 Latvia 472 214 258 21 236

 Liberia 36 24 11 5 7

 Liechtenstein 35 32 3 1 2

 Luxembourg 69,023 22,110 46,913 20,686 26,227

 Macau 360 164 195 66 130

 Malawi * * * 0 *

 Malaysia 10,951 9,797 1,154 11 1,143

 Malta * 0 * * 0

 Marshall Islands 3 1 1 1 *

 Mauritius 57 5 52 9 43

 Mexico 5,603 3,548 2,055 7 2,048

 Monaco 53 32 21 21 0

 Morocco * * * * 0

 Mozambique 27 0 27 0 27

 Netherlands 15,853 9,420 6,433 4,898 1,535

 New Zealand 683 507 176 127 49

 Nicaragua * * * 0 *

 Nigeria 5 5 0 0 0

 Norway 1,454 4 1,450 351 1,099

 Oman 93 57 36 9 27

 Pakistan * * * 0 *

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A5. Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term asset-backed securities, by country and

type of security, as of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Total Agency Corporate ABS

 Countries and Regions LT ABS ABS Total MBS NonMBS 

 Palau 6 6 * 0 *

 Panama 1,181 1,021 159 81 78

 Paraguay 1 1 0 0 0

 Peru 24 3 21 4 18

 Philippines 20 19 1 * 1

 Poland * 0 * * 0

 Portugal 106 106 * 0 *

 Romania * * 0 0 0

 Russia 3 1 2 1 1

 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9 7 2 2 1

 Saint Lucia * * * * *

 Samoa * 0 * * 0

 Saudi Arabia 10,063 5,583 4,480 649 3,832

 Seychelles * * 0 0 0

 Singapore 7,836 2,610 5,227 1,222 4,005

 Sint Maarten11 1 * 0 *

 Slovenia * 0 * 0 *

 South Africa 1,681 1,529 152 136 17

 Spain 349 315 34 30 4

 Suriname * * * * 0

 Swaziland 82 3 79 39 39

 Sweden 804 72 732 174 558

 Switzerland 32,344 11,450 20,894 15,315 5,579

 Taiwan 189,742 188,455 1,288 1,021 266

 Tanzania * * * 0 *

 Thailand 610 587 23 19 5

 Togo * * 0 0 0

 Trinidad and Tobago 1,347 584 763 161 602

 Turkey * * 0 0 0

 Turks and Caicos Islands 24 13 11 1 9

 Uganda 19 10 8 0 8

 Ukraine * * 0 0 0

 United Arab Emirates 364 177 187 159 28

 United Kingdom 28,826 5,564 23,262 12,393 10,869

 Uruguay 351 275 76 1 75

 Venezuela 53 41 13 8 5

 Zimbabwe 1 1 0 0 0

 International and regional organizations 15,229 4,054 11,175 1,579 9,596

 Country Unknown 49 3 46 0 46

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A5. Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term asset-backed securities, by country and

type of security, as of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

Total Agency Corporate ABS

 Countries and Regions LT ABS ABS Total MBS NonMBS 

 Total 1,154,278 742,062 412,216 239,725 172,491

 of which: Holdings of foreign official

 institutions 400,299 379,474 20,824 8,958 11,866

 Totals by Region:

 Total Africa 2,143 1,806 337 189 148

 Total Asia 629,185 592,525 36,660 15,315 21,346

 Total Caribbean 176,701 43,559 133,142 105,296 27,846

 Total Europe 283,656 90,425 193,231 88,199 105,032

 Total Latin America 7,914 5,550 2,363 108 2,255

 Canada 34,067 2,351 31,717 26,366 5,350

 Australia/Oceania 5,333 1,789 3,544 2,672 871

 Country Unknown 49 3 46 0 46

 International and regional organizations 15,229 4,054 11,175 1,579 9,596

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

1. Separate reporting for certain country groups began with the 2014 survey.

 Entries for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba; Curacao; and Sint Maarten were previously reported together as Netherlands Antilles.

 Entries for Guadeloupe and for Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy were previously reported together as Guadeloupe.

 Entries for Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia were previously reported together as Serbia.

2. Excludes Hong Kong and Macau, which are reported separately.

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Table A6. Foreign holdings of U.S. short-term securities, by country and type of security, as

of June 30, 2015

 Millions of dollars

of which: Commercial Paper 

Total Asset-backed 

 Countries and Regions Total ST Treasury Agency Corporate Total CP CP 

 Albania 10 0 0 10 0 0

 Algeria 680 680 0 0 0 0

 Andorra 1 1 0 0 0 0

 Angola 103 73 0 30 0 0

 Anguilla 154 60 0 94 94 0

 Antigua and Barbuda 28 28 0 0 0 0

 Argentina 118 99 0 19 0 0

 Aruba 3 3 1 * 0 0

 Australia 10,442 9,501 693 248 110 3

 Austria 742 705 10 26 25 6

 Azerbaijan 675 100 0 575 422 274

 Bahamas 3,205 1,475 1,203 527 144 1

 Bahrain 156 156 0 0 0 0

 Bangladesh 1,070 1,070 0 0 0 0

 Barbados 766 464 291 11 9 0

 Belgium 12,944 10,655 5 2,283 26 0

 Belize 6 6 0 * 0 0

 Bermuda 22,440 16,591 1,251 4,599 4,365 1,268

 Bolivia 1,508 240 0 1,267 22 0

 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius & Saba11 0 0 1 0 0

 Botswana 29 29 0 0 0 0

 Brazil 20,867 18,398 41 2,428 0 0

 British Virgin Islands 15,979 13,452 66 2,462 2,334 219

 Brunei 12 12 0 0 0 0

 Canada 24,161 20,101 994 3,067 2,198 81

 Cape Verde 52 52 0 0 0 0

 Cayman Islands 97,238 83,926 9,670 3,641 2,813 316

 Chile 9,807 6,435 278 3,093 523 0

 China, mainland23,293 3,038 209 46 0 0

 Colombia 1,318 975 92 251 59 0

 Costa Rica 424 328 3 93 19 0

 Croatia 430 430 0 0 0 0

 Curacao1170 150 20 0 0 0

 Cyprus 25 24 * * 0 0

 Czech Republic 23 22 0 * 0 0

 Denmark 1,149 1,002 110 37 0 0

 Dominica 1 0 0 1 0 0

 Dominican Republic 15 2 0 14 5 0

 East Timor 4 4 0 0 0 0

 Ecuador 178 154 0 24 20 0

 Egypt 930 930 0 0 0 0

 El Salvador 34 6 0 28 1 0

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A6. Foreign holdings of U.S. short-term securities, by country and type of security, as

of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

of which: Commercial Paper 

Total Asset-backed 

 Countries and Regions Total ST Treasury Agency Corporate Total CP CP 

 Estonia 26 23 * 3 0 0

 Federated States of Micronesia * * 0 0 0 0

 Fiji 8 0 0 8 0 0

 Finland 457 92 3 363 18 10

 France 7,732 6,791 94 848 196 1

 French Polynesia 2 0 0 2 0 0

 Georgia 5 5 0 0 0 0

 Germany 5,361 5,018 261 81 69 13

 Ghana 213 213 0 * 0 0

 Greece 2,606 2,601 4 1 0 0

 Grenada * 0 0 * 0 0

 Guatemala 58 2 2 54 27 0

 Guernsey 2,595 2,165 430 * * 0

 Haiti 1 * 0 1 0 0

 Honduras 9 * 0 8 0 0

 Hong Kong 59,110 58,236 781 94 73 0

 Hungary 238 191 43 5 0 0

 Iceland 33 33 0 0 0 0

 India 15,824 15,781 0 43 0 0

 Indonesia 1,779 1,380 357 43 0 0

 Iraq 17,750 17,750 0 0 0 0

 Ireland 120,199 43,004 5,095 72,101 36,153 15,776

 Isle of Man 88 88 0 0 0 0

 Israel 4,312 4,251 9 52 26 0

 Italy 966 509 455 2 0 0

 Japan 75,113 73,101 1,303 709 402 0

 Jersey 1,591 1,240 180 170 170 35

 Jordan 425 425 0 0 0 0

 Kazakhstan 20,214 19,274 940 * 0 0

 Korea, South 12,977 10,727 242 2,008 474 0

 Kuwait 12,698 3,098 312 9,289 5,326 3,237

 Latvia 348 323 13 13 10 0

 Liberia 23 23 0 * 0 0

 Liechtenstein 2 2 0 0 0 0

 Lithuania 7 7 1 0 0 0

 Luxembourg 98,290 49,261 8,286 40,743 17,422 7,470

 Macau 169 32 26 111 16 0

 Malaysia 176 117 0 59 13 0

 Malta 49 1 46 2 0 0

 Marshall Islands 9 9 0 * 0 0

 Mauritius 204 200 0 4 4 0

 Mexico 15,048 8,481 4,382 2,185 765 0

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A6. Foreign holdings of U.S. short-term securities, by country and type of security, as

of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

of which: Commercial Paper 

Total Asset-backed 

 Countries and Regions Total ST Treasury Agency Corporate Total CP CP 

 Monaco 141 91 0 50 50 0

 Mozambique 2 0 0 2 0 0

 Nepal 150 150 0 0 0 0

 Netherlands 8,692 2,844 2,459 3,389 2,999 264

 New Caledonia * 0 0 * 0 0

 New Zealand 753 723 25 5 2 0

 Nicaragua 69 0 0 69 59 0

 Nigeria 8 0 0 8 8 0

 Norway 1,393 1,080 10 303 303 0

 Oman 7,702 7,689 14 0 0 0

 Pakistan 287 286 0 2 0 0

 Panama 412 41 0 371 188 0

 Paraguay 2 2 0 * 0 0

 Peru 1,393 31 991 370 18 0

 Philippines 607 604 0 4 0 0

 Poland 200 0 200 * 0 0

 Portugal 57 53 4 * * 0

 Qatar 5,049 4,994 0 55 55 0

 Russia 8 0 0 8 0 0

 Saint Kitts and Nevis 51 47 0 3 0 0

 Saint Lucia 6 6 0 0 0 0

 Samoa * 0 0 * 0 0

 Saudi Arabia 5,320 2,390 388 2,542 1,144 424

 Serbia and Montenegro4578 578 0 0 0 0

 Singapore 11,613 1,856 1,528 8,229 2,975 660

 Slovakia 14 12 2 0 0 0

 Slovenia 36 36 1 0 0 0

 South Africa 500 450 0 50 0 0

 Spain 852 741 19 92 0 0

 Suriname * 0 0 * 0 0

 Sweden 5,952 5,421 88 443 325 0

 Switzerland 27,003 25,252 567 1,185 883 90

 Taiwan 2,025 1,624 113 288 0 0

 Thailand 18,881 18,864 3 15 0 0

 Trinidad and Tobago 739 683 40 16 15 0

 Turkey 57,160 57,149 0 11 10 0

 Turks and Caicos Islands 3 3 0 1 1 0

 Uganda 266 256 0 11 7 0

 United Arab Emirates 13,441 10,937 2,482 22 22 0

 United Kingdom 42,499 31,838 961 9,700 7,782 5,025

 Uruguay 1,082 243 652 188 85 0

 Vanuatu 7 7 0 0 0 0

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A6. Foreign holdings of U.S. short-term securities, by country and type of security, as

of June 30, 2015 (continued)

 Millions of dollars

of which: Commercial Paper 

Total Asset-backed 

 Countries and Regions Total ST Treasury Agency Corporate Total CP CP 

 Venezuela 109 38 0 72 48 0

 Vietnam * 0 0 * 0 0

 Zambia * 0 0 * 0 0

 International and regional organizations 9,100 4,264 402 4,434 2,372 98

 Total 932,068 697,107 49,147 185,813 93,704 35,273

 of which: Holdings of foreign official

 institutions 402,767 366,627 12,249 23,890 9,032 3,952

 Totals by Region:

 Total Africa 3,010 2,905 0 105 19 0

 Total Asia 269,944 238,569 7,765 23,609 10,526 4,321

 Total Caribbean 140,801 116,888 12,541 11,371 9,780 1,804

 Total Europe 421,391 268,663 20,285 132,444 66,863 28,965

 Total Latin America 52,441 35,478 6,442 10,521 1,834 0

 Canada 24,161 20,101 994 3,067 2,198 81

 Australia/Oceania 11,221 10,239 718 263 112 3

 Country Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0

 International and regional organizations 9,100 4,264 402 4,434 2,372 98

* Greater than zero but less than $500,000.

n.a. Not available.

1. Separate reporting for certain country groups began with the 2014 survey.

 Entries for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba; Curacao; and Sint Maarten were previously reported together as Netherlands Antilles.

 Entries for Guadeloupe and for Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy were previously reported together as Guadeloupe.

 Entries for Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia were previously reported together as Serbia.

2. Excludes Hong Kong and Macau, which are reported separately.

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Table A7. Foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Afghanistan * * 1 1 1 1 1 1

 Albania * * * * * 1 1 *

 Algeria 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

 Andorra 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2

 Angola 1 * 1 2 1 1 1 1

 Anguilla 4 8 11 17 16 23 17 20

 Antigua and Barbuda * * * * * * * *

 Argentina 9 10 9 9 8 8 8 7

 Armenia * * * * * * * *

 Aruba 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1

 Australia 137 105 118 161 161 215 238 242

 Austria 20 10 9 12 13 13 16 18

 Azerbaijan 3 5 3 5 7 5 8 8

 Bahamas 30 29 29 33 29 29 33 37

 Bahrain 9 3 7 6 3 3 3 3

 Bangladesh * 2 2 2 1 1 1 1

 Barbados 22 15 19 12 14 13 13 16

 Belarus * * * * * * * *

 Belgium 456 415 408 443 447 490 713 602

 Belize * * * * * * 1 1

 Benin * * * * * * * *

 Bermuda 210 199 249 272 300 325 301 287

 Bhutan * * * * * * * *

 Bolivia 2 3 2 1 1 1 3 3

 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius & Saba1n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. * *

 Bosnia and Herzegovina * * * * * * * *

 Botswana 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2

 Brazil 162 156 169 221 252 261 263 268

 British Indian Ocean Territory * * * * * * * *

 British Virgin Islands 107 83 85 107 131 139 176 173

 Brunei 2 2 2 3 4 3 4 3

 Bulgaria * * * * * * * *

 Burkina Faso * * * * * * * *

 Burma * * * * * * * *

 Burundi * * * * * * * *

 Cambodia 1 1 1 1 1 1 * 2

 Cameroon * * * * * * * *

 Canada 441 337 424 559 635 814 988 992

 Cape Verde * * * * * * * *

 Cayman Islands 832 650 743 889 1,031 1,168 1,409 1,506

 Central African Republic * * * * * * * *

 Chad * * * * * * * *

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A7. Foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Chile 29 28 28 43 48 55 60 64

 China, mainland21,205 1,464 1,611 1,727 1,592 1,735 1,817 1,844

 Colombia 19 20 25 32 36 42 48 59

 Comoros * * * * * * 1 1

 Congo (Brazzaville) * * * * * * * *

 Congo (Kinshasa) * * * * * * * *

 Cook Islands * * * * * * * *

 Costa Rica 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 4

 Cote d‘Ivoire (Ivory Coast) * * * * * * * *

 Croatia 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2

 Cuba * * * * * * * *

 Curacao1n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 4 4

 Cyprus 1 * * * * 1 1 1

 Czech Republic 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8

 Denmark 46 38 49 63 76 88 98 105

 Djibouti * * * * * * * *

 Dominica * * * * * * * *

 Dominican Republic 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2

 East Timor 3 5 6 8 10 12 13 12

 Ecuador 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1

 Egypt 16 13 27 13 4 2 6 5

 El Salvador 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1

 Equatorial Guinea * * * * * * * *

 Eritrea * * * * * * * *

 Estonia * * * * * * * 1

 Ethiopia * * * * * * * *

 Falkland Islands * * * * * * * *

 Faroe Islands * * * * * * * *

 Federated States of Micronesia * * * * * * * *

 Fiji * * * * * * * *

 Finland 13 11 14 19 19 22 29 32

 France 222 139 194 249 225 214 269 274

 French Guiana * * * * * * * *

 French Polynesia * * * * * * * *

 Gabon * * * * * * * *

 Gambia * * * * * * * *

 Georgia * * * 1 1 1 1 1

 Germany 247 182 195 238 227 265 319 344

 Ghana * * * * 1 1 1 1

 Gibraltar 1 * 1 1 * 1 1 1

 Greece 2 2 2 5 9 9 10 9

 Greenland * * * * * * * *

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A7. Foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Grenada * * * * * * * *

 Guadeloupe3* * * * * * * *

 Guatemala 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3

 Guernsey 11 18 22 22 30 29 38 40

 Guinea * * * * * * * *

 Guinea-Bissau * * * * * * * 0

 Guyana * * * * * * * *

 Haiti 1 * 1 1 1 2 1 1

 Holy See (Vatican) * * * * * * * *

 Honduras 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

 Hong Kong 147 222 293 292 223 215 263 298

 Hungary 2 2 1 3 3 3 2 2

 Iceland 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2

 India 26 57 41 45 55 62 75 119

 Indonesia 12 25 33 47 36 26 28 25

 Iran * * * * * * * *

 Iraq 44 13 22 32 49 45 26 30

 Ireland 400 348 356 405 453 575 729 831

 Isle of Man 1 5 4 3 2 2 2 2

 Israel 26 30 37 47 53 61 67 69

 Italy 35 35 41 42 52 63 70 67

 Jamaica 1 1 1 * * 1 1 1

 Japan 1,250 1,269 1,393 1,585 1,835 1,766 1,917 1,903

 Jersey 38 34 29 34 28 25 27 27

 Jordan 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 1

 Kazakhstan 18 18 23 24 33 31 43 39

 Kenya * * * * * 1 1 1

 Kiribati * * * * * * * *

 Korea, South 131 113 122 133 148 155 180 209

 Kuwait 74 73 80 98 122 156 187 191

 Kosovo4n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. * *

 Kyrgyzstan * * * * * * * *

 Laos * * * * * * * *

 Latvia 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

 Lebanon * * 1 1 3 1 1 *

 Lesotho * * * * * * * *

 Liberia 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1

 Libya * 1 2 4 4 5 1 *

 Liechtenstein 5 2 2 3 2 3 4 3

 Lithuania * * * * * * * *

 Luxembourg 656 578 622 817 837 990 1,198 1,297

 Macau 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 3

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A7. Foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Macedonia * * * * * * * *

 Madagascar * * * * * * * *

 Malawi * * * * * * * *

 Malaysia 35 32 31 41 46 43 36 33

 Maldives * * * * * * * *

 Mali * * * * * * * *

 Malta 1 * 1 1 2 2 2 2

 Marshall Islands * * * * * 1 1 1

 Martinique * * * * * * * *

 Mauritania * * * * * * * *

 Mauritius 4 * * 1 2 2 3 8

 Mayotte * * * * * * * *

 Mexico 133 81 84 97 122 131 144 157

 Moldova * * * * * * 1 *

 Monaco 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 2

 Mongolia * * * * * * * *

 Montenegro4n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. * *

 Montserrat * * * * * * * *

 Morocco 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

 Mozambique * * * * * 1 1 *

 Namibia 1 * * * * * * 1

 Nauru * * * * * * * *

 Nepal 1 1 * * * * * 1

 Netherlands 312 233 247 260 251 270 303 318

 Netherlands Antilles18 7 14 11 7 6 n.a. n.a.

 New Caledonia * * * * * * * *

 New Zealand 10 11 12 13 15 15 19 20

 Nicaragua * * * 1 1 * * 1

 Niger * * * * * * * *

 Nigeria 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3

 Niue * * * * * * * *

 Norway 127 119 136 181 213 254 297 309

 Oman 18 26 25 28 21 26 28 29

 Pakistan 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2

 Palau * * * * * * * *

 Panama 17 16 13 14 15 15 16 17

 Papua New Guinea * * * * * * * *

 Paraguay * * * * * * * *

 Peru 13 15 12 17 21 31 26 29

 Philippines 15 13 21 30 37 39 37 42

 Pitcairn Island * * * * * * * *

 Poland 22 24 28 33 32 35 33 32

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A7. Foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Portugal 5 5 5 6 5 6 7 6

 Qatar 2 7 6 7 4 8 7 7

 Reunion * * * * * * * *

 Romania 1 6 6 8 6 6 7 2

 Russia 223 150 170 154 165 139 115 73

 Rwanda * * * * * * * *

 Saint Helena * * * 0 * 0 0 0

 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2

 Saint Lucia * * * * * * * *

 Saint Martin & Saint Barthelemy3n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. * *

 Saint Pierre and Miquelon * * * * * * * 0

 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * * * * * * * *

 Samoa * * * * * * * *

 San Marino * * * * * * * *

 Sao Tome and Principe * * 0 * 0 * * 0

 Saudi Arabia 143 145 125 138 154 170 194 184

 Senegal * * * * * * * *

 Serbia and Montenegro42 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

 Seychelles * * * * * * * *

 Sierra Leone * * * * * * * *

 Singapore 160 145 176 212 241 272 307 331

 Sint Maarten1n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. * *

 Slovakia 1 * * * * * * *

 Slovenia 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2

 Solomon Islands * * * 0 0 * * *

 Somalia * * * * * * * *

 South Africa 10 11 17 14 17 18 24 21

 South Sudan n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. * *

 Spain 27 23 26 28 38 34 37 48

 Sri Lanka * * 1 1 1 1 1 *

 Sudan * * * * * * * *

 Suriname * * * * * * * *

 Swaziland * * * * * * * *

 Sweden 88 66 81 108 112 135 157 169

 Switzerland 314 328 397 488 566 581 634 708

 Syria * * * * * * * *

 Taiwan 150 194 228 232 369 372 397 454

 Tajikistan * * * * * * * *

 Tanzania 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2

 Thailand 32 29 38 58 57 54 46 37

 Togo * * * * * * * *

 Tokelau * * * * 0 * * *

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A7. Foreign holdings of U.S. securities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Tonga * * * * * * * *

 Trinidad and Tobago 4 5 7 8 9 10 10 10

 Tunisia * 2 1 * * 1 1 1

 Turkey 31 28 26 43 29 59 53 76

 Turkmenistan * * * * * * * *

 Turks and Caicos Islands * * * 1 1 * 1 1

 Tuvalu * * * * * 0 0 *

 Uganda 1 * * 1 1 1 1 1

 Ukraine 6 4 7 8 7 6 2 4

 United Arab Emirates 101 85 86 111 136 138 155 167

 United Kingdom 864 788 798 982 1,008 1,116 1,289 1,448

 Uruguay 6 9 9 9 12 11 12 12

 Uzbekistan * * * * * * * *

 Vanuatu * * * * * * * *

 Venezuela 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 6

 Vietnam 11 11 5 4 7 10 14 14

 Wallis and Futuna * * * * * * * *

 West Bank and Gaza * * * * * * * *

 Western Sahara * * * * * * * *

 Yemen * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

 Zambia * * * * * * * *

 Zimbabwe * * * * * * * *

 International and regional organizations 47 70 78 96 105 99 110 98

 Country Unknown 185 110 138 138 89 51 85 99

 Total 10,322 9,641 10,691 12,440 13,261 14,410 16,417 17,134

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

1. Separate reporting for certain country groups began with the 2014 survey.

 Entries for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba; Curacao; and Sint Maarten were previously reported together as Netherlands Antilles.

 Entries for Guadeloupe and for Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy were previously reported together as Guadeloupe.

 Entries for Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia were previously reported together as Serbia.

2. Excludes Hong Kong and Macau, which are reported separately.

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Table A8. Foreign holdings of U.S. equities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Afghanistan * * * * * * * *

 Albania * * * * * * * *

 Algeria * * * * * * * *

 Andorra 1 * 1 1 1 1 1 1

 Angola 1 * 1 2 1 1 * *

 Anguilla 3 8 11 16 15 21 17 19

 Antigua and Barbuda * * * * * * * *

 Argentina 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5

 Armenia * * * * * * * *

 Aruba 1 * * * * * * *

 Australia 81 61 74 106 112 149 170 176

 Austria 13 5 5 7 7 7 9 8

 Azerbaijan * * * * * * * 1

 Bahamas 17 15 17 19 18 19 22 21

 Bahrain * 1 * 1 1 1 1 1

 Bangladesh * * * * * * * *

 Barbados 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

 Belarus * * * * * * * *

 Belgium 20 17 19 25 22 29 34 34

 Belize * * * * * * 1 1

 Benin * * * * * * * *

 Bermuda 52 39 44 59 68 74 93 89

 Bhutan * * * * * * * *

 Bolivia * * 1 * * * * *

 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius & Saba1n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. * *

 Bosnia and Herzegovina * * * * * * * *

 Botswana 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

 Brazil 2 1 2 2 4 4 7 8

 British Indian Ocean Territory * * * * * * * *

 British Virgin Islands 53 36 42 61 84 101 128 119

 Brunei 2 1 1 2 2 2 4 2

 Bulgaria * * * * * * * *

 Burkina Faso * * * * * * * *

 Burma * * * * * * * *

 Burundi * * * * * * * *

 Cambodia * * * * * * * *

 Cameroon * * * * * * * *

 Canada 321 242 298 415 471 617 769 761

 Cape Verde * * * * * * * *

 Cayman Islands 317 227 290 393 516 628 838 884

 Central African Republic * * * * * * * *

 Chad * * * * * * * *

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A8. Foreign holdings of U.S. equities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Chile 9 9 13 18 17 22 27 29

 China, mainland2100 78 127 159 221 261 320 330

 Colombia 2 2 4 7 6 7 11 18

 Comoros * * * * * * 1 1

 Congo (Brazzaville) * * * * * * * *

 Congo (Kinshasa) * * * * * * * *

 Cook Islands * * * * * * * *

 Costa Rica * 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

 Cote d‘Ivoire (Ivory Coast) * * * * * * * *

 Croatia * * * * * * * *

 Cuba * * * * * * * *

 Curacao1n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 2 2

 Cyprus * * * * * * 1 *

 Czech Republic 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2

 Denmark 28 19 26 34 37 48 53 61

 Djibouti * * * * * * * *

 Dominica * * * * * * * *

 Dominican Republic * * * * * * * *

 East Timor * * * * 1 2 3 4

 Ecuador * * * * * * * 1

 Egypt * * * * * * * *

 El Salvador * * * * * * * *

 Equatorial Guinea * * * * * * * *

 Eritrea * * * * * * * *

 Estonia * * * * * * * *

 Ethiopia * * * * * * * *

 Falkland Islands * * * * * * * *

 Faroe Islands * * * * * * * *

 Federated States of Micronesia * * * * * * * *

 Fiji * * * * * * * *

 Finland 7 6 9 14 12 14 21 18

 France 133 81 115 140 120 115 157 168

 French Guiana * * * * * * * *

 French Polynesia * * * * * * * *

 Gabon * * * * * * * *

 Gambia * * * * * * * *

 Georgia * * * * * * * *

 Germany 71 45 57 81 79 111 137 159

 Ghana * * * * * * * *

 Gibraltar 1 * 1 * * * * *

 Greece 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 4

 Greenland * * * * * * * *

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A8. Foreign holdings of U.S. equities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Grenada * * * * * * * *

 Guadeloupe3* * * * * * * *

 Guatemala * * * * * * * *

 Guernsey 5 5 10 12 21 21 24 26

 Guinea * * * * * * * *

 Guinea-Bissau * * * * * * * 0

 Guyana * * * * * * * *

 Haiti * * * * * * * *

 Holy See (Vatican) * * * * * * * *

 Honduras * * * * * * * *

 Hong Kong 29 28 33 43 47 56 74 77

 Hungary * * 1 1 * 1 1 1

 Iceland 1 * * * * 1 1 1

 India 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2

 Indonesia * * * * * * * *

 Iran * * * * * * * *

 Iraq * * * * * * * *

 Ireland 75 60 77 105 108 141 204 235

 Isle of Man 1 * 1 1 1 1 1 1

 Israel 11 9 13 20 23 30 35 41

 Italy 19 12 13 15 15 21 27 26

 Jamaica * * * * * * * *

 Japan 199 182 224 302 314 316 361 391

 Jersey 10 6 8 14 11 14 17 18

 Jordan * * * * * * * *

 Kazakhstan 2 1 1 2 3 5 6 7

 Kenya * * * * * * * *

 Kiribati * * * * * * * *

 Korea, South 8 8 13 20 24 36 59 62

 Kuwait 49 40 45 65 83 112 136 136

 Kosovo4n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. * *

 Kyrgyzstan * * * * * * * *

 Laos * * * * * * * *

 Latvia * * * * * * * *

 Lebanon * * * 1 1 1 1 *

 Lesotho * * * * * * * *

 Liberia 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

 Libya * * * * * * * *

 Liechtenstein 4 2 2 3 2 3 4 3

 Lithuania * * * * * * * *

 Luxembourg 191 137 172 291 292 378 502 518

 Macau * * * * * * 1 1

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A8. Foreign holdings of U.S. equities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Macedonia * * * * * * * *

 Madagascar * * * * * * * *

 Malawi * * * * * * * *

 Malaysia 2 1 2 4 7 8 12 11

 Maldives * * * * * * * *

 Mali * * * * * * * *

 Malta 1 * * * * 1 1 1

 Marshall Islands * * * * * * 1 1

 Martinique * * * * * * * *

 Mauritania * * * * * * * *

 Mauritius 4 * * 1 2 2 3 6

 Mayotte * * * * * * * *

 Mexico 18 9 17 25 23 32 42 41

 Moldova * * * * * * * *

 Monaco 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2

 Mongolia * * * * * * * *

 Montenegro4n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. * *

 Montserrat * * * * * * * *

 Morocco * * * * * * * *

 Mozambique * * * * * * * *

 Namibia * * * * * * * *

 Nauru * * * * * * * *

 Nepal * * * * * * * *

 Netherlands 188 128 152 165 151 164 195 202

 Netherlands Antilles13 3 7 6 2 2 n.a. n.a.

 New Caledonia * * * * * * * *

 New Zealand 6 4 6 8 7 8 12 13

 Nicaragua * * * * * * * *

 Niger * * * * * * * *

 Nigeria * * * * * * * *

 Niue * * * * * * * *

 Norway 76 73 90 124 124 154 176 199

 Oman 2 1 2 4 4 4 7 7

 Pakistan * * * * * * * *

 Palau * * * * * * * *

 Panama 10 8 6 8 8 10 11 11

 Papua New Guinea * * * * * * * *

 Paraguay * * * * * * * *

 Peru 3 2 2 3 4 6 10 11

 Philippines 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2

 Pitcairn Island * * * * * * * *

 Poland * * * * 1 2 3 3

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A8. Foreign holdings of U.S. equities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Portugal 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 3

 Qatar 1 * * 1 1 2 1 1

 Reunion * * * * * * * *

 Romania * * * * * * * *

 Russia * * * * * * * *

 Rwanda * * * * * * * *

 Saint Helena * * * 0 * 0 0 0

 Saint Kitts and Nevis * * * 1 1 1 1 1

 Saint Lucia * * * * * * * *

 Saint Martin & Saint Barthelemy3n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. * *

 Saint Pierre and Miquelon * * * * * * * 0

 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * * * * * * * *

 Samoa * * * * * * * *

 San Marino * * * * * * * *

 Sao Tome and Principe * * 0 * 0 * * 0

 Saudi Arabia 42 31 36 53 65 68 78 52

 Senegal * * * * * * * *

 Serbia and Montenegro4* * * * * * * *

 Seychelles * * * * * * * *

 Sierra Leone * * * * * * * *

 Singapore 94 73 91 107 106 129 142 145

 Sint Maarten1n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. * *

 Slovakia * * * * * * * *

 Slovenia 1 * 1 1 1 1 1 1

 Solomon Islands * * * 0 0 * * *

 Somalia * * * * * * * *

 South Africa 2 2 2 3 3 4 8 10

 South Sudan n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. * *

 Spain 7 6 6 10 7 8 10 12

 Sri Lanka * * * * * * * *

 Sudan * * * * * * * *

 Suriname * * * * * * * *

 Swaziland * * * * * * * *

 Sweden 53 37 49 65 70 90 113 119

 Switzerland 162 130 162 226 263 266 331 344

 Syria * * * * * * * *

 Taiwan 11 11 12 16 18 23 31 36

 Tajikistan * * * * * * * *

 Tanzania * * * * * * * *

 Thailand 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 2

 Togo * * * * * * * *

 Tokelau * * * * 0 * * *

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A8. Foreign holdings of U.S. equities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Tonga * * * * * * * *

 Trinidad and Tobago * * 1 1 1 2 2 2

 Tunisia * * * * * 1 1 1

 Turkey * * * * * * * *

 Turkmenistan * * * * * * * *

 Turks and Caicos Islands * * * * * * * *

 Tuvalu * * * * * 0 0 *

 Uganda * * * * * * * *

 Ukraine * * * * * * * *

 United Arab Emirates 47 36 44 65 72 89 94 89

 United Kingdom 376 279 324 441 495 584 741 832

 Uruguay 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

 Uzbekistan * * * * * * * *

 Vanuatu * * * * * * * *

 Venezuela 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4

 Vietnam * * * * * * * *

 Wallis and Futuna * * * * * * * *

 West Bank and Gaza * * * * * * * *

 Western Sahara * * * * * * * *

 Yemen * * * * * * * *

 Zambia * * * * * * * *

 Zimbabwe * * * * * * * *

 International and regional organizations 3 6 5 3 4 4 5 5

 Country Unknown 1 2 1 2 * * 3 1

 Total 2,969 2,252 2,814 3,830 4,237 5,070 6,356 6,655

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

1. Separate reporting for certain country groups began with the 2014 survey.

 Entries for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba; Curacao; and Sint Maarten were previously reported together as Netherlands Antilles.

 Entries for Guadeloupe and for Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy were previously reported together as Guadeloupe.

 Entries for Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia were previously reported together as Serbia.

2. Excludes Hong Kong and Macau, which are reported separately.

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Table A9. Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term debt securities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Afghanistan * * 1 1 1 1 1 1

 Albania * * * * * 1 1 *

 Algeria * * * * * * * *

 Andorra * * 1 1 1 1 1 1

 Angola * * * * * * * 1

 Anguilla 1 * * * 1 2 * *

 Antigua and Barbuda * * * * * * * *

 Argentina 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2

 Armenia * * * * * * * *

 Aruba * 1 1 1 * 1 1 1

 Australia 49 36 38 48 43 49 55 56

 Austria 7 4 4 5 5 6 7 9

 Azerbaijan 3 5 3 5 5 4 7 7

 Bahamas 10 10 10 11 9 9 8 12

 Bahrain 8 2 5 4 2 2 1 1

 Bangladesh * * * * * * * *

 Barbados 7 4 6 7 9 9 8 13

 Belarus * * * * * * * *

 Belgium 431 391 383 412 414 448 666 555

 Belize * * * * * * * *

 Benin 0 0 0 0 * * * 0

 Bermuda 136 133 176 185 210 225 184 175

 Bhutan * * * * 0 0 0 0

 Bolivia * * * * * * 1 1

 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius & Saba1n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. * *

 Bosnia and Herzegovina * * * * * * * *

 Botswana 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2

 Brazil 159 114 135 214 239 237 229 239

 British Indian Ocean Territory * * * * * * * *

 British Virgin Islands 36 28 27 29 34 27 31 38

 Brunei 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

 Bulgaria * * * * * * * *

 Burkina Faso * * * * * * 0 *

 Burma 0 0 0 * 0 * * *

 Burundi * * * * * * * 0

 Cambodia * * * * * * * 2

 Cameroon * * * * * * 0 0

 Canada 103 82 114 131 148 174 195 207

 Cayman Islands 457 350 371 416 432 444 486 525

 Central African Republic * * * * 0 0 * 0

 Chad * 0 0 0 0 0 * 0

 Chile 16 14 11 17 20 22 23 25

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A9. Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term debt securities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 China, mainland21,075 1,226 1,479 1,563 1,363 1,469 1,489 1,510

 Colombia 12 12 8 11 30 34 34 39

 Comoros 0 * 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Congo (Brazzaville) 0 0 * * * 0 * *

 Congo (Kinshasa) * * * * * * * *

 Cook Islands * * * * * * * *

 Costa Rica 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2

 Cote d‘Ivoire (Ivory Coast) * * * * 0 0 0 0

 Croatia 1 1 * * * * * 1

 Curacao1n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 2 2

 Cyprus * * * * * * * *

 Czech Republic 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6

 Denmark 18 19 20 26 36 35 45 43

 Djibouti * * * * 0 0 0 0

 Dominica * * * * * * * *

 Dominican Republic 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

 East Timor 3 4 6 7 8 10 10 8

 Ecuador 1 1 1 1 1 * * *

 Egypt 13 7 2 3 3 1 4 4

 El Salvador * * * 1 1 1 1 1

 Equatorial Guinea * * 0 * 0 0 0 *

 Eritrea * * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Estonia * * * * * * * *

 Ethiopia * * * * * * * *

 Falkland Islands * * 0 0 * * * *

 Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0

 Federated States of Micronesia * * * * * * * *

 Fiji * * * * * * 0 *

 Finland 4 4 4 5 7 8 8 13

 France 75 53 69 94 93 89 100 98

 French Guiana 0 0 * * * * * *

 French Polynesia * * * * * * * *

 Gabon * * * * * * * *

 Gambia * * * 0 * 0 0 0

 Georgia * * * 1 1 1 1 1

 Germany 166 127 130 150 142 148 177 180

 Ghana * * * * 1 1 1 1

 Gibraltar * * * * * * * *

 Greece 1 1 1 3 5 3 3 2

 Greenland * * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Grenada * * * * * * * *

 Guadeloupe3* * * * * * * *

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A9. Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term debt securities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Guatemala 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 2

 Guernsey 4 11 11 7 8 7 12 11

 Guinea * * * * * 0 0 *

 Guinea-Bissau 0 * 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Guyana * * * * * * * *

 Haiti 1 * 1 1 1 1 1 1

 Holy See (Vatican) * * * * * * * *

 Honduras * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

 Hong Kong 101 141 172 182 136 124 138 162

 Hungary 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1

 Iceland * * * * 1 1 1 1

 India 16 25 24 27 42 57 69 101

 Indonesia 10 10 9 19 31 22 23 23

 Iran * * * * 0 0 0 0

 Iraq * * * * * 2 7 12

 Ireland 189 173 180 186 241 321 396 476

 Isle of Man * 4 3 1 1 1 1 1

 Israel 9 8 13 18 20 22 27 23

 Italy 16 19 27 25 36 40 42 41

 Jamaica * * * * * * 1 1

 Japan 986 1,019 1,100 1,216 1,458 1,387 1,494 1,437

 Jersey 27 16 20 19 13 9 8 8

 Jordan 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 *

 Kazakhstan 9 9 13 9 8 10 15 12

 Kenya * * * * * 1 1 1

 Kiribati * * * * * * * *

 Korea, South 113 98 103 109 119 108 108 133

 Kuwait 17 18 23 25 31 36 42 43

 Kyrgyzstan 0 * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Laos * 0 0 0 * 0 0 0

 Latvia 1 1 1 1 * * 1 1

 Lebanon * * * * * * * *

 Lesotho * * * * * * * *

 Liberia * 1 * * 1 1 * *

 Libya * * 2 4 4 5 1 0

 Liechtenstein 1 * * * * * * *

 Lithuania * * * * * * * *

 Luxembourg 395 361 369 457 474 532 617 681

 Macau 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

 Macedonia * * * * * * * *

 Madagascar * * * * * * * *

 Malawi * * * * * * * *

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A9. Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term debt securities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Malaysia 32 29 28 37 39 34 24 22

 Mali * 0 0 0 0 0 * 0

 Malta * * 1 1 1 1 2 1

 Marshall Islands * * * * * * * *

 Martinique * * * * * * * *

 Mauritania * 0 0 0 0 0 * *

 Mauritius * * * * * * * 1

 Mayotte 0 0 0 0 * * * *

 Mexico 98 58 62 68 88 87 77 100

 Moldova * * * * * * 1 *

 Monaco 1 1 * * * * * *

 Mongolia * * * * * * * *

 Montserrat * * * * * 0 0 0

 Morocco 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

 Mozambique * * * * * * * *

 Namibia * * * * * * * *

 Nauru * * 0 0 * 0 * 0

 Nepal * * * * * * * 1

 Netherlands 115 92 90 89 97 100 99 107

 Netherlands Antilles13 2 5 6 4 3 n.a. n.a.

 New Caledonia * * * * * * * *

 New Zealand 3 3 4 4 6 6 7 7

 Nicaragua * * * * * * * *

 Niger * 0 0 0 0 0 0 *

 Nigeria 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3

 Niue * * * * * 0 0 0

 Norway 49 40 46 57 88 99 119 109

 Oman 9 9 8 9 15 19 17 15

 Pakistan 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

 Palau * * * * * * * *

 Panama 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 6

 Papua New Guinea * * * * * * * *

 Paraguay * * * * * * * *

 Peru 9 10 9 12 16 24 17 17

 Philippines 12 10 19 27 35 37 34 40

 Poland 11 19 22 27 28 32 30 29

 Portugal 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 3

 Qatar 1 * * * * * * 1

 Reunion 0 * * 0 0 * 0 0

 Romania 1 4 3 8 6 6 7 2

 Russia 139 87 122 138 159 139 115 72

 Rwanda * * * * * * * *

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A9. Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term debt securities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Saint Kitts and Nevis * * * * 1 1 1 1

 Saint Lucia * * * * * * * *

 Saint Martin & Saint Barthelemy3n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. * *

 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 * * * * 0 0 0

 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * * * * * * * *

 Samoa * * * * * * * *

 San Marino * * * * * * 0 0

 Sao Tome and Principe * * 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Saudi Arabia 94 107 84 80 85 95 108 126

 Senegal * * * * * * 0 0

 Serbia and Montenegro42 2 2 2 1 1 1 1

 Seychelles * * * * * * * *

 Sierra Leone * * * * * * * 0

 Singapore 62 61 78 98 127 138 155 174

 Sint Maarten1n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. * *

 Slovakia 1 * * * * * * *

 Slovenia 1 * * * * * * 1

 Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 * *

 Somalia * 0 * * * * 0 0

 South Africa 8 9 15 11 14 14 15 11

 Spain 19 15 16 15 25 23 26 35

 Sri Lanka * * 1 1 1 1 1 *

 Sudan 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 0

 Suriname * * * * * * * *

 Swaziland * * * * * * * *

 Sweden 33 27 27 41 41 36 40 44

 Switzerland 131 159 210 246 277 284 279 338

 Syria * * * * * * * *

 Taiwan 136 180 213 213 349 346 364 416

 Tajikistan * * * * 0 0 0 0

 Tanzania 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2

 Thailand 16 13 12 18 20 12 15 16

 Togo * * * * * * * *

 Tonga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *

 Trinidad and Tobago 3 3 5 7 6 6 7 7

 Tunisia * * * * * * * *

 Turkey 14 13 9 12 12 18 25 19

 Turkmenistan * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Turks and Caicos Islands * * * * * * * *

 Uganda * * * * * * 1 *

 Ukraine 6 3 7 8 7 6 2 4

 United Arab Emirates 44 39 27 32 40 34 50 65

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A9. Foreign holdings of U.S. long-term debt securities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 United Kingdom 464 486 452 524 491 502 511 574

 Uruguay 4 5 5 6 10 9 8 8

 Uzbekistan * * * * * * * *

 Vanuatu * * * * * 0 0 0

 Venezuela 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 2

 Vietnam 11 11 5 4 7 10 14 14

 Wallis and Futuna * * 0 0 0 0 0 0

 West Bank and Gaza 0 * 0 0 0 * * 0

 Western Sahara 0 0 0 0 0 0 * *

 Yemen 0 * 1 1 1 1 1 1

 Zambia * * * * * * * *

 Zimbabwe * * * * * * * *

 International and regional organizations 38 56 68 86 92 86 97 84

 Country Unknown 183 96 135 136 88 51 81 98

 Total 6,494 6,240 6,921 7,731 8,213 8,462 9,183 9,547

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

1. Separate reporting for certain country groups began with the 2014 survey.

 Entries for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba; Curacao; and Sint Maarten were previously reported together as Netherlands Antilles.

 Entries for Guadeloupe and for Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy were previously reported together as Guadeloupe.

 Entries for Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia were previously reported together as Serbia.

2. Excludes Hong Kong and Macau, which are reported separately.

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Table A10. Foreign holdings of U.S. short-term debt securities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Afghanistan * * * 0 0 * 0 0

 Albania 0 * * 0 * 0 0 *

 Algeria 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

 Andorra * * * * * * * *

 Angola 0 * 0 0 0 0 0 *

 Anguilla * * * * 1 1 * *

 Antigua and Barbuda * * * * * * * *

 Argentina 2 2 1 1 * * * *

 Armenia * * * 0 0 0 * 0

 Aruba * * * * * * * *

 Australia 7 8 6 7 7 16 14 10

 Austria 1 1 * 1 * * * 1

 Azerbaijan * 1 * * 1 1 * 1

 Bahamas 2 4 2 4 2 2 3 3

 Bahrain 1 1 1 1 * * * *

 Bangladesh * 2 2 2 1 1 1 1

 Barbados 14 10 12 4 3 3 4 1

 Belarus * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Belgium 5 8 6 6 11 13 13 13

 Belize * * * * * * * *

 Bermuda 21 27 28 28 22 25 25 22

 Bhutan 0 * 0 * 0 0 0 0

 Bolivia 1 2 1 1 * 1 2 2

 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius & Saba1n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. * *

 Bosnia and Herzegovina * * 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Botswana * * * * * * * *

 Brazil 1 40 33 5 9 20 26 21

 British Indian Ocean Territory 0 * 0 0 0 0 0 0

 British Virgin Islands 17 19 16 17 12 11 17 16

 Brunei * 0 0 * * * * *

 Bulgaria * * * 0 0 * 0 0

 Burkina Faso 0 * 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Cambodia 1 * * * * * 0 0

 Cameroon * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Canada 17 12 12 13 15 24 24 24

 Cape Verde 0 0 0 0 0 0 * *

 Cayman Islands 58 73 82 80 83 96 84 97

 Central African Republic * 0 * 0 0 0 0 0

 Chad * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Chile 4 5 4 8 11 11 10 10

 China, mainland230 160 5 5 9 5 9 3

 Colombia 5 6 13 14 1 1 2 1

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A10. Foreign holdings of U.S. short-term debt securities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Congo (Brazzaville) 0 * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Cook Islands 0 0 * 0 * * * 0

 Costa Rica 1 1 1 * * 1 1 *

 Cote d‘Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 0

 Croatia 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 *

 Curacao1n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. * *

 Cyprus * * * * * * * *

 Czech Republic 1 1 1 * 0 * 0 *

 Denmark * * 4 4 4 5 1 1

 Dominica * * * * * * * *

 Dominican Republic * 1 * * * * * *

 East Timor * * * * * * 0 *

 Ecuador * 1 * * * * * *

 Egypt 2 5 25 9 1 * 1 1

 El Salvador 1 2 1 1 * * * *

 Equatorial Guinea * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Eritrea 0 * 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Estonia * * * * * * * *

 Ethiopia * * * * 0 0 0 0

 Federated States of Micronesia * * * * * * * *

 Fiji 0 * 0 0 0 * * *

 Finland 1 1 * * * 1 1 *

 France 14 5 10 14 13 11 12 8

 French Guiana * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 French Polynesia * * * * * * * *

 Gabon * 0 0 0 0 * 0 0

 Gambia * 0 * * * * 0 0

 Georgia 0 0 * * * 0 * *

 Germany 10 10 8 7 6 5 5 5

 Ghana * 0 * * * * * *

 Gibraltar * * * * * * * 0

 Greece * * * * 2 2 2 3

 Grenada * * 0 0 * 0 0 *

 Guadeloupe3* * 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Guatemala * 1 * * * * * *

 Guernsey 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 3

 Guyana * * * 0 0 * * 0

 Haiti * * * * * * * *

 Holy See (Vatican) * * 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Honduras * * * * * * * *

 Hong Kong 17 53 88 66 40 35 50 59

 Hungary * 1 * * 1 1 * *

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A10. Foreign holdings of U.S. short-term debt securities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Iceland * * * * * * * *

 India 10 32 16 17 12 4 4 16

 Indonesia 2 14 23 28 5 4 4 2

 Iran 0 * 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Iraq 44 13 22 32 49 43 19 18

 Ireland 135 115 99 114 104 114 129 120

 Isle of Man * * * * * * * *

 Israel 7 14 11 9 10 9 5 4

 Italy 1 4 2 2 1 2 * 1

 Jamaica * * * * * * * 0

 Japan 66 69 69 67 63 63 62 75

 Jersey 1 12 1 1 4 2 2 2

 Jordan * 1 1 1 * * 0 *

 Kazakhstan 7 8 8 13 21 16 21 20

 Kenya * * * * * 0 0 0

 Korea, South 10 7 6 5 5 12 13 13

 Kuwait 8 15 12 8 7 8 9 13

 Latvia * * * * * * * *

 Lebanon * * * * 3 * 0 0

 Lesotho * * * * 0 0 0 0

 Liberia * 1 1 1 * * * *

 Libya 0 * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Liechtenstein * * * * * * 0 *

 Lithuania * * 0 0 0 0 0 *

 Luxembourg 70 80 82 69 72 80 80 98

 Macau * * * * * * * *

 Macedonia * * * 0 * 0 0 0

 Madagascar * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Malawi * * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Malaysia * 2 1 1 * * * *

 Mali * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Malta * * * * * * * *

 Marshall Islands * * * * * * * *

 Martinique * 0 * 0 0 0 0 0

 Mauritius * * * 0 * * * *

 Mexico 17 14 5 3 11 11 25 15

 Moldova 0 0 * 0 0 0 0 0

 Monaco * * * * * * * *

 Mongolia * * * * 0 * 0 0

 Montserrat 0 * 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Morocco * * * * * * * 0

 Mozambique * * 0 * * * * *

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A10. Foreign holdings of U.S. short-term debt securities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Namibia * * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Nepal 1 1 * * * * * *

 Netherlands 9 13 5 5 3 6 9 9

 Netherlands Antilles13 1 2 * 1 * n.a. n.a.

 New Caledonia * * * * * * * *

 New Zealand 1 3 3 1 2 1 * 1

 Nicaragua * * * * * * * *

 Niger 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 0

 Nigeria 1 * * * * * * *

 Niue 0 * 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Norway 1 6 1 1 * 2 2 1

 Oman 7 16 14 15 3 2 4 8

 Pakistan 1 * 1 1 1 1 * *

 Palau * * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Panama 2 3 1 1 * * * *

 Papua New Guinea * * 0 * 0 0 0 0

 Paraguay * * * * * * * *

 Peru 1 3 1 3 1 * * 1

 Philippines 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

 Poland 11 5 6 6 3 1 0 *

 Portugal * * * * * * * *

 Qatar 1 6 5 6 3 6 5 5

 Romania * 2 3 * * 0 0 0

 Russia 84 63 48 16 5 * * *

 Rwanda 0 * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Saint Kitts and Nevis * * * * * * * *

 Saint Lucia * * * * * * * *

 Saint Pierre and Miquelon * * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Samoa * * 0 0 * * 0 *

 San Marino * * 0 0 * 0 0 0

 Saudi Arabia 6 7 4 5 5 7 8 5

 Senegal * * 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Serbia and Montenegro4* * * * * * 1 1

 Seychelles * * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Singapore 5 11 8 7 9 5 10 12

 Sint Maarten1n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. * 0

 Slovakia * * * * * * * *

 Slovenia * * * * * * * *

 Somalia * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 South Africa 1 * * * * * * *

 Spain 1 3 3 3 6 3 2 1

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

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Table A10. Foreign holdings of U.S. short-term debt securities, by country, as of selected survey dates

 (continued)

 Billions of dollars

June June June June June June June June 

 Countries and Regions 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

 Sri Lanka * * * * 0 0 0 0

 Suriname * * * * * * * *

 Swaziland * * * 0 0 0 * 0

 Sweden 3 2 5 2 1 8 5 6

 Switzerland 21 39 25 16 26 32 24 27

 Syria * * * * * * 0 0

 Taiwan 2 3 3 3 2 3 1 2

 Tajikistan * * 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Tanzania * * * 0 0 0 0 0

 Thailand 16 15 24 38 34 39 28 19

 Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1

 Tunisia * 2 1 * 0 * 0 0

 Turkey 16 14 17 31 17 41 28 57

 Turkmenistan * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Turks and Caicos Islands * * * * * * * *

 Uganda 1 * * * * * * *

 Ukraine * * * * * * 0 0

 United Arab Emirates 10 9 14 14 24 15 11 13

 United Kingdom 24 23 22 16 22 30 37 42

 Uruguay 1 1 2 1 * 1 1 1

 Uzbekistan * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Vanuatu * 0 0 * 0 0 0 *

 Venezuela 2 2 1 * * * * *

 Vietnam * * * * * * * *

 Wallis and Futuna * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 Yemen * * * * * 0 0 0

 Zambia * * * * * 0 0 *

 Zimbabwe * * * 0 0 0 0 0

 International and regional organizations 6 8 6 7 9 9 8 9

 Country Unknown 1 12 2 1 * * * 0

 Total 858 1,149 956 878 811 878 878 932

* Greater than zero but less than $500 million.

n.a. Not available.

1. Separate reporting for certain country groups began with the 2014 survey.

 Entries for Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba; Curacao; and Sint Maarten were previously reported together as Netherlands Antilles.

 Entries for Guadeloupe and for Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy were previously reported together as Guadeloupe.

 Entries for Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia were previously reported together as Serbia.

2. Excludes Hong Kong and Macau, which are reported separately.

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Table A11: Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities, by industry, as of

June 30, 2015

Billions of dollars

Industry NAICS code

1 Total Equity

Debt

Longterm

Shortterm

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 21 312 196 116 *

Oil and gas extraction 2111 205 127 78 *

Metal ore mining 2122 26 14 11 0

Oil and gas well drilling and support 213111-213112 54 34 20 *

Support activities for metal mining 213114 2 * 2 0

Other 25 20 5 0

Utilities and construction 22-23 276 153 120 2

Electric power generation and distribution 2211 188 97 89 2

Natural gas distribution 2212 43 32 10 *

Water, sewage, and other systems 2213 3 1 2 *

Construction 23 38 19 19 *

Consumer goods manufacturing 31 408 271 133 4

Food manufacturing 311 135 88 46 2

Beverage manufacturing 3121 132 82 48 2

Tobacco product manufacturing 3122 92 56 35 *

Other 49 45 4 *

Chemical manufacturing 325 712 554 150 7

Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing 3254 508 407 100 1

Other 204 147 51 6

Other primary and machinery manufacturing 326-333 346 203 141 2

Primary metal manufacturing 331 29 16 12 *

Machinery manufacturing 333 257 145 109 2

Other 60 41 19 *

Computer and electronic product manufacturing 334-335 682 558 123 1

Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing 3341 310 259 51 1

Communications equipment manufacturing 3342 27 16 11 *

Semiconductor and other electronic component mfg. 3344 180 151 30 *

Navigational, measuring, electromed., control instr. mfg. 3345 106 83 23 *

Electrical equipment, appliance, and component mfg. 335 48 39 9 *

Other 11 11 * *

All other manufacturing 336-339 392 239 149 4

Motor vehicle manufacturing 3361 155 43 109 3

Motor vehicle parts manufacturing 3363 44 40 3 1

Aircraft manufacturing 3364 54 48 7 *

Rail, ship, and other transportation manufacturing 3365-3369 10 7 2 *

Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing 3391 91 72 19 *

Other 37 29 9 *

Wholesale trade 42 130 101 29 *

Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 423 43 29 14 *

Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 424-425 87 72 14 *

Retail trade 44-45 476 385 91 *

Food and beverage stores 445 21 15 6 *

Clothing and clothing accessories stores 448 54 49 5 0

Other 401 321 80 *

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Table A11: Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities, by industry, as of

June 30, 2015 (continued)

Billions of dollars

Industry NAICS code

1 Total Equity

Debt

Longterm

Shortterm

Transportation and cargo 48-49 197 128 67 1

Air transportation 481 33 27 7 0

Rail transportation 482 49 38 11 *

Water transportation 483 4 2 2 *

Pipeline transportation 486 63 27 35 *

Support activities for transportation 488 10 6 5 0

Other 38 29 8 *

Publishing and broadcasting 511-515 587 448 138 1

Publishing industries (except internet) 511 277 226 51 *

Motion picture and sound recording industries 512 96 83 13 0

Broadcasting (except internet) 515 214 140 73 *

Telecommunications and information services 517-519 478 307 170 *

Wired telecommunications carriers 5171 21 9 11 *

Wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite) 5172 30 7 23 *

Other telecommunications 5179 214 95 119 0

Other information services 519 171 164 7 *

Other 42 32 10 *

Depository credit intermediation (banking) 5221 893 349 453 92

Other financial 5222-5239 2,194 438 1,679 77

Real estate credit 522292 837 7 783 47

Other credit intermed 52239 486 * 484 1

Inv. banking 5231 316 114 196 7

Insurance 524 351 267 81 3

Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles 525 1,214 1,152 52 10

Services 53-81 809 574 233 2

Real estate rental and leasing 531 136 97 39 *

Architectural, engineering, and related services 5413 8 6 2 *

Computer systems design and related services 5415 110 87 22 *

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services 5416 29 20 9 1

Offices of bank and other holding companies 5511 11 7 4 *

Administrative and support services 561 97 71 26 *

Education, health care, and social services 61-62 86 49 36 *

Arts, entertainment, and recreation 71 21 11 10 0

Accommodation and food services 72 132 104 28 *

Other 178 121 56 *

Government2 92 6,184 * 5,486 697

Industry classification unknown 279 162 95 22

All other industries 178 141 32 5

Total 17,134 6,655 9,547 932

1 Stands for North American Industry Classification System.

2 The government sector includes primarily U.S. Treasuries and also some bonds issued by state and local

governments. When state and local bonds are clearly associated with a particular industry, such as utilities

or education, they are classified by that industry. Debt issued by international and regional organizations

is classified as private.

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Appendix B: Forms and Instructions

B-1
OMB Control No. 1505-0123

Approval Expires: 6/30/2018

MANDATORY REPORT TO THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK

FOREIGN-RESIDENTS’ HOLDINGS OF U.S. SECURITIES,

INCLUDING SELECTED MONEY MARKET

INSTRUMENTS (SHLA)

As of the last day of June 2015

Mandatory Report 

Response Required By Law 

(22 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.)

Department of the Treasury

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

July 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page 

I. INTRODUCTION 1-3

A. PURPOSE 1 

B. AUTHORITY 2 

C. CONFIDENTIALITY OF DATA REPORTED 2 

D. PENALITIES FOR FAILURE TO REPORT 2

E. PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT NOTICE 2 

II. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 4-6

A. WHO MUST REPORT 4 

B. CONSOLIDATION RULES 5

C. REPORTING DATES 5 

D. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION 5 

III. WHAT SECURITIES MUST BE REPORTED 7-16 

A. FOREIGN-RESIDENT OWNERSHIP 7

B. REPORTABLE U.S. SECURITIES 8 

C. DO NOT REPORT 9 

D. ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES 10 

E. FUNDS AND RELATED EQUITY OWNERSHIP 10 

F. SECURITIES INVOLVED IN REPURCHASE AND SECURITIES LENDING 12 

ARRANGEMENTS

G. STRIPPED SECURITIES 13 

H. U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES OR FEDERALLY SPONSORED 13 

 ENTERPRISES

I. DIRECT INVESTMENT 14 

J. SECURITIES HELD BY U.S. CENTRAL SECURITIES DEPOSITORIES 14 

K. LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS 14 

L. ACCOUNTING RULES, VALUATION OF SECURITIES, AND 15 

CALCULATION OF U.S. DOLLAR VALUES

M. DATA RETENTION PERIOD 16 

N. REVIEW OF DATA AND REQUEST FOR REVISED DATA 16

IV. LINE-BY-LINE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SCHEDULE 1-REPORTER 17-19 

CONTACT INDENTIFICATION AND SUMMARY OF 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

V. LINE-BY-LINE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SCHEDULE 2-DETAILS OF 20-24 

SECURITIES
APPENDICES

A. SAMPLE REPORTING SCHEDULES

B. FLOWCHARTS

SHOWING REPORTING 

RESPONSIBILITY DETERMINING 

REPORTABLE SECURITIES

25 

26-28 

C. LIST OF COUNTRY CODES AND CODES FOR 29

 INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 

D. LIST OF FOREIGN OFFICIAL INSTITUTIONS 30

E. LIST OF CURRENCY CODES 31-32 

F. GLOSSARY 33

G. TECHNICAL INFORMATION FOR ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION 

H. LIST OF FEDERAL AGENCIES AND FEDERALLY SPONSORED 

ENTERPRISES

34 

35
1 

1. INTRODUCTION 

A. PURPOSE

The Department of the Treasury, with the assistance of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and 

the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY), is conducting a mandatory annual survey of holdings of U.S. 

securities, including selected money markets instruments, by foreign residents as of June 30 of each year. The data 

will be collected by the FRBNY, acting as fiscal agent for the Department of the Treasury. The data collected will 

be used by the U.S. Government in the computation of the U.S. balance of payments accounts, the U.S. 

international investment position, and in the formulation of international economic and financial policies. These 

data also will be used to provide aggregate information to the public on these foreign portfolio investments and to

meet international reporting commitments. 

In order to reduce reporting burden and costs to the government, there will be a substantial reduction in the number

of reporters in four out of every five years. A benchmark survey Report of Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities, 

Including Selected Money Market Instruments (Form SHL) of all significant U.S.-resident custodians and issuers 

will continue to be held approximately every five years. In non- benchmark years, the Annual Report of Foreign 

Holdings of U.S. Securities, Including Selected Money Market Instruments (Form SHLA) will require reports

from only the largest U.S.- resident custodians and issuers. The data reported under these annual surveys (Form 

SHLA) will be used in conjunction with the results of the previous benchmark survey to compute estimates for the 

non- benchmark years. The next full Benchmark survey will be as of June 30, 2019. 

The determination of who must report on the annual reports (Form SHLA) will be based upon the data submitted 

during the previous Benchmark survey and Aggregate Holdings of Long-Term Securities by U.S. and Foreign 

Residents (TIC SLT) report as of December of the preceding year. Designated U.S.-resident custodians and 

issuers will be required to file detailed security data on Schedule 2, in the same manner as they did on the June 30, 

2014 benchmark survey. 

B. AUTHORITY

This mandatory survey is conducted under the authority of the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey 

Act (22 U.S.C. 3101 et seq., [the Act]) and Executive Order 11961 of January 19, 1977. The Act specifies that the 

President has the authority to conduct a regular data collection program, including such studies and reports as may

be necessary and feasible, to secure current information on international investment, including (but not limited to) 

such information as may be necessary for computing and analyzing the balance of payments accounts and the 

international investment position of the United States (22 U.S.C. 3103). In Executive Order 11961 §2, the President 

designated the Secretary of the Treasury to be responsible for collecting data on portfolio investment required by 

the Act.
2 

C. CONFIDENTIALITY OF DATA REPORTED

The information collected by this survey may be used only for analytical and statistical purposes and to enforce the 

Act. Access to the information is available only to officials and employees (including consultants and contractors 

and their employees) designated to perform functions under the Act. Persons having access to individual company

information submitted pursuant to the Act are subject to penalties for unauthorized disclosure (22 U.S.C. §3104 

and 18 U.S.C. §1905). The results of this survey will be made available to the general public at an aggregated 

level so that neither the U.S. persons or organizations providing information nor individual or organizational 

ownership of U.S. securities can be identified. 

D. PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO REPORT

Reporting as directed in this package is mandatory for any U.S.-resident person or entity subject to the reporting 

requirements set forth in the report instructions. Failure by an entity to provide timely and accurate data can result 

in a civil penalty of not less than $2,500 and not more than $25,000, or injunctive relief ordering such person to

comply, or both (22 U.S.C. §3105 (a) and (b)). 

Willfully failing to submit any required information under the Act can result in a fine of not more than$10,000; 

and, if an individual, may result in imprisonment for not more than a year, or both. Any officer, director, employee

or agent who knowingly participates in such violation, upon conviction, may be punished by a like fine, 

imprisonment, or both (22 U.S.C. §3105 (c)). 

E. PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT NOTICE

This report titled “Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities, Including Selected Money Market Instruments” in the

Federal Register Notice and has been reviewed and approved by the Office of Management and Budget in 

accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and assigned OMB Control Number 1505-0123. The 

purpose is to collect accurate and complete data that will enable the Treasury Department to fulfill its 

responsibility under the Act. The estimated average burden associated with this collection of information is 486 

hours per report for each U.S.-resident custodian reporting detailed information on Schedule 2, and 110 hours per 

report for each U.S.-resident issuer of U.S. securities providing detailed information on Schedule 2. The amount of 

time required to complete the report will vary depending on the amount of data to report. Comments concerning 

the accuracy of these burden estimates and suggestions for reducing the reporting burden should be directed to: 

Administrator, International Portfolio Investment Data Systems 

U.S. Department of the Treasury 

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 5422MT 
3 

Washington, DC 20220, or

The Office of Management and Budget 

Paperwork Reduction Project (1505-0123)

Washington, DC 20503 

No person is required to respond to any U.S. Government collection of information unless it displays a currently 

valid OMB control number. 
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II. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 

A. WHO MUST REPORT

All U.S.-resident entities that been contacted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York must 

report, regardless of the size of their consolidated holdings. All other entities are exempt from reporting. 

Types of reporting entities include U.S.-resident custodians (including U.S.-resident central securities 

depositories) and U.S.-resident issuers. Entities that provide multiple services (i.e., provide custodial 

services and issue securities) should report securities that meet the reporting criteria for each role and 

ensure that securities are not double counted. 

 U.S.-resident custodians, including brokers and dealers, must report all U.S. securities they 

hold in custody (or manage the safekeeping of) for the account of foreign residents (including 

their own foreign branches, subsidiaries, and affiliates). These securities must be reported by the 

U.S.- resident custodian even if the securities are in turn held at DTC, Euroclear, or another 

central securities depository, since the central securities depository knows only that it is holding 

securities on behalf of the U.S.-resident custodian, whereas the U.S.-resident custodian knows 

that it is holding these securities on behalf of a foreign resident. However, if a U.S.-resident 

custodian uses a U.S.- resident sub-custodian, the custodian should report if (and only if), it does 

not maintain separate accounts at and disclose the clients to the sub-custodian. (If the custodian

does maintain separate accounts at and disclose the clients to the sub-custodian, it should not 

report, to prevent double counting.) 

 U.S.-resident central securities depositories, must report all U.S. securities they hold in

custody (or manage the safekeeping of) directly on behalf of foreign residents with which they 

have established direct relationships, including foreign-resident brokers, dealers, exchanges, and 

central securities depositories. 

 U.S.-resident issuers, must report all securities issued by U.S.-resident units , which are: 

1. Owned by foreign residents for which neither a U.S.-resident custodian nor a U.S. 

resident central securities depository is used. Transfer or paying agents should be able to

provide the U.S.- resident issuer with this information; 

2. In book entry form that are held at a foreign-resident central securities depository; or 

3. Bearer securities. 

Please refer to Section III, What Securities Must Be Reported, to identify reportable U.S. securities. 
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B. CONSOLIDATION RULES

U.S.-resident organizations, including bank holding companies (BHC) and financial holding companies 

(FHC), should include all reportable securities for all U.S.-resident parts of their organization, including all 

U.S.-resident branches and subsidiaries. U.S. residents include entities located in the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories. Please see Appendix F for the complete definition of United States. It

is the responsibility of the U.S. parent entity in each organization to ensure that its report includes all 

applicable entities within its organization. 

Securities issued by U.S.-resident trusts and special purpose entities (SPEs) for which the reporter is the 

trustee or primary beneficiary should be included. Shares of U.S.-resident funds that are managed by the 

reporting entity should be included unless a U.S.-resident custodian other than the reporting entity is used. 

U.S. branches and agencies of a foreign bank located in the same state and within the same Federal Reserve 

District should submit a consolidated report for these offices. U.S. branches and agencies of a foreign bank 

that are located in either different states or different Federal Reserve Districts, should submit separate 

reports. 

C. REPORTING DATES

Report data as of the last business day of June. All data should be submitted to the Federal Reserve Bank of

New York no later than the last business day of August. 

D. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION

If your organization is submitting 100 or more Schedule 2 records, the Schedule 2 data must be submitted

electronically. 

Federal Reserve Reporting Central System: 

 Submit the SHL(A) report using the Federal Reserve Reporting Central System. The Reporting 

Central System is fast, easy to use, and secure. You can submit reports quickly and easily either 

using online data entry or via spreadsheet file transfer. Reporting Central provides a confirmation of 

data receipt at the Federal Reserve Bank and checks the validity of your submission. Reporting 

Central saves time and delivery costs, avoids possible mail delays, and eliminates paper and fax 

transmissions. 

 For more information on how to submit data using the Reporting Central system, log on to 
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http://www.frbservices.org/centralbank/reportingcentral/index.html, or contact the SHL staff at 212-

720-6300 or at SHLA.Help@ny.frb.org. A n application to register for Reporting Central can be 

obtained at: http://www.frbservices.org/centralbank/reportingcentral/application_setup.html

Completed applications should be sent to: 

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Statistics Function, 4th Floor

33 Liberty Street

New York, NY 10045-0001 

or faxed to (212) 720-2598 

Alternative Methods of Reporting:

 If your organization is submitting less than 100 Schedule 2 records, these records may be 

submitted using Reporting Central or on paper, using the form contained in Appendix A. Data 

may also be reported on computer printouts in the same format as the printed reports. Schedule 

1 must be submitted in the same package as the Schedule 2 data. 

Please contact FRBNY staff with questions pertaining to the report or if any of the following conditions 

apply: 

1. Your entity requires additional time to complete your report. 

2. Your entity received a copy of the report booklet and is not the U.S. parent entity in your 

organization. 

3. Your entity cannot submit a single report for its entire organization. 

4. Your reporter contact information or technical contact information changes after you submit your 

Schedule 1 report.

Reports can be mailed or sent by courier to:

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Statistics Function, 4th Floor

33 Liberty Street

New York, NY 10045-0001 

FRBNY staff can be reached at: 

Phone: 212-720-6300 or 646-720-6300 

Email: SHLA.Help@ny.frb.org

Additional copies of the reporting forms and instructions may be printed from the Internet at: 

http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/forms-sh.aspx#shl
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III. WHAT SECURITIES MUST BE REPORTED

This report collects information on securities issued by U.S.-residents that are owned by foreign residents, including 

U.S. equities, U.S. short-term debt securities (including selected money market instruments), U.S. long-term debt 

securities, and U.S. asset-backed debt securities. 

Reportable securities may be traded or issued in the United States or in foreign countries, and may be denominated

in any currency. Neither the country in which the securities are traded or issued, nor the currency in which the 

securities are denominated, is relevant in determining whether the securities are reportable. Securities held as part 

of a direct investment relationship should not be reported. (See Section III.I.) 

A. FOREIGN-RESIDENT OWNERSHIP

Securities are considered to be foreign owned if, according to the reporter's records; the holder of record is not a 

resident of the United States. In addition, all outstanding bearer bonds should be assumed to be owned by foreign 

residents and reported by the U.S.-resident issuer. Bearer bonds should also be reported by U.S.-resident 

custodians, but only if the reporter’s records indicate a foreign-resident owner (or foreign-resident custodian). 

The following are considered to be foreign residents: 

 Residents of foreign countries, including foreign-resident custodians and foreign-resident central securities 

depositories. (These include residents of Canada, Mexico, and offshore centers.) 

 International organizations with extra-territorial status (even if located in the United States), such as the 

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), the International Monetary Fund 

(IMF) and the Inter-American Development Bank. 

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(See Appendix C for a complete list of these 

organizations.) 

 Foreign subsidiaries of U.S. entities and foreign-resident branches of U.S. banks. 

 Offshore and other non-U.S. funds. 

 Entities or individuals that file an IRS Form W-8, indicating that they are foreign residents. Please note that 

there may be exceptions (such as Puerto Rico). However, if an IRS Form is not available, the mailing 

address can be used to determine residency.

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Pension plans of international and regional organizations, if located in the United States, are U.S.-resident entities; therefore, any securities owned by these 

pension plans should be excluded from this report.
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B. REPORTABLE U.S. SECURITIES

U.S. securities are securities issued by U.S.-resident entities, with the exception of Depositary Receipts (DRs) that 

are backed by foreign securities and securities issued by international organizations that have extra-territorial status, 

such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. U.S. securities can be issued in any country, 

denominated in any currency, and traded on any exchange. 

U.S.-resident entities include U.S.-resident branches of foreign banks and U.S.-resident subsidiaries of foreign

companies. Securities issued by foreign branches or subsidiaries of U.S. entities are not U.S. securities unless, due 

to merger, reorganization, or default, a U.S.-resident entity assumes direct responsibility for the payment of a 

previously issued foreign security. 

Reportable securities include: 

Equity Securities

 Common stock 

 Preferred stock (participating and nonparticipating preference shares) 

 Restricted stock 

 U.S.-resident fund shares (open-end and closed-end), REITS, money market mutual funds, index- linked 

equity securities including unit investment trusts (including SPDRs, DIAMONDs, etc.) 

 All other equity, including shares or units of ownership in unincorporated business enterprises, such as 

limited partnerships 

Debt Securities

 Debt, registered and bearer, including bonds and notes (unstripped and stripped) and bonds with multiple 

call options 

 Convertible debt and debt with attached warrants 

 Zero-coupon debt and discount notes 

 Index-linked debt securities (e.g., property index certificates) 

 Commercial paper (including asset-backed commercial paper)

 Bankers' acceptances and trade acceptances

 Negotiable certificates of deposit, bank notes, and deposit notes 

 Notes, including those issued under note issuance facilities and revolving underwriting facilities mediumterm notes, promissory notes, deep-discounted, currency-linked (e.g., dual-currency), floating rate notes 

(FRN), such as perpetual notes (PRN), variable rate notes (VRN), structured FRN, reverse FRN, collared 
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FRN, step up recovery FR (SURF), and range/corridor/accrual notes 

 Asset-backed securities (see Section III.D) 

 All other long-term and short-term debt securities

(Note: U.S. debt securities that are still outstanding as of June 30 should be reported even if the maturity date has 

passed.) 

C. DO NOT REPORT

Do not report any: 

 Derivative contracts (including futures, forwards, swaps, options and warrants) meeting the definition of a 

derivative under ASC 815 (formerly FAS 133). Embedded derivatives that are not bifurcated under ASC 

815 should be included in the value of the host contract. However, if an embedded derivative is bifurcated 

the derivative should be excluded from the report. 

 Securities which have been temporarily received as collateral under resale agreements or similar financing 

agreements (see Section III.F)

 Loans and loan participation certificates 

 Letters of credit 

 Non-negotiable certificates of deposit 

 Bank deposits, including time (except for negotiable CDs) and demand deposits 

 Annuities, including variable rate annuities 

 Foreign securities, including: 

1. Depositary receipts (DRs) backed by foreign securities, including ADRs (American Depositary 

Receipts), ADSs (American Depositary Shares), GDRs (Global Depositary Receipts), and IDRs 

(International Depositary Receipts). 

2. Securities issued by international and regional organizations with extra-territorialstatus, such as the 

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD or World Bank) or the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB). (See Appendix C for a list of these organizations.) 

3. Securities issued in the United States by foreign-resident entities (e.g., Canadian or Mexican 

entities), even if they are denominated in U.S. dollars and traded on U.S. securities exchanges.

4. Securities issued by foreign subsidiaries of U.S. entities (e.g., GMAC Canada) or foreign branches 

of U.S. banks, even if they are guaranteed by the U.S. parent company, or issued in the United 

States. 

5. Securities issued by foreign-resident entities under Section 144A of the SEC Act. 

6. Securities issued by corporations that were incorporated outside of the United States by the report 
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as of date, including companies incorporated offshore in countries such as the Cayman Islands and 

Bermuda. 

D. ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES

Asset-backed securities (ABS) are securitized interests in a pool of assets, which give the purchaser a claim against 

the cash flows generated by the underlying assets. Securities backed by revolving credits, such as pools of credit 

card receivables, are reported as ABS if the return to the owner is based upon these credits, (i.e., the credits do not 

merely serve as collateral). Foreign-owned ABS should be reported if the issuer securitizing the assets is a U.S. 

resident. The underlying asset should not be used to determine if the ABS are reportable. 

Include as ABS all collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs), collateralized bond obligations (CBOs), 

collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), and other securities backed by pools 

of: 

 mortgages; 

 credit card receivables; 

 automobile loans; 

 consumer and personal loans; 

 commercial and industrial loans and other whole loans; and 

 other assets. 

E. FUNDS AND RELATED EQUITY OWNERSHIP

 Report foreign-residents’ ownership of shares/units of funds and investment trusts legally established in the 

United States (U.S.-resident funds) as equity securities. All foreign-residents’ ownership of U.S.- resident 

fund shares should be assigned security type = 3 (fund shares), and not categorized as a debt security, 

regardless of the types of securities held by the fund. 

For purposes of this report, funds include all investment vehicles that pool investors’ money and invest the 

pooled money in one or more of a variety of assets. Funds include, but are not limited to: 

 mutual funds (including both open-end and closed-end mutual funds); 

 money market funds; 

 investment trusts; 

 index-linked funds; 

 exchange-traded funds (ETFs); 
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 hedge funds; and 

 common trust funds. 

The determination of whether a fund’s shares are a U.S. security is based on the country in which the fund

is legally established, not based on the residence of the issuers of the securities the fund purchases. For 

example, if a foreign resident owns shares in a fund organized in New York, these shares are reportable 

U.S. securities, whether or not the fund purchases foreign securities. Conversely, foreign- resident 

ownership of shares of “offshore” or other foreign-resident funds that purchase U.S. securities should not 

be reported. 

Many funds established outside of the United States have names that are similar to U.S.-resident fund 

names. This often occurs when the fund is managed by a group that also manages many U.S.-resident 

funds and therefore may be thought of as managing only U.S.-resident funds. If there is doubt as to 

whether the investment should be classified as a fund or whether a fund is U.S. or foreign, please contact 

FRBNY staff at 212-720-6300 or 646-720-6300. 

 Report the ownership of U.S. securities by foreign-resident funds. 

Although ownership of shares of foreign-resident funds are excluded from this report, any U.S. securities 

owned by foreign-resident funds for their portfolio are reportable. These are distinct investments and, 

therefore, are not duplicate reporting. U.S. securities owned by foreign-resident funds should be classified 

as either equity, debt, or asset-backed securities, as indicated in Section III.B. 

 Reporting guidelines for Hedge Funds and other alternative investments

Investment advisors, managers or similar types of legal entities that create master and feeder funds

both outside and inside the U.S. should report as follows: 

 Investments between the U.S. and foreigner entities (affiliates) that the investment manager 

establishes, is portfolio investment and should be reported on this report. 

Example 1

A U.S. investment manager creates a U.S. Master Fund, a Cayman Feeder Fund, and a U.S Feeder Fund. The 

investments between the manager and the foreign feeder funds are direct investments. However, the investment 

that the foreign feeder fund has in the master fund is portfolio investment and should be reported in the TIC 

system. Purchase and sales of the master fund shares by the foreign feeder fund should be reported on the TIC 
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S by the U.S. based master fund and the master fund should report the ownership of their “shares” by the 

foreign feeder funds as issuer of the “domestic security” on the SHL(A) report. If a U.S. custodian is involved 

in the holding the “domestic security” then the reporting responsibility would be on the U.S. custodian to report 

on the SHL(A).

Example 2

A foreign hedge fund creates a U.S. based Master Fund, a Cayman Feeder Fund, and a U.S. Feeder Fund. 

The investments between the hedge fund and the U.S. feeder funds are direct investments. However, the 

investment that the foreign feeder fund has in the master fund is portfolio investment and should be 

reported in the TIC system. Purchase and sales of the master fund shares by the foreign feeder fund should 

be reported on the TIC S by the U.S. based master fund and the master fund should also report the 

ownership of their “shares” by the foreign feeder funds as issuer of the “domestic security” on the SHL(A)

report. If a U.S. custodian is involved in the holding of the “domestic security” then the reporting 

responsibility would be on the U.S. custodian to report on the SHL(A). 

 Exclude any investment between the entity that formed the funds (as a general partner) and all the 

entities it creates. These are direct investment and should be reported to the Bureau of Economic 

Analysis 

Note: The descriptions of the various examples are based on common master/feeder fund structures. It is possible 

for there to be different types of structures when creating these funds and they may be called different names by 

some entities. Ultimately, if the investment is not Direct Investment then it will fall into the category of portfolio 

investment and needs to be reported as part of the TIC system. 

F. SECURITIES INVOLVED IN REPURCHASE AND SECURITIES LENDING ARRANGEMENTS

A repurchase agreement (repo) is an arrangement involving the sale of securities at a specified price with a 

commitment to repurchase the same or similar securities at a specified price on a future date. A reverse repo is an

agreement whereby a security is purchased at a specified price with a commitment to resell the same or similar 

securities at a specified price on a specified future date. Securities lending/borrowing arrangements are agreements 

whereby the ownership of a security is transferred in return for collateral, usually another security or cash, under 

condition that the security or similar security will revert to its original owner at a future date. 

Securities "sold" by foreign residents under repurchase agreements or buy/sell back agreements, lent under

securities lending arrangements, or delivered out as collateral as part of a reverse repurchase agreement or security 

borrowing agreement should be reported as if the securities were continuously held by the foreign resident. That is, 
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the security lender’s U.S. custodian should report the U.S. security as if no repurchase agreement or buy/sell back 

agreement occurred.

Securities temporarily acquired by foreign residents as collateral under reverse repurchase agreements, securities

lending or borrowing arrangements, or buy/sell back agreements should NOT be reported. That is, the security 

borrower’s U.S. custodian should exclude the U.S. security as if no resale agreement or buy/sell back agreement 

occurred. 

However, if cash was temporarily received as collateral and was used to purchase securities, those securities should 

be reported. 

G. STRIPPED SECURITIES

Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal Securities (STRIPS) and other similar instruments are 

securities that have been transformed from a principal amount with periodic interest coupons into a series of zerocoupon securities, with the range of maturities matching the coupon payment dates and the redemption date of the 

principal amount. 

The residency of the STRIPS and similar instruments is the residence of the entity that issued the stripped security.

However, the type of issuer of STRIPS and similar instruments is based upon the type of issuer of the underlying 

security. For example, U.S. Treasury STRIPS should be classified as U.S. Treasury securities even though the 

Treasury does not issue or sell STRIPS directly to investors. In addition, all CATS, TIGRS, COUGARS, and 

LIONS should also be classified as U.S. Treasury securities. Holdings of TIPS and Floating Rate Notes should be 

reported at fair market value and should not include inflation accretion. 

Foreign holdings of stripped securities where the underlying security is not an ABS, both the interest-only (IO) 

component and the principal-only (PO) component, should be reported as security type = 10 (bond or note, 

stripped).

Foreign holdings of stripped securities where the underlying security is an ABS, tranches of stripped ABS, any IO

component, and any PO component, should be reported as security type = 12 (asset-backed security). 

H. U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES OR FEDERALLY SPONSORED ENTERPRISES

Securities that are issued by U.S. government agencies or federally sponsored enterprises and owned by foreign

residents are reportable. In addition, foreign owned securities that are issued by a U.S.-resident entity and 
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guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or federally sponsored enterprises are reportable. For purposes of

Schedule 2, item 11 (type of issuer), all these securities should be coded as type 2 (agencies). For example, 

securities that are guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) or the Small Business 

Administration (SBA) should be reported as U.S. government agency securities. 

I. DIRECT INVESTMENT

A direct investment relationship exists when a U.S. company owns 10% or more of the voting equity securities of 

an incorporated foreign business (or an equivalent interest in an unincorporated foreign business, including a 

branch), or when a foreign company owns 10% or more of the voting equity securities of an incorporated U.S.

business (or an equivalent interest in an unincorporated U.S. business, including a branch). Limited partners in a 

limited partnership do not have voting rights and therefore cannot have direct investment. (See Section III.K) If a 

direct investment relationship exists, then in general, all financial positions between the firms are considered direct 

investment. If a direct investment relationship exists between non-banking entities, all securities held by the parent 

entity that were issued by the affiliate of the parent are considered direct investment. However, if one of the 

entities is a banking or securities brokerage firm, the inter-company holdings are considered direct 

investment only if they provide permanent capital. All holdings known to be direct investment should be 

excluded from this report.

J. SECURITIES HELD BY U.S. CENTRAL SECURITIES DEPOSITORIES

U.S.-resident central securities depositories must report all U.S. securities they are holding in custody (or managing 

the safekeeping of) directly on behalf of foreign residents, such as foreign-resident brokers and dealers who may be 

members of the depository, or foreign-resident securities exchanges or depositories that have established direct 

relationships with the U.S.-resident central securities depository. 

U.S.-resident custodians should report all U.S. securities that are shown on their records as being owned by foreign

residents (or held in custody by its foreign-resident custodian) even if the safekeeping or settlement of the security 

is done at a U.S.-resident central securities depository. 

K. LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS

Foreign-resident limited partner ownership interests in U.S.-resident limited partnerships should be reported as

security type = 4 (All other equity). Limited partners’ ownership interests do not carry voting rights; therefore, all 

ownership interests, even those greater than 10%, are reportable. The Number of Shares field on Schedule 2 (item 

18) should be defaulted to the value reported in the US$ Fair Value field (item 16) because limited partnerships do 
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not issue shares. 

General partner ownership interests are always considered to be direct investment and all such interests should be 

excluded from this report.

L. ACCOUNTING RULES, VALUATION OF SECURITIES, AND CALCULATION OF U.S. DOLLAR 

VALUES

Accounting Rules

All securities should be reported using settlement date accounting. Gross long positions should be reported. Do 

not net any short positions from long positions. Do not enter decimals or negative values in any cells. 

Valuation of Securities

Report the fair value of securities as of close of business on the last business day of June. The fair value follows the 

definition under ASC 820 (formerly FAS 157). 

U.S.-resident custodians should, at a minimum, report the fair value to the extent that it is available as part of the 

services provided to their customers, even if the price available is for a date prior to the last business day of June. If

there is doubt as to whether to report the available fair value or to report a fair value of zero, please contact FRBNY 

report staff at 212-720-6300 or 646-720-6300. 

For ABS, the value of the unpaid principal amount outstanding at close of business on the last business day of June 

should be reported; if principal has been repaid, this value will not be the same as the original face value, revalued 

at end-period market prices. 

Foreign Currency Denominated Securities – CALCULATION OF U.S. DOLLAR VALUES

If the security is not denominated in U.S. dollars (US$) and a U.S. dollar fair value is not available in your system, 

convert the foreign currency denominated fair value into US$ using the spot exchange rate as of the close of

business on the last business day of June. If you need assistance locating an exchange rate, please contact FRBNY 

staff at 212-720-6300 or 646-720-6300. 

If the exchange rate is normally quoted in units of foreign currency per US$, such as ¥105.75/US$, divide foreign

currency values by the foreign exchange rate to obtain the US$ values. For example, if the value of a U.S. security 

issued in Japan is ¥ 200,000, and the exchange rate is ¥105.75/US$, divide ¥ 200,000 by 105.75 to obtain US$ 
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1,891. 

If the exchange rate is normally quoted in US$ per units of the foreign currency, such as US$1.75/UK£, multiply 

foreign currency values by the US$ exchange rate value of the foreign currency to obtain the US$ values. For 

example, if the value of a U.S. security issued in the United Kingdom is UK £1,000 and the exchange rate is

US$1.75/UK£, multiply UK £1,000 by 1.75 to obtain US$ 1,750. 

M. DATA RETENTION PERIOD

All data used to create this report must be retained by the reporter for a period of 36 months from the date of the 

report's submission. 

N. REVIEW OF DATA AND REQUEST FOR REVISED DATA

Data submitted on the reporting schedules are reviewed by FRBNY staff. As a result of this review, the reporter 

may be asked by FRBNY staff to provide supplemental information, including reasons for significant data changes 

between reporting periods, or corrected data. In addition, FRBNY staff may request: (1) information to ensure that 

all reportable U.S. securities have been reported; (2) information to ensure that all reported U.S. securities are 

owned by foreign residents (or held by foreign-resident custodians or foreign-resident central securities 

depositories); or (3) other information that helps to explain or corroborate the submitted data.

Reporters filing data on electronic media that are not formatted per the specifications in Appendix G will be 

required to resubmit the data in the proper format. 

Each quarter, FRBNY staff obtains a list of debt securities issued abroad by U.S. companies. Experience has shown 

that most such issues are largely or completely foreign held. FRBNY staff will compare this information with the 

reports submitted by U.S.-resident issuers of foreign placed debt securities to ensure that foreign-issued securities 

are being properly reported. FRBNY will ask the issuers of such securities for additional information in cases of

apparent under- or over-reporting. 
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IV. LINE-BY-LINE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SCHEDULE 1- REPORTER CONTACT IDENTIFICATION 

AND SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION

A Schedule 1 must be completed by all entities that receive this report booklet. This schedule is used to provide basic 

identifying information and summaries of data reported on Schedule 2 records. Please type or print all information. 

(Please enter your ten-digit Reporter Identification Number (RSSD) at the top of each page of Schedule 1.)

REPORTER CONTACT IDENTIFICATION AND SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION

1. Reporter Identification Number (RSSD) - Enter the ten-digit Reporter Identification Number that. If you do 

not know the Reporter Identification Number for your entity, please contact FRBNY staff at 212-720-6300 or 

646-720-6300. 

2. Organization Name - Enter the full legal name of the reporting entity. 

 For items 3 through 6, enter reporting entity’s full mailing address. 

7. Reporting Status - Select “1” only if your parent organization has received authorization to file an 

unconsolidated report but you are exempt (meaning you have no reportable securities in custody or have not 

issued any reportable securities). All other entities should select "2" and file the appropriate Schedule 2 

records. 

8. Reporter Type - Enter one of the following that best describes your organization (Refer to Appendix F - 

Glossary for specific definition of reporters type)

1 = Depository Institution 4 = Insurance Company 7 = Foundation, Trust, or Estate 

2 = Fund/Fund Manager/Sponsor 5 = Other Financial Organization 8 = Institution of Higher Learning 

 (excluding a pension fund) (including BHC and FHC) (e.g., university) 

3 = Pension Fund 6= Non-Financial Organization 9 = Other (not listed above) 

9. Name of Contact - Enter the name of the person who will be the primary contact for this report and can 

answer questions about the data reported. 

10. For items 10 through 12, enter title, telephone number and email address of the contact identified in item 9. 

13. Name of Service Provider or Vendor Used - If a service provider or vendor was used to prepare the data 

reported, enter the name of the service provider. 
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14. Name of Technical Contact - Enter the name of a person who will serve as a contact should any technical 

issues, such as incorrect file formats. If a service provider was used to prepare the data reported, the 

technical contact may be a vendor employee.

 For items 15 through 17, enter title, telephone number and email address of the contact identified in item 14. 

18. Valuation Technique(s) Used to Determine Fair Value - For each reporting unit, describe the valuation 

technique(s) used to calculate the reported fair values. If securities are automatically valued at zero after a 

specified time period of inactivity, please specify the time period and whether this applies to the security or to

the client’s holdings of the security. Also, please specify how securities not actively traded on the report date 

and those with internally generated security identification numbers are valued. If your organization has more 

than four reporting units, please attach additional copies of Schedule 1, page 2, with item 18 completed. 

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE 2 INFORMATION

This section contains summary data for the information reported on Schedule 2 records. 

19. Total Number of Schedule 2 Records Submitted - Enter the total number of Schedule 2 records 

submitted. 

20. Total U.S. $ Fair Value of All Equity Securities reported on Schedule 2 records - Enter the sum of the 

U.S.$ fair value of all equity security records (records with Schedule 2, Item 12 = 1, 2, 3, or 4), rounded to 

the nearest U.S. dollar. 

21. Total U.S. $ Fair Value of All Short-Term Debt Securities (excluding asset-backed securities) reported 

on Schedule 2 records - Enter the sum of the U.S. $ fair value of all such security records (records with 

Schedule 2, Item 12 = 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11), rounded to the nearest U.S. dollar. 

22. Total U.S. $ Fair Value of All Long-Term Debt Securities (excluding asset-backed securities) reported 

on Schedule 2 records - Enter the sum of the U.S. $ fair value of all such security records (records with 

Schedule 2, Item 12 = 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11), rounded to the nearest U.S. dollar. 

23. Total U.S. $ Fair Value of All Asset-Backed Securities reported on Schedule 2 records - Enter the sum 

of the U.S. $ fair value of all such security records (records with Schedule 2, Item 12 = 12), rounded to the 

nearest U.S. dollar.
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CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

This section must be completed by all reporters.

By signing and dating the certification, the Certifier acknowledges that: 

 He/she has read and understood the reporting requirements of this report; 

 He/she is aware that both civil and criminal penalties may be imposed for filing a false report; and 

 He/she is sufficiently knowledgeable about the activities and functions of this entity that he/she can 

knowingly and with reasonable confidence certify that the information provided in this report is both 

accurate and complete. 

For items 24 through 28. Sign and date the form. Enter the name, job title, telephone number, and email address of 

the person in your organization who certifies that the information provided is complete and accurate. 
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V. LINE-BY-LINE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SCHEDULE 2 - DETAILS OF SECURITIES

(Please enter your ten-digit Reporter Identification Number (RSSD) at the top of each page of Schedule 2.)

1. Reporter Identification Number (RSSD) - Enter the ten-digit Reporter Identification Number that is printed 

on the mailing label on the report booklet. If you do not know the Reporter Identification Number for your

entity, please contact FRBNY staff at 212-720-6300 or 646-720-6300.

2. Sequence Number - Enter the sequence number of this record, right justified. The first record should be 

assigned sequence number 1 and each subsequent Schedule 2 record should be sequentially numbered. 

3. Reporting Unit Code - If data being submitted are collected from multiple databases or reporting systems, 

please report an internal code that will enable you to identify the database or system from which the 

information on this Schedule 2 came. This information will greatly reduce the costs of identifying and fixing 

any reporting errors that may occur. 

4. Name of Reporting Unit - Enter a description or name of the reporting unit or area that corresponds to the 

code reported in item 3. 

5. Reporting as - Enter "1" for issuer if your entity issued this security (even if you are also acting as the 

custodian). Enter "2" if your entity did not issue this security. 

6. Security ID - Enter the security ID code used to identify the security reported on this Schedule 2. CUSIP 

codes are strongly preferred. If the CUSIP is not available, please try to provide the ISIN, CINS, Common 

code or SEDOL. Do not use internally generated codes unless this security has not been assigned a code 

by any recognized numbering agency (e.g., limited partnerships). Records for securities for which a portion 

is restricted and a portion is not restricted should be reported with the numbering agency code assigned to the 

unrestricted portion. If excessive internal codes are used, we may have to contact your institution to help 

identify characteristics of certain individual securities. Please include the security ID’s check digit and 

exclude any internal coding characters added to the CUSIP or other numbering agency code.

7. Security ID System - Select the appropriate number from the list shown on the form. For example, if the 

security ID number entered in Item 6 is a CUSIP number, enter “1”; if it is a CINS, enter “3.” If the security 

ID system used is not listed, enter a code of "7" (Other) and provide the name of the organization generating 

the code in item 8. 
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8. Comment Line - If you entered a code of "7" (Other) in item 7 you must provide the name of the 

organization generating the security ID code.

9. Security Description - Briefly describe the security, providing any relevant descriptive information available. 

Ideally, this would include the type of security, the maturity date if debt or ABS, and: (a) for preferred stock 

the annual dividend; (b) for debt securities, the interest rate; (c) for floating rate notes, how the interest rate is

calculated (e.g., Libor plus 1.5); and (d) for stripped securities the type of security/tranche. This information is

particularly important for securities with an internally generated or other security ID not generated by a 

recognized numbering agency, (i.e., security ID system codes = 6 or 7).

10. Name of Issuer - Enter the name of the entity that issued the security. Please try to provide the full legal 

name of the issuer. For branches of banks, please provide the location of the branch. 

11. Type of Issuer –

 Enter “1” if the security was issued by the United States government or Federal Financing Bank. 

 Enter “2” if the security was issued or guaranteed by a federal agency (e.g., Government National

Mortgage Association (GNMA)) or issued by or guaranteed by a federally sponsored enterprise (e.g., 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)). See Appendix H for a list of these entities. 

 Enter "3" if the security was issued by a state or local government (e.g., New York State bonds). 

 Enter "4" if the security was issued by a depository institution. 

 Enter "5" if the security was issued by all other financial organizations (including BHC and FHC) 

 Enter "6" if the security was issued by a nonfinancial organization.

11. Security Type - Enter the security type code from the list below that most closely describes the type of security

being reported. (Refer to Appendix F - Glossary for specific definition of Security Type)

 Equity Debt (excluding asset-backed securities) Asset-backed securities 

 1. Common stock 5. Commercial paper 9. Bond or note, unstripped 12. Asset-backed security

 2. Preferred stock 6. Negotiable CD 10. Bond or note, stripped 

 3. Fund shares 7. Convertible debt security 11. All other debt 

 4. All other equity 8. Zero-coupon bond or note

1. Type 1 should be used to report all common stock, including restricted common shares. 

2. Type 2 should be used to report all preferred stock, including participating preference shares, 

nonparticipating preference shares, convertible preferred stock, and restricted preferred shares. 

3. Type 3 should be used to report all shares of funds, including funds that invest primarily or exclusively 

in money market instruments and in long-term debt, exchange traded funds, open-end and closed – end 

mutual funds, and unit investment trusts. (See Section III.E) 
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4. Type 4 should be used to report all other types of equity, including foreign-resident limited partner 

ownership of U.S.-resident limited partnerships and any other form of equity not specified in security 

types 1, 2, and 3. 

5. Type 5 should be used to report all commercial paper, including asset-backed commercial paper. 

6. Type 6 should be used to report long-term and short-term negotiable certificates of deposits, 

including negotiable bank notes and negotiable deposit notes issued by U.S. institutions, including 

U.S. branches of U.S. or foreign banks. Non-negotiable certificates of deposit are not reportable.

7. Type 7 should be used to report all convertible debt securities, including convertible bonds and zerocoupon convertible debt. However, non-convertible debt securities with embedded warrants or 

options should be reported as either type 8 (if a zero-coupon bond or note) or type 9. 

8. Type 8 should be used to report bonds and notes that do not provide interest payments, such as 

discount notes. However: (1) zero-coupon convertible debt should be reported as type 7; (2) 

stripped non-asset-backed securities, both the interest-only (IO) and principal-only (PO) 

components, should be reported as type 10; (3) U.S. Treasury bills should be reported as type 11; 

and (4) stripped asset- backed securities, the tranches, and the IO and PO components, should be 

reported as type 12. 

9. Type 9 should be used to report bonds or notes that: (1) cannot be converted to equity securities, (2) 

provide interest payments, (3) have not been stripped (i.e., not an IO or PO), and (4) do not give the 

owner a claim against the cash flows generated by the underlying assets (i.e., ABS). These bonds 

and notes are commonly referred to as “straight debt.”

10. Type 10 should be used to report all components of stripped securities, including the IO and PO 

components. However, all tranches of stripped asset-backed securities should be reported as type 

12. 

11. Type 11 should include all debt other than asset-backed securities that is not covered in types 5-10, 

including U.S. Treasury bills. 

12. Type 12 should include only short-term and long-term securities that represent securitized interests 

in a pool of assets and give the investor a claim against the cash flows generated by the underlying 

assets. All tranches of stripped asset-backed securities, as well as unstripped asset-backed securities, 

should be reported as type 12. Debt which is collateralized by assets (real or financial), but only 

give the investor a claim against the underlying interest if the issuer defaults, should be reported as

types5-11, as appropriate.

13. Country of Residence of Foreign Holder - Enter the country code from Appendix C that corresponds to

the country of residence of the owner of the security. If the country of residence of the owner is not 

known, report the country of residence of the foreign-resident custodian or foreign-resident central 

securities depository. Positions of international and multinational regional organizations, whether located 

in the United States or elsewhere, should be reported opposite the classification “International,” if 
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worldwide, or opposite the classifications “European,” “Latin American,” “Caribbean,” “Asian,”

“African,” or “Middle Eastern” regional organizations as indicated in Appendix D. If no country 

information is available (as will often be the case with bearer bonds), enter code 88862. If an excessive 

number of "country unknowns" is reported for securities other than bearer bonds, we will contact your 

institution for further information. 

14. Currency of Denomination - Enter the ISO code from Appendix E that corresponds to the currency in 

which the security is denominated. 

15. Type of Foreign Holder

 Enter "1" if the owner is an official institution (see Appendix C or D) even if the account is held in the 

name of a foreign custodian or other foreign nominee. 

 Enter “2” for all other owners, including personal trusts and other investment vehicles even if the 

beneficial owner is an individual. 

16. U.S. $ Fair Value- Enter the U.S. $ fair value of foreign-residents' ownership of this security, rounded to

the nearest U.S. dollar. (See Section III.L, Valuation of Securities, for more information on how to

calculate the fair value.) 

17. Fair Value in Currency of Denomination - Enter the fair value of foreign-residents' ownership of this 

security, rounded to the nearest currency unit. For ABS, the fair value should be calculated based on the 

remaining principal outstanding (item 19) rather than the original face value. If the currency of issue is

US$, report the same value as in item 20. (See Section III.L, Valuation of Securities, for more information 

on how to calculate the fair value.) 

FOR EQUITY SECURITIES ONLY

18. Number of Shares - Enter the number of shares owned by foreigners, including fractional shares, rounded to

the nearest share. Wherever possible, combine partial shares with other ownership shares of the same security 

to reduce reporting disparities introduced by rounding partial shares. Securities for which the amount foreign 

owned is zero should not be reported. 

FOR ALL DEBT SECURITIES (NON-ABS AND ABS)

19. Face Value or Remaining Principal in Currency of Denomination - Enter the face value held in the 

currency of denomination, rounded to the nearest whole currency unit. If a security is traded in units, then 
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calculate the face value as: (face value of each unit) * (the number of units held) and report the result in this

field. Securities for which the amount held is zero should not be reported or Enter the remaining principal

outstanding as of June 30, in the currency of denomination, rounded to the nearest whole currency unit. This

will equal the original face value if no principal has been repaid. If a security is traded in units, then 

calculate the remaining face value as: (remaining face value of each unit) * (the number of units held) and 

report the result in this field. Securities for which the amount held is zero should not be reported. 

FOR ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES ONLY

20. Original Face Value in Currency of Denomination - Enter the original face value owned by foreigners in the 

currency of denomination, rounded to the nearest whole currency unit. This is the value that is (would have 

been) outstanding if no principal has been (had been) repaid. If a security is traded in units, then calculate the 

original face value as: (original face value of each unit) * (the number of units) and report the result in this field. 

FOR ALL DEBT SECURITIES (NON-ASSET BACKED AND ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES) 

21. Issue Date - Enter the issue date of this security in MMDDYYYY format. For example, if the security was 

issued on October 4, 1985, enter 10041985. If there are multiple issue dates, enter the first such issue date.

22. Maturity Date - Enter the final maturity date (when all remaining principal and interest are due) of this 

security in MMDDYYYY format. For example, if the security's final maturity date is January 5, 2010, enter 

01052010.
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APPENDIX A 

SAMPLE REPORTING FORM SHL/SHLA 

This form is also available separately at the following Treasury website: 

http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/forms-sh.aspx
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Report of Foreign Holdings of U.S. Securities, Including Selected Money Market Instruments

(SHL(A))

SCHEDULE 1: REPORTER CONTACT IDENTIFICATION AND 

SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION

1. Reporter Identification Number (RSSD): ....................................................

2. Organization Name: 

3. Street Address:

4. City: 5. State: 6. Zip Code: 

7. Reporting Status:............................................................................................................................. 

1 = Exempt - Under the exemption level 

2 = Not Exempt - Schedule 2 records being submitted 

8. Reporter Type:................................................................................................................................

1 = Depository Institution 4 = Insurance Company 7 = Foundation, trust, estate

2 = Fund/Fund Manager/Sponsor

(excluding pension fund)

5 = Other Financial Organization

 (including BHC, FHC, broker/dealers)

8 = Institution of higher learning

 (e.g., university)

3 = Pension Fund 6 = Non-financial Organization 9 = Other (not listed above)

If you would like to provide more than one contact name, please attach additional copies of page 1, Schedule 1, with items 9 

through 13 completed. 

Business Contact Information: 

9. Name: __________________________________________________________________________________ 

10. Title: __________________________________________________________________________________ 

11. Telephone Number: ____________________________ 

12. Email Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ 

13. Name of Service Provider or Vendor Used (if applicable): ___________________________________________ 

Technical Contact Information: 

14. Name: __________________________________ 15. Title: ___________________________________________ 

16. Telephone Number: ______________________ 17. Email Address: ___________________________________ 

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Reporter Identification Number (RSSD):.......................................................... 

18. Valuation Technique(s) Used to Determine Fair Values 

For each reporting unit, please describe the valuation technique(s) used to determine reported fair values. If securities are 

automatically valued at zero after a specified time period of inactivity, please specify the time period and whether this applies 

to the security or to the client’s holdings of the security. Also, please specify how securities not actively traded on the report 

date and those with internally generated security identification numbers are valued. 

Reporting Unit Valuation Description

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Reporter Identification Number (RSSD)...........................................................

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE 2 INFORMATION

19. Total Number of Schedule 2s Submitted............................................................... , , 

20. Total US$ Fair Value of All Equity Securities ................... , , , , 

 Reported on Schedule 2(s) 

21. Total US$ Fair Value of All Short-Term Debt Securities... , , , , 

 (excluding asset-backed securities) Reported on Schedule 2(s) 

22. Total US$ Fair Value of All Long-Term Debt Securities.... , , , ,

 (excluding asset-backed securities) Reported on Schedule 2(s) 

23. Total US$ Fair Value of All Asset-Backed................... , , , , 

 Securities Reported on Schedule 2(s) 

 

CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

By signing the certification below you acknowledge that: 

 You have read and understood the reporting requirements of this report;

 You are aware that both civil and criminal penalties may be imposed for filing a false report; and

 You are sufficiently knowledgeable about the activities and functions of your organization that you can knowingly and 

with reasonable confidence certify that the information provided in this report is both accurate and complete. 

Certifier's Signature: 24. Date Signed:

25. Certifier's Name: 

26. Certifier's Title:

27. Certifier's Telephone Number: 

28. Certifier's Email Address:

SHL(A) Schedule 1, Page 3 of 3
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.... .......

......... ...

SCHEDULE 2: DETAILS OF SECURITIES 

1. Reporter Identification Number (RSSD):......................................................... 

2. Sequence Number: ............................................................................................ , , , , 

3. Reporting Unit:.......................................................................................................................... 

4. Name of Reporting Unit: ____________________________________________________________________________ 

5. Reporting As: .............................................................................................................................. 

 1 = Issuer 2 = Custodian 

6. Security ID................................................................................. 

7. Security ID System: .......................................................................................................................

1 = CUSIP 2 = ISIN 3 = CINS 4 = Common Code 5 = SEDOL

6 = Internally Generated 7 = Other (provide answer to 8)

8. For code of Other (7) enter the name of the organization or system that assigned the Security ID:

9. Security Description:

10. Name of Issuer:

11. Type of Issuer: ........................................................................................................................... 

1 = United States Treasury and Federal Financing Bank 4 = Depository institution 

2 = Federal agency or federally sponsored enterprise 5 = Other financial organization (including BHC, FHC, broker/dealer) 

3 = State or local government, including their subdivisions 6 = Nonfinancial organization 

12. Security Type: .......................................................................................................................

Equities Debt (excluding asset-backed securities) Asset-Backed Securities 

1 = Common stock 5 = Commercial paper 9 = Bond or note, unstripped 12 = Asset-backed security

2 = Preferred stock 6 = Negotiable CD 10 = Bond or note, stripped

3 = Fund shares 7 = Convertible debt security 11 = All other debt

4 = All other equity 8 = Zero-coupon bond or note

13. Country of Residence of Foreign Holder: (Refer to Appendix C)............................................. 

14. Currency of Denomination: (Refer to Appendix E)........................................................................ 

15. Type of Foreign Holder: (Refer to Appendix C and D) ............................................................................ 

1 = Official 2 = Other 

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Reporter Identification Number (RSSD): .............................................................

16. US$ Fair Value of Security:........................................................ ... ... , , , 

17. Fair Value of Security in the Currency of Denomination:........................ , , , 

 

(Security Types 1, 2, 3 or 4) 

18. Number of Shares:....................................................................... , , , 

FOR ALL DEBT SECURITIES 

(NON-ASSET-BACKED AND ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES)

(Security Types 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12) 

19. Face Value (for non-ABS) or Remaining Principal Outstanding (for ABS) 

 in the Currency of Denomination: ............................................. , , , , , , 

(Security Type 12) 

20. Original Face Value in the Currency of Denomination: ........................... , , , 

(Security Types 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12) 

21. Issue Date: (MMDDYYYY).............................................................................. 

22. Maturity Date: (MMDDYYYY).......................................................................... 

SHL(A) Schedule 2, Page 2 of 2 

FOR EQUITIES ONLY 

FOR ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES ONLY

FOR ALL DEBT SECURITIES 

(NON-ASSET-BACKED AND ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES)
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PPE DI

B
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APPENDIX B - FLOWCHARTS SHOWING REPORTING RESPONSIBILITY

A. FLOWCHART FOR U.S.-RESIDENT CUSTODIANS (all securities, including all bookentry securities held at a U.S.-resident central securities depository)

1. A foreign-resident investor or custodian uses U.S.-resident custodian to hold U.S. securities for its account and 

the U.S.-resident custodian does not use a U.S. resident sub-custodian. 

Foreign-resident 

owner 

or 

Foreign-resident 

custodian 

U.S.-resident 

custodian 

U.S.-resident 

central securities 

depository 

Reports on Schedule 2 Reports only if no U.S.-resident 

custodian is used

2. A foreign-resident investor or custodian uses U.S.-resident custodian to hold U.S. securities for its account and 

the U.S.-resident custodian uses a U.S. resident sub-custodian. 

Foreign-resident 

owner 

or

Foreign-resident 

custodian 

U.S.-resident 

custodian 

U.S.-resident subcustodian 

Reports on Schedule 2 if 

they don’t fully disclose the 

client information to the 

sub-custodian

Reports on Schedule 2 if they 

know the foreign client 
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↓ ↓

B. FLOWCHART FOR U.S.-RESIDENT ISSUERS (registered securities, including all book-entry 

securities not issued directly into a foreign market)

U.S. registered security is held directly by a foreigner (i.e., no U.S.-resident custodian and no U.S.-resident 

central securities depository is used). 

Foreign-resident 

owner 

or 

Foreign-resident 

custodian 

or 

Foreign-resident central 

securities depository 

U.S.-resident 

issuer 

Reports on Schedule 2 

C. FLOWCHART FOR SECURITIES ISSUED DIRECTLY INTO THE FOREIGN MARKET

Issuers should assume that the entire issue is held directly by foreign residents. U.S.-resident custodians should 

report all securities held in custody that are foreign owned. 

Foreign-resident 

owner 

U.S.-resident 

issuer 

U.S.-resident 

custodian 

Reports ENTIRE issue on Schedule 2 Reports amounts owned by foreigners on Schedule 2 

Note: FRBNY eliminates double reporting on a security-by-security basis. Custodial information is used 

to provide information on the geographical distribution of the owners of these securities.
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FLOWCHART FOR DETERMINING REPORTABLE SECURITIES

Is this an equity security, a 

debt security (including 

ABS), or a reportable money 

market instrument?

Do not report nonsecurities such as

NO derivatives, loans, 

and nonnegotiable 

deposits. 

YES 

Is this security 

issued by a U.S. 

resident?

(See Note)

Do not report 

securities issued 

by foreign 

residents, 

NO including foreign 

branches and 

subsidiaries of 

U.S. entities.

YES

YES 

Is the owner of the 

U.S. security a 

foreign resident?

Do not report U.S. 

securities owned 

NO by U.S. residents 

because this 

investment does 

not represent a 

cross-border 

investment. 

If a U.S. equity security, 

does the investment NO

represent less than 10% of

the issuer’s voting equity? 

YES 

This security is reportable. Please refer 

to Flowcharts A through C to determine 

who is responsible for reporting 

detailed Schedule 2 data.

In most cases, do 

not report 

investments that 

represent 10% or 

more of the 

issuer’s voting 

equity, i.e., direct 

investments. (See 

Section III.I for a 

complete 

definition of direct 

investment.) 

Note: Depositary receipts/shares backed by foreign securities are considered “foreign.” In addition, all securities 

issued by the multinational organizations listed in Appendix Dare considered foreign. 
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APPENDIX C 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

GEOGRAPHICAL CLASSIFICATION 

CODES FOR COUNTRIES, AREAS & INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 

TO BE USED FOR PURPOSES OF REPORTING ON 

TREASURY INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FORMS 

The most recent version of this appendix is now a separate document. 

A copy is in Column A on the Treasury website at: 

http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/foihome.aspx
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APPENDIX D 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

CERTAIN FOREIGN INSTITUTIONS CLASSIFIED AS OFFICIAL, 

A LIST TO BE USED ONLY FOR PURPOSES OF REPORTING ON 

TREASURY INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL (TIC) FORMS

The most recent version of this appendix is now a separate document. 

A copy is in column B on the Treasury website at: 

http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/foihome.aspx
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APPENDIX E : LIST OF CURRENCY CODES

Code 

AFN 

ALL 

DZD 

ADP 

AOR 

ARS 

AMD 

AWG 

AUD 

AZM 

BSD 

BHD 

BDT 

BBD 

BYR 

BZD 

BMD 

BTN 

BOB 

BWP 

BAM

BRL 

BND 

BGN 

BIF 

KHR 

CAD 

CVE 

KYD 

XOF 

XAF 

XPF 

CLP 

CNY 

COP 

KMF 

CDF 

CRC 

HRK 

CUP

Currency

Afghanistan Afghani 

Albanian Lek 

Algerian Dinar 

Andorran Peseta

Angolan Kwanza Reajustado 

Argentine Peso 

Armenian Dram 

Aruban Guilder 

Australian Dollar 

Azerbaijanian New Manat 

Bahamian Dollar 

Bahraini Dinar 

Bangladeshi Taka 

Barbados Dollar 

Belarusian Ruble 

Belize Dollar 

Bermudian Dollar 

Bhutan Ngultrum 

Bolivian Boliviano 

Botswana Pula 

Bosnia & Herzegovina 

Convertible Marks 

Brazilian Real 

Brunei Dollar 

Bulgarian Lev 

Burundi Franc 

Cambodian Riel 

Canadian Dollar 

Cape Verde Escudo 

Cayman Islands Dollar 

CFA Franc BCEAO 

CFA Franc BEAC 

CFP Franc 

Chilean Peso 

Chinese Yuan Renminbi 

Colombian Peso 

Comoro Franc 

Congolais Franc 

Costa Rican Colon 

Croatian Kuna 

Cuban Peso 

Code 

CYP 

CZK 

DKK 

DJF 

DOP 

XCD 

EGP 

SVC 

ERN 

EEK 

ETB 

EUR 

FKP 

FJD 

GMD 

GEL 

GHC 

GIP 

GTQ 

GWP 

GNF 

GYD 

HTG 

HNL 

HKD 

HUF 

ISK 

INR 

IDR 

IRR 

IQD 

JMD 

JPY 

JOD 

KZT 

KES 

KWD 

KGS 

LAK 

LVL 

Currency

Cyprus Pound 

Czech Koruna 

Danish Krone 

Djibouti Franc 

Dominican Peso 

East Caribbean Dollar 

Egyptian Pound 

El Salvador Colon 

Eritrea Nakfa 

Estonia Kroon 

Ethiopian Birr 

European Union Euro 

Falkland Islands Pound 

Fiji Dollar 

Gambia Dalasi

Georgia Lari Ghana 

Cedi Gibraltar 

Pound Guatemala 

Quetzal GuineaBissau Peso Guinea 

Franc Guyana 

Dollar Haitian 

Gourde Honduras 

Lempira Hong 

Kong Dollar 

Hungarian Forint 

Iceland Krona 

Indian Rupee 

Indonesian Rupiah 

Iranian Rial 

Iraqi Dinar 

Jamaican Dollar 

Japanese Yen 

Jordanian Dinar 

Kazakhstan Tenge 

Kenyan Shilling 

Kuwaiti Dinar 

Kyrgyzstan Som 

Laos Kip 

Latvian Lats 
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Code 

LBP 

LSL 

LRD 

LYD 

LTL 

MOP 

MKD 

MGF 

MWK 

MYR 

MVR 

MTL 

MRO 

MUR 

MXN 

MDL 

MNT 

MAD 

MZM 

MMK 

NAD 

NPR 

ANG 

ILS 

TWD 

NZD 

NIO 

NGN 

KPW 

NOK 

OMR 

PKR 

PAB 

PGK 

PYG 

PEN 

PHP 

PLN 

GBP 

QAR 

ROL 

RUB 

RWF 

SHP 

WST 

Currency 

Lebanese Pound 

Lesotho Lote 

Liberian Dollar 

Libyan Dinar 

Lithuanian Litas 

Macau SAR Pataca 

Macedonian Denar 

Malagasy Franc 

Malawi Kwacha 

Malaysian Ringgit 

Maldives Rufiyaa 

Maltese Lira 

Mauritania Ouguiya 

Mauritius Rupee 

Mexican Peso 

Moldovan Leu 

Mongolian Tugrik 

Moroccan Dirham 

Mozambique New Metical 

Myanmar Kyat 

Namibia Dollar 

Nepalese Rupee 

Netherlands Antillean Guilder 

New Israeli Shekel 

New Taiwan Dollar 

New Zealand Dollar 

Nicaraguan Cordoba Oro 

Nigerian Naira 

North Korean Won 

Norwegian Krone 

Omani Rial 

Pakistani Rupee 

Panamanian Balboa 

Papua New Guinea Kina 

Paraguay Guarani 

Peruvian New Sol 

Philippine Peso 

Polish Zloty 

Pound Sterling 

Qatari Rial 

Romanian Leu 

Russian Ruble 

Rwanda Franc 

Saint Helena Pound 

Samoan Tala 

Code 

STD 

SAR 

SCR 

SLL 

SGD 

SKK 

SIT 

SBD 

SOS 

ZAR 

KRW 

SSP

LKR 

SDD 

SRG 

SZL 

SEK 

CHF 

SYP 

TWD 

TJS 

TZS 

THB 

TOP 

TTD 

TND 

TRY 

TMM 

UGX 

UAH 

AED 

USD 

UYU 

UZS 

VUV 

VEB 

VND 

YER 

YUM 

ZMK 

ZWD 

Currency 

Sao Tome & Principe Dora 

Saudi Arabian Riyal 

Seychelles Rupee 

Sierra Leone Leone 

Singapore Dollar 

Slovak Koruna 

Slovenia Tolar 

Solomon Islands Dollar 

Somali Shilling 

South African Rand 

South Korean Won 

South Sudanese Pound 

Sri Lanka Rupee 

Sudanese Dinar 

Suriname Guilder 

Swziland Lilangeni 

Swedish Krona 

Swiss Franc 

Syrian Pound 

Taiwan New Dollar 

Tajikistan Somoni 

Tanzanian Shilling 

Thailand Baht 

Tongan Pa’anga 

Trinidad and Tobago Dollar 

Tunisian Dinar 

Turkish Yani 

Turkmenistan Manat 

Uganda New Shilling 

Ukrainian Hryvnia 

United Arab Emirates Dirham 

United States Dollar 

Uruguayo Peso 

Uzbekistan Sum 

Vanuatu Vatu 

Venezuelan Bolivar 

Vietnamese Dong 

Yemeni Rial 

Yugoslavian Dinar 

Zambian Kwacha 

Zimbabwean Dollar 
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APPENDIX – F 

GLOSSARY 

The most recent version of this appendix is now a separate document. 

A copy is on the TIC website at: 

http://www.treasury.gov/ticdata/Publish/ticglossary-june2014.pdf 
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APPENDIX – G 

Technical Information for Electronic Submission

The instruction guide on how to submit through Reporting Central can be found at the link below: 

http://www.frbservices.org/files/reporting/pdf/external_user_guide.pdf
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APPENDIX – H 

LIST OF FEDERAL AGENCIES AND FEDERALLY SPONSORED ENTERPRISES

A. U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES and CORPORATIONS

Architect of the Capital 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) 

Department of Agriculture, including former Rural Electrification Administration (REA), and 

former Farmers Housing Administration (FmHA). 

Department of Defense and Military Services (e.g. Air Force) 

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 

Department of Interior 

Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank)

Federal Communication Commission (FCC) 

Farm Credit System Financial Assistance Corporation (FCSFAC)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), including FSLIC Resolution Fund

Federal Housing Administration (FHA) 

Financing Corporation (FICO)

General Services Administration (GSA)

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA or Ginnie Mae) 

Maritime Administration 

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) 

National Consumer Cooperative Bank 

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) 

Resolution Funding Corporation (REFCORP) 

Rural Telephone Bank

Small Business Administration (SBA) 

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), including lease obligations

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)

B. FEDERALLY SPONSORED ENTERPRISES

Farm Credit System: 

Agricultural Credit Bank (ACB) 

Farm Credit Banks (FCB) 

Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (FAMC or Farmer Mac) 

Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLB) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or Freddie Mac)

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or Fannie Mae)