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Another month, another Foreign Holders of US Treasuries report.
Items of note:
China buys some Treasuries this month - back to May levels
UK continues its massive Treasury buying spree
An odd seeming shift from Luxembourg into Belgium
Canada apparently sat this month out
Top 10 buyers:
UK: $74.1B, China: $21.7B, Belgium: $17.7B, Japan: $15.6B, Caribbean Banking Centers: $8.4B, Thailand: $6.5B, France: $5B, Egypt: $3.3B, Turkey: $3B, Brazil: $2.8B
Top 10 sellers:
Luxembourg: -$19.8B, Australia: -$3.6B, Russia: -$1.9B, Ireland: -$1.6B, Israel: -$1.5B, Phillippines: -$1.0B, Sweden: -$0.9B, India: -$0.3B, Denmark: -$0.3B
Net Treasury sales: $146.3B (Yay we paid our bills this month for free!)
of which $111.4B were just between the UK, China, and Japan (Belgium excluded due to strange Luxembourg shift)
Items of note:
China buys some Treasuries this month - back to May levels
UK continues its massive Treasury buying spree
An odd seeming shift from Luxembourg into Belgium
Canada apparently sat this month out
Top 10 buyers:
UK: $74.1B, China: $21.7B, Belgium: $17.7B, Japan: $15.6B, Caribbean Banking Centers: $8.4B, Thailand: $6.5B, France: $5B, Egypt: $3.3B, Turkey: $3B, Brazil: $2.8B
Top 10 sellers:
Luxembourg: -$19.8B, Australia: -$3.6B, Russia: -$1.9B, Ireland: -$1.6B, Israel: -$1.5B, Phillippines: -$1.0B, Sweden: -$0.9B, India: -$0.3B, Denmark: -$0.3B
Net Treasury sales: $146.3B (Yay we paid our bills this month for free!)
of which $111.4B were just between the UK, China, and Japan (Belgium excluded due to strange Luxembourg shift)
| Aug | Jul | Aug to | Jun | May | Apr | Mar | Feb | Jan | 2010 | Dec | |
| Country | 2010 | 2010 | Jul Change | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | Net Change | 2009 |
| China, Mainland | 868.4 | 846.7 | 21.7 | 843.7 | 867.7 | 900.2 | 895.2 | 877.5 | 889 | -26.4 | 894.8 |
| Japan | 836.6 | 821 | 15.6 | 803.6 | 786.7 | 795.5 | 784.9 | 768.5 | 765.4 | 70.9 | 765.7 |
| United Kingdom 2/ | 448.4 | 374.3 | 74.1 | 362.2 | 350 | 321.2 | 279 | 233.5 | 208.3 | 268.1 | 180.3 |
| Oil Exporters 3/ | 226.6 | 223.8 | 2.8 | 223 | 235.1 | 239.3 | 229.5 | 218.8 | 218.4 | 19.2 | 207.4 |
| Brazil | 165 | 162.2 | 2.8 | 158.4 | 161.4 | 164.3 | 164.4 | 170.8 | 169.1 | -4.3 | 169.3 |
| Carib Bnkng Ctrs 4/ | 159.1 | 150.7 | 8.4 | 165.2 | 165.5 | 153.4 | 148.4 | 144.6 | 143.8 | 30.6 | 128.5 |
| Hong Kong | 137.8 | 135.2 | 2.6 | 141 | 145.7 | 151.8 | 150.9 | 152.4 | 146.6 | -10.9 | 148.7 |
| Taiwan | 130.2 | 130.5 | -0.3 | 128.6 | 126.2 | 126.9 | 124.8 | 121.4 | 119.6 | 13.7 | 116.5 |
| Russia | 129 | 130.9 | -1.9 | 123.4 | 126.8 | 113.1 | 120.1 | 120.2 | 124.2 | -12.8 | 141.8 |
| Switzerland | 106.6 | 105.4 | 1.2 | 100.1 | 84.4 | 80 | 78.8 | 81.8 | 84.4 | 16.9 | 89.7 |
| Canada | 103.4 | 101.3 | 2.1 | 94 | 85 | 82.1 | 77 | 67.1 | 54.7 | 50.6 | 52.8 |
| Luxembourg | 79.1 | 98.9 | -19.8 | 97.5 | 76.3 | 77.6 | 84.6 | 77.9 | 79.1 | -9.3 | 88.4 |
| Thailand | 60.9 | 54.4 | 6.5 | 49.3 | 46.3 | 46.9 | 43.5 | 42.1 | 33.3 | 27.6 | 33.3 |
| Germany | 58.7 | 57.2 | 1.5 | 54.3 | 56.2 | 55.2 | 53.9 | 50 | 49 | 10.9 | 47.8 |
| Singapore | 52.7 | 52.6 | 0.1 | 50.5 | 40.6 | 42.4 | 45.5 | 42.6 | 41.3 | 13.5 | 39.2 |
| Ireland | 42 | 43.6 | -1.6 | 48.3 | 48 | 45.7 | 43.3 | 38.7 | 39.2 | -1.6 | 43.6 |
| Korea, South | 41.6 | 39.3 | 2.3 | 38.7 | 37.8 | 38.7 | 40.1 | 39.8 | 39.7 | 1.3 | 40.3 |
| India | 39 | 39.4 | -0.4 | 36.4 | 29.3 | 31 | 32 | 31.6 | 32.7 | 6.5 | 32.5 |
| Mexico | 36 | 33.3 | 2.7 | 33 | 34.1 | 33.1 | 36.1 | 33.9 | 34.4 | -0.8 | 36.8 |
| France | 35.5 | 30.5 | 5 | 35.2 | 36.4 | 38.8 | 38.7 | 32.5 | 35.9 | 5 | 30.5 |
| Belgium | 34.3 | 16.6 | 17.7 | 17.2 | 17.6 | 18.5 | 17.1 | 17 | 17.4 | 17 | 17.3 |
| Egypt | 33.6 | 30.3 | 3.3 | 29.4 | 28 | 21.1 | 21.4 | 21.7 | 19.4 | 14.7 | 18.9 |
| Turkey | 29.5 | 26.5 | 3 | 25.5 | 27.6 | 27.9 | 28.7 | 27.3 | 27.5 | 1.4 | 28.1 |
| Poland | 24.1 | 22.3 | 1.8 | 23.2 | 23.4 | 24.6 | 23.4 | 22.6 | 22.3 | 1.2 | 22.9 |
| Italy | 20.9 | 20.5 | 0.4 | 20.1 | 20.8 | 20.3 | 20.5 | 20.9 | 21.3 | -0.2 | 21.1 |
| Norway | 18.2 | 17 | 1.2 | 16.1 | 15.2 | 15 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 12.3 | 6.1 | 12.1 |
| Netherlands | 17.7 | 16.8 | 0.9 | 17.3 | 17.6 | 19.6 | 19.2 | 20.4 | 20.7 | -2.7 | 20.4 |
| Colombia | 17 | 16.9 | 0.1 | 17 | 15.7 | 15.7 | 16.2 | 16 | 16 | -0.3 | 17.3 |
| Israel | 16.4 | 17.9 | -1.5 | 18.4 | 20.1 | 19.9 | 22 | 18.9 | 16.8 | 2.6 | 13.8 |
| Sweden | 15.7 | 16.6 | -0.9 | 16.5 | 13.4 | 15.3 | 16.3 | 16 | 15.7 | 0.5 | 15.2 |
| Philippines | 13.7 | 14.7 | -1 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 15 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 2 | 11.7 |
| Chile | 13.2 | 13.3 | -0.1 | 12.2 | 12 | 12 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 0.8 | 12.4 |
| Denmark | 12.9 | 13.2 | -0.3 | 13 | 12.8 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 4.4 | 8.5 |
| Malaysia | 11.7 | 11.7 | 0 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 11 | 10.9 | 11 | 0 | 11.7 |
| Australia | 11.7 | 15.3 | -3.6 | 14.5 | 14.1 | 17.9 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 15.4 | -4.6 | 16.3 |
| All Other | 165.7 | 165.5 | 0.2 | 158.1 | 161.7 | 158.4 | 153.7 | 152.2 | 152.2 | 9.8 | 155.9 |
| Grand Total | 4212.9 | 4066.6 | 146.3 | 4010.1 | 3964.4 | 3958.8 | 3885.2 | 3752.4 | 3708.8 | 521.2 | 3691.7 |
| Of which: | |||||||||||
| For. Official | 2771.8 | 2726.5 | 45.3 | 2696.7 | 2697.2 | 2721.6 | 2709.4 | 2677.1 | 2681.1 | 65.5 | 2706.3 |
| Treasury Bills | 495.6 | 481.8 | 13.8 | 460.7 | 473.4 | 505 | 507.3 | 503.4 | 508.5 | -38.7 | 534.3 |
| T-Bonds & Notes | 2276.1 | 2244.7 | 31.4 | 2235.9 | 2223.8 | 2216.6 | 2202 | 2173.8 | 2172.6 | 104.1 | 2172 |