Latest Foreign Holders of US Treasuries Report: Not bad, but also not good

[c1ue]

A healthy (?) $72.8B in net US Treasury purchases in April 2010.

But again, the usual suspects:

UK with +42.2B
Japan with +10.6B
Oil Exporters with +9.8B
Caribbean Banking Centers with $4.9B
Canada (!) with $5.1B

China chimes in with all of $5B. China Treasury holdings still lower than at anytime between June and November 2009.

2010 totals: $266.9B of which
$140.9B by the UK
$29.8B by Japan
$31.9B by the Oil Exporters
$24.8B by the Caribbean Banking Centers
$28.9B by Canada (!)
$13.6B by Thailand (!)

	Apr	Mar	Monthly	Feb	Jan	Dec	Nov	Oct	Sep	Aug	Jul	Jun	Jun
Country	2010	2010	Change	2010	2010	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009
China, Mainland	900.2	895.2	5.00	877.5	889	894.8	929	938.3	938.3	936.5	939.9	915.8	776.4
Japan	795.5	784.9	10.60	768.5	765.4	765.7	754.3	742.9	747.9	727.5	720.9	708.2	711.2
United Kingdom 2/	321.2	279	42.20	233.5	208.3	180.3	155.5	108.1	126.8	104.3	97.1	90.8	213.6
Oil Exporters 3/	239.3	229.5	9.80	218.8	218.4	207.4	208.3	209	205.9	209.8	209.9	211.8	191.2
Brazil	164.3	164.4	-0.10	170.8	169.1	169.3	165.8	164.9	153.6	146	146.8	148.5	139.8
Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/	153.2	148.3	4.90	144.5	143.7	128.4	123.4	114.3	116.7	125.2	138.7	135.3	191.9
Hong Kong	151.8	150.9	0.90	152.4	146.6	148.7	142.1	137.8	128	120.5	111.1	95.7	99.8
Taiwan	126.9	124.8	2.10	121.4	119.6	116.5	115.4	115.6	115.1	112.9	114.4	114	77
Russia	113.1	120.1	-7.00	120.2	124.2	141.8	151.4	145.9	145.1	144.9	141.3	143.3	119.9
Canada	81.7	76.6	5.10	67.1	54.7	52.8	50.7	44.8	42.3	30.2	24.1	23	18.4
Switzerland	80	78.8	1.20	81.8	84.4	89.7	89.6	85.3	82.7	82	81.9	85.7	72
Luxembourg	77.6	84.6	-7.00	77.9	79.1	88.4	80.2	79.5	87.5	83	80.8	92.9	104.3
Germany	54.3	53.7	0.60	49.9	49	47.8	48.7	47.9	48.8	50.1	51.2	48.9	53.8
Thailand	46.9	43.5	3.40	42.1	33.3	33.3	29.6	28	27.9	31.4	29.3	27.5	29.7
Ireland	45.7	43.3	2.40	38.7	39.2	43.6	43.1	42.6	37	40.8	42.9	50.6	46.3
Singapore	42.4	45.5	-3.10	42.6	41.3	39.2	37.5	36.3	39.4	43.1	43.4	41.9	40.9
France	38.8	38.7	0.10	32.5	35.9	30.5	40.4	29.1	25	28	17.5	18.9	26
Korea, South	38.7	40.1	-1.40	39.8	39.7	40.3	40.2	43.3	39.9	39.8	38.7	37.4	36.3
Mexico	33.1	36.1	-3.00	33.9	34.4	36.8	31.9	26.5	27.8	33.2	33.4	35.2	29.5
India	31	32	-1.00	31.6	32.7	32.5	34.5	35.8	38.8	41.5	41.8	42.2	39.3
Turkey	27.9	28.7	-0.80	27.3	27.5	28.1	29.4	30.3	28.1	28.5	27.1	27.3	26.9
Poland	24.6	23.4	1.20	22.6	22.3	22.9	21.9	21.9	21.5	21.3	20.9	20.5	5.6
Egypt	21.1	21.4	-0.30	21.7	19.4	18.9	19.4	14.3	14.9	14.5	12.7	11.5	17.3
Italy	20.3	20.5	-0.20	20.9	21.3	21.1	21.6	21.6	20	19.3	19.8	19.1	16.7
Israel	19.9	22	-2.10	18.9	16.8	13.8	15.1	14.5	16.9	16.2	15.5	16.6	18.1
Netherlands	19.6	19.2	0.40	20.4	20.7	20.4	21	20.5	22	22	22.2	19.6	18.9
Belgium	18.5	17.1	1.40	17	17.4	17.3	17.4	16.9	17.2	17.7	17.8	17.9	15.7
Australia	17.9	14.4	3.50	14.4	15.4	16.3	13.7	12.8	12.3	12.5	12.1	12.2	9.9
Colombia	15.7	16.2	-0.50	16	16	17.3	17.2	18.3	18.3	17.9	16.4	13.3	11.9
Sweden	15.3	16.3	-1.00	16	15.7	15.2	15.5	15.3	14.4	12.7	12.5	12.5	16.4
Norway	15	14.6	0.40	13.6	12.3	12.1	8.5	7.3	7.6	7.1	11.3	11.1	28.7
Philippines	15	14.6	0.40	12.5	11.3	11.7	11.7	11.4	11.4	11.9	10.9	11.2	11.6
Spain	13	13.5	-0.50	13.4	13.7	13.7	13.1	13.1	12.3	12.8	11.6	11.1	5.5
Chile	12	11.9	0.10	12.3	12.5	12.4	12.1	12.4	12.8	12.9	13.4	14.2	14.3
Malaysia	10.9	11	-0.10	10.9	11	11.7	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.9	12.5	12.4	11.7
All Other	155	149.9	5.10	148.7	147.4	150.6	153.8	158	159.4	161	163.7	162.5	136.4
Grand Total	3957.4	3884.6	72.80	3752.2	3708.6	3691.5	3674.9	3575.9	3575.3	3531	3505.7	3460.3	3383.3
Of which:
For. Official	2720.7	2708.8	11.90	2676.5	2681.1	2706.3	2734.3	2714.5	2699.2	2689.8	2675.9	2625.5	2295.3
Treasury Bills	504.1	506.8	-2.70	502.8	508.5	534.3	586.6	598	597.7	607.3	606.6	571.9	571.9
T-Bonds & Notes	2216.6	2202	14.60	2173.8	2172.6	2172	2147.7	2116.5	2101.5	2082.5	2069.3	2053.6	1723.4

[cjppjc]

Re: Latest Foreign Holders of US Treasuries Report: Not bad, but also not good

Where are the Brits getting all the money from?

[vinoveri]

Re: Latest Foreign Holders of US Treasuries Report: Not bad, but also not good

Where are the Brits getting all the money from?

Fed swap lines? Print up some sterling, exchange for $, and bid UST.

It is sort of like a cross between a ponzi, check-kiting scheme, and shell game.

I now believe that bond vigilantes are very much aware of what is going on, but they have no where to go. None of the real players want it to end.