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

17/04/2022 Argaam Special


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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