Saudi holdings of US Treasuries up $600 mln in March

17/05/2017 Argaam

Saudi Arabia’s holdings of US Treasuries grew for the sixth consecutive month to $114.4 billion, up by $600 million at the end of March, new data released by the US Treasury showed.

 

The kingdom ranked as the12th largest holder of US debt in March. Japan and China topped the list with $1.11 trillion and $1.05 trillion, respectively.

 

Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) raised its holding by $800 million to $60.7 billion in the same month.

 

Saudi Holdings of US Treasuries

Month

Value (USD bln)

Change

July 2015

110.1

+0.6

August

112.8

+2.7

September

112.3

(0.5)

October

113.0

+0.7

November

114.7

+1.7

December

118.9

+4.2

January 2016

123.6

+4.7

February

119.8

(3.8)

March

116.8

(3.0)

April

113.0

(3.8)

May

103.7

(9.3)

June

98.3

(5.4)

July

96.5

(1.8)

August

93.0

(3.5)

September

89.4

(3.6)

October

96.7

+7.3

November

100.1

+3.4

December

102.8

+2.7

January 2017

112.3

+ 9.5

February

113.8

+ 1.5

March

114.4

+ 0.6

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