Saudi holdings of US Treasuries up to $119 bln in December 2021

16/02/2022 Argaam Special


Saudi Arabia’s holdings of US Treasuries reached $119 billion in December 2021, up $2.5 billion month-on-month, new data released by the US Treasury showed. 

 

The Kingdom maintained its ranking at the 17th place among the largest holders of US debt in December last year.

 

Saudi Arabia’s holdings of US Treasuries included long-term bonds worth $100.5 billion, representing 84% of the total, and short-term bonds worth $18.5 billion, accounting for 16%.

 

The following table indicates Saudi Arabia’s holdings of US treasuries since 2020:

 

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

(3.0) 

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

 

 

Japan was the top holder of US Treasury bonds in December with a value of $1.304 trillion, followed by China with a value of $1.068 trillion, as the following table shows:

 

US Treasury Bonds Holders – December

 

Country

Value ($ bln)

1

Japan

1304.0

2

China

1068.7

3

United Kingdom

647.4

4

Ireland

334.3

5

Luxembourg

323.5

6

Switzerland

288.0

7

Belgium

271.7

8

Cayman Islands

261.9

9

Taiwan

251.0

10

Brazil

244.5

11

Hong Kong

225.7

12

France

224.4

13

Canada

202.0

14

India

198.9

15

Singapore

189.4

16

Korea

131.2

17

Saudi Arabia

119.0

Others

 

1453.8

Total held by foreigners

 

7739.4

 

 

 

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