Saudi holdings of US Treasuries down to $116.7 bln in February

Saudi Arabia’s holdings of US Treasuries reached $116.7 billion in February 2022, down $2.7 billion month-on-month, new data released by the US Treasury showed.

The Kingdom retreated to the 18th place among the largest holders of US debt in February.

Saudi Arabia’s holdings of US Treasuries were distributed among long-term bonds worth $101.27 billion, representing 87% of the total, and short-term bonds worth $15.46 billion, accounting for 13%.

Saudi Holdings of US Treasury Bonds
Month	Value ($ bln)	Change ($ bln)
January 2020	182.9	+3.1
February	184.4	+1.6
March	159.1	(25.3)
April	125.3	(33.8)
May	123.5	(1.8)
June	124.9	+1.4
July	124.6	(0.3)
August	130.0	+5.4
September	131.2	+1.2
October	134.2	+3.0
November	137.6	+3.4
December	136.4	(1.2)
January 2021	135.1	(1.3)
February	132.9	(2.2)
March	130.8	(2.1)
April	130.3	(0.5)
May	127.3	(3)
June	127.6	+0.3
July	128.1	+0.5
August	124.1	(4.0)
September	123.8	(0.3)
October	116.5	(7.8)
November	116.5	--
December	119.0	+2.5
January 2022	119.4	+0.4
February	116.7	(2.7)

Japan was the top holder of US Treasury bonds in February with a value of $1.30 trillion, followed by China with a value of $1.54 trillion, as the following table shows:

US Treasury Bonds Holders – February
Order	Country	Value ($ bln)
1	Japan	1306.3
2	China	1054.8
3	United Kingdom	625.2
4	Ireland	314.8
5	Luxembourg	314.0
6	Switzerland	281.7
7	Cayman Islands	277.4
8	Belgium	258.4
9	Taiwan	248.5
10	Brazil	241.2
11	France	239.6
12	Canada	208.1
13	Hong Kong	205.9
14	India	199.8
15	Singapore	192.8
16	Korea	122.4
17	Norway	119.4
18	Saudi Arabia	116.7
Others		1386.6
Total Foreign holdings		7713.6

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